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RAPatton favorited a video on YouTube

L.A. Story Official Trailer

4 hours ago - Link

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I love this movie!!!! - Anna Haro

I love everything about this movie except the do wa diddy sign ending. I though the talking signs were genius, the use of enya was wonderful, the satire was fantastic and the foriegn language jokes were hillarious "L'Idiot" and "El Pollo Del Mar", but I hated that it was do wa diddy at the end. Still love this movie though. I say "I'm hot from running now" at least once a week. - RAPatton

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lol...that's a great one. I like to use "emotionally erect" when I'm around a bunch of condescending artsy-fartsy types. - Anna Haro

I hated it the first time I saw it but then one day it was on in the background on some movie channel and it got to where I found myself paying more attention to the movie than I was to what I had been doing at the time. I wouldn't call it a favorite by any means but I do like it well enough. - Akiva Moskovitz

"Oh, you're taking a course in conversation?" "Yes." - RAPatton

let's go get an enema... not a great date idea, but it's what I think of whenever I see Sara Jessica Parker. - Bill Sodeman

I often wish for a billboard in my life. - Michael W. May

SaNdEe* - Haggis

I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it, because I was so happy all the time. - RAPatton

Great movie. - Nicholas Kreidberg

As an L.A. native, you wouldn't believe how much the movie is true.... I myself am guilty of once driving across the street to meet a friend. - Chris Reed

And the bit about the four cars all stopping at the intersection, trying to wave each other in, and all going and crashing? That used to happen at the intersection a block from my house all the time (though it was usually just 2 cars). - Kevin Fox

definitely one of the best comedies of the 90s! - Jeremy Toeman

One of the greatest movies ever made. So underappreciated. - Sacca

Mrinal Desai posted a message on Twitter

“Headed to watch The Dark Knight with the office - sounds a wee bit better than f8. Dont you think?”

1 hour ago - Link

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Lindsay Donaghe posted a message

“Do you have an anonymous blog? If not, have you thought about it? I'm pretty careful about my posts online because of privacy/future employment concerns, but every now and then I'm tempted to start a blog and really speak my mind on controversial topics I avoid otherwise.”

Monday at 11:05 pm - Link

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I have two.. a personal one and a dating one ;) - Mona N

I had an anonymous blog until I remembered it was on a shared IP with some of my other sites. I should take this into the Heckle-Yourself FF room. - Chris Baskind

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A dating one? What, where you chronicle your dating adventures? ;) - Lindsay Donaghe

i at this point just don't care and will say whatever - Cecil Sandus

I've considered it, but I'm terrible at remembering to log in/out of places. Besides, everyone tells me they'd know me anywhere by my writing style, it would be a lost cause! - Evangeline

Last comment and then I really must sleep or at least try. After an extended google chat followed by a half hour on the phone. I can see why there are reasons to have a anonymous blog and on such a blog full confidentiality. All about sex and entirely NSFW or your mom. I liked it. :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

still am ;) ..but it's updated once every few months in like lumps LOL - Mona N

No, and yes, have thought about it. Had a rough period a couple of years back, someone wise suggested to me that an anonymous blog was a great way of letting off steam and dealing with the situation. I wouldn't do it today though, too easy to trace back - Duncan Riley

@Duncan, with things like Posterous.com do you think that would be easy to track who was authoring it? You just email your posts in... Create a fake GMail address to use for it. Am I missing something? - Lindsay Donaghe

I'm down to one single anonymous email. Everything else is pretty much spliced in here on FF. I'm all for 100% transparency. I got nothing to hide. Just don't stalk/lurk/troll on me or else. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I used to blog anonymously. I don't any longer. Most days I'm glad; some days I wish I were still anonymous. It's not so much "controversial topics" I worry about.... Rather, I do my best thinking/processing through writing. Were I still anonymous I'd be more likely to write (and hence better think about/process) things which I no longer do because they happen to be personal. - Joanmarie

I thought about this yesterday, then I figured I didn't care if people knew it was me writing these things. I decided that I would probably just use a different blog, not an anonymous one. - Rahsheen Porter

I have put some up on occasion. They have their uses. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

