hi, i just accidentally ignored a subscription request from you. just got a little spastic with the mouse too near the the word ignore and it was gone. if you want to send another i'll try to be less of a spaz! i'm new here are could use more connections!
- Sarah
Y'all can unsubscribe from me, block me, hate me and curse my name to the twin suns... but... the Millennium Falcon has always been a bit meh and overrated to me......... The Executor Star Dreadnought, now there's a ship!
I'd love to see the Executor do the Kessel Run in 40 parsecs, less 12. There's no way a ship that big and slow would be able to skirt the gravity wells closely enough to complete it in a useful distance.
- Matthew DeVries
So we are back to the 'it can run fast' argument... fair enough...
- Johnny Worthington
Let's see: it takes maybe 3 people to fly the Falcon. If you divided up the crew of a Star Dreadnought into 3-person teams, how many Falcons could you have?
- ha3rvey (business time)
Johnny, you see that satellite dish sticking up there making it slightly less aerodynamic? That picks up free porn from 37 different worlds.
- Joe Pierce
ha3rvey... That works in reverse too... How many Falcons would you need (and therefore the man power) to have the same fire power and kick-assedness of the Executor?
- Johnny Worthington
Did the Dreadnought even go to Kessel???
- WorldofHiglet
The Executor was taken out by the pussyest ship ever made in the Star Wars universe. Show me one spot you could crash a Segway into on a Nimitz Class Carrier to destroy it, and I'll maybe respect the Executor.
- Matthew DeVries
I can't even tell you the number of times I took out the shield generators on these pieces of junk on Xwing and Xwing vs Tiefighter. YOU ARE SO VERY WRONG!!!!
- WorldofHiglet
I agree with DeVries the way the Executor went down was ridiculous. BORG CUBESHIP FTW
- Mo Kargas
No need for blushes, Joe! Can I take it you played Xwing back in the day?
- WorldofHiglet
now ya'll are making me with that Star Wars Galaxies didn't suck now. The Jump to Lightspeed space flight expansion was a ton of fun.
- Joe Pierce
If I could install it on my PC I would do it RIGHT NOW.
- WorldofHiglet
Dear Steven, please see my earlier comments about 'running fast', Love Johnny
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
@WoH: DOS X-Wing with expansions, DOS TIE Fighter with expansions, Windows X-Wing vs TIE Fighter and the Balance Of Power campaign...yah, played it heaps. i think i have the X-Wing vs TIE Fighter CDs right here on my desk somewhere, in fact.
- Joe Silence
FOUND THEM! now, if only i could get the joystick working on this machine. :(
- Joe Silence
Johnny, The Millennium Falcon is not amused by your shenanigans. -_0
- Micah Wittman
go plug the professor into the hyperdrive.
- Joe Silence
Matthew... The top speed of an A-Wing is 1,3000 km/h (in atmosphere). Now the command was also given to "Concentrate all fire on that Super Star Destroyer!" so they were under fire from basically the whole entire Rebel fleet. So if a Nimitz Class Carrier was under fire from several enemy ships and aircraft all at the same time and I chucked a Segway at the windows in the bridge at about...
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- Johnny Worthington
but would the Nimitz suddenly roll over like a beheaded cow? i doubt it. as far back as WWII a carrier could keep going with the bridge blown to bits.
- Joe Silence
Just out of interest, how many actual Tie fighters did the Falcon kill? I dare say it's in the teens
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
You really want to argue about the kill ratio between a cargo freighter with two guns and a fleet flagship?
- Steven Perez
from IM
No, but you seem to want to argue how kick ass a cargo freighter is compared to a fleet flagship... So we're both pissing into the wind
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
*sigh* All right: said freighter evaded an invading ground force, several Star Destroyers, and said flagship, all the while doing so under repairs, snuck her crew onto a battle station the size of a planet, survived two battles with said battle station, shot down any number of opposing enemies and was instrumental in destroying said battle station - twice. Said flagship ... got knocked...
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- Steven Perez
from IM
In conclusion... I love Star Wars so hard it hurts sometimes... I'm just tired of having to tow the line on how awesome the Flacon is...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
And yet, ... the Firefly-class freighter Serenity was 10x more awesome.
- Steven Perez
Steven... So you love a freighter that was good at running away, hiding and was a broken down piece of junk? That 'bout it?
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I mean... It's not like it's a magical phone box or anything... *ducks*
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
And that somehow still beat an Alliance fleet and a horde of space zombies. Do you really have to ask?
- Steven Perez
from IM
Any ship can be awesome when it has the benefit of an entire army to refit and upgrade it at will. The truly great ships in science fiction are often held together with spit and bailing wire. Serenity, Millennium Falcon, the TARDIS, ...
