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• Commented on URL shorteners suck less, thanks to the Internet Archive and 301Works
  They are good for sending long links in emails, but perhaps not much else....
• Commented on Video tour through the history of SFX
  (Dang why I hafta sign in every five minutes on this site!) What #5 said and I think Metropolis should have gotten a nod....
• Commented on Random ham radio trollfight audio (explicit)
  "I've begged him for years "For the love of God, just go and chat with people on the internet. At least you'd make less of an ass of yourself..." (Or do it a little more anonymously.)" More anonymously? I'm glad...
• Commented on Flooded Louisville Free Public Library needs your help
  Thanks for the global heads-up, Cory....
• Commented on Paperclips dance to electromagnets on train
  I assume the paperclips were previously magnetized and have a north and south pole? Otherwise, wouldn't they merely cling to the floor?...
• Commented on Prediction of the Automotive Future [UPDATE] [UPDATED]
  Perhaps Chilton's merely failed to see the rise of Japanese and German imports. Their numbers are more correct, perhaps even understated when you add imported vehicles. (No, I do not have the ##s!)...
• Commented on Wait, Where is Alan Kay's Office?
  I'd expect Atari to forget where Alan sat but Parc?...
• Commented on Money-related posts at Credit.com
  An S9 signal report usually gets lowered to an S3 once you mention that you're running QRP......
• Commented on Gigabit powerline ethernet
  I just hope they don't splatter unintentional RF everywhere like other broadband over powerline systems tend to....
• Commented on The Second Hundred Years of SOS Begins Today
  By the way, Morse Code is far from dead. In recent news, we here in the US are sending a team to compete in an upcoming high speed Morse competition in Bulgaria this September. Apparently in Eastern Europe high speed...
• Commented on The Second Hundred Years of SOS Begins Today
  @8 I agree completely - I hate SMS messaging on my cellphone but might take it up more often if I could use Morse. Also, I really dislike the modern internet way of visually representing the code with hyphens and...
• Commented on Exploring Your Own Backyard
  This past Sunday I spent a wonderful five hours in our beautiful little back yard admiring a rich diversity or flora and fauna that we have, much of which surrounds a little koi pond. Sadly, we don't know what some...
• Commented on Retro filters add old CRT look to classic games
  That's what Vaseline is for....
• Commented on Auto-Tune the news - everything sounds better
  That is nice - well executed and funny....
• Commented on How To: Amp up a Home Recording Studio w/Cabling
  Is there a measurable difference in resistance? That's easy to quantify....
• Commented on Tweetlite flashes Twitter messages in Morse code
  @#2 i I crashed in to the river while trying to read that. Bad idea for road signs......
• Commented on Tweetlite flashes Twitter messages in Morse code
  Older amateur radio operators who tweet will love it. I'm assuming that is a small demographic, though. The small demographic thing is also probably why Morse code is not generally offered as an input method for texting on regular cell...
• Commented on Would you like an "OpenBar?"
  I hate it....
• Favorited Flash game: Act like a minotaur in a china shop on Boing Boing
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• Commented on Netflix adds new features, but users have even more suggestions
  How about they spend 10% of their mailing sleeve advertising budget on the care and feeding of Optical Media. I'm sick of scratched discs....
• Commented on Video: The colors of KitchenAid
  I love my core i7....
• Commented on LaCie iamaKey, itsaKey, Passkey: Flash drives shaped like keys
  About time. My last San Disk drive broke off my key chain and I was very lucky to notice it and pick it up off the street. These things need un-breakable key rings but surprisingly, fairly few have them....
• Commented on Miraculous portable computers, ca 1982
  Me, too! I had the Radio Shack PC-2 in tenth grade. I used to put chemistry formulas in REM statements to cheat on tests. Good times. I later managed to squeeze programs for Ohms law, Hamurabi and a few other...
• Commented on Fish Friday: <em>Orange Roughy</em> by Don Relyea
  Did he get food poisoning? (I'm not saying I don't like it - looks kind of like an integrated circuit.)...
• Commented on Lisp machine, its keys
  Double bucky, you're the one! You make my keyboard lots of fun! Double bucky, an additional bit or two - vo vo de-o ( http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Double_bucky )...
• Commented on A droid I've been looking for: steam-powered R2D2
  I think it has a bad motivator....
• Commented on Screenshot: A 4,096-Color Eye of Jealousy
  "Would Dalí have used an Amiga?" Perhaps not a really fitting comparison, but Andy Warhol used an Amiga: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/02/04/andy-warhol-and-the-.html I miss my A2000HD...that machine was way ahead of it's time. (but pretty old when I finally retired it in '97)...
• Commented on TOFU is the best dancing robot
  Yeah, leave Keepon alone!...
• Commented on Star Wars Telegraph -- the never-made toy
  "Coming in 599, nice fist, Darth. Back to you" "Ah, thanks, fine business, Luke. Your fist sounds rather, new?"...