I've had a few. It's rewarding for a while. Now, I just try and speak my mind and assume that my future employers will be cool enough to get over it. - Nicholas Molnar via twhirl

go for the full rant in public.. it is attractive.. it is the future.. privacy is an illusion, the privacy an ostrich has with its head in the sand - gregory lent

I don't, but I am not that interesting. - RAPatton

There is no such thing as an anonymous blog. - Ontario Emperor

Ontario, that's not true. Except to people who personally knew me, the journals I kept from 1995 until recently were completely anonymous. In fact, they were written in such a way that even my friends had trouble figuring out if I were writing about them or not. - Akiva Moskovitz

I had an anonymous dating blog. I'm married now so like my old lucky futon, it doesn't see any action. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Good question. I've actually been contemplating writing a new blog that is anonymous that has more about life, love, work and reality. That was my goal for my personal blog, but since I know my gramma reads that one, I tend to leave out all the good details. - Lauren Beyer

Yes. Have had it for years. - Cyndy

I've definitely thought about it -- haven't ruled it out yet. - Shey

I have been bantering the idea around for a long time. There is a lot going on in my life, mostly not good, that I deal with and keep bottled up. I would love to have a place to just let it flow. It would be one hell of an emo whine fest. - Aden

I am pretty out in the open, so I have not even thought of starting one. Good topic though. - Ethan Jaynes

Mine's not anonymous but it may take people a second of Googling to connect my Livejournal ID to my name. - Morton Fox

Andru Edwards posted a message on Twitter

“Plan on moving my iTunes and iPhoto libraries to Drobo on network and comibining with wife's libraries. Any tips??”

3 hours ago - Link

Basically, I want us both to have the same location for our downloaded iTunes purchases (we can use the same iTunes account) and App Store stuff. Currently, I have the vast majority of everything on my local Mac Pro. For iTunes and iPhoto she needs to connect within her clients using the sharing feature. - Andru Edwards

No love from FriendFeed? Or is it just that no one has done this before? ;) - Andru Edwards

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what tips do ya need here? it's pretty straightforward... but happy to help if i can! - Jeremy Toeman

Basically...I dunno. I'm just frightened. Although, I guess I have a Time Machine backup if all else fails. The end result, though, would be that when I open up iTunes or iPhoto, it grabs the database and files from the NAS-attached Drobo, where I want to store the library. By the same token, when my wife opens up HER iTunes or iPhoto, she gets the exact same libraries from the NAS Drobo. So no more having to make sure I have iPhoto open at all times so that she can get into the library through sharing. - Andru Edwards

Andru, this article is worth reading... http://www.ilounge.com/index.p... - Mike Doeff

Oh, thanks for that article Mike. In the middle of reading now. Good info there. - Andru Edwards

I do this with my home media server. If you have questions hit me on twitter. Be more than happy to help. - Jay Martin

It seems that the issue I am seeing in a lot of the solutions is that it either doesn't allow two people to use the iTunes library at the same time, and/or Apple TV can't see the library. I want to be able to have both my wife and I in iTunes if need be, and also want Apple TV to be able to see that library as well and play files from it. This can't be impossible, can it? - Andru Edwards

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Techologizer is up, and Harry has a cool post about Vista and how ignorant MS thinks I must be. :)

4 hours ago - Link

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Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“Question, is the CE industry term "Wife Acceptance Factor" condescending or sexist to you? http://tinyurl.com/yu7kl”

9 hours ago - Link

Heh. My wife thinks it's a badge of honor :) - Gerry Van Zandt via twhirl

Spousal acceptance factor (SAF) is what we use. - Sean Alexander

"invisible to partner" factor is more useful term i.e. means 'does not need to know' and/or 'knows but tolerates' - Ian Fogg

It's a little of both, but it's a customer reality. When I was monitoring Moxi discussions on AVS Forum, a number of posters volunteered that the U-I "passed the wife test." Depending on the price point, there may also be a family budget agreement that needs to be negotiated - Michael Markman

NO. it's the same thing as generalizing that men like to have big honking speakers. - Jeremy Toeman

Nikpay posted a message on Twitter

“What do early adopters want? Quality? Usability? Community? Coolness? Efficiency? Hype?”

