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Keiko Yamada
The Big Christmas Tree : Akasaka Prince Hotel, Tokio Japan
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questa piacerà a nandina - Poldo Sbaffini
poldo mi devi svergognare per i 5 continenti? :) - nandina
ma no :) - Poldo Sbaffini
:)))) - Keiko Yamada
Questo albero è veramente bello! - Keiko Yamada
You gotta love the Japanese - is Christmas a big deal there for reasons other than tourism? - Terris Linenbach
Che bellaaaaa! - Keiko Yamada
Sugoi! When I went to Tokyo, I stayed at the Shinjuku Prince Hotel. Wonderful location. - rowlikeagirl
deshou? maitoshi yatterundesuyoo! hontouni kirei desu! - Keiko Yamada
Very cool! - Nicholas Kreidberg
Hello, Nicholas Kreidberg - Keiko Yamada
Che bella.....eh!! - Keiko Yamada
4 anni fa ero in quell'albergo proprio quando hanno acceso l'albero :) - Michela Cimnaghi /cimny
Davvero? 4 anni fa? - Keiko Yamada
si, ho festeggiato li il mio trentesimo compleanno :) - Michela Cimnaghi /cimny
Wow! Buon Compleanno! ...... ma, un'po tardi.....Scusami! - Keiko Yamada
@ rowlikeagirl>honto?yokatta? Do you like Shinjuku? - Keiko Yamada
very nice !!!!! - vasilios palmas
Hello, vasilios palmas! - Keiko Yamada
COOL!!! - Maryam
Hello, Maryam! - Keiko Yamada
Darren Heydon
painted to look backwards is not funny! - Vezquex: God of FF
Those are pretty cool, but I imagine the effect disappears at most angles. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)
it's all one retouched photo, tho, not a bunch of actual trucks. #FAIL - Joe Silence is not dead
Joe, they're still cool though - Darren Heydon from iPhone
I love it! It helps beautify the highways. - Christopher Harley
That's thinking outside the box err truck! lol Thanks for the share - John Tastad
and the Bionade tastes quite well :-) - Torsten Eckert
Patrick Jordan
Derrick
I NEED MOAR JAZZ.
/me riffs in 7/3 - Pete, Enabling Force
Or is this 'jaaaaaaaz'? - Pete, Enabling Force
"Shooby doo wop wop yeah!" - josh neff, geek at large
wish I had a camera I am doing Jazz hands for you Derrick......... - VAL D.
*dons black tam... shuffles slowly on to stage... turns back on audience... awaits muse....* - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
have you been to Red, White and Blues in Pasadena yet? I walked by there the other day and it looked pretty happening. Live Jazz and shitloads of wine to choose from. - Morgan Haley
I'll have to check it out. I've been listening to Coltrane, but I'm thinking I need some Thelonious. - Derrick
Love Thelonious! And Coltrane! - josh neff, geek at large
*goes record shopping with josh* - Derrick
Cool, daddy-o! - josh neff, geek at large
I've been listening to Billie Holiday a lot lately - Marissa
I can help. Plz help yourself and share with someone you care about. http://atmosmusic.posterous.com/atmos-t... - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Lots of good recommendations from this thread from awhile back: http://friendfeed.com/arts-an... - Louis Simoneau
@Rob ahahahah you beat me to it! - J. Abdul-Qahhar
J. Abdul--:-) - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Good stuff! Thanks. I'm listening to Monk bang away at the black and whites, but I'll check these links out. You cats are so hip. - Derrick
Here is more music available for free if you like. Seattle-based trumpet player Jason Parker. He's great. http://jasonparkerquartet.bandcamp.com/ Dig? Crazy! - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Blue Monk just came on and gave me an #instaboner. - Derrick
Music Technology
MySpace Opens API. Issues Developer Challenge. - http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot...
Socialtoo to the rescue? :) - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio) from iPhone
Rob, my worry is in the API - I'm not sure how open the friending process is for Myspace in the API. - Jesse Stay
Music Technology
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Hilarious Divorce Cakes (15 pics) - My Modern Metropolis - http://www.mymodernmet.com/profile...
