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• Commented on Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009
  Pat died from Pancreatic cancer which according to Wikipedia has an 82% mortality rate. By the time a person notices any symptoms it's typically too late as it's spread into the liver, kidneys or other organs. it's a terrible disease....
• Commented on Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009
  Goodnight sweet prince....
• Commented on Project Needlemouse: Sega tease new HD, 2D <em>Sonic</em> for 2010
  I hear CWC is finally getting his wish and Sega are putting Sonichu (and maybe Rosechu?) in this new game. Yheah!...
• Commented on Old Cutlass transformed into luxury ride with magical Chanel logo
  I'll just leave this Givenchy Lincoln Continental Mark III here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/c0nn0r/sets/72157622279117186/...
• Commented on Crazy organic bread-slicer sign for crazy organic bread eaters
  Stuff like THIS is the new popped collar....
• Commented on Production notes from new Kids in the Hall series
  Cool! I was in their studio audience a few times when I was a kid. On Tuesday I move into an industrial studio (St. Nicholas St.) that just happens to be across the hall from the Kids in the Hall's...
• Commented on Dark Carnival of the Soul: Gathering of the Juggalos 2009
  A Juggalo Funeral http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/ab/Annabelle_Lotus_funeral.jpg Foreshadowing for the smoking mother?...
• Commented on Old Cutlass transformed into luxury ride with magical Chanel logo
  Please don't forget the Eddie Bauer edition of the Ford Explorer! Hahahah!!! Oh yah, and the Benneton F1 car... But does that count?...
• Commented on Wear patterns as information leakage from security keypads
  I used this technique to engage the alarm system at a Kinkos when I was a teenager. Just after the manager disengaged the system I told them that it was me and I has set it off by guessing the...
• Commented on Paying for News: A Mega-Merger Thought Experiment
  I lived in the same neighborhood as this news store. As a Canadian I was appalled that this so-called "International" news store did not carry the Globe and Mail. I'm going back in a few weeks to visit and I'll...
• Commented on Duelling "Obama" cafes set up on the same block in Toronto
  I live down the street from these joints... Should I check 'em out?...
• Commented on Mental_floss' step-by-step guide to destroying civilization with nanotechnology
  Clicky Linky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine...
• Commented on Mental_floss' step-by-step guide to destroying civilization with nanotechnology
  These Carbon eating Nanobots are even worse than Vonnegut's "ice-nine" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine) it seems......
• Commented on Mental_floss' step-by-step guide to destroying civilization with nanotechnology
  AWESOME! It's like a cross between Mythbusters and Creepshow!...
• Commented on Breast Enlargement Ringtone
  3 years ago called. They want their blog post back. /thread....
• Commented on The price of oil in perspective
  I came here looking for a graph and was sorely disappointed....
• Commented on Canada's Internet is crap
  It's taking forever to post this because the net is so fucking slow here in this Metro Toronto high-rise (a brand new development, not even on Google Maps yet). Canada just plain sucks for anything telecom. I've heard all the...
• Commented on The Fly: The Opera
  I was able to catch "The Last Starfighter: The Musical" on off Broadways and was throughly delighted. This one looks even better. When can I see Andrew Lloyd Weber's version of "Tron" (made like "Starlight Express"). ;-)...
• Commented on Apple solved touchscreen copy-and-paste 15 years ago
  Just a FYI; the cursor on the Newton was called the "caret" which according to Apple's dictionary is "A mark (^) placed below the line to indicate a proposed insertion in a printed or written text....
• Commented on Science Fiction Museum job opening
  I went there after giving a talk at ACM UIST 2005. Maybe it was the free admission, booze and food, but I had a pretty rad time there....
• Commented on Rotary iPhone dial
  I have not tried this yet... Does it have the old pulse-beeps as well (rather than the DTMF tones)?...
• Commented on Update on Little Brother school/library donation program
  In b4 people freaking out about Cory turning boingboing into an infomercial for his books....
• Commented on Little Brother tour-schedule: Chicago, Milwaukee, Seattle, San Francisco, NYC
  No love for Boston/Cambridge?...