Agree with all point except for 7. SPDs are fantastic for commuting. The secret is to loosen the pedal slightly on one side so that it unclips easier. The you just have to learn to unclip preemptively.

My guitar may only be worth $500, but I saved for a log time before buying it myself when I was 15. It has been a great guitar for 13 years and I would be furious if it ever got stolen.

And I always thought it was the "latte" 2000's not the "latte" 90's.

Infamous for sure, not sure about my second pick though. Leaning towards Wipeout HD but am also curious about Dead Nation.

I think I still have my copy of Unreal in its jewel case. That was such a fun game for me. I actually played it more than Half-life

I'll second True Image. It is a fantastic piece of software worth every penny.

It is actually just two sets. Diagon Alley, a fantastic set, and since it is Harry Potter my wife built it with me over a few nights. Second set is Maersk Cargo Train that I am not going to build for a few weeks.

Maybe I'm being too responsible, but most of my tax refund goes to property taxes.

Just because a wine is more expensive doesn't mean you will like it more. My experience with a more expensive wine $90 was that the wine was very good, it was a red so it was also very thick. However I would not want to drink a wine like that very often.

Considering I am too cheap to pay for a smartphone data plan, I haven't bothered with the smartphone craze yet. So I carry by cheap Pay-As-You-Go phone and an ancient Sansa E260.

I'm not sure running a cat through the washer counts as a wonderful home?

I have heard the washing them with a table spoon or so of vinegar the first time helps lock the colour in.

The iPhone is white already!! You are just looking at it wrong!

I only remember that I could never get through the entire game without cheating. On the level where you end up fighting yourself I could never figure out how to make the jump from the large initial room, to the hallway on the right of the screen. Had to use the floating cheat for that one jump every single time.

Ironic that today is world backup day since today is the day we are discovering that the backups at work are not easy to restore from.

For the truly advanced player you can purchase the "En passant" move. However it can only be used against players who have also purchased that move.

I hear you loud and clear. Most nights I wake up at least once covered in sweat.

Interesting. However the cartographic skills of whoever made this are pathetic. They have way overstated the size of Colombia with respect to the rest of South America.

Yes this I know. Canada, is currently seeking approval to deploy the Gen III+ version of the CANDU reactor, ACR-1000.

They actually were mentioned briefly in the paragraph that says they are awaiting approval in Canada and that they have "two independent fast shutdown mechanisms". This didn't jump out at me till the second read because they just give the acronym ACR (Advanced CANDU Reactor).