Hilarious Divorce Cakes (15 pics) - My Modern Metropolis
Hilarious Divorce Cakes (15 pics) - My Modern Metropolis
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A divorce cake? I thought a brick would be more appropriate. - Mo Kargas
Even though I've seen these cakes and have even attended a few divorce parties, it seems like an awful waste of energy and kinda sad. - Admiral Anika
A.. divorce party? As in "OHH YAY OUR MARRIED LIFE FAILED!" party? WTF - Mo Kargas
Yes. The people are like, "I signed the papers, let's go celebrate". There's always a sort of desperation to it, so it just makes me sad. I can see having a few close friends over for support, but treating it like a bachelor(ette) party strikes me odd. - Admiral Anika
Weird. I guess if it has taken a really long time, I could see wanting to mark it somehow, and that's less destructive than drinking a whole bottle of scotch, or lighting a bunch of pictures on fire... - Jennifer Dittrich
I would imagine it is the celebration of a great liberating experience given the right circumstances. - Geoff Schultz
hahaha :) çok mantıklı çok yaratıcı :) - Eylul Fatma Kılıç
Gary Burd
What is the ideal number of 30" monitors, ignoring cost?
What is the ideal number of 30" monitors, ignoring cost?
For a moment there, I thought Al Gore had decided to go into radiology. - Victor Ganata
Well, let's see... the Apple 30" is 27 inches wide, and standard ergo recommendations says you want a viewing distance of 20-40"... 6 would give you a polygon with a 23" viewing distance... 7 would give you you 28"... I'd say 7. Actually 14. Two "rows" of 7. - Ken Sheppardson
It's really the 360 degree chair/desk rig that's the hard part, btw. - Ken Sheppardson
Doesn't that leave you stuck inside, Ken? - Tim Tyler
I too thought it was Al Gore & a post about his many computers' effects on global warming! - beersage
I think the right number ignoring cost is the same as the right number including cost -- the massive energy consumption exerts downward pressure, just like the cost. But now the ideal number of 30" monitors if you ignore both cost and the effect on the environment...well I still think it's 1. Doing what Al Gore's doing here, to me, is like sitting in the very front row of the movie theatre. - j1m
30" monitors are very effective internal wall insulation. - Bernie Goldbach
I think maybe a 10' high by 30' wide wall of them would be about ideal. I can't decide if I would want the wall to be linear or circular, though, or what kind of seating choices I would like. - ⓞnor
He should convert all those books and papers in his office into electronic format. Use his bookcase as a monitor wall with nine 30" monitors. A setup like this would rock: http://friendfeed.com/imabone... - imabonehead
Put some of them on a hinged or sliding wall and the trapped problem goes away. - Andrew C
I just hope his computer desktop isn't as messy as his actual desktop. - j1m
I am only staring at two at the moment... (actually 2x30"+23"+20") - Paulo Gaspar
I was thinking of some sort of turret-like setup where you climb up into the ring of monitors... or better yet: hydraulics - Ken Sheppardson
Yes, ideally you'd want something that would make Professor X jealous. Maybe they could fold down from a petal-like ring arrangement from the ceiling. - Andrew C
Aha... or think Darth Vader meditation chamber. - Ken Sheppardson
Ken, now I'm picturing Al Vader surrounded by monitors, hilarious!! - Lo is a Quitter
I'd say 3. Anymore and you'll start neglecting one of them. - Mr. Gunn
Whoa—check out the flip chart! - Glen Mistletoe
Empirically speaking, zero. I've stopped plugging my laptop into my 30" monitor at work. All the windows get messed up. Plus, I have this theory that sticking to a single laptop screen helps me focus better. - Jim Norris
Fighting climate change one flat screen at a time. Just think how much power he is saving when he turns it all off to go out. Does he have eyes in the back of his head or is the TV on just because he hates polar bears? - John Cooper
