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"But I am reasonably certain, my friends, that I own exactly sixteen Patek Philippe watches." - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-ba...
If you're looking for a good, concrete example of a guy who's right in touch with the aspirations of ordinary Americans, you'd be hard-pressed to top a guy who isn't sure how many houses he owns.
- Bill Barol
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Chandler Project - Welcome - http://chandlerproject.org/
Uber-nerdiness: Long, long, I mean LONG in gestation, personal-information appliance Chandler is out in v1.0. Anyone plan to give it a try?
- Bill Barol
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Addicted to FriendFeed? Try StumbleRead. - http://adamloving.com/2008...
Bob Kingsley, Ontario Emperor, Bill Barol and 18 other people liked this
Nice - is it possible to make this a Firefox add-in for a sidebar??
- Les Zaldor
Les - yes a side bar would be great. Shouldn't be too hard, but I haven't done an add-in before. Would solve some of the frame issues - via StumbleRead
- Adam Loving
Thanks for the likes! - via StumbleRead
- Adam Loving
only gripe so far is that I'm used to the google reader shortcuts (j,k for next prev), otherwise looks great.
- John Duff
@Les Yes, that would be nice.
- Kerem Ozkan
John - I'll add J and K. I got N and P from google reader :) - via StumbleRead
- Adam Loving
I can't get it to work. I just see a 2 blank panes. I want the love!
- Matt Hartzler
from twhirl
hmm... lemme look and see if there are any errors on the server side - via StumbleRead
- Adam Loving
Works great in safari. Very nice. - via StumbleRead
- Matt Hartzler
I wish the comments were reverse chronological so newest comment was on top. - via StumbleRead
- Matt Hartzler
Server side looks in good shape. Don't know about reverse chrono comments - need to take a vote :). - via StumbleRead
- Adam Loving
I was thinking of hiding comments after the last two. - via StumbleRead
- Adam Loving
OK - I deployed support for J and K hotkeys :). - via StumbleRead
- Adam Loving
Thanks Adam! How about collapsing the comments down to show the first and last couple, with a more link, like friendfeed does?
- John Duff
Another thought, is there any way to filter out posts that you have already looked at, unless there was a comment added?
- John Duff
John - yes collapsible comments sound great. Any preference on whether the comments are in chronological or reverse chronological order? So far I've got one strong vote for reverse :).
- Adam Loving
With regard to dropping read posts... I think I could make this work. I don't think it would be too disruptive because the posts get scrambled every 180s (to preserve the "most recently touched" order that FF puts them in). I feel an options page coming on...!
- Adam Loving
adam: nice job. small UI thing: is there a way to insert a line break after "{ } posted an item on { }"? as is, this line runs right into the title of the linked item, and causes a momentary bump as you're reading along. thanks!
- Bill Barol
Hi Bill - excellent point. I didn't want to add a full line break there in order to condense everything as much as possible. However, today I added a colon to give it a little more separation. hope that works for you.
- Adam Loving
Works for me. Thanks.
- Bill Barol
I'm pretty new to all this FF stuff but, to my newbie eyes, this is a great bit of kit Adam! Also love the way you're responding so swiftly to users' comments :)
- Bob Kingsley
FYI, links to NY Times articles seem to close the left-hand StumbleRead panel.
- Robert Gable
I wasn't able to find away around pages with "frame buster" javascript (like the NYT). However, I've introduced a new "pop-out" mode which doesn't suffer from this problem.
- Adam Loving
[Salon]: What's next for Edwards? - http://x.techwheat.com/1N7
JT Perry, Gerald Buckley, Dave Martin and Dave Winer liked this
"The former candidate's admission of an affair puts his political future, and a potential speaking slot at this year's convention, in jeopardy."
- newsjunk.com
" ...a potential speaking slot"? If they let Edwards anywhere near the Pepsi Center after this thing I'll eat my desk."
- Bill Barol
from NoiseRiver
Re: Weirdsmobile: Trailer Trashed - http://www.weirdsmobile.com/archive...
"Were they? All I remember is that one song. It's pretty good, now that I listen again. Plus they get cool points for having Garth Hudson in the video."
