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Commented on Write an iPhone disappointment Haiku in the comments, win a Mophie Juice Pack Air
Sorry, can't talk long The sun sets and the leaves fall My battery dies....
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Commented on "Twist it, roll it, fold it, soak it." *UPDATED*
I bought one of these when the "8 i k" row of buttons stopped working on an old laptop. I actually found it was easier to just keep "8 i k" in the clipboard, paste the three characters and delete...
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Commented on Video: Michael Jackson's Captain EO
I will never forget just how funky strong his fight was....
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Commented on Captured Lightning: Lichtenberg Figures
That's very cool when it happens in a block of plastic, but not very cool when it happens in the insulating material on your satellite. Deep dielectric charging can be a major problem with satellites. The worst part is that...
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Commented on Review: MSR MugMate Travel Filter [Verdict: Get One]
I've got one, use it every day and I love it. Of course, I only use it because I'm too lazy to buy a real coffee maker, but I still love it....
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Commented on Montreal cop cuffs, busts and fines student $450 for not holding escalator rail in subway
Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience....
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Commented on Travis Barker vs. teen band geek
I had no idea who Travis Barker was until I read all the troll comments on Gene Krupa/ Buddy Rich youtube videos. It's amazing how a rabid and ignorant fan base can cause me to hate an otherwise competent musician....
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Commented on Obama tells country "Serve Satan" (or not?)
Everyone knows that political speeches contain just as much truth when played in reverse as they do when played normally....
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Commented on Dramatic readings of message-board posts about atheism from Christian fundamentalist message boards
The world was a simpler place when we were all just anti-Semites....
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Commented on Science, science fiction and design: a pictorial essay
I've been trying to use 'Pattern Recognition' to convince people that my Curta calculator is the wave of the future. People aren't buying it....
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Commented on Zombie cake topper
Why would the wounds of a zombie need stitches and why would a zombie be at all interested in eating cake? Zombie crave brains, not cake!...
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Commented on Morning tech deals highlights
'Awesome Deal.' THAT'S IT! I was thinking, 'Band of identical twin sisters' or something....
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Commented on Garbage table made from baby-carriage, glass and suction cups
Glass coffee tables are outrageously dangerous especially if you have children. Unless the glass is tempered like automotive glass, fall through one and you're likely to sustain life threatening injuries. While it's a cool looking table, anybody how has a...
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Commented on Frozen soap bubbles
It's like my favorite game come to life! Is there a penguin involved anywhere?...
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Commented on Paul A. Young Fine Chocolates of London -- some of the best chocolate in the world
"So where can I go to get extremely high quality chocolate conveniently mailed to my door by this fantastic system we have where I type a number into a website and something from halfway around the world shows up at...
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Commented on Blip Festival 2008
Glad you reminded me; now I can get hotel reservations!...
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Commented on Hard Drives' Dying Moans
"Okay, who else clicked on as many as they could to hear a strange symphony of hard-drive death?" That's exactly what I did!...
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Commented on Metal detectorist's mysterious find
It looks like the notch at 15 makes it so it can't rotate around past the pointer....
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Commented on Keep Calm: Broadcasting will resume presently
Am I the only one who actually likes to have my raging consumerism packaged in a unique way? Read Gizmodo if you can't stand a little strangeness from your gadget blog....
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Commented on Take on Me: literal video version
"Is this your house?"...
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Commented on Adding the Benny Hill Theme to Anything Makes it Funny
I put yakety sax over a sounding rocket launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZRxnBZ8RLg...
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Commented on Photos of a very messy house
There's kitty poo, but where's the kitty? I demand to see pictures of trashcat in it's native habitat!...
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Commented on Tritium zipper pulls
Yep, totally legal for guns; I've got tritium sights on one of mine....
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Commented on Play with a Curta caclulator without spending hundreds on eBay
I love my Curta almost enough to justify it's outrageous cost. I got one after I read William Gibson's 'Pattern Recognition'. I'd use it more often, but I don't want to drive my office-mate insane....
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Commented on Who really gives a shit about MP3s killing the album?
"Albums should have their own beginning, middle and end: shuffling an album should shuffle its emotional tenor." You're my new hero. I loaded 'In Utero' onto my mp3 player the other day without putting the playlist in the directory and...
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Commented on How HAARP works
Woo-hoo!, HAARP is under my directorate! It's projects like HAARP that allow me to legitimately call myself a mad scientist. But get ready folks, you ain't seen nuthin: we've got plans in the works to depopulate the inner radiation belt!...
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Commented on Untitled 1
tl;dr...
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Commented on Citizen issues parking ticket to cop
Breaking the law is not one of the perks that comes with being a public servant. If anything, cops should be held to HIGHER standards of conduct than everyone else. And Picking up lunch isn't the same as responding to...
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Commented on In the Woods: Brooklyn, we have a problem
Well over $1000 in batteries and chargers and the wont work for lack of a plug. This makes me think the robot apocalypse may not be so hard to thwart....
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Commented on Middlesbrough cops, goons and clerks grab and detain photographer for shooting on a public street
Sounds like the UK needs to start organizing giant photography flash mobs....
