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• Commented on US Chamber of Commerce suing the Yes Men
  Sue away, chumps! Streisand Effect ahoy....
• Commented on Iraq: Open Thread, "Bloody Sunday"
  Okay, glass houses and all that, but I find it fascinating from the video clip that the reaction of the Iraqi Defense Forces to a car bomb is still to just start emptying their clips into the air. As if...
• Commented on Ralph Lauren fires photo-chopped model for being too big
  Actually, I think the bizarre image on the left makes sense if you realize this ran in Tokyo. It looks like a hideous live action version of a shojo manga character. Just missing the eyes the size of dinner plates....
• Commented on Al Franken draws map of the US
  I have a friend who can do this. It just takes practice (and more importantly the will to do so). As other commenters have said, Franken's been practicing this for decades....
• Commented on Crazy organic bread-slicer sign for crazy organic bread eaters
  Wait! Was this bread slicer produced in the same factory that also produces parts of peanut factories? OH MY GOD...
• Commented on A few days with the HTC Touch Pro 2
  If you use your phone for real remote control of systems as I do (VNC and ssh) then nothing even comes close to something with a real, excellent, physical keyboard plus touch screen. I currently use the HTC Touch Pro,...
• Commented on Cartoonist Lucy Knisley's comic strip about a 7-day-fast
  Based on this and site samples, I just bought the two books on Amazon (French Milk is nearly sold out, only two left). 'Issues' are a good thing for an artist. They keep it interesting....
• Commented on Cartoonist Lucy Knisley's comic strip about a 7-day-fast
  #27 Gobo: There's a good reason for that. As you so eloquently put it, this is 'hippie nonsense'. Simple googling on these all topics will turn up both pages on why this is fake and even more pages from people...
• Commented on Cartoonist Lucy Knisley's comic strip about a 7-day-fast
  This is a fun comic and I enjoyed reading it, but to second some others, the very idea of this is bad. 'Toxins' are like 'quantum' as a get out of jail free card for gullibility. Fasting may cause you...
• Commented on National Review cover illo of Sonia Sotomayor
  Without any context this would indeed be over the top... but after that incredibly stupid and arrogant 'wise Latina' comment from Sotomayor this is absolutely fair game....
• Commented on What Tech/Slang Should Disney Choose to Represent the '00s?
  TERROR and cartoon Dubya/Giu991ani in wacky Apocalypse Now poses. No? Probably not. Yeah, I think LOL does it....
• Commented on Zombie haiku contest -- best entry wins the game of Plants vs. Zombies
  There is a zombie On the lawn. We do not like zombies on the lawn. Okay, so no creativity, I already own this awesome game. I just like that that's a haiku....
• Commented on LA cop union buys stake in newspaper, demands critical writers be fired
  "They're one step away from saying, 'these public employees are parasites,'" Weber said. For a California public employee union leader that's strangely one step away from the truth....
• Commented on BookArmy: a last.fm for books
  *SNORT* I headed on over and hit the authors page and the first thing I see is that Piers Anthony is not only five stars (of five) but their top rated author. 'Never Read a Bad Book Again' my ass....
• Commented on "Your business card is CRAP!"
  This is the most douchebaggy thing I've seen for at least a month. And it makes me somewhat sad that he can make money being a professional douchebag. It's every Sales Guy Cliche in one....
• Commented on Slate: How to Annoy Your Audience
  I'm ambivalent about adblock - I wouldn't use it if not for hugely stupid annoying ads like the above, but they're everywhere, so I do. It's the usual 'a few dicks spoil it for everyone' thing. And yes, even Boing...
• Commented on Twisted-wire junk-sculpture automata from Zimbabwe
  I would definitely buy this for 100 Trillion Zimdollars....
• Commented on Why are we pretending that Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't hopelessly obsolete?
  @Lizardman: Read every post at http://www.fuzemobility.com/ - the Fuze is the AT&T version of the Touch Pro but they are effectively covering the entire line. They will point you at just about every useful HTC Pro tweak. Looking at my...
• Commented on Why are we pretending that Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't hopelessly obsolete?
  Hmm, yeah, the HTC Touch Pro is still a more useful and capable productivity device for me than the iPhone is, but I'm willing to admit this is in mostly spite of WinMo's design sense. I've got mine hugely tricked...
• Commented on Яolcats: English Translations of Eastern Bloc Lolcats
  I asked a friend to translate the real text on several of these, and I have to agree the spoof English version is much funnier than the originals if you remember the days of Soviet propaganda. Some useful(?) info: Russian...
• Commented on Comedian smashes audience member's mobile phone, blames YouTube
  @Nigel: THIS BLOKE IS TOTAL RUBBISH WAIT HES HEADED FOR ME JUST A S...
• Commented on Designer Bullshit: Perimeter Oscillations and the Pepsi Ratio
  It's a little too serious and methodical in the old logo deconstruction for it to be (intentional) parody I think. And I know designers who really are this whacked out and freaky - as they like to frequently remind you,...
• Commented on Power On Self Test: Legs
  Holy crap. I can't really contribute to this other than 'me too', but this is possibly the most awesome real 'robot' I've ever seen. Taking your $3M robot up the side of a building takes some serious chutzpah, and the...
• Commented on Wired slams Vaio P
  Step 1: 'It's naht a tumah^h^h^h^h^hnetbook.' Step 2: Therefore we'll wedge Vista onto it. Step 3: NoooooooooooooOOoOooOo (in slow motion). Tried one, was indeed slow as hell. Forget it, especially for that price....
• Commented on Maggot cheese that tries to eat your eyes
  The best part of the article, which wasn't quoted, is: 'The larvae have powerful mouthhooks which can lacerate stomach linings or intestinal walls as the maggots attempt to bore through internal organs.'...
• Commented on Audiophile product parodies
  SNOWRAVER1, you are missing that all music Needs More Cowbell....
• Commented on One look at the Jell-O clown and he will haunt your dreams forevermore
  One - Cut a hole in a box Two - Put your junk in that box Three - Make her open the box And that's the way you do it o/~...
• Commented on The Air Force's rules of engagement for blogging
  I know some Navy and Marine guys who use gmail or hotmail even for (presumably non-classified) work stuff because if the work email server isn't being run by them personally then they see no compelling reason to use it instead....
• Commented on Joel Stein: "Nut allergies -- a Yuppie invention"
  It's sort of a yuppie invention in that you seem to create the problem by raising your children in a too-sterile environment, including not exposing them to peanuts. But you certainly can't deny the kids are deadly allergic at this...
• Commented on CES: Sony CEO: "Open technologies are winning."
  This is a little disingenuous given that Sony's business model, is, and always has been, throwing out proprietary technologies nobody wants and trying to get them to stick (like those ridiculous memory sticks). Blu-Ray's another one. And SecureROM, though that's...