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• Commented on Nokia cellphone market share in U.S. collapses
  I am still completely baffled that you can't just get a SIM card and stick it in your phone in the US. My first cell phones were in Europe, so I'm very much used to that status quo. The American...
• Commented on Article about quasi-perpetual motion technology
  I blame crappy science reporting in the popular media for this. Journalists love taking some physics study or another and screaming, "OMG everything we know is wrong!!!" Probably because they think it's the only way to make something like quantum...
• Commented on Woman sues over child's toys landing in her yard
  Umm... http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081020/NEWS01/310200028 "Tanis said his son and some of his cousins and friends were playing football in the street Thursday when the ball landed in Jester’s yard, where she was gardening. **He said Jester picked up the football, refused to...
• Commented on More Resistance to Free Range Kids
  Uh, regardless of whether the policeman was reasonable, the train conductor was WAY out of line there. Ridiculous rhetoric about "civil rights movements" aside, can you imagine a train full of people stuck in the station until the police had...
• Commented on Should employers discriminate against World of Warcraft players?
  wow goldenpaladin you are sneaky as hell!...
• Commented on Teaspoon-handled measuring cups
  Never give in to the OCD German style of cooking with a scale! DON'T DO IT! Make Americans send you measuring cups. I live in Hamburg, and I feel your pain and burning desire for measuring cups....
• Commented on Chair made out of antique radiators
  Oooh, I have a radiator like this in my room... I think I'm gonna build a cushioned bench so I can use the radiator as a chair back!...
• Commented on Why CNN Struggles to Cover The Economic Panic
  This is *exactly* why I love the NPR Planet Money podcast: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/ Alex Bloomberg and the other reporters do a wonderful job of explaining all that stuff that others just refer to obliquely (like market indicators - I actually know...
• Commented on Palin's "Spiritual Warfare" faith shared by Katherine Harris, other pols
  These people are so fucking scary....
• Commented on Motorola's silvery steampunk Aura takes its first breath
  Why is it shiny? If it weren't shiny, I might like it, but the shiny makes me hate it....
• Commented on Little Brother UK edition signed!
  Hey, congratulations on your wedding!...
• Commented on James Howard Kunstler on economic meltdown
  This is total crap, not the least because it completely ignores that while "Americans are growing and rebuilding things" the rest of the world would also be crashing and burning in this scenario. Wishing for a cleansing apocalypse is extremely...
• Commented on Boomerang store in Vermont has a new website
  Mark, you are a man, but I can't believe you made people CLICK around the site in order to discover The Perfect Dress. Behold: http://boomerangvermont.com/product.php?productid=22&cat=2&page=1 Look at that royal blue! I covet it!...
• Commented on People over 55 dream in black and white?
  @ 7 and 28: I have dreamt in SketchUp while working on a competition project. So, ABB3W, I can sympathize with the programmers And Takuan, I might not have dreamt a whole Empire. But it was a Utopia for sure....
• Commented on NSA enjoys eavesdropping on US soldiers' phone sex calls
  Holy crap. This is the most depressing thing ever....
• Commented on Drew Friedman: McCain/Obama as Kirk/Spock
  I do not dig articles that call Obama "alien". But I do dig Trekkies trying to find the proper character comparisons for Obama and McCain!...
• Commented on A DIY manufacturing event for Africa, "Maker-style," in 2009?
  This is a great idea! Here's hoping it works out!...
• Commented on American Fascist Writer Westbrook Pegler
  @ 27: Thank you for that great quote from Biden - it is something we should all be keeping in mind in these discussions. That said, I personally think that this instance of quote mining is simply a ridiculous political...
• Commented on American Fascist Writer Westbrook Pegler
  @ 25: Actually, I think there is a pretty clear difference between quoting somebody despicable in a political speech, and "listening to Wagner or reading something by Rudyard Kipling". It's the difference between being able to appreciate the art of...
• Commented on American Fascist Writer Westbrook Pegler
  Let me just say that I'm astounded how many Palin defenders have descended on this site, and I am equally astounded at anyone who actually thinks it's ok to quote somebody horrible if "it is a good quote". Whether it...
• Commented on American Fascist Writer Westbrook Pegler
  Umm, Drinian, this is why Palin should not have been quote mining. Basically this just indicates that she did not bother to look up the individual she was sourcing. It's just one more example of blatant intellectual dishonesty....
• Commented on Palin Debate Prep Flowchart
  Well then Joel, you know what to do. Demand letters of resignation from all of your co-bloggers, then have them complete loyalty tests for you. Also, redecorate your office in red and black, and build a sports center in the...
• Commented on Riding Out the Credit Crisis
  Stefan: "Turn the whole frigging country into one giant subdivision! We won't complain. There will always be a market for new houses, even in areas hours and hours away away from the places where people work. Trust us. There will...
• Commented on Riding Out the Credit Crisis
  FNC - there are also a lot of middle class Americans who are deep into debt and who cannot afford to actually own the property they've borrowed money for. There are a lot of countries where there are not very...
• Commented on Riding Out the Credit Crisis
  Well, an army of German urban planning professionals have had that show forwarded to them by me. They were like, "WTF is going on in your country?" And I had no idea, until I heard that show. So thanks for...
• Commented on Spicy chili kills amateur chef
  *wistfully pours a few drops of Tabasco on the concrete, takes a swig out of the bottle*...
• Commented on Riding Out the Credit Crisis
  Oh - It sounds like I think only borrowers are at fault for economic and social chaos, in the last paragraph of my last post... clearly that isn't true at all! For a great oral history of the reasons behind...
• Commented on Riding Out the Credit Crisis
  To everyone who is trying to figure out which party or political philosophy is responsible for the "meme" of home ownership (or home borrowing on credit) in the United States: Note that both the Bush and Clinton quotes see home...
• Commented on Company will apply green spraypaint to dead brown lawns of foreclosed homes
  Maoinhibitor, that was my first thought. Eww....
• Commented on Cardboard duvet set
  Thanks mouthyb. Having spent a while doing work for volunteer organizations myself, I would like to add this thought to the conversation: We live in an era where image is very important, whether we're talking about designer suits or underground...