- Bill Barol
Re: Weirdsmobile: Trailer Trashed - http://www.weirdsmobile.com/archive...
"You know, you can't beat The Call's "The Walls Came Down" for super-deep '80s shout-singing. "They stood there laughing... They're not laughing anymore!" No, "The Call" Guy. They're not. http://www.youtube.com/watch..."
- Bill Barol
14 Ways Starbucks Has Tried to Revitalize its Brand - http://whatilearnd.com/post...
Glenn Batuyong, Giancarlo Angulo, Matt Craven and 5 other people liked this
The fact they still don't offer free wifi is ridiculous
- Nathan Hull
I totally agree. Even Peet's in SF offers free wifi, along with a lot of local coffee houses... Starbuck's coffee is always so acidic tasting...
- Ariane
from Alert Thingy
aw man, peets coffee is the business! and like the rest of you, it bites that you have to pay for starbucks wifi...i mean, DAMN!
- Tofu De la Moore
I was a fan of Starbucks' new Wifi strategy until I started explaining it to my brother-in-law and heard how ridiculously complicated it sounded coming out of my mouth. ("You need a card, and you have to register it online and link it to AT&T. Then you need to keep a minimum balance of $5 on it and use it once every 30 days. Okay. When you get into the store you get an authorization screen... ") Because, of course, it IS too complicated. Free, by which I mean really free and simple to use, is better.
- Bill Barol
not to mention the fact that their coffee sucks ass.
- Cameron Reilly
from twhirl
I agree. I want wifi.
- Ryan
And freaking wall outlets. Wifi without power makes me stabby.
- Kevin D. White
give me free wifi, and I buy coffee...otherwise, it's on to the next coffee shop I go.
- Bob Blunk
having AT&T provide its wireless is dumb. I can't stand at&t.
- matt ceniceros
Maureen Dowd - McCain’s Green-Eyed Monster - http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
Ro (Lilyhill), Dennis E. Hamilton, Business Blogger【ツ】™ and 6 other people liked this
"Schmidt has turned Mr. Straight Talk into Mr. Desperate Straits. It’s not a good trade."
- Dave Winer
from Bookmarklet
Must-read.
- Dave Winer
Full disclosure: I''m shallow, and therefore can no longer read Maureen Dowd without thinking of Tina Fey's hilariously cruel (and accurate) impression of her.
- Bill Barol
I worry that op-eds like this are painting the same "game over" scenario for McCain that he suffered in the early stages of the primaries. Clearly he came back from certain defeat to become the most unlikely of Republican nominees. I will not for a second believe that the GOP will budge an inch on their play book for the general election, and that McCain will have to watch his principles be thrown under the bus so that the GOP neo-cons now running the ship get the outcome they so desperately crave.
- Randy Hall
[looking for youtube clip of tina fey doing maureen dowd]
- edythe
1) I hate MoDo and try to ignore everything she says. 2) Whoever said McCain is William Frawley is either really old or a movie buff.
- Paul Rodriguez
He was Fred of Fred and Ethel of I Love Lucy fame. http://bit.ly/3KeJZk
- Dave Winer
Hmm. Why do I get the feeling somebody's already figured out how to game the Digg recommendation engine?
- Bill Barol
from Bookmarklet
Do you have a blog that is NOT about Tech/Social Media? What's the URL?
Tom Morris, Nicholas James, Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF and 23 other people liked this
ummmm
- Mark Dykeman
http://tvbythenumbers.com mostly about television metrics with some ranting/fandom type stuff
- Robert Seidman
http://www.ProProductivity.com - Productivity & Lifehacks. Online & Off.
- Zee.
I've got <strike>two</strike> three personal blogs. Do they count?
- Helen Sventitsky
http://www.blownmortgage.com/ - mortgage and finance
- Morgan
my jewelry (and randomness) blog: yolanda.vox.com
- Yolanda
Personal Blogs definitely count...unless you don't want anyone to read it...in which case...nevermind :) ...Just trying to get a glimpse outside of the box I'm in right now :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
hee.
