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• Commented on Sculpted caricatures of three of the Beatles by David O’Keefe
  They look like the types you'd see at the Mos Eisley cantina....
• Favorited Bookcase that splits to reveal hidden compartment on Boing Boing
• Favorited Boing Boing tv - Leslie Hall: Dear Diary. on Boing Boing
• Favorited Boing Boing tv - Leslie Hall: Dear Diary. on Boing Boing
• Commented on XKCD explains the baseball metaphor for sex
  I overheard some people in a cafe talking about dating and sharing domains once-- so, I was amused to see the root password bit. Heh....
• Commented on Obama's whitehouse.gov nukes 2400-line Bush robots.txt file
  It looks better, for sure-- but it looks like they're still using ASP and ASP.net. Maybe someone else knows better than me, but why does the US Government rely so much on ASP? Practically every government website I've been to,...
• Commented on San Francisco: Bush^H^H^H Obama Street
  And here I was hoping the sign would actually say: Bush^H^H^H^HObama... :P...
• Commented on Czech artist tells European Union to lighten up
  Interesting statement about Finland included in that piece-- a small drunk soldier on the floor and various large animals (elephant, hippo). It sort of says that the reality of Finland (which does have its fair share of drunks passed out...
• Commented on Prank signs: "Public Urination Permitted After 7:30PM"
  It makes a nice statement. Also, maybe governments should consider either public urination, or consider installing more public bathrooms. One is certainly a bit cleaner, and the other is cheaper. Their choice!...
• Commented on Boing Boing tv: Christmas Cards from a K'iche Maya Pueblo.
  Didn't watch the video clip at first-- but I didn't catch anything about the linguistic sitch. The /tuχ/ tradition is very close to sauna. Not a bad way to keep clean if it's all you've got. Interesting to see it...
• Commented on Boing Boing tv: Christmas Cards from a K'iche Maya Pueblo.
  Do any of these villagers still speak K'iche? Do they mainly just learn to write Spanish if they do speak K'iche? I guess I'm curious what the linguistic situation is for K'iche Mayans-- one can read about it on Wikipedia,...
• Commented on Norm Coleman tries to get Franken ballot tossed because the voter wrote, "Thank you for counting my vote."
  This is actually right on par with what we typically expect from Norm Coleman. In each one of the past four elections he's run in, he's sued his opponent for political gain....
• Commented on Hungarian sausage commercial
  #21 Maybe with written languages you have too much time to attempt to process and try to understand the language, but with spoken languages you have almost no chance to focus or get distressed. Listening can be a bit more...
• Commented on Reporting from Banff for BoingBoing
  What an uplifting picture! ;)...
• Commented on Small Wonder robot girl TV show
  Oh crap, so that's the cause of all those odd nightmares I've had......
• Commented on White Supremacists for Obama, Black Separatists for McCain, Janis Ian For The End of The World
  White supremacists for Obama and Black separatists for McCain just seems highly reactionary or like rebellion for the sake of rebellion....
• Commented on The problem with the one-eye veil for women, and a solution
  How about a periscope instead? :x...
• Commented on My-- *Our* BoingBoing Future
  If you do go for an audio driven medium, don't forget about text. Transcripts or subtitle possibilities would be awesome for those who can't hear, and those who don't want to listen to something and rather read. Maybe a community-driven...
• Commented on Riot cops relaxing
  The following people on Flickr also have numerous photos of RNC, and related local events (for instance, 35W Bridge Collapse): http://www.flickr.com/photos/diversey/ http://flickr.com/photos/waitingline/ They are _definitely_ worth your time browsing through one by one....
• Commented on Automated "robot" information booths in the London Underground, 1933
  Actually, I wonder if something with a more mechanical interface like this is the best way to provide information that needs to be calculated on the fly. I feel like a touch screen interface, which is what everyone seems to...
• Commented on Pacemakers can be remotely pwned
  #9: "Pacemaker wearers are vulnerable to malicious pranking by people pretending to take control of their hearts." That in itself could be enough to cause some people heart problems too. Didn't medtronic also have a recall recently? I used to...
• Commented on Soviet-era Estonian meat commercial
  Related videos from Harry Egipt stuff are great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7rB-JSJerU That one contains a translation too-- I busted out the Estonian dictionary for a word, but it'd already been done. Yay!...
• Commented on Soviet-era Estonian meat commercial
  See hakkliha on väga hirmutav....
• Commented on The Raven, high pitched tormentor
  There's also this property of life where if you're the one doing something annoying, it's not irritating to you but it will drive everyone else batshit. Thus, it's not a problem if you can still hear it. ;)...
• Commented on In search of the penis thieves
  Wow, I know someone who causes the exact opposite to happen to me. I wonder if the two situations are related. Maybe he should be using his powers to battle the penis thieves....
• Commented on Iran: You Suck At Photoshop (updated)
  http://flickr.com/photos/alcarilinque/2658398737/sizes/o/ I hear the missile failed because Iran couldn't activate it....
• Commented on Astronomical calculations on World of Warcraft
  Heh, someone's still bitter about flunking out of grad school, I see....
• Commented on Inside Paraguay's black market
  Chembovy'a/glad to know, Takuan. :D...
• Commented on Inside Paraguay's black market
  Upeicharõ ahata paraguaype ajogua opaveve. Ikatupa ajogua riñon? :D...
• Commented on Jeans with built-in keyboard
  This is like, the hottest thing ever. Jesus christ....