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DJ Stevie Steve

I like my oatmeal lumpy

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I'm sick with this / 'straight gangsta mack' - Bren from FFHound!

+++ Bren - Kelli H., FF Squatter

euphemism? :-D - amygeek

Bob DeMarco

Dorothy Olive DeMarco, 1916 - 2012 - http://alzheimersfrontrow.blogspot.com/2012...

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so sorry for your loss. - amygeek

Mona Nomura

Multitasking drops 10 IQ points and productivity by 40% - we don't multitask, we're interrupting productivity: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman...

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Great article. Thanks! - amygeek

keiko-san

SAKURA & Mt.Fuji

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‌‌ ‌‌گرگان نت ‌‌‌ (✓), ترانه لایف, آق امیر and 63 other people liked this

cherry blossoms and Fujisan - keiko-san

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some where in istanbul: http://friendfeed.com/canon-e... :) - ems

fantastic! - keiko-san

やっと・・・。 - keiko-san

桜の写真でも撮りに行きますか - Ami Iida

Amiさん、大阪の「桜の名所」ってどこですか？ - keiko-san

この冬は寒かったですもんねぇ・・・待ってましたァ！ - keiko-san

....... ^_^ - keiko-san

yatto haru ga yattekimashita ..... - keiko-san

I love it... beautiful :) - MarcoM aka jotamark

رونوشت به بهار - Mahyaa

....... :))) - keiko-san

Gorgeous! - Iván Abrego

hi, Iván ..... ^_^ - keiko-san

私は桜の見所では西宮市の夙川公園と観心寺（河内長野市）、住吉公園でしか花見をしたことがありません。今年は桜の名所の造幣局通り抜けや大阪城公園へ行ってみようと思います。http://www.rurubu.com/season... - Ami Iida

そうそう、造幣局通りは有名ですよねぇ。 - keiko-san

~ ♪ ~ sakura .... sakura .... ~ ♪ - keiko-san

Beautiful!! - CarlC

..... ^_^ - keiko-san

Gorgeous picture. - amygeek

yeeeees! ...... ^_^ - keiko-san

今日の東京は花見するにはちょっと寒かったかなぁ～・・・・。 - keiko-san

東京は桜が満開で～す！ - keiko-san

明日は雨模様・・・桜も今日が見納めでした。 - keiko-san

Jonathan Hardesty

Rocking out the green hoodie today! http://instagr.am/p...

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You rascal - Glen Campbell no really

Stay away from Skittles. - amygeek

caj to caj's feed, Bitchfest

The Logitech Harmony Remote software is utter rubbish.

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Isn't it thoroughly painful? It's senseless, the UI is badly designed (why are the navigation buttons waaaaaay the hell down to the right?), etc., etc. I actually keep a second remote for my Blu-ray player because I keep putting off programming my Harmony remote for it. - Akiva

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Right now they're having network issues so I can't do ANYTHING. Oh, wait. I might a few seconds of it working. EDIT: Never mind. Totally tricked me. - caj

And what's up with order of the navigation buttons? Why is "Done" on the left sometimes? Just so weird. I don't have nearly the same issues with my Logitech keyboard, mouse and webcam software. - caj

It's truly inexplicable. I really like the remote and I recommend it to all who ask about it but, good lord. Someone should get fired for that software. - Akiva

*headesk* Now it's not communicating with the remote. - caj

This is why I don't recommend their remotes to people. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

@Alex Scoble Has A J-O-B: Out of curiosity, what do you recommend? Eventually the in-laws will replace them and ask us for advice. - caj from FFHound!

I agree, but once you get the remote programmed, it's super-easy to use. - amygeek

I'd look at Universal Remote brand remotes. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Fortunately, I've managed to make a little peace with the software. Also, they upgraded to new Harmony remotes so I kind of had to. :) - caj

Derrick to Derrick's feed, Foods

Egg in a Nest - http://pinchmysalt.wordpress.com/2006...

October 24, 2010 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"From Egg in a hole, Toad in a Hole and Eggy in a Basket to Hobo Eggs, it seems that everyone calls this breakfast treat by a different name. But from now on I will call it Egg in a Nest thanks to a comment left on my Flickr photo! An egg tucked into a piece of bread and fried?" - Derrick from Bookmarklet

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That looks _so_ good! - Jenny H

My husband called them Gas House Eggs. We never knew why. Maybe guys living on the work site made them? - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

I'd never heard of or seen such a thing until a few months ago on FF when someone posted about these. I tried to make it once since then but I think I did it wrong because the whites were still runny when the toast was dark. - Rochelle

We called the spit-in-the-eyes at camp. - laura x

I thank the film "V for Vendetta" for introducing me to this delicious item of food, although I curse them for calling it "Eggy in a Basket" and saying it's an English delicacy. This meal's excellence quotient can be increased with the addition of bacon. - Slippy Lane

Of course, you mean butter that has first fried bacon, don't you? :-) - Slippy Lane

