"in the spirit of rock star excess, I offer yet another. The main difference, if it matters, is that this list looks forward, not backward. So here, then, are 10 ideas that might make the next 10 years more interesting, healthy or civil. Some are trivial, some fundamental. They have little in common with one another except that I am seized by each, and moved by its potential to change our world. Return of the Automobile as a Sexual Object"
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"It’s pretty much a forgone conclusion that most folks don’t achieve New Years resolutions. It’s a crying shame really, I’ve been guilty of this failure myself. All of this failure talk reminded me of the 21 days to create a habit theory. Max Maltz suggested in his book, Psycho Cybernetics, that habits are formed in 21 days. “Brain circuits take engrams (memory traces), and produce neuroconnections and neuropathways only if they are bombarded for 21 days in a row. This means that our brain does not accept “new” data for a change of habit unless it is repeated each day for 21 days” (without missing a day)."
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"It's back to Dundas West for our next essential bar. Here we find one of Toronto's newest Hard Rock venues where there's live music at least three times a week plus comedy nights on Sunday. And Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap too. Today's bar: Hard Luck"
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"In the so-called primitive societies, there is a certain form of heterotopia that I would call crisis heterotopias, i.e., there are privileged or sacred or forbidden places, reserved for individuals who are, in relation to society and to the human environment in which they live, in a state of crisis: adolescents, menstruating women, pregnant women. the elderly, etc. In out society, these crisis heterotopias are persistently disappearing, though a few remnants can still be found. For example, the boarding school, in its nineteenth-century form, or military service for young men, have certainly played such a role, as the first manifestations of sexual virility were in fact supposed to take place "elsewhere" than at home. For girls, there was, until the middle of the twentieth century, a tradition called the "honeymoon trip" which was an ancestral theme. The young woman's deflowering could take place "nowhere" and, at the moment of its occurrence the train or honeymoon hotel was indeed...
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- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"More than 25,000 people have joined an anti-prorogation group on Facebook following Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to suspend Parliament for two months until after the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Christopher White told CBC News that he was upset by the prime minister's decision to prorogue Parliament until March 3, and decided to create the Facebook group, Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament, urging people to contact their MPs to get back to work. The group, which began last Wednesday, had 25,266 members as of 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday. "My first reaction was anger," said White, on learning last Wednesday morning while still in his pajamas that Harper would suspend Parliament. "And then this time I was like 'okay I should do something about it instead of going and having cereal.'""
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"New Year's resolutions often fail because toxic emotions and experiences from our past can sabotage us or keep us stuck with the same old thoughts, patterns and regrets. So we end up with the same fruitless results. Can you imagine waking up today without your past history of doubt, fear and the perceptions that limit you or keep you stuck in repetitive patterns? Can you imagine being able to design a deep and meaningful future based on your soul's greatest expression and your heart's deepest desires rather than on old, outdated, unmet needs and beliefs? This is what's possible when you've cleansed your consciousness. This is the magic of The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse: A Breakthrough Program for Connecting with Your Soul's Deepest Purpose. When you clear away the outdated beliefs, assumptions, behaviors and habits that are embedded in your human operating system, you will be able and ready to install the 2010 version of your greatest life. Your New Year's resolutions won't be a wish, a fantasy that you hope to fulfill, but a reality that's day has come."
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
I do to, and I'm sorry to even kid. I'm sure Twitter is being attacked constantly from various directions, from hackers to script kiddies to governments. I'm impressed they hold up as well as they do.
- Kevin Fox
I think we all share Kevin's views. The timing of Ev's share was very unlucky. But nobody wants this kind of trouble. They have been stressed to the limit with growth, which in theory is a good problem to have, and they are maturing. Tonight was a rare exception to recent continued good news.
- Louis Gray
Do the have a huge whale on top of their office?
- Jemm
LOLLLLL Onwards + Upwards to IRIDIUM!!
- Billy Warhol
“Yes, the discussion at hand is only about an image of a celebrity on the cover of a fashion magazine. But the ability to freely discuss the provenance and technical history of a photo, including those with more crucial news value—say, images of detainee abuse, or Iranian missles—is a freedom we believe should be preserved.”
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
Why does it seem to be the most liberal people in the world who want to stifle free speech while they accuse conservatives of the same thing?
- David C. Cooper
This is turning into a Milli Vanilli type of thing now. Is she afraid she will be required to turn in her MILF award when its found out she is Photoshoped?
- CW™
What I don't get, with the ranks of every social media, art, and blog out there swelling with amateur photoshoppers who could have made the above manipulation flawlessly, why are these magazines PAYING people who do such a piss poor job, and putting them on the cover of issues that cost $millions to produce? All the effort that goes into making one of these print magazines, and all the...
