I have been a Boing Boing reader for over a year now and honesty I did not know about this incident until I saw this post. Personally, I think this one has been talked to death, and I would rather the energy of the editors be spent more on the posts that I love than on this.

I think this gawker behavior, masqueraded as a concern for free speech, is detracting from what is most important: the quality of the posts. So unless Boing Boing starts saying something like "Comcast in the best ISP" (with out meaning to be ironic) then you won't see me complaining.

In the meantime, I am excited for the next BB Gadgets.

Its the same thing over at Wells Fargo. I went in to close one of my accounts about a year ago and they kept pushing this "Free Credit Checker" program that I could sign up for. I declined.

"But its free. Don't you want to know your credit score?"

"No." I just knew that it was one of those sneaky *first check is free* then we charge you up the ass and don't tell you about it.

They kept insisting until finally I just got up and walked out of there.

Two months later I look at my statement to see that I have been charge 33 dollars for that "free credit checker." Unbelievable. I eventually got them to remove the fees, but that just insane.

Andrew's paintings are amazing. I think "Girl With The Sun Hat" is my favorite. I did a post on my blog about it. It would be cool to make it to that show.

http://adionysus.blogspot.com/2008/05/girl-with-sun-hat.html

It seems to me that the only offensive part of this video is its style