“It could become possible for the company to track your whereabouts 24 hours a day.”

How? Magic? That’s not how these RFID chips work.

I was interested in them when you said they were a LEGO sculpture, but then I went to their site to find out that no, they are not LEGO.

Damn, I was hoping for nuclear power.

Stay away from the soda fountains, though.

Magazine print is closer to 2,400 dpi.

I think what you’re thinking of is using a 300 dpi image to print at a 150 lpi line screen. The resolution of the imagesetter that’s producing the film/plate is much higher.

…and typeset by Stevie Wonder.

"Even ancient Persians were weary of the number thirteen [...]"

Did they get bored by any other numbers?

Sadness.

What do I win?

Notes to Netflix is still around. Not very active, but a good archive.

http://flickr.com/groups/notestonetflix/

It just wouldn't be an article about Twitter without using the Twitterrific icon to illustrate it.

http://gedblog.com/2007/05/11/twitter-identity-transference-syndrome-twits/

They're not all love songs, but they are on geeky themes:

http://8tracks.com/sometoast/nurrrrd

Head the bench?

Poor article overall. Short-sighted tech quotes that have appeared in many lists over the years, interspersed with near-constant pimping by the blog author for his web site.

Annoying? Lifesaving.

That pickle's packaging packs quite a pickle package.

I'd think the sideways pressure would get tiring.

Considering how reports of unintended acceleration ramp up sharply with age, I'd think this would provoke a rash of rear-end collisions with the victims citing "unintended braking."