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- Matthew DeVries
The whole thing is ridiculous and yet I am compelled to find out what the end result will be.
- WorldofHiglet
Wouldn't you think "logically" that Ms Moore would want the pain to stop? Why is her team continuing this death march... Mark me down as deeply puzzled at an inability to recognize a loser
- WarLord
Looks like Demi has some Dummies in her camp. After the forensics, they just look like lying bullies. As if Demi would have been in on the retouching to begin with. What model or actor hovers over his/her images until publication? Since I'm not in the biz, I'll appreciate any correction if they actually do monitor this process, but I can't imagine they have the time.
- MiniMage - HLtW
They keep digging themselves into a deeper hole. Amazing.
- Micah Wittman
For being controlling of their photos, few celebrities can match Sara Jessica Parker (not necessarily to her actual benefit, mind you).
- Michael R. Bernstein
Just signed up around a week ago with livefyre. Have been more in listening mode but so far am really enjoying being able to really follow the live discussions.
- Jennifer Aderhold
You mean @replies are highlighted in blue? *mind blown*
- Johnny Worthington
Shiny! Must be better. Do they have a recommended users list? Can we get on?
- Chris Baskind
I thought that was cliqset? Only like 5 days ago
- Matthew DeVries
In biology, we refer to that colorscheme as "aposomatic". It means it's poisonous and will kill you if you consume it. Unless of course it's practicing Muelerian mimicry, where it pretends to be a poisonous thing, when in fact it's tasty and nutritious, like the Viceroy butterfly to the vomit inducing Monarch.
- Matthew DeVries
And oh my Bob in heaven...they are totally committed to this "fire" theme. It's like a restaurant that goes all the way to the hilt, calling bathrooms "Buckaroos and Daisies" "Maties and Wenches" etc.
- Matthew DeVries
And now I have that stupid Billy Joel song in my head... DAMN YOU SCOBLE
- Johnny Worthington
Well on the plus side, Livefyre allows you to report a user for things like "hyperbole"
- Eric Logan
Wow. That's ugly. I can't get beyond the ugly.
- Yolanda
I definitely am stoked to see live conversations, organized, too -- but I lasted about 25 seconds on the site
- Christopher Galtenberg
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh I get it now... It's threaded Twitter conversations... except without using Twitter kinda... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... I wonder if it has the same 'noise problem' as FriendFeed does...
- Johnny Worthington
Looks like the type of site where the comments are going to be those of the YouTube variety.
- Yolanda
No time/date stamps, which made me a little confused, until I realized the comments were apparently last --> first
- MiniMage - HLtW
UGLY! No time stamps, can only see one conversation at at time. It think I'll stay here thank-you-very-much!
- Jeff P. Henderson
There are currently no fyres about sex. This site is either fake or not of this Internet.
- Andy Bakun
Doesn't really compare to Friendfeed as one of the main features of FF is still that it is an aggregator of all things. But there are some nice ideas in there. Will definitely have a look at it again over the coming weeks, hoping they will clean up the interface a bit. To little screen estate for the actual conversation and too much clutter around it.
- Mike Hellers
FriendFeed Comment is the new Yelp Talk. This tweet is useless without screenshots.
- Tim Jones
Is this a joke? It should be called HeadAyche.
- phil baumann
It's ugly yes, but come on guys, say something new. The ability to break sub-conversations out is interesting. They should look at creating new rooms in IRC.
- Kartik Agaram
Also, it seems like the conversations are more like IMs between a small number of individuals, seems like a lot of noise and not much true value... Could just be the quality of individuals participating of course... Something to watch, much like Google Wave in 2010
- Chris Reichow
I remember when everyone thought FriendFeed was ugly.
- Robert Scoble
Like Friendfeed, Livefyre allows people to join in conversations, but I don't see how it's better organized. I like the idea of kicking somebody off the thread if he/she gets too unruly, but I'm afraid someone might abuse it in the future and the result would be a thread that only the originator of the thread would like. I would rather have haters on a thread to show a semblance of balance. Livefyre's a great tool and hope to see more improvements in the future.
- Robert Sanchez Jr
It's better organized because you can find conversations by tags. So I can see only tech conversations. Here on FriendFeed I see all sorts of conversations mixed together. Also, LiveFyre lets you have threaded conversations, which makes long conversations much more useful.
- Robert Scoble
Wait, you can still see after looking at that page?