7 hours ago - Link

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Yes. - Brent Newhall

A hug? - Akiva Moskovitz

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I want you... to want me! *starts up song* - Mark Trapp

Bacon - Bwana McCall

♥ - AJ Batac

A bacon hug. - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 Brent, and add New to the list - Rahsheen Porter

I think just something that actually works, oh and I should need the product. - Jason Fleming via twhirl

To be first. - Michael C. Harris

Actually, I kind of disagree with the second part of your statement, Jason. I certainly didn't need Twitter but now that I have it, I can't see how I lived without it. In fact, I'd go so far as to suggest that that is the Holy Grail that so many seek: developing a product that no one knew that they desperately needed until they had it. - Akiva Moskovitz

We want the world, on a silver platter, with whip cream and a cherry on top. And don't forget the sprinkles. - Lindsay Donaghe

Akiva: ah so, so what I should say is something that you need (but don't neccessarily know that you need it) I believe Frylock had something to say about this concerning T.V. - Jason Fleming via twhirl

usefulness. - Alan Le

Do things that normally take 20 minutes, in 5. - Hao Chen

depends on the segment! a gadget early adopter is different from a Web early adopter is different from a phone early adopter. - Jeremy Toeman

What I really want from my software and hardware: a component that does it's purpose well, by making it ridiculously easy and painless for me to accomplish the task it's supposed to enable, which also integrates flawlessly with other independent components that might support and extend it's functionality in a seamless way. The components should be able to securely and transparently backup and transfer any data they generate or collect and should also be cheap or free, easily obtainable. - Lindsay Donaghe

heh, do things that normally take 5 minutes, in 1 - Chris Harris

Everybody's wrong. The answer is potential. - Louis Gray

early adopters are the ones who push a potential product up the hypecycle. they're not looking for the hype but creating the hype. - benedikt

Louis, I'm afraid I think you're wrong - and right. There isn't one type of early adopter. Some want potential, some want to be first, some are interested in the technology, some have a brand to maintain. There are all sorts of motivations. - Michael C. Harris

"What do early adopters want? " - something freaking spanking new and in zomg it hurts , beta status :)- I slightly agree with Louis on potential and I second the motion that every1 is wrong (so far !!) - Peter Dawson

Hey, you guys, there is a shiny object over there. RUNNN! - Hao Chen

Candace Holly favorited a video on YouTube

Pachelbel Rant

Monday at 12:07 am - Link

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I <3 this rant the only kinda cannon i trust is sammus's arm cannon I love the line punk music is a joke it's all just baroque - Cecil Sandus

a great video. I actually wrote a remix of the cannon a while back before I saw this. http://myspace.com/djrizzn. I think it's called Basket Case - Kool Kannon Remix on there. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

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I'm listening to the remix you posted there. Pretty cool. - Candace Holly

Hold up..Pompano? Whaaat? Fellow South Florida native, eh? Born around Pompano, grew up in Hollywood. Spent my club days down in the Miami nightlife. - Candace Holly

I lived in the FTL area for about four years... then moved back to texas after Hurricane Wilma. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

I think Wilma did it in for me too. I left South Florida the year after Wilma but, once Wilma hit I was like "Ok no more hurricanes" - Candace Holly

I spent 7 years in Miami :) I miss it ! - sergiooo (droffset)

I miss it but I doubt I'll be moving back there again. Too expensive! Ugh the cost of rent of my apartment was insane and I won't even get into the cost on the house. Plus everyone I used to stomp around The Kitchen Club with are now gone to other areas of the US save a very few. - Candace Holly

Same here, too much has changed,though there are still some great friends there, but also there's a place that makes the best, no really, the best fresh Mozarella I've ever tasted. I think it was called Mimi's. Their Canoli are awesome also. We'd fly back just to have that Mozarella, no joke, it's that good. - sergiooo (droffset)

Oh my gosh! Yes! Mimi's in Hollywood. That place was awesome. Every Holiday we would get fresh bread and things from there. Did you ever have the tiramisu? That was the best I'd ever had. - Candace Holly

I haven't had it, but now I'm trying to think of a way to fit in a visit to South Florida :) - sergiooo (droffset)

The Kitchen Club - sounds very familiar. Was that a popular goth hangout, or am I thinking of something else? - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

