Alex C. Williams - Comments

i still don't get it... the jets have what, leon washington, jerricho cotcherry, no names, really...they have no receivers... i don't get it! - .LAGizmoto

LOL oh please, y'all should be jumping for joy. Like Kellen Clemens or Chad Pennington was ever going to do anything for you. - Shey

No names? Laveranues Coles!!! - Shey

suck on, jets. - jeneane is in the house

oh, god yes, how could i forget Coles... he saved my *ss in fantasy football last year. lolz - .LAGizmoto

This ...is....ugh - Bwana McCall

one thing, though...now the nfl has tom brady vs. brett favre two times next season... flex schedule, anyone? - .LAGizmoto

I am so rooting for him to fail. - Alex C. Williams

hmm... the more i think about this...jets coach man-"genious" is a pretty sharp dude...the jets have a young offensive line... and the jets have a 4th or 5th place schedule (i.e. soft) ...maybe favre makes them a 9-7 or 10-6 team... and that gets them into the playoffs - .LAGizmoto

I'm happy he's not gonna be in Tampa. The NYMSM will eat Favre alive. - Bill Sodeman

i don't know, i think good ol' brett will do just fine in new york city. - .LAGizmoto

Belichick, Parcells and the Bills are gonna thump the boy hard. - Bill Sodeman

Like they say in the salsa commercials, New York City? - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Haven't the Jets learned anything from the the Steve McNair-to-the-Ravens fiasco? - Aaron Brazell

@ontario: lolz! yeah i have a feeling the "brett favre experience" in nyc is going to be something like that horrible kiefer sutherland movie, "the cowboy way"... i know he's not a 'Cowboy'...but he is a good ol' boy, and that's a fish outta water in the Big City! - .LAGizmoto

i'm ok with him joining the Giants as they beat the #$@&! Patriots in the Super Bowl. - edythe

Rock on, edythe. ANYONE but the damn Pats. It pained me to root for the Giants, but it meant beating the Pats, so it was all good. - ::Kristen::

Edythe as someone who lives in New England, I'm obligated to protest. Mind you I don't know when the Super Bowl takes place or why it's super.... But, I've done my duty and can therefore relax, and that's what really matters. ;-) ;-) - Joanmarie

lol @ edythe. he joined the other ny team -- the jets. lol - Cee Bee

LOL I'm from New England too ... and I'm a Cowboys fan. - ::Kristen::

well, brett fah-vuh-rah gets to beat pretty-boy tom brady and the patriots at least twice next season... and that's always one game the jets are ready for! it was the jets coach who started the whole "spygate" allegations. - .LAGizmoto

Cee Bee: oops. damn! i thought i was all down cool with the football knowledge...foiled! ah, well. @Joanmarie: I really like you, but nothing and no one could make me like anything about the Patriots. - edythe

dear edythe: I heart you. - ::Kristen::

As always, don't forget the NFL room: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/na... - Shey

at least Favre will not be in the news as much anymore - acedanger

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Songbird 0.7: Big Improvements for the Little Music Player

August 4 at 9:12 am - Link

Great program if you are sick of iTunes. - Alex C. Williams

Benjamin Golub posted a message

“See you in 1 week FriendFeed. We're headed to Cozumel and Belize.”

August 3 at 7:10 pm - via fftogo - Link

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Very nice. Have fun! - Mark Trapp

Wait. We have to wait a week for FFtoGo updates? You can't just.. go on vacation?! :) - Aaron Myers

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Ben quick hit the door...and Enjoy! - Susan Beebe

Jealous! Have fun! - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy

No problem. I'm sure they have Internet. - Chris White

Looking at Belize for our honeymoon. Have fun! - Alex C. Williams

Enjoy. The water is nice. - Mathew A. Koeneker

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August 1 at 3:11 pm - Link

An extended desk organizer for laptop users with internal coiling pins conceals all the cords that usually sprawl over the desk - Alex C. Williams

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Bluelounge - SpaceStation

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An extended desk organizer for laptop users with internal coiling pins conceals all the cords that usually sprawl over the desk - Alex C. Williams

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Ipod Touch: Forget the iPhone--The iPod Touch is Good Enough

August 1 at 2:58 pm - Link

I just wish it had a speaker. Otherwise, I freaking love it. My Blackberry and my touch are friends. - Alex C. Williams

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August 1 at 1:16 pm - Link

Win an Astra from saturn - Alex C. Williams

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Veronica posted a message on Twitter

“It's a sad day in Red Sox Nation: http://www.boston.com/sports/b...”

