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@ Strudelganger The bag is the 14" satchel from Cambridge Satchel Company and fits my 13" MacBook Air, iPad 1 in Dodo Case and Sony Nex5N as well as a pair of sunnies and px glasses, and a small cosmetics bag.

For those recommending ear buds, I have heard that these are a no-no with the pressure changes on plane rides and can cause quite a bit of pain. Have you found this to be true on long plane rides? Most of my plane rides are over 7 hours...which also makes things challenging.

@Witchbaby thanks... I will be on the lookout! I have had this camera for years and it has served be well but it is definitely finicky at times.

@alliebasii I was working on a piece about transitioning between smartphone operating systems and just keep both now because it's better on long days on a single charge. The iPhone 4 does not like iOS 5 battery life wise and if I use it as an iPod + phone I can only make it a few hours. I also like to keep my Mac and Windows worlds separate and it makes it easier for media streaming to the Xbox 360

@alison78 The printer pictured (our printer) is the first generation HP Envy 100. We have not had to buy cartridges for it yet as we are still using the ones it came with. When we have had to buy cartridges in the past we generally look online for the best deals and just buy them there, usually on sale from a large office supply store. Because we only print the 5 things we mentioned we don't tend to go through much ink.

@ Benjy not really because those who "engage" with their nieces or grandmas on Facebook now have much higher scores, often just a few points away from very active Twitter users who speak about several topics and interact with hundreds of people... the new algorithm seems to be very broken. Sadly everyone is not still relative to each other.

@Jdcarms... we do have that article, I wrote it (as a long time .Mac user who has still not migrated to iCloud): --> http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/what-you-need-to-know-before-making-the-mobileme-to-icloud-merge-158305

@ FightTheFuture iCloud support is built into the Lion update released today 10.7.2

Be careful about drinking too much water! I did not think there was such a thing until my doctor told me I was drinking way too much water every day and it was not healthy.

I do borrow eBooks from my public library, but like many city dwellers, I have to wait a VERY long time for each title. I am still waiting for titles from March, and most of the time, for non-bestsellers, the average wait is at least 3 or so months, if the title is even available. All this to say, I do hope Amazon launches an eBook rental service soon.

The infographic was from Lookout Mobile Security and not all of the info was specific to Android. I am guessing they just tried to go with a graphic that looked like a generic smartphone.

As stated in the piece above web-based attacks cut across all smartphones and the stat about phishing attacks was not Android specific.

I second Kaete's advice about unique and varied passwords, remember the best practices folks!

@ Jason Yang, No, the PUR just gives an added layer of filtration and is the source for the water we use with the Fizz. The Fizz is what adds the carbonation.