Purolator has a form called "Customerâ(TM)s Authorization to Waive Delivery Signature Single Shipment Use" (a PDF is the first result in Google right now).

Whenever I'm expecting something from them, I print out one of those and put it on my door.

The only time that I've had trouble is when the shipment notification from the retailer gets to me after the delivery attempt has been made. In that case, I usually just go get the package at the depot (25km, sigh), but it may be possible to just call them and ask them to try again (and leave the form above on the door).

Even the new Kindle Paperwhite is meant to be used with a backlight, increasing the likelihood of headaches and eyestrain.

Nope. It's got a front light.

http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/137158-amazon-sheds-new-light-on-kindle-paperwhite-display

If you were in your 20s in the 70s, it's not out of line to think your Dad was in his 20s in the 50s. People sure were listening to 50s music in the 70s.

Happy Days started its run in 1974, and I remember listening to Buddy Holly etc in the 70s.

New Macbook batteries can be purchased at the Apple store for the white/black Macbooks that came out in 2006.

If you prefer to go online:

http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MA561LL/A/rechargeable-battery-13-inch-macbook-white

  This is the white one, I recently bought a black one)

Shouldn't that be

Dude, you're getting Dell!

Nice.

Fee simple is subject to taxation and eminent domain. Allodial ownership isn't.

Just finished listening to Train, Hey Soul Sister, and now it's Bangles, Eternal Flame. Those are both pretty well-known songs.

RE reflowing text, check out Atomic Web Browser. It almost makes Slashdot on the iPad pleasant.

Steve Jobs?

Posted from my MacBook Pro

I've never done it, but I understand that here in Canada you can hand your ballet back and say that you refuse to vote. This is counted. Spoiling your ballet results in it being tossed and not counted at all.

The diesel ones are bigger because the fuel flow is usually faster. It takes a long time to fill up 200 liters (big truck or snowplow) at the gas pump rate.

I have a TDI. I live in a semi-rural area and work in a city. I get about 700-800km (depending on the time of year and whether I've summer or winter tires on) out of 50l of diesel. Interurban highway driving gets about 1100km. Those are real numbers, and they're about half again what I would've got out of the gas engine.

Mine's 8 years old and has 160000km on it. Outside maintenance (oil every 16000km and a timing belt), I've had to replace a sensor. Best car I've ever owned.

I just returned one to Costco ($160CDN). It was just way too slow to use as a tablet. It did work pretty well as an ebook reader but had a few bugs (mostly remembering where you left off a book when you shut it off). It was a nice email reader and picture frame.

It was pretty slow as a web browser, and couldn't play video without stuttering.

I decided it was a nice novelty, but that I'd be better off putting the money toward a nicer tablet.