Jim, I agree with you. When I had two monitors, I used one for actual work and the other for mail, friendfeed and other distractions. I do prefer using a 24" screen to my laptop screen. - Gary Burd
@Jim, personally, I find that my laptop screen is too confining. I plug into a 23" LCD at work. I use the LCD for TextMate and a couple of Terminals, then I keep a browser open on the laptop for testing and search. That works really well for me. If all I have is my laptop screen, I spend a lot of time Alt-TABing between apps. - Jason Huebel
Why get 30" monitors when you could just get a couple CRVD monitors (since we're ignoring cost, and all)? http://www.ostendotech.com/crvd... - Curtiss Grymala
I've settled in on a 3-screen setup: Center (24") has 2-4 terminal windows, either half of 1/4 of the screen each; Right (22") has a Chrome window, IM, and often a couple more terminal windows monitoring processes or logs; Left (20") has either media player software or live.twit.tv in a Chrome window :-) - Ken Sheppardson
Ken - Are you using any special software to organize the windows on your screen? I'm using a 30" monitor at work as my main screen and my 17" laptop screen as my secondary. On the 30" screen, I use a proggie called WinSplit Revolution to split my screen into sections. It's a lifesaver. Keyboard shortcuts automatically move and size the focused window to any portion of the screen you choose. - Curtiss Grymala
No, Curtiss. I've tried different apps over the years, but nothing ever really clicked. However, I just discovered that the Windows key plus arrow keys in Windows 7 will now resize windows, e.g. Win+Left expands the window to the left half of the screen, Win+Left again moves it to the next monitor, etc. - Ken Sheppardson
Nice. That's kind of the way winsplit works, except it uses ctrl+alt. Ctrl+alt+left moves window to left monitor, ca+rt moves to right screen. It also uses ctrl+alt plus any key on the number pad to move the window to any quadrant/half of the screen. - Curtiss Grymala from iPhone
OMG. His secretary must hate him. - Kate Schmidt
The ideal number is as many monitors as he needs to lecture us about saving the environment. - Morton Fox
ilyas eralp
on puan on puan on puan kırk puanla şampiyon. - burakma
Bu gerçek olamaz ya :) - Ozan Öke
supa! - topo
7.9, 8.1, 6.5, 9.0 - Jemm
10, 10, 10, 11 - Mo Kargas
oh!!!!my 神よ~♪ - quronori
Talk about a spring board .. weeeeeeeeee .. kaplunk - Zax Stevens
Landing was a little rough... - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
That's crazy! What happened? - Kurt Kringle
poor man... he must have been hurt bad. But I laughed a lot. - Flavio Santos
Zee.
So, in your opinion, be honest now...is Friendfeed still alive and kicking? (update: seemingly so. :) )
yes. very much so. - John Wang
Yes, but has started to develop some health problems and needs a doctor's visit. - Alex Scoble
It is for me - Mo Kargas
It definitely is for me. - Curtiss Grymala
I just got here. It's the best platform. - Jeremy (cropmarks)
for me it is ................. - VAL D.
It's still kicking :). A little less a guess but still :) - alfred westerveld
Yes. - Jim Hearts FF
hell ya ......! - johnpiercy
Hell yes it is! All the fine dudes and finest bitches still be rocking the Casbah daily and nightly here on the station with it all! K-FFD! - Morgan Haley
Yep, still kickin'! - Beau Liening from iPhone
Does a bear poop in the woods? - Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Ok, so I don't live here anymore, but I still check in for conversation and positivity. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
for sure - Josh Haley
Still alive but the momentum and will to live is gone -- and the sale and virtual abandonment was like shutting out the lights in the middle of a party -- a signal for everybody to go home. - Brian Sullivan
wow. For you maybe, Brian. - Jim Hearts FF
Yes! - Anne Bouey
But I am still here. - Brian Sullivan
Yep. Certainly not as crazy as it was 'back in the day' but it's definitely still kicking. - Akiva Moskovitz