@Mark - Yes. It's one of the longest-running goth/industrial clubs on the East Coast. My old stomping grounds were The Kitchen, Manray (and later) Vamp and Underland. Sometimes Respectable Street up in West Palm but, not too often. - Candace Holly

I didn't go there often to the Kitchen, but I remember my ex dragging me out there a few times. I lived in FTL proper, Pompano, Hollywood (right on the broadwalk) and Davie. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Hehe you most likely saw me there but I doubt anyone would recognize me in "club" get up vs regular me. I was always in Hollywood, over near Memorial Hospital. Lived in Kendall with roommates for a short time and, Sunrise too but always ended up back in Hollywood. Now I'm curious as to who your ex is, if she went regularly, I probably knew/know her. - Candace Holly

Not sure how often she made it down to Miami without me. She was part of the FTL fetish scene. A fairly shortlived relationship that went out with a bang. Didn't end amicably. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

Wow. The Kitchen. One of the first clubs I went to and I wouldn't have it any other way as I never experienced another club like it again. A quick search led me to its MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/thekitc... which had a fun read on its history. - Gus Perez

@Mark - I'll bet you money I know her then. Now you have to tell me who she is if you don't mind telling. :) @Gus - the Kitchen is still moving along. My buddies still do DJ spots and, they still host parties. That place is a South Florida legend. - Candace Holly

hilarious rant. i like the basket case pachelbel mashup too. - Jess Lee

Thanks! It was a fun one to make, though I cringe hearing it now - wish I still had the source files so I could correct some of the errors I hear. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

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Why Migraines Strike: Scientific American

14 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link

would like to see a slightly 'dumbed-down' version of this, but as a ~28 year sufferer migraine sufferer its nice to see something! - Jeremy Toeman via Bookmarklet

Louis Gray posted a message on Twitter

“Of interest: FriendFeed has now added support for both identi.ca and Plurk. Add them to your feed here: http://bit.ly/ffmore”

15 hours ago - Link

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This may be worth a re-tweet. The again, I could race you to blog it - Charlie Anzman

Spread the love. - Hao Chen

You're going to win, Charlie. - Louis Gray

dozens and dozens of people are thrilled! ;) - Jeremy Toeman

Ah ... what the heck. Make it a PS to the last post ... (Why am I thinkin' Duncan Riley is doing it right now?) - Charlie Anzman

Ryan Block posted a message on Twitter

“Yep, it's true... I'm leaving Engadget to start a new company! http://tinyurl.com/5rab7e”

yesterday at 9:58 am - Link

Mitchell Tsai, Aaron, Joao, Jeremy Toeman and 15 other people liked this

Good luck, Ryan! - Holger Eilhard

Good luck man! - Randy

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so Arrington was right! - Jamie

Mazel tov, and best wishes. I'm sure whatever you do will be fun, interesting and successful. :-) - Dave Winer

Good luck, Ryan! Excited to see what's next. I'm sure Engadget is in good hands. - Mark Douglass

Good luck, Ryan! - Michael Gaines

Good luck!!! - Tamar Weinberg

Thanks everybody! - Ryan Block

good luck! - Alberto Escarlate

Best of luck in your future endeavors. I've been an avid engadget reader for some time, looking forward to seeing what's next.. - Aaron

Congratulations! - Mitchell Tsai

Best of luck on your new gig, Ryan - TDavid

Whoa didn't see that one coming. Look fwd to hearing what your secret new company is working on, and good luck with it! - LonelyBob

Good luck, Ryan and have some fun! - Warner Crocker

Dave Winer posted a message on Twitter

“[From FriendFeed]: Dave is of course an overwhelming popular choice for boys, but I was surprised to find that Hit... http://bit.ly/2oP9EX”

yesterday at 11:20 am - Link

other fun results: http://is.gd/10wE http://is.gd/10wI http://is.gd/10wN http://is.gd/10wP http://is.gd/10x3 http://is.gd/10xa - Jeremy Toeman

michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“We Want A Dead Simple Web Tablet For $200. Help Us Build It. http://tinyurl.com/6puzha”