July 31 at 2:39 pm - Link

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Is it that sad? The guy was productive but also a freaking cry baby every year around the trade deadline. Saying that Boston didn't deserve him? Puhleeze!! Diva be gone! They got a productive bat to replace him that wont cause a shitstorm, so they can focus on playing ball again. The next diva that needs to be dealt with... Brett Favre. Ugh. - Louie

don't feel to bad, you now have jason bay, solid 280 hitter, but good in the clubhouse. LOL - Wilma Stoneflint

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OK, i'll stop feeling so bad! - Veronica

Kind of like when the Sixers traded my beloved Charles Barkley - john coffey

As a Yankee Fan, I can't help but be happy. Jason Bay may end up being a good player - but Manny was SCARY in clutch situations.... - George Smith

As a Rays fan, we'd like to have Jason Bay in our lineup. But I think the Red Sox are easier to beat with Bay and without Manny. Check the standings... the Rays are 3 games ahead of the Sox, and 4 games ahead of the Yankees. The Rays have today of, but tomorrow is August 1, and the Rays lead the AL East. Get used to it, Red Sox Nation. The Rays are young, loaded, and they're learning how to win the division. :) - Bill Sodeman

86 Mets *Hide* :P - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Buckner boot! :) - Bill Sodeman

Not sad, Bay is soooo much better than Mannie, and freaking Epstein is so smart, it's gotta hurt to carry around a head that big. - Alfredo Padilla

Go Cubs. - Alex C. Williams

it's never as sad as every day is for the Royals. Go 1985! - Chris Kim A

Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message on Twitter

“Changes: I'm joining RWW full time as VP of Content Development...and I'm getting married!!! http://bit.ly/1FZugB woo hoo!”

July 31 at 7:02 pm - Link

Diana Valerini, Kevin LaHaise, Baard Overgaard Hansen, Susan Beebe and 81 other people liked this

Whoa! A twofer! Congrats dude. - Aaron Brazell

Congrats and congrats!! - Dave Winer

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mazel tov, congrats, freakin' A, marshall... - Sam Whitmore

Congratulations! - Ernie Oporto

Wow big props Marshall!! - Phil (scribkin)

Congrats, Marshall! - Chris Baskind

Congrats!!!! - Peter Efland via twhirl

This made me all warm and fuzzy. So nice. Congrats. - Erin Kotecki Vest

thanks everybody! - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Congratulations squared! - Andrés David Aparicio

Congratulations! - Chris Rossini

Congrats Marshall! - Allan Benamer via twhirl

Congrats! - Cyndy

very cool on both counts - mike "glemak" dunn

Cheers to your life changes! - Todd Jordan

Oh wait, did the wife come with the new job?! ;) - Todd Jordan

Congrats Marshall, I am taking the plunge next fall too. - Alex C. Williams

Congratulations. Much deserved and very happy for you - Deepak

double congrats! - Sarah Perez

thanks everybody! the warm wishes are much appreciated by both of us! - Marshall Kirkpatrick

just promise the two events are serendipitous - Chris Kim A

Double congratulations! :-) - samgrover

mazeltov! - Sarah Vela

Wow. Congrats, Marshall. :) - David Rothman

Awesome! Congrats! - Shey

Congrats on all counts! - Mark Scrimshire

Congratulations, sir! - idnan

Ride that fabulous wave. Congratulations! - Donna Mugavero

MARSHALL CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But OMGZ do NOT do a double wedding with Feldman. - jeneane is in the house

congrats on both! as i noted on your blog, you better not even consider twittering or ff'ing your wedding! - Allen Stern

You going to Tweet your vows of Love and have reception on FF? lmao - Igor The Troll

