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YouTube - The Funniest Baby Sloth Video Ever!!!
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lol. sloths are such weird looking animals. I didn't know that they are so funny as well. - Alan Le
*love* I saw so many in Costa Rica...cute little guys. - Anna Haro
They are about 4.7x cuter than kittens if only for the face/moss growth on the fur. - Josh Lowensohn
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Amazing car concepts == real art!
Amazing car concepts == real art!
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why don't we see cars like these on the streets? - Alan Le
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petarvucetin posted a link
Swim faster than Phelps!!!
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I would love to see someone race Phelps wearing these flippers. - Alan Le
Pretty cool, but $1800? Holy crap! - Nick
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Alan Le posted a link
jQuery: The worst website redesign ever!
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jQuery is the best JS library out there but their website will turn developers away. - Alan Le via Bookmarklet
here's their old design: http://web.archive.org/web/200... - Alan Le
Ugh. I'm switching to MooTools. :) - Morton Fox
i like the color scheme alright, but yeah, the anime rockstar thing is a little out of place on a javascript framework's homepage - Nathan Chase
I'm just glad it seems to be more stable than the last site. It was more than annoying have the documentation site down all the time when I needed to look up something. - Lindsay Donaghe
Ouch! My eyes! - Bill Sodeman
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Labs - Desklighter
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Run Silverlight apps outside of the browser. Interesting stuff from IdentityMine. - Alan Le via Bookmarklet
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Alan Le posted an entry on Last Loved MP3's
Thursday at 5:49 pm - Link
this song rocks...playing this constantly today. - Alan Le
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Alan Le posted a link
live search homepage image today
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*speechless* - Yuvi
wow. cool pic, but, isn't that MS endorsing Obama? - Josh Haley
The Overline on the image says: "Who's Today's Hottest Celeb?" Damn you McCain, Damn YOOOOOOOOU! - (teh)Kenny
Here's an interesting fact. Microsoft is the DNC content partner and Google is the RNC content partner. sources: http://www.microsoft.com/Press... http://medializzy.wordpress.co... - Alan Le
Its a great pic as well - Roberto Bonini
"Wtf is that textbox doing in the air??" - Joni Moilanen
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Maybe you need different friends? (assuming you can see this ;-) ) - Brian Sullivan
Brian: I subscribed to Alan now. : ) - Erhan Erdogan
@brian, ha... I think it was a rare occasion. there were an influx of twitter posts last night from the convention that I think did it. - Alan Le
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Alan Le posted a link
Cool Photos: Awesome LEGO Monsters and Aliens Sculptures!
Cool Photos: Awesome LEGO Monsters and Aliens Sculptures!
Thursday at 1:59 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Way too awesome. :o - Daniel Bruce
is there a tentacles lego set? - Alan Le
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Alan Le posted a link
Star Wars Landspeeder
Thursday at 5:14 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
and there is no delorean in the picture. it is only your imagination playing tricks on ya. - Carlos Ayala
the landspeeder would win if it were a race - Alan Le
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Must Watch: Final Theatrical Max Payne Trailer!
Must Watch: Final Theatrical Max Payne Trailer!
Thursday at 5:54 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
very cool trailer. I can't wait to watch this movie. Like the game, the movie will probably become a cult classic. - Alan Le
well casted i reckon - Zee at WeDoCreative
that was a rock-solid trailer. awesome! - AJ Batac
Loved the game, and the movie is looking freakin sweet. - Mo Kargas
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DotNet: Alan Le posted a link
Download the smallest .NET Framework Distribution possible
Thursday at 10:58 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Looks like you have .NET version 3.5 SP1. That's the VERY latest .NET Framework. You don't need to do anything right now." - Alan Le
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Stupid Blogger (aka Tina) posted a message
Thursday at 11:16 am - Link
+1! - Alan Le
ha ha ha ha - Josh Haley
In my defense, it was when somebody said "Here comes BamBam" and I almost blurted out "+1 BamBam for awesome nick!" - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
LOL +1 - AJ Batac
hahaha!!! - Anna Haro
I do that all the time. Of course, Jason is about the only adult I ever talk to. :) - Cyndy
Admit it, you are a FF addict!! Time for an intervention. ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson
FF addict? WHERE?!? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
LOL - Mona N.
