Michae W. Dean

Recent Actions

• Favorited Flexible steel arm for hands-free calling, 1948 on Boing Boing
• Favorited MPAA's University wiretapping product taken down for violating copyright on Boing Boing
• Commented on Chopping down trees to make books is good for the environment, provided you then line your walls with bookcases
  #41 posted by joncro Author Profile Page, April 20, 2008 2:37 PM If all the books were removed from the homes in Britain we would be voting Conservative in ten minutes. ===== LOL! True! But last time I was...
• Commented on Chopping down trees to make books is good for the environment, provided you then line your walls with bookcases
  #39 posted by Agent 86 , April 20, 2008 2:01 PM “What’s the point of a bunch of books you’ve already read?” ----= I ask this of my wife all the time. She has a huge collection of books,...
• Commented on Chopping down trees to make books is good for the environment, provided you then line your walls with bookcases
  #33 posted by Cory Doctorow , April 20, 2008 10:52 AM I have 10,000 books in storage in Toronto, another several thousand in a storage in LA, and still more in storage in London. ===== Global yard sale! Three...
• Commented on Chopping down trees to make books is good for the environment, provided you then line your walls with bookcases
  Ever notice how when academics are interviewed for documentary films, they're always shot in front of their bookshelf? It's as much of a cliche as rock bands posing, pouting and looking badass in front of a brick wall. (And kinda...
• Commented on Chopping down trees to make books is good for the environment, provided you then line your walls with bookcases
  #30 posted by Scuba SM , April 20, 2008 10:44 AM Another benefit to books lining walls: It cuts down on echoes and reverb in the room. ------ You can also nail rug scraps on your walls, floor and...
• Commented on Chopping down trees to make books is good for the environment, provided you then line your walls with bookcases
  #27 posted by Rob O. Author Profile Page, April 20, 2008 10:33 AM I'm looking at Cory's bookshelf and I'm thinking, amateur! You need more books! ======== Most of his books are probably on his hard drive. I think...
• Commented on Chopping down trees to make books is good for the environment, provided you then line your walls with bookcases
  And when the oil runs out we can burn our book collections for heat! The only books I own are ones I've written. Have a small shelf for those. Other books, that I read and like, I feel compelled to...
• Commented on Lawsuit about risk of CERN and parallel universe
  #25 So answering the question "What if he's right?" might make for a science fiction story.... --- I love how the non-physicists on this thread all say the plaintiff is a crackpot, but the only two guys with actual training...
• Commented on Lawsuit about risk of CERN and parallel universe
  #3 posted by technogeek , March 30, 2008 11:39 AM But everyone knows botanists know more about black holes than the folks at CERN do, right? ------ And engineers from Leonardo da Vinci to teams of talented scientists in...
• Commented on Lawsuit about risk of CERN and parallel universe
  This is funny....and it's easy and fun to call the plantif a crank. But what if he's right? My understanding of physics is very limited, but this is a realm where the smartest minds in the world can't even agree...
• Commented on Bulletproof "anti-terrorist" bed with air-supply, toilet
  Looks damn nifty, but I don't like Air Supply so much. Is it available playing Toto instead? Michael W. Dean http://www.stinkfight.com...
• Commented on Boing Boing's Moderation Policy (Archived)
  "disemvowel". LOVE IT! Never heard that phrase. If you're dealing with young trolls, you could also use ROT 13, it would confuse everyone under 35, anyone who was never on USNET. Michael W. Dean...
• Commented on Gourmet meal made from 99-cent-store ingredients
  I used to buy stuff there, even times when I had money to go elsewhere. I shopped there because it was fun, as well as cheap. But once I returned the lead paint dinner plates, I never shopped there again....
• Commented on Gourmet meal made from 99-cent-store ingredients
  Here's a photo of a gift my insurance company (!) sent me that had a label with it that says it may cause cancer: http://www.stinkfight.com/2007/12/14/how-ironic-is-this/ Michael W. Dean...
• Commented on Gourmet meal made from 99-cent-store ingredients
  I wouldn't eat it. A few years back, I bought a dozen dinner plates at the 99 cent store (the one on Sunset near Lucile in Los Angeles). Got them home, went to wash them so I could use them...
• Commented on Build a prank camera that shocks a sucker
  This prank might be able to kill someone if they had a pre-existing heart problem that they didn't tell you about, or that they didn't even know about. Especially if some fool forgets to remove the capacitor. I remember reading...
• Commented on Build a prank camera that shocks a sucker
  Mark F: "UPDATE: let it be known that I consider shocking someone to be a crappy, unfunny prank." ====== I thought the same thing when I saw the headline in my RSS feed, before I even clicked on the story....
• Commented on MAKE is looking for an online manager
  #9 posted by Takuan , March 12, 2008 9:09 PM ah good old Edmund! Remember building your first ruby pulse laser? =====- Was too poor back when I was a kid. Made small microwatt FM transmitters instead. Michael W....
• Commented on MAKE is looking for an online manager
  I think I saw a home cloning kit in the new Edmund Scientific catalog Michael W. Dean...
• Commented on Montana Governor explains why Real ID sucks
  #9 posted by Takuan , March 7, 2008 10:58 PM just don't write in bush === I'm really sick of that cowboy. Time for a cool cowboy. MWD...
• Commented on Montana Governor explains why Real ID sucks
  Jesus. What a great interview. If this guy ran for president, I'd probably vote for him. I was thinking..... I really can't vote for Hilary or McCain.......they both have deal breakers in their policies, as far as I'm concerned. I...
• Commented on HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century: 1000 True Fans
  #85 posted by freeyourcrt , March 5, 2008 11:46 PM Somehow independent record label owner Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi fame come to mind. =================== Ian (and the above mentioned Eric McFadden) are both interviewed and both...
• Commented on HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century: 1000 True Fans
  #80 posted by number14 , March 5, 2008 3:30 PM seriously, I know it's been said, but I'll repeat how ridiculous it is to assume a true fan will pay $100 a year. ===== Yup, and especially with music,...
• Commented on HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century: 1000 True Fans
  Another problem with the math in the essay is that uber-fans tend to spend part of their one day's wages per year on used stuff and out of print stuff, which doesn't pay anything to the artist. I am honored...
• Commented on HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century: 1000 True Fans
  #75 posted by Takuan , March 5, 2008 11:41 AM Why did you start leaving threatening messages? Was the sex no good? ============== No, the sex was great, as it often is with insane people. I typed that too...
• Commented on HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century: 1000 True Fans
  #73 posted by Takuan , March 5, 2008 10:51 AM How does one distinguish a True Fan from a stalker? ===== It's hard. I've had to block e-mail of a bunch, and even had to call the cops on...
• Commented on HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century: 1000 True Fans
  "....If you have 1,000 fans that sums up to $100,000 per year, which minus some modest expenses, is a living for most folks." This is specious math. $100,000 in retail sales doesn't yield anywhere near this amount in profit if...
• Commented on Navy robot lab porn
  I can't *define* Navy robot lab porn, but I know it when I see it....