I would have loved an iPad for college. I also would have gotten straight Cs. Sega Genesis (and beer) was enough distraction.

This is pretty cool. My first bike when I was young was so well balanced that I could ride it all over the neighborhood with no hands. I could easily steer around corners just by leaning. Then when I got a newer and fancier bike (the first one was a hand-me-down), I couldn't do all that stuff, no matter how skilled I…

This is sort of cool if you know nothing about audio reproduction. Actually, no—it's not even cool then. It is effing stupid.

Actually, you're supposed to be paying sales tax on everything you buy online anyway. I know every state I've lived in for the past few years has asked for my sales tax on online purchases as part of my tax return.

I concur with the others who already replied. Every man for himself is not a good blueprint for society. In fact, by definition, it's sort of the opposite of society.

I'd second the kegerator. It's the American thing to do. Regardless of political affiliation, you gotta let your president cool down with a brew now and then. But the presidential kegerator would have pipes that went to dozens of (American only) microbrews in a secret room downstairs.

There is something to be said about not stressing yourself into a forced happiness. However, there is a wealth of neurologic and psychologic research that shows that acting a certain way does indeed contribute to you feeling that same way. For instance, smiling makes you happier. With all the physiologic improvements…

Absence of windows is also a giveaway.

If you think this woman is "not completely innocent," then you should be prepared to provide some evidence to support that declaration. And no, wanting to maintain your privacy is not evidence of infidelity. It's basic human nature; I'd consider it a basic human right, actually.

Had to have a reason? Maybe he's just a controlling asshole. I doubt you even realize it, but you're automatically assuming that this woman is at fault somehow. Do you have a reason for that? If not, are you willing to see that it's a prejudice on your part?

Trust ≠ Absence of privacy. This should not be difficult to comprehend.

When I first read your comment, I didn't see the "con" in there.

Thank you. I was about to say the same thing.

You just have to take the shortcuts. Every Ikea I've ever been in has the long, snaky path but there there are little secret gaps where you can cut straight to where you want to go. I don't think I've ever followed the main walking path more than a couple sections. Go in, check the map, and hit the spot you need to…

The narrative I pick up goes like this: I think, "Gee, people that go to Ikea are kind of pretentious and/or sucky." Then I realize I'm also in Ikea.

From my observations, most people circumvent this problem simply by bringing a bag that's too big to carry on, and then delaying a hundred people while a flight attendant tries to cram it in the overhead, or delaying another hundred people complaining when they are told they have to check it.

I have two main disagreements. First the technical, which is that you seem to believe that there will never be a touch interface that does the things you need in Photoshop. I find it perfectly easy to imagine the advanced functions of a powerful illustration suite to be moved to a touch interface, and I find it easy…

If you don't think that most people (non power users) find a good tablet interface to more intuitive and just plain easier than a window-based, point-and-click interface, then I guess there's no point arguing with you.

You mean the point of view of most everyone else in the world besides geeks?

This is exactly where I think we stand on two sides of the line. By your interpretation, being able to "easily access all the features of a powerful tool such as photoshop" is a skill inherent to content creation. On my side of the line, it's a barrier to content creation.