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• Commented on Abstinence-only rappers sing about the "Christian Side Hug"
  front hugs - not ok rough riding - totally ok is that kinda like... "mary was only a virgin if you don't count anal"?...
• Commented on How to saber a bottle of champagne
  @Anonymous: attempt only on a carbonated beverage, not regular wine. the ensuing eruption is what keeps glass shards from entering the bottle. tip: chill the bottle first, makes for a cleaner break...
• Commented on Report: Two journalists imprisoned in North Korea to be released
  still a current.tv blackout on the news or posting anything about it on their site... hrm...
• Commented on Birthers glom on to fake Kenyan birth certificate.
  According to G. Gordon Liddy's own reasoning, that is NOT a birth certificate! It is merely a Registration of Birth... I thought these guys would only be satisfied by a "Birth Certificate"?!...
• Commented on US Health Care debate: scary Republican infographic countered by dreamy sherbet-hued Democrat infographic
  quick, somebody throw up an infographic detailing how the Pentagon works! Conclusion: Self defense is a complicated gov't program, so we must get rid of it!! So what if it's complicated, some things worth doing are going to be complicated,...
• Commented on Creepy Russian high-voltage towers
  That's Ted Stevens' internet!...
• Commented on Karl Schroeder on "rewilding" -- openness, government, and autonomous nature as an economic actor
  Whenever somebody talks so vaguely about the "insight" of the "invisible hand of the market", I am very suspicious about the rest of their conclusions... is he not paying attention?...
• Commented on New black spot on Jupiter -- from comet, asteroid?
  @#1 DROWSE: Yes! I thought the same thing right away... just in time for next year....
• Commented on United Breaks Guitars, the complaint anthem
  ok, you know what, not to excuse what United did, but: a) If they really put a Taylor on checked baggage, they are stupid at worst, risky at best. b) If they really put a Taylor in one of those...
• Commented on Sandia Labs' new SunCatcher power system resembles Magritte painting
  Just looks like a bigger version of one of these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/autarken/2094018472/...
• Commented on Persepolis 2.0: fan-art story about Iran elections
  @Stefan #1 That's because they *are* scans of Satrapi's work. (note the cite at the end)... wonder what Satrapi thinks of the remixing?...
• Commented on Jantar Mantar
  flickr set from trip to India 2 years ago. the concave bowls with half the sections removed so you can stand down inside them and take close up measurements are pretty cool....
• Commented on Radio chip inspired by human ear
  yeah, that caught my eye as well... human hearing is capable of 20Hz to 20kHz range, but I honestly don't know if that's all captured by the cochlea or if there are other organs involved in detecting the lower and...
• Commented on Giant Burning Holes of the World
  I am planning a trip that will take me through Darvaza, among other things to document that flaming sink hole... as well as the sea of sand and ghost shipyards at Muynaq on the Aral Sea. The route *was* going...
• Commented on Going Places: Capitalism cartoon from 1948
  @12 DeWriter You beat me to the punch... dude never does get to goof off, and what is all this socialist mumbo jumbo about property taxes improving the local govn't... know good capitalists hoard all the profits for themselves....
• Commented on London cops mug tourist for his bus-station photos
  Not allowing photographs of anything having to do with "transportation" is something you come to expect from authoritarian governments... such as I was prohibited by Chinese cops from photographing certain bridges in Tibet (they have checkpoints on the way to...
• Commented on Excursion to the Center of the Earth
  @19 Guy Jin: Russia already DID do this! In Turkmenistan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnv_zREaE4k...
• Favorited Maximum The Hormone - Bikini Sports Ponchin video on Boing Boing
• Commented on Maximum The Hormone - Bikini Sports Ponchin video
  Coolest thing since The Mad Capsule Markets!...
• Commented on RiP: Remix Manifesto -- documentary about copyright and the information age
  Would be nice if OpensourceCinema provided a full download instead of only raw footage or trailer... Oh well, at least there is still Good Copy Bad Copy....
• Commented on Tibetan protests in Lhasa turn violent as Chinese forces crack down
  To underscore my comment about the contrast of the imagery above, I've just posted a photo I took standing almost exactly in that same spot here: Shadows Over Shangri La Also, photos of Drepung and Sera during more peaceful times...
• Commented on Tibetan protests in Lhasa turn violent as Chinese forces crack down
  This is so sad. The images of burning cars in front of the Jokhang temple are in such stark contrast to the tangible, overwhelming feeling of peacefulness I felt standing in that same spot last fall. The foreshadowing of ominous...
• Commented on Police attack peacefully protesting monks in Tibet
  I was in Tibet last October for a few weeks, visiting both Drepung and Sera monasteries during the course of the trip. We had a local Tibetan guide and I also talked to a few monks... Of course this is...
• Commented on Badass rayguns: postapocalyptic, steampunk, deadly
  excellent use of a clarinet... too bad it looks like it's plastic instead of wood. you could use all sorts of instruments to get that bell shaped barrel look. tuba bazooka! (trombone would probably work better but it doesn't rhyme)...
• Commented on Shop of the Forbidden City
  In preparation for the Olympics the Chinese proudly booted Starbucks and that cafe is fully owned/operated by the museum. I visited just a few weeks after Cory (bought a snack in that very shop!) and there are several funny signs...
• Commented on Cock: Indian firework art collection
  This took me right back to India... I was just there for Diwali which is when all these fireworks are for sale, and I bought and exploded my fair share of Cock! "Buy the Best COCK" as their advertising says....