- Steven Perez
from IM
Let's also be clear that the Ewoks beat the Death Star 2 (there was more than one ship in the core) and Luke blew up Death Star 1 after the Falcon shot 2... that's right 2 tie fighters... BIG HELP THERE!!!
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Remind me again: which ship were the Ewoks flying? :D And Han only shot one TIE fighter. The other one panicked. THAT'S RIGHT - PANICKED. Quality, not quantity.
- Steven Perez
from IM
No Ewoks blowing up the shield? The Falcon is just Billy Dee scratching his nuts. There was more than one ship at the core so it's not like ONLY the Falcon could do it.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Wedge Antilles got loads of kills in his little one man fighter over the years.
- Joe Silence
Right, this would be the same Billy Dee who fought his superior officer to give Han and the Care Bears more time while they were all being shredded by the half-finished Death Star and a fleet of Star Destroyers. Just hanging around.
- Steven Perez
+Anne--Right about the time I forget about this, it shows up again. Too funny.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
interesting. I've tried a few times to get animated images to work on FF without success.. I guess piping it through twitpic might be the answer!
- veo
veo, yeah Twitpic, RSS (MediaRSS), Delicious, Tumblr all seem to work. There are more than that but those come to mind.
- Josh Haley
Just one question, Josh: are you by chance spinning on 9 different Aeron chairs that were a steal after the first dot-com bubble burst? The future of the internets: you're looking at it =)
- Micah Wittman
could anybody describe how to create such a picture? thx
- Arnaud Fischer
Arnaud, see http://friendfeed.com/mokarga... for tips. And Josh correct me if I'm wrong, he uploaded to Twitpic the same animated GIF 9 times, then created a friendfeed post and attached all 9 images by URL (instead of choosing images from his hard drive). Images coming from twitpic, soup.io, etc will animate, but photos hosted by friendfeed itself won't.
- Micah Wittman
Did not sleep well with all the spinning. :p
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
It's infinitely more amusing when they don't all load at the same time. Spinning chaos!!!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Why the friendfeed limitation on animated .gifs? It seems arbitrary and odd to me. I could see wanting to limit filesize (animated .gifs can get large) but you can upload huge .jpgs without any trouble.
- veo
Mesmerizing like a lava lamp. Hey! You are a 'Lame-o Lamp'! And you might want to call the folks in the makeup department and get that forehead de-sheened. Remember, your forehead is an alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle - And you don't want to blind the crew on their final approach, do you? :-)
- Morgan Haley
Good luck trying to land anything on that while it's moving. :p I can always count on my brother.
- Josh Haley
OMG! That should be the next installment at some fluecy deucy art museum!!! AWESOME. :) It's like whack-a-mole... I keep trying to figure out which one will show your face next and for some reason I'm always wrong.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Thanks, Lindsay! :) I think that's the first time someone described wanting to systematically hit me on the head repeatedly, yet have it come off as a compliment. I would love to take credit like I was Andy Warhol or something, but alas I was just tired and felt like doing something silly. :p
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
yep, what Lindsay said. That was one of the first bona-fide instances I've seen of using Friendfeed as a medium for net art. You could get in the Whitney & stuff. GOOD JOB
- Kamilah Gill
LOL! I actually didn't mean it the way it came out (the hitting you on the head part, the compliment part is ok ;)). But I'm in tears laughing when I read your reply. Whack-a-mole always frustrated the heck out of me... I did a lot more staring than hitting when I tried to play. It was mesmerizing.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
you wait - the scary part of this comes when one of these ffoodoo heads stops turning, starts grimmacing and talking to you ..... have you seen one of these heads actually get up off the chair and curse the world??? ... the seeming dissynchronicity, the haphazard discord with which these dollheads turn might drive you ...nuts
- Petr Buben
Just signed up around a week ago with livefyre. Have been more in listening mode but so far am really enjoying being able to really follow the live discussions.
- Jennifer Aderhold
You mean @replies are highlighted in blue? *mind blown*
- Johnny Worthington
Shiny! Must be better. Do they have a recommended users list? Can we get on?
- Chris Baskind
I thought that was cliqset? Only like 5 days ago
- Matthew DeVries
In biology, we refer to that colorscheme as "aposomatic". It means it's poisonous and will kill you if you consume it. Unless of course it's practicing Muelerian mimicry, where it pretends to be a poisonous thing, when in fact it's tasty and nutritious, like the Viceroy butterfly to the vomit inducing Monarch.
