Embarrassing the police is a crime in NYC, apparently.

We can only hope that Facebook, twitter, blogs and indeed every inane thing we've posted here will be preserved for all eternity for our descendents to examine with an optical microscope.

So where are you moving?

This seems like just another one of those pictures of cars or cities that someone has installed little lights in them to make them look "cool". If you like that kind of thing go to this website http://www.lightedpicturesonline.com/

I'm not afraid of letting anyone use my computer or phone or whatever. I don't have anything incriminating or embarrassing on them. I am "not a slave to unrelenting fear and paranoia every time [I] interact with another human being" and for that I am truly thankful.

That would be true if their strategy was to sell just the phones they have available right now. However, they make a lot more money on apps, music, books etc. which having the most number of phones as possible helps. Keeping the price high enough to recoup costs and to give it the proper feeling of luxury but low…

They just dip them in Lemon Juice. It's cheap and prevents browning. You could google it but now you don't have to.

It's nice to contemplate the idea that there won't be poverty in a future LA. Nothing about today would imply that's even remotely possible.

Since people routinely just use their phones anyway on flights I'm not sure what the FAAs approval will accomplish exactly. I guess it stops forcing the staff on planes from pestering people about it.

Why Didn’t High School Science Look This Beautiful?

Good grief. People can and will do what they want with their phone even if it makes Mr. Diaz and John Ives all cross. I know a guy that painted his iphone because he likes what the phone does but doesn't like what it looks like.

everything is packed together with a degree of sophistication and exactitude no other company pulls off

I'm uncertain why Apple wants to re-invent the wheel here? I know that Apple doesn't get along with Google but this just seems counter productive. They don't get along with Samsung either but they're still major partners in making Apple products.

When Did Handheld Vacuums Get So Beautiful?

Saying what everyone is thinking or speaking your mind isn't the same as telling the truth. The former is simple pandering and the latter is just unthinking blather. Or at least it could be taken that way from a politician.

No, no, no, soylent green is people not the internet. Egad.

The changing tastes of of our consumerist society. Who knows what changes will render the iPhone 5 and SG III embarrassing crap? You might have to wait a 6 months to a year to find out.

Google Maps just won't be a feature in iOS6. I assume that they'll make a Google Maps app for it sooner rather than later.

They must have updated this after you posted or something because "It also features an NFC chip to automatically switch off your phone's antenna, in order to save battery life."

Sadly it's true. Here in North America (I'm in Canada and it's mostly the same here) chocolate seems closer kin to brown wax than chocolate. It has to do with saving money. In NA it's allowed to replace the cocoa butter in chocolate with various other cheaper oils (e.g. Canola or other vegetable oils) and still call…