I'm making a concerted effort to pop in and find some great stuff to share - Alistair (alpinefolk)
As far as I can tell, it's still alive. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)
TBH, I feel like I use FF much more now that before the acquisition. So for me, yes, it's very much alive and kicking. 8^D - Chieze Okoye
I'm tellin' ya: it's the librarians' fault. - cecily
The Google real-time announcement certainly didn't hurt!!!! - Charlie Anzman
Honestly, it's not that much different -- plenty to chat about, and plenty to chat with -- and it's still storing all my web finds perfectly. There's an extremely considerate and passionate community. So... sure! - Christopher Galtenberg
yep - Wayne Sutton
Yes. - pea
Yes. - Kamilah Gill
Somewhat less so than the previous old days... - TrafficBug
being bought by Facebook has definitely dampened my enthusiasm, but yeah, its still alive and kicking - Jeffrey Canton
Still seems pretty lively to me. - Gordon Herd
This was asked eight hours ago and has gotten 19 likes so far. Not a resounding "yes." - Robert Scoble
Compare to @ericschmidt who was added to 700+ lists and 12,000+ followers in 24 hours over on Twitter. - Robert Scoble
But 34 comments, and nearly all "Yes". - Nils Sandin
Nils: sorry, that's not a resounding yes either. 34 people do not a service make. - Robert Scoble
yes, affirmative. - bora "head" basman
The service works for me, so I don't fret about the other new or old services. Both have their place. - Nils Sandin
werd. - imabonehead
Haha. I must say I'm starting to see more and more threads like this. The discussion is definitely coming back. - Roberto Bonini
Twitter for headlines, FF for discussions. - Nils Sandin
it is to me - barbarars
It is to me - it all depends on what you make of it - Jesse Stay
Who is here is replying "yes". Who's not here any more just won't reply. The fact is few weeks ago you wouldn't have asked :) [ah, this means it is not kicking as in the past] - Markingegno - Donato from Android
I would say yes. It had a slump period for me for a couple of months, but now I'm putting more in it and getting more from it in return. - Rasmus Lauridsen
Yes! - Iván Abrego
Tricky question. Nothing else out there has this feature-set, and AFAIC that's the killer, I use FF because it's the best platform. Maybe some people drifting away since the sale, but OTOH there are new people joining. My buddies Nat and Brent from Calgary both joined around the time of the sale and have both really gotten into it. I have more discussions here than on Twitter, and I think that's true for a lot of people. - Louis Simoneau
And @Scoble: the fact that you don't get 12 000+ followers on FF makes it less attractive to social media marketing types, which actually makes it BETTER as a platform for meeting and interacting with real people. I have 'friends' on Twitter that I've back-and-forthed with a few times but couldn't really tell you much about, whereas here, I feel like I really KNOW people like Derrick, Jandy, Monique, etc. - Louis Simoneau
its going to die soon - Farshad
FF is like a small country town. Not a big population but people stop and say "hello". - Barak B
Yes, indeed! - Andrew Terry
Is this a bit like a band you feel you've discovered becoming mainstream? - plooptionary
Yes, it's very much alive and kicking! - Michael Fidler
+Louis Simoneau (& I answered above earlier) - Kamilah Gill
as far as I can tell, yes. - Derek Coward
Yep - RAPatton from iPhone
I'm here - Jimminy
Still alive. :) - 3Cinteractive, L.L.C. from twhirl
You bet. Still the best interface and most interesting conversations - Alan Morris from iPhone
Yep. Cranking along just like Jaiku. - Ken Sheppardson
Yep, I just saw that one of those Twitter Social Media Guru's found the place and followed 4k people in 5 minutes. - Jimminy
yes. those who say otherwise can go somewhere else. - Aron Michalski from BuddyFeed
Hey Zee, from what platform did you originally post your question? I'm seeing it via Friendfeed by way of a friend. - Rich Reader
@Rich on friendfeed itself - Zee.
