* you can _have_ free... I accidentally a word.

Just get Nokia Here and you can free offline maps. OpenStreetMap also works for basic needs.

Finally, I've been waiting for this for so long (NOT)

Actually, Norway and Italy have you beat for both gasoline and diesel. But yeah, it's still one of the highest in Europe.

Difficult, but it can definitely be done (even if only on the flagship model right now): http://blogs.sonymobile.com/press_release/new-xperia-z-1-worlds-best-camera-in-a-waterproof-smartphone/

Make magazine seems to have made a comparative review of the hobby market 3D printers recently. It is available here. I don't know if it's any good, but I am considering buying it because I am also looking for a 3D printer.

You could try playing with a visual network simulator, which should make things easier to understand (and experiment with). This page seems have a nice overview and some screenshots to get you started. Have fun!

Also, more importantly... no chewing gum.

And download the ISO every time?

521 years should be enough for anybody.

I'm still laughing over the title.

1) Install Ubuntu 12.04 (beta, for now)
2) Open terminal
3) sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
4) Log out and back in, selecting GNOME Classic as Desktop Environment
5) ???
6) Profit!!! Actually, there is no step 5. :)

Wouldn't it be the other way around? I imagine it's much easier to compensate for a 15 minute departure delay on a long flight, than it is on a short one.

Firefox: 10
IE: 9
Chrome: 17.0.963.56

I can see where Chrome users get their practice with numbers.

Try rsnapshot. Based on rsync, but does incremental backups and allows you to restore any one of them. Still doesn't fix the de-dup issue though, but neither does rsync.