- Matthew DeVries
And oh my Bob in heaven...they are totally committed to this "fire" theme. It's like a restaurant that goes all the way to the hilt, calling bathrooms "Buckaroos and Daisies" "Maties and Wenches" etc.
- Matthew DeVries
And now I have that stupid Billy Joel song in my head... DAMN YOU SCOBLE
- Johnny Worthington
Well on the plus side, Livefyre allows you to report a user for things like "hyperbole"
- Eric Logan
Wow. That's ugly. I can't get beyond the ugly.
- Yolanda
I definitely am stoked to see live conversations, organized, too -- but I lasted about 25 seconds on the site
- Christopher Galtenberg
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh I get it now... It's threaded Twitter conversations... except without using Twitter kinda... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... I wonder if it has the same 'noise problem' as FriendFeed does...
- Johnny Worthington
Looks like the type of site where the comments are going to be those of the YouTube variety.
- Yolanda
No time/date stamps, which made me a little confused, until I realized the comments were apparently last --> first
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
UGLY! No time stamps, can only see one conversation at at time. It think I'll stay here thank-you-very-much!
- Jeff P. Henderson
There are currently no fyres about sex. This site is either fake or not of this Internet.
- Andy Bakun
Doesn't really compare to Friendfeed as one of the main features of FF is still that it is an aggregator of all things. But there are some nice ideas in there. Will definitely have a look at it again over the coming weeks, hoping they will clean up the interface a bit. To little screen estate for the actual conversation and too much clutter around it.
- Mike Hellers
FriendFeed Comment is the new Yelp Talk. This tweet is useless without screenshots.
- Tim Jones
Is this a joke? It should be called HeadAyche.
- phil baumann
It's ugly yes, but come on guys, say something new. The ability to break sub-conversations out is interesting. They should look at creating new rooms in IRC.
- Kartik Agaram
Also, it seems like the conversations are more like IMs between a small number of individuals, seems like a lot of noise and not much true value... Could just be the quality of individuals participating of course... Something to watch, much like Google Wave in 2010
- Chris Reichow
I remember when everyone thought FriendFeed was ugly.
- Robert Scoble
Like Friendfeed, Livefyre allows people to join in conversations, but I don't see how it's better organized. I like the idea of kicking somebody off the thread if he/she gets too unruly, but I'm afraid someone might abuse it in the future and the result would be a thread that only the originator of the thread would like. I would rather have haters on a thread to show a semblance of balance. Livefyre's a great tool and hope to see more improvements in the future.
- Robert Sanchez Jr
It's better organized because you can find conversations by tags. So I can see only tech conversations. Here on FriendFeed I see all sorts of conversations mixed together. Also, LiveFyre lets you have threaded conversations, which makes long conversations much more useful.
- Robert Scoble
Wait, you can still see after looking at that page?
- Jimminy Fuller
Robert, you can really improve your Friendfeed experience by using lists. There's also robust search -- and metadata! I read that somewhere, at least. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
I think Robert's point is that FF lists only tag *people*, not conversations.
- Michael R. Bernstein
hmmm...Michael and Robert has a point there. It takes quite a bit of an effort to search for subjects/topics in Friendfeed/Twitter/Facebook as these seem to be more user-centric sites whereas Livefyre is more of a topic-centric. In Livefyre you can follow a topic instead of a person.
- Robert Sanchez Jr
Interesting how many people are focused on the look rather than the substance. This site has a lot of potential.
- Josh Fialkoff
Josh - Pretty is pretty important. I have to stare at that UI for hours and hours. It's best that it not make me stabby and depressed. I don't care if the site cures cancer, nothing is worth staring into that mess for that long.
- Matthew DeVries
This is a mess of a UI - If I'm looking for a real FF Clone, I'll go with Cliqset. It's about 2000 times prettier, same function, and none of those uncomfortably lame fire puns.
- Matthew DeVries
A comment to the effect that it was odd not to see a fire about sex impelled me to try to start one: "What do you think about sex? Join my conversation happening now on #LiveFyrehttp://su.pr/1LBCYf "
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Tags? People have to actually *create* those, and conversations are too throw-away to really have that done well, and avoid spamming (witness hash tags). That said, I have a saved search here on FF that shows me entries that have "protip" in the content, and it updates live. FF not having threaded comments is actually an advantage, it keeps things on topic and encourages creating new root entries as things diverge, or creating a room to centralize stuff on a single topic.
- Andy Bakun
I'll wait for the new UI in 2 weeks, I don't see anything appealing at all.
- Kol Tregaskes
Were a VC bankrolling these guys, there'd be WTF-AYFI meeting called yesterday to discuss this UI. Phrases like "not going to take this seriously" and "my money elsewhere" would be tossed about.