That is hilarious haha. I can see myself accidently slipping +1 in real life. I better watch myself. - Dennis Jackson
Joined, Mona! And to everyone else, you KNOW the nickname BamBam is +1!!! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
+1 SB! lolz - .LAGizmoto
+1 +1 - TheBuzzMachine
I almost said 'pwnd' once. And realised I didn't know how to pronounce it. - Bec
You know what... I see a series of Moo.com stickers in that... - John Worthington
Bec, I have always presumed it to be like a 'pawn' in chess, so 'pawned'. Maybe draw it out, pawwwwned. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
I think it's a intentionally misspelled owned. like pron. hahaha - Ron
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Emma loved a song on Last.fm
Thursday at 2:28 am - Link
*love* - RAPatton
*love* *love* uh oh...we're about to have a love off Rap! ;-) - Anna Haro
I've been told that is what the world needs now - RAPatton
and that is something that you can't have too much of - RAPatton
hahahaha! - Anna Haro
Girl, I love you because you are always kickin' it with some food. ;-) - Anna Haro
lol, wonderful - Michael W. May (Joffi) via twhirl
@anna nom nom foodz wub i love the foodz - Caroline
I love this tune. have you ever heard the absolutely sublime Michael Jackson mashup that Go Home Productions did? It will send chills down your spine! - Michael Moran
Sounds like a tune I'd love to hear....have you got a link? - Emma
the fudge pack! - Noah David Simon
You were right about that mix Michael, it's wonderful! Thanks for the link! :) - Emma
+5 Michael. Pretty cool. - Yolanda
"watching a good friend scream - LET ME OUT" - Josh Haley
awesome! - Alan Le
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Your Obama Tax Cut is: $980.92 | John McCain would tax you $900.33 MORE than Barack Obama. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Obama is going to help me by filling forms out for me? That's going to make him pretty busy going house to house filling out people's taxes for them. :) - Jason Shultz via twhirl
people on digg are complaining about this already. I don't see anyone making a McCain tax cut webpage. What's up republicans? Can't cut my taxes? - Stefan Hayden
What, no one else is gonna show their results? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $980.92 John McCain would tax you $900.33 MORE than Barack Obama. - Shey
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $468.76John McCain would tax you $429.42 MORE than Barack Obama. - Michael Sauers via twhirl
Everyone's going to love Obama. Until they start making some good money. - Josh Haley
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $970.76. John McCain would tax you $570.42 MORE than Barack Obama. - Joshua M. Neff
No tax cut for me :-( - dkb
Josh- even up to $200,000 the site still says the cut would be $4,156.62. It is only at $500,000 that it says you will probably not going to get a cut. I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't think I'll ever make over $200,000 a year. (I'll be ecstatically happy if I ever get to $100,000) - Karin Dalziel
Josh, good money is a very relative term. My household income might not be squat in LA, but where I live it's twice the average. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $1,422.73 John McCain would tax you $791.59 MORE than Barack Obama. - Vincent Ferrari
Well, then I hope the chart/utility is pretty accurate. Then most of us will be OK. - Josh Haley
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $980.92 John McCain would tax you $900.33 MORE than Barack Obama. - Stefan Hayden
And what's with the policy that you can only have 1, 3 or 6 kids? ;) - Josh Haley
I never put too much faith in these things. But then I'm a bit of a cynic. :) - Karin Dalziel
Obama's tax plan would be hugely damaging to the US economy if it ever happened. We'd all be hurting. - Dave Roth
@Dave Roth - substantiate this, please... - JA Castillo
Way to throw that out there with no backing Dave. Are you saying that Bush's tax plan (with McCain just wants to make permanent) has been beneficial to our economy? - Jason Carreira
@Dave Roth: They said the same thing about Clinton's tax plans in 1992. Hmmmm how'd that end up? - Jason B.
I'll be happy if Obama doesn't restore Bush's marriage penalty tax. Our Federal Taxes went from 8.5k+ to less than 5k. I don't wanna pay the IRS a huge chunk of my check all year. - Tad - just Tad
Here's what it said for me: "Your Obama Tax Cut is: You will probably not get an Obama Tax Cut" I knew it! In fact, he'll increase my taxes through tax hikes on dividends and capital gains. - Morton Fox
@Morton, somehow I think you'll live... Maybe he'll send you a nice note of thanks. - Jason Carreira
Obama to me: "No tax cut for you. Next!" - Morton Fox
People who think a modern government can be run without money but instead on magical fairy dust and unicorn farts crack me up. - Jason B.
