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• Commented on Witch bottle from the 18th century
  Which bottle?...
• Commented on Everything but the Game: Behind the Sketchpad of Amanita's point and click <em>Machinarium</em>
  Hmm. Is this just Myst all over again (again) ?...
• Commented on Israeli debate on biometric database melts down when MP starts screaming at blogger for videoing the proceedings
  So where was this screaming again? He raised his voice briefly, but that's pretty normal (speaking from first-hand experience) in meetings in that part of the world...
• Commented on Behold! OSX finally on Vaio P
  Well, I'm underwhelmed... "...there's no ethernet, wifi, gps and as I said no 3g..." So in other words OS X 'works' except that you can't connect it to anything....
• Commented on Superb ray-gun junk sculptures
  Wow. Is Cory feeling ok? He forgot to say "steampunk" :-)...
• Commented on PlayStation in a LEGO castle
  Is this Legopunk???...
• Commented on Please oh please: Don't let the sequel to Repo Man suck
  Surely you mean "not suck as much as the original"?...
• Commented on Sweet steampunky shed
  How does it compare to the sewing machine?...
• Commented on Sweet steampunky shed
  A shed. That's "steampunky". Right......
• Commented on Steampunk sewing machine
  Arkizzle, look again. :-(...
• Commented on Steampunk sewing machine
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• Commented on HOWTO ride a London Bus, Colonial Film Board 1950
  This is a wonderful find. I love the poster's comments on YouTube: "Very much beloved of Victor Lewis-Smith, this production by the Colonial Film Unit tells those finding themselves foreign, how to use London's bus service. Note to writers of...
• Commented on Fan-readings from my essay collection "Content"
  I hate to say it... But if it's Cory's blog then he can do all the self-promotion he wants. That doesn't mean that we to have to like it of course....
• Commented on Financial Crisis: Who is going to bail out the euro?
  Since when was the € the currency of the UK?...
• Commented on <em>Rule 34 Showdown</em> IRC Event on #boingboing
  OK, I'm confused. Does this start at 4PM EDT / 1PM PDT / 9PM GMT or at 9PM EDT? The title of the post says one thing, and the content says another....
• Commented on The Gamers' Bill of Entitlements
  Alas there is no mention of a gamers bill of responsibilities......
• Commented on UK gov't loses 4 million citizens' personal info
  I have a question... Is "lost" really the right term to use here? All of the records/details are still available to the government, it's just there is now an additional copy (or 12) floating around, somewhere. So you could almost...
• Commented on Dell announces new Latitude business laptops with "up to 19 hours of battery life"
  Is it possible that "...up to 19 hours" comes from replacing the optical drive with a second battery?...
• Commented on Help dress the set for the next season of The IT Crowd
  Now if only we could do something about making it funny....
• Commented on Circuit City stores ordered to destroy copies of Mad Magazine that mocks them
  Are we sure it wasn't just because the MAD 'parody' is about as funny as dropping a bowling-ball on your foot?...
• Commented on Patchwork kitchen floor made from Marmoleum ends
  The effect is just an accident waiting to happen. I'll admit that the colours/pattern is nice, but otherwise it looks a bit shabby (and dangerous)....
• Commented on Re-creation of "Who's On First routine"
  Slow day in the blogosphere? That was excruciatingly, mind-numbling dull....
• Commented on Anti-paint dumping ad from WWF -- effective and haunting
  Seconding "that's not Sydney". -DoppelFrog (Soon-to-be-in-Sydney)...