Monday at 1:53 pm - Link

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It's called the iPod Touch :-) Well, maybe not exactly, but a bigger Touch would totally do it for me. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Also just read that HP released a touch screen PC (desktop) called the TouchSmart PC with wireless keyboard & mouse. Runs for $1600 I think. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

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That one's simple, ask Nokia to drop the price on the N800 to $200. Problem solved. - J. Phil

You want a tablet for a different reason than I do. I want to draw, use Photoshop, video edit, etc. I want horsepower. - Andrew Smith

could even make a SDK like the iphone and make money that way to make it cheaper to buy (tappstore) - tablet app store - Chris Harris

best 2008 idea ;) http://tinyurl.com/6puzha - Netviber

If only Intel would come out with a tiny, low power chip for these. Call it "Atom" or something. And then maybe work with companies that have experience building and marketing devices like these. Call them Mobile Internet Devices or something. And then get an open source project for tools to make building software for these devices easier and better - call it http://moblin.org if you want. If only these magical things existed - I can't believe no one thought of this idea before! Thanks, Mike! ;-) - Josh Bancroft

Mike, I hope you can pull this off. Seriously. - Warner Crocker

Meh. I was just trying to navigate flickr on a friend's iPhone G3 at lunch. It's not a dead simple web tablet. :-P - Richard Klein

Very cool initiative. I'm still wondering why it still doesn't exist yet. - fbrunel

commented there - but curious - is it $200 retail, or $200 BOM? is this sold online, or does retail profit need to be counted? - Jeremy Toeman

As sexy & smart as iPhone may be, i find it really hard to type on it's touch keyboard, would love to see the Web Tablet come true. I'm willing to pay $300 :-) - Majento

These cost $556 http://tinyurl.com/5qzpwx and the N810 web tablet is down to $300; $200 is very possible. Sounds like fun. :) - Royce Mathew

If this really cool use of leveraging the tech audience works, can you then move on to solutions for alternative energies?! - Bryan Landers

Please don't compare this to Nokia tablet. That's very different thing to TC proposal. - Peter

would be interesting to see if techcrunch audience can pull this off - wisdom of crowds .. - Raza via Alert Thingy

Use http://bit.ly/1hvHvm with http://www.gnewsense.org/, adhere to the same ethics throughout the design and I'm sold. - David J. Pettifor

No, i'm busy - James Tenniswood

It's the right time for a thing like that. We are very web-centric today and are not turning back. Almost everything that a common man would use the computer for can be done on the web. And the proposed price is at the sweet spot. Go for it TechCrunch. - Vinay

At $200 you will sell a billion of these things. That is the perfect price for a great idea. - Gary Schmidt

ok, what exactly is a web tablet? - Lee Kent

little ambitious on the market opportunity there guys... i'd shoot for <10K units max on the first pass... probably closer to 5K, then go from there. - Jeremy Toeman

is it just me or is TechCrunch down? - Geoffrey Hamilton via twhirl

Avner Ronen posted a message on Twitter

“cap and waffle at bluebottle coffee. can't get much better than that.”

yesterday at 8:34 am - Link

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Kosher Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

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Having liked that, I've also known Jewish friends over the years who love their ham + follow Chanukah. Bit like Catholics and condoms I guess :-) - Duncan Riley

Veronica posted a message on Twitter

“Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone!!! You guys rock <3”

Monday at 10:07 am - Link

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Good birthday to you, yet another time. :) - Daniel Schildt

ZOMG Happy Birthday! - Yuvi

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From me, too. Happy Birthday, Veronica. - Ryo

Happy B-day! Hope you got what you wanted :) - Percival Carti3r

Doesn't 27 feel so much older than 26? I think it's the extra syllable. Happy Birthday! :) - Kevin

