Rincewind commented on Art Lebedev Verbarius Word Clock Lightning Review

"I have a Yahoo Widget called "Clockish" on my desktop that shows the time as phrases, like "quarter to three" or "around five o'clock" or "nearly six thirty"."

Rincewind commented on Umbuster Brass Knuckle Umbrella Now For Sale

"It looks like the "handle" is curved in the wrong direction for use as brass knuckles."

Rincewind commented on Catching Up: Goodbye PC Magazine

"Final print edition will be January 2009, according to NY Times. [www.nytimes.com]"

Rincewind commented on Catching Up: Crazy Week

"How come the "10 Gadgets That Have No Business Using a Jet Engine" link takes you right back to this page?"

Rincewind commented on Question of the Day: Do You Prefer Interacting With People or Machines?

"I have Social Anxiety Disorder, so being able to deal with machines is a real relief."

Rincewind commented on 10 Gadgets That Help You Cope With The End of Daylight Saving Time

"@Avizzv92: Not if it has a battery to store power until dark."

Rincewind commented on Datamancer Ergo Steampunk Keyboard Makes Writing Victorian Fanfics Slightly Less Uncomfortable

"@merbrat: I vaguely recall reading somewhere that a downward-sloping keyboard was easier on the wrists and hands than the usual upward-sloping type."

Rincewind commented on Look Who's Coming To Ruin The Doctor's Christmas

"@aspiringexpatriate: I use a Philips DVD player with a USB port on the front ($40 at Wal-Mart) Just throw the file onto a thumb-drive and plug it in."

Rincewind commented on Should SF Writers Boycott Borders?

"Damn, all these stories from former Borders employees are pretty depressing!"

Rincewind commented on D-Link DIR-825 Dual-Band N Router Gets USB over Wi-Fi (and So Can You)

"@GTgeek: Yeah, but I'm sending video to a projector, and want to send sound to the home theater system."