- edythe
mrontemp covers social media, music, religion, business, soccer, and whatever else strikes my fancy. http://mrontemp.blogspot.com/
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Why, how kind of you to ask =) http://www.isthisstupid.com which is, obviously, about things I find stupid. This does occasionally include tech and/or social media, but that's not the focus.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I need to make a blog about my travels in Narnia.
- Ben Parr
Ben, I lol'd...srsly
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
http://biesnecker.com/stream -- it has some techie stuff, but it's mostly (going to be) about language/language learning.
- John Biesnecker
If you like photography here's my daily photo blog http://capturedimagery.blogspot.com/
- Jeff P. Henderson
Ahhh...ok. You asked for it, LOL!! Home blog: http://bigstarlet.wordpress.com , poetry blog: http://treaclepoetress.wordpress.com , and music blog: http://treaclemusicality.wordpress.com. Enjoy! :)
- Helen Sventitsky
In case anyone is refraining from sharing because they don't want to be in a blog post about blogs not about tech/social media...this is not that kind of party :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I am not smart enough for it to be about tech/social media. just opinionated so it focuses on the 2008 election, with a few other tings thrown in www.ilivetoshop.typepad.com.
- R. Ferguson
I'll be revitalizing an old blog but it will very very little to do with tech/social media
- Steven Hodson
Sean does *some* social media stuff, but does a lot of pop culture and general comic geekery at seanpaune.com.
- Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Rahsheen, I'm refraining from posting a few because I'm embarrassed at their state :D
- Mo Kargas
http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog... ah! photography
- Jim Goldstein
Rahsheen! Finally enough of Social Media! LOL http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog...
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
@Mo Kargas: That's just not fair! I posted mine and it's in utter shambles, thrown together between work and 2 side projects.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Personal blog: http://ambertides.org & Knitting blog: http://ambertides.wordpress.com
- Alix Whitmire
Wow some nice sites here, even a few I already visit (Snarfd by Mr Baskind for instance) @Stupid Blogger *sweeping em under the carpet and hoping they go away* :D
- Mo Kargas
http://pete-suite.blogspot.com/ is a bunch of business links and some personal stuff
- Pete Delucchi
This is one of my favorite non-tech blogs: http://poobah.tumblr.com/ He always finds interesting/hilarious stuff.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
http://krynsky.com/ is my personal site which covers many topics including my poetry although some tech does sneak in.
- Mark Krynsky
Well, since you asked: http://billbarol.tumblr.com
- Bill Barol
http://emergingpastor.com its a resource for new pastors and stuff natch ;)
- Steven
not that i'm actually blogging as much as I'd like but http://jasontoney.com is rarely about tech.
- Jason Toney
My friend has one, http://davincisbloglog.com ....... oh yea & forgot about my tumblog http://layoutsbychacha.info.
- ChaCha Fance
Oh, another good non-tech blog: http://almostfearless.com - about a woman who recently quit her job to fulfill her dream of moving to Spain indefinitely.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
(switching FF identities) The two Empoprises blogs: http://empoprise-ie.blogspot.com/ for the Inland Empire of California, and http://empoprise-ntn.blogspot.com/ for NTN/Buzztime games. More focused than the mrontemp blog mentioned earlier.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
http://www.peat.me.uk primarily a personal blog, is a bit of tech, but also sci-fi stuff, plus some posts for family/village/church events and such. Main topic in recent days has been posts in support of Dave Walker, a British cartoonist and blogger who has been the subject of some legal bullying from a Texan lawyer over seventy-five posts reporting on the collapse of the SPCK bookshop chain that the Texan bought. (see http://friendfeed.com/rooms...)
- Richard Peat
yup! http://balutpress.com/zhey - it's a personal Chrisian blog, a lot of apologetics and Christian resources, downloadable sermons (mp3 and pdf/word files), stories of struggles, pains, joys and basically, Gospel. I hope you guys hop by and if you do, please, feel free to leave your marks :)
- Zhey Chua
Personal blog http://davidrosam.co.uk. Food blog http://mealsonblogs.com. Photo blog http://thefirstcut.co.uk. Even my business blog is only peripherally about social media/tech http://dangerous-thinking.com
- David Rosam
from twhirl
http://www.penguinsix.com/ I do talk about tech, but also a fair bit about national security matters around the world and politics (my pre-tech careers). Occasionally a posting about whatever sails past my window.
