Thank you so much for the pointer to Shirky's transcript. It was incredibly encouraging.

Not to start more trouble with another suggestion for a change to BoingBoing, but would y'all consider putting titles of works in italics, so that it is easier to determine non-linked artwork titles. Doesn't have to be italics, but something. I take a fair amount of my art recommendations from BoingBoing (as Hunter Thompson would say, you all have "the right kind of eyes."), and having titles become easier to scan would make my shopping efforts that much easier.

Again, yay for BoingBoing. Double-plus good.

#10 - Dead Brilliant!

I am reminded of the film "What About Bob?"

Are you saying that you can confirm that there is not a Polish sausage-related anti-BoingBoing global conspiracy? TFSM appeared to me in a dream last night and suggested it was possible, so I'm conflicted.

Also, what can the BoingBoing staff do about the lack of pierogi houses in Los Angeles?

My wife and were shopping the other day and found soap by Pangea Organics that puts seeds directly in the soap packaging, so when you open it and take the soap out, you can then plant the packaging. Pretty neat. One can build a mountain with enough tiny pebbles.

Dig the painting behind them. Dante-inspired?

Firefighter, Police Officer, Postal Carrier, etc.

I'm not intending to appear pedantic. I am actually a fairly relaxed person (and the folks at BB know that I love them more than words), but I do assert that certain social changes are helped along when we all pay a bit more attention to language.

Peace to y'all.

#2 Takuan, I hear you, but I have a feeling that this was not such a case (although, adding the right syntax to the sentence, this post could be a solid reason for the term "man," although I wonder if women would have invented such devices if they were in charge).

I love you all and am a dedicated fan, so please take this in the manner in which it is intended: I would request that BoingBoing authors make an attempt to use "staff" in place of "man" when it is applicable. As the husband to a wife, the son to a mother, the father of a daughter, the brother to a sister, and as a feminist, I assert that it is high time we made this change in our language.

Thanks for considering it, and double-plus thanks for all the great BoingBoing posts - you folks are teh awesome.

My parents own one of these. Except they call it "the telephone." ;-)

Yeah, that's where she got the idea for the song. She was a big Burroughs fan and friend and collaborator, going all the way back to a great record, "You're The One I Want To Spend My Money With."

The full quote from Laurie's song:

"I saw this guy on the train and he seemed to gave gotten stuck in one of those abstract trances. and he was going: ooah, ooah, ooah... and Fred said: I think hes in some kind of pain. I think its a pain cry. and I said: Pain Cry? Then language is a virus."

And as for Mr. Burroughs, the concept of language as a virus comes from his 1970 work, "The Electronic Revolution."

I'm reminded of Laurie Anderson's great song, "Language Is A Virus."

And probably the embarrassment of posting a comment after thinking that the first comment didn't go through. Ha! I'm an ass!!

The word "tessellation" is certainly allowable if the intent is to imply a mosaic of some sort, which the photo displays. But that's just me.

As an editor, the usage of "tessellation" here is just fine, as it's acceptable to use it to refer to refer to the forming of any mosaic pattern.

However, the title has the key word spelled wrong (you dropped an l).

Meanwhile, the actual invader is pretty snazzito.

First, really sweet. As a dad, I can say this: You're a good son.

Second, holy crap, I read this when I was in college. Really great read as I remember it. It absolutely opened my eyes to other cultures and social processes.

I suggest that BoingBoing send someone to interview him for BoingBoingTV. I also suggest that BoingBoing try the sushi place near my house, it's excellent.

It's too perfect: My assumption is that the woman screaming "Donnie" is a recording of his ex-wife. If not, then it's a sample from a movie, but I can't figure out which one.

Either way, please, someone who knows this guy, tell him to do a full-fledged documentary on his own life, as I find him endlessly fascinating.

I know it's early, but I think the word for 2008 will be "Donnie!"

For those who care:

"Pick Me I'm Clean" was originally released on 1981's "Tinsel Town Rebellion" and "Frogs With Dirty Little Lips" was originally released on 1984's "Them or Us," both of which were indeed Frank Zappa recordings. Are the signs from both? As the Magic 8-Ball says, all signs point to yes.

Look, I'm all for indie music. I am adverse to "pop" radio. Yet this site seems to be supporting that same mentality. Why does popular = better? I happen to like certain artists who, through no fault of mine, aren't popular: Hazmat Modine, Toshinori Kondo, Igor Stravinsky, Bill Frisell, Messur Chups, etc. Does the fact that they are not popular make them lesser artists? Obviously not, nor do I think BoingBoing or its readers would think so. Yet I submit that supporting such concepts as thesixtyone is harmful to our cultural growth. Cory, Mark, Xeni, David make fantastic cultural, artistic recommendations, no question. But the ones that I really consider are the ones that are written from their personal, impassioned selves.