- Matthew DeVries
Ugly. Also unusable. Why is the actual talk box so narrow? Nothing like endless amounts of scrolling... I call fail.
- Otto
We should call this a ScobleRoll. He shamelessly pimps some site and we all flock to it to see what's going on only to find out it's utter rubbish. Next he'll be like, 'Hey, want to have a personalized site where you can share information with your friends while learning valuable web development skills? http://angelfire.com/ is the way to go. Getting a demo now.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
DO ANYBODY NO WHY SCOBLE IS USING A DEAD SERVICE TO PIMP ANOTHER SERVICE?
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
gonna have to vote for FriendFeed - nothing that compelling on LiveFyre yet.
- Bill Sanders
I didn't like how the conversation was updated from the top rather than from the bottom like FF. Trying to catch up on a conversation was a nightmare with the text moving off from where I was reading it the whole time.
- 1x29
I can only imagine they are a little gutted to have courted Scoble's help / influence in getting their product more known when the initial feedback is surely what they knew already themselves [i.e. it looks awful! :)]
- 1x29
Fire puns are worse than the hideousness. "Is it in brush fyre or wild fyre?" The illusive sex threads are probably called "fyre crotches". It's also kind of insensitive since California burns to the ground every spring. Who wants to participate in a "forest fyre" about the forest fire where your friend grandmother just died. There's no RL analog to a Ff thread or Twitter tag that could offend.
- Matthew DeVries
Why wouldn't the illusive sex threads be called "bush fyres?"
- Jimminy Fuller
You can't swing a dead-cat without finding someone's profile declaring themselves a "Branding expert". You'd think someone would have told them how horrible and tedious punning up your brand is.
- Matthew DeVries
Impossible to read from the passing car, but perfect for blogging. Strange there is no contact information in the text, so people seeing it online would know where to find these creative guys. Couldn't imagine it's really a TV Show ad. Looks like an agency showing off. Paul, do you know where the billboard is located?
- earlyadopter
Looks photoshopped to me, i.e. nice idea but not real.
- Miriam
I'm guessing that this was in England, NZ, or Australia.
- Gabe
It's a shame that it doesn't use true small caps, instead using reduced-sized capitals.
- Glen Campbell, esq.
Mistletoe: I was thinking the same thing. :(
- Gabe
Yep! With my nephew (Alexander) and my little cousin (Julia) running around her. They were playing a game where she was stacking blocks on their heads and having them sit still and seeing how many they could balance. Then the tables turned. I love how she's still, with that expression on her face, and how they're all blurry.
- joey
Dude, good looks surely run in your family - you and your sister are absolutely adorable!
- Mona Nomura
Cliqset ? Seems like a mix between Tumblr and Friendfeed IMO. I´m only registered there, but I would have been really surprised if *The Second Scoble* had followed me there.
- Thomas Bøhm
It's very very slow. And getting slower as the day wears on.
- Matthew DeVries
I just had a buttload of follows today. I tried Cliqset a while back and really wasn't all that impressed.
- Jason Huebel
I think that there is a lot of potential here but it still needs a lot of work.
- Akiva Moskovitz
haha - that is indeed a true mark of early adopter-hood... congrats Akiva :)
- Susan Beebe
So this is a real service? Y'all didn't make it up to prank Robert?
- Andrew C
What did you do? break it? the service is down...
- Robyn Hawk
Who is Robert Scoble? Is he related to Scoobie Do¿?
- imabonehead
from Android
Cliqset is unresponsive in assisting it's users in anyway. So I've decided that they're f'ing useless. I can't even delete my account.
- Jimminy Fuller
OMG. I want to see what "Where Are You, Scoble Do?" looks like! Get on it, Robert Smigel!
- Spidra Webster
I'm not sure that I'd for sure name it best (it's kind of unfair to compare all different sorts of TV shows together in one category), but it's certainly the one I return to over and over and over again. (Too bad not all of the seasons were of equal quality, though.)
- Spidra Webster
Part of the impact of West Wing was the marked contrast between Josiah Bartlett's administration and the real-life version under Bush and Cheney.
- Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"
That may account for some of its popularity, Mark, but I think West Wing was popular for what marks a lot of Sorkin shows: excellent dialogue, fantastic mix of comedy and drama, supernal ensemble casting...and the extra for West Wing was being able to geek out over all that governmental stuff. The dialogue was so thick with it that repeat viewings reward you. Takes several times seeing an ep before you really feel you've gotten everything out of it.
