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DeWitt Clinton

FriendFeed on the Kindle

February 25 - Comment - Like - Share

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FriendFeed, Kindle, Bret Taylor, and even a hint of Obama. Pure "like" bait for sure. : ) - DeWitt Clinton

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I have been baited :) - Bret Taylor

No CSS on the Kindle? - Paul Buchheit

The regular user pages weren't rendering at all, so I switched to /iphone/ and it worked. Wait, does no one in FFWHQ have a Kindle 2? - DeWitt Clinton

I thought Tudor was getting one... - EricaJoy

For browser compatibility testing purposes, of course. - DeWitt Clinton

Turns out there was a Kindle 1 and a Kindle 2 in the office. All work has now ceased. - Casey Muller

lol - j1m

Get some colour and come graphics in there. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Does that case come with the Kindle? Looks nice. - Benjamin Golub

Pure pleather-like goodness: http://www.amazon.com/Amazon-.... The case has a clever little hook mechanism that makes it easy to pop the Kindle in and out, but you can definitely use the Kindle with the case on. Feels and looks more like a book with the case on, plus it protects the screen. They say it is real leather, which is a shame, as it feels like pleather and frankly I'd rather it was fake. - DeWitt Clinton

Can you please check if it shows UTF-8 characters? Like my name? - Vinay | विनय

I am starting to get pretty excited about those... was pretty skeptical at first, but that is going to be a game changer. - Susan Beebe

WOW - zizukabi

Bump. Almost a year into the Kindle 2 and it is still going strong. Nothing worth replacing it with on the market yet. - DeWitt Clinton

FriendFeed hasn't been one-upped yet either. - DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt, any opinions on the upcoming Android-based enTourage eDGe (other than the idiotic capitalization)?: http://friendfeed.com/webmave... - Michael R. Bernstein

@Michael - I had never heard of it. But I'll admit that, off all the things I wished my Kindle could do, fold in half was not one of them. And this may sound like heresy, but I'm not sure the high-level OS stack is the limiting factor in of ebook readers. Give me more surface area (Kindle DX size), a thinner bezel, higher resolution and maybe color, ditch the keyboard (okay, so maybe an touchscreen IME would help), a brushed aluminum body, and keep the thickness and weight constant, and you have an upgrade. - DeWitt Clinton

and the battery life - Deepak Singh

Ugh. It's like 1993 all over again. Whoever can figure out how to make high resolution, eInk screens in color, not necessarily with a rapid refresh rate, will pretty much own this device space for a while. - Bill Strathearn

I don't need color in my books so I don't miss it on the Kindle. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

ok, i tried to load it on my Kindle and it won't log me in. suggestions? - Karoli

Mark Carey

FriendFeed Comments MT Plugin Test Entry - http://mt-hacks.com/mt41...

June 26, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Here is the first test comment to kick things off. This comment was submitted via the blog's comment form. - Mark Carey

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Cool plugin Mark. - beau

Wow, this is awesome. When is the Wordpress plugin coming? :) - Andrew Meyer

The WP plugin came first (by Glenn Slaven), though there are a few differences: http://mcurl.net/wpff - Mark Carey

Thanks, Mark. I guess I have seen that plugin in action. I just need to sit back and wait for Disqus and FF to collaborate. - Andrew Meyer

mark, this is great stuff. nice work! - Michael Sippey

The plugin has now been officially registered as a FF client, so "via" messages should show up for comments made via the blog comment form and cc.ed to FriendFeed. - Mark Carey from FriendFeed MT Plugin

Oh yeah, I should do that too eh? - Glenn Slaven

Yes, you should ;) That comment was my first test of it, works well... - Mark Carey

Good work mate, that looks great - Glenn Slaven

lets see if this shows up :) - Adam Ostrow

Love this! What versions(s) of MT does the plugin support? - femme bot

The plugin should work with MT4 or higher. Tested with 4.1 and 4.2 release candidate. - Mark Carey from FriendFeed MT Plugin

I'd love if something like this was developed for Drupal too. - Koray AL

This has been a test of the ... - dug from FriendFeed MT Plugin

good plugin! - Stefano Peppucci

testing FF - Tom Keating from FriendFeed MT Plugin

just another tester :) - Anil

Testing commenting in Twitter and friendfeef on mt-hack's blog - Hans Mestrum from FriendFeed MT Plugin

Andrew Dobrow

IZE SORRY I ENDANJURED U - http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008...

July 15, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

rowlikeagirl, Ňicķ, Charlotte M and 20 other people liked this

LOLing. - Clay Newton

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I'm in - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Here comes the man hug express! *hug* - Andrew Dobrow

Luk atz mai uid! - Yuvi

I guess this is technically an LOLHuman. - Andrew Dobrow

awww - Bryn Youngblut

Panda's are quite possibly the most absurd looking animal second only to the duck billed platypus. It is for this reason that I <3 dem. - Geoff Schultz

Kungfu Panda is showing his sensitive side! :) - imabonehead

*bump* - Micah Wittman

Amber, Random Time Lord

Child Labor Pains Costume - http://www.wtfcostumes.com/child_l...