- Jimminy Fuller
Robert, you can really improve your Friendfeed experience by using lists. There's also robust search -- and metadata! I read that somewhere, at least. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
I think Robert's point is that FF lists only tag *people*, not conversations.
- Michael R. Bernstein
hmmm...Michael and Robert has a point there. It takes quite a bit of an effort to search for subjects/topics in Friendfeed/Twitter/Facebook as these seem to be more user-centric sites whereas Livefyre is more of a topic-centric. In Livefyre you can follow a topic instead of a person.
- Robert Sanchez Jr
Interesting how many people are focused on the look rather than the substance. This site has a lot of potential.
- Josh Fialkoff
Josh - Pretty is pretty important. I have to stare at that UI for hours and hours. It's best that it not make me stabby and depressed. I don't care if the site cures cancer, nothing is worth staring into that mess for that long.
- Matthew DeVries
This is a mess of a UI - If I'm looking for a real FF Clone, I'll go with Cliqset. It's about 2000 times prettier, same function, and none of those uncomfortably lame fire puns.
- Matthew DeVries
A comment to the effect that it was odd not to see a fire about sex impelled me to try to start one: "What do you think about sex? Join my conversation happening now on #LiveFyrehttp://su.pr/1LBCYf "
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Tags? People have to actually *create* those, and conversations are too throw-away to really have that done well, and avoid spamming (witness hash tags). That said, I have a saved search here on FF that shows me entries that have "protip" in the content, and it updates live. FF not having threaded comments is actually an advantage, it keeps things on topic and encourages creating new root entries as things diverge, or creating a room to centralize stuff on a single topic.
- Andy Bakun
I'll wait for the new UI in 2 weeks, I don't see anything appealing at all.
- Kol Tregaskes
Were a VC bankrolling these guys, there'd be WTF-AYFI meeting called yesterday to discuss this UI. Phrases like "not going to take this seriously" and "my money elsewhere" would be tossed about.
- Matthew DeVries
Ugly. Also unusable. Why is the actual talk box so narrow? Nothing like endless amounts of scrolling... I call fail.
- Otto
We should call this a ScobleRoll. He shamelessly pimps some site and we all flock to it to see what's going on only to find out it's utter rubbish. Next he'll be like, 'Hey, want to have a personalized site where you can share information with your friends while learning valuable web development skills? http://angelfire.com/ is the way to go. Getting a demo now.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
DO ANYBODY NO WHY SCOBLE IS USING A DEAD SERVICE TO PIMP ANOTHER SERVICE?
- Gunny Say RELAX ™
gonna have to vote for FriendFeed - nothing that compelling on LiveFyre yet.
- Bill Sanders
I didn't like how the conversation was updated from the top rather than from the bottom like FF. Trying to catch up on a conversation was a nightmare with the text moving off from where I was reading it the whole time.
- 1x29
I can only imagine they are a little gutted to have courted Scoble's help / influence in getting their product more known when the initial feedback is surely what they knew already themselves [i.e. it looks awful! :)]
- 1x29
Fire puns are worse than the hideousness. "Is it in brush fyre or wild fyre?" The illusive sex threads are probably called "fyre crotches". It's also kind of insensitive since California burns to the ground every spring. Who wants to participate in a "forest fyre" about the forest fire where your friend grandmother just died. There's no RL analog to a Ff thread or Twitter tag that could offend.
- Matthew DeVries
Why wouldn't the illusive sex threads be called "bush fyres?"
- Jimminy Fuller
You can't swing a dead-cat without finding someone's profile declaring themselves a "Branding expert". You'd think someone would have told them how horrible and tedious punning up your brand is.
- Matthew DeVries
My friend is in NOLA today. He wrote "Hell is a Bourbon Street Krystal full of chirpy hookers and grumpy pimps at 5:30 on a Monday morning." so I sent my favorite NOLA photo to him.
- Russellreno
from Bookmarklet
Jay Michaelson: The Meaning of Avatar: Everything is God (A Response to Ross Douthat and other naysayers of 'pantheism') - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-mic...
"pantheism opens a path to numinous experience for people uncomfortable with the literal-mindedness of the monotheistic religions — with their miracle-working deities and holy books, their virgin births and resurrected bodies. As the Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski noted, attributing divinity to the natural world helps “bring God closer to human experience,” while “depriving him of recognizable personal traits.” For anyone who pines for transcendence but recoils at the idea of a demanding Almighty who interferes in human affairs, this is an ideal combination. Indeed, it represents a form of religion that even atheists can support. Richard Dawkins has called pantheism “a sexed-up atheism.” (He means that as a compliment.) Sam Harris concluded his polemic “The End of Faith” by rhapsodizing about the mystical experiences available from immersion in “the roiling mystery of the world.” Citing Albert Einstein’s expression of religious awe at the “beauty and sublimity” of the universe, Dawkins allows, “In this sense I too am religious.”"