My favorite name so far? One-eyed toast. - Derrick

Love this. - Bren from iPhone

Well, I was going to make this for breakfast but the only sliced bread we have is a sourdough loaf and it wasn't tall enough to cut a circle out of so I just cooked two eggs and set them on top of a slice of sourdough toast. With ketchup. Yep. - Rochelle

One-eyed toast... :-D - Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™

I think I am having that today. Yum. - Melissa

Yes, my dad used to make this for us. Yummmmmmmm.... - amygeek

I'll have one after my run - Bren

I've seen this but I don't think I've ever made it. - Eric - 100% Choice Cuts

Egg frames are what folks in my family always called them. - Katy S

Rochelle, keep practicing. Much like grilled cheese, you need a medium to medium-high heat to give the eggs time to cook but not burn the toast. Also, I cover the frying pan to help set the whites and, if necessary, flip it once at the end. - Laura Norvig

Laura, will do! When I cook eggs, I always flip once because I like the yolks to have a cooked layer on the top. - Rochelle

I'm going to try this - Rodfather

It's also fun to use small cookie cutters to get different shapes in the middle. We have used a star - it's not perfect but it's cute. - Laura Norvig

I still didn't get around to making this yet. Maybe for dinner. - Derrick

I seem to recall knowing it as Toad in a Hole from childhood and it's definitely tasty. However, my English grandmother rarely made it and almost always made us what she called Eggy which involved toast cut into strips which we then dipped into soft boiled eggs (held in egg cups) so similar effect in a very different form. - Maria Niles

I just made these for lunch! I was so worried about the whites being runny that I overcooked the yolk. I'm out of practice. They were still great though. Wade had a candy cane shape and I had a star. He said he wants to eat them every day. And he's asking for another one right now. - Laura Norvig

We call them one-eyed Egyptians since I can remember. - Josh Haley from iPhone

One-eyed Jacks over here - April Buchheit

Toad in a hole. Aka delicious :) - Benjamin Golub

YES! - Nicholas Kreidberg

I tried making that on a whim a couple months ago. YUM. - Lo the Baker

Bump. - Derrick

I bet the Dictionary of American Regional English has a lot to say about this... - RepoRat

my mom makes "egg in a nest" using a soft boiled egg "nested" in mashed potatoes. don't knock it 'til you try it. cures a hangover like nobody's biz - αnnα vαȵ scoyoç

Camel's eyes here. And yes, delicious. Also, anna, that sounds delicious and sort of like what I do with poached (or fried) egg on savory oats. - ellbeecee

Toad in the hole is sausages cooked in Yorkshire puddings, preferably with lashings of onion gravy. - Helensleydale

I saw an old movie once where they called them Gas House eggs, we call 'em Hole in Ones. - Idiot Librarian

NOT "toad in the hole"—A Toad in the Hole is a sausage embedded in a Yorkshire pudding. - Glen Campbell no really

I just had this for breakfast today. :3 - Colette

We called them 'One Eyed Egyptians' when growing up. Now I call them One Eyed EggJipShans - Morgan

I might have made a mistake by telling my family that I had made these for myself recently. My wife is asking for this now. :) - Ha3rvey (F please!)

Johnny

Happy New Year from the future...

December 31 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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Happy New Year! Just under 9 hours to go here. - Eivind from Android

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Happy New Year :) - Pete

Happy New Year, Johnny! - Mary B, VALUE author

Hope you are starting off 2012 in a great way! - Shevonne from Android

Happy New Year Johnny! - DB - Just DB

Happy New Year, Johnny. - Stephan Planken from iPhone

Please tell us of this "2012" of which you speak - Stephen Mack

Happy 2012 Johnny and all! - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Is this the year we get jetpacks? - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

backatcha! - amygeek

The future is like a lucid dream. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Happy New Year! - Kol Tregaskes

Happy New Year! - Amir

Happy New Year, my friend! - Kelli H., FF Squatter from Android

Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

fuckyeahtattoos: After a year of not self harming after five years of continuous grief, I treated myself to this tattoo set. I used to be the bird on the left, stuck wondering what to do and where to go but doing nothing about it. I am now free and very much so the bird on the right. Also inspired by Regina Spektor’s “Two Birds”. Done by Nick... - http://zoblue.tumblr.com/post...

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I've been contemplating wrist tattoos lately. - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

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I love mine - Just Katie

Katie, what are your wrist tattoos of? - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Left is "minha familia" and right is "la mia famiglia". The both say my family, the left being Portuguese and the right being Italian - Just Katie

That's lovely! <3 - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Very, very beautiful. :) - Chicunahui coatl Uli

Beautiful. - amygeek

Derrick

The 25 Most Beautiful College Libraries in the World - http://bit.ly/ugbUK4

December 18 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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I've seen this a few times & have always liked this piece. - Bluesun 2600 from Android

I was about to post this & call you out... :-) - amygeek

:))) - Derrick

Derrick

Grades are all in. Two A's and one B. I'll take it.

