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Rachel Lea Fox

About to see Avatar in IMax 3D

7 hours ago from email - Comment - Like - Share

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We went to that theater earlier in the week. Is it still super crowded? - Benjamin Golub

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Rach, Laura and I did too a few days ago. Enjoy! - Micah Wittman

I dig that first photo - Michael W. May

that first pic is a winner, ;) - chaz2b

FriendFeed API v2: Nikolai Kordulla

Fwd: Wrote an api library for php (api version 2). You can download it at http://funny15.com/friendf... (via http://friendfeed.com/friendf...)

July 31 - Comment - Like - Share

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Any chance of putting it up on Google Code or some other place to make it easier to download and keep up to date? Great job! - Benjamin Golub

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Perhaps you could add it to your library repository? If this is not possible, i will create a friendfeed-api-v2-php project on Google Code. - Nikolai Kordulla

It's best to keep in your own repository so you can keep it up to date. I do plan on showcasing popular libraries though by linking to them from our repository :) - Benjamin Golub

uploaded on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p... - Nikolai Kordulla

Nikolai, could you include some examples of basic use of the library? - Zackatoustra

ok i will add a small example, today. - Nikolai Kordulla

Love to see an example on how to use this - Greg

Still no example for use of the php version in the wild? - beersage

kjkj - Nagy Istvan

up! - Sercan Virlan

FriendFeed API: HasanCivelek

is it possible fetch direct message from php api?

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You can in v2 of the API. See http://friendfeed.com/api... and http://friendfeed.com/api.... The URL would be http://friendfeed-api.com/v2.... We did not make a PHP library for v2 of the API but there is a Python library at http://code.google.com/p... - Benjamin Golub

Benjamin Golub

If you use the FriendFeed Facebook application make sure you've configured it properly. We are switching to a new method of publishing in the not too distant future. If you see this message at http://apps.facebook.com/friendf... just click on the link to provide the proper permissions.

November 10 - Comment - Like - Share

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We might also be sending you a notification asking for the permissions. - Benjamin Golub

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cool, thanks! - Susan Beebe

Attachments FTW! :-) - Jesse Stay

Just keeps looping and I cannot get it to accept. - Gregory Whaley

Steve Gillmor

NewsGang Live test: requires Silverlight and FriendFeed http://beta.newsgang.net/...

December 18 - Comment - Like - Share

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Seems interesting but what am I entering my FF credentials into Steve? Not going to enter them into something I have heard nothing about.. - Bill Heslin

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ok - Steve Gillmor

So is this an extension of Gillmor Gang, some new newsy thing that fits in there? I'll beta test..just want some more info? - Bill Heslin

bill, it's the remote key not your password... read up here https://friendfeed.com/account... - Chris Heath

thanks Chris ..will do - Bill Heslin

Oh yes Chris I understand the remote key...but just wondering what it's all about. That's all. - Bill Heslin

we're testing a vanilla onboard, Bill. I can explain more once you're in. - Steve Gillmor

I'm in - Bill Heslin

Wow...very cool... - Bill Heslin

Ok, I am partway there - Christian Burns

also, steve... the css isn't fluid and looks like this to me (chrome 3 on windows xp) http://img39.imageshack.us/img39... - also i think the silverlight was bogging down my old P4 system - Chris Heath

Mine looks like Chris' in Chrome on Vista, but I haven't been able to load the newest Silverlight in Chrome (unless it carried over from my install of it in IE8 last night). - Robert G. Male

Firefox is probably a better bet on Vista. - Cliff Gerrish

I have double sidebars when I view it from beta.newsgang.net - Karoli

Karoli...take off the beer goggles...LOL...Hiya! - Bill Heslin

Yeah, usually NGL itself isn't the focus of NGL. You get a little video feedback when that happens. - Cliff Gerrish

Silverlight doesn't work on Safari running on Windows = Fail! - Michael Pinto

Yes, it does. I tested that earlier today. - Cliff Gerrish

Requirements: Silverlight, FriendFeed, $5 pay-per-view next? - James Robertson

Silverlight and Flash will never run as well as HTML5 on constrained mobile devices. If they run as stand-alone apps then they will have to compete with the functionality of browsers. If they run within browsers they suck up additional memory and processor cycles and play poorly. Developers are not going to invest in optimizing their Flash/Silverlight apps to run on both the desktop and on mobile devices with a variety of screen resolutions, etc. Give up on this fantasy Steve. - scott anderson

Adam Bosworth told me a long time ago that Moore's Law trumps these issues, as it did with RSS's supposed verbosity and everything else XMLish since. Hybrid browser/rich apps will continue to win while moving the market closer to so called HTML 5ish standards. I'd give up on the rhetoric Scott if I were you. - Steve Gillmor

HTML 5, Silverlight, Flash, Pen and Paper. No one cares if something is good and useful. They'll dowload the plugin or fill the inkwells if that's what they need to do. - Matt Terenzio

exactly, Matt - Steve Gillmor

in the past (it seems to me) enterprise seems to drive software while hardware has been driven by gamers/gaming ... 1) what do you think about that? 2) what about going forward? 3) and what about mobile, will it drive anything - or is it creating a class of it's own? (app store markets?) - Chris Heath

You can call it rhetoric if you like but if it costs more for consumers to purchase mobile phones that run technologies like Flash and Silverlight that consume more memory, processor cycles, battery life, etc. and it costs developers more resources to build these "rich" experiences and make them compatible then it won't happen. The benefits do not outweigh the costs. - scott anderson

phones are razors and history (iPhone) shows this does in fact happen. Flash is not off the iPhone for technical reasons but economics, and Gphone is about to make that irrelevant. - Steve Gillmor

is gPhone making Flash, the iPhone, or the economics irrelevant? - Chris Heath

flash is silverlight is HTML 5 eventually. Gphone allows Flash and other plugins. Moonlight decompiling strategy closes loop to iPhone - Steve Gillmor

What are the benefits that Flash and Silverlight add to the user experience that cannot be duplicated in HTML5, especially when the nature of UI on mobile devices lends itself to simplicity? - scott anderson

if you see no benefits, then why pitch your theory. It's like the Republicans reading the bill out to slow down reality - Steve Gillmor

I pitch my theories so that they can be debunked by others. I am a mobile app developer with limited resources and want to be smart in my investments in tools and infrastructure. - scott anderson

well, then you should talk to .Net devs and see if they meet your needs. Sounds like you are happy in HTML5 land. - Steve Gillmor

Why hasn't Flash taken over web pages designed for desktop browsers and why hasn't Adobe Air been successful on the desktop? If they cannot succeed on the desktop then I have no hope for these technologies succeeding on mobile phones. I'm not talking about video players but applications written in Flash or Silverlight. I would not need .Net to simply support playing video. I am happy in GWT land and see more robust apps being possible with SVG + WebGL + Javascript along with the media tags in HTML5. - scott anderson

Just an FYI: remote keys are a poor user experience. OAuth is preferred. And when you use OAuth limits are applied to the user instead of the IP address making the call, making it easier to grow your application (assuming you call the API from your server). Read more here: http://friendfeed.com/api... - Benjamin Golub

yes benjamin we are moving to Oauth before we come out of beta. And can you fill us in on what's going on last 24 hours with Twitter feed. - Steve Gillmor

Scott Flash is dominant on browsers for video. Air sucks but it provides experiences SIlverlight improves on. ask Seesmic why they've ported to WIndows and then to SIlverlight. - Steve Gillmor

You're assuming that Seesmic is making intelligent development decisions by investing in Windows and Silverlight. That remains to be seen. - scott anderson

no I am assuming a rationale for assigning resources that makes sense with what I think is going on. How it impacts on individual developers has more to do with their products and the full range of technologies they support. They also produced an Android version before iPhone. Unlike you, they support both models. - Steve Gillmor

Leveraging Flash or Silverlight for simply playing videos is overkill. The video decoder royalty issues will be worked out. I can see Google donating the assets they recently got from their acquisition of On2. - scott anderson

Steve: what do you mean by "what's going on last 24 hours with Twitter feed"? We had a small hiccup with the crawl (not Twitter specific, the entire crawl) but things should be moving again. - Benjamin Golub

ben the twitter feed resumed about an hour ago and has been adding items from both yesterday and up to an hour ago. It was dead as a doornail last night. And I assume the firehose issues remain unresolved by the delta between timestamps even now - Steve Gillmor

scott: we'll see. meantime there are plenty of reasons why SIlverlight is a big deal, and worth some people's time. - Steve Gillmor

I am developing an application framework for Android that leverages web panes within native apps. I use native infrastructure where it makes sense and web standards for the content related pieces. - scott anderson

yeah I get it, but this is a back and forth without meaningful progress. let's move on - Steve Gillmor

Silverlight and Flash do have one potentially critical advantage over HTML5 ... DRM. In my opinion publishers should have a mechanism to protect their content from piracy. If Jobs succeeds in blocking both Flash and Silverlight runtimes from the iPhone, it will be interesting to see what kind of DRM solution Apple establishes with their new video streaming technology and how tightly... more... - scott anderson

