Was gonna donate but the link isn't working for me :-(

I know nobody cares, but I have to point out that her banjo is an open back Goodtime model by Deering.

I have the same banjo - but with a resonator (big wooden plate behind the drum) and a steel tone ring (steel rim that the drum head stretches across rather than wood).. it's called the Goodtime Special.

The Goodtime is an excellent banjo for anyone wanting to learn. Very well made (in California) and sounds fantastic for the price (a few hundred bucks as opposed to a few thousand like the professional ones). The regular Goodtime with a resonator is probably the best place to start. The open back model is more limited in what it can do and the resonator can always be removed if you want to pursue the style of banjo music that favors it.

Folk of the Wood and Janet Davis Music are two good online places to look at to get an idea of what is out there.

I think there is a lot of confirmation bias going on here.

AAR, I don't have a problem with the study being done - except that you can tell by the wording of the thing that they *want* it to be true. It's biased from the outset and not likely to be good science.

Crap.

I was all excited about getting one (currently have horrible T Mobile service with super basic phone) - but the monthly AT&T iphone plans were already at the limit of what I am willing to pay... might have to pass after all :-(

So who is this guy? I'm still trying to figure out if these videos are a joke, for real, or somewhere in between.

Really, BoingBoing?

As others have said, this is SO 2 years ago (as is the expression I just used ;-) ). How did you guys miss this one?

Oh they'll love that at the airport.

I used to listen to Penn's podcast (before he stopped doing it). They (Penn, Teller et al) seem like fantastic people. Obnoxious, honest, and very very smart. The world could use a lot more atheist libertarians like them.

The black rubber makes them look extra classy... all I can think of is iDominatrix.

I didn't want the T shirt - but I donated directly to Star. This is insanity.