Only to some hardcore dedicated FF'ers. Other then that its just here for Robert Scoble to come on and preach how every worthy tech person he follows is on Twitter and how this site is dead. - CW™
No. We're all dead. Go away. - Glen Mistletoe
I'm standing under the Mistletoe O_O - Micah Wittman
Zee, regarding your question, and I'm no Godin apologist, but his '1000 true fans' comes to mind http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b... - Micah Wittman
And regarding Robert's statement, OF COURSE a founder of Google will get thousands people who click the follow button. Then what? I look forward to Eric having 12,000 individual conversations this week, so someone ping me when that happens :) I've gleaned more valuable insights into the thought process and perspective of Google/Googlers from being in and around the conversations started by DeWitt on Friendfeed than I have in any other way. - Micah Wittman
I'm not done yet. Christopher Galtenberg http://friendfeed.com/zee... and Louis Simoneau http://friendfeed.com/zee... make great points. - Micah Wittman
Sure is - Herb Hernandez
I have to excuse myself for not being very active for quite a while: I was being busy organising the Dutch Bloggies. I do think FriendFeed is still alive, but I sure wished there were more Dutch people to keep up a conversation with. It's making it difficult, now I'm out of organising for a week, to start up being involved again. I'm jealous at the Egyptian & Italian people, who seem to have a whole community here. - Ton Zijp
Friendfeed is immortal, perfect, the best. Friendfeed will never die. ... in fact, the end of behemoths like Facebook and Twitter will be tweeted on Friendfeed.! - Petr Buben
Always..! - ★ Soner Gönül
Just got back into using FF more heavily and find it much more enjoyable to any of the Twitter clients I've found. I can actually engage with the people that I "follow" and learn more about them and find interests instead of just trying to separate the wheat from the chaff like I feel I do on Twitter - Ian Rudy
still here. - Mike Nencetti
alive - gemella
kick - Kevin Fox
Yes. The primary thing that has changed is the content. - Steven Perez
And it no longer buys us flowers anymore, the bitch. - Akiva Moskovitz
I think this thread proves what is fact.... - Mathew™ one of a kind
WOW - I guess so!!! May have to come off digest... - Robyn Hawk
O Hai There! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker
Am I the only one who got tired of responding to posts that ask if the site is still alive? "Charlie, you there? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you here me *now*?....I gave up on 'em after Scoble's 2nd one. Just ignore - Fulaan, inna Hebel
Phil Wain
YouTube - John Scofield -On Improvisation II. - http://philwbass.posterous.com/youtube...
Posted via web from philwbass's posterous - Phil Wain from Posterous
Linda Palmer
Linda Palmer
Artists House Music
The Only Reliable Way to Get Your Band Covered on Music Blogs http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2009...
Kevin Breuner
Mary
The Most Ancient Churches Ever Built In Iran; Azurbyjan, North-West of Iran. - Mary from Bookmarklet
Sardar Mohkim Khan
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Jérôme Flipo
This is very, very, very cool
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I fail to understand. - Richard A.
they scanned a biz card from a Android ... into an Address Book ,. - johnpiercy
Looks like on the fly OCR, properly parsed into contact data. That is win. - EricaJoy
Two weeks ago, my boss came back from a big event with 60+ visit cards. He had a scanner and a software. Guess what I suggested and then regretted? :) - Jérôme Flipo
This feature will save a lot of time, for many users, and move many of them to Google Contacts. - Jérôme Flipo
Richard, it's one possible use of the new Google Goggles product http://www.techcrunch.com/2009.... It recognize the text on visit cards and makes it useful. That's a pretty convincing application of Google's mission IMO. - Jérôme Flipo
I was just thinking how much I would like smartphone OCR. - Andrew C
If you have this installed on your Android phone, for fun go to Amazon and start taking pictures of book covers. Its nuts! - EricaJoy
Erica, does it read the book in the language you want? What, not yet?! :) - Jérôme Flipo
Another reason to get an androphone soon, very soon ;-) - Stanislas Jourdan
When is the Iphone vers,,, I want NOW - johnpiercy
I bet they'll merge this Goggles thing with the current iPhone app. If they release their branded phone with Google Nav and Goggles, I'll feel old school with my iPhone. - Jérôme Flipo
Erica, the existing Amazon Android app does book covers. And so does the standalone app SnapTell. =) - Andrew C
;) - EricaJoy from IM
Just DL'ed from Android Market. Doesn't work all the time but very cool! - Mike Reynolds
It's been hit and miss for me, but when I took a picture of a business card, it Goggles scanned it and gave me a list of the contact information just like the picture depicts. It messed up a couple of letters ("e" was "o", etc), but overall did a decent job. It /does not/ do facial recognition. - Jason Huebel
Took a picture of a bag of potato chips and got some demon wicca sex blogs. But then took a picture of a coffee table art book that's just a figurative painting on cover and it correctly identified it as a Julian Schnabel book. Definitely entertaining but definitely labs level results. - Hayes Haugen
Can't see it in the [Canadian] Market. Does it work with Android 1.5? - Andrew C
Nope, 1.6 and newer. Turning into a trend. - Hayes Haugen
Then Rogers *really* needs to get off their asses and release the 1.6 update. - Andrew C
Ahhhh.so it's for people with crappy input devices ;-). One day will people have forgotten how to type. It's a good idea. We'll see when they make it available to all platforms. - Richard A.