This is interesting. Will it work with moonligjt on linux? - Alfred C. Ingram

at some point - Steve Gillmor

I've said it before: Silverlight - the OS/2 of RIAs - Nick Lothian

Chrome might require the IEtab extension to use silverlight, - Alfred C. Ingram

Nope Alfred. And merry Christmas everybody! - Chris Heath from iPhone

Mona Nomura

Which is more shameless? Dating Googler for Google food or dating Disney employee to get into Disneyland for free? #jusaskin

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The food one. - MVB (Grinch of FF) from iPod

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Unless you are dating one of the characters that is the object of your fetish, says Dahna... - MVB (Grinch of FF) from iPod

dating anyone just for the vocational perks. - Josh Haley

Who said it's just for? ;) - Mona Nomura

I'd date a Disney employee but only so they could include costuming into our....fun. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

Dude. Sorry to break it to you but I don't think they wash them... #becareful - Mona Nomura

Jon: you don't want that. I've heard horror stories about unwashed Disney costumes spreading crabs - Benjamin Golub

Wow, Benjamin. #tmi. :) - Louis Gray

I thought the free Google food deal went away a while back when times got tough - LANjackal

Unrelated to the crab rumor: I know a few people from college who went on to become Disney princesses. There is apparently a promotion ladder you climb (e.g., first Pocahontas then Jasmine ... ending with Cinderella) - Benjamin Golub

Aw, thanks for telling me NOW, Golub! JK...I've never stormed a disney castle before. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

I would say a Disney employee. - Christian (Simply X)

The things we learn on the Internet...I can NEVER look at Cinderella the same again! ;) - Mona Nomura

Wait whaaaa??!?!? Jon is a cos-player or furry? - Christian (Simply X)

Well, I did have a webcomic. Does that count, Christian? - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

Unless and until they bring back Captain EO, Google is your man by default. - Micah Wittman

Now my question: Would you date a guy simply b/c his name was Jus Askin? #jusaskin - Micah Wittman

more shamlees? dating the googler ... go for it.. Trying to get the nexus one are you? - Wayne Sutton

hahahah this just came up in passing while BSing with my gfs. Stupid me decided to Tweet it and now I have all sorts of people calling me names. GEEZ. But I'd rather be a food digger or free disney admission digger than a gold digger! ;) - Mona Nomura

Both Wins....does that make me a bad person :-) - John D Reasor

You're neither.. just Mona - Wayne Sutton

Cinderella has what ? - Eric Logan

Benjamin Golub

Loki and Toby playing - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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After 4 hours of playing they are now both fast asleep. - Benjamin Golub

Chris, Taskerrific Guy to Chris,'s feed, FriendFeed Feedback

The FriendFeed app for Facebook is really starting to piss me off, and I'm one step away from removing it.

Wednesday - Comment - Like - Share

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1. I don't want it setting my Facebook status, but it's doing so anyway. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

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2. I don't like how it spams my wall with all my reddit comments, yet it continues to do so even after I've tried to get it to stop posting _anything_ at all to my wall. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Y'know what? Looking at all the complaints about the app on its own wall, *BAM* gone. I'm dropping this app from Facebook. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Chris: If the application is updating your status then you provided the application with permission to update your status. If you don't want it to you should uninstall or just revoke the permission at http://www.facebook.com/editapp... - Benjamin Golub

There was no option for setting/unsetting any permissions related to status. If there were, perhaps I wouldn't have uninstalled it. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

I gave permission for the app to post to my wall, not update my status. This is a new "feature", separate from wall posts, it cannot be turned off and is annoying a lot of people. I wouldn't mind if it didn't update my status with stupid things (like twitter @ replies). - Neil Saunders

Benjamin Golub

All wrapped up

Wednesday from email - Comment - Like - Share

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I'm working on that too! - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone

Megen did pretty much all of it - Benjamin Golub

Benjamin Golub

If your name is Benjamin Golub and your lawyer's initials are DLA I'd consider finding a new one. She's mistakenly sent me 3 emails w/ personal information about your case. I've contacted her on each occasion and she has apologized but it doesn't seem to stick.

Tuesday - Comment - Like - Share

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Wow. That's scary. - Admiral Anika

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Novermber 13 and June 9 were the other dates: http://friendfeed.com/search... - Benjamin Golub

That happened to me for a while, only the chick (same name) was trying to send sensitive corporate documents to HERSELF. She got her own e-mail address wrong. - Lo

Jeebus H. - Ayşe E.

onoes... - Archangel ωαřмaiden

Benjamin Golub

Proposed OAuth WRAP Client Only Profile - OAuth WRAP WG | Google Groups - http://groups.google.com/group...

December 17 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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FriendFeed supports OAuth WRAP now :). Great job Bret, Luke, and David! - Benjamin Golub from Bookmarklet

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Does this make you the first? - Jesse Stay

Thanks for calling this out Jesse - Mark Essel

Thanks Mark - it's my pleasure. I love FriendFeed and really want to ensure others see what I see. - Jesse Stay

Bindu Reddy

Sennheiser USA - Around Ear Headphones HD 600 - highest quality ... - http://likaholix.com/bindu...

December 20 from Likaholix - Comment - Like - Share

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After doing a lot of research. I am planning on buying these headphones. They are really expensive so I am hoping that they will be worth the money I spend on it....Any advice? - Bindu Reddy from Likaholix

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Sounds nice. Look for deals. - ashish

Do they leak sound? When I was researching headphones I found that some of the most expensive/best sounding ones are pretty open in design and could annoy people around you - Benjamin Golub

Looks nice. There's a HD650 an HD595 on Amazon too. I wonder what's the difference. - Rodfather

I have a pair of Sennheisers and they are nice, but you might also want to look at the Sony MDR7506 sealed headphones. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MD... I've heard very good things about them. - Alex Scoble

I have used these for many years: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MD... - Benjamin Golub

Alex/Ben - do you know how the Sony compares to the Sennhieser... Sony definitely seems cheaper which is a good thing but is the audio quality comparable... - Bindu Reddy

I have a pair of Sennheisers (can't remember the model # right now), I purchased in England over fifteen years ago, and I am still using them. Excellent sound quality. They cost me around 250 UKP at the time. A worthy investment. I'd go for around, rather than on ear, every time, for serious listening. - Ian May

Yep, the V6 Sonys were routinely used in studios for many years. I think the 7506 is a step up. Since I haven't heard them in comparison to the Sennheisers that I have, I couldn't really comment much, but at less than $100 you aren't wagering much that the Sonys will be good. By the way, if you know my recent history with Sony, you know that I wouldn't recommend it lightly. - Alex Scoble

Be careful — a pair of high-quality headphones can make you need to replace all of your MP3s. - Mistletoe Glen

The sony 7506 is intended for critical, accurate listening. Which is why it is one of the most popular headphones among sound engineers. The HD600, however, is a different animal. Open back, designed for enjoyment, not analyzation, they are the kind of headphone you slip on after a long day of work to relax with a favorite symphony. Personally, I would not be dropping $400+ on headphones without listening to them first, unless your retailer has a very good return policy. - dthree

I'm looking into something like those Sennheisers. They don't have to be audiophile quality, just comfortable. - Rodfather

I've owned the Sony MDR7506 since like 1994. They are tattered but they still work and sound good. Although I still use them as my primary headphones, I would only recommend them for studio use and not for casual listening as they have a very flat and neutral sound stage. - Adrian

I've had Sony MDRs, too. Loved mine and the only reason I don't still use them was because I stepped on them and broke part of the headband. The cans still work. And I got them back in the '90s or something. - Spidra Webster

Oh yeah mine broke too at the part where the can connects to the headband, but I just taped it back together with electrical tape. - Adrian

There are good reviews here. http://goodcans.com/ While we're on the subject, I hope you don't mind if I piggyback with a question of my own. I keep going through wired headphones because I am apparently really hard on the part where the plug and the wire meet. If I knew how to wire and solder, I could probably cut them open, solder and reattach. But I don't. Does anyone know of a model that is particularly tough at that juncture or some aftermarket thing that will protect it? - Spidra Webster

Adrian, I tried but I can't get it to have the kind of tension that will keep the headphones on my head and close to my ears. - Spidra Webster

Spidra, you are probably better off looking for a headphone with easily replaceable cables. - dthree

I prefer the buds, w/ Monster or Bose, but the sound is excellent & comparable plus features noise cancellation - sofarsoShawn

Mine are loose too, but the headband fit kind of loose even before it broke. Sucks because they sound a lot better when they are tighter on the ears, but they were always kind of loose fitting... they've really been through a lot though. Most normal people would have replaced them a while ago. - Adrian

Do they even make such things, dthree? Do them make component headphones? - Spidra Webster

There are a number of headphones with easily replaceable cables like the Senn HD-25-1 II, AKG 240 (and others), and Ultrsone 550. - dthree

Thanks, dthree. I'll look them up and see if they meet my needs. - Spidra Webster

My recommendation is to go with AKG K701 or AKG K601 - I own both and can vouch for their superior audiophile #headfi performance. I use K701 for all my audio mastering - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

