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• Commented on EZ Cracker egg cracker
  In the words of Alton Brown, it's a unitasker, and the only unitasker needed in the kitchen is the fire extinguisher....
• Commented on How the ambient sound at Walt Disney World works
  I was quite aware of the change in background music the first time we walked into Adventureland, crossing over the bridge and hearing the music slowly change. Even on my fifth day of visiting the parks, I was still aware...
• Commented on Put This On: web video series for dudes on "dressing like a grownup"
  To respond to my own comment, I checked out their site, and they do say on the site in a different article that there is a limited percentage of people that can get away with wearing jeans and a denim...
• Commented on Put This On: web video series for dudes on "dressing like a grownup"
  Care and feeding of your new denim tip: appreciated. "looking like a jerk" tip: not so appreciated. I happen to think my denim jacket looks just fine with my jeans. I'm quite proud of the hell that jacket's gone through...
• Commented on Homemade radio creates spooky sounds
  Why oh why wasn't this here a week ago, when I could have had a weekend to try and put it together? This would be the greatest thing to set up for Halloween....
• Commented on Google Wave as an RPG environment
  This is a great idea, but half the fun of the gaming I used to do with my Firefly group (yes, Firefly RPG!) was feeding off of each other's out of character interaction. Using this to manage documents, and a...
• Commented on Scans of Google Books with fingers in them
  I spent a few months working in a Google Books scanner shop through a temp placement service. I wouldn't have called myself "underpaid" (it was over minimum wage, at least), but it was pretty intense work. There was a really...
• Commented on WWOOF - World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
  I heard about WWOOF from a Japanese podcast, and were I 20 years younger, I'd have jumped on it in a heartbeat. With my family responsibilities, I can't join in now, but I'm looking forward to the kids getting out...
• Commented on Snow kite boarder gets carried away by kite
  That looked pretty hairy when they zoomed out and there was no landscape in view. The videographer sounds like they turned into a Muppet towards the end there. Any clue what they were whooping?...
• Commented on Dictator Wars: social game where you get to be a despot
  So, after getting all geeked after reading the post, I go sign up, and it's just another "* Wars" clone (Space Wars, Mafia Wars, etc.). Time to block another app from accessing my data and sending me updates :p ALso,...
• Commented on Swine flu fears from Penny Arcade Expo
  RT @wilw "Oh hey, guess what? I think I have the same flu that @pvponline and @cwgabriel have. Irony: I was [IMMUNE] in the PAX SARS game."...
• Commented on Doctor Who Exit Interview: David Tennant + Russell T. Davies, with Richard Metzger (BB Video)
  @#16 You want fun, listen to John Barrowman slip into his native accent and get animated about something: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fsn7t4TFGA...
• Commented on Doctor Who Exit Interview: David Tennant + Russell T. Davies, with Richard Metzger (BB Video)
  @#6: Aw, since then, you've missed him with a cricket bat, a patchwork quilt coat, an umbrella, Victorian ruffles, a leather jacket, a pinstripe suit and tennies... I believe that's everyone since Baker, yes?...
• Commented on Doctor Who Exit Interview: David Tennant + Russell T. Davies, with Richard Metzger (BB Video)
  Guess I might as well download the whole file and watch it at home with the missuz. Bloody thing is cacheing pretty hard at the mo anyway. Thanks for posting this, BB - the little bits I've seen hiccuping in...
• Commented on Haunted Mansion 40th birthday video
  Cory, you're not helping. It isn't bad enough that your constant Disney posts (not to mention "Down And Out") finally convinced me that I might like Disney. It isn't not bad enough I took the family down to Disneyworld this...
• Commented on Mandy Godiva, by Dean Yeagle
  Helloooooooo, nurse! Sorry, that was my first reaction, and had to go with it :) Looks like we boinbgboinged the poor fella's server as well; have to come back later for a look....
• Commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
  When the family and I were at Disney earlier this summer, we got a chance to see the Star Wars Jedi Academy show that was put on where this Darth Hammer video was shot. My wife literally had to hold...
• Commented on Bordertown/Borderlands fantasy series to get another volume
  I've never heard of this series before. Guess I'll have to do a bit of investigating, because it sounds interesting :)...
• Commented on Geek Mafia 3: Black Hat Blues; a heist novel for hackers
  Still having the copy problems? I downloaded his first book, and never got through it - I had the worst time trying to get past the typos and bad copy problems....
• Commented on Obamabot to be installed at Disney World, will robotically cover up torture, suspend habeas corpus
  The Hall will be closed during our upcoming trip to Disneyworld. I'm kinda bummed out about it, since I'm now unable to do any sort of doctoromage while I'm there. I think the Carousel of Progress will be open though,...
• Commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
  1969 chiming in here as well. To add to #35s comment, I remember seeing Mr. Roger's when it was just puppets over a black cloth backdrop. My father won a copy of the Empire Strikes Back soundtrack... on LP... for...
• Commented on Jay-Z vs. Radiohead
  @#17: But what if you don't like Jay-Z *or* Radiohead?...
• Commented on HOWTO make a $300 high-speed book scanner
  I may still be under NDA as far as the technology I'm about to discuss, so I'll be vague :) I spent a few months working for a company that had a book scanning project, with a setup very similar...
• Commented on "This Is Why You're Fat" photoblog
  I dunno, that bacon, ham, sausage, hotdog, bacon sausage, and pork belly creation sounds kinda tasty......
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  #6: "Pity the poor smokers, caffeine drinkers, sugar users, etc. because they are next." I was reading somewhere today that there's a proposal up in Utah to tax caffiene....
• Commented on Belated happy MAR10 day -- celebrate it with cookies
  Mario trifecta! Never seen that before......
• Commented on New iPod Shuffle moves controls to headphone cord
  So when your headphones get lost / break / run off to join the circus, you have no way to use the thing? Wow, that's a stupid design feature. And this, from a major Apple fanboy and certified Apple tech....
• Commented on Peek: more prefer no-payments-for-life deal
  Interesting. The unlimited texting is a big draw for me, as I'm a bit of a Twitter geek. There seems to be a bit of a hacking community built around the Peek as well, and all manner of *-to-email services...
• Commented on Ramune and the Mystery of the Codd Stopper Bottle
  @11: Yeah, they were a bit amped up for the video. But whattya want, they're young boys sitting at home, goofing off in front of dad and his camera. There's tons of other videos of them being much more "civilized"....
• Commented on How are you coping with collapse-anxiety?
  I live in Michigan. Unemployment has recently been recorded at 10.6%. Of course it's higher than that, because there's lots of people not listed in the "official" count. I got laid off in 2003 from a geek job in academia,...