If a device hasn't been updated to 1.6 already I don't think it's likely it ever will be. Everyone has their hands full with 2.0.1. - Hayes Haugen
Ergh, maybe I'll just root the phone then. =P - Andrew C
Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I will have at least 2hrs free. What problems have been nagging you? Solving them will help me pass the time.
oooh! I need ustream help. can I stream audio that I'm listening to right to the feed? - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I need a reliable (legal, moral) income stream. Any ideas? - Laura Lou Who
Ah...good topics so far... - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
How to get more people to use FriendFeed after the FF buyout? - imabonehead
Laura, that depends on what you define as moral. I know of several things that could act as another stream of income. What are your interests? Are you lookin for anything specific? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Nathalie, As background or to replace all audio? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
to replace all audio. sorry I never saw this until today. basically - imagine the stream being a strict "lip sync" channel (because. seriously. you do not want to hear me sing) - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Neil Alexander
@siggidori @AtmosTrio I agree! We should to a post featuring each of our covers. Meanwhile, here's mine: #SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/nailmus...
Steve  Uccello
We're number 1 on the ReverbNation Jazz charts for Monterey, CA. www.reverbnation.com/uccelloproject (wish it meant something ;)
Svartling
Are there any VNC iPhone Apps that works over 3G/Edge? There is plenty that works over WiFi though. Which one is best?
Looks like logmein works on 3G and EDGE. I'm in the sane market, so was doing research too. - Kenley Neufeld from iPhone
Ok will look at it. Thanks. - Svartling from iPhone
anybody come up with any others or have feedback re logmein? - metalerik
Drea
Drug Chart.
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lol - espyder
suck dick for!! jajajaj LOL - sirPedro
Pedro wins! totally what I was gonna comment on! - Morgan Haley
Phil Wain
YouTube - Pat Martino & John Scofield - "Sunny" - http://philwbass.posterous.com/youtube...
Posted via web from philwbass's posterous - Phil Wain from Posterous
bcultral
Prostitutes to offer free sex to UN climate summit participants - http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s...
Prostitutes to offer free sex to UN climate summit participants
"Prostitutes of a Danish sex workers association will offer their services for free to delegates of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, an association official told AFP Saturday." - bcultral from Bookmarklet
Keeps them warm in their 65 degree hotel rooms? - Kenton
Jérôme Flipo
OK, Friendfeed is seriously dying. Great content still coming but very few discussions.... Who's using Facebook à la Friendfeed?
