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• Commented on Very young kid is a great ukulele player
  If I had ovaries, they'd be hurting....
• Commented on XKCD++, a loving tribute to XKCD
  This comment thread is a total buzzkill....
• Commented on Missing: Phil Agre, internet scholar
  I subscribed to RRE for a long time and was fortunate enough to meet and talk at length with Phil a couple times. I remember the joy we shared about then-new Google. He also turned me onto gel pens. I...
• Commented on Xeni on Rachel Maddow Show: World Wide Web grows wider, more worldly
  Nice. My only nit to pick is poo-pooing Rachel's question about how we gain access to these new domains, if for no other reason than the millions of Chinese, Korean, Indian, Japanese, Arab, etc people living in the US who...
• Commented on Surveillance sphere looks like Rover from The Prisoner
  There's nothing to see here. Move along....
• Commented on est reincarnated
  It's funny how people so often focus on the bathroom thing when criticizing est....
• Commented on Mark Dery guestblogging on Boing Boing
  This should be a fun ride....
• Commented on Cigarette lighter video-camera
  Too bad Henry Louis Gates didn't have one of these....
• Commented on Official video for "88 Lines About 44 Women"
  Wholly appropriate now, I'm not sure this would have flown back when the song was recorded....
• Commented on Oleg Sharov plays "Flight of the Bumblebee" on accordion
  All technique, no love for the actual composition. Kinda like an Al Dimeola for the squeezebox. Dazzling yes, but no soul....
• Commented on Israeli debate on biometric database melts down when MP starts screaming at blogger for videoing the proceedings
  Mis-characterizing what's in the video doesn't help, no matter how worthy the cause. There is no screaming hear. Move along......
• Commented on Farewell, Joel Johnson
  OH NOES!! He better be moving on to do something even more awesomer than what he's done here. Otherwise I'm gonna be pissed....
• Commented on USB-powered baked-bean microwave
  I'm waiting for the USB powered pot still....
• Commented on More on YouTube phenom Justin, aka "Tsimfuckis" aka "Chick3n Little"
  More power to Justin. Despite the moronic "freak show" comments, he *is* an inspiration and his willingness to put himself out there is literally awesome. I'm glad he's still around, doing what he's doing. Best wishes for him and his...
• Commented on Justin (aka "Tsimfuckis," aka "Tsimfuckus," aka "chick3n little.")
  Wow. Awesome....
• Commented on Everything Is Alive
  I was in a program once where we were trained to give a presentation to inanimate objects (eg. a wall or a rock) in a way so the object received the communication. This doesn't make a rock human or otherwise...
• Commented on Graph of how #topics get played out on Twitter
  So this is talking about people who are talking about people who are talking about #topic....
• Commented on Revealed! Where babies come from!
  We need some kind of unicorn chaser for uber-cute posts....
• Commented on Xeni, I Think We're Going to Need a Bigger Unicorn
  I think the old dude looks nifty. It doesn't look like he's having such a fun time in that zoo though. And that makes me sad....
• Commented on Exhibit about the civilization inhabiting the interior sea of an undiscovered southern continent
  This should fit in well with the Hollow Earth theory....
• Favorited Video of kid climbing inside claw game on Boing Boing
• Favorited Video of kid climbing inside claw game on Boing Boing
• Commented on 24 stuffed monsters based on kids' art
  Nifty! Reminds me of The Monster Engine....
• Commented on SuperNews: Twouble with Twitters
  If there was a shark out there, Twitter jumped it within the last couple weeks....
• Commented on Twitter's Silent Star
  I just retweet him. Saves keystrokes....
• Commented on Boing Boing guest blogger: Dan Gillmor!
  WooHoo! Excellent choice. Hi Dan!...
• Commented on Hamster on whether organic food tastes better
  I think the only thing this proves is that Hammy needs to go on a diet....
• Commented on Thank You From Danny Choo!
  A most excellent run as guest blogger. Really, really excellent....
• Commented on Computers inspired by computers inspired by kittens inspired by kittens
  FTW...
• Commented on VIDEO: Foxes on a trampoline
  Excellent! Bless Samron and her little friends....