- Andrew Leyden
My blog is rather generic and reflects my interests, which are not limited by tech/social media stuff. http://lotanbr.blogspot.com .
- Hayk H.
Home Ec 101: What you wish your mama taught you. http://www.home-ec101.com
- Heather Solos
I keep trying to stick to random tech-related stuff. It focusses the mind. But I;vebeen putting some photos up there as well. http://rbonini.wordpress.com
- Roberto Bonini
Organically Speaking: http://organicallyspeaking.org/
- Ricardo Rabago
Urban planning & geography (maybe a little tech in there too) http://www.lowflyingcars.com
- Zach Underwood
If you ever wondered How Real Estate Investors make money with no risk, then read my blog. I'm laying out the daily activities that keep me in business: http://dealsonwheels.wordpress.com/
- Jonathan.Rivera
I write a blog dealing with narrative, it touches on social media and technology, but the focus is on how we tell and read stories. It's actually touched on social media more these days because that's what I get on Friendfeed. http://rwvblog.org
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
from twhirl
Mostly politics and world affairs: http://outsidethebeltway.com
- James Joyner
http://www.expeditionamazonas.com these guys trekked and paddled the length of the Amazon River and blogged about it
- David McDonald
Several. Here's a group blog I contribute to on virtual worlds and gaming: http://www.vtoreality.com/
- TDavid
http://silas216.com. A little bit of everything.
- Steven Perez
I've just started blogging about economics and monetary police at http://www.johnbudnik.com/blog . I'm not sure that anyone will find it particularly interesting, but I have gotten a few people following me on FF based on earlier comments on monetary policy.
- John Budnik
Olympics are coming this Friday, what's your "must watch" sport?
Got to be Football this time cos we'll get to see some senior international players like Ronaldinho & more participating the game.
- Jonathan Kong
bike racing
- mike "glemak" dunn
Men's 100m sprint is the one to watch for me. The swimming events with Phelps and Grant Hackett should also be great.
- Barak B
Bike racing.
- Chris Baskind
Diplomatic Human Rights Gymnastics
- Stephen Pierzchala
Ditto what Chris said (cycling).
- Corie
But what about pollution? Do you think it might interfere with the outdoor sports?
- George The Writer
George: Yes, I think it's going to be an issue.
- Chris Baskind
Swimming. 41, that's FORTY-ONE-year-old Dara Torres. (Parenthetically, I REALLY hope the opening ceremonies include some sort of musical tribute to the children of the world complete with a rhythmic-gymnastics dance number and those kids swirling giant streamers on long sticks. Because that'd be funky fresh.)
- Bill Barol
wow
- mjc
The dash for clean air.
- jcunwired
@Chris: damn, I want to see the marathon and the race walk I hope they don't suspend this events.
- George The Writer
most likely swimming or diving, though I may watch equestrian cross country.
- clarke thomas
from twhirl
10000 meters. I want to see when the US will come up with another Billy Mills.
- Melanie Reed
Details to come about my night backstage at The Colbert Report... - http://davidlidsky.tumblr.com/post...
What? Dish, girlfriend.
- Bill Barol
Advertising - The High Cost of a ‘Free Credit Report’ - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
Helen Sventitsky and Morgan liked this
"But a couple of months later, Mr. Steele noticed the site had been charging his credit card. While he believed he had signed up for a free report, he had actually enrolled in a credit-monitoring service that cost $14.95 a month. He says he never expected that it would cost anything."
- Robert Seidman
from Bookmarklet
Oh, puleez let the FTC come in and shut these guys down. I can't watch their friggin' TV spots anymore.
- Bill Barol
Why does iTunes now constantly think ALL my apps have updates? - http://macenstein.com/default...
Nick Humphries, fbrunel, David Coyer and 6 other people liked this
I have the same issue. It's broken!
