Perhaps I am too much of an Academic per se, but being someone very involved in the field of academia I somewhat wish Engadget and other blogs would at least footnote if not quote their citations. Not that I don't believe that the blogs that I read such as Engadget don't research their quotes before posting them but I think that some academic rigor in the way that they post, similar to the kind of rigor we have to follow in academia would be appreciated. Engadget is an exemplary source of news and other sites should be equally careful over what they post but it wouldn't hurt a source like Engadget to take the lead in referencing where they are getting their quotes from.

I'm squeezing all of the lucky-juice out of a leprechaun

Why go to all the trouble of making a hardcore device with decent specs but then leave it looking like an early 90's reject?

I would agree were he not working at a terible brewery. Someone commenting from their position as a master brewer at an age old Biritish brewery might stand a better chance, but I think his point is good. Though I would extend it from beer and suggest getting merry as the basis of all civilisations across the globe. I'm drunk now and you wouldn't believe what i've just invented. True it involves two dozen monkeys and a large amount of cling-film but my word you've never seen the likes of it before.

Much more like something out of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil where they actually had typewriter computers. Check it out for a whole lot of steam-punk fun.