Hi, I'm the author. Thanks for the shout out. Tweetz Desktop is a little side project I started about a year ago. It's still in beta and I work on it sporadically. Feedback is the best way to let me know what your pain is in using it. For instance, this is the first time I've heard the lack of a taskbar icon was…

I was using this for a long time with an autohotkeys script to hide and show it very covertly. Starting using tweetdeck a while back though.

This just in! AP Boston has a cat in the office. Film at eleven.

Not quite sure how people can deny that some people can become psychologically dependent on something. That just seems like justification to me.

dope. no pun intended.

I'm 42, from the US, and closer to the Netherlands guy.

I read the article from AT&T and still have no idea what changed.

Wow 70 bucks for talk text and a paltry 300mb of data. Glad I have my grandfathered plan or I'd seriously be thinking of switching to one of the other just as poorly priced competitors

Gizmodo fighting Lifehacker now? :)

This is how I eat my mayonnaise.

What ads? I have been using Ad Blocker for many years now and it's a good life.

Okay, you're crazy. :) Seriously though, I think you're confusing rooting with installing a new ROM. Rooting is just giving yourself admin rights to your own device. There are lots of reasons you'd want to do that that have nothing to do with personalization or customization like this. Installing a new ROM is like…

This reminds me of 9 years ago in 8th grade when I used to turn off/on televisions with my Palm Pilot during school. The teachers never knew what was happening, and the freaked out look on their faces was priceless.

Isn't this what got Gizmodo kicked out of the electronics conference a few years back?

Healthy teeth and gums are the gateway to good health. Your attitude is exemplary.

This reminds me of Otis Elevator's Quality Testing Tower. I stayed in a hotel that was next to it in Bristol, Connecticut one time. I still think about what goes on inside there ever couple of years, or when riding in a particularly shaky elevator.

I'll mindlessly highlight as I'm reading an article and catch myself. Didn't realize everyone else was doing it to.