AKG K701 product page: http://www.akg.com/persona... Stereophile review: http://www.stereophile.com/headpho... Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/AKG-K70... - I bought them for $400 from B+H but looks like that you can get them for $265 at Amazon now. - the only difference between the K601 and the K701 is that you... more... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

I can't compare Sony to Sennhieser. I just know that the V6 sound good to me and the same pair has lasted me many, many years. I bought them almost 10 years ago and they are still in great condition - Benjamin Golub

Bindu: what will you use them for? If for listening while working at the computer, get these http://www.amazon.com/Sennhei... instead. They have great sound quality, they're comfortable, and they're less than $25. - Tudor Bosman

I actually find in-ear earphones comfortable for extended listening (and am pleased enough with Sennheiser's CX300s). The only drawbacks are the cable noise (mitigated by using a little clip to hold the cable at my collar) and the way they're too small to communicate to my co-workers that I'm listening to music and can't hear them. So I got headphones more or less like what Tudor recommended to solve the second problem and relegated the in-ear ones back to walking-around listening. - Andrew C

Agree. If you want to go with audiophilic earphones, I recommend Shure SE530 http://store.shure.com/store... - it has 3 micro speakers on each side. Very good. I won't use it for mastering but it's possibly the best darn earphone available in the market. $549 - bought it from B+H for $500. Before the SE530, I used to use the Etymotic ER4... more... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

I have a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50s for at-home use. Was originally looking at the lower-end Grados but they're all open-back which I can't use since I share my den w/my wife which would drive her nuts. They're quite good and none too pricey. Only issue with these circumaural designs is it makes for sweaty ears after awhile. I'm more used to my in-ear etymotic hf2 (used during... more... - ronin

the ATH-M50 is pretty damned stellar. most of the recording engineers i know use them when they need to check panning and imaging (for everything else you HAVE to use monitoring speakers) and they're definitely better than the comparable Sony and Sennheiser (i have various pairs of Sennheisers, btw. great sound for the price point). - Joe Silence

Oh yeah. Completely forgotten. Grado rules!!! Quite possibly the best price/performance in value. Even the SR125i are very listenable http://www.gradolabs.com/framese... - also auditioned the RS1i at a friends house and it was crazy good, of course.. The Grado consumer grade stuff easily beats anyone out of the water. I still keep a pair for guest use - good for kids who will go... more... - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

I ended up ordering the Sennheiser HD 202 and Koss PortaPro after doing a bit of research from this thread. I'm sure the HD202 is good enough for me. - Rodfather

HD202 sound fine and are what i use for casual listening. i have two little kids and if they destroy them it's only $20 to get a new pair from BSW. - Joe Silence

if you have a home recording studio, BSW sells a 5-pack of HD202s for $89. they're circumaural so they don't leak sound which is great if you're tracking vocals or drums or an acoustic instrument and don't want the monitor mix leaking into the new tracks. - Joe Silence

$89 for a pack of 5? That's a great deal, and I'm considering buying a pack, because those headphones are on my "I'd be sad if discontinued" product list. - Tudor Bosman

my only complaint about the 202s is the low end seems a little hyped and the mids are slightly scooped. that said, i'd choose them over the Sony 7506s ANY DAY, and those street for $100. really, the 7506s sound like pants to me. - Joe Silence

I have HD202s with me currently and I am hoping for better sound quality and experience by "upgrading"... - Bindu Reddy

the 202s are recommended MOSTLY cos they're the contenders at their price point. the Audio Technica ATH-M50 are a huge step up in sound and construction over the 202s and totally worth it. - Joe Silence

Benjamin Golub

The ESPN ScoreCenter iPhone app does push notifications now? Awesome

December 20 - Comment - Like - Share

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Configurable for your favorite teams and at different intervals (every score, quarter, or just final) - Benjamin Golub

Good stuff. - Louis Gray

Tim Costantino

Snow Shoing - http://www.saveapic.com/Users...

December 20 from Tim's SaveAPic feed. - Comment - Like - Share

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Looks like fun! - Benjamin Golub

Derrick

Y'all might get mad and wanna block me, especially my peoples in Texas, but I gotta say this and get it off my chest:

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I don't really like brisket. - Derrick

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and I quote "How dreadful" (it's okay I still love you) - aden

BLOCKED. - Akiva Moskovitz

All brisket? I mean I love brisket, but every time I go to a restaurant and get it, it's crap. - Rob Haas

Akiva, you don't eat beef! - Derrick

I used to and brisket was one of my favorites. - Akiva Moskovitz

Aw. Imma tell you a secret: you havent had MY brisket. juicy and tender sweet. An easy cut to mess up if you do it wrong, though - it can be tough as hell. - Archangel ωαřмaiden

I think it's because my family is from Memphis and our BBQ always revolved around pork and chicken. We actually didn't eat a lot of beef at all outside of hamburger. And now I want some slow braised baby back ribs. I might have to go to the store. - Derrick

I'm not a BBQ beef fan, either, Derrick. And I don't think I've ever tasted brisket. - Laura B.

Blocked - Alex Scrivener

I'm almost with you on this. It's so touchy. Can be good, probably is teh shoo lethur. - Jeremy (on vacation)

But Derrick Brisket is like the best thing ever... This is almost deserving of a block. - Rasmus Lauridsen

:(((((((((((((((((((((((((( - Derrick

Just eat the brisket gravy, I love that and I don't like to eat meat. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

OMG...and I thought I knew you!!! :( - JA Castillo

Don't y'all realize how much brisket is now available for you!?! And I don't hate it, but I eat it and I'm always like, meh. BRING ON THE PROK. - Derrick

:( - Michelle Martinez

Pork is the only REAL barbecue, it's true. Anything else may be smoked or grilled, may be served with bbq sauce, and may even be really tasty. But it's not barbecue. To call it such is blasphemy, rank heresy, and an abomination unto the Lord. [IOW, Derrick, I agree. :-) ] - Ladybug Heather

Pork and Chicken are the only real meats you can bbq. - Chrimmus Tad

Anyone who says that only one kind of meat is the 'real' BBQ shows a serious lack of creativity and imagination. What a very narrow-minded person that must be. How sad! - Akiva Moskovitz

LOL. You grow up in the Deep South and the part of your reality tunnel that concerns BBQ becomes pretty opaque. :P - Chrimmus Tad

I had to bing what it was and now I'm hungry... - Jemm

Don't ever say that out loud in Texas, Derrick. - Steven Perez

*faints* - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

BBQ and Mexican breakfast tacos are what I miss most about Texas. - Eric Logan

i'd rather have a biscuit - Chris Heath

I love brisket, but I don't think it's the best thing ever by any means. Pork chops or sausage (as far as Texas BBQ) always trump brisket in my book. - Josh Haley

I'm actually making brisket for Crimmuh dinner Derrick. You wouldn't eat it if I shared some? - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Now I have the phrase 'BBQ TUNNEL' stuck in my head. - Akiva Moskovitz

great band name - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Never had it. - Penguin It's Cold Outside from fftogo

You do not BBQ brisket. You pot roast it until it falls apart and then you mail me the gravy. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Derrick - that is an epic fail.... But you are way too awesome to block - Jeff (the マクダジ of FF) from iPhone

I'd eat it, Barry, like I said I don't hate it...but I don't love it. And thanks, Jeff. I try. - Derrick from iPhone

Oh, you don't BBQ that! That gets done in the pressure cooker with lots of onions, some water, salt, and a little bit of cranberry juice. And when it comes out, in go the carrots (omg, the best carrots ever!) And then you make the awesome gravy. And of course, if it has awesome gravy it must have mashed potatoes to go with it. (crap...now I am regretting giving up beef. See what you did?) - April Russo (app103)

Don't tell those Texas folks, April. They like their BBQ brisket. - Derrick

Derrick honey, I...I just...look this just isn't working out anymore. Let's just make a clean break ok, rip the band-aid off and move on with our lives? It's not me, it's you. - EricaJoy

What kind of brisket? There is a big difference between BBQ brisket and Jewish grandmother brisket. I love both - Benjamin Golub

Seriously though, really? God I love some brisket thats been coated with a good dry rub, BBQ'd, then served with the north carolina style BBQ sauce (vinegar based, not that ketchup-y crap). Fak, now I'm hungry. - EricaJoy

Benjamin, we hardly ate any brisket. Like I said, my Memphis-based family were much more smitten with pork. Erica, you know I'd go grab a meal with you anywhere. Might this make up for it? http://ff.im/d8new - Derrick

And now I want some Bar-B-Q for breakfast. Thanks, Derrick. ;-) Brisket when prepared well should almost melt in one's mouth. I also vote for the NC style sauce. - Mathew A. Koeneker

You're entitled to express your likes and dislikes. Others are entitled to disagree with you. Anyway on that basis most of the the US should block me, as I really do not like turkey. - Ian May

cosigned really. i don't dislike brisket, but i won't break my neck to get it like i would for some ribs or pork shoulder. - tiffany

I don't eat the little piggies. :( Swap that with beef ribs and I might have to drive down to LA. This is my not kidding face. - EricaJoy

