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• Commented on American Legion WWII posters
  I ended up doing a "remix" of #1046: http://startlingmoniker.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/a-lil-update/...
• Commented on American Legion WWII posters
  I can't believe nobody has pointed out the proto-lolspeak in: http://www.legion.org/documents/legion/posters/2765.jpg...
• Commented on From NYT: Good at approximation? Maybe you are the next math superstar!
  While stocking water jugs at Wal-Mart, I used to try estimating how many Otter Pops (or milk gallons, etc) were produced in a year, and how much they weighed. In fact, I do this all the time. However, I'm ridiculously...
• Commented on Boombox from THE AWESOME FUTURE
  The more you look at those tube things on the side, the more it looks sorta... damn... Goatse. Ugh....
• Commented on Rollbots: Awesomely geeky new kids' cartoon show
  The tagline sounds like it's about to say "Robots in disguise"... and then it just peters out at "Rollbots". Hopefully, it's better than this video makes it seem-- I don't think we need another "robot with arm cannon" cartoon anytime...
• Commented on "America's financial system was shaken to its core on Sunday."
  I don't understand how these banks are run either. I put a full-price, cash offer on a house approved for a short sale (it was still a great bargain) and never even got the courtesy of having my offer TURNED...
• Commented on Large Hadron Collider hasn't sucked us into a black hole (yet)
  Does anyone know how long it would take for a mini black hole to destroy the Earth? Would there be time to reflect on it, or would this be a fairly instantaneous thing? Either way you look at it, what...
• Commented on Modular sound flute for kids lets any sound be played as an instrument
  Melon Bread-- Perhaps you need to read my older blog entry "John Cage, a charlatan!?" which addresses your concern, more or less. http://startlingmoniker.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/snfvsjc/ There is also a part two! http://startlingmoniker.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/jcvssnf2/...
• Commented on Giraffe-fight! video
  Too bad humans don't have to fight like that-- might slow down violence quite a bit!...
• Commented on Photo gallery of giant holes in the ground
  This looks an awful lot like the gallery of amazing holes I saw at Deputydog a couple weeks back. Also, the link you provide seems broken. http://deputy-dog.com/2007/09/09/7-amazing-holes/...
• Commented on One Laptop Per Child machines for sale this Christmas: buy two, one goes to developing world
  Splash-- Doesn't make a lot of sense, really. These kids would have time to go to a library and read, but not read on a computer? Not sure I see the difference. Books have to be delivered to the area,...
• Commented on One Laptop Per Child machines for sale this Christmas: buy two, one goes to developing world
  I totally disagree with the resident naysayer on this topic. If you give a kid the opportunity to reach for something greater than where he/she is at, they'll take it. You're wrong to look at the laptop as the solution--...
• Commented on Burqinis and the new Muslim chic
  I'm backing Cpt.Tim up on this one... he WAS edited by someone. His first post initially said something about women being beaten, or violence... can't recall the exact wording....
• Commented on Burqinis and the new Muslim chic
  It's really not that complicated, Xeni. When one's choices are limited by the threat of violence, your choice isn't all that free....
• Commented on Burqinis and the new Muslim chic
  Gives new meaning to the term "beach blanket"......
• Commented on The View's flat earther blames "senior poopy moment"
  I'm still a little stunned that she missed this simple fact-- globes aren't all that uncommon, and practically every news program uses some sort of globe graphic of the world... even the phrases "around the world" or "circle the globe"...
• Commented on Home Inspection Nightmares VIII from This Old House
  Wish I had a photo of the guy who framed around some of the windows in my last house-- I guess nails were too simple-- he used roofing tar to slap 'em up! Really makes you wonder......
• Commented on Co-host of The View doesn't know if Earth is round or flat (video)
  If anything, it's an incredible testimony to how sheltered this person's life must be-- I can't imagine how she could have failed to encounter this fact at numerous times in her life, without even trying. Another good reminder of the...
• Commented on Sex Pistols return
  I find their album as enjoyable as anyone, and it's no lie that I still dig listening to it every now and then... but I can't help but wish more kids could see a real punk band or two when...
• Commented on Sex Pistols return
  I find their album as enjoyable as anyone, and it's no lie that I still dig listening to it every now and then... but I can't help but wish more kids could see a real punk band or two when...
• Commented on MySpace will target ads to users' personal data
  I gotta admit, even on the rare occasion that I turn my AdBlock off, I don't even notice the ads. I think anyone who has used the web for a while develops serious blinders to anything resembling an ad. I...
• Commented on Bob Dylan warns of Cylon invasion
  Here's my take on it... http://www.dylanmessaging.com/messages/9P1P-DKAU-9YLY-OE1V-WUKE?...
• Commented on French art from 1910 depicting the year 2000
  The most interesting thing to me is how all the wiring for these devices is exposed. We do our best to hide it, but the mindset back then still saw it as super-interesting, I guess......
• Commented on Artist will send 300 meter banana 50km above the earth
  Wow. As if it wasn't hard enough to see the stars between city lights, pollution, and inclement weather-- now we have to contend with bananas. Thanks tons, Mr. Saez. On the other hand, it will make it much more easy...
• Commented on Many scientists unhappy about Lucy tour
  I was half-expecting the furor to be over displaying Lucy without all her clothes on-- it IS the South, you know......
• Commented on Prosthetic leg stash found under floor
  Sounds like fodder for a steampunk walking machine to me......
• Commented on Fake sunroof for car
  At that price, they could have had a real sunroof....
• Commented on William Gibson WashPo interview "one of the best ever"
  Thank you! I'm so glad somebody has finally realized (and publicly said) what I've thought for some time-- the net trumps big cities. It's about time people took notice that you don't have to be in the city to find...
• Commented on Video of 1st radio control toy from 1950s
  Does it make anyone else giggle to watch how terribly careful he's being with the packaging? I'm on the edge of my seat, waiting for him to drop some cardboard and freak out....
• Commented on Web Zen: Music Viddy Zen
  You might also check out "Nimbooda" at YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xUgd9P_AnXQ...