John Napsterista

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• Commented on Meet Gigi Gaston, the ye ye singer who never was
  So God-awesome. Check out Daily Mirror: Not Guilty, December 1972. When it comes to appropriation and self-referential media culture, you've got Shepard Fairey on one end of the spectrum and stuff like this, way, way on the other end....
• Commented on Obama acid
  @benher #42 - Doper lore has it that ever since the Summer of Love, virtually all of the real LSD (true lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD-25, just like Hoffman had, etc.) consumed in the United States was produced in the SF...
• Commented on Lasik: is it worth $6000?
  I sympathize with ya, as this is something I'm considering as well. But whatever you do, I would suggest staying away from "$200 Lasik in India," which will actually cost you at least $2000, once you figure in airfare, an...
• Commented on Change, alright -- at Little Green Footballs
  This has been a long time coming. Johnson has been calling out Ann Coulter, and the right's support of her, for quite a while, and he's always been openly critical of the right's creationist, anti-abortion wing. I'm just surprised that...
• Commented on Report: Sarah Palin "bus tour" a hoax, more like "private jet tour"
  The point is not that Palin is flying on a private jet (the article's author opines "there is, of course, nothing the least bit inappropriate about flying from place to place on a book tour") or even who/what is paying...
• Commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
  This is a total violation of the privacy of those (non-.gov) individuals (identifiable by phone number or email address), who were sharing personal moments with feared-deceased or soon-to-be deceased loved ones. At the same, this archive is unprecedented, important and...
• Commented on Hacked climate scientists' emails in context
  I suspect that "Climate Change Believer Parking Lot" and its sequel "Climate Change Denier Parking Lot" would make the even the troglodytes in "Sarah Palin Parking Lot" look like the collective spawn of Oliver Wendell Holmes, in comparison....
• Commented on Shackleton's Antarctic whisky found
  Ladey Katey, I believe this is the contest to which you refer: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/175/in-those-old-canadian-club-ads-did-anyone-find-the-hidden-cases-of-whiskey http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/29/hidden-booze-treasur.html#comments...
• Commented on Murdoch-Microsoft deal in the works
  Recognition of robots.txt is purely voluntary, just like x-no-archive was. If the MSFT/Murdoch plan is to succeed, it's going to have to rely on something a lot more substantial than an advisory protocol, i.e. a statute or case law which...
• Commented on Spray Paint The Walls: The Story of Black Flag
  I was kid growing up in rural Ohio right about the time Black Flag was breaking up. Although I didn't have a chance to sneak into any shows then, every time I managed to get a ride to the book...
• Commented on Animated video for Flairs' "Trucker's Delight" (NSFW)
  This is the awesomest thing ever, and to me personally, hell would be being trapped in a room full of people who didn't guffaw uncontrollably at least three times while watching this. Anyone who didn't find this aces is a...
• Commented on Y2K ten years later
  John Ruch's essay "Effecto 2000: The Y2K Bug Really Did Almost Destroy the World," catalogs some of the mayhem (minor and not) that did result from Y2K: http://obscurearchives.stupidquestion.net/effecto2000.html...
• Commented on Fort Hood Shooter bought "cop killer" at "Guns Galore"
  The ammo can pierce bulletproof vests Wonder where he got his car, and whether it can smash through police roadblocks....
• Commented on UCLA: livers for sale!
  Or he could've gone to Memphis and bought a mansion, just like Steve Jobs: http://exiledonline.com/memphis-where-the-oligarchs-eat-their-fellow-americans/...
• Commented on Crucixion and beheading for child rapist in Saudi Arabia
  I'm always ticked to see when the kneejerk reactions of red-blooded Americans turn out to be so in tune with those of the sharia-lovin' Muslims so many red-blooded Americans think they’re in a culture war with. I’ve said it before,...
• Commented on ICANN haz cheezburger (Update to "Xeni on Maddow")
  A common, default language is a beneficial thing. Latin-character-only domain names were, and could've continued to be, an important part of encouraging that common, default language. Not that it's all over by any means, but still: bad move, Internets overseers,...
• Commented on Witches on drugs
  RE: Persecution of witches in medieval (til ca. 1500) or later times; and the existence of primary sources describing such. In this column , Cecil Adams discusses Michael J. Harner's The Role of Hallucinogenic Plants in European Witchcraft in Hallucinogens...
• Commented on Seventh foot washes ashore in British Columbia
  @ Chas. Forbin, No. 8: Then why are not severed feet turning up with similar frequency on beaches all over the world? Verily, I am not soled on your theory....
• Commented on Iggy Pop on the Dinah Shore show, 1977
  Iggy Pop on the evening news in Cincinnati, 1970. The commentary from the broadcaster is precious....
• Commented on Awesome gamer-geek lesbian wedding
  Well, I see from the 'previously' box that boing boing’s already linked to the awesome "Steampunk robot wedding-cake topper," but why has there not yet been a link to the full-on steampunk wedding cake itself?? http://offbeatbride.com/tags/wedding-porn/page/5 Yup, those gears are...
• Commented on Father kidnaps daughter's killer
  "American doctor convicted in absentia by Mexican court. America refuses to extradite. Twenty seven years later the American doctor is dropped off, gagged, tied, and beaten on the steps of the Mexican courthouse." I applaud Bamberski; I would’ve done the...
• Commented on Carl Sagan, spaced out on pot
  @ William Peterson - What great memories of Sagan! The most shocking part to me is that he ordered his Porterhouses medium well....
• Commented on Carl Sagan, spaced out on pot
  Sagan was a champion hedonist. At the pizza place I used to work at in college, this old story about a delivery driver’s heartwarming encounter with Sagan was tacked to the wall: http://www.lunabase.org/~faber/RICHH/general/Sagans_Pizza It’s by the late Usenet legend RICHH,...
• Commented on Healthy baby poop gallery
  Baby poop diving is all the rage these days! I think this field guide is much grosser: http://www.parenting.com/gallery/Baby/Your-Babys-Poop...
• Commented on American woman marries auto-rickshaw driver
  Hoax/viral, obvs. But interested to know who commissioned it, so an effective one....
• Commented on 1882 deep-sea diving suit
  And let us not forget airpunk. I mean, c’mon: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MA/GeeBee_R-2replica_96.jpg...
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  @10 Arkizzle I’m a style geek, thanks for the good link. I use “Moslem” the same way I’d use “marihuana,” i.e., when trying to reference or lampoon the generally assumed sensibilities of those who still find nothing archaic about those...
• Commented on Jedi says Tesco discriminated against him
  Sure, funny response from Tesco, just swell. But a larger, serious issue remains: If Tesco can force Jedis (Jedii) to remove their sacred coverings if they want to shop there, can they also force Moslems, Sikhs, followers of some Christian...
• Commented on Student kills burglary suspect with Samurai sword
  Armor class? Stats on the sword? As numerous commentors on facebook (george500, amnesiascope) have pointed out, this is very sloppy journalism, and evinces a clear anti-gamer bias....
• Commented on Gorgeous McIntosh home theater
  So let’s say you’ve got a lot less money and a lot more design sensibility. Let’s say your A/V room budget runs more towards IKEA and Best Buy (and few higher-end pieces). You could hate on this guy, or you...