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
Very artistic photo in a wonderful photo album. The female body is such a work of art and I enjoy those who can photograph tasteful yet give a stunning message. I loved "Love Kills"
- H0llywoodWh0re
wow!! I posted some Xmas Cheer for U today!!
- Billy Warhol
"I'm Lauren, self-proclaimed "dweeb," and "the coolest person I know." Twenty-something mom, making fonts & designing stuff in my free time. What began as doodling Fraktur during class, as an adult became focused creation of typographic art for print and for screen, including this digital type experiment I call "Nymphont.""
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"A marathon negotiating session on Friday clinched an agreement with Democrat Ben Nelson ensuring federal funds would not be used to pay for abortions and providing extra Medicaid funds for his home state of Nebraska. Nelson, a strong abortion rights opponent, had been the elusive 60th vote for the sweeping revamp, Obama's top legislative priority and the subject of intense political brawling for months. "Today is a major step forward for the American people," Obama said at the White House. "After a nearly century-long struggle we are on the cusp of making healthcare reform a reality in the United States of America.""
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"Sex, porn, and Michael Jackson were among the most popular items kids searched for online in 2009, as tracked by Symantec's OnlineFamily.Norton."
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
kutular da "biri dokunsa da yıkılsak" diye bekliyormuş sanki :)
- Mehmet Alkulak
sigortadan para almak icin yapmışlardır:P
- Tuncay Aydin
raf sistemi tonaja göre yapılmamış proje hatası var tek sıra raf olmaz ve raf başlarında derbe demirleri olması gerekiyor herhangi böyle çarpmaları engellemek için.
- serhan
her rafta üç palet var raflar 3 ton taşımay kapastelidir fazla yüklenmiş paletler yüksek daha ağırdır zaten dokunsan labirent gibi gidicekmiş gitmişde zaten.
- serhan
"MOSCOW, Russia - A big "whoops" for one employee operating a forklift inside a liquor warehouse in Russia. A security camera capturing the incident as the forklift plows into a shelf which causes it to collapse into another one. As a result, hundreds of boxes of vodka come crashing down. It is estimated $170,000 worth of alcohol was destroyed." [http://go.mamund.com/ydq3]
- MikeAmundsen
Good grief. They're lucky if they weren't killed. I hope they weren't hurt. That looks like a case of a poorly constructed warehouse to me. That kind of chain reaction shouldn't be able to happen just because of one little bump like that. The shelves fell into pieces and everything.
- Kamilah Gill
heheheheee I love Drinkin' on da Job!!
- Billy Warhol
Kitap bağış kampanyasına çağrı... Kitaplarınızı "Başak Sayan / Mustafa Esen" adına Aydın Üniversitesi Sefaköy İstanbul adresine gönderin. Tam adres : Aydın Üniversitesi İnönü Caddesi. Beşyol Mahallesi. No:40. Sefaköy / İstanbul. (Aras Kargo ile ücretsiz) -
- Muhammet Ali DEMİR
Raflar 4 katlı, her bir raf yüksekliği 1mt.den fazla bile olsa en fazla 5-6 metre eder. O nedenle ince ayaklar ve traversler kullanılmış. Raflar üstten (back to back) birbirine bağlı değil. Raf sırtlarında çapraz bağlantılar yok. Raf arası koridorlarda raylar da yok. Hiç bir rafın ayakları dış etkenlere karşı korumasız olamaz. Daha bugün taktırdım yeni raf ayaklarına 12 adet ve 80 cm...
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- Murat Esenli
"A judge ordered Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala jailed for up to 40 days pending investigation on Thursday after he was detained at a drug cartel's Christmas party. Prosecutors will decide during that period whether to charge Ayala, a Mexican accordionist who lives in Hidalgo, Texas, with organized crime and taking illicit money, according to a statement from the Attorney General's Office."
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
"An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you've ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it."
- Billy Warhol
from Bookmarklet
That cannot be the bottom post of this thread
- Matthew DeVries
Bah, stupid share@ !!! I emailed this in at 10:30a on Friday... The interview went well enough: I got there 10 minutes early, the hiring manager got there 20 minutes late, and we talked for an hour. I don't think I'm a good fit for the company culture (it's a 7:30a-6p suit every day place, I own one suit), but I also don't know if I'm in the position to be choosy. Dave said he'd rather cut off the cable, live on bologna, AND move to Dubuque than have me working at a job I hate.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)