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• Commented on Walter Cronkite, RIP.
  I'm remembering that I was a kid in the hospital in 1962 or 1963 and I resented it when a nurse aide came into my room to tune in a space launch with Walter Cronkite. It may have been John...
• Commented on Little Brother, the play, on in Chicago until July 18
  This scary for me. I know a few Chicago actors through the ex-GF including some who have played at the Griffin. I don't know any of this cast. Congrats, Cory! I'll try to join up on July 9! The Griffin...
• Commented on Boing Boing Video: Welcome, Miles O'Brien!
  Not to mention, Miles is a pilot. When he had a chance he would give, you know, actual facts on for example, not every private plane is a Cessna. We miss ya Miles!...
• Commented on Good deal on cardboard US flags for caskets
  #9 It's not even an American flag Could be why these are being sold as surplus (or seconds). The USPS once had a U.S. flag stamp with 15 stripes....
• Commented on "The Second Coming of the silos will be abstract mysterious"
  The (former Hilton) Quaker Square Hotel in downtown Akron, OH is built in the old Quaker Oats mill where the guest rooms and parts of the lobby are inside the concrete oat silos. They don't have windows, but there is...
• Commented on Kevin Smith explains what happened to his Superman movie
  Read the IMDB link above for Jon Peters. Evidently it's known in Hollywood that Jon Peters can't read. That may 'splain it a little. He couldn't even read Superman comics. I just remember hearing that Streisand and Peters went around...
• Favorited Marvellous magazine ads of 1904 on Boing Boing
• Favorited BBtv - Xeni interviews Buzz Aldrin: take us to space! on Boing Boing
• Favorited BBtv - Xeni interviews Buzz Aldrin: take us to space! on Boing Boing
• Favorited EFF forces spoon-bender Geller to eat crow over bogus copyright claim on Boing Boing
• Commented on Basket Case Insurer Gets $170 Billion from Taxpayers, Still Pays Huge Bonuses
  I'm getting the impression these "best & brightest" AIG execs wrote credit default swap - insurance policies - guaranteeing the mortgage-backed securities that were backed with AIG's assets...which were largely invested in mortgage-backed securities. The corner supermarket parking lot swindler...
• Commented on 12 things the latest trailer taught me about the new <em>Star Trek</em>
  Aliens? It looks like a Mormon Tabernacle crowd. There aren't even any non-pink people there....
• Commented on Donald Duck: "The Plastics Inventor" (1944)
  Great! Ub Iwerks was a genius....
• Commented on U.S. household debt down for first time since feds started tracking it in 1952
  When consumers file bankruptcy, as much as the new bought-and-paid-for-by-the-credit-industry law allows, they have no debt. What a miracle....
• Commented on Acclaimed animated movie can't be shown because of licensing costs for 80+ year-old music
  Roger Ebert brought the attention in on his blog: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/12/having_wonderful_time_wish_you.html It was a commenter there who pointed out the issue with the music. "Have to encourage people to write songs in 1925."...
• Commented on Make your own Alka Seltzer for a fraction of the cost
  Youse guys are missing the point of why Alka-Seltzer contains asprin..or maybe not. As I recall, when it was pointed out that asprin is about the worse thing you could take when you have an upset stomach, they just changed...
• Commented on Gallery of obsolete computers
  @Alex M. Yeah! Bubble memory! I forgot about that. The plasma screen is a cool high contrast yellow and it gets HOT and uses a lot of power! I bought it for $500, I guess, circa 1988, with an external...
• Commented on Gallery of obsolete computers
  How sad is it that I have at least three of those in bootable condition in my basement? I also have a GriD laptop with a plasma display....
• Commented on Before/after tattooed face
  But, Mooooom! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A JOB! The bank wouldn't even talk to me, just 'cause they they don't like the way I look. I'm gonna sue!...
• Commented on Desulfator resurrects dead lead acid batteries?
  Why build a kit when you can buy a BatteryMINDer for barely $47? I have the 1 amp one charging & desulfating 2-3 batteries on my seldom used cars at the same time (wire them in parallel). I'm planning on...
• Commented on The Fonz, Richie, Andy, and Opie are pro Obama
  Fraud! Lies! Andy may be alive but he wasn't in the same studio as Opie. That was green screened and matched up....
• Commented on HDTV Easel Stand
  GREAT IDEA! Just what I needed to put my 42" in front of the window. The really maneuverable articulated wall mounts are expensive (~$300)‚, and the professional floor mount columns cost as much as the TV. (>$1000) Now how much...
• Commented on Pneumatic clock from 1940
  carbon rod resistor...
• Commented on Denver police union T-shirt: "We get up early to beat the crowds"
  The Chicago cops had T-shirts, too: Something like "I cracked your hippie Dad in 1968. Now it's your turn."...
• Commented on Anti-suicide barriers on Japanese train lines
  Are the suicidal in Japan so polite they wouldn't think of jumping over the low wall? I thought they have those gates because the crowds on the platforms get so full it keeps people from being pushed onto the tracks....
• Commented on Video of Murata Boy the bike riding robot
  I wouldn't suppose that big wheel/fan in the robot's chest is a gyroscope? Could that be why he apparently can balance while standing still?...
• Commented on Marvellous magazine ads of 1904
  #13 - ANTHONY I noticed the cord going straight up, too. It's because houses only had a few electric lights and no power outlets. The cords for appliances ended in screw-in plugs that fit the light socket. They must have...
• Commented on Road rage filmer writes about his media experience
  In EVERY SINGLE case where I have had first hand knowledge of an incident in the news, including recently when I was interviewed for the local paper, I found at least three mistakes or inaccuracies. What's scary is although I...
• Commented on Dog cloner Joyce McKinney sought over burglary to fund horse's wooden leg
  I missed where she admitted she's the Joyce McKinney wanted in the U.K. The last I read she was threatening to sue the AP reporter for asking the question....
• Commented on Video of kid climbing inside claw game
  Didja notice the store employee respond so well and appropriately during the crisis to clean the glass on the door next to the machine?...