Haven't done beef ribs in awhile, Erica, but I suppose that delicious dry rub could be applied to that as well. I'll keep you posted. :) Tiff: *fist bump* I do want to try some of this well prepared brisket y'all have been talking about, and Ian, I suppose I can't judge you for not liking turkey, although it makes me cry a little on the inside. ;) - Derrick

I...don't understand you anymore. I thought I knew you, Derrick Jefferson. You're obviously not the same man I fell in love with. - Call me Bronco

I realize I'm late to the thread here, but you gotta do better than that, Derrick. Still love you, dude. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3 from fftogo

As a BBQ snob the only thing I have to say here is: I don't care what kind of meat you cooked all day on the smoker, if you pre-sauce that mess before you serve it to me I will assume you're trying to hide subpar meat. For those that wonder, BBQ chicken (i.e. whole pieces sauced and cooked till the sauce glazes so nommily) is not the same as other BBQ and is exempt from the pre-sauce legislation. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

+10 tina. - tiffany

Derrick, I am from NJ and could care less what they BBQ in Texas. They probably wouldn't take too kindly to one of my BBQ favs, either: Fresh tuna and whole roasted bell peppers. The tuna is brushed with Italian pepper butter before and during cooking. My Italian pepper butter recipe: http://momscookbook.blogspot.com/2004... - April Russo (app103)

Hear, hear...that is the spirit, April! I love Q'ing fresh fish and veggies. - Mathew A. Koeneker

... - ★ Soner Gönül

Well, at least most people in this thread seem to understand the difference between BBQ, smoking, and grilling. Everyone up here acts like it's all the same. What's worse is that some people are so delusional that they actually believe with all their hearts that gas grilling is better than charcoal. I mean. C'mon, already. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Akiva: Who cares about semantics as long as it is meat and tastes good! :P~ - Jemm

Jemm, you have no respect for tradition! [shakes fist at the sky] - Akiva Moskovitz

Gas grilling? Seriously? If I want to cook with gas, that's what I have the stove in my kitchen for. - April Russo (app103)

How about electric grills? /ducks - Jemm from fftogo

DAMN IT THAT'S NOT BARBECUE APRIL, THAT'S GRILLING. my goodness! such blasphemy on the innanets. - tiffany

I don't think I've had brisket before. - Cheryl Jones

I have also had brisket cooked as a pot roast many times too. It cooks great in a slow cooker as well. There's more than one way to cook most things of course! - Ian May

İ didnt know it was a crime well not a crime but at least a reason for someone to hate u or wanna block you if u dont like Brisket :))))) Or maybe there's a story behind all this and I dont have a clue LOL - AxiDshe_

Jesse Stay

Potential FriendFeed Hole Allows Users to Embed Web Bugs - http://staynalive.com/article...

December 15 from Stay N' Alive - Comment - Like - Share

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Ironic that the Tweetmeme button's showing up here :-) - Jesse Stay

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Note that MediaRSS images don't show up in the iPhone version of FriendFeed (http://www.friendfeed.com/iphone...), so this hole doesn't apply to that version, just the regular version. - Stephen Mack

Good catch, Jesse. - Micah Wittman

Feature. Tweetmeme's image is no more out of place here than it is on your blog. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Bruce, that's fine, but I'd love for FriendFeed to say that. Otherwise I'd love to see them allow us to ignore the tweetmeme button. - Jesse Stay

How would your blog communicate that certain images should be ignored other than omitting them from the Media RSS feed? - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Bruce, FriendFeed can ignore any image they like. It's their service. - Jesse Stay

I don't want FriendFeed to decide which images to include. I want to decide what images to include. It's my feed. (I'm not joking or being contrary. It works the way I think it should work.) - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Yes, but you could decide which images FriendFeed blocks on FriendFeed. Personally, I don't want web bugs in my stream - I think they should kill them. It opens up for some interesting uses of the site, but I think it's dangerous. - Jesse Stay

That would work until you clicked through to the blog post. The problem has to be solved at the browser end. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

I don't mind the Tweetmeme button on my blog. I mind it on FriendFeed. That's beside the point though - the point is web bugs can be embedded by anyone in a post to FriendFeed, posting cookies, tracking IPs, and possibly more. If that's what FriendFeed wants I'm fine with it - it seems like an issue though. - Jesse Stay

I'm sure it was a conscious decision. They know how to make their own thumbnails. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Jesse: I don't think there is any security hole here. Certainly any external pieces of media can track you but it can't do anything serious like, for example, access FriendFeed cookies. Disabling third-party cookies solves your problem of being tracked across the web. - Benjamin Golub

The Tweetmeme plugin for wordpress allows you to put the image at the bottom of your RSS posts. I keep it at the top on the actual blog and at the bottom for RSS so I can avoid this problem. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Isn't this problem on you, the content publisher's side? You told FriendFeed to read a mediaRSS-enabled feed that pointed to images that you don't control. You introduced the ostensible third-party tracking on your own site, embedded that tracking into your feed, and had FriendFeed import the feed. I'd rather have FriendFeed import the feed as accurately as possible and have you remove... more... - Mark Trapp

In your RSS feed, you have two lines in every item block that need to be removed to fix this for you: <media:thumbnail url="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebu..." /> <media:content url="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebu..." medium="image" /> - Mark Trapp

Mark, no, that problem is FriendFeed's. If they don't want 3rd-party images that can dynamically produce content, set cookies, etc. on their users' computers they need to stop that practice. It doesn't sound like they want that though, so it sounds like it's no one's problem in that case. I was just raising what I thought was an issue. If they don't think it's an issue then I guess it's fair game. - Jesse Stay

Embedding offsite images from RSS feeds is not unusual -- for example, Google Reader does the same. As others have mentioned, if this is a concern for you, there are browser config options that will address it across all sites. - Paul Buchheit

Paul, thanks - that's fine. I just wanted to be sure the FriendFeed team was okay with it. Now to come up with some cool technologies that utilize that. :-) - Jesse Stay

it is important for publishers and users to be aware of these technical implications. this is a good feature for some purposes, and hadn't been apparent to me before, thanks for pointing it out - Mike Chelen

iit's a moot point since there aren't any friendfeed users any more - SuezanneC Baskerville

Suezanne, um, yeah - Jesse Stay

About that whole idea of disallowing 3rd party images in friendfeed posts: That might make it impossible for some people to have any images displaying with their posts if their images are not hosted on the same domain as their blog, which would be the case with Blogger's *.blogspot.com blogs. Plus, even if you whitelist the domains Google uses for Blogger image hosting, it still creates... more... - April Russo (app103)

Personally I wish more sites would come up with dynamic images that can be passed around via feeds (and email, facebook). The friendfeed image embed works great and gives people a snapshot of dynamic content without having to click through just to find out nothing has changed. I'm not sure what facebook's safe_image.php does but you can see the latest retweet counts in your facebook notes (http://www.facebook.com/note...) but not your media elements!! - Chris Myles

April.. I use flickr with blogger (they have a better integration with blogger than picasa for single images with captions etc). The sad thing is Blogger doesn't even include media elements for non-picasa images..including you-tube videos etc. It makes it hard to generate enticing feed summaries with thumbnails (via custom scripts, friendfeed, facebook). - Chris Myles

For a long time, since before you could upload pics to Blogger, I used a folder on my software site to hold all the blog images I used on my personal blog. Everything was handled through WLW, from creating thumbnails, watermarking, and uploading it all. When I changed hosting, I had to start using the integration with Picasa Web through WLW to do it because WLW doesn't support FTPES,... more... - April Russo (app103)

Benjamin Golub

The only working 17th century baroque organ in the western hemisphere

December 20 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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If an engineer hears it's baroque, he'll fix it. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

Whoops, 18th century - Benjamin Golub from iPhone

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Amazon.com: Canon Rebel XS 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black): Camera & Photo - http://www.amazon.com/dp...

December 20 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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$409. That is a tough deal to beat. Cheaper than some point and shoots. - Benjamin Golub from Bookmarklet

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Aren't you already shooting Nikon? The D3000's only $50 more at this point. - ronin

Yeah I shoot Nikon. This just looked like a good deal for someone without a DSLR - Benjamin Golub

Ah, ok. Thought you were getting a backup body or something. =) - ronin

I don't think I'm serious enough for a backup body :P - Benjamin Golub

If you were, you could grab a refurbed D60 body from Adorama for $349. :-) - Ken Sheppardson

Also, Newegg still has the D40 + 18-55 for $434.99 - Ken Sheppardson

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FriendFeed will now update your Facebook status when you update your FriendFeed status (or statuses pulled into FriendFeed from other networks like Twitter)! - http://www.facebook.com/apps...

