Seriously, used to rock a 45 ms ping in Quake back when most players were still on dialup. Boring compared to flying a FPV racing quad via goggles. Check out multicopter on reddit, you'll only use your computer for sim time and 3D printing upgrades.

My respect for the NYTimes just went way down, and I look forward to the day I can afford a Tesla.

The iphone/android makes a better remote, in that it's always in your pocket or nearby to start with, but it's basically the same idea as a tablet remote. I've actually started watching more TV in the last few years despite not having a TV, because it's so easy to find a show I'd like to watch and then watch it, when I want to watch it. The Mobile Mouse app on my phone lets me use the laptop/projector combo in our living room from anywhere, and anyone with a phone can do it to. It's too bad that it's still fairly difficult to get specific content on a computer these days though - it's still much easier to just pirate shows than it is to find a legitimate site to download or stream it - THAT is the epic fail in my opinion.

This excellent collection of pages on Space Warfare on the Atomic Rocket website goes into exhaustive detail on just that topic:

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/spacewarintro.php

I especially love their section on thermodynamics - it's right on. :)

I use my Iphone for reading most books these days. Back in the day, I used to travel a lot for work, and usually had a stack of books on my crusty old palm pilot, which was nice for carrying around, especially since I used it for a lot of other things as well.

These days, I don't go anywhere without my phone, and I find the screen just fine for reading books. A lot better than the old palm pilot. Since I'm already carrying the phone, the e-reader is basically free.

A friend of mine tracks whales in Hawaii via their songs and sonar clicks; she really enjoys it.

I used to travel to various tropical islands setting up nuke detectors for the UN; that was a blast! Google "dream job IEEE", they do an article each year about 10 really cool engneering jobs.