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• Commented on Time-lapse of construction of shipping-container office-building
  I sincerely hope that Lightning Bolt will be relocating their Fort Thunder studio to this building....
• Commented on Juggling is good for you in lots of ways
  NORMAL PEOPLE??? I thought this was a site for happy mutants. Learning any new skill seems to be good for your brain and expand your consciousness according to 'The Brain That Changes Itself' by Norman Doidge, MD, a book that...
• Commented on 1971 Woolworth TV commercial for LPs
  I don't know the tune, but based on the organ stylings, that has to be Klaus Wunderlich, probably from one of his many Hammond Pops albums, available at better Sally Anns everywhere....
• Commented on Thanksgiving Maskers
  A while back I was looking at a book of photos of life in tiny British Columbia mining towns circa 1900 - 1920 and was amazed at the number of photos of masquerade parties - it seemed like a favorite...
• Commented on Crucifix multi-screwdriver
  I guess we'll need a Star of David with sized hex wrench holes to go with that, and how about a Crescent wrench? So many dharmas, so little time. Oh well, Back to work!...
• Commented on IBM computer brain simulation as complex as a cat's
  Has it caught any mice yet? I'm just glad I use a trac ball....
• Commented on Koalas may go extinct in 30 years
  The photo of the Koala on this page is also a picture of the photographer - if you save the photo to your computer (it's CC) then open it with a photo viewer and zoom in on the koalas eye...
• Commented on Eleven myths of de-cluttering
  De-cluttering is a bad idea - having lots of stuff gives you security. When they come to get you, you can pile your stuff up against the door!...
• Commented on Craigslist is great the way it is
  After reading the Wired article I have to say that Craig Newmark is the new Andy Warhol ie an expert at vague non-answers. I found my current job through craigslist: shortest interview ever (perhaps four questions), pays well, great people,...
• Commented on Soldiers as patriotic pixelboards
  At first sight I assumed this was from the Soviet Union....
• Commented on Intergalactic Playground: engrossing, insightful history of sf aimed at kids
  Is Jules Verne 'kids lit'? I read him & H.G. Wells in elementary school and enjoyed both (I was one of those "extreme sport readers" but still...) Sometimes 'kids lit' seems like another ghetto that kids have to escape from...
• Commented on Sub Pop Cybersex Digital Sampler
  This is just another stupid trick to get me to go to the record store. The sad thing is it will probably work. No doubt I'll be tripping over a pile of records on my way out the door......
• Commented on Knife Throwers Just Want a Little Respect
  Knife throwing with a human on a target is sleight of hand - the knife is palmed and a proxy knife pops thu the paper target from the back. That's the way it worked at the circuses I've attended anyhow,...
• Commented on Monster head kiddie car
  Speaking as someone who spent most of his 20's in a spray booth this thing looks TOXIC. What is the kid absorbing thru his skin? Do vapors waft off it? I will admit it is very pretty!...
• Commented on Plagiarising Canadian think tank who used tax dollars to shill for Big Content refuses to back down
  Well of course the Conference Board of Canada is not going to back down on this, these kind of blow-hards never do, they just try to brazen it out. Organizations of their type exist exclusively to promulgate a particular point...
• Commented on Brainstorm logo ideas for self-serve licensing here
  I don't know why anyone would want to use someone elses Trademark (other than to deface it, I'm kinda old school punk), the makers are getting a bit too mixed up with the fanboys here. Also I have to agree...
• Commented on Art student creates invisible car with cool paint-job
  Did anybody notice that it's a CRYSLER? ie the automobile manufacturer that just became invisible....
• Commented on Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack: twisted comedy that makes you laugh and look away
  The strip 'Gambling Man' is the story of my life (probably lots of other BBers' lives too). You must understand that there is a deep spiritual connection between the Bum with a sure bet and the pretty pink pony who's...
• Commented on Kid walks to soccer, neighbors call the cops
  Me and my buddies were hitch-hiking around Vancouver BC at the age of 10 (1971). So were lots of other people. A serial killer put an end to that a few years later (he picked up hitch-hikers and...). Kids in...
• Commented on In search of the click track
  Using a click track to record: BAD! Using a click track live: MUCH MUCH WORSE! Some people use a click track during live performances. I saw a freinds "favorite band" do this (if I could remember their name I'd name...
• Commented on Show Us Your Saints
  Sophie Schol: anti-Nazi activist executed in Germany 1942, said to judge at sentencing "You're hanging us today but tomorrow it is your heads that will roll!"...
• Commented on Homage to Arizona: 5
  The trouble with building on your rural lot is that to get anything done it has to become addictive, you go every weekend (in season, Easter to Halloween) for years on end. Last year I finished the outside of my...
• Commented on Zimbabwean $100 trillion note
  Back when the Zimbabwean inflation rate was only 240,000,000% and they were using $100billion notes I tried to figure out how long it took for prices to double. I reckoned 90 minutes, but I'm no expert......
• Commented on Douglas Rushkoff teaching online course: Life Incorporated
  Thinking about corporate dominance without including a Darwinian perspective (ie corporate discovery of advantageous social environment niches and competing to dominate them) would be a less than complete analysis. One way to battle corporations is to feed them as little...
• Commented on Ukulele version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
  yes, AMAZING! playing, blows my version of Gimmie Shelter out of the water. If your ukulele won't stay in tune just tighten the screws on the back of the tuners....
• Commented on Marijuana stash from 2700-year-ago
  He also had a HARP burried with him, but in all the excitement over the stash of weed no one has bothered to post a pic of this ancient instrument. What does a 2700 year old harp look like? How...
• Commented on Ah, Horseradish!
  My mom regularly sent me to school with peanutbutter and horseradish sandwiches for lunch... because I liked them! A culinary invention of my fathers......
• Commented on Horrified B-movie victim action figures
  Shouldn't there be a figure of a policeman emptying his revolver into the monster?...
• Commented on Daft Punk designer toys
  got lots of hand tools but some foot tools might come in uh... handy? What can you use these foot tools to do? I geuss I'll have to remove my shoes to use them....
• Commented on Nerd library to end all nerd libraries
  'instruction manual for the Saturn V rocket (which launched the Apollo 11 capsule to the moon), '- just give me this, the rest is just souverneers...