- Steve Rubel
from Bookmarklet
Seems to be a common problem. Same here.
- Holger Eilhard
from fftogo
I have the same problem. Plus, some of the apps had as many as 4 icons shown
- Brad Davis Seal
Same here. A pattern?
- Chris Baskind
Yep. Plus I have apps showing up multiple times in the Update window. Update via iTunes seems to be totally broken.
- Bill Barol
LP Cover Lover · Gotta serve somebody - http://lpcoverlover.com/2008...
This actually renders me speechless.
- Bill Barol
from Bookmarklet
Circuit City Orders All Stores To Destroy Issue Of Mad Magazine Parodying "Sucker City" - http://consumerist.com/5032518...
David Ward and Brian liked this
It turns out that this was the reaction of one humorless exec. http://tinyurl.com/58o9ue "We apologize for the knee-jerk reaction, and have issued a retraction order; the affected stores are being directed to put the magazines back on sale."
- jcunwired
And as one, America rises up and says: "Wow, they still publish Mad?"
- Bill Barol
Obama on offshore oil: "I'd tap that." - http://billbarol.tumblr.com/post...
Yeah, I lost a battle with myself over this one.
- Bill Barol
Amazing title.
- Zach Underwood
@Zach: Thanks, but please understand that I'm not proud of this. In my own defense, I can only say that I'm a weak, ugly little man.
- Bill Barol
Inside iPhone 2.0 Review Series: The New iPhone 3G Hardware - http://www.appleinsider.com/article...
Comprehensive review, hardware and software, rolling out through this week.
- Bill Barol
Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground by Peter Moruzzi - http://www.havanabeforecastro.com/#
Looks swell.
- Bill Barol
from Bookmarklet
@fraying: Was recently struck with an inexplicable ELO jones. One hour later I was sick of them all over again. Thanks, iTunes Store!
Coda: Two hours later I re-loved them, and still do. So... Damn you, iTunes Store? Aw crap, now I'm all confused.
- Bill Barol
IPhone: Doom 2 and Wolfenstein RPGs May Be Heading to the iPhone - http://gizmodo.com/5032191...
Bob Blunk liked this
Great news: All the hours I once wasted playing these games on my desktop I can now re-waste while on the move.
- Bill Barol
from Bookmarklet
The Isley Brothers – That Lady - http://www.last.fm/music...
.LAG liked that and Chris Baskind liked this
Ernie Isley on lead guitar... Aw hells yeah.
- Bill Barol
A Webware writer wants to know: What are your favorite productivity web apps? (can include Facebook and iPhone)
Harrison Hoffman liked this
Basecamp keeps me on track with work stuff.
- Caleb Elston
Gmail, Instapaper, Google Reader
- Steve Rubel
Remember The Milk.
- Bill Barol
Things. (now with iPhone app) http://www.culturedcode.com/things...
- Dylan Parker
Hahlo, An Amazing iPhone App for Twitter - http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r...
Scott Moskowitz, Sergio Cruz, Johannes Kleske and 6 other people liked this
Yeah, Hahlo works great, and feels bloat-free compared to Twitteriffic/iPhone.
- Bill Barol
Can't find it in the German app store. I thought this was the INTER-net and these boundaries disappeared. I was wrong.
- Alex von Halem
from twhirl
out of twittleator, twinkle and hahlo i use hahlo the most
- Morgan
Alex, Halo is a web app, not one of the new native iPhone apps. To access it, go to http://hahlo.com using Safari on your iPhone.
- Scott Beale
great find! This looks really sweet.
- Phil G
For Safari-based iPhone Twitter clients, I prefer www.itweet.com.
- John Walker
from twhirl
I've been using Hahlo for a few months. It's easy and simple. I love it.
- Ryan Kuder
Totally agree. Hahlo beats all the native apps. Summize implemantation is the killer.
- Johannes Kleske
indenti.ca or twitter? indenti.ca or twitter? indenti.ca or twitter? Hate cross-posting and duplication buggery...
Glenn Batuyong and Phil G liked this
For me, it would be a decision based on three factors: 1) bottom line: which service I like more 2) where most of my followers are 3) which service has the most third-party support (apps, etc). That said, I think FriendFeed needs a way to send a comment as a dent.