Jason - The Clinton tax increase caused the 2000 recestion, the Bush tax cuts resulted in record government revenue. - Robert Hafer
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $970.76 John McCain would tax you $210.42 MORE than Barack Obama - Matt Hamilton
I could post a website that says if you elect Obama you'll sprout angel wings and crap gold nuggets; but it wouldn't be true. - Robert Hafer
So Robert, who caused the current recession? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
But... But... I like angel wings and gold nuggets :-( - Vincent Ferrari
@Tina, keep it honest. Things are not as good right now than in recent past, but we are not in an actual recession which is 2 quarters of negative growth. We have not had that yet. I am not a huge Bush fan and don't like McCain as one of our choices, but still. As a matter of fact, I am not happy one bit with either choice this year. Also, check this out. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080828... - Eban Crawford
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $810.06 John McCain would tax you $545.27 MORE than Barack Obama. - zoblue (Zulema)
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $486.21 John McCain would draft your ass into his ninth consectutive war this week. - (teh)Kenny
@Eban: while the definition of 2 quarters of negative growth sounds reasonable, it means that a quarter with a significant loss followed by a quarter with tiny gain rinse & repeat doesn't "qualify" as a recession when in fact the economy is on a downward trend. More to the point, it still feels like a recession to the consumer, and if it feels that way they're going to react as if it is, whether the 'definition' applies or not. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Doesn't anyone else find it interesting that only one person here isn't getting a cut? I find that highly improbable just on a statistical basis alone. - Vincent Ferrari
@tina and eban: Like that time bush claimed we gained jobs when we didn't make enough to even cover the amount of people entering the workforce that quarter let alone the jobs we lost over the past... waht was it? six quarters? - (teh)Kenny
Clinton flatlined the economy for the first 18 months of his reign. The republican congress is responsible for the growth for most of the rest of his presidency, and then Clinton left us with a recession. - Dave Roth
My argument is just basic definitions and is not in defense of or against any political figure. My point is, by definition, we are not in a recession. Close, but not there. It hurts an argument when it is based on easily refutable facts. And last I checked, times "feeling" hard fails as a solid definition. Try bringing up feeling arguments between people of faith against skeptics. Same thing here. - Eban Crawford
Just a general comment about taxes, but I do hope we'll move to a fixed tax rate and be done with it. Not sure if it'll even happen, but not having to worry about income brackets and deductions and arcane rules and loopholes would make it so much easier on us. New Zealand's tax law would be a good model to emulate. You fill out a single sheet and you're done. - Raoul Pop
Oh, btw, my tax cut would also be $980. Isn't it just a bit weird that we are sort of admitting our salaries here? ;-) - Eban Crawford
Your Obama Tax Cut is: $3,526.76. I'm assuming my McCain tax cut would be higher because it doesn't say anything. - Alan Le
Eban I understand you're giving the definitions, and my gripe isn't with you it's with the definition itself. And when it comes to consumer spending on wants versus needs, I think times 'feeling' hard really does come into play. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
@Dave: interesting point about the first 18 months of Clinton's administration. How does that play out with the argument I often hear that all the economic gains of his whole first term were directly due to Bush Sr.? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
I call BS on this thing. All the ratings I've seen show Obama raising taxes on the upper-middle class and wealthy which would show my taxes going slightly up. This thing shows me getting a $6,800 tax cut which I find completely unbelievable. So there it is, I'm laying down the B.S. (or MATH = FAIL) card - Chad Myers
The biggest problem with economics an politics it that policies/laws/tax rates take a while to work through the system and show results; so one admin can be left with a mess or ride the good econ of the previos admin - Robert Hafer
Our current econmics woes stem from the idea that owning a home is a right and not a privalage. - Robert Hafer
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on mine - inhaler, frequently used medicines, a couple of books, apple remote, pair of spectacles. - Parth Awasthi
my ipod home clock radio, a small lamp, some books... oh, and often a pair of earrings and a hair elastic or two. - edythe
hmm. iphone. ipod. books. lamp. glass of jim beam.. - Kyle Lacy
Books, magazines, alarm clock, hair clip, perfume - Yolanda
Books. More books. Did I mention books? And the occasional glass of water. - Akiva Moskovitz
A lamp and some oil. You all decide which kind. :p - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy via fftogo
Lamp, mobile, Magnum .357 - Mo Kargas
Lamp, Alarm Clock, and The West Wing - The Complete Series Collection. - Mark Trapp
sorry.. bottle of Jim Beam - Kyle Lacy
tablet pc, statue of chinese face, alarm clock, eyeglasses and hair tie - Lindsey Smith
books i'm reading and the cell phone - Alan Le
bottle of jack, bottle of coke, 1 glass - Simian DA (Amber)
I don't have a bedside table. The windowsill behind the headboard usually has tissues and the TV remote. Sometimes there's a cat. - Nine (9)
bible, prayer book, holy water :)- - Peter Dawson
iphone, blackberry, macbook, latest scifi novel, reading glasses, flashlight, glass of water & like nine sometimes a cat too ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
