I'd like to see a URL shortening service that doesn't automatically redirect you, but rather displays a page with the destination URL, which you can then review before clicking. I'm sure there are such sites, but I've never seen one. My guess is that the extra step involved prevents them from being widely adopted.

Those of you who think nobody really backs up their CD/DVD/BlueRay discs for legitimate reasons must not have young children. You have no idea how quickly a team of three year olds can extract the "frisbees" from their cases and distribute them across 3,000 square feet.

The Corn Refiners Association calls itself a "trade group". Basically it is a propaganda and lobbying machine. Increasingly and accurately people are realizing that corn syrup, specifically high fructose corn syrup, isn't exactly the healthiest thing you can feed yourself and your children. It's in damn near everything that, Americans at least, eat today. It's cheap to produce and appealing to the taste buds. The CRA seems to think that if they change the name of the product they represent, we'll all forget that it's making us fat.

As an ESDF righty, I feel your pain. I might be in the real minority here.

"The airport doesn’t have separate boarding arrangements for private-jet users". Person A is boarding a private jet and therefore can carry whatever the hell he wants. Once past the security checkpoint person A hands off ninja throwing stars to person B who boards a commercial flight.

RSS is not dead and dying. One particular RSS reader is dead and dying. An RSS reader aggregates and allows you to preview the content published to many different websites, all from one place. If your like me, and you read from dozens of websites every day, you understand why this might be useful.

I don't think TFA is saying that. It mentions that "those trials" are coming to an early end. Which is appropriate. Obviously you want to work out the kinks before trashing another multi-million dollar UAV.

If I follow you correctly -- your assumption is that due to their economic status black males tend to live in larger and less diverse groups than white males. And as a result they are more likely to have similar interests. Ok that makes sense. And unfortunately you are correct that statistically, white males generally find themselves in better financial situations, which does give them more flexibility when deciding where they want to live. But, last time I checked, upper middle class white males (and/or females) don't often locate themselves in culturally diverse areas. They tend to stick with their flock, just like everyone else. It's human nature. As a result the geographic distribution factor is probably not as significant as you might think.

A tip of the hat to you sir. Now someone go ahead and mod this redundant. It was worth it.

I followed that map once. It lead me out of the basement, into a fabulous relationship. Through childbirth, into a mortgage, and right back into the basement.

I have a suspicion that assuming "real" games cannot be delivered to a browser is a lot like saying 64k ought to be enough for anyone.

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-worlds-most-super-designed-data-center-fit-for-a-james-bond-villain/ Dimly lit, lots of blue and green accent lighting. Lots of organics, running water, etc. And keep it a few degrees below normal room temperature.

When Google Buzz was introduced I had the option to opt-in to the service. So I did. And as it turned out, all of my contacts, who had also chosen to opt-in to the service, were able to "buzz" me. Or whatever lingo is attached to this service. And they didn't, and neither did I. And we went on our ways, existing in each others contacts list.

We tried a variety of kid-friendly gaming/computing toys with both of our children. Basically, at 18 months, if it wasn't something they've seen mommy and daddy use, it wasn't interesting. I suggest an old laptop. Attempt to teach them how to use it properly, but understand that they'll probably just mash the hell out of it at first. By the time they're 3 years old they'll be little computer wizards, trust me. My three year old daughter can navigate her gaming websites (Nick Jr. and PBS Kids) just fine. My five year old son, now in Kindergarten, can sound out words and type them on the keyboard better than he can write them by hand (I'm still not sure if this is a good or bad thing).

And I posted as AC on accident again...