- Spidra Webster
Without looking at other answers: Homicide, particularly the first year.
- AJ Kohn
First season of Miami Vice... unfadeable baby!
- Adrian
The West Wing was so awesome I remember bit characters. Like the guy in records or something who had the best line ever. "Well you're a strange little frumpy man, aren't you?" Of all the series I've loved, this one lasts the longest.
- Heather
People are so serious about their TV! People are yelling at me on Twitter, too! Geez. LOL
- Mona Nomura
from iPhone
None of the above. But. Mad Men is climbing the charts fast. Still. WW is in the stratosphere, and nothing will touch it.
- Christopher Galtenberg
from iPhone
I've been watching it again on DVD. In fact, watching it right now... Jean-Paul just spiked her drink, Tae Diggs is talking to a bunch of folks about to get it... uh oh... aaaaand.... poor Molly...
- Ken Sheppardson
Plus most of the rest that ya'll listed. Good picks! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
better than TWW: Arrested Development, Futurama, Veronica Mars, The Simpsons (uh, stopping somewhere between end of season 9 and season 12 at the latest), 30 Rock, Community, and Newsradio. Action, Pushing Daisies, and Life, too if we can sneak in those shows that were "cancelled before their time". Buffy up to S5 but not past it. Esp considering the relative doldrums of TWW s3 - s6.
- Andrew C
That's easy, 24 and X-Files are far better. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Guess I'm just one of those peeps who think the west wing was boring. Couldn't get through an episode. Was more interested in ER at the time.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
from Android
Rome series 1, BSG reimagined, Sportsnight, Buffy, Farscape, Magnum PI, Red Dwarf, Thundar the Barbarian, Underdog, M.A.S.H., Password, What's My Line?, I Love Lucy, The Carol Burnett Show all rank pretty high with me. I'm sure I missed some. Loved West Wing in doses, but it became taxing for me to watch.
- Michael W. May
West Wing is a tough show to compare shows to. As far as must watch TV: Damages, Flash Forward, Rescue Me, Dark Blue, Fringe, Lie To Me... This would be easier if I was near my DVR!
- amarquart
The West Wing might be my FAVORITE series but I think the BEST series was The Wire.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Good show, but best ever? Don't think so. The Wire and Rome, for instance, are way better. Heroes Season 1 (only), Kings, The Black Donnellys, Babylon 5, New BSG before season 4 are some more. Andrew C names a bunch more that I agree with.
- Chieze Okoye
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (sorry, @Ha3rvey.)
- edythe
from iPhone
Nobody's mentioned The Greatest American Hero? *sings* Believe it or not, I'm walking on air. I never thought I could feel so freeeee-eeeeee-eeeee!
- Jason Huebel
I've never seen West Wing, but that's how I feel about Six Feet Under.
- Alix Whitmire
ditto what Alix wrote. and I'll add The Wire.
- jbrotherlove
"The West Wing might be my FAVORITE series but I think the BEST series was The Wire." - Akiva
- Mona Nomura
West Wing is a great series. Period. BUT NYPD Blue was better.
- Louis Gray
The Prisoner (the original 60s series, not the remake).
- Parody
I saw a clip. It showed a person being cowed into standing for the president. That was enough for me.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
What does cowed into standing for the president mean?
- Mona Nomura
intimidated - one is "supposed" to stand up when the president enters a room, at least according to the show. it's a statist ritual, like singing songs of praise to governments. i find it offensive.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Respect != intimidation. Besides, what's wrong with showing respect to ranked officers? POTUS is the Chief of Staff.
- Mona Nomura
"It was bound to happen sooner or later: Here's an inter-dimensional spaceship, breaking through the planet Xkyrzee 3, finally caught in Google's Street View." http://maps.google.com/maps...
- Bluesun 2600
from Bookmarklet
Specifically, it's a branch that fell on the wideview camera BEFORE it grabbed the overhead pixels, then fell off before the lower (horizon) pixels were scanned.
- Glen Campbell, esq.
I reshare this to Ideas & Inspiration room :) These are so realistic!
- Kristian Salonen
I'm sorry but this is unbelievable:) I'll give credit to the artist upon more convincing proof! The photogenic look of the tiger and lion really helps the artist's case though:)
- Roney Smith
I'm with Roney... I find this hard to believe... or maybe I'm just jealous that I can't even get stick people right!
- Jasmin Smith
you cannot win on the interwebs. draw some crap it doesn't get noticed. draw something amazing in pencil and people say it's not real.
- Joe Breen
I'm really happy everyone liked these. They're my most liked entry to date, Thanks! There also seems to be some question about whether these are actually Pencil Drawings.I can assure you that they are.When I get home, I should have the links. I have more drawings, too.