Allen, I will not be Twittering my wedding any more than I twittered my proposing :) - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Congrats Marshall! - Sid Yadav

How wonderful, Marshall. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy - Francine Hardaway via twhirl

Congrats double time marshall ! - Eric Berlin

Double congrats! :) - Igor Poltavskiy

Yeow! That's serious hugeness on two fronts!!! Congrats! - Clay Newton

All good Marshall. Congrats all around. - Hutch Carpenter

Congratulations Marshall. Am feeling so happy for you. - Amit Agarwal

Whoa! That's awesomesauce Marshall! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Congrats on both fronts. - Michael McGimpsey via twhirl

Congratulations! that's really great news. RWW has been a great blog for ages now. back then you came on board it really became stellar. best techblog out there. hands down. - marcel weiss

Congrats x2, Marshall! - Mark Carey via Moopz

Fantastic! - Mitchell Tsai

Congrats on both bits, Marshall! - Kevin C. Tofel

Congrats! - Jordan Hofker

Congratulations on both fronts! - Peter via twhirl

Congrats!!!! - Steve Rubel

Double Grats! - Haggis (Sean)

Congrats on both! - Thomas Hawk

Now it all makes sense :) Congratz!!!! - Tal Keinan

congrats - Jamie

Nice! Congratulations. We just went 26 weeks married. She has deemed it "Halfiversary!" - Greer Trice

Congratulations - LPH

congrats! - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Congrats! - Vic Podcaster

Congratulations :-) - Hisham Sadek

double congrats!!! honeymoon in NZ? - susan mernit

Ditto Congrats ...fantastic squared! - Susan Beebe

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l0ckergn0me posted a message

“Okay, am... am I the *ONLY* person on the planet who can't *STAND* Twhirl? It's unresponsive, ugly, and... blah.”

July 28 at 7:41 pm - via Ping.fm - Link

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just like windows - fijidaddy

Nope. I love the sporadic jumping around the desktop too. - Kevin Cearns

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I don't really care for it either if that is any consolation -- I really don't see the point - Brian Sullivan

Nope,can't stand it either - Mo Kargas

True that it's slow, while watching the FriendFeed page I see around 2 min. delay between actually receiving posts. Thwirl I really like for design and concept. But for the network-capabilities, it could maybe do better. - [ zu ]-eBailey via twhirl

i never understood why there needs to be separate instances for every account. and yeah, butt ugly. - Craig Childs

I wouldn't use it myself -- Twitterrific and twitter.com work way better for me. - Jake Jarvis

ugly yes, but the feature set is first class - Duncan Riley

I just use the website. SMS for people I really am following, - Andrew Feinberg

I like twhirltles. Twhirl is my favorite. - Bwana McCall

It's currently the only way to get desktop notifications of @replies in identica on the mac. I'd love for an active Mac OS X native application that implemented these microblogging/status update services at the same speed that Friendfeed implements them. Maybe then I'd stop using just Twitter. - Mark Trapp

I deleted it some time ago. The view was not worth the climb. - Phil Yanov

I'm not the world's biggest Twhirl fan by any means. I think they've been completely unresponsive to new development since Seesmic bought it. Before that happened, you could actually get a reply from the developer and updates were frequent. Since then, updates have become far less frequent and I don't know the last time I've had a response to a tweet about issues. But, in Twhirl's defense, it isn't any uglier than any other app available. And you can skin it, so if it's ugly, it's your own fault. - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

I don't like it either, can't match Twitterific. - Oli Kenobi

Yes. You are. Now what?:-) - Francine Hardaway

I've used Twhirl more than most AIR apps, but that's not saying much. - Chris Baskind

Works good for me on Vista, just use the the web based version of Twitter on Mac OS X - Scott

After making an effort to like Twhirl for the longest while, I am now back to the browser for both twitter and friendfeed. The search continues... - Kamath

I think it needs some UI improvements as they add services but I think it's very cool, actualoly. - Hal Rottenberg via twhirl