December 16 - Comment - Like - Share

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There seem to be no official news so I've posted this as I've just found it on Facebook. Is this a good or bad thing? If I didn't want this but still wanted FB to import my FF posts what would I do? Basically I'm after a filter of what is imported from FriendFeed to FB. I'd like to filter out @replies and certain services. I don't want GReader posts being imported from FF to FB, can I filter these without affecting FF or GReader? - Kol Tregaskes

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Quote from the comments: "The reason for this change is the old Facebook API methods the application used are being deprecated very soon: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index... If you don't want FriendFeed updating your status please uninstall the application or revoke permissions at: http://www.facebook.com/editapp..." - Kol Tregaskes

i've been doing this from my FF settings for a awhile. - Thom Kennon

It's done this for a while. Back 6 months ago or so, the FF app for facebook was really buggy and didn't work for me anymore. Wonder if they ever fixed it. - Bill Kinney

No, it's been importing the status updates but they've not been turned into FB status updates. That is the difference. Bill, works fine see here: http://www.facebook.com/koltreg... - Kol Tregaskes

similar to how Twitter has worked then? that's cool. i turned that off recently, as my family kept complaining that i was too noisy. i could only imagine if I sent FF there. - Bill Kinney

Actually it appears to be a half-worked job. The imported status updates from Twitter via FF in FB still have the FF icon and it seems that is putting people off. The imports need to be turned into proper native FB updates. These imported updates could also be in people's filters. - Kol Tregaskes

Do. Not. Want.... I stopped Twitter updating my FB status because my FB friends complained I was making their streams too noisy. I want to cross-post my FF stream into my FB stream, but now there doesn't seem to be a way to prevent FF from making a status updates without disabling the whole app... - Andrew Terry

yeah, i gave up on that app a while back. native facebook can pull some things like Youtube likes, flickr, etc. It's slow to update but it works. - Bill Kinney

What the heck is a FriendFeed status? - Michael R. Bernstein

Starting a thread, no more, no less. - Richard A.

I'd rather continue to syndicate into FB from here using the feed. I like the idea that each one is a little advertising link for my FB peeps to click and find out about Friendfeed, - Thom Kennon

Michael, anything that is a status update, such as Twitter and Gtalk. if you post a tweet and it comes into FF it will then go into FB as a 'FB status update' but it's not a native FB entry and still had the FF icon which is annoying. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

Kol: the FriendFeed icon is there because the story (or status update) was created via the FriendFeed application. There is no way for us or you to remove that icon. It is for all intents and purposes a "native" FB entry - Benjamin Golub

I love that the friendFeed team is still working on updates. Any chance you can make it on a "per-update" basis though? For instance, I don't like Twitter going to Facebook, but I may not mind others. Or, at a minimum, I'd love to check a box on my Friendfeed status and have it go to Facebook instead of Twitter. - Jesse Stay

I've noticed one slight difference between application posts and native (link) posts.. The "view in applicationx" replaces the share button, which makes sharing an application posted link a multi-step process!! - Chris Myles

Benjamin, so will these updates appear on the status updates filter: http://www.facebook.com/home...? I can't see any atm. Also, I'm still after filtering out each service from FriendFeed in FB, e.g. Google Reader, etc. and also @replies. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Kol: the status update filter I don't think will work on them. But the app filter does: http://www.facebook.com/home... - Benjamin Golub

Benjamin, yeah already have that filter. This is what I mean but it not being a true FB status update. If people filter on status updates they won't see the imported FF updates. - Kol Tregaskes

Thanks for all comments! Yes, I definitely do not like the same things, posted simultaneously, from 1 person, to all accounts. May be I am ancient,hm :( - Slavomira Vladimirova

What Andrew Terry said. - Anthony Citrano

My facebook people and my friendfeed people get completely different input from me. Totally different audiences. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

m9m .. I agree!! My friends would be overwhelmed by my geekness!! - Chris Myles

I wish this had an off switch, or at least would only pick things up with some hashtag. - Christopher Granade

That would certainly help.. or by allowing you to share only a group feed so you can configure it automatically based on services and via the bookmarklet/status TO: values. (i.e. cmyles-facebook). - Chris Myles

Nice. Now I have enough way to update Facebook. I already use TweetDeck Ping.fm and selective tweets from Twitter. Now I can add this to my list. LOL - Patrick from twhirl

FB ha comprado FF/ FB bought FF / FB a acheté FF alors.... - ladeloslibros

i dont see that option.. it updates the facebook stream not your status... i have friendfeed posts in my stream but my status still says twitter... - Jay M

Stephen Mack

Catan iPhone app review - http://www.zeigen.com/blog...

November 5 from Zeigen - Comment - Like - Share

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OMG! - Kate Schmidt

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Hi Kate -- go get it! - Stephen Mack

I'm withdrawing my "buy it" recommendation until the next bug fix release. 3 of the last 4 games I've played have got stuck during the computer players' turn. Also, save game doesn't work. - Stephen Mack from iPhone

1.1 just released. Will advise if it solves these problems. - Stephen Mack from iPhone

1.1 is much better. The AI is way smarter: they'll box you in, trade away all of a single resource type and then monopoly it back, etc - Benjamin Golub

Benjamin, I agree -- only played it once or twice, but the AI is better (they gang up on me more!) and no more crashes/freezes. - Stephen Mack

Once they network-enable multi-player on it and fix the bugs, I might consider buying this one - Matt Mastracci

Bugs are fixed, that I can vouch for. Agreed on the multi player (although on my iPhone I play more single player games and almost never action games because I rarely have long to play, so I prefer strategy). I always really want a leaderboard. - Stephen Mack

April Buchheit

On the menu tonight: Shaking beef stir fried w/ vegetables

December 17 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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yummm - imabonehead

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I prefer my beef shaken, not stirred - Gabe

Did you light it on fire? http://friendfeed.com/bgolub... - Benjamin Golub

Ben: No, I didn't. The recipe didn't call for it. - April Buchheit

Jesse Stay

FriendFeed will now automatically post all your updates from status update services to Facebook if the FF app's installed:

December 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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From: http://www.facebook.com/apps... - Jesse Stay

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Who said the FriendFeed team wasn't working on new updates to FriendFeed? - Jesse Stay

Hey Benjamin, do these go out as actual status updates on Facebook, or do they just get added to the stream (via stream.publish)? I think that makes a big difference on whether I install this or not (I removed Twitter awhile back because it was overwhelming my friends). Another option, which I know isn't available via the API yet, would be to set a preference on which friends or friend lists see the status updates. Then it wouldn't matter. - Jesse Stay

stream.publish is used for all the API calls. Status updates (FriendFeed entries not made via the bookmarklet, Twitter entries, Google Talk, etc.) become status updates on Facebook. Things that aren't status updates (Google Reader shares, the bookmarklet, etc.) also use stream.publish but without the "message" parameter, just a link attachment (and thus aren't status updates on Facebook). Anything with images will have media attached as well - Benjamin Golub

For make benefit glorious facebookistan. - EricaJoy

Thanks Benjamin - that makes sense - Jesse Stay

Benjamin, any plans to enable the bookmarklet to update the Facebook status? - Louis Gray

Louis: since the bookmarklet implies you are sharing a link, no. It still will be published to Facebook, just not as a status update :) - Benjamin Golub

Rats. :) - Louis Gray

Sorry :). The "message" part of a status update is supposed to be the user's words. Most of the time when you are using the bookmarklet it's just the page's title. A work around is to just visit friendfeed.com and copy/paste the URL along with whatever you want as your status. That will become a Facebook status update. - Benjamin Golub

I wish FriendFeed had a backwards compatible way for me to upload photos and share them. Their photo uploader thingy won't work through a proxy, so I can't share photos here. :( - Otto

playing around with this now. - (jeff)isageek

Something I am confused about is exactly which services will and will not be status updates. There are some that I would prefer not to become facebook status updates and some I am cool with. I am not cool with my twitter @replies becoming status updates, nor am I cool with things like Disqus or Backtype becoming one. Do you plan on adding some sort of preferences for users to be able to fine tune this? - April Russo (app103)

agree with april would love to see some way that my @reply messages on twitter do not become my status messages on facebook - (jeff)isageek

April: basically things that don't have a link (unless the link is *in* the message) are status updates. For example if you typed "check this out" and put a link in the box and hit post that is a status update. But if you shared using Google Reader or have a feed setup to pull in your blog posts those are not status updates. - Benjamin Golub

OK, got it. Still would like to see some preferences similar to what is currently available for posting updates to twitter, to fine tune this and filter out @replies. I am likely to make all my friends and family on facebook quite angry if they start seeing all the fragmented conversations from twitter. - April Russo (app103)

Sorry for Cross-Post but Ben seems active in answering here. So, currently today I have FriendFeed posts in a Tab and a Box in FB but not update my status info or post on my wall. Do I understand correct that I will no longer be able to sync in this way? That's truly a shame if that is the case, I do not want to flood my friends in FB with the stuff I post elsewhere, it's not fair to them. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Dude, I found that one out the hard way a couple weeks ago. It's total poo. Even after I removed my FB data from my FriendFeed, everything I did on the Internet kept dumping into my Facebook news feed. Acquisition fail? - Jolie O'Dell

There are more discussions about this here btw: http://ff.im/d0ZMp - Kol Tregaskes

Brian Sullivan to Brian's feed, Photography United, DSLR

Lowepro - SlingShot 200 AW - http://products.lowepro.com/product...