Ice.. Amber.. Ice - Kyle Lacy
cellphone, blistex, water - Shey
Magazines (The Economist) book (right now, Complete Peanuts vol 2), Alarm clock, sometimes iPhone, glass of water that the cats usually knock over in the middle of the night - Jason Kaneshiro
books, comics & graphic novels - RAPatton
alarm clock, bea arthur biography, lotion, box of tissues. - Matt Musgrave
photos, reading lamp, crayons, boxes of index cards, Kleenex, pencils, a couple of dead batteries. my daily journals are inside the drawer and I keep the reading material that I take to bed in other places. - Kamilah Gill
haha +1 Matt - Kyle Lacy
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A Handy Guide to Piracy
Wednesday at 6:32 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
this has been updated: piracy vs theft vs sharing http://i33.tinypic.com/2yor21y... - Alan Le
Does that mean it's okay? - Sarah
Ask the artists who receive no money for the file sharing if it's okay. - Akiva Moskovitz
I'm as against the heavy-handed crap the RIAA keeps pulling as the next guy, but that's an absolutely idiotic graphic. If the artist isn't getting paid, you've stolen from the artist whether or not someone else is missing their copy. - Vincent Ferrari
the Radiohead model shows that it can work. It mostly affects the middle man. - Alan Le
<rant>Some proportion (maybe high) of people who share files would never have bought them in the first place -> file sharing is good for the artist because someone may decide they quite like this artist and buy stuff / go to a show at a later date. Music is about the statistical return of an annuity, not the retail sale of a single unit.</rant> - Alex Gawley
@Akiva I'd be more than happy to buy a CD in a store for $20 if I thought the artist was getting even a majority of that money, but we both know they aren't. In fact, I gladly paid Radiohead that same $20 when I bought the album from their website. I don't want to steal from artists, but if its a choice between downloading a song off the internet and having the artist get ripped off or going to the store and getting ripped off myself by the music industry, my choice isn't that hard. - Aaron Krug
I have to agree with Alex. - Oliver Ortega Chua
So your disgust with the music industry excuses you making sure the artists get less than they already get. Makes sense to me. - Akiva Moskovitz
Yes, the artists appear to be starving, Akiva. Let me state that I am pro-payment to the original artist, but my impression would be there is far too much money in this scene anyway. The money is in the "middle-men". - ChangeForge via twhirl
I'd like to see you take that philosophy into a local record store and go ahead and physically shoplift some CDs. You know, to really prove your dedication to the artist. - Akiva Moskovitz
Excellent illustration. I hate how people perpetuate the myth that piracy and theft are one and the same. I'm not saying what's wrong or right - just that they aren't the same thing. - trextor
Vincent: If Bob pirates a song, the artist isn't getting paid. If Bob doesn't pirate the song, the artist still isn't getting paid. If Bob watches the video for the song on his DVR 250 times in a row, the artist isn't getting paid. If Bob decides to buy a song from the artist's competition, the artist isn't getting paid. Seems to me that whether or not the artist gets paid is at best a secondary consideration when trying to identify the theft/not-theft of a situation. - Roger Benningfield
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interesting texture technology - Alan Le via Bookmarklet
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Good video to watch. It shows the interaction that the screenshots shown awhile ago didn't show. I love their styles and overall design. - Alan Le via Bookmarklet
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Friendfeed? - Alan Le
are we talking about Social aggregation for video like Friendfeed? If so, I don't think anything will be Friendfeed too soon! - Josh Chandler
I love searchles. Fantastic video editor that lets you mashup videos. Here's my channel there - paisano via twhirl
I love searchles. Fantastic video editor that lets you mashup videos. Here's my channel there http://searchles.com/channels/... - paisano via twhirl
WorldTV.com is impressive. They plan to be the video aggregator of choice but have a ways to go. Still, very nice. http://worldtv.com/paitv - paisano via twhirl
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AlexScoble(Robert'sBro) posted a message
Wednesday at 5:49 pm - Link
damnit, are you calling me home theather trailer trash? ;-) - Alan Le
Hehe Alan...I might just be...Do you own speakers from a certain brand that I won't name (don't want to offend anyone at the moment)? - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
I think this is quite true! - karen2
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Frederic posted a message
just another pixelpipe test - couldn't get email to work
Wednesday at 5:41 pm - via mail2ff - Link
Sent via Pixelpipe. - Frederic via mail2ff
what is pixelpipe? - Alan Le
http://pixelpipe.com - a way to send media files to a number different services with one click (say you want to send a pic to friendfeed and save a copy on Flickr as well) - Frederic
technologically cool, but wouldn't that create a dupe post and add noise if you already feed flickr to friendfeed? - Alan Le
that's true - you have to pick your service carefully - I use it to send a picture to ff, store a copy on picasaweb, and one more on my own FTP server - Frederic
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Dave Winer posted a link
ABC News: ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
Wednesday at 5:28 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel." - Dave Winer via Bookmarklet