October 27 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Penguin It's Cold Outside, LAST DAY OF WORK, Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth! and 30 other people liked this

Juno vs. Alien. - LogEx

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Demon baby. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

This made my week. - Amber, Random Time Lord

Woah. - Rochelle

no no - Yolanda

No. - Derrick

sick! - MicahBear78

Ew ew ew - Katie is Frittering

That is...Disgusting. Jesus... - Mike Cavaliere

It just makes you wonder what costumes she turned down. - Amber, Random Time Lord

*LOVE* - Admiral Anika

Quato from Total Recall - Andy Bakun from Android

This is so getting discussed on the next RTL. - Steven Perez

Excellent - Amber, Random Time Lord

Wow, that's gross! Amazing job. But ew! - Carmen - Happy 2010!

Wow freaky - Shevonne

Quato!! :O) Great pic!!! - Harold Cabezas

O.O - Jason, Incognito

UNSEE!! - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

bump for holiday - Amber, Random Time Lord

NO! - nakachi

*encore* - Admiral Anika

Louis Gray

TweetDeck: New Twitter AIR App With Summize Integration, Groups - http://www.louisgray.com/live...

July 4, 2008 from louisgray.com - Comment - Like - Share

CannonGod, Hao Chen, Dobromir Hadzhiev and 15 other people liked this

what is this twitter AIR app #1000 :) those things things mate more the bunnies! - (jeff)isageek

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Now, now, Jeff. I mentioned in the article that I typically prefer native apps or Web apps to AIR apps, but this one is very interesting, at least to me. I dig it. - Louis Gray

im just trying to be funny...hehe good post btw. - (jeff)isageek

Wow, twhirlscope down -- gotta try this out - Shey, Jamaican of FF

ah! and I was wondering why my twitter vanity search hit on that topic as I do not like the air apps. but grouping actually would be a reason to try it out. problem: as long as twitter decimates the request rates it is unreliable, but a first step in the right direction. will download it now ;) - Nicole Simon

Louis, I think you're right - there is still innovation happening around Twitter, fortunately. The fact is there is still a huge audience on Twitter and that audience still has the potential to be monetized. I'm even building something around Twitter at the moment. There is still that threat though, that developers could leave if Twitter keeps neglecting them - it's in the back of the mind - Jesse Stay

"feels" like Twhirl. Wish it had FF support...if it does it wasn't obvious from the website. I agree with others that I'd really like to see these Adobe air apps with some better skins - Rob Neville from twhirl

"Now, now, Jeff. I mentioned in the article that I typically prefer native apps or Web apps to AIR apps, but this one is very interesting, at least to me." - That's part of why I like the platform so much. Most people like native apps but AIR apps are pretty easy to build so there's bound to be a few that people really like. (Ryan - rstewart@adobe.com) - Ryan Stewart

Bump, for good times - Jesse Stay

Mark Krynsky

FriendFeed User Locations - Google Shared Map - http://maps.google.com/maps...

November 19, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

A.T., Jack DeWitt Smith, Daniel Rowley and 84 other people liked this

Roll call...this can be great if we all participate. Add yourself to this shared map. I created a placemark on the 2 major intersections near where I live. - Mark Krynsky

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or just list location...I'll start...Chatsworth, CA - Mark Krynsky

I would but I won't - Outsanity

near Chicago - LogEx

How do I add myself? - Mo Kargas

Grayson, GA - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Puyallup, WA - Bren -- Making Contact

Mo, I'm a newb to the shared maps stuff, but I turned on collaboration and allowed anyone to edit the map. There should be an edit button and then you can add a placemark. - Mark Krynsky

erm...Adelaide, SA, Australia - Mo Kargas

Sydney, Australia. - Andrew Trinh

Yeah, I don't see how to add anything to the map - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

But you already have Rahsheen. - Andrew Trinh

Well it's working because I see others are adding themselves...Make sure you are logged into your Google account. - Mark Krynsky

After most have put their placemarks on, don't let anyone edit it because there's always someone out there waiting to fuck shit up. - Andrew Trinh

This guide may help http://local.google.com/support... - Mark Krynsky

@Andrew...good point. I just changed it from public to unlisted which only makes the map available to those with the URL. - Mark Krynsky

Even so, last time we had the Confessions account details on FF it was tinkered with. - Andrew Trinh

I added mine, but in the process of learning I think I nudged the Sydney, Australia points off a little. Sorry. - Rob Haas

Ok, think I did it! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Robert bought me a new house in the northern suburbs. - Andrew Trinh

@Bec...nice. You are the first brave female on here. - Mark Krynsky

Cool idea, Mark! I was thinking something like this would be fun the other day. Duly added myself - or at least the nearest big intersection. ;) - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Mousing over the usernames shows your Google profile info...cool. - Mark Krynsky

I marked a bus stop near my house. But not TOO near. :) - Nine

If you haven't yet...go add FriendFeed to your Google Profile...it will then auto-discover and allow you to add a ton of other profiles you have. - Mark Krynsky

