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• Commented on Just look at this awesome anti-banana-ripening bag.
  Just look at the soulless people without any sense of whimsy. Just look at them....
• Commented on First shots emerge of SpaceShipTwo
  ethancoop, it may look that way, but this is the same design that won the X-Prize a couple years ago, and this model has already been making test flights as well. WhiteKnightTwo (the carrier portion surrounding SpaceShipTwo there in the...
• Commented on Apple buys LaLA, is a cloud-based version of iTunes on the way?
  "There's a legitimate question here: Why should people have to download music?" a) They're still downloading it, the question is whether they get to keep it. b) I like to listen to my music places where I don't necessarily have...
• Commented on A fast food morning with the Tesla Roadster Sport
  If it helps, a Tesla Sport is actually only $125k - a regular roadster can be had for $109k, and still goes 0-60 in under 4 seconds. See, things are getting more affordable already! Part of Tesla's plan is that...
• Commented on Bad Science Begets Ridiculous Results
  This is the university in my hometown. I'm rather embarrassed now, I thought things were getting more progressive back home....
• Commented on A fast food morning with the Tesla Roadster Sport
  Hm, a Sanrio special edition might just sell... I've been on Tesla's newsletter list for a long while now. A Roadster is on my 'when I win the lottery' list, but the upcoming Model S is pretty dang interesting......
• Commented on Wintertime on Mars: lonely Phoenix Lander, blanketed in carbon dioxide frost
  I was all prepared for a 'Life on Mars' link, thanks for surprising me, even if I did feel a little sick......
• Commented on Weirdest Beatles cover ever by creepy Hungarian ventrilo-choir
  Yeah, this'll pop back up in a nightmare soon. Thanks, Xeni. Can't sleep, creepy puppets will sing to me....
• Commented on The $147.72 "audio grade" power socket
  I was ready to buy a few - I mean, it's Blue! With a Star! - But I saw this in the description: "Triple wiper design increases contact area" Now, those triple wipers have been around a while, I put...
• Commented on Phillip Roebuck: One Man Band Banjo Ninja
  Not the only one Omir - the flipped video bugged me like crazy. I bought the 'One Man Band' album tonight, pretty awesome. Going to have to try and find him in the subway soon....
• Commented on IT Crowd comes back for a fourth season!
  Linehan's made a few references on his Twitter feed to plotting/writing the new episodes over the last couple weeks. I'll watch whatever comes out when they're ready. Even a less-than-stellar ep. has its great moments....
• Commented on New book about cult magazines does great job of recounting history of bOING bOING
  This was my introduction to bOING bOING - I saw that cover at the alternative bookstore/headshop/oddity emporium in college and just had to pick it up. My mind has never been the same......
• Commented on UK: Treatment of (gay) genius mathematician Alan Turing "appalling"
  I stayed up past my bedtime to read the statement when released, after getting hints that something was coming. It's far too long coming. Maybe I'm just a silly optimist, but this seems like a first step toward a larger...
• Commented on They Might Be Giants: "Meet the Elements" music video (BB Video)
  I got to see TMBG the night 'Here Come the ABC's' was released, it was totally cool to see toddlers, their parents, and a bunch of teens all pogoing to 'Clap Your Hands' and shaking the bookstore floor. Even cooler...
• Commented on Write an iPhone disappointment Haiku in the comments, win a Mophie Juice Pack Air
  music has faded friends become unreachable there is no juice here...
• Commented on Japanese pig rodeo
  The pig is merely involved, not committed......
• Commented on Olympic cyclist predicts the future of bicycles
  Never be stolen as long as the thieves don;t think to just pick it up and walk away or pop it in the back of a truck, that is. I'm sure that 'unbreakable' fingerprint lock would be a lot easier...
• Commented on Bizarre Driving School Mural
  Felt like I'd wandered into Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong for a minute there......
• Commented on Leverage season one DVD: crime drama about Delta force who take down corrupt corporations
  I'd really have to question the mental state of someone who questions other peoples mental states based on what they find entertaining on TV. But that's just my opinion, I find the show entertaining....
• Commented on Review: Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 in-ear monitors
  I did a lot of searching trying to decide on a pair of quality IEM's. After seeing numerous reviews and reports I decided to invest a lot less money than I might have, and bought a set of RE2's from...
• Commented on iPod Nano emerges victorious from laundry
  I did this with a 2nd gen shuffle, except I didn't discover it until the shirt was coming out of the dryer. After most of the day to 'rest' and a night syncing, it seems to have survived without much...
• Commented on Transformer Chewy
  I watched the first time without sound, and when I turned up the speakers for a second run, I was expecting the 'changes' to be mirrored in the music (psychedelia to metal to punk, etc). I think I like the...
• Commented on Video Review: Vita-Mix 5200 Blender
  I loved it, having launched my mom's blender blade out of the top as a kid (that retaining ring really IS supposed to be tight, I guess). At least at 13 I was no bigger a dork than Joel. And...
• Commented on Video: Propellerheads "Record" audio suite
  Dangit, I was looking for news about another Shirley Bassey collaboration......
• Commented on Gallery of caution signs at Parc
  I spent a week working a contract job at a large Biotech firm. Delivering a PC setup to labs with 'Danger/Biohazard/Contagion Risk/Radiation/CHUDS/etc' was cool for the first 20 minutes or so. Big bins of free dry ice in the elevator...
• Commented on Video: vintage Dungeons & Dragons commercial
  Holy crap, I don't know how long it's been since I've seen that, but I remembered it immediately. The little dwarf at the end and his 'come on, you slackers' wave is so clearly the inspiration behind John-Rhys Davies' Gimli......
• Commented on Man's pond mysteriously drained
  So what happened to the koi? Were they gone too?...
• Commented on Giant smoke ring hovers over theme park
  Obviously, someone was trying to pull off a Kolvoord Starburst...
• Commented on Video: Clever woman designs a better British power plug
  I thought it was pretty cool, but the multi-plug? F'ing awesome! I want something similar here in the US....
• Commented on EZGrill, a single-use portable charcoal grill
  There's been variants of these around for a while here in NA too Joel, possibly not with the natural charcoal and recycled content, but I've bought a couple of them at different groceries. What I had was round like a...