- Michael Fidler
from fftogo
Thanks Enrique, I'll post some more soon. They are a little more obvious than these ones. As Luke points out; without being able to look closely it's impossible to tell. He's right; but up close it's more obvious. I'll upload the originals to Picasa later, and then you'll be able to zoom in with any photo viewer and see for yourselves. I can't believe how many people liked these. A few people have reposted them already. Thanks!
- Michael Fidler
Absolutely awesome, Michael. You are extremely talented. Everyone should repost these pix and help to make you famous. You should be doing this full time - you obviously have some passion for this. Bravo.
- Chris Loft
These are really beautiful, Michael. Do you sell them?
- Shannon Jiménez
Chris, I would love to say they're mine, but it's not true. I've had them for a while, but I'll find the artists names. It will just require a little backtracking. Besides, they deserve the credit; all I did was find them:-)
- Michael Fidler
Cut the bullshit! :) Photos are very good.
- Burçak Çubukçu
I draw alot in pencil, but they are amazing, the best for me is the girl, that is the most photo-like one. :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
I agree Rob, the girl is amazing. My favorite by far! Wait until you see it close up! It's really had to tell, even up close!
- Michael Fidler
Burçak Çubukçu If these were photographs, they would be very good. As Pencil Drawings,(which they are), they're amazing.
- Michael Fidler
@Burçak Çubukçu I can't tell if your serious now or just kidding around. I hope your just having fun! If you are serious, I've never given you a reason to question my integrity, nor do I ever intend to. However, the second set is up now, so judge them for yourself, but don't judge me! http://ff.im/1BJh5 BTW, I messed up and reposted the shot of the women again. Oh well. Hope you like them:-)
- Michael Fidler
@Michael: try deviantART, not Picasa, to submit your artworks
- LouCypher
WOW "I can't believe it's in pencil"
- sofarsoShawn
LouCypher, I know it well, but I don't see why I would want to do that. I hope everyone knows by now that they're not mine? I'm sorry, but I can't say it any clearer than that.
- Michael Fidler
nah, i don't believe it is done in pencil. i am sure it is photoshopped :)
- hasin hayder
I'm finding this both interesting and humorous at the same time. There's a separate message board where this post is being discussed and it has another forty comments on it already. I think its great how this has created some lively discussion, considering that when I posted this I was doubtful if anyone would even like it. When I went to sleep last night there was only had 3 or 4 likes...
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- Michael Fidler
Very interesting. I would like to see them up close and in person...just to make sure. Bill said it's real and possible. Your 2nd set of picts look like pencil. Nice work in finding these!
- LaFern Cusack
Kol, I can't thank you enough! Kol found another post which helps to prove that these are done in pencil. I had my doubts about a few of them because I collected them from several different sites over time, but the site Kol found has done a great job pulling together an impressive collection of these drawings and more. Take a look - http://www.flickzzz.com/2009...
- Michael Fidler
Actually there are more than what this site shows. There's an entire set with the cats(little cats), which I have, and there's a new portrait set.
- Michael Fidler
Found your post here, Michael. :-) I tried my best to find the artists.
- Kol Tregaskes
Amazing and very very very good.... Very impressive ...
- Linda Zeek-Bobinski
Yeah we know, thanks though, James. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Excellent pictures - how long did it take you to scan the photographs into Photoshop and then edit them? The only pencil that has come into contact with these "drawings" is the Photoshop pencil. A tip - stop trying to fool people into thinking you are a "real" artist, because all you are doing is cheapening proper artist's works whom have spent hours creating real pictures as opposed to a few minutes on a graphics editing package.
- The Wimp
A bell does ring here. And I am remembering why I was so attracted to the tiger...and the lion for that matter. These are exact replicas of prints I had in our bedroom when I lived in Dallas. I had bought the prints (in color) at a department store,
- Melanie Reed
Actually, I have learned quite a bit about these drawing since I made this post. Not only have I discovered all of the artists, but I've learned more about how they are created. They are always copied from a photograph or painting, but usually a photograph. It is extremely time consuming and detail orientated work. There are many other artists besides the ones featured here who practice...
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- Michael Fidler
Most of them have portfolio's on deviantart.com and their work is truly amazing even if they are copies of other artists work. I suppose with this level of detail, they have to start with something. Nevertheless, I'm still in awe of their talent. Melanie, the animal prints you refer to are from a very well renowned photographer. The originals are B&W I'll look it up later but I do have...
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- Michael Fidler
LOL @ Domino's and delivery. None of the Domino's near me deliver to my address. Yeah.
