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  1. @Raspberry_Pi I take it each distributer had 5k units? 10:33 PM Feb 28th via Mobile Web
  2. @Raspberry_Pi Gah! Staying up way late across the pond... Can't wait to get my hands on the pi! Too bad their sites are buckling... 10:22 PM Feb 28th via Mobile Web
  3. GOD HELP ME MY BRAIN IS LEAKING OUT MY EARS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS. 2:37 PM Jan 18th via web
  4. How does one have something SOMETIMES (meaning more than once) that they've never had before? 2:37 PM Jan 18th via web
  5. You know, the one where it says "Sometimes, I get a good feeling... like I've never ever had before..." 2:36 PM Jan 18th via web
  6. Can someone please tell me how I'm supposed to make sense of that god-awful song "I get a good feeling...?" 2:36 PM Jan 18th via web
  7. I've really taken a liking to Linux Mint. I highly suggest taking it out for a test drive. 7:23 AM Nov 16th, 2011 via web
  8. I'm in jackass mode! Wee-hoo! 8:18 PM Jun 15th, 2011 via web
  9. I'd say "literally" the entire audience but it wouldn't be literal as I was the only one doing differently. Felt like breaking some phones. 8:17 PM Jun 15th, 2011 via web
  10. Doesn't help that the entire audience was on their damned cellphones. 8:17 PM Jun 15th, 2011 via web
  11. Plus... the whole lens flare worked for Mr. Abrams in the last Star Trek movie. NOT so in this one. Unimpressed. 8:16 PM Jun 15th, 2011 via web
  12. Saw Super 8. Trying to decide whether it gets a C- or just a plain C. Not impressed. Plot holes, weak writing, and weak acting. 8:16 PM Jun 15th, 2011 via web
  13. I subscribed to thelonelyisland's channel on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/thelonelyisland?feature=autoshare 6:55 AM Mar 30th, 2011 via Google
  14. @scottsigler I've been on a nerdcore kick as of late, as well. 11:48 AM Feb 24th, 2011 via web in reply to scottsigler
  15. @b_frisch It's a much less visual means of browsing by looking at a list of titles as opposed to colorful jackets. Changes strategies. 11:32 AM Feb 24th, 2011 via web in reply to b_frisch
  16. @b_frisch I agree. I hate to say it, but some of my favorite books have been the ones I picked up just browsing and thumbing through. 11:31 AM Feb 24th, 2011 via web in reply to b_frisch
  17. @b_frisch I don't know. I'd say yes, off the top of my head, but with some caveats: Just how are they going to be browsing? 11:13 AM Feb 24th, 2011 via web in reply to b_frisch
  18. @Montine Ha! :D Glad I could provide that moment of freaky alien butt baby zen! 10:38 AM Feb 24th, 2011 via web in reply to Montine