Thad E Ginataom

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• Commented on Realms of Fantasy magazine website now has PDF of current ish
  That cover isn't surreal -- just bad. One fat leg, one thin. But hey, maybe that's part of somebody's fantasy female; we're all entitled to our fantasies!...
• Commented on Quiz: Donald Judd, Or Cheap Furniture?
  Some of the photos displayed below show exquisite cheap furniture. The rest of the photos show ordinary furniture, created by Donald Judd....
• Commented on Vegas uses computers to nab card counters
  So being *good* at cards is cheating or wrong? Crazy!...
• Commented on Fireplace named world's most beautiful object
  I think it is wonderful and a stunning and amazing design for a space heater. If I had one, I gloat over it often. I'd also call it "Kermit" :) It is great, never mind the misplaced accolades. (now... what...
• Commented on Boing Boing guest blogger: Connie Choe!
  Looking forward to the squirrels :)...
• Commented on Jugaad: India's duct-tape ingenuity
  Nobody notice the child labour?...
• Commented on Cydwoq: handmade shoes designed by an LA architect
  In British English, hand-made means not mass-produced; bespoke or tailor-made means made-to-measure. Errr.... so does "made-to-measure" ;)...
• Commented on Cydwoq: handmade shoes designed by an LA architect
  Ahhh! Steampunk shoes! But what is important to me is --- do they keep the water out? The design doesn't look very waterproof. As for spending a lot of money on a pair of shoes, if they happen to fit...
• Commented on A bidet wherever you go
  Once you get used to spraying, you never want to go back to wiping!...
• Commented on Ant Army wall-stickers
  Too many of the real things. I even drank some yesterday, because I didn't see they had gone for the remains of a sugary drink in a glass. I do think it looks good, though :)...
• Commented on American health care UI: snapshot
  Oh, please... It might be good; it might be lousy... that's got nothing to do with how "modern" it looks. Bill and Steve will just love you guys for this item. Many character-based systems are more efficient than WIMPS-based stuff,...
• Commented on How to make chai tea syrup
  The language issue has become tedious, so never mind, but I must nitpick one more thing... Camp Freddie, Chai and Masala chai are mainstream drinks in this country, and we have 1/6 of the world's population :)...
• Commented on How to make chai tea syrup
  This is how it is made in this particular Indian household (albeit by this particular Brit!). We cheat, by buying a ready-made masala, but then, when this is what you drink all day, every day, one wants no fuss and...
• Commented on Motor attached to series of reduction gears - final gear fixed in concrete
  Yep, Steampunk is fake. Shame really, to even bring it into the conversation about this marvellous mechanical art....
• Commented on Motor attached to series of reduction gears - final gear fixed in concrete
  This is something astonishing. There are not many nights when, just before bed, I discover a totally new form of art. I've seen mechanical art before, but the machine as art! Wow. Thanks :)...
• Commented on Bulletproof glass demonstration
  that's ridiculous. What if he misses, and hits her body below the glass? Or blows off a finger or three?...
• Commented on Photos of an 1890s camping trip
  Great pics --- as befits Amy's four-bears. Always a pleasure when you feature her paintings; they are wonderful!...
• Commented on Randall Munroe reading to benefit EFF, San Francisco, Sept 21
  xkcd... another Wonderful Thing that BB introduced me to :)...
• Commented on Magical short story podcast about Google Book Search, data visualization and the Olde Curiousity Shoppe
  Nice story. Not great but hey, whose demanding great. Come to think of it, it was a great way to pass some of the midnight hour tonight :) There was a google-takes-over-the-world story a while back. I think it was...
• Commented on High-larious steampunk remixes from B3ta
  It's a shame to call this steampunk, which is fake and tedious and like something from a cheap trinket shop. This is humour, and brilliant humour. Love the books!...
• Commented on WhatTheInternetKnowsAboutYou: your browser is giving away your history
  ...And which link on their site turns it back on again? Or do I just have to wait five or ten minutes, like most regular power cuts here ?-)...
• Commented on WhatTheInternetKnowsAboutYou: your browser is giving away your history
  I just clicked on cute kitten and the power went off. How do they do that? Do they know about my UPS?...
• Commented on Cloud computing skepticism
  Cory, you are right... it is something that the majority of us do not need or want, and need have very little interest in --- which does not mean they won't try to sell it to us!...
• Commented on London bus with 16 CCTV cameras inside
  Buses used to have conductors to look after the safety of passengers. But, hey, they were all knifed by gangs of marauding photographers......
• Commented on Crazy organic bread-slicer sign for crazy organic bread eaters
  I haven't read 121 posts, but I've read enough to be glad that people have noticed the use of the word "conventional" here. It sucks....
• Commented on Lamp hacked out of Ikea fiber-optics and watering can
  Very nice! Even if I do hate Ikea, it looks like its possible to make good things by cutting up their products....
• Commented on Ikea is owned by a "charitable foundation," pays only 3.5% tax
  Horrible shop full of horrible things. And I speak as an avid shopper, who can visit furniture shops for fun....
• Commented on The last days of Aleister Crowley
  His tarot design was very, very beautiful. Unfortunately, I never felt comfortable about buying one. Superstition, on my part, I'm afraid....
• Commented on Father blames others for his own misinterpretation of candy wrappers as "pornographic"
  But... But... You people are talking as if fruits didn't have sex......
• Commented on What would you do with a Class C IP block?
  After Math fail, I have Reading Fail. It isn't Cory's block. He asks the question on behalf of a reader. For Cory... read... reader....