- EricaJoy
Also? LOL @ marketing chicks 90's hair. Perm, hairspray, and high bangs.
- EricaJoy
One more: Domino's nearest me had no idea about the new recipe.
- EricaJoy
Hehe - I still haven't watched past my Tweet's appearance. I don't really care what Domino's does with their recipe. As my brother says - it's far more important what their minimum wage (and lower probably) workers do.
- Tad
from fftogo
Actually, as far as I can tell, Like in FB does do something: it's basically an empty comment, so you get notified of new comments that occur after you Like it.
- Glen Campbell, esq.
@Glen: it's true but what bothers me most is that unlike friendfeed, fb delivers a separate mail for every person that comments on that post. #lame
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I would just like to go on record here and clearly state that, were I able to do what this lion is doing, I WOULD NOT! NO! NEVER! EVER! Thank you.
- Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"
Mark, not even if they were dipped in chocolate?
- Adrian
Yau'll are some sick _ucks. Let the King have a private moment for God's sake. Shame on you people. Can't yau'll see he's welcomed by his peeps in the jungle. He went down south for a royal visit :)
- Jeunelle Foster
I made it! Most influential British Twitter users revealed - Telegraph (UPDATE: wow - thanks so so much guys. Can't believe the love i have on here.) - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technol...
well done, Zee! Glad you're ahead of Peter Andre....:)
- WorldofHiglet
Hi, Zee ! je vais de ce pas jeter un coup d'oeil chez les Britons ;-)
- Desirade
zee - gifted followers = default list/suggested user list - when a media outlet reports on "x account has y followers" it's almost like there needs to be a notation that they were given the followers as a freebie.
- Allen Stern
Strange enough, the link to the PM's wife's Twitter page isn't direct; it's <http://go.telegraph.co.uk/...>...is this done to possibly track the number of clicks or something? All the other Twitter accounts listed are direct links
- Itachi
i thought that everyone has agreed to used "listed" as the new 'count that matters' -- there's more of a meaning to listing someone and there never was a suggested list... however... the more followers you have the more chances to be listed there are ( i guess )
- Chris Heath
Heh, nvm, seems it was a bug on my end. The link does take you to her Twitter page, but while I was mousing over the links I saw the go.telegraph.co.uk link and was a little perplexed why they had that there. It's gone now after a refresh
- Itachi
wow - thanks so so much guys. Can't believe the love i have on here.
- Zee.
Mazel tov, Zee! You're one of my tech favorites on here.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Big Congrats Zee ,, all your HArdwork is paying off
- johnpiercy
Now don't let it go to your head and start thinking that services need to bend the way they function to your will and don't start ripping services when they can't perform to insane, unrealistic, and just plane silly standards. "WTF GReader's interface starts breaking down and failing when ever I try to display 1 million individual RSS feeds on 15 inch screen at one time, this is entirely unusable!"
- Matthew DeVries
“...your demand that I retract my statements is a demand that I do further unwarranted and costly damage to a reputation you have already deliberately tarnished. Demanding an apology adds insult to this injury. Obviously, neither of these will be forthcoming.”
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
Too bad this shit storm has affected you this way. I presume you have engaged an attorney?
- Brian Sullivan
Ouchie is right. Nice work on the vids.
- Cole Jolley
thanks all. now i am going to turn off my phone and hide
- Anthony Citrano
Comprehensive and to-the-point. Hard to see how they can gain anything from pursuing it further - and let's hope an apology from the other side is forthcoming (though I wouldn't hold my breath for that).
- WorldofHiglet
I cannot believe these assclowns are suing you and have actually coerced written statements from publishers and photographers that photos which appeared in print are not retouched in any way. They should have their tongues cut out.
- Adam Turetzky
I have just submitted this to Digg because I hate to see people threatened for telling the truth: http://digg.com/celebri... The only way they will drop this is if they are caught in the act of bullying and are called out for it.
- WorldofHiglet
I think you're handling yourself brilliantly, Anthony. Don't let 'em get you down...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Lets hope they drop it and quickly too else this will end up being another 'Streisand effect'.
- Mel Buckpitt
Wow - what a great example of the wrong way to handle bad PR. Don't they know this is just going to make a bigger, worse story for her? How stupid.
- Ciaoenrico
@Ciaoenrico - you know, this is actually one of the reasons why I hesitated and spent a few days thinking and seeking some sanity checks/counsel. I mean, one of the first thoughts that occurred to me when I got the letter was: these people are either way dumber than I am - or way smarter. And I didn't want to presume the former.
