Comment Re:iPhone garage door opener (Score 1) 281
LiftMaster 8550 with MyQ does this: http://www.liftmaster.com/consumerweb/products/liftmastermyqenabledproducts
Comment Re:Sad news... (Score 1) 89
I am also a proud owner of an Addams Family pinball machine, though it needs some TLC. It's missing a ball and none of the solenoids powered up last time I turned it on. I am thrilled to own it, and to put the money and effort into restoring it to fully working condition.
Comment Re:Sad (Score 2) 644
And you think that the Chrome team is that much better about caring for its community? The bug report through the story below basically proves the opposite.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/18/2120255/no-tab-relocation-coming-for-chrome
Comment Standards (Score 2, Interesting) 250
http://xkcd.com/927/ Nuff said.
Pen Still Mightier Than the Laptop For Notetaking? 569
theodp writes "While waiting to see if the iPad is a game-changer, this CS student continues to take class notes with pen and paper while her fellow students embrace netbooks and notebooks. Why? In addition to finding the act of writing helps cement the lecture material in her mind, there's also the problem of keeping up with the professor: '[While taking notes on a laptop] every five minutes I found myself cursing at not being able to copy the diagram on the board.' So, when it comes to education or business, do you take notes on a notepad/netbook, or stick with good old-fashioned handwriting? Got any tips for making the transition, or arguments for staying the course?"
Comment Re:iPod Hack (Score 1) 375
In short, no. I was looking into it myself, and the ipod uses a strange formatting. Seems to me you can't even buy a 40gb ipod and take the hard drive out and put that in your 20gb (no point, either). The security Apple uses has not yet been cracked.