December 17 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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One of these just arrived at my door -- anybody ever used one of this line? - Brian Sullivan from Bookmarklet

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I have one but haven't used it in a long time. It's a decent bag that I thought was perfect at first but becomes awkward/stiff especially when you are wearing a heavy coat (most of the year in Rochester). Every museum I went to made me remove it because it sticks far out your back and you can easily knock things over. I switched to a Lowepro Nova and then grew into a Crumpler. That style works better for me. - Benjamin Golub

@Ben - What Crumpler are you using now? - John Wang

6 million dollar home with a D700, 50 1.4, 70-300, and filters/caps/random things. I still have plenty of room left. - Benjamin Golub

I like and use the same Sling bag ... for day to day I also have a Kata Bag ..DR467 digital rucksack .. carrys MBP and DSLR and extra lenses ,, http://www.crunchgear.com/2008... - johnpiercy

I have an Off Trail 1 that I stuff things in now -- but there was never enough room for travel -- some stuff just wouldn't fit so I need at least one other bag. I guess I will give it a whirl to see how it goes. - Brian Sullivan

I use the 6 Million as well when shooting. Perfect size for 2 bodies (non-pro size) w/attached lens or a body w/2-3 lenses. Prefer the sling/messenger style bags over backpacks unless I need to fly. - ronin

nice bag. might have to look one of these up sometime soon. my lowe bag is on my last nerve - Morgan Haley

i take it you guys don't carry tripods then? at least not in the same bag. externally? - John Wang

i bungy mine to the outside - Morgan Haley

I don't own a tripod. With a D700 I never seem to need one :) - Benjamin Golub

I have a travel tripod but rarely bring it out. When I do it's got its own form-fitting bag w/sling. The Crumpler bags have this small strap on either side that I hang a small Gorillapod (for compact cams) off of though. - ronin

I use one rarely -- need it for panoramas and group shots that I am going to be in so I have a separate bag. I would like have Benjamin's problem/advantage. - Brian Sullivan

I borrowed one of these from my brother. I like it a lot better than my CompuBackPack, b/c you can get the camera in/out without removing the bag. It's very comfortable. - Dave Roth

I ve just bought 100aw... it sucks.. too small.. =( I wish I would go for 200. - ilgaz erel

hells yeah I've used it! ended up selling because it was too small for my many lenses. - tabbr

I opted for the Flipside 400; nice interior, and no trouble fitting 7 lenses and body. - tabbr

Megen Vo

It's cold! Making vegetable shepherd's pie and raspberry chocolate macaroons :-)

December 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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Our apartment smells crazy good - Benjamin Golub

Dan Hsiao

Any blu-ray player recommendations? Tempted to get a slimline PS3, but it's a gift for my dad so a PS3 might appear too self-serving. :).

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If I wanted a Blu-Ray player, I'd get a PS3. Seems more useful :) - Tudor Bosman

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The PS3 is probably the best value; it's a great Blu-ray player that's cheaper than its competitors. It doesn't have an infra-red port though, so universal remotes won't work with it without adapters. - Mark Trapp

The Oppo BDP-83 is very highly regarded: http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray... I have one and it's very nice, although it doesn't come with downloading services like others do. It depends on whether you want very high quality blu-ray w/DVD upscaling, want streaming services, or want a game machine. I get all the download services from other places and have Wii & Xbox 360 for gaming. It comes with an option for RS-232 control, if that might ever be interesting for you. - Cristo

I heard great things about Oppo in my limited research. I read somewhere that they are coming out with a cheaper version more in line with the cost of other players on the market (<$200) - Benjamin Golub

Dave Winer

It seems there are never any discussions on FriendFeed. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?

December 15 - Comment - Like - Share

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Unfortunately, discussions here have gone south... Vocal users have moved to twitter, but there discussions are lost. And then, there's facebook -IFAIC, I try to keep it "private"... - Panayotis Vryonis

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Nope, *plenty* of discussion here. It's when you're not around that you miss it. - Itachi

There was an article about how FF's quality has gotten better recently. I don't see it either, which brings a tear to my eye. We had some great, deep discussions on topics over here. That was Friendfeed to me, it was deeper engagement. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

And I can't give Scoble all the credit but clearly he was part of that... - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Where DID Scoble go?!... things have gotten awful quiet. - Thom Kennon

He fell in love with Twitter Lists and gave up on FF after Facebook acquired... - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

*wonders if he has transformed into chopped liver* - Morgan Haley

What kind of discussions are you looking for. We've been talking about the best Robin Hood all morning! - Jeremy (on vacation)

I agree. Little discussion here and every one I generate takes root elsewhere. I occasionally join one here, but conversation on FF has dwindled in everything I see. - Ken Camp

See here's the problem I see here: There are people that I have rarely, if ever have seen in this thread. Dave Winer is a guy who is famous in the social media world. People often sign up and follow the feeds of Winer, Scoble, and the like and that's all they see. When Scoble leaves and others, they agree with them for saying FriendFeed is dead. However, to the contrary, it's very much... more... - Itachi

I think for some of these people if you aren't a techie, your conversations aren't that important. That's one thing I've noticed that has changed on FF. There is less of some things, but a lot more meaningful interaction among the people who have remained. The people still here are the ones who value a different type of personal interaction. FF is still very active and alive. - Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)

dave - everyone moved to social median - Allen Stern

I think there's a big difference between "tech" and "social media". People like Scoble often mix this up. There is plenty of "tech" discussion on Friendfeed. And I agree, with Junebug on that respect as well. - Itachi

Dave, Jesse blogged this http://friendfeed.com/jessest... + http://friendfeed.com/jessest... . DeWitt is back http://friendfeed.com/dewitt... and Glen http://friendfeed.com/dewitt... is going strong. Also, Itachi (mohomed) has a good points. - Micah Wittman

Maybe we just aren't talking about what you want to see? Your FriendFeed != My FriendFeed :) - Johnny Worthington

Once again, the color of the speech bubbles are very telling here. Morgan, Micah, Johnny, Allen have blue. People I'm subscribed to. Names I recognize. The rest of you? White. What are you guys subscribed to, exactly? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Bingo, Rah. The less than active tend to be subscribed to only the A-listers of social media who they are familiar with. And who, alas, aren't active on Friendfeed. - Itachi

the italian section of friendfeed is quite vocal... - Alb.

The problem is Dave that many of the tech influentials, CEOs, programmers, journalists, etc spend their time elsewhere now. There are conversations but they are dramatically different than what were happening six months ago. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

I think Itachi said it best earlier. The influentials and the like were the common glue (or routers so to speak) that joined various circles together. The routers are now gone, so now we are left with disconnected LANs. Each hold their value to that island but there much fewer bridges any more at least for the technical community. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

There are still some very interesting conversations that happen here - you just have to be subscribed to the right people. Follow some of the OpenID guys (Micah mentioned a few) - there is still a lot of conversation in that area that goes on here. It's a great conversations medium, much better than Twitter. - Jesse Stay

I would argue many of the developers and programmers who used Friendfeed are still on here. Just because it's not the hot fad of the season doesn't mean it's dead. Slashdot isn't covered much by the social media kings, yet it's still alive and well. - Itachi

Entries on my home feed with 3 or more comments: http://friendfeed.com/search.... You're welcome to modify the number to come up with your own definition of "discussion" - Benjamin Golub

my FF has slowed down recently - people I used to have regular discussions with are either not as active, or not at the same time I am... as a result I use it less, and it probably trickles like that - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

I think those people who formed a unique community on FriendFeed are noticing less of a change because their community is staying here. Those whose community exists outside of FriendFeed and merely uses FriendFeed as one channel of communication may find more volatility because it's easy to shift to the latest thing. Dave, as someone deep in the tech industry filled with early adopters (and early abandoners) your FriendFeed may be more adversely affected than others like myself. - Kevin Fox

Dave subscribes to only 122 people -- maybe he needs to broaden his horizons? - Brian Sullivan

My feed has never been busier, and I'm getting new subs every day. Of course, I'm not very techy so if you are, our paths might not cross. - Derrick

Building on Benjamin Golub's search: here's the same thing, but for friends of Dave Winer: http://friendfeed.com/search... Looks like a bunch of discussions, several in the last couple of hours. - Mark Trapp

I think everyone nailed it on this one... FF is no longer the holy land of social media zealot discussion, but has retained a very real connectivity to it surrounding non-tech and some-what tech individuals. IMO, Scoble and the like are not the celebs of current FF, but true wonderful characters like Derrick are becoming them in their absence. If left alone long enough this place could really be cool. - SAM

Not all discussions are in the main feed either. There's a ton of active groups. - Rodfather

Kevin should win an award or something for clarity of thought. And to throw in my two cents behind many of the others here, my feed is nuts. I often have to rely on a subset list along with RSS notices just to keep up. Also, unlike the last few months, I'm starting to see a lot of new subs recently. My guess is that FriendFeed is not dead; it was just tired after a long squawk. Seems to be perking up quite nicely now. - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 Rodfather. Group discussions don't show up in the main feed unless someone cross-posts to their personal feed. Also, techy discussion is fairly limited these days, for the reasons previously mentioned. Mostly it's discussion about our personal lives, work or some article that may be about tech gadgets, but isn't really a technical discussion. - Jason Huebel

