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• Commented on Graph compares rock music quality with US oil production 1949-2007
  Yeah, because any list by Rolling Stone is TOTALLY worth its salt. Like their best albums of 08 list, for example: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24958695/albums_of_the_year/31 Here's an excerpt from it, for those who don't want to bother clicking. 2. Bob Dylan - Tell...
• Commented on The Linder Gallery Interior painting: science, art, and mystery
  Hey, I just responded to your comment and forgot to reply to you. Just want to make sure you saw it. You can delete this if you like....
• Commented on The Linder Gallery Interior painting: science, art, and mystery
  David, Unfortunately no. Although in a similar vein as that guy, it was more handmade painting stuff than graphic design stuff. His stuff was also a bit more complex/detailed, with lots of text and diagrams and whatnot explaining these theories....
• Commented on The Linder Gallery Interior painting: science, art, and mystery
  Hey Boingboing readers/writers/admins, What was that artist that you guys posted a while back who did paintings that were basically very complex cosmic diagrams? I recall them all having to do with various scientific theories, and being highly symmetrical and...
• Commented on Urban archeology: Lost Underworld of Los Angeles
  Huell Howser did not one but two fantastic episodes on the LA Subway Terminal building. It's now a residential building. The tunnel is still intact though most of it is filled in with dirt and concrete....
• Commented on Xeni on Rachel Maddow Show: John McCain vs. the Internet
  I'm sorry, but Xeni, you really didn't answer one of those questions at all. As Maddow asked, could the telecoms potentially ignore an FCC protection of the internet and go ahead with their throttling/blocking of sites? Or is that paranoia?...
• Commented on The American Spirit
  9% of Americans think they have psychic abilities, while only 5% don't believe in God....
• Commented on Thoughts for Polanski apologists, by another woman raped at 13.
  Seriously. I was saddened to see that so many filmmakers I look up - Woody Allen, Aronofsky, Lynch, Wong Kar-Wai, Scorsese - to are siding with Polanski on this one....
• Commented on Recently on <em>Offworld</em>: Beatles go 8-bit, Dreamcast gets a new game, let concept artists rule
  Would 8-bit fans just rather listen to everything redone as a chiptune? Seriously, some things don't need to be covered as if it were an NES soundtrack....
• Commented on Daredevil LA tagger "Buket" of YouTube fame gets nearly 4 years in jail.
  Yeah, $60k in damage? I saw a worker painting over graffiti in the LA River the other day. He basically took a roller with some gray paint to the cement wall and covered up a 10 foot long tag in...
• Commented on Tiny pinfire guns
  @ #3: I feel like any terrorist would be too embarrassed to be using such a diminutive weapon, even if they could sneak it on a plane....
• Commented on Apple Store As Audition/Office Space
  These could make some great ads for the Apple Store....
• Commented on Judge sentences man to 6 months for yawning in court
  Reminds me of when my 8th grade Spanish teacher threw me out of class for an entire class period for yawning in the beginning of the period, before the bell had even rung....
• Commented on Review: Two Weeks W/Spotify [Verdict: It Just Works]
  I personally love Lala. As someone who has his entire music collection digitized and on an external hard drive, Lala is great because it lets me sync my library with the site and stream most of my music for free...
• Commented on (BB Video) Send Me a Link: The Art of Cassandra C. Jones
  Great stuff. Probably one of the more effective commentaries on the internet/digital culture that I've seen recently in art. She has an awkward habit of looking at the camera though....
• Commented on Double Nickels on the Dime by the Minutemen turns 25.
  "One of the greatest American punk records of all time (if not the greatest)..." Serious contender for one of the greatest records, period, of all time, in my opinion. Read the 33 1/3 on Double Nickels and try to not...
• Commented on Virginia, the Blind Dog
  Beautiful post with some wonderful comments. Thank you....
• Commented on Two-year-old has a pack a day habit
  How come we never hear anything remotely positive about China?...
• Commented on Flashback to 1968: Rolling Stone attacks the counterculture
  Rolling Stone is one of the worst, least credible music magazines. Their success relies solely on their historical reputation....
• Commented on Visa claims teen spent $23,148,855,308,184,500.00 on prepaid credit card
  KIDS THESE DAYS!!!...
• Commented on Music videos of records on turntables
  Neil Young recently put out a box set of old archival recordings. Apparently on the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the set, the visual is simply a reel to reel player playing the song....
• Commented on Michael Jackson by Drew Friedman
  Reminds me of the aliens from Cocoon? I think?...
• Commented on Mathematically modelling phantom traffic jams
  @26: It's preferable for both lanes to be used as long as possible. I believe this is the case for two reasons: 1) it's a more efficient allocation of cars...if you have road, it should be used. Second, it causes...
• Commented on "It's something called the Internet"
  What's that giant thing the lady sticks a laptop into?...
• Commented on Sub Pop Cybersex Digital Sampler
  Awww...they did it all with CSS! How disappointing....
• Commented on Guide to some of the military's rock bands
  Have any good bands actually come out of the US military? Only one I can think of is the Monks....
• Commented on Minimum font-size for credit card fine-print
  12 point type is actually quite large. I would have thought the minimum size would be closer to 8. I wonder if there are tracking and leading requirements too? Poor tracking and leading could seriously hinder legibility....
• Commented on Police in Denmark hug bicyclists without helmets, then give them helmets
  The NYPD cop who pushed over the Critical Mass cyclist should be ordered to do this for about 1,000 hours....
• Commented on Michael Kontopoulos' sculptures that almost tip themselves over
  UCLA D|MA FTW...
• Commented on Star Trek Dance Parties: You're Prob Not Invited
  Experimental Jetset, not a Japanese designer....