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• Commented on Nasal spray for memory enhancement
  I remember reading about stuff like this back when BoingBoing was in print. This is a bit more concrete than anything from 20 years ago though....
• Commented on Daredevil LA tagger "Buket" of YouTube fame gets nearly 4 years in jail.
  Nooo, they be stealin' my bucket!...
• Commented on Jury reports that Steon's Orbo does not produce free energy
  It looks like Homer Simpson's household rule still stands....
• Commented on The Great Leap Backward: will computer makers kowtow to Beijing's censorware demands?
  I haven't heard anything about what they intend to do about people who assemble their own systems. Is nobody allowed to do that in China?...
• Commented on Philly's Homegrown Saint
  Is that Saint Robbie Rotten or Saint Sportacus? I didn't know Lazytown was Catholic....
• Commented on First Impressions: iPhone 3G S [Verdict: Worth My Wait]
  Honestly, my current phone works fine and has a gazillion features I never use already. Why would a plunk down a wad of cash to have a phone with even more features I won't use?...
• Commented on Man records TSA harassment with iPhone
  Wish garbage like this going on they wonder why airlines are going bankrupt. Airport security is pretty much THE reason I refuse to fly. Someone in the airline industry needs to realize ho much the TSA is hurting their business...
• Commented on Pointless nanny state knife about to hit stores
  But, how do you defend yourself against a man armed with a banana?...
• Commented on Hip flask pico projector
  1280x720 ... nice, if the price is reasonable. I'm sure someone could do a leather and brass casemod on it....
• Commented on Where is Keyboard Cat? This Requires the Playing of Off.
  Saw this one for the first time a few days ago. It had my 12 year old rolling on the floor. The questions we came up with: 1. Is it staged? 2. Who recorded it, him or someone on the...
• Commented on Aeroelasticity and the Incredible, Bendable Bridge
  The wind belt is such a simple concept. I'm sure there are tons of engineers out there smacking themselves for not coming up with it sooner....
• Commented on Review: Two Days w/the Santos Vac Pot [Verdict: Good Sucker]
  I've got one of these. I call it "the super awesome coffee bong". It's really more of a pain in the ass than it's worth. I've used it maybe a total of 10 times in 2 years. It's super delicate...
• Commented on Dell's Rugged New Netbooks
  Not bad, but you can get a similarly rugged design from HP with a 32gig SSD. I just picked one up with a 2 year accidental damage replacement plan for $600....
• Commented on Father, High on PCP, Eats Son's Eyeballs Out
  I really did not need to see that. Even the headline brought me to tears. Please put stuff like that behind some kind of "not for the squeamish, or people with kids" headline....
• Commented on It's 2009 and the L.A. Times is still treating geeks as mysterious others
  It goes the other way too. Most of us don't want to think we're standing near the perfume counter or deodorant aisle. Most of the scented products out there completely reek. Nothing makes me want to puke more than smelling...
• Commented on Siemens puts a coffee maker in the kitchen wall
  Nothing like a nice warm cup of siemens in the morning to wake you up....
• Commented on We may or may not have refreshed <em>BBG</em>
  As long as the articles and the commentary are up to snuff the look of the site would have to get pretty ugly for me to go away. I've been reading BoingBoing in various formats and flavors since the 'zine...
• Commented on Flies make ants into zombies?
  I hear they'll be releasing wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes to take care of the flies....
• Commented on It's All in the Widgets
  But the widget maker has figured out he can pay less for raw materials from overseas, so the farmer can't meet the widget makers price. The widget maker finds he is taking in less money, so he figures out he...
• Commented on Capsule office by Iwan Baan
  I like the view but give me some privacy please. I really despise open floor plans....
• Commented on San Francisco Muni begins to enforce imaginary no-photos policy
  Seriously ... FCK thm wth bg hrd sck f dcks. This is the perfect opportunity for some enterprising company to come out with a line of high quality covert cameras for people who want to take pictures without getting hassled...
• Commented on Daniel Eindhoven's homemade coil gun
  I was just wondering how feasible something like this would be to build the other day. My idea was to use sewing needles as ammo though....
• Commented on EFF: Facebook private message censorship may break law
  I don't see how it's breaking any law. Facebook isn't a publicly funded entity. They could block all messages using the word "brown" if they really wanted to. It's their network. It's up to them to determine what they want...
• Commented on WoWPod: a self-contained hut for WoW players
  I read the headline and thought "If it doesn't have a built in toilet they didn't do it right." Then I read on and it's got a toilet. sad I just kicked a multi-year WoW habit and am always jonesing...
• Commented on MPAA to teachers: don't rip DVDs, just record your television with a camcorder
  This reminds me of back in the late 70s before I figured out you could just connect tape decks via a cable. I used to hold a mike up to the speaker of one to record to the other....
• Commented on Programmable color LED array from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
  My first thought was that these would make great ceiling tiles for my unfortunately windowless office. With a drop ceiling diffuser I'd be able to program all sorts of cool time-of-day effects. however At essentially $100 per square foot it's...
• Commented on Building facade made of kitchen sinks
  That angle makes it look like a combine facility from Half Life 2....
• Commented on Review: A week with the Plantronics Voyager Pro
  I'd love something like this, but I'm not dropping $100 on a headset. Now ... put a jack in it and let me connect a second earpiece for stereo sound if I want to listen to music too and I...
• Commented on Cupertino's tablet netbook: just a concept?
  I'll take one of those with an 8 1/2 x 11 or 1280 x 720 screen any day. It's exactly the form factor I'm looking for. Of course, that' why we'll never see one. They aren't allowed to make what...
• Commented on Warner Music claims Lessig is a pirate, has his presentation taken off YouTube
  I hate the word "preso" ... whoever decided that was a good word to use instead of "presentation" deserves a punch in the throat....