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Congrats, D!! - Monty Python's Tamalot

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Thanks. I'm just glad to be finally done. This semester was ghastly. - Derrick

woot! - holly #ravingfangirl

Congratulations! Well done! - Jim the Blatant

Woohoo!!! - Shevonne from Android

High five. - Kevin (barely visible)

Proud of you as always, Derrick. - Don't feed the Steve

Wonderful! What "GSP is me" said, too. Very proud. - Mama Lawson

Thanks, everyone! - Derrick

Grats! - Chris Topher

Hooray! :D - LB is Li'l Roo.

*smile* - Michael W. May

Congrats sir! - Gunnybear ™

Success! When do we get to celebrate? - ωαřмaiden ☆Team O'Otto☆

I'm picking you up a daiquiri after work, boo! - Derrick

YES! I seriously need a daiquiri stand in my life right now. - ωαřмaiden ☆Team O'Otto☆

I had one last night. o_O Look at my feed. haha. - Derrick

Impressive. Congrats! - amygeek

Go D Go! - Marianne

awesome! - imabonehead

Yay, D! - Anne Bouey

Super happy congrats, D! - #cryptic

Cool! uhm, D? I need help with this algebra homework... - MoTO Gutter Bumbershoot

Way to go! Congrats! - LoisMarketing

Yeah, D! Congrats! :) - CarlC

Gratulerer :) - Eivind

Congrats! :-) - Maitani

Way to go. Congratulations. - Jack&Cleo

Shevonne

I'm watching Girls Will Be Girls http://getglue.com/polastr... @GetGlue #GirlsWillBeGirls

I'm watching Girls Will Be Girls http://bit.ly/pN9x26 @GetGlue #GirlsWillBeGirls

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Lurve that flick. A friend of mine is in it (but I would have lurved it regardless). Hope you're enjoying! - amygeek

Dan: Bibrarian

So I just learned about this totally awesome utility built into Windows 7 that Microsoft doesn't tell anyone about. http://t.co/4pk0eWYv

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I stumbled across that a while back and thought I was the only one who didn't know about it. A very useful app! - caj from FFHound!

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Wow! That's pretty neat. Definitely useful for my purposes. - Anika from FFHound!

I'm pretty certain I blogged about the Snipping Tool some time back, but maybe not. I've had a shortcut to it on my desktop for a very long time... (I did, but within a post others may not have read: http://walt.lishost.org/2011... - Walt Crawford

I know for certain it's mentioned in my forthcoming The Librarian's Guide to Micropublishing... - Walt Crawford

I noticed that piece of magic within a week of switching to Win 7. love it! - holly #ravingfangirl

That is awesome. - Jason P

Of course, Macs are expensive because they are good quality hardware. Comparing a Mac to a Dell is somewhat unfair. You should be comparing a Mac to a Thinkpad. My home MacBook Pro is a bit over five years old and is still going strong. - DJF

I set a smartkey combo for this so it's easy to launch (Go to Properties, ShortCut) - I use CTRL-SHIFT-down arrow... - amygeek

DJF: Wrong thread, or just feel the need for a little non-Mac-bashing? - Walt Crawford

Hey DJF, you should read the OP instead of dropping an off-topic comment in. Thanks for playing. - caj

this was actually originally added in vista - mjc

caj, and Walt, I did in fact read the OP, and Dan actually does talk about Macs vs PCs. But I can't respond on the OP because I do not have a G+ account. - DJF

Also, this is about the hardware, not the software. I am becoming less and less happy with Apple's software and general control issues, but their laptops are solid equipment. - DJF

But man, that Snipping Tool in Windows is still pretty awesome. - caj

yes, it absolutely is. And from the description it looks like it's leapfrogged over what Apple provides. - DJF

Hey it works in Windows 8 too! - Adrian

DJF, can't you do this in OS X with Command-Shift-4, and then opening the screenshot in Preview and use its annotation tools? - Victor Ganata

I use the snipping tool like a degenerate's vice. - SAM

Yep, it's been around since Vista, rarely use it because I still find it easier, though more time consuming to use Photoshop. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

Victor, probably, but I've never used the annotation tools in Preview, what with not knowing they existed. - DJF

I just learned about snip it this morning - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

Yep, this utility is great. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US... - Eric - 100% Choice Cuts

As Eric's link shows--it's one of those things Microsoft is happy to tell you about, but they don't feature it heavily. Lots of other things like that, I suspect. - Walt Crawford

I use it a lot. I love it. - Katy S

Wow. Just now logging into FF for the first time today, so I'm just now seeing this tool. Seriously, I'm not bashing Macs and I don't think anyone else should either. I would *love* to have m'self a MacBook Pro, but as a Circ Supervisor, no doin'. Heck, if I had the money I'd want to have, I'd buy a ThinkPad *and* an MBP because they're both freakin' AMAZING computers. :) Sorry for starting an OS battle! - Dan: Bibrarian

Can I get a sniping tool instead? - LB is Li'l Roo.

