iPhone 5: $499. Not having to touch iTunes even once while setting it up: priceless.

and now, we shall reinvent the modem. http://t.co/Lk1im3WH

whatever Twitter is doing to piss people off and make them quit the service isn't working fast enough because I keep getting more failwhale

giving my iPhone 4's undercarriage a little "how's your father" in preparation for tomorrow's switchover. I use like 3 apps.

Windows 8 file copying is approximately one billion times better than Win7. It's really nice. Finally, some attention to detail in Redmond.

Maps solution: Apple should buy Google. I assume they have enough iCash on hand.

Woke up quick at about noon http://t.co/Kt0JZo2A

This. This has the potential to be *huge*. Like world-changing huge. Let's fix patents now! http://t.co/TP58oPVS #patents ...

a good read for lolbertarians http://t.co/WrlBEL1O

"You honor, I'd like to present Exhibit 23 again ... (dramatic pause) GANGNAM STYLE!" Now this, is a trial I could get behind.

I saw someone using a pay phone today. Felt really odd, like watching someone ride a horse through the middle of the street.

week 3 of jury duty: "Show me exhibit 23 again! Show me 23 again, I dare you, I double dare you m****er, show me 23 one more g***n time!"

Where Kathy Sierra writes a comment, longer than the post, JUST to remind us how much we miss her actually blogging ;) htt ...

Robot camera takes pictures of African lions from a few feet away http://t.co/hvS2kzHc

"Turns out they actually fired him 3 years ago, but it took that long to get the TRIM command working to zero out his bits in the flash."

Remember when Ze Frank was hired by Buzzfeed a few days ago? Ringing any bells? http://t.co/kuV7run4

Look, we left out transit directions because only losers take public transport. All iPhone owners drive BMWs, everyone kno ...

Lost a few points of sanity with these changesets. http://t.co/T0IA2VWI

W. A. I. T. -- Why Am I Talking? http://t.co/mbMIOB9L

The prequel to "The Social Network" emerges http://t.co/VTu3QUTy

could Google Maps be a competitive Android advantage? I don't think that makes sense, better to be everywhere http://t.co/TCD3n0pz

This is great, and true. http://t.co/SmRstTSu (via Shantanu)

Do Not Track is great example of what only Mozilla can lead, because they don't have another business to protect: http:/ ...

one video game you definitely won't enjoy http://t.co/p9YrkTIq

so I can get 2.5" SSDs in 512GB capacity for cheap now, but 2.5" spinning rust HDDs max out at 1TB for the last.. year and a half?

note to self: when faking own death, perhaps try a tad harder than this http://t.co/Fbo4iEd1

Now imagine Tom Cruise in Minority Report having to gesture his arms at spiral notebook documents.

How do I know we've watched Bee Movie too many times? when @rockhardawesome leans over and whispers "Ray Liotta Honey" http://t.co/SwyK1mk8

@codinghorror http://t.co/upxHGzVx

eInk is, I hope, the harbinger of future devices where we can measure battery life in days and possibly weeks instead of hours.

video game long exposure art http://t.co/MvbZcRek

"Kickstarter and the blogosphere should start being a lot more skeptical about the claims made in Kickstarter videos" http://t.co/imajw2ct

Tried to argue w/ @codinghorror, he hit me with "IT RUBS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN OR IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN." You can't c ...

People tattoo'ed themselves into dot-com era billboards? Somehow, I had never seen any of this before. http://t.co/ygZVGGUo

public transit like you've never seen it before http://t.co/mMkf2fl8

a harrowing tale from @baconmeteor ; not at all what I expected. http://t.co/X2N7z5vw

I want my MTV.

@aBugHat thanks! And remember to pay it forward on Stack Overflow, that’s how we all learn from each other!

Massive discounts on over 1,100 @RockBand tracks http://t.co/M6E4XlDu

Gerald McBoing Boing http://t.co/hLQGz4Kv

The Sassiest Boy in America http://t.co/LTDpfGiJ

"All existing programs will be moved to the Internet Archive where the world [can] continue to listen to them for free" http://t.co/wqtHq7Zt

I want to go on record here that the reports of PHP giving servers cancer has absolutely no basis in fact. It only increases the *risk*.

@codinghorror I didn’t think there would be a Nexus 7 after the debacle with Roy Batty and the other Nexus 6s

Atwood's Law again: Apple implements manual video compression in Javascript. https://t.co/H3vTsPqx

so the iPhone 5 is a hair faster than the Nexus 7. Not bad; I keep saying today's tablet perf is tomorrow's phone perf. http://t.co/Y0VfzxWh

Fun 2001 era startup tales http://t.co/fLCYmG5y

split screen: racing simulator on top, real driver on real course on the bottom http://t.co/4BHc2g9a

Newspaper Advertising Revenue, Adjusted for Inflation, 1950 to 2012 http://t.co/Ys3RIgqM

eventually, everything we operate will record video 24/7. Here's one reason why. http://t.co/kR6X75JM

pro pinball is back! http://t.co/Aq1wOzA2

Sturgeon was an optimist.

