Charles

"submitted by reddit to blog." - Charles

"Thanks for the quick response. I should look into buying whisky online, but I currently live in Tokyo which complicates the issue a bit. Language on one side or high shipping costs on the other. I should probably look harder for a specialty store here. It does give me good access to the Japanese whiskys though. I did look for some type of secret decoder for the serial numbers, but couldn't find anything after a session with Google. I'll look into it more. I'll hadn't read enough into the reviews, but it's good to know the vintages can vary quite a bit year by year. I'll probably stick to some that get good ratings without listing specific vintages. That Talisker sounds interesting, so I'll probably look for a bottle of it next. Thanks for the post, it's gotten me past Laphroaig to try some other things." - Charles

"I appreciate the list you've put out. I've picked up another bottle of the Highland Park 18 year that's just delicious. I have a question about the vintage. How can you tell what vintage a whiskey is? In particular the Lagavulin or Obon? I have a feeling the bottle are too old based on your dates, but I couldn't find anything about the vintage on the package or bottles themselves. Should we avoid them if they aren't specific vintages? I'd love to see an extended list with more bottles that aren't vintage specific, even if the price is a little higher (up to $150 or $200) or the rating just slightly lower. I can't find most of these for sale here." - Charles

"A note on GPS apps. There are two types of backgrounding for GPS apps. Active GPS which is what you normally see when you are using an app is only active in the background for navigation apps and such that really need a very accurate location. Any other app, Foursquare, Omnifocus, etc uses a passive method that determines your location based on the cell phone towers to send you alerts. That pretty much goes on all the time anyway so it uses no extra power. There isn't much of a reason to kill GPS apps either." - Charles

"Sounds like you could of used the old version (or does it not work on the new machines?). I can understand your frustration though. Even if it was a bit late, he should of offered a limited time discount. As he explained in the last point many developers get higher sales and if he's got a good app I'd expect he make back the money from extra sales or in the near future. I just totaled my purchases from the app stores from December a couple days ago and it's a depressingly high number. I'll say one thing for the app stores, developers get a lot more of my money than they ever did before." - Charles

"Why not just redownload it off their site? They have a link as well as the app store purchase option." - Charles

"I'd be interesting if you can come to Tokyo. :), or maybe on the east coast a little before or after August 10th." - Charles

"Anything using your cable subscription is just a new face on the same crap. It's not changing anything. I imagine it's the same thing Sony is doing too. I don't except it to go anywhere." - Charles

"I understand what you are saying, but I don't think this is a good message to people. Telling people that they need to stick to a major change in their lifestyle 100% is just setting them up for failure. You can get great results without the 100%. The biggest problem for Americans is portion size. Go read 'The Portion Teller'. Most people can eat what they like if they manage it properly and know how much is appropriate. Dieting works better if you understand the whys and can make your choices intelligently then being told a bunch of rules that you need to follow 100% of the time." - Charles

"You need to be more clear in your blog entry. It sounds like Google Reader is getting rolled into Google+. That's the way the blogs are reporting it too. Not the most welcome change as Google+ is blocked at our office." - Charles

"It's not vaporware. What makes something vapor wear is when it's never released and never cancelled. Given they have the release date about a year out, we can't really call it vaporware until after the release date has passed and it's still not available." - Charles

"This isn't anything new. All phones here have had push notices for earthquakes for years. (except probably the recent Android releases) Apple is just playing catchup here and I wouldn't have been surprised if the government asked or required them to put it in. This is non-news except maybe if you live in Japan where you already expect your phone to warn of earthquakes. Most iPhone users were surprised they didn't a notice on 3/11." - Charles

"This isn't anything new. All phones here have had push notices for earthquakes for years. (except probably the recent Android releases) Apple is just playing catchup here and I wouldn't have been surprised if the government asked or required them to put it in. This is non-news except maybe if you live in Japan where you already expect your phone to warn of earthquakes. Most iPhone users were surprised they didn't a notice on 3/11." - Charles