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• Commented on Wheel Mouse (groan)
  That should have read, "$14 at Brando (where else?)" ;-)...
• Commented on Netflix increases price of Blu-Ray rentals
  I called Netflix Customer Service and voiced my opinion -- that the increase is excessive (I'm OK with a $1 increase, not $3) and that the timing is bad, with the economy and such (I was laid-off 10 days ago...
• Commented on Netflix adds new features, but users have even more suggestions
  Like the comment in the last bullet of the list, Having only three choices jumped out at me immediately. I feel they should offer five choices: Never; Rarely; Sometimes; Frequently; Always....
• Commented on Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: King Kong (1968)
  It's funny to look at this. My daughter is friends with Ian Underwood's (keyboard) daughter. I've met him; he looks like everyone's uncle now....
• Commented on What were arcades like, Grandpa?
  In the mid-80's, when I was dating my wife, one of our favorite cheap dates was to get a roll of quarters and head to an arcade. Our primary game was Centipede and a bit later, the variant, Millipede. We...
• Commented on Dell gimps Mini 10 netbook: no RAM upgrades past 1GB
  This is an instant FAIL for Dell. Stupid decisions like this are a good reason to vote with your wallet and seek another brand. What is the largest addressable memory on an Atom processor anyway?...
• Commented on Trough of No Value: the period when objects aren't new and aren't collectible
  I'm deep in the trough with my original Compaq Portable, which is equipped with some real classic hits from the '80's: * AST 6-pak Plus expansion card * Plus HardCard 30 (for the kids, that's 30MB) * Intel 8087 math...
• Commented on Power adapter "Designed by Apple in Calitomia"
  KMONEY: What you are missing is that this is most assuredly a counterfeit device. What you all are REALLY missing is that it says, "Designed by Apple in Calitomia". This is not a typo on my part; click the image...
• Commented on Metal business cards with an articulated hand
  I'm very curious as to how they were made. I can only assume it was a combination of ECM and possibly laser etching (for the knuckles.) It all could be punched and stamped, but the tooling would be pretty pricey....
• Commented on The history of the Mac Boot Beep
  I think it was late in '92 when I worked with several pre-production Macintosh Quadra 840AV computers to eventually be the core of a digital imaging workstation product. These pre-production units did not have the usual startup sound; some enterprising...
• Commented on Netbooks five: Lenovo's S10 brings the color wheel and instant-on Linux
  Hmm, two more colors or built-in Bluetooth like they do in Asian models (and publicly spec'ed on the US models but never delivered.) Which is more important...?...
• Commented on Say goodbye to tedious marshmallow roasting with the Spinmallow
  In a moment of inspiration 10 years ago, I made a very similar device from a discarded D-cell-powered retail signage spinner. It turns at about 10rpm, which is about perfect. I guess I should have patented it.......
• Commented on Opening titles of B-movies
  He misssed "C.H.U.D." and Death Race 2000"....
• Commented on The Graffititek Bookshelf by Charles Kalpakian
  I think it is intended to look like a giant aluminum or plastic extrusion....
• Commented on Dyson Airblade nuclear blasts your hands dry
  I loved these hand dryers on my trips to Japan. I'm surprised restrooms in the US don't use them. Instead, be get self-feeding paper towel dispensers and their associated waste to deal with. One reason, in this example, is probably...
• Commented on What's the one thing that would convince you to buy a Palm Nova-powered smartphone?
  $100 and a $10/month data plan (hey, a guy can dream!)...
• Commented on Sneaky fake lens lets you take photos at right angle to direction you point the camera
  This is not at all new. I played with a similar product in my local camera shop in 1974. Of course, back then, then were intended for candid photography, not your local neighborhood perv....
• Commented on Gallery of obsolete computers
  RE: I still have my working Compaq Portable ... Correction, I bought my Compaq Portable in Feb. of 1984...
• Commented on Gallery of obsolete computers
  I still have my working Compaq Portable (the original Model 1), a 32-pound "transportable." It is loaded with classic accessories including an AST 6-pack Plus, Plus(tm) HardCard 30 (that's 30MB, for the kiddies in the audience), and an 8087 math...
• Commented on UK to punish "publishing police info" with 10 years in jail
  The more I read about what's going on in Britain, the more it sounds like the totalitarian regime in V for Vendetta, which is placed in Britain. It's scary!...
• Commented on Plant an organic garden on the White House Lawn
  They would never be able to put and organic certified garden at the white house as you can be sure the grounds have been exposed to every known form of fungicide, herbicide and insecticide known to man to have the...
• Commented on The Right to Bear Pocket Knives
  Around 2002, I had my Leatherman Micra confiscated at PDX when I forgot it was on my keyring. I'm sure they thought I was a terrorist with a 1.5" blade. In 2003, I was in Japan on business for two...
• Commented on Giant rubber band has ACME possibilities
  Yep, these are used by movers to help with tasks such as keeping drawers from flying open when furniture is being carried....
• Commented on Power On Self Test: Our New President in Nanolithography
  I think this is fake. It looks rendered rather than nanotech. The edges are too sharp, especially where the text and objects meet the substrate....
• Commented on <em>Boing Boing Gadgets</em> explains: "Just How The Hell Did I End Up In Infomercia?"
  THREE DAYS!?! I'll be back when this crap is gone -- and not a moment sooner.... RSS Mode -- DISABLED!!...
• Commented on Untitled 2
  This Infomerica crap is so annoying, it's really, REALLY pissing me off enough to stop visiting....
• Commented on Boing Boing tv: Floating in Zero Gravity is Fun, Earthlings!
  With both Craig Barrett and a bunch of science teachers on board, was this a press junket to promote Intel's Science Talent Search?...
• Commented on New LazerTag guns are practically sci-fi objets d'art
  I still have a complete pair of original LazerTag guns, etc. from the 80's stashed in my garage. They are used, not abused; I wonder if they are worth anything.......