Oh, and for one, I would like to see more tech-oriented discussions here. Sure, I'm all about the hyper-hangout that FriendFeed has become but I also miss the hardcore geek-outs that used to occur here. And I just seriously can't get my head around people having the same quality discussions about tech on Twitter that we used to have here. - Akiva Moskovitz

Yeah, it's not possible to have a discussion on Twitter. I've posted some tech-oriented things recently and I'm beginning to move more toward geeky stuff in general, but a lot of my geekier discussions are in groups that don't make it into the main feed. - Jason Huebel

I actually think the conversation streams and peeps have diversified from more hardcore tech to more cultural, art, cooking! not a bad thing. just a different tone and nature of the conversations. i still like that quote from a FF denizen who said "Facebook is where i hang out with people i already know. FriendFeed is where I hang out with people I'm getting to know." Speaking of FB -... more... - Thom Kennon

Dave, let's back up here... Looking at your feed, 99% of your posts are just imports from other services (mainly Twitter). Then you hop over to FriendFeed and say "why doesn't anyone discuss anything anymore?" It's because you aren't participating here. Gotta give something to get something. Commenting on your own Disqus imports isn't participation, either. I think the fact of the matter is that people don't feel an obligation to feed the geekeratti egos now that they've all but abandoned the service. - Jason Huebel

The last reply you made to a post that wasn't your own was back on December 1st (http://friendfeed.com/chrisme...). Two weeks ago! And you haven't even replied to this post, which you made 3 hours ago. - Jason Huebel

I also appreciate the fact that a large majority of users are having discussions in languages OTHER than English. - Johnny Worthington

It's an elegant social network for a more civilized age. - Goran Zec

Johnny, why? - Akiva Moskovitz

Because it counters the thinking (or lack of thinking) of a few social media experts that places like FriendFeed and Twitter and other social networks only exists in western, English speaking countries... - Johnny Worthington

Not everyone has an iPhone, not everyone can watch Hulu, not everyone can play Foursquare, not everyone has unlimited (uncapped) bandwidth, not everyone wants to know the news the second it happens, not everyone cares who someone reads and not everyone wants to talk tech 24/7. I like it outside the bubble :) - Johnny Worthington

Maybe I do need to follow more people, but with the same number of followers there used to always be something interesting in FF to read about and comment on. - Dave Winer

I also love the non-English. gives the place both a global feel - and reality. I have peeps, clients, etc. around the world and FriendFeed is our agreed great leveler. - Thom Kennon

People you used to follow here have moved on to Twitter. Not many techies around these days. This leaves the rest, regular guys talking about regular stuff. But maybe this kind of discussions don't interest you. - Jordi Soler

It's like a garden, if you don't tend to the garden bed, weeds will grow. If you don't prune your roses, you just have dead twigs. - Johnny Worthington

@Thom and Johnny, I participate in the non-English posts fairly often. It's easier with FF Translate, even though I can only reply in English (and hope they can read it). Hey Micah, any chance you can make a translate thingamajig that goes the opposite direction? Translate my English to the language of the post? - Jason Huebel

Jordi there are still a lot of Techies - follow Dewitt Clinton, myself, Chris Messina, Dave Recordon even some times participates. Then there's Paul, Bret, Benjamin, Kevin, etc. of the FF Team. Cristo's a techie. I could go on and on... - Jesse Stay

In fact I probably participate with more techies than non on here. - Jesse Stay

There are a ton of conversations here and some are tons more interesting than others. This one is interesting. The question is though if you are not having a conversation here - where are you hanging out lately? - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

Dave, I've been following you since at least 1995, and long before Friendfeed and Twitter. It was because of you that I heard about and joined Friendfeed and I regret the fact that it's lost its momentum since being absorbed into Facebook. There is still no substitute for what FF used to be. But the circus has left town now and there is no way of bringing it back. FF will continue and... more... - Tim Ostler

@Jesse: Perhaps I don't follow the right people then. Anyway, it was not a complaint, it was just a theory of what has happened to Friendfeed recently. More international content (myself) and more "social" posts. Which does not mean that there aren't any techies left. I'll follow your recommendations, thanks! - Jordi Soler

I blame Facebook for all problems related to any lack of participation over here (j/k) - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Although "blame" is a harsh word, the Facebook acquisition was a significant turning point. Whether that's a downturn or not is debatable, but that's when most of the tech-elite skipped town. I admit to feeling down-in-the-mouth occasionally because I miss the technical involvement of the FF devs. But there is still a lot of good discussion here. It's just not as technical in nature. - Jason Huebel

Discussions are not missing. They're just harder to find. - Louis Gray

Jason, it's worth a good hard think and discussion. Posting translated text is a thornier issue (thinking form the POV of the tool maker). It commits to record an imperfect source, with any successive translations further degrading the signal (copy of a copy). Maybe I'm overly concerned about it, but like I said - needs more discussion. Thanks for getting the ball rolling :) - Micah Wittman

@kr8tr tried to hold a 30 min real-time Q&A yesterday via Twitter on "What's it like to be Scoble's boss". I bailed because little way to follow. Twitter search on "@kr8tr" kind of worked but you had to keep refreshing. Google search a little better. But it would have been ideal had he announced it on Twitter (where everybody is) and then pointed to Friendfeed for the Q&A. Not sure there's a better platform for that kind of rt discussion. - Nick in Manila

Another prob with Twitter in above context is everyone is using different Twitter apps that regurgitate the firehose at different rates so some people see comments much later that others. On Friendfeed, the sequence is at least consistent across participants. - Nick in Manila

Dave, you might need to broaden your interests. - zeroinfluencer

Nick: I agree. One little datapoint, though. Since Facebook bought FriendFeed I've gained 14,000 followers on Twitter. That is more followers than all but five people on FriendFeed have. The reason Twitter is popular is, well, it's popular. I'm sad that FriendFeed lost out, but it did. Oh, and Facebook has similar threading to FriendFeed only you have to refresh the page to see new... more... - Robert Scoble

Robert, with the 14,000 new followers, is that a spike or did it follow natural upward trends? - Johnny Worthington

Johnny: it's definitely going up faster lately due to new list feature. - Robert Scoble

So do we assume conversations are "dying"? (Hate the word, every once in a while something "dies" in the internet...) - Jordi Soler

It would also be helpful to evaluate the level of conversation that was here and has now left. Quantity != Quality - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

For each of us it depends who we are following and who is following us, and whether people with interests in discussing certain things overlap in time sufficiently with you to get a conversation going - I guess I need to change my follow profile - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

:D - ★ Soner Gönül

There's 59 comments and 32 likes on this thread. What are you looking for exactly? That said, I tend to read only the 1st and last comment in these long threads. - Vincent van Wylick

Vincent you got me there. Of course I knew there would be 33 likes and a zillion comments on this when I posted it. I am such an unreasonable person and you could see that! Your mother must be so proud of her little Vincent. :-) - Dave Winer

thats why i am out of here and spending my time in boredom ,reading or sleeping - ffcode

Vincent, the reason there is so much activity on this thread is because the topic is Friendfeed, specifically lack of activity on Friendfeed. People will flock to a topic if they can prove it wrong. - Jason Williams from iPhone

@Jason, that's a kind of cynical view, don't you think? This is a topic that's of common interest to everyone on FF. Most other posts are only interesting to smaller groups of people. That's not a bad thing. I think there is just a wider array of topics to talk about on FF now that tech evangelists have moved on. So the activity is spread out. - Jason Huebel

And again, looking at your feed activity, you spend very little time interacting with others on FF. Most of your activity is importing from Facebook. So your experience isn't going to be as good as someone who actually shows interest in the posts of others here. - Jason Huebel

I wasn't saying there aren't conversations to be found but I'm talking about his experience. He wasn't seeing any interactions on his posts until he posted about FF. Make your own conclusions. - Jason Williams

Which is why I said "again". Dave Winer's interaction with other people's posts is minimal as well. He comments on his own posts all the time. But you'll never start a conversation if you only talk to yourself. - Jason Huebel

Dave has obviously not visited the Life Scientists room :) - Deepak Singh

it's a hard sell when you can't engage with your own content, for sure. I'm trying to be better at adding commentary as to why I thought it important enough to (re)post what I (re)post rather than leave it to a bunch of bots to aggregate/shovel it out. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

But he did start a conversation, it's just that it was about Friendfeed so others joined in. Go look at best of day at any time and you'll find multiple items about Friendfeed. It doesn't bode well for a service if the most popular activity on that service is about said service. If you looked at Twitter and saw half of the trending topics looking like (Twitter fail, twitter is dead,... more... - Jason Williams

Jason, I don't comment on my own posts. That's the second time you said it, and you're wrong. I hooked up my Disqus feed to FF so you're seeing my comments there echoed here. Stop being such a wiseass, you're not half as smart as you think you are. - Dave Winer

I'd love FriendFeed discussions. You can't have them on Twitter because of the lack of threads and you can't keep track of everyone's message. One of my biggest issues with Twitter. - Patrick from twhirl

