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Pixlr seems to have the features which Splashup doesn't and runs with less fuss than Aviary's Phoenix. While I don't care for it, you could add PhotoBucket's image editing suite - but Picnik trumps all. Understandable why it got picked up by Flickr. - CannonGod
Yeah - Photobucket's editor is powered by FotoFlexer, which is #5 on the list. - Justin Hart
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John McCain's unprecedentedly ugly speech today - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
October 6 at 3:44 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Before this is all over, John McCain will fling his own feces at the audience while Sarah Palin applauds. They'll still lose. - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
Loved Chris' comment! - JodyUnwired
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McCain's HEALTH is a disaster. - Steve Garfield via twhirl
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2008 Debates: David Price posted a message
“Isn't "team of mavericks" an oxymoron?”
October 2 at 9:36 pm - Link
Like an anarchist organization - Kevin Bondelli
You can't pluralize "Lone Ranger" - (teh)Hussein
it's painful to listen to , ya know, maybe she would have trouble uttering, "we have independent thoughts and healthy exchange of ideas", another meme is that, does anyone really believe mccain goes to her for suggestions. - David Lynch
yeah! - Susan Beebe
The phrase "herding cats" comes to mind. - Steven "Snake" Perez
hear hear - anna awesomesauce
I think it's a gaggle of mavericks - Jason Carreira
+1 Jason - Kevin Bondelli
a disorder of mavericks - MikeAmundsen
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2008 Debates: David Price posted a message
“Nice response by Biden letting Palin know she doesn't have the monopoly on raising a child during troubled times. Never mind that she has her husband to help with the kids. Biden was Mr. Mom with his boys all by his lonesome.”
October 2 at 10:25 pm - Link
I liked that too. - Bored
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2008 Debates: David Lynch posted a message
“I'm off to bed. I'm saying goodnite to our republican mounted deficit.”
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2008 Debates: David Price posted a message
“"Dick Cheney is the most dangerous Vice President in the history of this country." Hell, even if I wasn't planning on voting for Obama, I would be after hearing that.”
October 2 at 9:44 pm - Link
"Dick Cheney is the most dangerous Vice President in the history of this country." Yes, with or without a gun. - Caffeinated Sue
You are correct, sir! - Mavericks of A-sauce!
I hope the Secret Security upps Bidens security unit. after that remark I would be worried about Cheney getting his gun. - Bored
I like Biden's direct style. It was *refreshing* after Palin's wordiness and circumlocution - anna awesomesauce
anna: +! for the use of 'circumlocution' - Bren
I love the word circumlocution. - Monique(boring)
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I've brought this up with them multiple times. Ben Ling seemed to imply his level was having issues with the upper-levels in convincing them this is important. - Jesse Stay
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Financial industry FAIL
September 23 at 5:33 pm - Link
that's awesome -- I hope the other side says, "WTF?!" - Pete Delucchi
Love the real life fail - James Tenniswood
we can call it failspace. - Anthony Citrano
Love it:) - Roney Smith
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September 15 at 6:03 pm - via Mento - Link
"TravelForChange connects volunteers working for change with sponsors who can help to send them to the states that will help Obama win this election." - Chris Messina via Mento
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Brave New PAC ad aired today on Hardball
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September 15 at 4:37 pm - Link
Excellent. Now let's see another one about Keating 5 -- highly relevant given today's events. - Jasmin "That One" Patry
The new post-Partisan candidate: Barak Obama! whatever. - Zack W. Handley
The ad came from a PAC, it didn't come from Obama. - Dave Hussein Winer
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September 15 at 2:39 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Today, clearly, McCain is the one on the defensive. And while the news from the real world has more than a little to do with this, so does the Obama campaign's decision--made before the weekend, by all appearances--to go hard after McCain this week on economic policy." - Ruth Ferguson via Bookmarklet
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My 16,000th Photo Uploaded to Flickr
September 14 at 5:47 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
16,000 down, 984,000 to go. - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet
Not long to go! - Andrew Trinh
And what a fine one it is! Congrats - Michael Fidler
it'd definitely going to take me a while to get to a million. I'm publishing about 200 photos to flickr a week right now and at this pace it will take 92 years to get there. I'll get the pace up to 400-500 a week in the future though. Better technology should make processing easier and someday my kids will be grown and I'll be able to quit my day job and focus on this even more. The best photos have yet to be taken. - Thomas Hawk
When I think about this I realize your best days are ahead of you. - Russellreno
That is a great photo - Darin aka iGoByDoc
What's your shot/publish ratio? I mean, on average how many shots do you take to produce those you publish? - Yuval Atzmon
atzmon, I probably average about 2,000 shots a week that I shoot. And I'm probably processing 300 or so of those a week at present, so I'm probably keeping about 15%. The other 85% never get processed and are kept in my archives. I'm trying only to process and publish the shots that I think meet a certain quality criteria. - Thomas Hawk
You upload a lot more than I do. I have about 40,000 pictures but only about 2000 uploaded. Mostly because I have not gotten around to processing more. =) - Jauder Ho via twhirl
Wow and Congrats!! - Vox
Dude, you're a machine. - Zee from WeDoCreative
