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• Commented on Saturday Morning Science Experiment: The Gummi Bear Gets It
  I embiggened it for you: http://chopsueyblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/anatomie_gummi_bar_by_freeny.png...
• Commented on Is A Knife-Less Leatherman Still a Leatherman?
  Prettyboytim - wow, that's absurd! Locking blades on pocketknives make them 100x safer... innocent people will literally bleed because of that ruling. I love a lot of the UK, but god, I hope the US doesn't follow suit on knife...
• Commented on RFP: design open federal regulations
  I think this hits do-it-yourselfers the hardest. Companies can usually afford to buy copies of the regulations (despite what an ill taste it leaves in the mouth) and recoup the costs over a larger project. Individuals do one-off projects and...
• Favorited Flash game: Act like a minotaur in a china shop on Boing Boing
• Favorited Incredible Pong Watch tells time through a lopsided score on Boing Boing Gadgets
• Favorited Zombies reciting haiku on Boing Boing
• Commented on This may or may not be the upcomign Tesla S interior, but check out the size of that navigation screen
  That'll be awesome for driving at night!...
• Commented on Is the Shuffle headphone Chip a MEMS microphone?
  I agree with nixiebunny. MEMS microphones all have tiny holes for the sound to come in; the apple chip has a dot for pin 1, but it doesn't look like a hole....
• Commented on Many Restaurants Remain Oblivious to Mobile Web
  As someone who lived there, I've got to put my vote in for Elaine's as some of the best food I've had (and I've been to a lot of different restaurants!). It's truly a gem. The chef Bret is awesome......
• Commented on The comic art of Lucy Knisley
  Sometimes when people might hear me going to the bathroom, I'll take a large glass of water and ...slowly... and ...loudly... poor it in the toilet. Just to see if anyone notices. Oh, also, I learned something about cartoon styles...
• Commented on World's longest sausage
  Poor choice of grouping pictures for number 3: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/week-in-news-pictures-120/photo3.html There are some titles you don't want to see above your portrait....
• Commented on We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones...but is it DRM? (Update: It is not!)
  #73 - well put. I wish the chamberlain judge had set a precedent - instead, she just pointed out the absurdity of the issue in this one case. Are people to hope that the next judge will also think it's...
• Commented on We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones...but is it DRM? (Update: It is not!)
  Re: Debouncing circuit. There is no need for a debouncer... this IC probably does it, but it could be done equally well in software, by the shuffle. Re: Need for a chip. This circuit could be reliably implemented with 3-5...
• Commented on We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones...but is it DRM? (Update: It is not!)
  Good post, guys! Looks like an o-scope is next in the investigation! Anyone in Boulder want me to take apart theirs? schmod- it's definitely big enough to contain some havoc... for example, the PIC10 is 2x3 mm, and it's a...
• Commented on New iPods have DRM on the headphone interface -- UPDATED
  I think we need some better evidence before we start claiming DRM. A series of beeps? That could be anything. A picture of the authentication chip, or a monitoring of the signal line, or something to prove that there is...
• Commented on Ten-Minute Raccoon Butt Shelf
  Looks kinda like the nose of a camel. Are you sure it's a raccoon butt?...
• Commented on Gallery of engraved laptops
  Ah, that gallery has pt's tarsier. I remember when I got up on stage at the Maker Faire... a little bit nervous... and saw that laptop sitting on stage. I'd seen it before on the internet, but I saw it...
• Commented on Welcome to nationalized Citibank
  I stopped using citibank after they were absolutely useless while travelling to japan. I found out that my US citibank mastercard meant absolutely nothing at the headquarters of citibank in japan (I traveled to nagoya, their financial capital!). It turns...
• Commented on Snake regurgitates hippo
  @43 - Isn't it more like giving birth in forward? Or am I fundamentally misunderstanding the whole birth process? ;-)...
• Commented on Sophie Madeleine plays "The Beard Song" on ukulele
  Well, as of this morning, I've got 1 week of beard on me... which is about 6 days more than I've had in the last few years. It's been fun, but off it goes tomorrow! I feel like I must...
• Commented on Steampunk puzzle game preview
  @peter - count your blessings... you realize that after steampunk, disco is posed for a comeback? I'm talking a full-on funkadelic roller bootin' jive-talkin platform shoes, polyester evening trousers time. So, enjoy it while you can....
• Commented on LEGO minifig motorcycle helmet
  Here's a place that makes these covers, and they do custom work, too! http://www.trscustomvisors.com/ (many of the links on that page seem broken, though)...
• Commented on TED2009: Electric Fault Circuit Interrupter
  I agree with Jimkirk - this could be done easier & made to handle the more common faults. I like the fuse-in-the-cord idea (like christmas tree lights have). Also, I'd like to see a low-voltage-cutout for cases where an extension...
• Commented on A human lifetime in Rolex Time Sand
  agreed. Thanks Semiotix....
• Commented on Dream a Little Dream of Me on ukulele
  Ok, I'm at her show!! She's awesome live - great voice!! She did a great uke cover of "Rich Girl" (Hall & Oates)...
• Commented on Dream a Little Dream of Me on ukulele
  Thx Jonoellis - check out this rusted root cover! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SpyfuDPbLMU...
• Commented on Dream a Little Dream of Me on ukulele
  Thanks, Arkizzle. I was going to make a point about acting, and how I didn't put any racial or negative connotations with her affect, and then go off on a tangent about the Cosby show and its exploration of racial...
• Commented on Dream a Little Dream of Me on ukulele
  Jack & Clayton - check out her other videos. I saw three so far - one she opens as a robot from the future, one starts as a valley girl, and the other one as a cowboy (complete with fake...
• Commented on Free High Res Images of Earth
  250 meter resolution is "I can see my house from here" if you've got a 672,745 square foot house. Ok, 15 acres could get pretty lonely, but it's all relative :-)...
• Commented on Tetris watch
  Sorry to burst your bubble, but it appears to be a design only. Here is the artist's site - it says "9/27 Tetris Forever & Tele - nixon concept - solidworks + maxwell render". It's also at least a year...