Stand Alone GPS is an example of something that is getting killed by our Tricorder-like smartphones. I like the recent XKCD which reminds us of how much further to go the software has before it takes advantage of how powerful our hardware is.

As it happens that is my Mom's dream car too (at least in some sort of blue...) I would love to get one for her. One day...

Damn, the Air Force car is just sad compared to the others... Not the primary sponsor, it is red, and they had the guy wear a plain Blues uniform (we have much better to choose from, really.)

If I wasn't "working" so damn hard...

I knew this one! But only because I was just at the museum in Gateway. Mom and I took a trip down there when I was at home in Grand Junction a few months ago. Nice museum, although the displays and stories of the cars are horribly placed (each in a position where you cannot even see the car it references while you read the history.)

This is an extremely pretty car, sitting on a turnstile spinning for all eternity. I do wish they had put it a bit lower. I am 6'3" and was having problems getting a good view of the interior.

Water is a guaranteed cure-all.

Two Excedrin Migraines get me to the point where i can start drinking water if I forget that first rule.

Nothing else ever really works for me. Although it took years of drinking to really figure it out, if I chug a glass of water for every two drinks I can get really, really shitty without much of a hangover the next day.

Loveland Pass over the Rockies in Colorado. Not much lower is the Grand Mesa in Western Colorado.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mesa

It is the largest mesa in the world, and right near my hometown of Fruita, Colorado. Been camping/fishing/hiking and off-roading all over it my whole life.

I just mentioned these in the childish post above without knowing they were just posted (duh!) I give them a sterling recommendation.

Seriously. I work on computers, and when reading documents, watching training videos, waiting on the processes or any of the million times I am bored with free hands they keep me sane. You can create some seriously cool things with them.

They are worth every penny. I got mine at Woot and have bought several sets now for family and friends... Simply awesome.

Growing up was fun, but not as much fun as growing right back down on occasion.

I buy toys constantly. Terrorizing the cat with Legos, Nerf guns, and RC helicopters... If it is cheap and fun I will buy it.

Still got Hot Wheels, and my Mom always sends cheap dollar store toys for birthdays and Christmas.

Video Games too, mostly single player (though I do get into CoD and Halo and Forza on occasion.)

I have a modded original XBOX with every gaming system up to the original Playstation on it. I love the thing, lots of nostalgia there...

Oh, and I keep Buckyballs (google em, little magnetic balls that are great for building neat things with) at the desk and on my coffee table at home. I play with them whenever my hands aren't busy (training videos or reading long and boring documents.)

One of the smartest things I ever did was turn off notifications on my cell phone. It buzzes for phone calls, buzzes once for a text, and does nothing at all for email. My friends and family know not to expect an immediate answer to a text and to leave a message on voice mail for a phone call.

Result? Sanity... I get all my emails, but only when I have the downtime to look at them. My cell phone doesn't annoy me at all.