I like Spaz for Twitter...is there an alternative for FF? - Marc Vermut via twhirl

no, you're not. I don't like it either. - edythe

I don't like it either. - Mack D. Male

I can't stand it, it is buggy, and for some reason, they display comments in reverse chronological order. It is sub-par, but it the best FF client I have found so far, but that isn't saying much. - James Mowery via twhirl

My biggest complaint is that it's a RAM hog. It also occasionally beachballs on me, but I'm guessing that's related to my first point. - Kevin Johnson via twhirl

Me too. - James Clarke

I use Twhirl on my linux box. It's been rock solid and have been running for several months now. - imabonehead

while I agree twhirl is a Memory hog and the interface is getting messier by the day it still seems to be the best app out there - Fuad Arshad

I hated it. Using TwitterFox - Alex C. Williams

Twitterrific and TwitterFox do the job for me. Twhirl's interface just irritates me. - Andrew Trinh

The scrolling behavior annoyed the heck out of me, but maybe I missed a magic key combo. I want it to work like Google Reader, where it always scrolls the next item to the top of the window. Twhirl scrolls to the next item that's not completely visible in the window when using the scroll wheel or down arrow. This always threw me off, so I stopped using it. A combined window is also sorely needed. Tabs would be ok but an option for a single view of all services intermixed would be best. - invariant

nope. me too. i would assume everybody using windows effectivly (not that that are many people) do not like the interface as it is very counterintuitive to what makes windows fast and efficient to work with. - Nicole Simon

I agree Thirl needs some extra work, especially when it comes to scrolling in FriendFeed - but I stick to it to give them time to improve it. Hopefully they will until I start to believe all the haters here. - Svetlana Gladkova via twhirl

Man, Twhirl is terrible. It won't stay open more than about 5 minutes for me. It never notifies me. Every interface I've seen using Air requires too much relearning. The standard web page interface for FriendFeed works much better. - Richard Crocker

Yeah, I installed it thinking "Hey, what a great way to keep up with FF" Hell no! It's awful and the scrolling is so jerky! But I do like the notifications... - zoblue (Zulema)

I'm a fan of Twhirl, but then, I'm biased. I work with Marco (the developer of twhirl) at Seesmic. A number of the issues mentioned here are very frustrating shortfalls of the AIR platform (that we're eager to discover workarounds for.) FWIW, I can tell you that we are very interested in the option for a single window view. I would love to hear any feedback at thomas@seesmic dot com - Thomas Knoll

Thomas, glad to see you here. It's always good to hear from the developer. That used to be a huge plus for Twhirl. But that stopped suddenly when Seesmic bought Twhirl. That's a shame. You're correct in saying that some of the bugs listed here are AIR bugs, over which you have no control. But some of them--the spastic jumping around, for example--are not AIR bugs. They're all Twhirl's. And we haven't heard any explanation and there have been seemingly no attempts to fix it. - Gregory Pittman via twhirl

Hey Gregory, sorry, the past months have been full of coding work, and I have to admin, my responsiveness to user questions wasn't as good as it should be. Apologies, I'll try to catch up on that. As you mention the jumping windows bug, it is indeed a problem of the AIR platform, not twhirl's. We are trying to find ways to avoid it, and as our tests show, it has become better, but we are not fully able to work around it yet. - Marco Kaiser

pdxmetro: Alex C. Williams posted a message

“Does anyone have any good tips for Portland weddings? Anything helps at this point, 15 months away.”

June 2 at 7:38 pm - Link

What sort of tips? - Aaron B. Hockley

Places, Vendors, Caterers, etc.... - Alex C. Williams

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Indoor or outdoor? Depending on your venue/style, I know a photographer (looks at self...) - Aaron B. Hockley

Hopefully outdoor with a good view. That is a camera in your twavatar, isn't it? - Alex C. Williams via Alert Thingy

My wedding in Sept - Place: Viewpoint Inn, Photos: David Barss, DJ: Maushole Productions, Cake: Beaverton Bakery, Video: Shaka Brah. Hope that helps... - Kevin

We're visiting the viewpoint inn this weekend, looks pretty amazing. - Alex C. Williams

