Tim

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• Commented on Jim Flora 2010 hand-printed calendars
  "Hand-printed" is an oxymoron....
• Commented on 9/11 hoax fools all of Germany
  the Bluewater, CA website is full of references to Arizona. "While passing through Bluewater we recommend that you visit the famous Bluewater bridge over the Colorado River. Downtown Bluewater offers a range of bars and restaurants. We are especially proud...
• Commented on HOWTO Present a poster session at a science meeting
  My poster session pet peeve: A poster session is a different forum than the oral presentations. It is also different than the proceedings. DO NOT print out your slides and glue them to a board. Do not print out your...
• Commented on History of the US-USSR hotline
  #3 In one of my cross-country drives, I stopped by the SAC Air Museum in Omaha. They have an exhibit of a SAC console with and original "Red Phone" - The article makes perfect sense but there was a phone...
• Commented on Rap Rap Chess (found art / DIY personals)
  I first read this headline as Rep Rap* Chess. I am disappointed... *http://reprap.org/...
• Commented on Todd Schorr exhibition at San Jose Museum of Art
  I took my seven year old daughter who spent hours sketching the art in her sketchbook. The museum even has sketching kits for loan....
• Commented on Chemistry videos
  The University of Nottingham has a whole series of amusing "periodic table" videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos...
• Commented on Phones confiscated at preview screenings: whose hypothetical risk is more important?
  When I visit factories in Asia, they simple put a removable, tamper-evident sticker over my lens. When I leave, they take it off. Easy, gets the point across, no liability for protecting phones, etc......
• Commented on Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies
  Heh, the proportion wheel is a tool for those who have forgotten how to do math. Sadly, I too own, have used, sold or have taught how to use most of these items. Everyone loves red litho tape!...
• Commented on Pixar Grants Dying Kid's Last Wish to See "Up"
  Pixar is a class act. They regularly bring DVDs of newly released movies to the children's hospital where my son is treated. That is where he saw Wall-E, at a time where his immunity was too low to go to...
• Commented on GE sucks up government money, invests in secret stuff that we're not allowed to know about
  Most government funded projects in private industry include "march in" rights to the IP. (under the Bayh-Dole act) They only apply if GE were "sitting on" the technology. It strikes me that the DOE could push this issue if they...
• Commented on Man wore beer carton on head to rob store
  Who hasn't worn a beer carton on their head...right?...guys?...anyone?...
• Commented on Khaan! The Greatest Syllable Ever Told
  Belongs at Cannes?...
• Commented on Science fiction's contributions to science terminology
  http://www.amazon.com/Science-Fiction-Peter-Nicholls/dp/0394530101...
• Commented on Please take the Boing Boing Survey (It works now!)
  Questions on surveys like this should NEVER be required. Income (and several other) questions should ALWAYS have a "decline to answer" option....
• Commented on Plush model of artist's femur
  #2 Takuan My 5 year old son with leukemia has a plush red and white cell from giantmicrobes.com. His white cell (and sometimes a team of Starwars figures) regularly fight the "bad cells" in battles. I wish they had platlets...
• Commented on Wolfenstein casemod
  Floppy drive?...
• Commented on Funny commercial for Microsoft's Songsmith
  Ok, bad video (probably not a commercial so much as a MS Research conept video) Not the greatest product either, although it might be fun for kids or people who have no musical talent whatsoever (like myself) But, who owns...
• Commented on How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio
  Oh yeah, Richard Feynman did some "experiments" in a sensory deprivation tank too, which he wrote about in one of his books. (Surely you're joking...?)...
• Commented on How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio
  RE: Ping pong balls: see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_effect The tape "X"s over them actually ruins the effect. The idea is to have a uniform field thus the sacades (small motions) of your eye no longer introduce any change and very quickly,...
• Commented on Cookie Monster eats World Trade towers in 1976
  that's no moon......
• Commented on Steven Johnson's "The Invention of Air" -- how an eclectic minister/scientist/politician shows that history is a web
  Watch Connections (1978) episode 6: "Thunder in the Skies" http://home.comcast.net/~billotto/Connections.html#Episode_6 It talks about how Priestly's work fits in to a chain of inventions leading to internal combustion engines. The whole series is still interesting and relevant. Tim...
• Commented on Halliburton tries to patent patent trolling itself
  There could be more to this than meets the eye. For example, one good way to keep things from being patented (world-wide) is to put it in to the patent prior art. One way to do this is to file...
• Commented on Child's mech walker costume
  Nice, very nice. But from prior experience with costumes that are bulky and hard to maneuver in, this kid's candy haul will suffer....
• Commented on Bank Robber Uses Craigslist To Hire Unsuspecting Accomplices
  Several years ago I was on a grand jury. We had several bank robbery case. The average take was Although this guy seemed creative....
• Commented on MySQL hacker needs $400K for his son's bone-marrow transplant
  #7, and et. al., This weekend I participated in a Bone Marrow Drive. (My son has leukemea and while he doesn't need a BMT now, we are hedging our bets) The odds of any one donor being a match in...
• Commented on "Making Books" video from 1947
  Arion Press (#2) printed my wedding invitations (about 14 years ago) I am printing geek......
• Commented on Ray Bradbury's futuristic prune commercial
  One thing they didn't foresee is the marketing change from "Prunes" to "Dried Plums"...
• Commented on Judge orders Nintendo to stop selling patent violating Wii and Gamecube controllers
  ok. I RTFP, it is not as obvious as one might guess: 1. A 3-D graphics controller used with a television based game, comprising: The preamble. not binding so we don't care too much what a "3-D controller is a...
• Commented on Roku: $100 gadget for watching Netflix movies on your TV
  I am impressed with the Netflix service and would buy a Roku today, except, unlike youtube, it does not "cache" the video for you. So if you have a slow (...