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• Commented on Crucifix multi-screwdriver
  Shouldn't they have at least *tried* to incorporate a nail puller?...
• Commented on What MP3 player should I buy?
  I'll second (third? fourth?)the suggestion for the Creazive Zen Stone Plus. Tiny, USB, rechargeable, nice little OLED screen, records with a built-in mic, extremely durable... And, you can get a little keychain sleeve to put it in that would make...
• Commented on Robotic exoskeleton arms
  Haha! I see what you did there! For those of you who haven't read much Heinlein: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_%28device%29...
• Commented on Bike seat sports a beard of bees
  What a great mix of informative and hilarious* replies this post has generated. I'm proud of us! *Still chuckling at #14....
• Commented on "Smart Parking Meters" not as smart as the hackers who pwn them
  @#3 ANONYMOUS: Did you even look at the picture? There's a coin slot right next to the card slot. RTFA....
• Commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
  So, If i go to this Juggalo gathering thingy, will people be offended if I say "shit" a lot?...
• Commented on "Snow Day," by Emma: 8-year-old girl rocks out massively.
  She is indeed a rockstar! Great going! However, if somebody doesn't get her some earplugs soon, she's going to grow up to be a DEAF rockstar. Or a rockstar with severe tinnitus. Yeah, yeah, I know. Fred = buzzkill. But...
• Commented on Cryptic Alaska "blob" is an algae bloom
  "It was a dark and floaty mass..." Sweet! Bulwer-Lytton, here I come! :D...
• Commented on Bosch Cordless Hammer Drill: light, snappy and blows through brick like butter
  @ #3 Clippy: You might not be able to find this specific model in the US, but there are lots to choose from. I don't know specific models off the top of my head, but Bosch, Milwaukee, and DeWalt all...
• Commented on Weird Al does Craigslist, Doors style
  @ #24 Nerdcore: No offense, but Weird Al was doing his unapologetically nerdy thing looooong before "nerdcore" came into being. The credit for making it ok to musically fly your geek flag lies with Al....
• Commented on Awesome, infringing music video made from 80s brat pack flicks is band's "best video"
  Dear RIAA, MPAA, DMCA, and other acronyms: See? This is why you all need to relax. A little bit of fair use employed creatively suddenly has me wanting to go out and purchase not only the album for which the...
• Commented on Shop Class as Soulcraft
  See also: _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance_, by Robert M. Pirsig....
• Commented on Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in <s>his</s> her locker
  I second the medal nomination. This kid is 31 flavors of awesome. Also, I concur on the WTF?!-factor of banning half these books....
• Commented on Altruistic vaccines: take them after you get sick and your blood becomes mosquito-poison
  Or you could, you know, encourage the local bat population. Just sayin'....
• Commented on Housing Market Collapses, Literally: Bank Pays to Destroy Unwanted Model Homes.
  Ok, banks, listen up: Step one: donate whole shebang to Habitat for Humanity. Step two: take big tax write-off as reward. Plus, no more liability. Step three: houses get finished, made habitable. step four: people who couldn't afford homes before...
• Commented on London cops reach new heights of anti-terror poster stupidity
  "F.U.D.: It's what's for dinner!"...
• Commented on Sacramento to make its tent-city permanent?
  @ #8 NOEN: +2 internets for the Dickens reference! "If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population!"...
• Commented on Tweet Week: Follow us on Twitter, win prizes
  As long as there's actual interesting content to read, I'm all for it. If it's just a series of links back to a blog I already check out daily, then it's not worth the trouble. For example: I absolutely love...
• Commented on Weird ice balls in London?
  @#35 Desprez: So true! I think the original post was funny, but reading so many of these folks seriously pointing out what the "mysterious ice balls" really are is just killing me! :D...
• Commented on A contest: Undying love in &#8804;150 characters
  +10 internets if it's a haiku....
• Commented on Kate Micucci plays "Dear Deer" on the ukulele
  Totally adorable! But why all the PA hate? It's a beautiful state! Living in Dallas sure makes me miss it. :(...
• Commented on "Citizen videos" spread online showing BART police officer shooting unarmed man to death
  @ #82 Mark: No, you're not the only one. Even after watching this clip and the linked news one a bunch of times, I'm not even sure which cop I'm supposed to be watching. It's dark, blurry, and shaky, and...
• Commented on "Citizen videos" spread online showing BART police officer shooting unarmed man to death
  @ #2 Chris Tucker: Careful, your smug is showing. You have added nothing of worth to the conversation....
• Commented on Crapping robot toilet paper holder
  @Frank: Total agreement. @ toilet-paper-loader-person: You're doing it wrong!...
• Commented on Photo: Santa says no guns in store!
  I love the idea that somebody, somewhere, thinks that lives are going to be saved with these signs. Do you really think a nefarious gun-totin' type is going to walk up, see the sign, mutter "Damn!," and turn around....
• Commented on Weird blank wallet ID card
  Somewhere there's an anonymous employee in an obscure office in an unremarkable factory who has managed to brighten my day with his sense of humor....
• Commented on Atompunk: fetishizing the atomic age
  @ SINGULARITER, #28: Genius! THIS era, in which it has become almost a fetish in itself to fetishize other eras, shall now be known as "concatenationpunk." All the coolest kids will, in an ironic manner, re-enact all of us re-enacting...
• Commented on Minuscule: CGI bug videos
  These are indeed marvelous. I'd love to buy complete sets for myself and my niece and nephews. But since I apparently live in the wrong place, I can't. How's that "region" thing workin' for ya, Hollywood? Idiots....
• Commented on Janet Napolitano as Homeland Security chief? "We could do worse"
  @ #2 Maddy: Lol, that's what I thought at first too. Gawd, what a beautiful voice!...
• Commented on THAT IS ALL
  I, for one, regret the departure of our new John Hodgman overlord, and hope he will come back sometime soon. P.S.: Yeah, what's up with the bizarro-world reversed video?...