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• Commented on Ten beautiful computers
  @SUBRICO Wow I was just about to say that the TI-99/4A should be in there. First PC I ever owned and learned Basic on it when I was 8. Coolest looking thing, like the Delorian of the PC world....
• Commented on "I suggest you keep your ample derrier off my hood"
  100 buck for about 5 dollars in parts that most geeks could build in an afternoon... Good markup....
• Commented on Prediction of the automotive future
  I would guess that the prediction states a rise in vehicle ownership and a void in the mechanics available to repair them, leading to long hours and a strain on the mechanic's marriage. Kinda looks like she is mad about...
• Favorited Flaming arrows integral to oil pumping: 1960 on Boing Boing
• Commented on A doorkey-hiding sprinkler head
  Plus I need to point out that this would only be good 1. in warmer climates or 2. Half of the year We just got a foot of snow over the last couple of days so I could be bitter....
• Commented on Funny commercial for Microsoft's Songsmith
  I wonder if you could somehow make this software work with Vocaloid using the Miku Hatsune plugin? I bet you could get some interesting (and painful) music from that....
• Commented on Gel Remote Control
  Kinda reminds me of dim sum rice rolls, the slimy and awesome tasting ones. Great advanced chopstick practice too!...
• Commented on LED outdoor walkway
  Yea.. to expand on #1s post... -30 outside, you hit your amazing new steel walkway... And face-plant mouth first into the nice frozen steel. Like a modernist version of the old tongue on pole. Otherwise I would totally buy them,...
• Commented on Knit lightsabers, patterns available
  I wonder if I could get a Schwartz version, it would fit right in with the rest of the comments :)...
• Commented on Internet able coffee machine runs Windows XP
  Well I guess it's a good thing that it is not on Rails, that could get messy (I could go on all night)....
• Commented on Internet able coffee machine runs Windows XP
  I know everyone has been avoiding this comment but I can't resist. This thing really should run on Java....
• Commented on Adult film director Max Hardcore sentenced to 4 years in prison on obscenity charges (UPDATE)
  @neon: "Bullshit. This typically libertarian critique is based on an ignorant understanding of human sexuality. Just as we have seen the abject failure of libertarian "free market" economics, we can also see the failure of libertarian ideas in the general...
• Commented on Flaming arrows integral to oil pumping: 1960
  I concur with JORDAWESOME. I live in Edmonton and have several friends who are rig workers and oilfield engineers, and I have asked them that very question. The problem is that the gasses are so toxic that if you connected...
• Commented on Mundane Gadget Spam of the Day: Teradon School Bell Controller
  Actually I don't think it is laptop size or indeed even a laptop on that unit. That appears to be a half-height server rack with a 1U console drawer. It appears that you get a *nix box with all of...
• Commented on Beijing: Five US activists detained after lighting up "Free Tibet" LED Throwies banner near Olympics site
  If it is anything like what happened last week to several Canadians they will just be deported. No worries....
• Commented on Happy Sysadmin Day, Ken!
  I hear you Wolfwitch, I shamelessly sent out an email to all of the staff today telling them to thank my assistant, but deep down I think I might have been fishing for compliments of my own :)...
• Commented on Even bacon-themed pap cannot besmirch real bacon's reputation
  Well, I guess it is a matter of perspective. I grew up eating crispy pork on a fairly regular basis, where bacon was always considered a treat. I am rather an exception in several ways, I think, as I would...
• Commented on Even bacon-themed pap cannot besmirch real bacon's reputation
  It must be a good site because it came up first in a Google search of "Chinese Crispy Pork"! I am going to have to read more of your blog in the future. I just realized that I decided to...
• Commented on Even bacon-themed pap cannot besmirch real bacon's reputation
  Oops! way to make a first impression, my HTML was not formatted correctly! Here is the link to Chinese crispy pork....
• Commented on Even bacon-themed pap cannot besmirch real bacon's reputation
  The reason they just call it pork is because that is the delicious Chinese crispy pork. MMMMMMM. Though i must say as both a Canadian and one raised in a Chinese family that our way (bacon) wins hands down. My...