This cover looks so very similar to the cover for Freakonomics. Is there a design template that marketing folks created specifically to attract geeks?

Also, I enjoyed Pedants Revolt by Andrea Barham. Can't wait to read TNYTGTEK.

I use the Answer.com tool for this. What I like about Answers.com and their tool, 1-Click Answers, is that they combine a variety of sources from different perspectives, all in a friendly font and setting.

I don't work for them or have friends who work there, I'm just a geek who is fanboy about them.

Caveat Lector.

WowWiki.com is owned by Michael Davis, registered through GoDaddy. I don't know if Davis is good or bad, but there's little info online about him and the stuff that's there makes him seem like a coder, not a greed-head or anything.

...just an observation...

Thanks, I will give wowhead a serious look.

I play World Of Warcraft daily, and I use Thottbot many times a week. I've even signed up and added information to it, such as coordinates for NPCs and quests.

Now I have to find an alternative. If I had the time, I'd start one. Is anyone out there willing to do so? I know it's a tough thing to ask, but I can't imagine using Thott again. Ugh.

Cory, good for you on that last part. Very sweet, very smart. Old folks need new media, just as surely as young folks need to experience older forms of entertainment and information. Dig it.

Isn't Jeff Bridges thinking about playing Moondog in the bio-pic?

Will BoingBoing become the next Google? If so, what will happen to Google? Will they become the next Yahoo? If so, what will happen to Yahoo? Will they become the next JenniCam?

I recently misplaced my glasses. Will the internet help me locate them? And if so, how long will it take, as I have a dinner engagement.

Can I connect a tube up from my house to my neighbors house, so we can exchange dinner recipes?

I don't have a specific question in mind, but a general question concept: Technology. Ask questions that no one else has, questions that can't be found with a decent Googling. Maybe "How does the animation get digitized?" or "What voice recording tools do you use?"

Oh, I certainly agree it's an "impressive accomplishment." First, lots of effort involved. So even if you look at it the same way we look at a hundred pushups or eating 80 chicken nuggets in 5 minutes, it's an impressive accomplishment. Second, there's the Art behind it. No one has done this particular piece of Art before, and it has had enough of an impression on people to be considered impressive.

Not attempting to be pedantic, I just strayed there after becoming distracted by a bumblebee.

First, I'll bet anything that John would have *loved* this!!

Second, once you get to Sgt. Pepper's, it really starts to become genuinely beautiful, like an oddly-shaped raga.

Third, what it almost sounds like is when we used to take a record album and spin it as fast as we could while slow enough to keep the needle in the groove. Gosh, I really do miss vinyl.

Fourth, this is *exactly* what the Internet is for, precisely.

Reminds me of Lamorisse's "The Red Balloon." A favorite of my youth. Moving pictures are excellent.

As a feminist, I ask that the Unicorn Chaser be placed after this post, not the post about the poor woman with what must have been awfully bad menstrual cramps. Yeah, cramps suck, and puke is less than pleasant, but rape is in a different category for me.

And bless you, all of you at BoingBoing, for effecting the planet's sense of balance, of justice, of right and wrong. You are all a contribution to society in a way that will never be able to be fully or even adequately measured.

As far as the pricing for the box set, are Radiohead not Artists? If so, then the same logic that we apply to SteamPunk or Abstract Expressionism should be applied here: The fans, by voting with their feet, set the acceptable price. If you're into Radiohead enough to buy a deluxe box set, then you'll pay that price and think it was worth it, just as the person who plunked down just shy of 2 Million dollars for Celebration felt - that it was worth every penny.

What about Jane Siberry? Was she not the first major artist to offer a pay-what-you-choose pricing strategy for her online discography?

Please, help me understand. The story says that a record was broken, but the number cited is 130.614 MPH. Now, I assume MPH is Miles Per Hour, and not something else (I'm not a speed geek, though it absolutely looks like fun, it's just that it involves math, so...). If so, I don't get it. The land speed record (for a machine with a minimum of one wheel) is about 763 mph, and the fastest motorcycle record is about 350 mph. So, as a loyal, and trusting, boingboing fanatic, would someone explain to me what I'm not understanding about this math?

How about a duet between Nodern and Diamanda Galás? Or a trio, including Nina Hagen?