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Ok, I got freaked out by the vimeo preview pic. I thought you got a "real" job and someone got your name wrong.

And I want to see the size of the bag it takes to haul that thing home.

Although my wife has totally converted to iPad (planning to sell her MacBook after iOS 5 hits), she's considering getting a Kindle Fire. Why? She reads (a LOT), she orders from Amazon (not QUITE as much), and she can appreciate having something just a little smaller when sitting around the house or waiting for appointments.

I think Amazon will sell a boatload of Fires, and then Apple will sell another boatload of iPads (3?), and the game continues.

Me? Just hanging out, waiting for the iPhone 5. I'm in no hurry.

This is waaaaaaayyyy cooler than it needs to be. I'm building one this summer.

I purposefully move stuff around constantly. Mouse on the left, back to the right, keyboard slid over to make number entry easier (and then not move it back), etc. Does that make me anti-OCD?

I've posted many of these ideas on my walls at work with vinyl lettering. That, and a paraphrase of Jim Coudal's quote, "Our number-one value isn't in any of the skills we have. It's that we're essentially curious." (We have "Our value is our curiousity, not our skills")

At the very least, my kids' DS allows us to create a system of rewards and consequences that they genuinely respond to (you have a choice: clean your room and you may play DS, or ignore my words and lose it for tomorrow).

And as someone who worked in the game industry for almost 10 years, I feel OBLIGATED to point out the learnin' that happens in most games. Problem solving, failure leading to success (and stick with something in order to figure it out), and cooperative play (in the case of online and wi-fi enabled games).

Not to say that I don't kick my kids out of the house to play in meatspace as well. I'm not raising social rejects, here...

Just tried this. Awesome! I just need to find my pliers to bend the "feet" and it'll be perfect again.

Thanks for saving me a trip to Fry's and another wad of money replacing something I don't really need to replace.

You're becoming more and more of a rebel as you age!

And you're proving your worth to your readers and your fellow editors alike, by being ready and willing to present something new and fresh. Not that I'm giving up my iPhone 4 anytime soon, but at least I know a little more about the alternatives. Keep it up!

Some of us like trying different, "outside the box" methods of motivation. Ok, maybe this doesn't look as professional as some people would like. Then decorate a magnetic whiteboard, print out your own icons, whatever.

I think the idea to break out of the "I have to use Google apps to stay on task," because that doesn't work for all of us. I know it doesn't work for me.

This sort of cheesy, grade-school alternative, in all its tacky goodness, might. I'm willing to give it a try.

Loosen your tie and give it a try with me, won't you?

You say "pricey." What's a ballpark cost comparison?

I'm willing to try the LEDs if the color spectrum is more pleasing than those nasty CFCs being shoved down our throats.