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• Commented on Trailer for Collapse, a documentary about coming global meltdown
  While this looks like another fine bit of pseudo-reality docu-trauma by the wonderfully talented Chris Smith (seriously, American Movie is one of the greatest films of the last 20 years), his protagonist's main fault seems to be the misunderstanding that...
• Commented on Chillits 2009 ambient music mixes online
  Finally! I've been waiting months for this! To answer someone's question, I think it's a good bet that if you like these current mixes, that previous years will not disappoint. I dl'd them all a few months ago and am...
• Commented on Keeping Point-and-Click Adventures Alive
  It's truly amazing how Full Throttle's (deserved) fame just keeps on growing. I worked on the game and did much of the 3d modeling and animation. It was a great experience from waaay back in the day. And props to...
• Commented on T-shirt design contest for Fender
  This sort of crowd-sourcing is always offensive and disrespectful to artists, but from a well known and beloved company like this, it's just pathetic. $300? Really? Did they forget a zero?...
• Commented on Moon bombing is bad, for it will make the aliens very angry indeed.
  Oh, lordy, please don't tell me you're one of the sadly uninformed rubes who think we're damaging the moon or "disturbing the spirit of Luna", or some such touchy-feelie crap. I really expected more from you as a writer and...
• Commented on Cydwoq: handmade shoes designed by an LA architect
  I think Corey posted the more hobo-ish styles, but my wife swears by these and has only bought 2 pair in 10 years or so. They last forever and fit like a shoe you've been wearing for years - or...
• Commented on Notional future They Might Be Giants albums about War on Terror, labor history
  As a 20+ year fan of TMBG, I'm thrilled that BB and many other significant blogs are promoting this album. Sure, TMBG have had their ups and downs in their recording career, but this is the album they were born...
• Commented on Design kick-ass multimedia, win a paid internship at CERN
  Winners are now online: http://www.atlas.ch/contest/...
• Commented on Julia Nunes: "God Only Knows" on the Uke
  Kind of a reach on this one. Sorry, but The Langley School of Music version will always be the best version of this song....
• Commented on Movie Makeup Tip: It's OK To Go Old School
  Here are some of Baker's CG creations from the CGTalk cg website. It's an exquisite gallery of new tech from an old master. http://monstermaker.cgsociety.org/gallery/...
• Commented on Life During Wartime video from Stop Making Sense
  Oh, and I was thrilled when he did one my all time favorite, and semi-obscure songs: My Big Hands Fall Through the Cracks, from The Catherine Wheel. I hadn't listened to that song in years and it took me a...
• Commented on Life During Wartime video from Stop Making Sense
  Just saw DB perform here in Seattle last week and it was a transcendent experience. I thought it would be more of a sit-down show, with all the old folks like myself strolling down memory lane. Nothing could have been...
• Commented on New picture window for the space station
  Dark Star reference - FTW!...
• Commented on Video: <em>George Lucas: Maker of Films</em>
  That was actually a good listen. Became comical at the end where the interviewer basically just talks about himself, and "cassss-ettes". But it's fair to say George had a fairly well-formed plan for sidestepping Hollywood, which he deftly accomplished. While...
• Commented on Video: Hot For Tools Demos
  With all the cute/sexy, smart & verbally competent actresses out there who might jump at the chance to do a series like this, they chose *her*? Part of my definition of sexy is competence and confidence, neither of which this...
• Commented on Video: Clever woman designs a better British power plug
  Fuckin-A! Finally, a brilliant piece of industrial design that's not a flying car or some redonkulous piece of Apple-fanboy-I'd-mortgage-the-house-for-that-crap type of design. I'm in the US where our plugs are still big & lame, but it's easy to see the...
• Commented on Node, the power outlet of tomorrow
  I like that the sketch has the words "warning sign" called out for the middle of the unit. Would "Not to be used as an electrical outlet" be an appropriate warning?...
• Commented on Node, the power outlet of tomorrow
  Butter knife, meet "electrical outlet". So many problems were solved decades ago, only for "creative" industrial designers to un-solve them just so they can solve them again....
• Commented on Rushkoff on "The Great Facebook Land Grab of Aught-Nine"
  Panic much? Agreed with #1: The AOL metaphor is way off base. I can see the servers getting overloaded and people panicking over nothing. Don't think this will affect FB's standing one way or the other, especially once people realize...
• Commented on Desk with treadmill
  Chuckles aside, there are some very real problems addressed by this. Humans were not designed to sit at a desk for 8, 10, 12 hours a day. Granted, this looks silly and you'd be the laughing stock of the office...
• Commented on The Bing Thing
  Gave Bing a try a few days ago and like some features, don't like others. I do a lot of image searches and the feature I love is the "Show Similar Images" function. It's a great way to narrow image...
• Commented on Countrywide founder accused of insider trading
  'bout time. I had a (keeping it vague here) law-person neighbor 4 years ago in California who railed on Countrywide for ripping off old people's life savings with it's financing schemes. Hopefully this was the culmination of that person's, and...
• Commented on What Reporters Write About Air Disasters When They Have No Idea
  It's like the headline writers for digg are now working for Time....
• Commented on Video: Aerial of a BIG Wave Ride
  I second the "Riding Giants" recommendation. Great movie....
• Commented on What Tech/Slang Should Disney Choose to Represent the '00s?
  Hey, for the Spring Break themed resort: Seasonal Tourism For Undergrads...
• Commented on What Tech/Slang Should Disney Choose to Represent the '00s?
  That reminds me, maybe euphemisms are the fad of the 'oughts: Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Economic Downturn Fundamental Extremists...
• Commented on What Tech/Slang Should Disney Choose to Represent the '00s?
  STFU....though that may be more 90s. Problem is, we havn't even come up with a good name for the 'oughts, and as culture and grammar skills deteriorate by the minute, I doubt there's a singular phrase that encapsulates the era...
• Commented on Zombie haiku contest -- best entry wins the game of Plants vs. Zombies
  Beautiful zombies Horrible horticulture Zombies win again...
• Commented on Steampunk casemod in honor of new game Damnation
  #12 - My exact thoughts! It would be epic if the gauges actually represented disk space or power consumption. But no matter, it's still tastefully gorgeous....
• Commented on Tiny Art Director: a 4-year-old critiques her father's art
  FAIL. I know some kids whose parents kow-towed to every request their kids ever made and they are monsters now. The site where the guy crits kids' artwork and tears it to pieces is a thousand times better, and it...