I also had issues with 5.0.2 causing abnormally high battery drain on my Nexus 7 2013 Wi-Fi 32GB. Since upgrading to 5.1, this is no longer an issue. 5.1 has been doing well for me, in general.

I use mine as a media server, running the Logitech Media Server (LMS) for four Squeezeboxes. I have a 64GB flash drive for the music. It also runs the Apache web server for a MySQL and Perl-based book-tracking database with an on-line interface that I and a couple friends use.

I very recently replaced my faithful WRT54G with an ASUS RT-AC68U router. Over several weeks, it has never had an issue. I am running a mix of 802.11ac/g/n clients. Range and performance are fine. I live in an apartment with a very crowded 2.4GHz band and it still blasts through fine. The 5GHz band isn't as crowded and is great for the N and AC clients--wish the Chromecast had support for N on 5GHz. And if you want a slightly-tweaked custom firmware, a hobbyist developer maintains the Merlin firmware that is widely admired and used.

I really like the OLED display. I'm pleasantly surprised that it's still nice and bright after all these years of being on all the time.

I bought one of the first of the Tivo Series 3 HD units in 2006, along with lifetime service. I just upgraded it to a 2TB hard drive, as well as replaced a few failing capacitors on the power supply. The hardware is very well suited to someone who wants to do repair work, with easy access to the internals. I'm using it for OTA broadcasts and find the interface responsive and very usable. I've definitely gotten my money's worth out of the thing.

There was an interview this morning on NPR with James Bamford where he claims the NSA has prisms installed on major fiber optic backbones to get their own duplicate direct feeds. So that's why they call the operation "Prism". See http://www.npr.org/2013/06/11/190601064/nsa-collects-massive-amounts-of-data-then-what.

I use mine to run the Logitech Media Server software to serve out my music from a USB flash drive to my Squeezebox Boom, Touch, and Radio. It's wonderful to have such a low-power solution to an always-on service.

My title is "Information Technology Manager" for a not-for-profit consortia of University libraries. I get to do most everything of an IT nature. Coding, telecommunications, networking, systems administration, cloud computing. Jack of all trades, and loving it. =)

I got a NOOKcolor rather than the iPad for quite a few reasons. Primary among these are that it's half the cost and what I consider a better size for reading eBooks.

Right on! I totally agree. The G1 has a great layout of keyboard and hardware buttons. It really irks me to see so many of the upcoming Android phones lacking a hardware keyboard. I don't want an iPhone clone with only one button and a virtual keyboard. It's one of the reasons I chose an Android-based phone in the first place.

There are some great Android phones coming down the pike, but I wish there were more with a physical keyboard and buttons. I have a G1 and wish HTC would come out with a "next generation" version with essentially the same layout but larger screen, more memory, better processor, etc. Getting rid of the call and end buttons arranged linearly at the bottom of the set seems a mistake. One example of lost functionality is the three-finger reboot available by holding down the call, menu, and end buttons simultaneously.

I believe the poster meant that the Missouri River, near Missoula, MT, contained a dam that broke and flooded Eastern Washington. I'm don't recall all the details from a PBS show I saw, but this is essentially correct.

It's possible for a particular quartz watch to have much higher accuracy than the +/- 15 sec/month average. It's mostly the luck of the draw without some method of internal temperature compensation. For a great deal of information on high-accuracy quartz watches, check out the High-end Quartz watch forum at http://forums.watchuseek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9.

Actually, very few quartz watches are this accurate. The typical quartz watch is only accurate to about +-15 seconds/month, unless it syncs to a time signal broadcast. Thermo-compensated quartz watches can be as accurate as +-5 sec/year, though, with no need for a time sync.

Give FBReader a try. I've read a couple dozen books using it so far. It allows for page turning via screen swipes or the volume control, which make it easier to use than my last ebook reader--a Palm TX. As long as you can find a way to convert an ebook file into the ePub format, you'll be good to go.