'Sok, Dan, it wasn't much of an OS battle. Your point--which really is "MS should have had a more in-depth tour of all the great stuff in Vista and in 7"--is well taken. - Walt Crawford

Start->all programs->accessories->snipping tool. - Chicunahui coatl Uli

Walt, you ever listen to or read Paul Thutrott? He's a Microsoft geek of the highest order. He had a rant a while back on a podcast about how BAD Microsoft is at advertising. Not just bad at commercials but BAD at telling you how awesome your Windows experience can be. I mean, I love Windows 7 and I can't wait for Windows 8. But I'm a nerd. Most people couldn't care less because Microsoft doesn't even try to make them care. Meanwhile, Apple does its level best to show off all the shiny awesomeness... - Dan: Bibrarian

He's right. Think about how long the Windows taskbar has been around and I still have to be the one to show the world how awesome it really is, once you customize it. If all Microsoft did was change a few settings and made it the default on the next version of Windows, people would think they worked long and hard to reinvent the taskbar. - April

oh, I love the snipping tool too. It was my first "oh, sweet" discovery when exploring 7. - Michael W. May

Never read Thutrott, but you'd get no disagreement from me. For that matter, MS has never made much of one big reason I prefer Windows to the Mac: The built-in preference for several different ways to do things as people prefer. "Do it your way with Windows"? Probably wouldn't fly. (Plus, to be sure, a really thorough intro to, say, Word2010 would be an enormous manual, intimidating to most.) - Walt Crawford

Steven Perez

I am watching The IT Crowd. http://gomiso.com/r/uNJY

December 8 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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I was watching the IT Crowd at about the same time. Yay us. (For some reason, my mom - who is visiting - didn't find it amusing at all.) - amygeek

That's funny, because Pop thought this was the funniest thing he had ever seen. "That's totally you and your brother." - Steven Perez

Steven Perez

inothernews: Three things about Rick Perry’s hate video: The like / dislike ratio is just about right. Go on and flag it, too, for hate speech. Notice how this cowardly, homophobic fuck has disabled comments. And this prick wants to be president? Fuck you, Rick Perry. Hey, how many of his Republican presidential candidates will come out and... - http://silas216.tumblr.com/post...

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they forgot to disable the thumbs up/down on the video though and it's almost all thumbs down. - amygeek

Scoble, Alex Scoble

When corporations act like thugs, thieves or terrorists, we all lose. #CarrierIQ #Samsung #Sprint #HTC

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And when governments act like thugs, thieves or terrorists, you don't have a choice. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

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Choosing not to use a cell phone isn't really a choice, either, Jimminy. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

*Looks at self.* Really, not a choice? Hmmm. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

No, it isn't a choice and you know it. Just because you choose to be a Luddite, doesn't mean that most other people can make that choice. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

So... making a choice to do something means that other people can't make that same never mind. I don't fucking care. - Akiva

Giving someone two poor choices is not a choice, Akiva, and you know it. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Most other people can make that choice, they just aren't likely to make it. Does it have it's downsides, yes, but I see it as one fewer shackle and that outways the downsides. For me it is an optimal choice, in just about every way. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

I both use a cellphone and am not being tracked by Carrier IQ. There is a choice, you just don't like making it. - Heather Rantypants

Heather, was that to me? Because honestly, Carrier IQ and things like it are only reason number two on my list. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

What cellphone and carrier are you using, Heather? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Jimminy- that was to Alex. Alex- Samsung SCH-U410 (http://www.phonescoop.com/phones...) on Verizon. - Heather Rantypants

Thanks, Heather. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yep, Heather, you have what I'm currently thinking of doing...ditching the smart phone for something that is too stupid for me to do anything on it that could be used against me financially or otherwise. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Windows Phone 7 doesn't have this on any of our phones, even HTC. *subtle plug* - amygeek

Yep, Amy, I'm seriously thinking of going that route. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I have an HTC Evo 4G with Sprint. It doesn't have Carrier IQ on it. I don't think blaming the manufacturer is the smart move here. They don't benefit from this software, do they? That's the carrier, right? Even if your smartphone doesn't have CIQ now, couldn't it be pushed in a future OTA update? - Rahsheen the Dream

What version of HTC Sense are you running? It's very odd that I have an Evo Shift and you have an Evo yet yours doesn't have it while mine does, the Samsung Moment does and the Evo 3D does as well. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

And it's absolutely the smart move. The carrier didn't install this software. They can't create the builds. They need the manufacturer to do that for them. Guilt as co-conspirator. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I'm running Cyanogenmod 7.1, not HTC Sense. As far as the carrier/manufacturer thing, isn't that like blaming weapons companies for distributing stuff that kills people? HTC states that they only include the software at the carrier's request. Supply and demand. On that same note, let's say you switch manufacturers. Does that protect you completely? I don't think so given OTA updates. - Rahsheen the Dream

