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When I worked for Radioshack a couple years ago, they only made a few dollars per iPod sold, it was all about the high margin accessories added on.

Just in case you didn't know, the Safari Bookshelf mobile website is quite good. Most of the books I use are deemed "mobile friendly" and the experience is good enough that at time…

This is my usage pattern as well, except I am using Chrome, It really highlights (one of) the benefits of having each tab in a separate process: it doesn't need to reload the page …

Interesting, because I always click the comments link in Google Reader rather than the article. I read the comments first to get a sense of whether I will read the article or not.

This was what I thought the link would be from the title :) Completely and totally off topic, but the first time I read that I laughed so hard I was crying.

My understanding (from memory of an electronics class a few years ago) is that gold is used for the connectors because it resists oxidation better. Copper is actually a better cond…

I haven't started them, but my girlfriend says they are excellent.

Here's a greasemonkey script to use as a workaround: http://userstyles.org/styles/19590 Taken from: http://lifehacker.com/5317171/user-script-disables-google-re...

I agree, though it will take some time before the price/hardware specs balance becomes reasonable. I'm not sure that will happen before "Windows 8".

Some of the back story behind Windows Azure. I find these sort of articles fascinating, not sure if many other people on here do. Should I submit these less technical types of stor…

Exactly. For my use case (I'm a diabetic who has moved several times in the past 5 years, which means lots of different doctors) the value I gain by having access to all my records…

http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/ I would also suggest browsing the rest of her site as it is a treasure trove of information related to electronics.

Found via lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5130019/whoishostingthis-reveals-web-s... Just one of those ah-HA ideas for a webapp, I know I've found myself wondering what host vario…

This is so true.

Something I remember from when I was touring colleges, the hiking club at Harvey Mudd ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Mudd_College ) was called "Delta H".

Agreed with all of the above comments completely. When I first was linked to it, it flattened me with how much sense it makes. Thinking about the amount of hours saved worldwide if…

A very readable article about what goes into the bars on your cell phone. I liked it especially because it doesn't jump on the "OMG ATT/VERIZON/WHOMEVER IS THE DEVIL" bandwagon tha…

I'll third this as well, for some reason I enjoyed vacuuming before close at Radioshack when I worked there. Normally I absolutely hate it.

Very cool, thanks!

I love the forums over at Ars Technica( http://episteme.arstechnica.com/ ). To me, HN and Ars are head and shoulders above the level of conversation on the other sites I visit.