"Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.
"We're definitely not going to do it again. You're not going to see us lose another bag," lead spacewalker Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper said in an interview from the international space station with The Associated Press." - Paul Buchheit
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At first I thought this was from the onion.. - Paul Buchheit
"Once safely back inside the space station, the spacewalkers were to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the space station" Must have been quite a party, considering the toolbox was worth $100,000... - Philipp Lenssen
In NASA terms, $100,000 is like dropping a penny :) Lifting the toolbox into space probably cost more than that. - Paul Buchheit
NASA space program is a sad shadow of itself. Do the missions do much more than create suspense over whether the Shuttle will return in one piece? It is a bit like NASCAR where we watch not hoping for "the big one" but secretly expecting it. - Wayne Schulz
Bwana, I think it involved a little boy on his knees praying for some tools and a grease gun, when the bag re-enters the atmosphere, crashes through his roof and lands at his feet. "Thank you, God!" - Karim
Ok Pacman, one more last chance to do something positive for yourself. Oh, and while you're at it, you think you could pick off a pass or two this season? K, thx - Live4Soccer
Sheesh, how many chances is this guy gonna get? - Shey
yeah they're good for presents too, sadly I don't think any of my relatives are looking for a Homer Simpson Mouse. still waiting on a Bag of Carp to come up - BCK
Hmmm... This is very interesting. I prefer blip embeds on my video site for their quality, but I'd definitely embed Youtube if I could get higher quality with a decent download rate. The examples they provide were jumpy and buffered a lot. - Bwana
it's the economy. people are scared to spend their precious youtube time - Nate True
If I pump out 10-15 videos a week, I think I could reach the goal sooner. But that would probably mean sacrificing my audio podcast - Bwana
I'd do online video if it weren't for all the trolls and having to put up with deleting comments etc. - BCK
Thankfully, my community is doing a better job of modding down the trolls so I don't even see the comments. That doesn't stop the malicious profile comments though. Haters are everywhere :) - Bwana
I use BetterGmail2 and Globex Designs 'Google Redesigned' The gmail themes just look like eye candy. At the computer, I'm for functionality not pretty looks. - Ian May
Gotta sign out and sign back in and bingo, themes! - AJ Kohn
One account has it and the other doesn't. I'll live. - Louis Gray
Storm reviews are all over the place from very very good to very very bad. This leads me to believe a lot more are biased than usual. (positive and negative) - Bwana
Call of Duty 5 - You can destroy 3 mates in the comfort of your living room, play with your friends around the world online and it even features a kick ass single player should you like playing with yourself. - Toby Graham
Call of Duty 4 was great -- good call (no pun intended) - Shey
If you're a hoops fan, can't go wrong with NBA 2K9. I think you can download updated rosters. So like if someone is hurt, they are taken out of the starting lineup. - Rodfather
Madden is ok for NG (new gen) madden. I am disappointed in the gameplay, but I am a hardcore online league franchise player so take that for what it is worth. NHL 09 by EA is a phenomenal game ... great fun with excellent co-op modes, NBA 2K9. I am a PES 2009 (soccer) fan. I hear good things about Bioshock, COD5... want more? - Amani