Yes Jerome, I agree and lots of people are telling the same in the last months. But I still prefer the GREAT contents which I cant find anywhere else. - Luca Gianneramo
Sure, but what if Friendfeeders were (silently) moving to Facebook to share their content? I would subscribe to my favorite FF friends there and actually start using my account. - Jérôme Flipo
I think I could use Twitter to distribute links but right now, I just can't follow or participate in discussion there. - Jérôme Flipo
In fact I cant use Twitter to distribute link: there's no way to really create a discussion and share opinions. That's why FF is better to me. Regarding FB: I cant imagine the average FF user moving to FB to share stuff. With who? Come on... :P - Luca Gianneramo
The point to me is that here (at least regarding the Italian users in general) discussions' level is decreasing: more jokes, less serious stuff. But it's still a clever, intelligent way to get fun. - Luca Gianneramo
Luck Italians http://friendfeed.com/bret...! There's very little activity among French users, now. And people I found extremely interesting have somewhat abandoned the ship, even though they drop a comment every now and then :( - Jérôme Flipo
Thanks for the chart, very interesting (I knew in Turkey FF is widespread). Anyway, even here a few of users (the so-called "stars") left this networ in the last months. - Luca Gianneramo
And my internship let me very little time for sharing content and participate in discussions. I'm sure the best days of FF are far behind now, whatever the Facebook teams is preparing. - Jérôme Flipo
My stars are more tech/science/media innovators than entertainers, and they do have retired :( Unfortunately, we didn't migrate to one service, and we're scattered between Reader, Twitter and Facebook, and none of these places can host conversation. - Jérôme Flipo
Here they are above all bloggers (which moved to the social networks in the last years). - Luca Gianneramo
For tech stuff, Reddit gives me a daily shot of great content and comments, but it isn't as social as FF, and very geeky. - Jérôme Flipo
what do you mean by "a la friendfeed"? I have an idea about where you're leading to, just need confirmation - lelapin
BTW, have you seen some interesting threads in Wave? Oh, and are you there?? - Jérôme Flipo
Me, Jerome? Yes, I'm in there, but I use Wave for my job (it's GREAT for it), not as a social network. To me it's not and it wont be a SN. - Luca Gianneramo
lelapin until now I've only used Facebook to share personal stuff to real-life friends. 95% of my home stream is made of friends' photos and status updates. Pushing public and serious content may be perceived as spamming by my friends, right now :) - Jérôme Flipo
I agree with Jerome regarding the "spam issue" on FB. Moreover to me that's not the target for serious discussions. It's sad, but I talk about cultural level... - Luca Gianneramo
There's definitly a lack of a tool, be that on Facebook or Friendfeed for that matter, that would allow one to adjust the 'volume' one would accept to get from one's friends. This said 'spam' might be too strong a word for something coming from one's friends, don't think? It is like unsollicited e-mail, is it? - lelapin
Oh cool, Luca! But I hope you'll manage to use it for work and leisure, if it takes off. - Jérôme Flipo
Absolutely, lelapin. But most of my friends don't differentiate spam from bacn :) - Jérôme Flipo
What do you use Facebook for? - Jérôme Flipo
I use it basically to share articles like I do on FF or Twitter. Now I don't expect much comments from there and I try not to engage in conversations on FB knowing nothing can be synched and agregated outside FB which is THE problem I have with FB. Other than that, I have several pages there since it is admitedly the most popular platform these days. - lelapin
Meh. No one answered my question: "who's using Facebook à la Friendfeed?" - Jérôme Flipo
Read a couple of comments above please, I asked you what you meant by "a la friendfeed" - lelapin
From my experience, à la Friendfeed = "pushing public and serious content" while the Facebook style consists in "sharing personal stuff to real-life friends". - Jérôme Flipo
in that regard I use Facebook a la Friendfeed. Twitter is actually the platform I favour for, like you worded it, pushing serious content by mostly retweeting. Whenever I come across something, be that originally from a tweet or other sources, I generally Tumblr it, Stumble upon it, Digg it, [insert all kind of SN] it and, because I wired Facebook and Friendfeed so as to allow... more... - lelapin
Jérôme : I try more and more to use facebook like you describe that. Many reasons push me to do so : I have more and more non-IRL friends there (even my next employer...), and I also see more and more senior people there who are more likely to use fb in a serious way. - Stanislas Jourdan
For the moment it is still (too) quiet on my wall, but sometimes there are some good discussions still. I believe that more and more people will engage discussions there, but the shift will be very slow. - Stanislas Jourdan
However, people like you who want to have great discussion on your favorite topics, i'm afraid will be disappointed for a long time... Wave might be a better place for that IMO. - Stanislas Jourdan
Indeed. I just need a way to push Facebook updates only to some people (and better policies, and better interface, and better content aggregation functions, and....). I think "group updates" is already available to US-based users (meanwhile, we have "groups" where you can set up a visibility level to your content). - Jérôme Flipo
Spidra Webster
Big city blues / Could a more affordable life, away from the Bay Area, actually be better? - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
Big city blues / Could a more affordable life, away from the Bay Area, actually be better?