If your phone isn't smart, it can't be used against you other then location tracking. I think if you have a smartphone you have to expect that there are behind the scenes things going on. Like with Facebook! lol - Heather Rantypants

LOL, Rahsheen, you are running a 3rd party Android mod. Of course your phone won't have Carrier IQ on it. If you were running the stock mod for your phone from Sprint and HTC, it would have it. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yep, Heather, although if I found out that Facebook was able to watch what I was doing outside of Facebook, I would ditch it in a heartbeat and you'd see another round of rants from me on it. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

*hides that info from Alex* Yes, Facebook can track you even when you're logged out, so can Google. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

Rah - the Mfgr is to blame as well. The carrier asked for this to be put on the phones, but the OEMs complied. - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

Uh Alex - we need to talk if you think Facebook only tracks you on Facebook :) - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

How does Facebook track me if I'm not on Facebook? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

just posted it for you - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

In and of itself, Carrier IQ is not a danger. It is just a tool that could be used for evil. Blaming the manufacturer for providing it is kinda like the whole gun argument. - Rahsheen the Dream

Steven Perez

archiemcphee: “Haenyo – The Indomitable Diving Grandmas of Jeju Island” They call themselves haenyo (pronounced hen-yuh), which literally means sea women and the whistling sound they made preceding their exit from the depths is called sumbisori. They are representative of a centuries old tradition, one which transformed their island in to a... - http://silas216.tumblr.com/post...

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I went scuba diving on Jeju Island and learned about these women. Very interesting (better than the diving, but I get to say I dove in Korea...) - amygeek

Karoli

Sharia turkeys. Alrighty then.

November 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Same idea as offering Kosher turkey (or whatever). - amygeek

Kevin Fox

Dear EVERYONE: If you don't have 2-factor authentication active for your Google/Gmail account, DO IT NOW. My Mom's Gmail account was hacked this morning. She's been locked out of her account and all of her contacts have been sent email ostensibly from her asking for emergency money.

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Will you still be able to access your mail from someone else's computer (or an Internet cafe) if you forget to bring your phone? - Cristo

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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011... - Me

Cristo, absolutely. Here's how it works: When you activate 2-factor auth, you install an app on your phone whose sole purpose is to generate a code. When you log into a new machine for the first time (and once every 30 days for machines you regularly use) after signing in with your password, you also enter the number generated by the app. It means that even if someone gets your email password they can't get into your account unless they also manage to steal your phone. - Kevin Fox

Done, thank you. - Que Sarah Sarah

My phone is a Treo 650. I doubt they're going to have an app for that. - Spidra Webster

Spidra, they can call or send an SMS with the code. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

Kevin, but the scenario I'm worried about is an emergency where I need to access my mail, but I forgot to bring my phone. Maybe I'm not understanding. Is the number generated the same for all new machines? - Cristo

If you have a very secure pass phrase, will people still be able to hack your account? I suppose if they somehow install a keystroke tracker... - Spidra Webster

My question is the same as Cristo's. - Micah

And how does the Gmail Android app handle the 2-auth scenario? - Micah

Goog just sent me this: IMPORTANT: Backup Options What happens when you lose your phone? Or travel without phone access? Get some backup codes, or add a backup phone number at: https://www.google.com/account... - Que Sarah Sarah

So you can print out backup codes and/or save them to a text file, if that helps. - Que Sarah Sarah

I'm pretty sure you'll need to carry a backup code in your wallet. Oh, Sarah beat me to it. :) - Fikisha

But I shouldn't get that backup code tattooed on my arm, right? - Micah

I wouldn't carry the backup codes in my wallet. I'd find someplace better to hide them. What with Google Authenticate and a secondary phone # to SMS a code to, carrying backup codes around seems like an unnecessary security hole. - Kevin Fox

The blog post CW linked to answers all these questions. Micah: You can still generate passwords for apps like Android Gmail or iPhone clients, but they're keyed to the specific app and can be individually revoked. - Kevin Fox

The G-Auth App is now being used for third party 2-step authentication like apps such as LastPass where I keep all my usernames and passwords. It works well for both g accounts and other services. Kind of a software RSA key with a visual count down to when the code changes. - Me

Yup already been using it. - AJ Batac (/-_-)

I don't have an app that does it, but Google very kindly sends my Auth code by SMS when I need it - Slippy Lane

Just decided to test it. - SAM

I don't have that option. Google hates me. :( - Akiva

Why are there 10 backup codes? Will they ask you one at random? - Dan Hsiao

Dan, any of the 10 work, 1 time each. - Stephen Mack

sweet. then i will just memorize one for now. :) (not that i'd memorize more than one... just one at a time) - Dan Hsiao

I've been using this for a while. One painful thing is that you have to get a special authorization code for apps that don't support 2-factor (such as GChat). But that's just one bit of hassle per app, and once it's set up, it works well. - Stephen Mack

