I feel weird admitting it, but Bing has won me over of late when searching for time and place specific things like movie times, flights and other travel and restaurant or other sorts of business contact info.

@Jaredu: Thanks for the reply, Jaredu (and codehtmai), but I think it's just a matter that we work differently. The examples you give - chatting with friends while listening to music while browsing the web - highlights exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Most people think they can do all these at once effectively but…

this looks like a convoluted mess and built for someone who can't quite quit their tired mouse. And why do I need to see all those different apps at the same time? I can see calendar / email, but must I be forced to swipe past my effin' eReader all the time? Really? What I like about the iPad is that it allows me to…

@golferal: Right on! Best news I've heard all day.

a quick piece of random trivia. This being LA they walk past a bunch of iconic places from movie lore, but at the 2 minute mark they pass the Dresden, which is a legendary LA lounge which were forever graced by the musical stylings of Marty and Elaine.

But is that tether Zod-rated?

We are building a modern library of Alexandria.

no, they shouldn't

hey oh - great article. As someone who has traveled around the world many times over via air, sea, thumb, foot and motorcycle I advise only two things: travel with an open heart to everyone and everything and MEET THE LOCALS. Do the "marque stuff" like walking across the Sydney bridge if you can, to say you did, but…

@Joseph Paul Johnston II: It's how people feel better about their own lives.

I've been on a cargo ship in rough seas like this and it, above all things, makes one feel like a tiny spec in the universe. At port these ships feel huge but in the middle of nowhere, amid a rough storm and you are suddenly chum.

@BlueGeek: i was about to write this same observation - perhaps a swing-down dock for USB and SD card...

let's see, a sad slab of empty green to replace trees, flowers and wildlife - hell, there's not even a bench. It seems you use the word 'compromise' in the same sense Republicans do.

Hey check out the fine print! just by submitting your script Amazon "owns" the rights for 18 months. Meaning you can't shop it around elsewhere while they sit on it. major fail.

"Police found a bottle of vodka, a half-full bottle of Mountain Dew and vodka and several cans and bottles of beer in the truck."

@Shadowise: yeah - hearing that soundtrack again was like tasting something you haven't eaten in decades. Brought me right back.

This amazing new costume now includes one incredible dumbass, so we're calling it the iAmadouchebag Touch.

quick! Get these guys an iThesaurus!!!

can the guy shooting this be any more nervous? It's not like MI6 is going to hunt you down and anally probe you to confiscate the footage of their top secret sub.

The hyperbole of the LA Times' first paragraph kills me.