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Adam Backstrom

Snow Leopard will vastly shrink OS X bloat

June 25, 2008 5:54am

Seriously, who cares about megabytes?! We have 500GB laptop hard drives now!

My MacBook has an 80GB hard disk. I have no external storage, and 2GB free space. Shaving off 100MB is significant for me.

Google "shell" for your browser

June 3, 2008 8:05am

Terminal junkies may be interested in Vimperator for Firefox. It adds lots of Vim-like shortcuts to your browser.

TSA steals food from doctors' infant children

February 21, 2008 5:38am

Manchest, NH -> Manchester, NH

Alice In Wonderland syndrome

February 20, 2008 10:38am

I've experienced this before, but only during periods of extreme exhaustion or illness. I'll feel very small, or detached from the rest of my body.

Spore release date announced: Sep 7, 2008.

February 12, 2008 10:54am

What? March 3? I thought it was September 7, 2008.

Stone Faces

January 24, 2008 12:07pm

Particularly sad given that NH invested god knows how much in merchandising the old man on all their highway signs... Would probably cost less to construct a replacement than to replace all the signs.

He's still a powerful symbol in the state, despite his fall. Why replace him with a less iconic figure?

TV-Be-Gone mischief at CES

January 12, 2008 11:42am

@Crash, sounds like an expensive way to watch TV...

TV-Be-Gone mischief at CES

January 11, 2008 1:09pm

If you don't like the TV on at a bar or restaurant, ask the manager to shut it off. If they won't, don't go to said restaurant or bar anymore. Don't be a jerk and potentially ruin it for anyone else.

Why would you go to a bar or restaurant to watch TV?

Funny prank at a conference, though. I probably wouldn't have done it, but it's good to mess with people. The comfort zone is boring. Anyone who's mad at these guys takes things way too seriously.

Police ordered to pull over people doing nothing wrong

December 18, 2007 1:00pm

I got a $5 ($10?) gift certificate to Ben & Jerry's back in college for being a considerate driver. Campus Safety pulled into the parking lot behind me, walked over, thanked me, and gave me the card. Pretty nice, I thought, but then again I didn't get pulled over en route to somewhere.

Welcome to the new Boing Boing!

August 28, 2007 11:51am

I like the new look. Threaded comments would be a nice feature down the road.

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