The Life Of Bryan

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• Commented on Study reports fructose damages metabolism
  when shopping for your groceries, look for that "Now With Less Fructose!" Some of us have been doing that for years. Since last year it’s become more and more common to find sandwich bread in mainstream grocery stores trumpeting that...
• Commented on Tool-using animals: Now with 100% more invertebrates!
  how is this any different than what a hermit crab does? Because hermit crabs are hard wired that way....
• Commented on How Monsanto owns and manipulates the world's food supply
  I just can’t help noticing that when reading that AP article, I can substitute “Microsoft” and “Windows” for “Monsanto” and “their genes” without any real loss of meaning. They’re doing the same shit MS did to blow away their competitors...
• Commented on Weird old ad for dishwasher: "A 10-Year-Old Can Do It Blindfolded!"
  Great typography, though. Shame about the kiddie porn....
• Commented on The barf-worthy safety standards for school-lunch meat
  When I consider the lengths I go to (and money I spend) to avoid unfood at the grocery store, I shudder to think what they're using to make public school food....
• Commented on Blackwater founder Erik Prince revealed as a CIA spy
  And that's what scares me the most....
• Commented on Sing-Along <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>
  I was introduced to JCS by working on the sound crew for an awesome modernized production with a full rock band offstage. We had a large black man with a *beautiful* voice playing Jesus, and an all-around amazing cast. Hearing...
• Commented on Sing-Along <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>
  Ever heard Alice Cooper’s cover of King Herod’s Song? It’s surprisingly good, way better than the original cast recording (which, sadly, isn’t saying much)....
• Commented on Video of Marilyn Monroe smoking a joint, or a hand-rolled cigarette?
  I vote cigarette....
• Commented on Time in nature makes us more caring
  Seems to me this conclusion is more insightful if the terms of the equation are reversed: "Time out of nature makes us less caring."...
• Commented on Energy Literacy part One: Energy is invisible
  Here’s what I’ve done to make my energy visible: I don’t drive my car anymore. It’s a nice car, a ’91 Nissan 240sx. Very fun car, especially with rear wheel drive, four wheel steering, and a kickin’ stereo system. Ya...
• Commented on Orgy: the game from 1967
  Thank gods for the explanatory text; the photo had me convinced it was a scheme whereby communal consumption of bongwater served as group foreplay....
• Commented on Boing Boing Moderation Policy
  Visually it’s too close to ‘respond’ and in a location that further lends itself to that mixup. I reported a comment the other day that probably made no sense to whoever sees those reports. I looked around but could find no...
• Commented on Anatomical vegetarian ad
  That's kind of what I was thinking, that there's a certain irony to vegetarians substituting plants for things normally made of meat....
• Commented on Virus loads child porn on unwitting users' computers
  there's nothing in the article to suggest that it wasn't an Apple product that was infected Except that such a thing would be significantly more newsworthy than yet another bit of Win32 malware doing something only slightly different than all...
• Commented on Americans watch about 5 hours of TV every day.
  Some people here act as if those who don't watch (or even own) a television are somehow fundamentally better for it. And I'm willing to stand up and say that yes, that is correct....
• Commented on Bicycle defense kit fits in Altoids tin
  You aren't going anywhere, you're riding up, and riding down, and impeding traffic in the mean time. If i did the same thing by insisting on walking in the road, i'd be arrested. Also, I'm a bit annoyed by people...
• Commented on Bicycle defense kit fits in Altoids tin
  @wjodon: Yep, you nailed it on all points....
• Commented on Bicycle defense kit fits in Altoids tin
  roads are made for cars; the US' infrastructure is based around them (e.g., needing to go long distances, needing to carry groceries from a store 10 miles away, etc.) Most of the roads I ride were there long before cars...
• Commented on Careless forklift driver brings down the warehouse - video
  Many years ago I had a graphics shop located in the mezzanine of my business partner's glassware decorating warehouse. When I stepped out of my office onto the landing at the top of the stairs, there were four commercial kilns...
• Commented on BMW drives on top of other cars in parking lot (video)
  And for people who really need to go off-road. Actually, no. The vast majority of SUVs are as ill-suited to off-road usage as they are to on-road usage. Even car company execs have admitted as much over the years....
• Commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
  That’s a powerful bit of Biden there! A bit creepy too, but in a somewhat Nicholsonian way....
• Commented on Zero gravity spice rack for crowded kitchens
  We searched for the perfect solution, and finally settled on a few dozen blue glass bottles. We then labelled those with 21st Century Dynotape. Those live in the cabinet next to (but not above) the stove. The array is two...
• Commented on Type design experts, browser makers, take another crack at webfonts
  CSS is a sort of compromise that most of us purists can accept (especially because it recognizes that it's providing hints that the reader's browser might be set to ignore.) Finally, somebody gets it. The user’s control of page layout...
• Commented on Big sale on vinyl Obama Hope Rebel flag
  My favorite thing about the Confederate flag is that it is so often displayed by uber-jingoistic, hyper-patriotic types that utterly fail to see the irony....
• Commented on Exorcisms vs. schizophrenia drugs
  is science actually supposed to be grovelling in front of whatever two-bit hokum they happen to believe in the old country or down at the pub? How well do you think it would work out if psychiatry dropped the charade...
• Commented on The awfulness of Windows vs. the creepiness of Mac
  Faint smell of piss indeed. Awesome writing, and really captures the feel of Windows very well. But honestly, I'm just hoping that the next version will fully support networks and printing, at which point my job will get a lot...
• Commented on What's the best multiple-button mouse for Macs?
  Yeah, Logitech stuff isn't bad as long as you don't let their software anywhere near your machine. Kensington used to be the gold standard, but I've ended up regretting the last two trackballs I purchased from them. I never thought...
• Commented on Brendan Tang's manga ming vases
  Finally, a dustbuster that lets you smoke whatever you pull up out of the carpet!...
• Commented on bOING bOING advertisement in Factsheet Five #33 (1989)
  You've come a long way, baby....