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I haven't observed to verify, but I'll assume my Dad has no idea about pinch & zoom on the iPad given his one finger point to type that carried over from his GameBoy days (who else didn't use their thumbs to control it?!?)

Also, I've never seen somebody who takes longer to pull the damn trigger on a purchase... he was wowed by the iPhone and wants one so bad, but held off for a world phone that would work with Verizon. The 4S came out, which could be used globally and he still kept waiting... wanted to wait until after my brother's wedding (in Oct) and then vacation in Mex in Dec/Jan. Now he's talking about getting one when the 5 comes out. We'll see...

Now, he's dragging his feet in the same way for a MacBook, that Mom is "giving him" for their 40th anniversary... he's only been talking of switching to Mac for 2 years now.

I have one still sitting on my night stand... haven't used it in 5 years, in fact it hasn't been plugged in for that long. Once I got my iPhone, that became my alarm clock and I needed the outlet for my iPhone charger.

I had one I got in high school that is still in my old bedroom at my parents' house. I got a second one when I went away to college, which is the one that's now been beside my bed for the past 16 years.

Oh, you're making me miss PV now... and it's only been 9 days since I returned from there!

@joellemarie OK, so Klout's changes may affect some types of users more than others, but again there is a lot of information about these changes and those who hold their Klout score near & dear complaining about changes to demonstrate that this is a structural shift globally that affects many people. It's not like your score alone fell but others who you might be competing with for the job didn't. If a potential employer is going to put such blind faith in a questionable metric (not like it's even coming from Neilsen, ComScore, etc.) instead of a more qualitative look at your credentials and presence online probably wouldn't be a good employer to work for.

A hex wrench drill bit is the best investment I ever made... right out of college, I bought an apartment worth of furniture at Ikea and assembled it all in no time (well, a day) and without the painful fingers.

My wife makes an incredible dish w/ Fontina in which she wraps some sauteed chicken breast, Fontina and fig jam w/ pastry dough and bakes until the pastry is flaky and the cheese of gooey inside.

Jasonpolk, at least with the free app, you can demo the reverse text to get the gist of how it works. And charging per language makes sense... kind of the Gilette razor model.

Anyway, I'm headed to Mexico on vacation tomorrow so the timing of this release was perfect! I spent the $5 and plan to play with it and see how well it does...

I got a set of four of these blue soup crocks at World Market for $20 a few weeks ago.

When my (now) wife and I first moved in together, we each had one bedrooms crammed with stuff, and were consolidating into one. We got rid of some stuff, but kept some furniture, etc. we thought we might need if we were to move into a larger apartment. Also, she had boxes of stuff from her parents, who live overseas but return to the U.S. for sabbaticals every couple years. Since my wife went back to school, we're still in the same one bedroom apartment, and have paid the replacement value of the furniture a couple times over at this point. I wish we could just get rid of everything but she refuses...

At least I did think to ask about specials last year and was able to upgrade from a 10x5 to a 10x7 while saving about 20%. The new unit was 2 doors down from our old one, so an easy enough move!

Yes, lots of burger places in Chicago are now offering pretzel rolls -- Kuma's, The Counter, Claim Company (suburban Northbrook)... hold up quite well to big, juicy burgers.