Dean Putney

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• Commented on Fantastic faux-floor illusions
  Back in the day when I was learning some basic Photoshop skills, I fiddled with the bathroom image you linked here. it was part of a contest on Worth1000.com. Here's the image you linked to in its original context....
• Commented on Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday
  Suddenly Human-Computer Interaction reaches a whole new level of importance....
• Commented on Visualizing the decline of empires
  As great as the visualization is, I wonder if it might be better with a soundtrack....
• Commented on "Sixth Sense Technology" Will Be Open Source
  Allow me to be the first to say: "wat!?"...
• Commented on The lobster abomination
  I agree with you realgeek. I voted No on one, and I'm not happy that the referendum passed. I think the liberal portion of the state (your readers, Mark) are still a little sensitive about this topic....
• Commented on Seventh foot washes ashore in British Columbia
  LOADING FOOT RELATED PUN - PLEASE WAIT.......
• Commented on Seventh foot washes ashore in British Columbia
  LOADING FOOT RELATED PUN - PLEASE WAIT.......
• Commented on 86-year-old WWII vet on gay marriage: "What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?"
  This gentleman lives in my town. Yay Maine!...
• Commented on Dyson's Air Multiplier looks great, feels good, hurts wallet
  I suspect that you could blow bubbles with it by holding a makeshift bubble wand in front of it. Try using a bent coat hanger maybe?...
• Commented on To the Moon, Alice!
  I tried to print this out on a big piece of paper, but the ink was all streaky. I'll try again later when my ink comes in. It's interesting that, although we've made more missions to Venus according to this,...
• Commented on Zombie Street Fashion
  "Saaaave the giblets!"...
• Commented on Xeni on Rachel Maddow Show: Ralph Lauren's Photoshop of Horrors
  In related news, I love the people I work for....
• Commented on "Close. The. Box. Walk away"
  Ovo...
• Commented on Stop Making Sense turns 25
  I really need to buy this DVD......
• Commented on "Close. The. Box. Walk away"
  Do I have to roll my own head, or will someone roll it for me?...
• Commented on Juvenile dollar-mod
  I'm a proponent of Lioncash...
• Commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
  Thank Science you picked up on A Glorious Dawn. I was getting worried there....
• Commented on More on the LRAD sound cannon at Pittsburgh G20 protests
  @Bookguy A little back story to her: I was across the street, at the police barricade. We saw her group go up to the corner on the other side of the street, so we crossed to see if we could...
• Commented on More on the LRAD sound cannon at Pittsburgh G20 protests
  @Brainspore Oakland is a suburb of Pittsburgh. It's where the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon are located....
• Commented on More on the LRAD sound cannon at Pittsburgh G20 protests
  That's me with the camera at :16-:19, my roommate is wearing the vest and the hat....
• Commented on POGO For A Happy Monday
  Pogo is always a good choice. I've been trying to round out my YouTube playlist of music videos that are somewhat similar to his style: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E868F6596588287F Also of note, most of Pogo's music is available for free on Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Pogo...
• Commented on Honda's U3-X is the new segway
  I want one for my home office needs. Can I get z axis motion on that too?...
• Commented on CPUs for Scrap Gold Recovery
  Announcing the Dean Putney Benjamins for Pentiums program!* * No....
• Commented on ASCIIpOrtal: 2D ASCIImation game based on Portal
  I played it briefly on the Mac. Very smooth, looks great, neat little game. I'll have to play more later!...
• Commented on Man posts interactive browser for his own brain
  You can click in the different brain slices to stop the animation and look at individual points in his brain....
• Commented on Microsoft unveils new tablet at Gizmodo Gallery in NYC
  Ahem. wat? Microsoft Tablet? wat?...
• Commented on Louis v. Laa-Laa: the <em>Left 4 Teletubbies</em> mod
  Why Po... why?...
• Commented on Beware the Bearsharktopus
  Bearsharktopus is from this thread over at Reddit. The second top level comment has the original poster's octopus arm addition....
• Commented on Motor attached to series of reduction gears - final gear fixed in concrete
  I have seen these in person at the MIT museum, and if I remember correctly it's not a showing, but a full time exhibit. I certainly saw them there over the course of several years. They are really excellent, but...
• Commented on COILHOUSE 03 is out, with a feature on Xeni + BB Video.
  Purple text? Unicorns? Cupcake bicycles? Xeni? Where can I buy this magazine again? Also, I may note that unicornlipstickofthemonthclub.com is not owned. Investment opportunity much?...