I've avoided it because it doesn't seem to support multiple accounts well. I don't have a phone for each Google account, and I really don't like to give Google app-level access to my device anyway. Maybe if I can rig it up with some push-only mechanism like email. - Tinfoil 2.0

You can add multiple accounts on a single device, each will have its own number generated. - Neal Krummell

OK, but the point of my multiple accounts is to prevent Google from aggregating all of my online activity together, and one app would defeat that. - Tinfoil 2.0

It doesn't handle any activity, the app is akin to a hardware RSA token: it just makes numbers. - Neal Krummell

So it doesn't communicate at all with Google? No IP address or login credentials or any other local data ever go to Google from the app? - Tinfoil 2.0

When you first install the app you input an auth code (or snap a pic of a QR code) to initialize the Authenticator. After that it never talks to anyone ever. - Kevin Fox

Oh, cool. :) Thanks. - Tinfoil 2.0

Always have a good (not dictionary word - use a phrase) & UNIQUE email password. Once someone gets into your email, they can easily get into all your other accounts by claiming to have forgotten the password (so they send a reset password link - to your email). Don't use the same password for email & anything else. - amygeek

I take that a step further amygeek. I use a unique email address and password for each company I deal with, and I don't keep mail messages on the server for very long. So even if one of my email accounts gets compromised, the risks are substantially reduced. - Tinfoil 2.0

I'm with LogEx except I don't yet move mail messages locally. I use 1Password to generate 16+ character random high-strength passwords, too. - Akiva

Goodness this all sounds very involved. The only thing I've ever had authentication for was my WoW account and that's because it was worth a lot of money. I hope I never have an expensive email account. - Heather Rantypants

I enabled this the other day. Seems like a simple and logical step for security. Even if someone gets my password, they still can't do jack with it. Simple monkey wrench into their plans without much work on my part. - Rahsheen the Dream

I just set this up. My yahoo email password was last set in 1997. never changed it. - Mike Nencetti

i have it, but it's been proving to be more of a pain than it's worth. - Piaw Na

However, if you have two-factor authentication enabled and Google suspends your Google+ profile, guess what? Gmail gets locked out too. - Morton Fox

Unfortunately, I do not own a mobile phone, only an old fashioned land line, and I am not about to take on the monthly expense of a mobile phone just for this. Telling my family they aren't allowed to eat any more, just so I can secure my email account, just won't fly with them. If Google truly cared about security and wanted people like me to have it, they would have an option for people without mobile phones. - April

It work with an iPod Touch, no mobile service, just wifi. - Neal Krummell

I got one of those emails from who I thought was a distant relative. Had me puzzled for a little while. - Josh Haley

April, if you have a land line, you could enter that number and have them call you with the code instead of SMS. If you don't, I think google voice is free and you could set that up and have them call your computer and leave a voicemail. I just set up two factor authentication, and am mostly impressed with how well it works. I also did not realize how many unique devices I use gmail on. - Clare Dibble

April: you can install their iPhone app on an iPod Touch, if you have one of those. Or you can buy a dedicated hardware token for $20 or so -- any device that supports OATH TOTP would do. Feitian OTP c200 is one such device. Setting it up would require some tech savvy, but now I'm curious -- I'll get one and make a page detailing how to set it up. - Tudor Bosman

Or, what Tudor said. - Clare Dibble

Tudor, that's awesome. How do you pair an OTP generator like that with your Gmail account? - Kevin Fox

How does this work with the iPhone mail app? - Jonathan Disher

Kevin: I imagine that you have to connect the OTP token (using a custom cable and a custom app) to your computer, then program it with the seed code (the same code embedded in the QR barcode that Google displays, which you can also get in text form if you click "I can't scan the barcode") But I don't know the details, and I'm willing to pay $20 to find out. - Tudor Bosman

Okay, I'll take that back. It appears that the Feitian c200 is sealed and can't be reprogrammed -- you get the seed on a slip of paper that the token comes with, and you program the seed into your authentication software, not the other way around. Google won't let you do this. - Tudor Bosman

I'll update this post if I find a reprogrammable TOTP token. - Tudor Bosman

I haven't found a reprogrammable TOTP token, but there are good deals to be had on cheap, low-end Android tablets which can run the Google Authenticator just fine. For example, BuyDig has this for $70: http://www.buydig.com/shop... - Tudor Bosman

Bruce Lewis

I'm emptying the dishwasher, ladies.

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Now, turn to the right a bit. - Micah

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Euphemism?? - Johnny

#notaeuphemism - Bruce Lewis

I'm doing it again. - Bruce Lewis

HOT. - Que Sarah Sarah from iPhone

Throw in a broom and dustpan and I'm yours. - Hookuh Tinypants

Hot. - amygeek

Toward the end my wife helped me. - Bruce Lewis

edythe

Cain: "The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is." http://m.gq.com/news-po...

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Really? The media is now quoting Herman Cain's pizza rantings? - amygeek

lris

I seem to be incapable of picking up normal-sized books.

