Wow. It didn't take long after Blam leaving for Giz to go straight down the gutter.

The reason to buy a good bike-specific lock rather than DIYing it? Insurance. Lock makers usually provide some level of insurance, even if you have to jump through some hoops to place a claim.

Perforated boots, for desert use? Are they trying to get even more sand in than already does?

@xue_huang Maybe you're not a walking billboard, but a self-righteous Cayce Pollard wannabe is definitely the vibe you're giving off.

@Sterling Archer: Besides the people who write, direct, produce and act in movies, and the people who finance the production of movies, there are lots and LOTS of people who care how much they bring in, like: gaffers, grips, catering, set decorators, casting directors, FX production houses, stunt people, and many many…

Still using the Minimalist Gmail Chrome plugin. Don't see a lot of reason to change over.

@PixelSnader: Whoa there, buckaroo! I think you just discovered the core tenet of retail which goes like this: "Get customers in the door with big-ticket items ( computers/TVs/stereos/printers/boots/etc) that have very little profit margin, then make a profit by up- and cross-selling them accessories (cables/universal…

It seems this just takes the time limit off on reaching L20.

Holy advertisement, Batman!

This has been around for a couple of years.

Deep dish pizza sucks. And I've had the real thing, at Gino's East in Chicago. It literally made me, and the three people that also ate there with me, sick as hell.

I have a BlackRapid R-Strap, specifically the RS-Sport. It's pretty damn great. I figured that if I was toting around $1,500 in camera gear on it, at a minimum, that I wasn't going to skimp on a good strap.

I see it now: "I swear I wasn't drinkin' occifer! It was my damned autopilot going kooky!"

Meh.

Anyone else think of this?

I've had a ReadyNAS Duo for a couple of years, and it's been great.

The Who or The Kinks.

Adios Blam! Kind of saw this coming, over the last couple of months, by reading between the lines on Twitter and, to a lesser extent, here.

This is the equivalent of saying the phrase "the n word" and not actually saying the word itself. You're making your audience fill in the blank, mentally, making them "say" it, while you can claim that you never said it. Louis CK does a great bit about this. [www.youtube.com]

i've got 2 23" 2048x1152 Samsungs that i'm in love with. I'd love a third one, but they got discontinued like a year and a half ago.