Happy B-day... - Brad Parler

Happy Birthday, Veronica! - Kol Tregaskes via twhirl

Happy Birthday again!! :D - Daynah

Happy Birthday! - Chris

Happy birthday, Veronica! - Andy Sternberg via twhirl

happy birthday! - Logan Lindquist

that's what she said - CineVegas

Happy birthday! - Patrick via twhirl

Cheers, happy birthday Veronica! May this year be the best yet. - Andrew Baron

hope you have a wonderful day, http://flickr.com/photos/newfo... - robert steburg

happy happy birthday! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

What did you get for your birthday!? - Michael Narciso via NoiseRiver

Happy Birthday! - David O'Halloran

Happy Birthday Veronica! Hope you get to do something fun today. - LonelyBob

Happy Birthday!!! - Jeremy Toeman

Happy Birthday! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - JMS

Happy birthday, Veronica! I hope you're having an awesome day. - Lise

looks like I almost missed the party :) happy b-day :) - Naor

Happy birthday! - Chantal

Happy Birthday Veronica...Gift: Elvis Costello singing Veronica Live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Pokai

u can has happy birthday! - Chris Metcalf via twhirl

Veronica rock! - Pajama Domain via twhirl

Happy Birthday nugget! - Jeff McCord via twhirl

Add me to the list of well-wishers - hope it's a great birthday, Veronica! - David Swinney

+1 Awesomeness Gratz :) - David Smith

You rock even more, V! Many happy returns... - Jason Wong

Tad Donaghe posted a message

“Do you make a distinction between what goes on on the internet and "real life?"”

Sunday at 10:34 pm - Link

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I don't - I only consider the different between meatspace and the internetz (or cyberspace, but that sounds so 80s). What "space" is this? - Tad Donaghe

Depends. My personal life and my Internet life are pretty much separate. Work life and networking life... not so much. - Jennifer Leggio

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I don't have time for more than 1 life. This is it - all jumbled together. - Tad Donaghe

What is "real life"? Is real life something that you physically witness? If your spouse tells you something, is that considered "real life," even though you didn't witness it yourself? - Ontario Emperor

What tad said. - Yuvi

I think most people consider what goes on in meatspace to be "real life." I just exist in more than one space at a time. I'm transhuman baby! Ain't got time for just one me. - Tad Donaghe

I consider it relatively integrated, its just that you interact in different ways with people and on different levels. - Angie

Nope, I haven't had a "real life" since Linux 1.0 - Rahsheen Porter

That's getting really muddy for me. Most of my RL friends aren't that active online. A few are on myspace, all have email, none are on twitter, FF, or last.fm - Harvey Simmons

Personally, I don't. But some people have difficulties doing stuff IRL, and their virtual lives give them an opportunity to express themselves in ways that they couldn't do before. - Hao Chen

Is there really a spoon? - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I used to. Separate my real and internet lives, since most of my real life friends aren't interested in what I am... I think I need new friends haha - Mona N

I do have a separation. There are some things in my own life that no one else needs to be a part of save the people closest to me. However, I'm fortunate that my closest friends and my own boyfriend can share in the geekery of the internet. - Candace Holly

Well Candace - just because you don't care to share your most private stuff with all of your friends, doesn't mean that your tube friends aren't real friends. I don't share everything with anyone. :) - Tad Donaghe

I see no difference except maybe I am slightly more inclined to say things i shouldn't due to the fact that people have to hunt you down first to kill you on the internet LOL - Cecil Sandus

Well Cecil..it's not too hard to find someone these days. - Candace Holly

I'm more restrained on the internet, that's the only difference. Online, I can backspace/think things through before I say them. Offline, I'm just hopelessly tactless. - Evangeline

increasingly there is little distinction between the two (for me). That's not to say that there isn't a difference. Many people survive without knowing what a twitter, myspace, friendfeed, or facebook is. I'm pretty sure the same can't be said about real life tools and pleasures. - Jason Toney

For years, I was very careful about giving away anything about myself online unless it was via SSL connection to a single person at a time, and even then, I really, really, had to trust them. Now I'm a bloody open book ;) - Michael W. May

yes, but those barriers are falling. i have my friends and then my "internet friends." but there's A LOT of overlap. and it's hard to explain "this person whose twitter stream i follow" easier to call them friends. - tiffany

It's all real life, to me. - Shey

Welcome, to the desert, of the real. Its all the same to me too. - Parth Awasthi

It's part of my life, and that's real (I hope) - Iain Baker

Yes. What you read about me on FF, twitter, and my blog is a minority of what I'm really doing and thinking. That's not to say my online persona is dishonest, it's just segment. - Jason Kaneshiro

well, I guess the major difference is that for most of us, people in the real world have no clue about what's going on in the internet world (and unfortunately sometimes, vice versa) - Jasmin Smith

Andrew Chen posted an entry on Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen

Are Web 2.0 startups wasting their time with Web 2.0 early adopters?

