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I've been terrified to do this. My wife keeps pointing out to people how much of the things we own are my things, in particular my books, dvds, and cds. I just can't convince myself to move from the cases to binders, even though I have friends who have been happy making the change.

Phones: 7 total. Random nokia candy bar phone, motorola razr, heavier duty candy bar phone, three blackberries (two purchased by work, one hand me down), one HTC EVO. Slightly more than 1 per every two years since I started having a phone.
Tablet: 1. Samsung 7" Galaxy. Not the new one.
Computers: Since 1999, I think 9. I still actively use 4 of them, which I kind of assume isn't that bad.

Sadly, I'm not sure I'll ever convince my wife to go without cable, but yeah, for the five years before we dated, I was cable-less, and even when I bought a big screen tv, it was always cheaper to buy DVDs of full seasons of the few shows I wanted to watch then it was to pay for cable. Right now, she pays for HBO all year so we can watch True Blood and Game of Thrones as they happen, but that's her choice, and my suggestions that she wait a day and buy the episode on iTunes or the like is untenable.

I of course can't remember where I read it, but I feel like there was some report about the emissions from laser jet printers triggering asthma.

I've always been amused *and saddened) that my jobs have always involved commuting to computers, but my coworkers and direct supervisors have never been great at phone conversations, so I haven't been able to telecommute.
One of the downsides for telecommuting is stressful work environments that are in your house can make it really difficult to relax. Several of my law school classmates opened their own firms (as is pretty normal) but felt like their days never ended when they worked from home.

Does it come in non-white?

Doubtless, one of my dorm rooms (I lived in seven different ones, three singles, three doubles, and a triple) would count as the smallest, but I had a lot of reasons to not be "home" during undergrad and grad school. My smallest apartment was 900 square feet for four of us. I keep trying to live smaller, but I don't have the discipline to cull my clothes or books, and I can't ethically get rid of my dvd or cd collections.

I know not nearly enough engineers who could afford that. I am still astounded.

My Bahamas vacation in 2008 was the last time. Since then, my bosses (lawyers and sales people) have had no respect for personal time, and I can't do more than a weekend, even though I wish I could.

I've long been a big fan of Ultimate Ears. The high end sets are fantastic, though also fantastically expensive. I wouldn't ever go jogging with my Super.5s, but when I don't want to disturb my wife and want great clarity, they're fantastic around my house.