Ryan Waddell

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• Commented on Glemie Dean Beasley, urban raccoon hunter
  Considering that raccoons primarily live off garbage in the city, I really don't want to think about the disease and filth in these creatures. Yuck. That aside - how long before the IRS hunts this guy down to get him...
• Commented on AIG Ripoff Gets More Maddening
  #34, thequickbrownfox, for the win. Have any of you seen the employment contracts of the employees being paid these bonuses? Did the employees meet their contractual obligations in order to receive the bonuses? If so, I don't see how the...
• Commented on Twitter's Silent Star
  Ahhh... I love clever little things like this. Funny for a minute or two. However, why would you follow him? I have enough clutter in my twitter following stream as it is....
• Commented on Make your PS3 actually work as a media player
  I have to say - for just about a year I used my PS3 with Windows Media Player, figuring it worked "well enough" and not bothering to find another solution. But when I switched over to a Mac, and had...
• Commented on The anti-Apple ad that RIM dared not run?
  This looks like one of those ads that an ad agency would mock up, as a pitch or just for fun....
• Commented on 15-year-old girl beaten by sheriff's deputy
  @48, phikus: Funny you never hear that defense used when civilians are caught doing something on video. Actually, you hear that all the time. Lawyers argue against releasing evidence to the public/media pre-trial for regular folks just as much as...
• Commented on Ryanair wants to charge for using the toilet in-flight
  I will refrain from flying RyanAir whenever I can. When I was living in Dublin, I travelled all over Europe on long weekends, and it was almost invariably cheaper to fly Aer Lingus vs RyanAir, after you add in all...
• Commented on Irish cops finally "catch" Prawo Jazdy
  This is hilarious, but not that surprising. Polish folks are all OVER the country, and I'm willing to bet there's a whole bunch of bogger gardai who've never seen a proper EU driver's licence. I could realistically make a fake...
• Commented on Photo Book, a portable image viewer that supports RAW
  Hrmm. Methinks that any pro photographer who wants a photo viewer on the go will likely pick up one of the Epson hard drive based ones - more expensive, but they have actual storage. 4GB is pretty flimsy, you'd be...
• Commented on Boob Job: Do GoDaddy's Super Bowl ads hurt or help?
  I found out about GoDaddy with their first Superbowl ad. I switched over because their prices were awesome, and I was looking for a new registrar. I stayed with them because I've never had a single problem with them. But...
• Commented on Kittens chillax on a Roomba
  Hrmm... Cats on a roomba. I can haz Achewood?...
• Commented on Scientist who criticised DJ for vaccination scare talk gets copyright threat
  Did he really need to post the whole 44 minute audio excerpt? If he wanted to dispute specific statements, couldn't he have just transcripted them? Or even just cut it into smaller pieces? I mean, I know it would've been...
• Commented on Irish ISP will disconnect Internet users after three unsubstantiated copyright claims
  When I moved to Ireland back in 2005, I was *shocked* to find that they actually had WORSE broadband internet and mobile phone options than Canada. It's definitely improved since I lived there, but being stuck with 1 megabit Eircom...
• Commented on Senator's bill to ban profanity
  The post title is missing this part: "... and to keep damn kids off his lawn" :)...
• Commented on Bush official: we tortured Gitmo detainee
  How can you people be against torture at Guantanamo when there are CHILDREN STARVING IN AFRICA???/? :)...
• Commented on danah boyd's PhD thesis: Teen sociality online
  And Cory - I tried reading that thesis, but it's WAY over my head - as I expected a PhD thesis to be....
• Commented on danah boyd's PhD thesis: Teen sociality online
  Yeah, #1, get with the program. The proper way to snark on her name is to ask if she changed it to all lower case to better fit in with the demographic she studies. I'm surprised she decided not to...
• Commented on Spraying hot water at -29.4C
  About -20F or so (and sunny! yay!) here in Toronto this morning, with windchill. I had icicles on my eyelashes while I waited on the platform for the train (I was out there for approximately 5 minutes). My wife thought...
• Commented on Maggot cheese that tries to eat your eyes
  Oh sweet jesus. That is just... God damn. People will eat some crazy shit if you call it an aphrodisiac. I'm sorry, but I prefer my food not to a) be alive and b) have "razor sharp mouthooks"...
• Commented on Star Wars retold by someone who hasn't seen it
  OMG... That's awesome. The... counselor? Bahahahaha...
• Commented on Bush official: we tortured Gitmo detainee
  And of course, since he was tortured and cannot be sent to trial, he'll be released, right? Right?...
• Commented on New York slum children will escape zip gangs with rooftop baseball diamonds
  #1 Antinious FTW. Having said that - I've seen slummy buildings that can't even maintain their windows and doors to proper codes. You think they're going to keep a baseball diamond well maintained? Who's going to pay the guy to...
• Commented on Terrible apartment ad -- probably not real, funny nevertheless
  It started out good, then it just got silly. What if I wanted my apartment at 45 degrees? Would I be able to pay the landlord an extra $480 a month?...
• Commented on Photo of strange airborn animal?
  Anonymous #35 has it - baby dragon FTW....
• Commented on Skymall promises (lies) pillow for first class comfort in economy
  I've rarely seen an economy seat that reclines that far, as well. But I agree with anonymous #2: as it is, at 6'2, my knees are usually touching the seat in front of me before they so lovingly recline into...
• Commented on Nokia cellphone market share in U.S. collapses
  @#8, Chris S... I haven't tried this in the last year or two, but I have definitely succeeded in the past at bringing my own phone over to Bell (CDMA, I believe) with very little difficulty. I called them up,...
• Commented on The Buffalo Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2008
  A bit annoying that they resort to attacks on people's looks in many of the charges. Somebody being ugly hardly makes them loathsome. Also, I somehow doubt that just about ANY regular reader of the Buffalo Beast (presumably, the intended...
• Commented on Man takes 26 years to solve Rubik’s Cube
  Wow. I really hope nobody points out to him all the freely available algorithms on the net for learning how to solve it....
• Commented on Last Words from Journalist Murdered in Sri Lanka
  Damn. A fine piece of writing by a man far braver than I'll ever be. FAR braver....
• Commented on Princess Bride DVD ambigram
  Ahhh The Princess Bride. One of my all time faves. And my wife HATES it, absolutely cannot understand its charms. :(...