- Anthony Citrano
Why does it say "Ouchie" by her thumb, when the missing part was her upper thigh? And why are they mad at you? They should be mad at the Photoshop "artist."
- Kimber Scott
I just read the letter they sent again - talk about a reality gap! I'm not sure they are even in the same universe when it comes to the truth. Now, if only you could get the rights from Shakira so you could use "Hips don't Lie" for your videos...
- WorldofHiglet
I read the beginning of the article where you got a letter from Moore's attorney and then I clicked the link that led to the original article where you spoke about the chunk of hip missing. I guess I'll go back and read more... I thought I'd gotten the gist of it. I just didn't understand where the thumb came in. Will report back soon...
- Kimber Scott
Ok. Now, I get the thumb. I still don't get their attitude. Silly people. You've got the evidence on your side. I'm anxious to see how this plays out.
- Kimber Scott
It is unbelievable that they would stand behind such a crappy retouch and it is almost surreal that they would take it this far.
- Joe
It really is. I can't imagine the reasoning behind it at all.
- WorldofHiglet
well written well reasoned and sadly that it was even necessary but good luck in getting the right outcome
- WarLord
Of all the people I know on FriendFeed that might be sent threatening letters from a Hollywood star's attorney, Anthony was not in my first group. Go figure.
- WorldofHiglet
Unfortunately civil actions often have nothing to do with logic, what is right or even the law.
- Brian Sullivan
As far as I can tell you've proven your point well enough that any counter point would have to have twice the proof. The claims of "no retouching" are obviously not just incredible but discredited. Good job on the vids. :)
- Heather
Anthony: it's hard to know what it says about either of us ;)
- WorldofHiglet
wow, that retouching is super obvious. Look at the line between the leg and hip - doh! Lame attorneys. The photoshop hack needs a new job, errr correction, new career.
- Susan Beebe
This whole issue could be settled in two seconds if the photographer would simply post the original RAW file from the photo shoot.....
- Jeff P. Henderson
Yes, Jeff, but that's not likely now I wouldn't think.
- WorldofHiglet
can you believe panties got all bunched up because of Anthony's statement? en-croy-obb
- Bryan R. Adams
Oh man, this is going to make things so much worse for Demi. Why didn't they just shut up and face the truth. It's so obviously retouched, the videos in the article prove this without a doubt. I would like to understand the missing hip flesh part tho and why it was not in the "untouched" version.
- Jason Citrano
Let's all write to Demi and tell her we would have no beef if she wasn't trying to cover up something that isn't honestly about her (cuz it's just about the retouching). And write to W saying we will never sub to them if they force celebs to take the defensive for their publication.
- Heather
see...now i wanna know what the story is behind this. did someone f'ck the dolphin? are they talking about f'ing with the dolphins and the dolphins go all westside on people?
- Sir Shuping
But I don't WANT a post the most offensive possible while staying safe for work picture with :( as the heading meme! The meme committee forbids it!
- Matthew DeVries
chill out people... hardly a bad pic. :o) had to look twice myself to see what the fuss was, so it can't be THAT obvious lol. :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
See, now those COULD successfully teabag the white house.
- Ethan
"I took the liberty of milking your cow for you. Yeah, it took a little while to get her warmed up, she sure is a stubborn one"
- Chris Rivait
What if I just promise not to bump it?
- Josh Haley
How would you precisely phrase this promise? Let's revise and get that language exactly right
- Matthew DeVries
Do your balls hang low? do they wabble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knott? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a contenental solgier? Do your nuts hang low?
- Fake Elmo
Nuts or balls, Elmo? (I bet that gets said all the time)
- Josh Haley
Those would be far more impressive than the set dangling from the back of my pickup currently. Is there anything more classy than a scrotum hanging from the back of your car.
- Matthew DeVries
this is the thread that keeps on giving whether you want it to or not
- Cee Bee
[Edit] Show that beastie a photo looking straight down over the edge of the Grand Canyon and those babies will pull up a good 6 inches!
- Mark "Godt Nyt Ǻr"
"Fondo Colanco is a private ranch that I visited on the day of the Spring castration. We watched about 30 bulls get snipped and then retired to a barn for the day. We stripped the balls from the scrota, taking them to a giant plow set over an open wood fire for searing in oil, garlic, and chiles before parking them between two homemade rolls for hand sandwiches. The scrota were sauteed...
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- Josh Haley
Did you know that during the end credits of Borat, there is a picture like this, of a different woman in a similar hat cupping a bull's balls? I found that very interesting and now am trying to figure out what the real meaning of it all is.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
the meaning is... wow, never felt balls like it... :P
- Rob Sellen :o)