- Phil G
@J. Phil - yes. As I am hardly "connected" or a part of the social media/networking scene, it's been interesting to ponder this. What does either afford someone "off the street".
- JA Castillo
Never heard of indenti.ca :P
- Bwana ☠
Have tried using identi.ca as a sort of redundant backup against Twitter fails, but the place feels like a ghost town to me. (Reminds me a little of when I subscribed to eWorld in the old, old days.) I guess it comes down to the vibrancy of the community for me, and at least as of this moment, identi.ca doesn't measure up.
- Bill Barol
Identi.ca is great, and getting better all the time. The move towards XMPP Pubsub will make it even better, and of course an open standard benefits all.
- Jack Moffitt
[FriendFeed]: 5.8 magnitude in LA (USGS site linked here) http://bit.ly/1qivfC
Robert Couture, Edward Vielmetti, david beckwith and Lance Knobel liked this
shake em up baby
- Edward Vielmetti
Here in Santa Monica, where soil liquefaction has a pretty serious multiplier effect on quakes, it was maybe 12 seconds of shaking. It didn't even trip the gas shutoff. Cable news is, predictably, going nuts, but they're scaring out of towners for no reason I can see.
- Bill Barol
11 iPhone Apps That Will Clean Out Your Junk Drawer - http://mashable.com/2008...
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if you know what I mean, and I think you do.
- Bill Barol
anyone else think this is a load of bull? where are the truly useful apps we all hoped for? somebody give me a nextbus app please!
- Allan Grant
Totally uninstalling the NYTimes iPhone app. I don't need your ads or your strait-jacket UX. It literally makes me angry using it.
Damien Franco, Jennifer Van Grove, Urbansheep and 10 other people liked this
NYtimes is being rejected in more then one media. the problem isn't technology. the problem is the people don't want an elitist tyranny http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2008...
- Noah David Simon
The old NYTimes mobile web site actually seems to perform better
- E. Sengo Kiruluta
I actually think that of all the old guard, the NY Times gets it (the web) better than the others. Of course, haven't used the iPhone app yet.
- Deepak Singh
I dumped it, too. Similar reasons.
- Chris Baskind
Interestingly http://msnbc.msn.com was a much better mobile news site (to me) but iPhone 2.0 switched the fonts to serifed.
- Chris Messina
why use an app when the website is quicker? And has less ads.
- Bob Blunk
@Chris - Isn't a serif font better for readability? (waiting for Messina schooling on this one.)
- Chris Brogan
@Chris - on printed media serif is more readable. On screen sans serif is the way to go.
- David Petar Novakovic
from twhirl
@Edward Kiruluta (ekiruluta): I'm generally much less happy with iPhone apps than with the corresponding web-app versions: NYT, NNW, Hahlo in place of Twitteriffic.
- Bill Barol
from NoiseRiver
@Edward Kiruluta: couldn't agree more. Something is amiss with the app store. maybe it's too new and we just have to wait.
- Bob Blunk
Serif is good for print, and I like reading longer posts in 20px Georgia, but in this case, sans-serif was better. In sum, in depends. ;)
- Chris Messina
I like NYT app because it loads for reading when I'm away from 3G or WiFi, like in the subway...
- Len Edgerly
Ok, offline reading is definitely valuable. Can't wait for deployment of Gears for Safari!
- Chris Messina
I agree. It would be better if it updated only the sections you are really interested in. Having to pull everything every time it updates makes no sense. As usual "newspapers" still try to cover too much and provide too lenghtly content for these devices.
- Christian Oliver
from twhirl
You know, you just don't see old-world craftsmanship like that carved bear anymore. Welcome back!
- Bill Barol
from NoiseRiver
A Computer Glossary by Charles & Ray Eames (1968) - http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r...
Frank Roche, Jack (a.k.a. Jeber), Scott Moskowitz and 3 other people liked this
This is fabulous.
- Bill Barol
and all those IBM sponsored vids are works of art ...
- Scott Moskowitz
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