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I actually use my iPad Mini (aka iPod Touch) for managing groceries. When I need something, I add it to the list and when I'm shopping I get a nice overview of what I need, grouped by shop and section (using the app beShop).

@Maddus Mattus: Richard & Arthur? Named after legendary kings! Congratulations.

Of course, by the time Microsoft announces that they're working on such a thing, Apple will already have released an iPad with 3D recognition technology.

How would that work on such a short distance? Would you be gesturing with just 1 hand slightly above the tablet? What's the advantage of that for a tablet?

@blowdart: GMail also adds the X-Originating-IP header to e-mails.

A search engine that plays random videos? Sounds like Microsoft stole the idea from SpectateSwamp!

@Zeus: I agree.

<quote>The web has a pervasive “culture of disrespect”. It is, quite simply, bullying, and if you do it, you should be ashamed.</quote> (source)

@Ray7: I ♥ JavaScript. 

You're approaching it from the wrong angle. You can write nice reliable JavaScript code if you understand the philosophy, if you know the pitfalls and what to pay attention to.

You can't write JavaScript code the way you write C# code. It's like writing SQL-code with a lot of loops and IF-statements. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

The problem is that it's hard to find good resources on writing good JavaScript code.

You should definitely watch the Douglas Crockford videos on JavaScript:

• Volume 1: The Early Years (102 minutes)
• Chapter 2: And Then There Was JavaScript (90 minutes)
• Act III: Function The Ultimate (73 minutes)
• Episode IV: The Metamorphosis of Ajax (93 minutes)
• Part 5: The End of All Things (94 minutes)
• Scene 6: Loopage (52 minutes)

I frequently hear people say that Crockford's JavaScript: The Good Parts is the best book about writing good JavaScript code.

I'm currently taking Italian lessons (my third year), and from what I've heard of other people, it's better not to learn Spanish and Italian at the same time, because they are similar but different. You  make more mistakes, because it's sometimes confusing, like when you're using the word "agua" instead of "aqua" when you talk Italian.

I don't think learning 2 different languages with different roots (like Spanish and German) is a bad idea. When I was in high school, we were taught French, German, English and Latin at the same time (in addition to Dutch, our native language).