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• Commented on Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Flour On Fire
  One of my high school science teachers used to do this for Halloween. He'd make a jack-o-lantern and put the tube in the lower back, so the flames would shoot out of the face. It was great. I think he...
• Commented on Magic Mouse
  I use logitech's mx revolution (which is expensive, but you can get a decent price for a refurbished one). It can do enough of what the magic mouse can do to please me, flick scrolling included, but it uses buttons...
• Commented on What MP3 player should I buy?
  I've been using Creative's mp3 players since my first, and I've been happy with them. I'm using the Zen X-fi right now, which was kind of a waste of money, but the regular Zen player is great. Nice sized screen,...
• Commented on HOWTO flout the flavored tobacco ban and make DIY homemade clove cigarettes
  In regards to the cost of smokers and their health problem, is there anyone who enjoys looking at charts who would like to find out if the costs of smoking are greater than the insane amount of taxes we have...
• Commented on Toshiba Unleashing Biggest Memory Card EVER
  At this point, I refuse to believe that SD cards aren't magic....
• Commented on Botched building demolition creates real-world Katamari Damacy horror
  That is one well built building....
• Commented on Tick Removers: Which Do You Use?
  I always just use my fingers. We have a god awful amount of ticks around here (eastern Long Island) since we have such a god awful amount of deer and as I work outside and pull the damned things off...
• Commented on "Your business card is CRAP!"
  He doesn't put his title on his card because his title is Biggest Douchebag in America....
• Commented on Sex with the cable guy: does it really happen?
  I don't know about cable guys, but being a pool guy isn't nearly as sexy as porn has led me to believe, though I don't live up to the porn standard of a sexy pool guy either, so fair enough....
• Commented on Gator Guard is a scareduck
  Man, I thought those plastic owls were bad....
• Commented on "Hallelujah I'm a Bum" played on homemade ukulele
  Yeah. . .I think I'll stick with Pete Seeger's version....
• Commented on Royal Enfield Military 500 motorcycle
  One of my customers has one. I don't know anything about it except that it is beautiful....
• Commented on London imposes de-facto 9PM curfew on under-16s
  Stopping people from socializing to prevent anti-social behavior. Hmmm. . .makes sense to me!...
• Commented on Nine Weird PSAs (video)
  The best PSA has to be Raisin Brahms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgBdrsqvjs Guten taaaaaag!...
• Commented on Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal
  I don't get why anyone would want that feature on a kindle anyway. A blind person isn't going to spend that much money on a fancy screen they can't read, and who wants a robot who mispronounces words to read...
• Commented on Glass pool table is an expensive, bad idea
  Wouldn't you end up with a clear table covered in blue fingerprints from the combination of putting your fingers on the glass when you make a shot, and chalk dust falling off the tip of the cue stick when it...
• Commented on Judges jailed for taking bribes from private juvie prisons to send kids to jail
  God damn....
• Commented on A journey through my junk: happy Down the Rabbit Hole day!
  Great story....
• Commented on iTurtle dances to your tunes
  Reminds me of the short film "Lovely" in which two of the characters dance along with a cheap windup dancing turtle. A short film which frustrates the hell out of me since it's great and I can't find a copy...
• Commented on Afghanistan: Peace Through Accordions
  That was great....
• Commented on Australian redneck fixes plasma television with baseball bat
  There are few things in life more satisfying than mechanical or electronic problems that can be fixed by hitting them....
• Commented on Dream a Little Dream of Me on ukulele
  Cool video but. . .who keeps syrup in the fridge?...
• Commented on Real Touch: Interactive sex device syncs porn with belt-driven USB orifice (Yay!)
  This is what pisses off SkyNet enough to launch the nukes....
• Commented on Trailer for Psych-Out (1968)
  Oops, I forgot linkage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmScBRuZF0c...
• Commented on Trailer for Psych-Out (1968)
  No 60's LSD movie involving Jack Nicholson will ever be better than The Trip....
• Commented on Apple dropping DRM from music in iTunes, keeping DRM for audiobooks, video
  I'd kill babies all day for legit DRM-free audiobooks, but I'm a sucker and will continue to buy from Audible. Curse their awesome membership prices!...
• Commented on Doctor finds foot growing in brain of infant
  Man, biology is nuts....
• Commented on This is not William Shakespeare's head
  Oh man, this would be SO good for the entrance to my secret superhero cav. . .er I mean. . .the lights. . .the lights in my bedroom. Yeahhh, that's the ticket....
• Commented on Kinks reunion documentary-in-progress
  In general I'd rather gouge out my eyes than see a reunion tour, but I'd kill babies all day to be able to see The Kinks live....
• Commented on Scans of old Scholastic book covers
  Man, I forgot how much I loved Encyclopedia Brown....