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• Commented on Video: Light Art Performance Photography
  Very cool stuff. They look like they are straight out of a (good) sci-fi movie! I went to the site hoping to quickly grab some of the still images for desktop wallpaper, but it's an unspeakable Flash monstrosity. You CAN...
• Commented on We may or may not have refreshed <em>BBG</em>
  It's interesting to see the Offworld-style design tweaked here. Does this mean the motherblog will be changing to match at some point? Anyway, I love the background image, just wish it wasn't covered by the giant ad. I like the...
• Commented on Change I can believe in: the presidential mech-wars of <em>Metal Wolf Chaos</em>
  The game is over-the-top cheesy craziness. Great fun, and a shame it was never brought over. It even has full English audio. There was a demo on an OXM disc however, which is where I first got to see it....
• Commented on You're my obsession: <em>Puzzle Quest: Galactrix</em> demo goes live
  I think it'll take a while to get used to the hex movement. But I'll sure enjoy doing it....
• Commented on The Light Fantastic
  Previously on BB... http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/25/helmet-for-alzheimer.html No new details on the efficacy of the treatment since then? Disappointing....
• Commented on Circuit City ist kaputt
  The CCs I visited (in few different states) still managed to be worse places to shop than the BBs even *after* BB started their dumb "we dislike customers who just want bargains" corporate stance. CC generally had higher prices, fewer...
• Commented on Stupid British ad regulators: 250MB a month is "unlimited" because no-one ever uses that much
  You have to wonder what sort of evidence the board considered when making this decision. I'll bet it came directly from the ISPs, who would of course focus on the sort of users #3 mentions....
• Commented on CES Photo: V-Moda Vibe II earbuds
  So do they come with attachments to increase the gauge size?...
• Commented on Advertising regulator bans Dyson vacuum cleaner ad after Hoover complains
  There are times that I really admire the ASA. All the disgustingly deceitful ads that I see on US TV could use a good regulatory whacking. This is not one of those times, though. The ruling is based on some...
• Commented on Psion, owner of "Netbook" trademark, would like world to stop using that word generically
  If the lawyer letters are being sent to blogs, then Psion can take a long walk off a short pier. If they're being sent to other manufacturers who are using the term to sell their machines (even if it's not...
• Commented on Gadgets: This is what you should buy
  Anyone have an opinion on the lower-end Sanyo Xactis versus the Flip MinoHD? Looks like the Xactis would add complexity, but also nice features like image stabilization and optical zoom. I've been looking at Flips, Kodak Vi6, etc and thinking...
• Commented on Weighted Companion Pendant
  This is neat, and if I had a Portal-loving s.o. I'd buy one for her. But while looking at the Etsy page for this, I also saw some awesome Portal icon pins & magnets by Slevin11. In fact, most of...
• Commented on Gadgets: This is what you should buy
  The Creative Zen MP3 player Amazon link didn't work for me. It may be because the player is called the Stone, not pebble. It's small, but I guess Creative doesn't think it's small enough to be a pebble. That's next...
• Commented on Nissan 370Z's Downshift Rev Matching: Heel-and-toe shifting for everyone
  Nissan's doing quite a comeback in the sports car world. The amazing GT-R pretty much swept car of the year awards, and now this nice little technical improvement....
• Commented on Burt Reynolds boozes it up in <em>You're In The Movies</em> spot
  The print ads for this campaign nailed the movie-star-parody tone a lot better than this video. But Reynolds is having fun with it; he definitely doesn't take himself too seriously (see also: his Robot Chicken car race sketch)....
• Commented on World of Nothiredcraft
  Being asked about WoW, or just video games in general, in an interview would set of alarm bells for me. I'd dodge the question as best I could and not admit to anything more than passing familiarity. Not because I...
• Commented on Samsung and Westinghouse PR rep goes crazy after being asked not to spam bloggers
  That's a hell of an e-mail. For a PR pro to actually send such a thing is Not Good, even if she was just having a bad day or something. The unquoted follow-up line to "I'd hardly call your blog...
• Commented on Retro Pontiac 6000 commercial might be the worst car commercial ever made
  #19 - I see your point about the Vibe/Matrix pair, though the newest models are no longer exact twins and aren't built together. (They also both get only so-so writeups in car mags). But I think what that perception really...
• Commented on Retro Pontiac 6000 commercial might be the worst car commercial ever made
  Pontiac's "We build excitement" tagline at the end is the high point of the commercial. But I doubt the irony was intentional....
• Commented on Phil Spencer and Major Nelson talk <em>Crackdown 2</em>
  #2 - I like to think that the HL3 offer simply introduced more people to the awesomeness that is Crackdown, rather than smudging its rep ('Buy HL3 beta spot, get random game free!'). It deserves more than sleeper hit status....
• Commented on <em>Trine</em>: Blue wizard is about to draw
  That looks great. Shadowgrounds is an underappreciated game, I hope Trine garners a lot more attention....
• Commented on Sega developer logistically explains why modern Sonic games are terrible
  The penultimate paragraph really hits the nail on the head: The quintessential Sonic gameplay worked because of the limits of old-school hardware and player expectations. Especially the fact that short games were totally expected then, but are now usually relegated...
• Commented on Monster truck rally tilt shift video
  #15 - cmmntr xprsss n pnn y dn't lk, nd yr rspns s t mck hm? Tht sms bt chldsh. Wht dd *yr* rspns dd t th thrd? nd frm mdrtr t....
• Commented on Ford on selling 65MPG Euro-diesel car in U.S.: Nah, Americans won't buy it
  Remarkably good comments here. If there's blame to placed on Ford, it's not specifically that they haven't brought certain diesels over from Europe. Rather, it's that they (and other carmakers) focused entirely on massively inefficient SUVs for nearly a decade....
• Commented on The Roots of Psychopathy
  #37 Man on Pink Corner - What I take from that quote is essentially: "a lot of professionals have reported feeling X in Y circumstance, we got some numbers to see if there was a trend." It's valid psychology, and...
• Commented on Intentional action and Asperger Syndrome
  I wish this was a better study. It's pretty scary to see people (apparently) seriously applying the results to themselves. The study is based on a grand total of 40 people -- just 14 with Asperger's. And the study consisted...
• Commented on Bjork explains TV
  I could listen to Bjork say "EL-layc-trons" all day long....
• Commented on Boing Boing's Moderation Policy (Archived)
  Takuan, I think you may be too close to that thread -- you steered it towards the tracks more than the mods -- and too close to the mod team to be the gatekeeper for complaints here. But I'll provide...
• Commented on BBC admits that TV detector vans only work because Britons believe they do
  #22 - That's not Zuzu's own web site in #16. Regardless, when I've read that site before (months ago) that person's main point isn't the legality of not paying the license. The site is about dealing with the reams of...
• Commented on BBC admits that TV detector vans only work because Britons believe they do
  #12 - Great photos at that link. But what if the detection technology is so advanced it's miniaturized and built in to the van structure itself? Seriously though, I wonder what the effectiveness difference is between these vans, and, say,...