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• Favorited Young adult sections in bookstore -- a parallel universe of little-regarded awesomeness on Boing Boing
• Commented on Clive Thompson on scary video games
  Eternal Darkness is a game I will never finish because every time I tell myself I can sit down and get through it, I always freak out. Don't know why. I'm not that jumpy at horror movies or Twilight Zone/HP...
• Commented on Camera system to track eye movements of shoppers
  it's feature bloat like this that makes me really hate new versions of RealLife. i wish we weren't forced into updates and could just run our own private servers....
• Commented on Young adult sections in bookstore -- a parallel universe of little-regarded awesomeness
  Nancy Farmer is another great SF author who often gets YA'd... if you're unfamiliar with her mythologically inspired tales, i urge you to check out one of the following: The Eye, The Ear, & The Arm, The Sea of Trolls,...
• Commented on Ghost Bikes memorialize accidents
  @#13 posted by Jeff '...more clutter messing up the landscape.' well, technically everything that's asphalt or on top of asphalt is litter......
• Commented on Ghost Bikes memorialize accidents
  on my old bike commute from Oak Square in Brighton to Kendall Square in Cambridge, a young (high school or college age) girl was struck by a motorist in the heart of Allston, probably one of the densest populations for...
• Commented on Albert Hofmann, LSD inventor, RIP
  @#40 posted by ustaath that explanation makes sense, and i respect your decision not to be forthcoming with such private details. i just think it's snarky to say such things as 'nobody really cares whether you believe it or not'...
• Commented on Albert Hofmann, LSD inventor, RIP
  @#33 posted by ustaath criminy, i'm hardly crusty. i'm just asking for a little corroboration, possibly some e-mails sent around, when reporting the death of a much loved scientific figure. if all you've got is 'wikipedia', i don't think you...
• Commented on Albert Hofmann, LSD inventor, RIP
  i think drudge-style unsubstantiated scoops like this are why i don't read the BB with the frequency that i used to. it gets hard to take you seriously when your sources are reddit and wikipedia. even if true, you had...
• Commented on Kids' book about pot: "It's Just a Plant"
  in other news: http://justaplant.com/info/freevibe.jpg what's a 'gritball'?...
• Commented on Is Fred and Sharon's movie production business real or performance art?
  heh funny, to me (and to the interviewer according to his comments on the mefi thread) the interview seals the deal that these are just two retirees doing this for fun and not out of some deep need to add...
• Commented on Is Fred and Sharon's movie production business real or performance art?
  ooops. link was above (missed it). sorry, fungible....
• Commented on Is Fred and Sharon's movie production business real or performance art?
  the mefi interview (mentioned above, edited by Fred, and available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWhlelFPRro ) seems to suggest that this is genuine cable access variety weird. Also, newer camcorders can shoot in 16:9... why do you have to be a pro to...
• Commented on Futuristic movie-prop bus from 1935
  my favorite part of The Big Bus is where the stewardess calmly explains the complicated process of putting on the hazmat suit when the bus goes out of control. for a silly movie it was unexpectedly good!...
• Commented on Interview with producer of swords and sorcery themed porn
  psssh. some envelope pushers they are. their lack of Tauren porn reveals that they're total wusses....
• Commented on TED 2008: Crow vending machine maker Joshua Klein
  that headline is such a tease. i was hoping for a vending machine that dispensed crows! Or grackles, for the diet conscious....
• Commented on Scans from 1962 book that tries to predict life in 1975
  ah, quaint: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostworld/2152049328/in/photostream/ A device called a transducer produces the high frequency sound waves (about 20,000 cycles per minute), pitched so high they cannot be heard by the human ear. a) transducer... you mean a SPEAKER? b) 20,000 cycles per...
• Commented on Tear-free onion engineered
  pro onion chopper tip: stand back. i went from someone who never teared when chopping onions to someone who was affected dramatically (maybe due to passing into adulthood and maybe due to having a different onion supply). i tried all...
• Commented on Sex gadget expose on Mississippi tv news (where they're illegal)
  attn "begs the question" freakos: Xeni quoted an about.com article. The person whose piece she quoted will never see your failed attempts at ridding the English language of its inconsistensies. Please drink more beer until the urge to correct subsides....
• Commented on Robert J. Shea's SHIKE released with CC
  Mike! You're doing it wrong! You're supposed to be milking your father's work for all it's worth! We need a Shike animated series and plush dolls, stat! Seriously, thanks for this. It sounds like an interesting read and I'm happy...
• Commented on Biblical events as retold by Google Earth
  om, i think you've a different version of the bible than most....
• Commented on Ska-toon on Yo Gabba Gabba!
  the emblem on the shirt is a nice touch too... chalk up another reason to have kids!...
• Commented on Delta blues and Tuvan throat-singing: Paul Pena and Genghis Blues
  The documentary Genghis Blues is awesome... There is an interesting point where it changes from novel to gripping when it really hits Pena that nothing around him is familiar, a hard thing for a blind person to cope with. Also,...
• Commented on Movie mogul's answer to downloading: PSAs by Shia LaBeouf
  @radioguy ...unless the impact of piracy is that studios decide to produce less movies per year, in which case there are less overall jobs available for that guy (and other laborers that the industry needs). i see the validity of...
• Commented on Movie mogul's answer to downloading: PSAs by Shia LaBeouf
  they tried PSAs before. a couple of years ago I went to a multiplex with a bunch of friends and between the previews but before the feature there was a nice little 1 minute PSA with a set painter who...
• Commented on Websites store
  Huh, Catherine Keener's character in 40 Year Old Virgin ran one of these but I didn't think they actually existed in mundane life. I love these little facets of transition. Sorta like steam powered cars....
• Commented on Pacifist Warcraft player trying to hit the top without killing anything
  An extremely interesting roleplaying experiment, but is it still pacifism if you're healing the damage dealers so they can stay alive longer to do more murder? Seems like Gandhi would not approve....
• Commented on David Lynch on the iPhone
  @#25: a) directors have little control over how big studios release their films, especially not the transfer process. b) i would wait for the US Universal release due in March (I'm told) and see how the transfer quality is there....
• Commented on David Lynch on the iPhone
  everyone should have their lynch approved HD projector home theater setups by now right? DLHD*? You mean the setup that belches ether whenever the lights go out, causes your wife to have an affair with Balthazar Getty while a grinning...
• Commented on Sears infects customer computers with spyware
  #10: Looks like managemyhome.com has pulled the "feature." Or at least I can find it following the directions from that link....