Wedding Funk Festival at Horning's - Matt Hawley

Booked the Viewpoint Inn for sept 09! - Alex C. Williams

Jason Calacanis posted a link

new NBA team: Oklahoma City Thunder

July 21 at 10:26 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

thoughts on the name? - Jason Calacanis via Bookmarklet

Meh. - Bradley McSpinn

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Meh. - Jamie

Sounds like an CBA team. - Alex C. Williams

it might sound WNBA or CBA team name but it still kinda fits - JohnBfromMemphis via twhirl

Supreme meh - Bwana McCall

Sounds like an Under-12 soccer team. FAIL. - Mike Doeff

Should've stayed in Seattle - Hutch Carpenter

I'm scared for what they'll call the cheerleaders/dancers.... - Tac Anderson

Mike D, my under-12 soccer team was called exactly that. Terrible name. - Keith Smith

Gary V bought the Sonics? - Andrew Smith

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message on Twitter

“Anyone here do Paintball? I just went again, have quite a few war wounds (welts) was good fun.”

July 13 at 6:54 pm - Link

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I just went 2 weeks ago, with all the folks from Wego.com, as part of our company bonding/retreat. Great fun! - Winston Teo

I used to play slot when I was in high school. Need to get back out there - Alex C. Williams

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My last time was in the Arizona desert in 1988. Has it changed much? ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

Played a lot when I was in high school and college. Not so much in Shanghai, though I know there are places where it can be played. - John Biesnecker

Used to play every weekend. Even went to one of those 48-hour scenario games. Expensive sport. Wicked adrenaline rush. Stock class paintball FTW. Go go go! - Hao Chen

@Ken think...30 bps is the average rate of fire now LOL - Hao Chen

Jeez... we had these guns that couldn't hit a 1ft target at more than 20 yards, would jam or misfire every third shot, no protective gear other than safety glasses... out in AZ on what might as well have been a John Ford set. But it was a blast. - Ken Sheppardson

I use to play on the NPPL circuit, talk about welts - Justin Gibbs

Paintball is awesome. Haven't been in a long time, but it's great fun. I suck at it -- very very badly suck. But it's still fun. - Robert Fischer

I used to love paintball!! There's a place down in Colo Spgs where a guy has dugg up acres and acres of different paintball 'arenas' on his property - including giant dirt hills and tunnels. Used to run into a lot of guys from the AF base playing there too :) I miss that place! - Lucretia Pruitt

Oooh! It's still there! You ever make it out here, we'll go here: http://tinyurl.com/69b4tn - Lucretia Pruitt

Mm...Angel A4 fly ::drool:: - Hao Chen

The one tip I can pass along from my single paint ball experience: Don't hide in a tree. (Long story.) - Ken Sheppardson

Vince DeGeorge posted a link

A very interesting feed reader. Quite impressive (if not practical) - give it a go.

June 21 at 4:40 pm - Link

Grant Fitzgerald, David Adam, Jason Toney, Rahsheen(isSoAwesome) and 4 other people liked this

Whoa..that's....abstract - Bwana McCall

I honestly think they're somewhat on to something - it's just "neat" visually. Once I got past the novelty of it, I realized that I could skim through headlines VERY quickly and actually pick out good content. Very interesting... - Vince DeGeorge

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This is trippy - i like it! - Noah Carter

I'm not sure how to "zoom out" - Bwana McCall

whoa. - edythe

Bwana, I can go both directions with my scrollwheel - you cannot? - Vince DeGeorge

ack! not the visuals for I... and it's flash, bah - Michael W. May via twhirl

They should call that the Blair Witch RSS Project. Yikes. - Alex C. Williams

Nope, my scroll wheel doesn't zoom in and out... I was clicking the "faint" articles to zoom in. Both on Windows and Mac (Firefox 3) - Bwana McCall

Very strange, Bwana. It's just flash and javascript, not sure why it wouldn't work... (also using Firefox 3) - Vince DeGeorge

use the arrows! - Frankie Warren

This is actually pretty freakin awesome. FOV needs to be smaller cuz it's too easy to miss things on the fringes. Text also too damn small. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Whoa, that is certainly a very interesting way to browse feeds. It seems to me it would get much less effective the more feeds it was tracking, though. - David Adam

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