Ah, nice. Name calling and insults. But you've just proven my point. The "comments" are also coming from somewhere else. You expect to have people interact with you but you invest very little time in FF yourself. If you put even a small percentage of effort into FF that you do other services, you might actually see results. It's no longer good enough to import one's feeds into FF and expect people to pay attention. That ended when many of the tech elite left the service back in August. - Jason Huebel

The truth is, the people left here on FF are mostly "little fish" when it comes to tech. So one really can't expect to get 1000 likes and 2000 comments on a post anymore. None of us have a "fan base" that can support that. - Jason Huebel

I don't expect anything -- I asked a question. - Dave Winer

I think Friendfeed is evolving into something quite different of what some people predicted a while back. But it's not dying, no way. - Jordi Soler

Except when I'm addressing the issues I've pointed out with your feed, when I say "you", I'm using that as people in general. I can change all the you's to "one", if that will clarify. (Done.) - Jason Huebel

Jordi, what is your definition of dying? Is it different than people leaving en mass (with the exception of non-english speaking countries) and the talent behind the service bought up by a mega-site all the while people arguing weather the service is viable/dying? - Jason Williams

Good point. Dying as in "Geocities dying". But I see people talking about many things everyday. Just not the same topics there used to be. - Jordi Soler

OK wait, Dave. First you claim that there are no discussions on FF. Then you say you don't comment on your own posts. The way I was brought up was that a discussion is when you say something, then other people respond, then you respond back, and so on. FF, like most anything else in life, is what you make it. If you don't interact with people here, then you have little basis for complaining (sorry, _observing_) that there are never any discussions here. - vicster is...

vicster++ - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I don't understand why people think the convo on friendfeed has gone down hill. It is the same if not better then it was before. If you don't like the discussions from the people you are following then find some new people to follow. - Mathew™ one of a kind

i dunno about other people, but my FF is jumping so fast lately that i can barely keep up...and now it's mostly things i DO want to read about. - Joe Silence

vicster+++ I just skimmed, but this dude sounds like he hasn't been skiing for three years and says "how come no one ever skies anymore?" If you came to the FF mountain once in a while, you'd see my crazy ass every freaking day. I use FF more now than I ever have, more than I ever dreamed I'd enjoy. Now maybe you think the mountain has been taken over by hooligans, and that may be a fair point, but the caliber and content of my discussions do not make them non-discussions. - Lo

My conclusion, based on this thread, is that there is indeed some discussing going on on FF. Mostly of the "Neener neener" variety. :-) - Dave Winer

You can't base your conclusion on one thread of conversation with a topic like this. Why don't go and look for other people to follow and you'll see some activity. - Mathew™ one of a kind

Well, sure. You called us out. So there's going to be a bit of that. But in all honesty, there's a lot of good people here with a lot to talk about. You just have to seek it out. - Jason Huebel

@Dave: "Neener neener" is the response your comments require lately. - Joe Silence

Of course you don't see any conversations taking place...you aren't even subscribed to me. - Alex Scoble

+1 Alex, the Scoble of FF. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

When I said "Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?" I was (in case it wasn't totally obvious) looking for suggestions not lectures. I'm now following Alex Scoble. I check FF many times each day. - Dave Winer

Woo! I finally hit the big time! Seriously, though...thanks for the subscription, Dave. Much appreciated. - Alex Scoble

Dave, what type of topics are you most interested in? - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

If the FriendFeed community were not so oversensitive, one of the 100 comments above would have answered Dave's question by pointing him to the advanced search form, specifically the "at least _ comments" field and the saved search feature. Then he could quickly find discussions on his favorite topics every visit. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Bruce: That was the 23rd comment, from Benjamin Golub. How more/less oversensitive does that make us? ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

Good point, Ken. I searched for "advanced", "comments" and one other term, but didn't find that one. It makes the community 34.7% less oversensitive. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Sweet. - Ken Sheppardson

Friendfeed and Twitter lack the depth and breadth of Facebook, no matter which way you slice it. Gather the best minds of our generation, in many fields and areas, on Facebook, and you will not have to complain. Friendfeed and Twitter are, however, useful as secondary feeds into Facebook. - david beckwith

FriendFeed still saves my stuff, unlike Facebook where my posts are lost in the ether, but I do miss the more active FriendFeed of times past. I think once "best of" became a standard feature, FriendFeed shifted to more family, personal life, etc... discussions rather than "tech" stuff (for better or for worse). Even for techies, new/lost jobs, new/old romances, etc... generated more feedback & discussion than most tech topics. - Mitchell Tsai

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This thing is amazing. I filled it with coffee this morning at around 7:45am EST and it's still piping hot despite sipping all day. Thanks Megen! - Benjamin Golub from Bookmarklet

Thanks for the pointer, might need one too :) - Bo Stern

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This makes Gmail contacts sync (e.g. to phone) work way better. - Keith Coleman from Bookmarklet

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I can't believe how many duplicates I had. At least 80 people with 2-20 duplicates each! - Kevin Fox

Works quick and effortlessly .. - johnpiercy

Worked great - Benjamin Golub

This is super great! Waited for this for long time. - Bryan Tsai

Does work great, however I'm proud of myself that I've kept my contacts so organized! I only have 1 dupe. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Been wanting this forever... thanks! (121 dupes found. Merged. Tried again. Found 1 more dupe...) - Dan Hsiao

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Awesome. The critical question: Sour cream or applesauce? - Kevin Fox

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My Polish friend says they eat latkes with jelly or sugar. - Gabe

@Kevin: "or"??? - Andrew C

Sour cream :) - Benjamin Golub

BOTH! There is no or. - Admiral Anika

We had ours with sour cream or Haleigh's homemade applesauce. I put out some cinnamon sugar and jelly too. Bill liked the cinnamon sugar! Happy Chanukah!! - Marci Golub

Anything but ketchup - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

*fistbump* Silent3. I won't even get these at the German restaurant any more when we used to go because Adrian always asks for ketchup. - Admiral Anika

chunky or smooth? - Kenton

Kenton, when my sour cream gets "chunky" ...as much as I like sour cream, I give in and toss that thing out! ;) O, you mean applesauce. Well, I'm going to find that out soon as I made some and I am going to make some latkes soon (after finals) so I can try them with applesauce on top. One thing I do like to add to my recipe is either finely chopped cooked chicken livers or whatever's left of the turkey giblet gravy along with some minced onions and that kinda makes me want to grab for the sour cream. - Melanie Reed

@Kevin, I agree with Andrew and Anika, there is no "or" when talking sour cream & apple sauce for latkes. Regarding katchup, that would turn a otherwise tasty latke into a cheap diner hash brown. - Ragani Harris

Actually Melanie, I meant the Latkas. Some people use shredded potatoes, some cubed, some mashed. - Kenton

Kenton, Ah! even better! :) You have hit upon something I, too, care about in my latkes: texture. And I confess (though I have made the shredded) that I very much prefer to use mashed. This is how my father taught me. - Melanie Reed

It was a trick question. - Kevin Fox

Melanie, I am not Jewish but my wife is. Having not grown up with Latkas, I don't have the same attachment to them as people who grew up with them. I tend to prefer the shredded ones though, they don't get mushy like the mashed ones can. - Kenton

Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ

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"These are exclusive pictures to Reuters of a Canadian polar bear eating a cub that it killed and cannibalized. A global study released in 2008 suggests that climate change has turned some polar bears into cannibals. However, a local Inuit leader told journalists that a male polar bear eating a cub is a normal occurrence." - Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ from Bookmarklet

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male cats sometimes will kill kittens in a litter. Jealousy? Insecurity? - Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock

On a Planet Earth episode they mentioned that the only predator a mother polar bear has to worry about for her cubs is a male polar bear. I think it is a normal occurrence. - Benjamin Golub

Man's gotta eat. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

I think this is getting extra attention because it makes a good story apropos global warming. As Rev. above points out, tomcats often kill and eat freshly born kittens. It doesn't happen seldom, it's a matter-of-fact thing. But this too is probably caused by global warming, naturally... - Raoul Pop

Some male animals kill the young of other female animals so they'll go into heat and mate with that male. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

I wonder if he washed it down with a nice, refreshing Coke? - MVB (Grinch of FF)

lol@MVB - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Probably, with the reducing ice caps, this will happen more often because there's much more competition between males. - João Almeida

Probably not, João Almeida. The adult male sees the cubs as potential rivals and dispatches them before they become a problem. - MVB (Grinch of FF)

I agree with Benjamin Golub, I heard the same on Planet earth:Pole to Pole episode. - ashish

Echoing João, probably it won't happen bc of competition, but because there's no damn place to hunt! - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

I think it's probably normal behavior too, unless they can measure an increase in the activity. Male animals have an incentive to kill rivals' offspring. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

The question would be is this increased above normal or maybe a survey of seal kill vs cub kill - WarLord

Some guys will do anything to get out of child support. - Spidra Webster

Yup, normal. But still, poor cub. =( - ronin

Some male animals kill cubs but they usually don't eat them. This is not normal. Their habitat is melting, and they are starving. - \(*_*)/

... "During 24 years of research on polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea region of northern Alaska and 34 years in northwestern Canada, we have not seen other incidents of polar bears stalking, killing and eating other polar bears" - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... - \(*_*)/

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