What's the highest number of countries whose borders meet at a single point? http://t.co/QR1CtExd

If you have any give-a-shit left for America, this @lessig book will focus it. Kindle version $4 today only: http://t ...

I like to set policies recursively. http://t.co/GaI9nWyr

Behold digital camera picture in 1996. You may need goggles, though in all likelihood they will do nothing. http://t.co/uSxbgqP1

@codinghorror “I want to be a bear when I grow up.” “You can’t be a bear.” http://t.co/JgsIyiQt

Love is not blind, it's just a little nearsighted. Love should think about getting some prescription glasses.

"hey @rockhardawesome what do you want to be when you grow up? policeman? doctor? fireman?" "I want to be a ninja." #truestory #thatsmyboy

So apparently jurors aren't supposed to talk to the defendant. WHATEVER MAN I'M A SELF MADE MAVERICK WHO PLAYS BY HIS OWN RULES

I'm pretty sure Elon Musk is the patron saint of Hacker News

The future of service economy? http://t.co/mjxYh5iw

This is perhaps the most exciting chart for anyone building new products, or funding them. http://t.co/a4M7QWGx

Most eaglicious http://t.co/rXSA253U

Looking for a challenging #sysadmin job with lots of perks? Come join our team http://t.co/Ir53sUON

Mitt Romney guesses "middle income" people make b/t $200,000 and $250,000. Actual median household income: about $50K http:/ ...

Why are PC clocks so inaccurate? http://t.co/aLkgmIMt

Unicode, the movie. Two and a half hours. http://t.co/NoYVssEq /via @Fontblog

The evolution of Photoshop toolbar http://t.co/AVBJ7iEL

Behold, Firefox OS! http://t.co/kmnN7xb8

White iPhone ownership has to skew like 95% female. Me, I'm more of a Zune Brown kinda guy.

@codinghorror Hey, you just got here // And this is crazy // But you need codecs // Install me, maybe?

yeah this totally looks 100% safe http://t.co/CqJkVk47

The calculator watch was the original smartphone. I rocked my CFX-40 hard. http://t.co/RZFoYtBf

Atari 2600 with modern PC innards. http://t.co/oDTXDFPB

Sphinx Check: When you read your tweets out loud to yourself to make sure you don't sound like Sphinx from Mystery Men. ...

@anildash A dude taught me the acronym W.A.I.T. today. Stands for "Why am I talking?" He says it's effective for helping h ...

Nothing says "I stand behind the integrity of my statement and position" quite like "Comments are Disabled".

Clearly Tim Cook's policy of doubling down on secrecy at Apple is not working. I suggest sextupling down.

We wouldn't want people illegally copying website images, now would we? http://t.co/Nje4osDr

@dozba are these programming positions SOX compliant?

You are at work. There are emails to the North. > answer email Three more appear. > answer emails Twelve more appear. & ...

If you haven't read the story about the Taiwanese journalist who worked at Foxconn building iPhones, you should http://t.co/MlSqGvhW

Me? I'm waiting for this phone.... http://t.co/Pii9nV0z

don't get me wrong, I really want a 5x faster phone and tablet with twice the battery life at half the weight. But what else is there?

aw man, one of the tubes on my nixie clock is out #firstworldproblems

@codinghorror Welcome to the future! Here's your rectangle.

is it just me, or are phones and tablets a bit dull now? the march of thinner, faster, lighter all-touchscreen devices.

So @theladybabies are doing great but have not yet passed the critical "are the babies smarter than our cats?" threshold. Keep going!

Do you perchance enjoy hearing the same facts reiterated over and over and over and over? Jury duty may be for you!

@dozba is said pull SOX compliant?

If you're going to say ING, I need to hear that you've done *outgoing* wire xfers. Because last time I looked, they do incoming only.

security.stackexchange outs a coming SSL exploit: http://t.co/xa9kDRZd

can anyone recommend a 100% online bank to me? Needs good wire transfer support.

Computer Crime, Then and Now http://t.co/laoj0pY0

Fake Steve Jobs hatin' on Apple http://t.co/aIoucMTh

Amazon is recommending my own "book" to me. Well, I guess that beats the endless 50 Shades of Grey recs. I suppose. http://t.co/Zhu6PuMg

'Twitter Engineering'. Why are these two words so funny together?

"Software buggy and slow" on an Amazon android tablet?? SHOCKING http://t.co/wBMjWquq

this is some PHP level bullshit right here