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• Commented on Pile of books cardboard stool
  I like Takuan's idea. The idea of using truly obsolete books instead of a printed box makes it cooler. Why not use good old Elmer's School glue? It's cheap and non-toxic. Similar to bookbinder's PVA, just not as flexible when...
• Commented on Mellodrama: The Mellotron Documentary
  Actually, the Mellotron doesn't actually play a 'short sample', but rather a continuous tone from tape loop --each key has its own dedicated loop. The loops are several feet long and neatly arranged inside the body of the organ....
• Commented on High school teacher recounts being dosed
  Many of the details in the story lead me to believe it is bogus, particularly if this individual had taken LSD before, as he claimed. If he indeed took enough to cause intense hallucinations, he would have been flying...
• Commented on Acclaimed animated movie can't be shown because of licensing costs for 80+ year-old music
  @#35 ---my thoughts exactly. She admits that she knew all of this before even embarking upon this project, and says it was never meant to be a commercial product. Sh mght b wndrfl flm mkr, bt sh sms t wr...
• Commented on UK government sneaking in mandatory ID cards
  Why are ID cards so feared by the free world? We are already subject to every conceivable humiliation and violation of privacy under the current system. It would seem that at least with a solid ID you could avoid...
• Commented on Winter wonderland was a dump
  "Full to the Seat..." Oh, sweet Jesus....
• Commented on Steampunk sewing machine
  These punks have truly lost their steam. Although I do envy their infant-like wonder and fascination with strange and arcane objects such as sprinkler heads and toilet shut-off valves. I'm shocked that there seems to be no standard of...
• Commented on Bizarre absence of acorns in parts of the United States
  I'm a couple of miles outside DC on an oak-covered lot, and I haven't seen a single acorn even after raking leaves. Last year from the same trees I had so many that I was shoveling them up with...
• Commented on Viridianism's last note: surround yourself with beautiful, excellent things and get rid of all else
  Whew! I just finished purging my Budapest locker and my Tijuana locker. Watch out, Stockholm --you're next! This feels so right!...
• Commented on Mark Jenkins: homeless polar bears art prank
  Thanks for the tongue-lashing, guys! I'm not whining, however, I'm offering a critique of MJ's prank. Claws in, kittens! I admit that Jupiter12 said it better than I did in his above comment. If you work or live in DC,...
• Commented on Mark Jenkins: homeless polar bears art prank
  Oh, I get it! GLOBAL WARMING, right? This just doesn't work. DC has plenty of homeless --some psychotic and not above wearing a polar bear head --so this just comes off as either a potentially dangerous homeless guy or...
• Commented on Many versions of "Morning Dew"
  And who could forget Einsturzende Neubaten's 1986 version? Not that it compared to Lee's original, but still a fine rendition....
• Commented on Forbes Traveler on travel scams
  @#6 It's the same as a "sess pewl"....
• Commented on RIAA has to pay $107,951 for court costs in failed suit against disabled single mom
  @ justavoice-- You seem very hung up on the idea that free=better. Try to understand that not everyone sees music as a mere document that you try to steal whenever possible. There are many reasons that people buy things that...
• Commented on RIAA has to pay $107,951 for court costs in failed suit against disabled single mom
  @ justavoice- Your Burger King example might seem a logical comparison, but it has not been the case with music and file sharing. For whatever reason, not everyone wants an infinite "free burger". I have no footnotes to back it...
• Commented on Steampunk PC from Datamancer: The Archbishop
  That's not steampunk. Attaching brass plumbing parts to it with a hot glue gun --now THAT would be steampunk....
• Commented on Why America is F'cked: funny but true video about graphic design
  This guy is my new fucking hero! And yes, why America is fucked has everything to do with that crappy sign. It speaks volumes about where this country has been, and where it is likely going. I thought that...
• Commented on Radley Balko: A Few Questions for Barack Obama
  So, watching Fox news will open my mind and make me less of a douche? Why am I just finding out about this?...
• Commented on Critical Mass bicyclist knocked over by NYPD
  I say that the wheelchair-bound (Critical Injury) must now unite to ...oh forget it....
• Commented on Critical Mass bicyclist knocked over by NYPD
  I keep reading comments referring to CM as 'civil disobedience' , and as that has a right to create massive traffic jams and/or invoke anger, annoyance, or even terror amongst drivers at large to make their point. What exactly...
• Commented on Problematic logo design from Adidas and Au
  I agree that it is the combined elements of the ad, not just the logo, that conjure the idea of a slick young Stormtrooper on a field radio. It's not like it's a conspiracy or something, just a poor...
• Commented on What it's like to fly with no ID under TSA's new rules
  I'm no advocate for the TSA, but it sounds like two friendly women made it possible for you to get on a plane WITH NO F*ING ID!!! Would you rather be refused your boarding pass, or have to answer...
• Commented on Punks in the Masons
  Return of the Frat Daddies. Ugh....
• Commented on Trailer for new Hunter Thompson documentary
  At the risk of getting sucked into this philosophical quagmire, I'd like to suggest that Rossifumi is tirelessly defending a pointless argument. The 'suicide=cowardly loser' equation is merely a bad sports analogy that has little to say about life....
• Commented on Crazy rasberry ants devour Houston's electronics
  @#^ --No, you moron! He battled them with his mighty lightning-bolt mace while riding a polar bear clad in spiked leather armor. With a Valkyrie riding bitch with an AK-47. I know this because I airbrushed it on the side...
• Commented on Crazy rasberry ants devour Houston's electronics
  @#3 --They aren't named after the fruit --they're named after a legendary exterminator who battled them, who was named Tom Rasberry....
• Commented on Enchanting nudibrach glam-shots
  ...so you're telling these aren't a pair of bedroom slippers from the MAKE blog?...
• Commented on Patchwork kitchen floor made from Marmoleum ends
  @ #10 --Marmoleum is just a brand mane for linoleum, and if you google it you will find that even their brand starts at $4.91 per sq. ft. If you don't have a landfill that's brimming with cool pristine linoleum...
• Commented on Craftsman's $8600 everything toolkit
  If this is tool porn, it's the kind of porn you'd find at Sears. Sorry guys call me a snob, but I just can't get that excited over Craftsman. Can you imagine dragging 1,470 defective tools back to the...
• Commented on Hot Poop: the story of the band
  Geez --the link article was longer than a Vanity Fair cover story. I can't believe I've just spent the last half-hour reading the long-form history of Hot Poop. I can't help thinking of the poor middle aged woman who...