Great talk. Thanks for the link.

I was so glad not to see Nature's Path or So Nice or Annie's on that list!

Happy healthy Friday everybody! (And for the record, I am not a paid spokesperson for any of the afore-mentioned items. Just a genuine fan.)

Yup. MS sponsored Boing Boing posts make me feel squicky too.

Why the sudden burst of corporateness Boinge Boinge?

Anyone else (from Canada I'm guessing) having trouble seeing these ComedyCentral clips?

Is this one of those ultra-annoying regional blockers (which especially in this case make absolutely no sense because the show is bought and broadcast in Canada)?

Any idea how to easily get around this?

Thanks in advance.

JDM

Hey William,

Although 'merde' doesn't translate directly as 'damn it' writing 'shit' (or a more polite equivalent) would make for a less accurate translation.

While 'shit' is technically the closer word, it's English meaning is much more harsh and has less broad nuance than in French. (For instance, when you wish someone luck in the theatre, in English you say 'break a leg' while in French you say, 'merde'.)

In this context, "damn it" is the best translation.

And with that I complete my Internet nit-pick of the day!

Absent: Exactly what I was thinking. I have a hard time believing that the cops even cared enough about the missing laptop to do anything at all, never mind cracking what seemed, from my perspective, to be a super crack-resistant scheme.

This is the stuff urban legends are made of...

Slightly unfair that you're showing us the cover to a book that won't be available until April, but I agree, great art. Looks like a fun read. Looking forward to it.

JDubs

As a many-year reader and to echo what some other people are saying, I think the tone of the headline and the subject of this post are not at all 'Boing Boingish'. What got into you Cory?

JDubs