but... in order for me to comment, I need to sign up for an account... a paid account? Really? Well, hopefully you'll FF your blog, and then I'll comment here. - Lise
I'm excited that Obama actually seems like he could get stuff done. Give and take - what a concept! Create a situation where everyone feels like they got something (and gave up something) and you could actually move this country ahead. - AJ Kohn
Reporters: please don't say "the American people want to know". You don't know me, so don't speak for me. I love it when some reporter tries to trip up the interviewee (thanks to Faux News for this tactic) and the reporter winds up looking like a tool. I'm not an Obama fanatic, but the way he handled this certainly impresses me. - Paul Reynolds
Obama "proxy" speaks for American people! - Igor The Troll
I like that Obama is promising this guy more interviews. He's not very good and Obama smokes him. It's a good platform for him to look superior! - Andrew Burd
I'm grabbing my flashlight and inflating my tires RIGHT NOW. - Charles LePage
Charles: it's good that you are being proactive. You are actually doing more to help our energy independence than mccain's plan will do for 5-10 years. - Andrew Burd
I say, let's do short term and long term. Inflate tires now, but drill now for future supplies. And please, let's develop an electric car that won't cost me 20 grand. - Charles LePage
Yea, I agree Andrew. Obama commanded this interview, and then at the end of the interview, he ended it with, "cya man." Obama knows how to handle himself. - Louis Ponder via twhirl
Yeah and that is his pitfall. He is manipulating not sincere! Reminds me of Robert Scoble and Nanci Peloci! Where is the heart? Where is the integrity? Power and popularity are not the tools of leadership unless you are Stalin or Hitler. - Igor The Troll
I want to see Obama come down to Friend Feed and debate some of us! How long do you give him before he screams uncle and runs away with his tail between his legs? lmao - Igor The Troll
Igor, I just think it has been awhile since we have seen someone that can be sincere and well liked at the same time. While I dont think Obama is perfect, he's a step in a better (not right... what is "right") direction, something this country needs at this point in time. - Louis Ponder via twhirl
I wish it was so! I really wish it was so! The whole world is looking up for America to lead by example! Maybe if he would stop denouncing at his convenience he would set the "right" example. But he just advocates "change" Does not strike as sincerity to me! - Igor The Troll
Obama is just a good marketing machine to the hipsters! Can smell the sales pitch a mile away! - Igor The Troll
Only a good sales person can pick up the nuances and subliminal suggestions to identify the "spoof" the fake gold! A tourist would think the chain is pure gold while a knowledgeable person would realize it is just gold filed or gold plated! - Igor The Troll
You may be right Igor, but between Obama and McCain... Obama 2008. McCain's ad camp is complaining how the media loves Obama. If only McCain could give the media something to talk about besides his age related conditions. Who's behind the curtain? - Louis Ponder via twhirl
Let me explain it in SEO terms! Obama is a great Link Bait! - Igor The Troll
@Igor: Politics *is* sales and marketing in this day and age. Least, that's how I see it. So why hold it against the guy if he's good at it? - AJ Kohn
blah blah blah! change what your mind? - Carroll Sturm
Well we know Nanci Peloci is pulling Obama's strings! Would you want her as president? And McCanin is being handled by conservatives! I prefer conservatives to Ego Maniacs any day of the week! Give me substance not rhetorics! I am a beef and potato man! "Blah, Blah, Blah" - Igor The Troll
Obama: 'I was against off shore drilling before I was for it.' I did not see a commanding performance by a sincere leader. I saw politician upset that someone challenged his point of view. He's no Prince Of Change to me. - Charles LePage
I will be proud to have Obama as my president come 2009. The other guy, not so much. Sincerity vs. pandering is no mach in my book. - Tsega Dinka
Why not elect Robert Scoble? You will be jacked in 24/7 Synthetic happiness! lmao - Igor The Troll
@Tsega D: Sincerity vs. Pandering? From an objective, middle of the road viewpoint, this election isn't about that...it's about Pandering vs. Pandering...whoever does the most wins. Douchebag vs. Turd Sandwich. - Sean McGee
@sean ...wow, that's harsh. someone has to run this machine, no? - .LAGizmoto
@sean: It's up to each one of us to make that call and I'm calling it as I see it. - Tsega Dinka
Sean, nice! The Naked Truth! Not many can face stark reality! They need their Prozac to keep going! lmao - Igor The Troll
Can we try Linux on Unix? I heard it works great! ;-) - Igor The Troll
@Tsega D: You're calling it Sincerity because he's pandered enough to you're personal views. Don't mean to be harsh. People like to call Bush a Snake Oil Salesman, but it's easy to spot a Snake Oil Salesman after you buy the Snake Oil and realize it doesn't work. What about the next one down the road? You won't know until you realize all he's selling you is Castor Oil. - Sean McGee
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
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
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
I'll soon run out of Like's if Mitchell keeps this pace of sharing nice pics :) - Joni Moilanen
Joni: FriendFeed allows ~200 likes/day. :-)) Even at my pace, I only have 2 days worth of internal posts (< 400 posts for the past 5 months). P.S. Thomas Hawk has 14,000+ favorites in his Flickr collection, try http://flickr.com/photos/thoma... For every Flickr photographer, You can slideshow (a) their pics (b) their favorites. Good reason to have lots of computer screens for showing pics & YouTube videos. - Mitchell Tsai
yep. It's a great collection. I liked 80-90% of the pictures, which almost never happens. Some beautiful work. Now I just have to hunt down the originals & figure out where they were taken. - Mitchell Tsai
Investment manager or proprietary trader. - Morton Fox
screw it, i'll say...ballet dancer. No, not really - definitely a music producer. - Zee at WeDoCreative
I haven't picked a career yet. If I had unlimited dough and access to go wherever I pleased, I would report on all the good being done in the world. I don't think we see enough of it on the news. - Shawn Farner
There are several but if I pick the one I *want* then it would be a photographer or some sort, say landscape/nature photographer that would allow me to travel a bit - Kol Tregaskes via twhirl
Official Beer Taster for the government of Barbados. - Andy Murdoch
Football(English) Player......£135,000 a week.......to play footy. Come to mention it International Man of Mystery does sound pretty good too! - Toby Graham
I would jump into movies and film production. - Tony
Pinned to Jack Kerouac's wall to inspire his writing: "Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life."-Nietzsche - Thomas Hawk
When I do change my career, it will be to open a used bookstore/internet coffeehouse with a comic book store hidden underneath. - Jason Toney
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
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
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
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. - Elijah Bailey 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
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