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I couldn't finish that book. Only it's been long enough that I don't remember why. I hope you like it though :) - ellbeecee

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My mom couldn't finish it either, and we generally like the same books. But I've also had people I trust recommend it, so I figured I'd give it a shot. - lris

I finished it. It's quite good, but is definitely an example of a book that I'd read as an ebook now, rather than struggling with that tome. - DJF

So would I if I weren't borrowing my mom's copy. :-) The other similarly-sized books I've read fit very handily on my iPod. - lris

Which is an interesting riff on the "e-content will kill long-form reading" meme. - RepoRat

Oh, good point. Of the several ~1000 page books I've read in the last few months, only one other was on paper. - lris

+1 RR. The only reason I was able to get through Diana Gabaldon's seven (SEVEN!) door-stoppers is because I was able to haul them around quite handily on my iPod. - Catherine Pellegrino

Heck, it doesn't take 1000 pages to push me over to my Kobo. 400 pages of hardcover are better electronically. - DJF

Repo, I recently read something that suggested that the e-book is actually contributing to the longer books we're seeing, because e-books have been released from the shackles of paper: a shorter physical print run and a lot of ebook sales mean that novels don't need to be cut back. - DJF

Ok, I give up. Whats the book? - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

Also, isn't most if the ebook long form commentary about non fiction? Ebook readers have a string preference fir fiction - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. - lris

I had been thinking that if I didn't collect Haruki Murakami in hardcover, I'd be much better off reading his latest, 1Q84, on the iPad (900 pages or something). - Don't feed the Steve

Ohh, I was going top guesses right! I also couldn't get into it, which still feels odd. I really want to like that book (i even bought it I in hardcover!) - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

I liked it when I read it, though I can't remember much about it now. (Which is pretty typical of my memory for books, sadly.) - Don't feed the Steve

Steve, I have recently started buying hardcovers, and then getting the ebook from the library to read, just in general. This is at least partly caused by the fact that I have developed friendships with a few authors over the past couple of years, which has changed my perception from "consumer" to "patron". - DJF

Ah, interesting strategy. I might try that. - Don't feed the Steve

For "Strange & Norrell", the challenge will be dealing with the footnotes, which are quite extensive, and amusing, in the electronic format. I also wish that ebook catalogues including an indication of the size of the book, even if it was just the page-count of the print. - DJF

My Kindle app tells me page number that correspond to the print. - lris

I especially like big books - I love being involved in a story and know it's going to keep going on. I lurved Strange & Norrell. The footnotes added a lot to the whole environment she created. - amygeek

I apparently love big books, too. I haven't been able to read for years, though, so I'm really impatient to get through AS MANY BOOKS AS POSSIBLE now that I can read again. - lris

Thank you, LBC. I couldn't read it either, even though theoretically I should have *loved* it. I found it a snooze. - marthalib

I wasn't a huge fan of Strange and Norrell, but it was definitely an interesting read. I have a thing for big books, as well;) Iris - I've read two books on my Kindle now and neither has had corresponding page numbers, just percentages. However, they've both been free ones... - Lis

Oh, my reader tells me what percentage I'm at, and the Kobo also displays page numbers. But when I'm looking in the store, or the library's ebook catalogue, I'd like to see an indication of size there as well. - DJF

reviewing the photo, I see librarian, cozy sweater, mug of tea, small spectacles, big book. Where's the requisite cat? - DJF

Big black shape in the foreground is the cat, I'm pretty sure. - Don't feed the Steve

Steve is right. He's black except for his ear (near my lower elbow). - lris

I suspected that white patch was a cat, but I wasn't sure - DJF from Android

I gave up on that one. Have any of you tried it as an audiobook? - LB is Li'l Roo. from Android

what are you reading? - MoTO Gutter Bumbershoot

Still reading it, but I'm loving it! - Yvonne from iPhone

[Really late to the party] RepoRat, the "death of longform" BS is perhaps the most idiotic anti-ereader line I've heard, and seems to be mostly part of the equally-idiotic "death of reading" and "death of concentration" memes. And I've mostly heard "death of longform" idiocy divorced from format issues...but that's me. - Walt Crawford

Oh, and in case it's not obvious--RR, I recognize that you were citing "death of longform because of ereaders" as dumb, not supporting it. It's just ***so*** dumb. There's one semi-plausible reason to believe that somepeople might find longform reading easier on non-backlit, high-resolution devices (including print) than on typical screens (myself included), but that's not the issue any longer. - Walt Crawford

Agreed, Walt. :) - RepoRat

MoTO: http://www.amazon.com/Jonatha... - LB is Li'l Roo.

I loved that book...the footnotes were fun. - Starmama from Android

I loved the book, too. - Christina Pikas

I loved that book. - Betsy

My newest SFF display features books with 400+ pages. - Betsy

Joe "The Enforcer" Pierce

Did someone say pigtails, or am I LOST?