"For at least a couple of years now, my wife and I have been rehearsing a break-up conversation with the Bay Area. As much as we love it here, we're just not sure if it will ever work out. IMAGES View Larger Images MONEY TALES Take me out, coach 11.09.09 Angling for business A Santa Cruz salmon fisherman follows the money -- ashore 09.29.09 Making hay, but barely making it Hard times for grass farmers and sellers... 09.10.09 More Money Tales » A lot of our uncertainty revolves around money, and our realization that we can't afford to buy a home here. That fact, rightly or wrongly, has become a touchstone for other uncertainties -- about finding a neighborhood we can stay in for the long term; about having good school options for our two-year-old daughter; about making enough money to afford the high cost of living without giving all of our waking hours over to work. As in many distressed relationships, there's a third-party involved. In this case it's the seductive call of some... more... - Spidra Webster from Bookmarklet
I have this talk with myself every other month. I hate having to kill myself trying to make enough money just to rent an apartment in the Bay Area, but there are some things about living here that I just can't give up. Yet. - vicster
I always told myself that if I moved from the Bay Area, it would be because I'm moving out of the US. However, getting more and more disabled has made it so I need to move back in with my parents. I'll miss LOADS of things here but I won't miss the crime, crime-enabling PC attitudes and dirtiness. - Spidra Webster
Two close friends of mine left the Bay Area for these among other reasons and moved to Portland. It may be the best thing that ever happened to them, after the birth of their child. :-) - Kevin Fox
If I were having children, the high cost of living here would not be the biggest problem. Far bigger is the crime problem and bad public schools. - Spidra Webster
What do you mean by crime-enabling PC attitudes? - Jim Norris
I was pretty sure someone was going to ask that. I just wrote a whole bunch about it but really, I can't adequately explain it if you don't live here. Politics in Berkeley and Oakland are pretty messed up. Read some newspapers & blogs if you want to know more. - Spidra Webster
Actually the government for Oakland, Berkeley AND San Francisco is pretty seriously effed up.Very ineffective (not just where crime is concerned) and the elected officials all make it obvious that they are there only because they see it as a step on the ladder to higher office. - vicster
Thanks, Spidra. I live on the Peninsula but I'm only somewhat familiar with East Bay politics. - Jim Norris
Steven Perez
The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods | Food | AlterNet - http://www.alternet.org/food...
"Once upon a time, some brave scientists had a noble dream of ridding our food of the plague of nutrients. Today, at the start of the 21st century, the miracle of food processing has brought that dream closer to reality than ever before. From vitamin-free "blueberry bits" to spray-can cheese to avocado-free guacamole, food scientists have worked tirelessly to bring us new and exciting foods that contain as little nutrition as possible. Even apparently "healthy" foods such as soups have been ingeniously overloaded with so much salt you feel as if you’re eating French fries. In this article, we’ll provide a handy guide to six uniquely unnatural processed foods that will hopefully serve as a blueprint for humanity’s eventual triumph over the tyrannical fist of Mother Nature." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet
Generally liked, but "Spam is derived primarily from pork shoulder meat (seriously)" is idiotic. Where on the pig does the author think would be better? If you can't handle the thought that your meat used to be a working muscle on an animal, then don't eat meat. - Andrew C
"Spam first hit the big-time during World War II [...] When you think about it, it's remarkable that more of our troops didn't defect to the German army, which assuredly would have offered them generous helpings of bratwurst, knockwurst and schweineschnitzel in exchange for changing sides." Man, the author is going to be in for a huge surprise if/when he looks up (1) the fat content of those sausages and (2) where on the pig those meats come from. - Andrew C
No Velveeta pasteurized processed cheese-like product? - LogEx
I can't get behind Spam or Velveeta. - Derrick
The guy obviously has never had a spam musubi before. - ronin
Adam Turetzky
Artists' lawsuit: major record labels are the real pirates - http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...
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