gdp's Comments

The Smoking Tire : Protecting Us from Us: NHTSA Throttle Cut-off.

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:59:55 +0000

Seems retarded and useless to me. Unless, of course, they're making cars that can overpower the brakes now? Last time I checked, there wasn't a single car on the market in the US with this capability.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Ludicrous Speed!

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:40:18 +0000

56k on a Sega Saturn with the Netlink adapter.

The Smoking Tire : Watch: Girl Doesn't Understand What MPH Means

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:06:11 +0000

This has to be staged. Nobody that stupid remembers to breathe for more than a couple of consecutive days.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:31:38 +0000

I drink a fair bit of tea, too. Mostly Earl Grey.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:30:59 +0000

You know, the more I hear about your mom, the more I like her.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:30:10 +0000

If I'm working at a place that has a multi-plate Bunn, I'll bring my own coffee and commandeer a pot (either the decaf pot or one that I mark in some way), and make coffee to my liking. After a couple of days, I notice I'm not the only one drinking the heavy-duty stuff.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:26:43 +0000

The above-mentioned dessert abominations are just fine, as long as there's at least two shots of whiskey in them. For dessert. Or breakfast.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:24:50 +0000

I have a couple of those stovetop machines in my coffee maker collection, too. My only issue with them is that they won't make enough in one go to fill my favorite cup (~20oz.). Cafe Bustelo is okay, but there's a local roaster hear than makes a mean Italian roast for $10/lb. (Compare to Starbuck's bagged coffee at $10/12oz.)

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:55:54 +0000

The steam-type espresso machines are basically just small drip machines, and the results kinda show it (I have one of those in a closet somewhere), but my Krups pump-type espresso machine does a decent enough job. My everyday coffee maker of choice these days is a Bodum Santos electric. Its product is far superior to drip coffee, and (IMO) is every bit as good as french pressed coffee without the grit and hassle.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:48:49 +0000

I was just about to change it when you replied, ended up deleting it instead:( Yes, that would be a latte or cafe Americano (not sure which). I was going to suggest that if you did want to make a cafe mocha, just add some Nestle's Quik to the milk before adding the coffee. It's really good.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Not Yet Caffeinated

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:45:46 +0000

If I'm at a place that makes espresso (or if I'm feeling froggy and dust off my Krups), I'll have a triple or quad shot, straight up. If I'm drinking gas station coffee, I'll fill a cup about 1/3 with the hot chocolate from the cappuccino machine and to the top with the darkest roast they have. If I'm at home and not firing up the pump espresso machine, I'll mix milk, Nestle's Quik and a little sugar in the bottom of the cup, stir until the lumps dissolve (very important step) and then fill with strong Italian or French roast from my Bodum Santos coffemaker (this thing is neat, you should google it), for a low-rent cafe mocha.

Atomic Toasters : Remembering the Flipside

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:54:08 +0000

My favorite B-side of all is The Doors' "The Changeling" (the A-side of which was one of my dad's favorite songs, for some odd reason). He caught me playing it one day and started railing about listening to "that crap" on his stereo, and where the hell did I get it anyway. He didn't believe it was his until I flipped it over and played the A-side ("Riders On The Storm").

Atomic Toasters : Remembering the Flipside

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:48:55 +0000

The use of "Shatner" and "awesome" in the same sentence without a negative qualifier makes me hurt in my thinky-places. My local NPR station used to use his "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" to make the phone ring during pledge week. It worked really well.

Atomic Toasters : Startup: The Secret of Antigravity

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:46:20 +0000

So you're entrusted to kill the joy of your own posts? How's that work? I never actually said it wasn't original. It's just that the premise (while amusing at first) doesn't survive critical examination, therefore all the jokes based on it are kinda- well, not so funny. For the record, your "kitteh in a glass punkin" fotochop is very amusing, though. Please don't take me seriously, nobody else does;D

Atomic Toasters : Startup: The Secret of Antigravity

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:23:23 +0000

Since its existence is almost infinitely improbable already, it should pop into being any second now.

Atomic Toasters : Startup: The Secret of Antigravity

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:21:00 +0000

[rolls eyes] The cat lands on his feet due to reflexes. The toast (anecdotal evidence notwithstanding) lands butter side down just over 50% of the time. Given a choice between reflexive course correction and flip-a-coin blind chance, my money's on the reflexes. This "problem", while amusing, is no more than a canard. EDIT: Yes, I realize this is a lark and for yuk value only, but you could have come up with a less ridiculous premise, couldn't you?

Atomic Toasters : User Input: Tryptophan Coma

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:08:00 +0000

On a spit over a wood fire. Before I tried this, I would have said deep fryer.

Atomic Toasters : Anyone for a Cartoon?

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 14:11:44 +0000

Is it bad that I immediately recognized the frame at the top as being from the last seconds the classic "Duck Amuck"? The link might be embeddable, but I can't read Chinese. http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/9482867-1402985577.h...

Atomic Toasters : Ringtones FROM SPACE!

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:28:29 +0000

My old phone had a tone of me belching. It was almost as effective at cutting through background noise as the now ubiquitous "Nostalgia" tone (old-school mechanical bell telephone ring). Since everybody seems to have Nostalgia these days, maybe I need to record another belch. I doubt the NASA MP3 files would be sufficiently distinguishable from background noise for me to hear.

Atomic Toasters : User Input: A Brief Aside

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:05:24 +0000

Well said. Much closer to the way I feel than I could possibly say. thank you.