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Oh. Fuck. Yeah. - Hookuh Tinypants

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Evanggeline is MAHN! - Joe "The Enforcer" Pierce

That's ok. I can just do this myself in front of the mirror for hours. I have tiddies and pigtails too. - Hookuh Tinypants

I need graphic proof - Joe "The Enforcer" Pierce

POIDH ;) - WarLord

sorry, I got distracted. Did you say something? - amygeek

Is that Sarah Sliverman? - Brian Johns

it's Evangeline Lily from that one show that was really awesome until the very last episode which ruined the whole series. - Joe "The Enforcer" Pierce

furrworld to furrworld's feed, Bitchfest

Kris Jenner makes me want to kick her in the head.....

November 7 - Comment - Like - Share

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That whole family makes me want to kick them in the head. When did reality television star become a worthwhile profession? - Jill

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What JyLib said. The whole lot of them suck. - #cryptic

It scares me that there are people (women) who look at this family as "role models" of some sort. I find them shallow and despicable. - amygeek

Oh, they're role models, all right...of the worst kind. - #cryptic

This super-connected world is perfect for narcissists like the Kardashians and repeat performers on reality shows like Survivor. Of course, if people didn't watch and feed the egos, this phenomenon would die out. I don't see the appeal of shows like KUWITK or Braxton Family Values, and others of that type where you watch selfish, self-centered "celebrities" live their pathetic lives. I... more... - Jill

D. Eda Goze

Can we just legalize it already.

November 6 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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Prostitution? Okay, if you say so... - Akiva

Legalize it all ffs. - amygeek

Legalize it all ffs. - amygeek - Bkr 

Steven Perez to Steven's feed, US Politics

FBI arrests 4 Georgia militia members - CBS News - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-20...

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"(AP) ATLANTA - Four suspected members of a fringe north Georgia militia group were arrested Tuesday by federal authorities and charged with plotting to buy explosives and trying to make a deadly toxin in a bizarre plot to attack unnamed government officials. The four men in their 60s and 70s were part of a group that also tried to obtain an unregistered explosive device and sought out the complex formula to produce ricin, a biological toxin that can be lethal in small doses, according to a federal complaint. The four listed in the indictment are Frederick Thomas, 73; Dan Roberts, 67; Ray Adams, 65; and Samuel Crump, 68. The men live in the north Georgia towns of Cleveland and Toccoa." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

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"They have been talking about "covert" operations since at least March 2011, according to court records, discussing murder, theft and using toxic agents and assassinations to undermine the state and federal government. At one meeting, investigators say, Thomas openly discussed creating a "bucket list" of government employees, politicians, corporate leaders and members of the media he... more... - Steven Perez

I didn't know that there was a Muslim Georgia military group (cause all terrorists are Muslims ya know). - amygeek

But of course! LOL - they're Merrrkin, so they can't possibly be terrorists....... - Prosey BUTTONS!

Mellissa

I'm going to have a shower now. And put on some pants.

November 1 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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after right? shower first THEN pants....... - WarLord

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pants are overrated. - amygeek

by pants you mean trousers yes? as pants in UK usually means underwear, lol - Halil

LOL, yes! Underwear for me = undies. - Mellissa

And WarLord, yes, I put the pants on afterwards... this time. - Mellissa

Steven Perez

Pokety poke poke poke.

November 1 - Comment - Like - Share

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And I see some people still need to be poked. - Steven Perez

backatcha. - amygeek

Micah

Rochelle was totally right about the posterior incision point.

October 30 - Comment - Like - Share

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It's fantastic. - Micah

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What did Rochelle say about it? - Spidra Webster

That it's easier to extract the innards from the bottom. Totally true. Cutting from other than that top had never occurred to me. - Micah

That Rochelle is pretty smart! - Rochelle

I've never done it that way before but I imagine it would be true. It seems like more stuff would be rooted down there than up top. - Spidra Webster

*sings "Back Door Man"* - Spidra Webster

"Pretty smart", well YAH! I mean look, she's the Godfather: http://friendfeed.com/rochell... - Micah

:D - Rochelle

Does it work better to cut from the bottom when prepping a pumpkin for soup, too? - John (bird whisperer)

Good question, John. - Micah

Yup. I've always cut the pumpkin from the bottom - Elena

I haven't because you needed to put the top askew to give the fire air to breathe. What's that? You put actual *fire* in the pumpkins? You're old. - Kevin Fox

Hmm, I've never had a problem with the fire not breathing! - Rochelle

Kevin, just engineer in a chimeny, of course. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Couldn't the fire breathe through the holes for the eyes and nose? - John (bird whisperer)

The images hadn't loaded when I read the OP. I was all O_o - vicster from FFHound!

Thanks for the tip - going to a pumpkin carving party tonight. - amygeek

i had one of those once. the medicated suppositories afterwards were sheer Hell. - Joe Silence

... - Monique from Android

#aaaf - Ali Oz