Jauder, the good news is that processing will only get easier in the future. I've watched it get better with each successive Adobe release. Lightroom 2.0 is the best processing tool yet. It's not necessarily faster per se though because with more tools there are yet even more ways to tweak a photo hence even more time. But the tools to speed things up are coming too. auto geotagging, better anti dust tech, faster processing speeds, easier online tools with faster broadband are all around the corner. - Thomas Hawk
16,000 ?? Yikes. Cool number. Congrats. - Charlie Anzman
big numbers don't mean squat - Ivan Pope via twhirl
big numbers means someone (Thomas) is dedicated to his art. He is pretty talented as well! - Michael VanDervort via twhirl
Perseverance furthers. - Michael Hussein Markman
This photo is total awesome. It is made even more awesome by the knowledge that there are 15,999 more photos just as awesome as this one. EDIT: This photo is now my desktop background. :) - possible248
Congrats! - J. McConnell
beautiful, congrats! - Carmen
Awesome!! Keep going Thomas!! beutiful work... YOU are such an inspiration... thanks! - Susan Beebe
congrats Thomas! - Shey
Damn that is all kinds of awesome. - Mattb4rd
Wow, quite an accomplishment! - Jeff P. Henderson
Great job Thomas. Keep it up. - Andrew Smith
Congratulations.. keep going! we'll be watching :) - Juan Pablo González
Congratulations Thomas! - Holger Eilhard
Congrats & cheers TH. Your images confirm, you are, indeed, sui generis. - Dave Hussein Martin
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September 14 at 8:04 am - Link
"Sen. Barack Obama raised $66 million in the month of August, making it his best month ever and the best in American political history, an aide said Sunday morning." - newsjunk.com
the press underestimates obama every time, and he succeeds every time. can't wait to read the book that will inevitably be written about this very savvy campaign...but i suppose they're too busy winning an election to write it just yet. - eric mortensen
Important point: It's *us* they underestimate -- we're the ones who gave him the $66 million. - Dave Hussein Winer
But -- all that money is going to amount to a hill of beans if the Obama campaign permits the McCain campaign to Rove them to death. And that is precisely what is happening. - Sean McBride
Really -- it boggles my mind. The Dems knew the Rove-style attacks were coming and that they have worked in the past. They've had plenty of time to think about how to handle the attacks. But there they are, like deer frozen in the headlights, with the Mack Truck bearing down on them. At some point you have to hold in contempt those who won't fight back against bullies. They begin to look like cowards. If they can't handle Rove, how can they handle foreign despots and aggressors? - Sean McBride
Everyone's attitude sucks. There is time before this election is over. We haven't even had the debates. You think Obama is going to lose because the news tells you so. - PC Easy via twhirl
All candidates get a bounce in the polls after their convention. After all, millions of people have just seen the candidate in the best possible light, with no opposition and no criticism. This year Barack Obama got a solid bounce after the Democratic National Convention and now John McCain is enjoying one after the Republican National Convention. But this story in CQ Politics shows that these bounces usually last a couple of weeks and then dissipate. It examines 1960, 1976, 1988, 1992, and 2000 in detail. http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmsp... - Indio Apache via twhirl
From my perspective: I see more Dems in denial. - Sean McBride
"the press underestimates Obama every time"??? The press thinks Obama is the second coming! - Jim Bednarz
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YouTube - SNL - 9/13/08 - Palin and Clinton
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September 13 at 10:57 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
HI-larious! - Shey
I've seen this three times so far in Friendfeed. Isn't the web amazing? I don't have TV, but YOU bring me the best stuff. And Dave Winer did. And Amanda Gravel did. How cool! - Chris Brogan
I can't believe how well she mastered the impression... the looks: we all knew that was there.. but THE VOICE! wow! - Jasmin Smith
this was stupid. bring back Chevy Chase and the old gang. they were funny then. it all went down hill after they fired Norm MacDonald on weekend update. SNL needs a testosterone shot. seriously... penis just shrank... and it wasn't from hearing Hilary Clinton's horrible name - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
Man, she sure nailed Sarah, the mannerisms, the look and that voice! - Jeff P. Henderson
sounds more like the movie Fargo then an Alaskan native... but hey not a bad try for a Blue State Bigot - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
OMG that was hysterical. Tina Fay rocks as Sarah Palin. *lol* - Molly, the Muse
Brilliant! - Jeff Larche
very funny! - Stewart Rogers
I heart the both of them so much. So, now that I've seen this do I need to watch the rest of SNL? - Jason Toney
@Jason: Nope... last night was one of the worst SNLs that I've seen since the post-Eddie early 80s - Roger Benningfield
bring back Norm MacDonald! I hate this smug crony garbage - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
I showed this to my wife during coffee - until the "I can see Russia" line, she was totally convinced this WAS Palin. - John Craft
not even slightly funny. just demeaning. Palin is not a cheesecake... NYTimes rips her as manipulative, and SNL says she is a bimbo.... the cultural left sure doesn't like her, but it isn't clear what they are concluding. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
wow, tina fay was made for this part - Kevin
I'm glad this was the very first thing so I didn't have to watch the rest of the episode. Tina Fey was perfect, and would probably as effective a Vice President. @Noah Sarah Palin herself sounds more Fargo than Alaska. - Erica Mauter
that is just ignorant Erica. don'chaknow? - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
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“Google has a plan to get US to kick the oil habit by 2030 http://www.dailytech.com/Googl...