Monday at 7:32 am - Link

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link isn't working... - John

nice post as always, andrew - Charles Hudson

The feedburner link doesn't work. Here is the direct link: http://andrewchen.typepad.com/... - Frederic

thanks charles! - Andrew Chen

felix posted an entry on #comments

We already reward noise, now let’s reward signal.

Monday at 7:43 am - Link

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Good questions there. - Ken Kennedy

Thanks... if I ever get a chance, I might try and add an option to the like compat calc to pull numbers proportionally. If that's even possible, haven't thought it all the way through. - felix

love the idea. never gonna happen. ;) - Jeremy Toeman

Mark Trapp posted a link

Bizarre Loop Building Nears Completion

Monday at 8:45 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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From io9: "This 755-foot tall building is actually two interconnected skyscrapers built at an angle and then joined at their tops, forming a continuous loop that houses offices in both the vertical and horizontal sections. It's one of the many instant architectural wonders that Beijing has crafted for the Olympics. You've got to see the weirdness on that top section where horizontal meets vertical." - Mark Trapp via Bookmarklet

Color me stupid, but won't that FALL? - Yuvi

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I'm sure there's some real science in how the supporting pillars of the building are creating. It's probably no more structurally dangerous than http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P... or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G... - Mark Trapp

I'm sure too (Those architects are probably way more smart than me), but just looking at that thing shouts "FALL" to me. It's even slanted! - Yuvi

I look like a carpenter trying to code in LISP, don't I? ;) - Yuvi

Looks like a pair of trousers to me. - Geoff Schultz

exactly the kind of building that many years from now people will look at, shake their heads in disgust, and exclaim "what in hell were they thinking?" - Jeremy Toeman

I'm not sure that will take years =p - Geoff Schultz

Haven't found the science behind it, but there are references to how much of a challenge it was to design it given that it's an earthquake zone. Here's the project page (with a bunch of renderings of the completed building): http://www.cctv.com/newSitePro... - Mark Trapp

Geoff: funny you should say that, apparently the colloquial name for it in Beijing is "The Pants." - Mark Trapp

[like] :) - edythe

Apple should pay big bucks to have to top of an iPhone sticking out of a pocket IMO! (This is why i should making big bucks in marketing!! Someone Hire Me!) - Geoff Schultz

Yuvi, you are cracking me up today *griN* Carpenter coding in LISP *chuckle* - Michael W. May

looks like it's held together with electrical tape. - Geoff Longman

@Micheal - I was about to say Perl, but I guess Perl is more useful sometime :D - Yuvi

I keep seeing something out of a dream when looking at these... a dream where muppets are building a giant letter "N" to live in. - Michael W. May

I think it's crazy beautiful. - Rick Powell

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message on Twitter

“USA Today covers Twitter, http://tinyurl.com/5m6kqr Not quite a household name. Do your parents understand what Twitter is? mine don't.”

Monday at 7:53 am - Link

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I'm am old enough to be your mom and I know what Twitter and Friendfeed are. I think I'm an exception though. - Judy Jones via twhirl

what's with all the pop-ups in USA Today -- they are really desperate for revenue I guess - Jorge Escobar

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Not many people understand Twitter before diving in and experiencing it. - Jody Carbone

I just ran a reader survey on pcmech.com and a decent percentage don't know what Twitter is yet. Of course, my audience isn't exactly the early adopter crowd on that site. - David Risley

Mine do...after my Mom didn't hear from me in three weeks, she learned how to Twitter to follow me and get me to respond before she tweeted publicly! - Lauren Vargas

Of all my tech developers friends, none use Twitter and never will. They just don't see the value. - Jorge Escobar

My mom follows my Facebook status updates which come from Twitter - Nick O'Neill

Any volunteers to explain Twitter to John McCain? ;-) - Paul Denlinger

My mom kind of understands. She doesn't do Facebook or Twitter or anything, though. I think she thinks that we would think it's weird if she did. (Got t