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• Commented on What the $*@&#! is the Nephroid of Freeth?
  Damian, that's the best thing I've seen all day....
• Commented on Taste Test: natto, gooey fermented soy beans
  I tried natto twice when I was in Japan: once as sushi, which was bitter and sticky, and once as a natto-roll bought for 200 yen from a Lawson. As I sat on the steps of a public building trying...
• Commented on N.A.S.A. feat. Tom Waits + Kool Keith: "Spacious Thoughts"
  I can always count on Keith to bring the crazy, but I think Tom Waits one-upped him with lines like "The moon smells like a cherry bomb!" and "The ballon drops down at midnight, strangling a monkey with the hands...
• Commented on Apple patents anti-user attention-complianceware
  Ah, I see. Fanboy skillz. Since there's absolutely nothing in my post fanboy-flavored, gee, teapot, I can only assume you're hurting for drama....
• Commented on Apple patents anti-user attention-complianceware
  Er... thanks? Not quite sure what 'fb skillz' are or if you're being facetious....
• Commented on Apple patents anti-user attention-complianceware
  Yes, that's true, some people do prefer ugly things that barely work. Never understood the attraction, myself....
• Commented on Apple patents anti-user attention-complianceware
  Sounds to me like a more-sophisticated version of what Google's been doing on YouTube, for example, for well-nigh onto a year, and oddly, I haven't seen much outcry about that. If Apple decides to put device-freezing ads onto iPods and...
• Commented on TSA bans snowglobes. TSA, meet Archimedes.
  Last year, I was flying out of LAX with a small jar of the famous relish from Bob's Big Boy. TSA guy found it in my bag and said, "This is a liquid, you have to discard this." I said,...
• Commented on What MP3 player should I buy?
  @zio_donnie and others-- if you don't think iTunes has "drag and drop", you're kinda doing it wrong. That's how it works. Drag, drop, songs are on your iPod. Couldn't be simpler....
• Commented on What MP3 player should I buy?
  Sounds like you need an iPod. Yes, I know you don't want one. It's still the best device for what you're looking for....
• Commented on Elegy Beach: sequel to Ariel, a sword-and-sorcery post-apocalyptic adventure story about the reinvention of software in the age of magic
  Arial was an excellent, overlooked novel -- it's great to see it get overdue love, and a sequel, holy crap. Everyone, go buy this so Boyett can finish "Architect of Sleep", too!...
• Commented on A bidet wherever you go
  I'd buy a bidet -- a real, permanent washlet for my toilet -- in a hot second if they weren't so bloody expensive here in the States....
• Commented on Monsters Cereal Blog
  I was very happy to see the old-school-esque Monster Cereals at Target recently; the character designs had gotten horribly cutesy-wootsy over the last few years. Now they're back to the early-80s versions, at least....
• Commented on Ariel: the unabridged, DRM-free audiobook of the classic swords-and-sorcery post-apocalyptic adventure
  Cinemajay: eMusic is a good seller. No DRM, plain-vanilla mp3 files. Their pricing structure has gotten considerably more wonky and confusing over the past few months, but they're still worth checking out....
• Commented on Ariel: the unabridged, DRM-free audiobook of the classic swords-and-sorcery post-apocalyptic adventure
  Now if he'd just give the same love to "Architect of Sleep"....
• Commented on Cold-brew coffee maker
  This is pretty much the same deal as the Toddy coffeemaker, which is nothing more than a big jug you fill with water and coffeegrounds and brew like Sun Tea in your fridge overnight, then filter. In other words, if...
• Commented on Mighty Boosh fans: New "The Moon" screensavers.
  I cannot possibly imagine feeling that much hate for The Moon....
• Commented on Daredevil LA tagger "Buket" of YouTube fame gets nearly 4 years in jail.
  Nobody should be jailed for graffiti, but "Buket" arguably put motorists' lives in danger by tagging where and when he did. One false step and he'd be in the middle of the interstate. For that? Yeah, he should head to...
• Commented on What's the best multiple-button mouse for Macs?
  I love my Kensington Expert Mouse (aka trackball) but I don't love it as much as the ones they made three or four years ago. The new ones feel a lot cheaper....
• Commented on Disney buying Marvel
  @25, Bolt isn't a Pixar movie. It's a Disney film. It was, however, the first Disney feature produced under the oversight of John Lasseter as Chief Creative Officer of Disney. Confusing, yes :)...
• Commented on Disney buying Marvel
  Well, that'll make the licensing around all the Marvel rides at Universal parks interesting....
• Commented on Snow Leopard ate my data
  blaming the OS designers for your believing in marketers' promised infallibility is an ignorant statement. You're intentionally putting words in the author's mouth to make her seem idiotic, which is very disingenuous. The fact is, she did exactly what anyone...
• Commented on Snow Leopard ate my data
  @19 and 16 Please explain why the author is an "idiot" and a "toolbox". She used the built-in Mac tools to set up regular backups, resulting in no lost data when her system (for whatever reason) didn't successfully install an...
• Commented on US Senate cyber security bill sparks debate, "internet takeover" fears
  People who think that President Obama can somehow "take over the internet" or "shut down the internet" don't know how the internet works....
• Commented on Barney Frank pwns crazy lady at "town hall" meeting, effectively invoking Godwin's law.
  Now, on the left, how many of you spoke of BusHitler? I see lots of hands. Well, no, you're imagining lots of hands. There frankly weren't a lot of Bush/Hitler comparisons during his time in office, not even among the...
• Commented on Barney Frank pwns crazy lady at "town hall" meeting, effectively invoking Godwin's law.
  Barney Frank is one of our smartest congresspeople, and I'm proud to see him representing reason. Well done, Barney....
• Commented on Chemex coffee brewing guide
  The Chemex has been sold unchanged since the '40s; as the quote above says, it was invented to make coffeemaking simple in a time of percolator-pots. You can make a very decent cup of coffee in a Chemex by just...
• Commented on You're weird in at least ten ways
  There's a big difference between picking your nose (to clear blocked nasal passages) and eating boogers....
• Commented on Maybe These Massive Wheel Spikes Shouldn't be Legal
  I just saw these yesterday on a truck in Boston! I felt like I was in "Death Race 3000" as I pulled past the guy....
• Commented on How to make kombucha
  If using a store-bought bottle of kombucha, should I use 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup store-bought kombucha? Does it matter if the bottle of kombucha is flavored, or does it need to be plain tea?...