September 9 at 12:00 pm - Link
I, for one, look forward to the day when Google controls our entire planet with its benevolent minimalism. - Jamelle
*Peering skeptically yet holding on to optimism* - Josh Haley
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Davis: No Palin Interviews Without "Respect and Deference"
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September 7 at 1:26 pm - Link
"When and if" - Brian Sullivan
As Rick Davis said last week, Sarah Failin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Sam Harrelson via twhirl
Charlie Gibson allegedly got the first interview. two parts. from alaska. when her kid deploys. - Erin Kotecki Vest
good....the longer they wait the worse it will be for their ticket...what kind of "leader" or politician is afraid of the media...they've only got a couple short months til November! - Amber Horner
Based on the last week, what could Sarah possibly be afraid of? - Jay Tannenbaum
they are waiting for some more appointments from the Obama campaign. here are a few other appointments. I'm thinking Bigfoot for Secratary of State. I mean if Kerry gave Carter consideration. Why not these guys? http://beta.friendfeed.com/e/3... - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
respect and deference? is she the pope? - Jeff Woelker via twhirl
If only the press had shown such acumen in the run up to the war. Agendas aplenty. A pox on both their houses. - Sprague D
If she becomes president (a real possibility), won't she have to deal with tougher questions and more determined desires to bring her down than anything the American press can dish out? And she doesn't want to play unless they play nice? - Ro (Lilyhill)
MOre of the same. Bush White House limits access to information and media. So does McCain. More emulation of bad Bush policy. Typical Republican approach! - Michael VanDervort via twhirl
Well, we've all seen how much Dick Cheney and GW have given the press access to themselves. Just another case of more of the same. - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble
Rick Davis said "timetable." Even when these guys are on message, they are off message - Baratunde Thurston via twhirl
Chris Wallace isn't as much of a dick he usually is. Good for him. - Tony Hung
How lame, that we, the American people, need to wait until Palin's handlers have her "ready" for prime time. If she was chosen to be McCain's VP then I expect her to be ready for prime time on the very day she was announced as his running mate. This "when and if" crap is just that: a stinky, soiled diaper. - Scott Jarkoff
Yep...Biden was ready to hit the ground running from day 1. Just goes back to the experience gap. - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble
It doesn't auger well for the VP debates - Sally Church
Ah -- so NOW the MSM suddenly wants to do its job, and be more than a propaganda conduit for whoever is in power. How convenient. - Chris Baskind
Stuff like this makes me really wonder how much time there was before choosing her and making the announcement... Are they still prepping her? I'm all for 'Ready On Day One' but not when your 'Not Ready Day -60'... - John Worthington
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John McCain Chooses a Running Mate | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
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"Sarah Palin may be the ideological opposite of Hillary Clinton, but she's her gynecological twin." - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet
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☺ Cecily ☺ posted a link
August 29 at 5:22 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"As a woman, I'm offended. I wasn't going to vote for McCain before, but I had at least respected him and what he's done for this country. He's completely lost any ounce of respect in my mind. His decision to choose a vice president based solely on her gender is absolutely antithetical to every value I hold dear. Our sisters, mothers, and grandmothers did not fight for women's rights only to have a woman toted around as an accessory in federal politics. I am confident that Palin is a smart, compassionate, and capable person, but she lacks the qualifications, experience, and long-term thinking to be president. This isn't about DC. She hasn't even done anything worth mentioning in Alaska. For McCain to tap her for this position is just outright offensive." - ☺ Cecily ☺ via Bookmarklet
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