Alden

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• Commented on The men who stare at Goatse
  I'm waiting for the sequel: Men Who Need Unicron Chasers...
• Commented on Floating rocks
  Oh, come on, this is an easily explained phenomenon. Naturally-occurring helium leaches into the rock from the ground. Once the build-up reaches critical, the rock levitates for a short while, until the helium is able to escape....
• Commented on Why URL shorteners suck
  I dislike them because people keep saying "Hey, this is cool! Look at this! (shortened link)" And I can't tell by looking at the shortened link that it's the same video of a cat falling comedically into a combine harvester...
• Commented on TSA adds 16,500 people to terror watchlist for forgetting ID, then reconsiders
  Did someone book a ticket under the name "George W Bush" and then "forget" their ID?...
• Commented on Kids' game adds 500-1000 words to its forbidden list every day
  Time to learn morse! (until they work out a way to ban . and -)...
• Commented on Untitled 1
  Ah, Boing Boing ran out of Internet to blog about. :)...
• Commented on Project Chanology continues.
  That's a good idea, except for the fact they've got Hubbard's birthday wrong. It's the 13th, not the 15th! See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard...
• Commented on Man unveils 30-year-old "instant water boiler" invention
  Who looks at a tea kettle and thinks "This could be a bit more sonic"? (sorry, obligatory Doctor Who quote)...
• Commented on Nextwave Agents of Hate: merciless attack on underwear pervert comics
  One of the cool things about Nextwave is that Aaron Stack's awesome characterisation has been carried over to his appearances in the Ms Marvel series. I love Nextwave. :)...
• Commented on Polyglot electrical outlets at the European Broadcasters' Union
  Error404: Yeah, I know the E's for European, but last time I checked the US and Japan aren't part of Europe, and there are sockets for them. :) Not all NZ plugs are 3-pin. Some are only 2-pin (no ground),...
• Commented on Polyglot electrical outlets at the European Broadcasters' Union
  No Kiwi/Australian outlets? Awwwww...
• Commented on Old Age Rejuvenator Centrifuge of 1935
  What's going to stop these poor folk from sliding towards the head-end of the bed and ending up hunched against the headboard? Are there going to be ropes linking their feet to the bottom of the bed? Perhaps something like...
• Commented on Evolution of the heart emoticon <3
  I've seen quite a lot of quotes on various IRC database sites about <3, my favourite being this one: http://www.bash.org/?670121...
• Commented on Dalek cookie kit
  The new series just opened the flood gates for wacky Doctor Who merchandise. You just know somehow, somewhere, one of these will turn up in 50 years time on whatever eBay has mutated into by then....
• Commented on Dalek-Human hybrid fright mask
  I notice the dangly face phallic objects are substantially bigger than the ones on the prop in the show....
• Commented on Tintin movie! Tintin movie! TINTIN MOVIE!
  I was kinda surprised when they announced Steven Moffat was writing the scripts - surely if they're writing them from the original books, the plot and most of the dialogue is already going to be set. Is there going to...
• Commented on Why is the US Army internet-blocking Time Warner?
  The Decepticons are hacking in via Road Runner now?...
• Commented on Puzzle: three-way pistol duel
  I use the "Look! The Goodyear blimp!" gambit and leg it to the nearest saloon....