Amyloo

"Hey Les.  Just realizing the new deal breaks a couple widgets I use at work that drew from Reader's shared items feed. Crap. It's not the first time I have been thwarted by Google in this way. They're not that open contrary to what they say or like to think of themselves. When a change becomes a snag for you, somehow or another it turns out to benefit them -- in this case by disallowing shared items from being displayed on a page that's not theirs. Thinking of trying Tumblr or something as the vehicle for non-technical users to make a feed." - Amyloo

"More boldness would be a really good thing. Another sort of related thing I've been thinking, just generally: even though reality has become too real, people seldom seem to say what's real anymore. It's as if everyone thinks they have to be a politician or diplomat or PR flack, saying what they think people want to hear ..." - Amyloo

"Eliot's Felix Holt?" - Amyloo

"[You're] "thinking about the commercials.  "You've got 65 million people at home, most people not at parties (I imagine). Why isn't someone doing something creative with the commercials? " Or maybe something not to distract them but something that's related but more constructive than fretting.  I don't know if there is an evidence for this, but I remember working as one of PIP Printing's many agencies around the time of the first Gulf War. They happened to have a big schedule on CNN at the time and were jazzed the spots were seen by so many people but also worried they might come to associate the company with war.  Just heard from my son in Jersey City. They never lost power; biggest problem was freaked-out cats. I guess the wind is stronger up at the 25th floor level. "Overblown" might be a good word for the advance coverage, but better to be prepared." - Amyloo

"[You're] "thinking about the commercials.  "You've got 65 million people at home, most people not at parties (I imagine). Why isn't someone doing something creative with the commercials? " Or maybe something not to distract them but something that's related but more constructive than fretting.  I don't know if there is an evidence for this, but I remember working as one of PIP Printing's many agencies around the time of the first Gulf War. They happened to have a big schedule on CNN at the time and were jazzed the spots were seen by so many people but also worried they might come to associate the company with war.  Just heard from my son in Jersey City. They never lost power; biggest problem was freaked-out cats. I guess the wild is stronger up at the 25th floor level. "Overblown" might be a good word for the advance coverage, but better to be prepared." - Amyloo

""When I hear that business people are not hiring for fear of this or that, it makes me sad." Me too, but it also makes me feel like Dave and Anna Maria do about the revered "job creators." They are positioning themselves as a bunch of babies instead of the rock solid foundation of America when they whimper, "We're scared to hire or expand," all the while piling up cash and issuing record bonuses and dividends. It doesn't inspire a lot of confidence." - Amyloo

""When I hear that business people are not hiring for fear of this or that, it makes me sad." Me too, but it also makes me feel like Dave and Anna Maria do about the revered "job creators." They are positioning themselves as a bunch of babies instead of the rock solid foundation of America when they whimper, "We're scared to hire or expand," all the while piling up cash and issuing record bonuses and dividends. It doesn't inspire a lot of confidence." - Amyloo

"I think the ship has sailed. There's nobody still on the fence about Palin. Tour of favorable ratings: http://www.screencast.com/t/zu..." - Amyloo

"I think the ship has sailed. There's nobody still on the fence about Palin. Tour of favorable ratings: http://www.screencast.com/t/zu..." - Amyloo

"Nice one." - Amyloo

"Nice one." - Amyloo