Do we need to add a letter? I vote for unnecessary umlauts. It works for Motörhead...

You're all missing the most impressive part: the company has obviously mastered the emerging anti-gravity pie tin market.

Woo!! Smartest user of Firefox on UNIX! Second smartest person in Missouri!

Let's see how long that holds up once people start filtering in from BB.

Thanks for the correction #9, it was indeed Marlboro.

The flint is a smart idea in that it is exchangeable, but the combined action of pressing down on the sparker, lighting it, then pressing the gas button reminds me too much of the 'child proof' lighters that got popular a few years ago. It just doesn't have the smooth elegance that my standard Zippo has.

If you really hate the smell of naphtha, perhaps this would be a good option. For me, my standard Zippo is plenty windproof, feels better constructed, and lighting involves simply spinning the sparker.

I received one of these a few months ago as a freebie from Camel. It's terrible. I never use it.

They tried to keep it all Zippo-y with the flint, but it's way harder to light than it would be with an electric spark.

Plus it doesn't have that solid feel that a regular Zippo has. It feels like it's about to fly apart.

If you like zoos, the Zoologischer Garten is HUGE and pretty cool. Plus some of the boring animals they stick in the corners are almost like forlorn ruins. I was lost for a good 15 minutes without seeing another (human) soul.

And while you're at the Zoologischer Garten, you should get an awesome döner kebab nearby. When you exit the Zoologischer Garten subway station, take a right and cross Hardenbergstrasse (I think). There is a kebab stand under some stairs near the corner here. Sure, it's technically Turkish, not German. But it's along the same lines of pointing out a good Mexican place in town. Plus, there is an 8x10 of Schwarzenegger with him saying that it is his favorite kebab ever. (Both the provenance of this photo and the fact that the stand is still there are unknown, I haven't been to Berlin in 5 years)

For electronic things, you should check out one of the coolest things: the world clock at Alexanderplatz. Also, there is a pretty impressive Sony store, if you're into those things.

For Berlin beers, they have a speciality with red and green weissbiers. If you're looking for awesome beers, Munich is more the place to go, but the green and red beers are interesting and worth a try.