Thanks for the profile tip - I hadn't updated it since I moved here! - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Added myself. Verona, Italy - Stefano

Added. Sydney, Australia - Jay

Added. Doha, Qatar. - Mohamed J

Thanks guys. This is coming along nicely. It's great to have as a resource to see where everyone is from. Hopefully this can become a standard feature on FF one day. - Mark Krynsky

Canterbury, Melbourne, Victoria added - Duncan Riley

Athens, Greece added, too :) - George Tziralis

Added. - Atul Arora

Ace idea, I've added mine in Kent, England. - Kol Tregaskes

There's no spot for "Hell, Eternity" ... *sigh* I'll have to give in to my worldly location... - Kyle Brady

Added, Near Paris, France - Olivier Castets

Asia's letting the side down - Toby Graham

added, North London, UK - Rory

Current count: 13 US, 11 Europe, 3 Australia, 1 Middle East. Happy to see many others add themselves overnight. Hoping more will continue this. - Mark Krynsky

Done ! Waterloo Belgium - Jacopo Gio

Added myself! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Hey Robert Haas - We're apparently neighbors. - edit. Okay maybe not, unless you live at the airport. XD - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

I've read the instruction and still don't see the button thing to add myself. I'm feeling pretty stupid right now. -

@Jill, make sure you are logged into your Google account and then click on the edit button above the list of names already on the map. You will then see the pushpin in the upper left hand side of the map. - Mark Krynsky

Thanks Mark! I see it all now. -

Great idea! - Alan Le

Added. Seems like there are a lot of us in the Bay Area...we must do a get together at some point. - Neal Jansons

@Neal yea, we really need a FriendFeed meetup. I might be up there for Web 2.0 in March...or we can have one at SXSW if a large number of us are going. Let's plan and get the Upcoming page going. - Mark Krynsky

Am I the only FriendFeeder in VA? - Aram Zucker-Scharff

@Mark Not gonna make SXSW, but am definitely down for working on an FF get together. March is long enough away to make sure plenty of people have time to plan ahead. I added you on Upcoming so we can start coordinating it. Anyone else interested/want to help set this up? - Neal Jansons

Maybe we can talk Paul & Bret into letting us invade the FF offices for a meetup in conjunction with Web 2.0? That would be sooooo cool! - Mark Krynsky

Oooh, now that's a really great idea. - Neal Jansons

I'm there :) - Alejandro

Yay Alejandro...first South American..and my old stomping grounds in Argentina no less :) - Mark Krynsky

Added! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Neat. Added. - Rodfather

Added. - michael sean wright

Alright Shey! We finally have a Canadian...let's see if your fellow compatriot Mark Wilson joins the fray. - Mark Krynsky

@NiceFishFilms, your pushpin seems a bit off up there in Russia. Dana Point is thousands of miles from there :) - Mark Krynsky

Oh, I see now...you added 2. You're a pushpin litterbug :) - Mark Krynsky

Added.. - CW™

Another snowflake pushpin *waves to Shey* - Micah Wittman

whoo hoo! Canadian snowflakes FTW! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Added.Hi from Russia.:) - Igor Poltavskiy

How do I add myself again? How do I add my ff to my gmail account? - Amani

Done - ♥patricia♥

Cairo, Egypt - Hayk H.

reykjavik, iceland - siggimus

Cologne, Germany - Holger Eilhard

Carcavelos, Portugal - Ricardo Vidal

Added New Jersey but boy, it took a while to get the Pin logo on the screen, not so obvious - Sally Church

London EC1 UK - Joe Dawson

Added - Michelle Martinez

Added - Bwana ☠

Pinned! sheesh this just cost me 1/2 hour of time as I scrolled thru all the folks :) - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Except for Bret, there are no FriendFeeders on the penninsula between San Jose and San Francisco. So much for Silicon Valley early adopters. - Ryan Kuder

Added! I'm the first in The Netherlands :-) - TobiasVerhoog.com

Added. First in Japan! - rawwell

I think I added me. HOpe it worked - Amani

added! - matthew john ernisse

This is truly awesome! - Mathew™ one of a kind

Cluelessness alert! I'm not seeing how to add my pushpin! - Hutch Carpenter

For some reason whenever i use google maps in creation-mode, it defaults to some other maps I've used, not the one I'm trying to access - ah, figured it out. Had to de-activate some other collaborative maps - anna sauce

Added. What a great way to see who's on FF in Austin, TX! - Carter Rabasa

Added myself in Shenzhen,China. - Steve Chou

courtenay, canada - http://friendfeed.com/ernieya... - ernie yacub

added me. Coimbatore, South India - vijay

Added Bangalore, India. - Mahesh CR

Added - Glenn Slaven

Added - Youngmin Kim

I'm added now, too. - Kamilah Gill

Nice! I'm the only active FriendFeeder in Montreal: Quebec represents FF! I could be a French Canadian FF ambassador or something. =) - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

Added - ThenWang

Added - James Myatt

Added. I am now an icon :^) - Nick B.

Added =) - ChaCha Fance

Added. - Bonnie Foster

Looks great in Google Earth! (from Paris) - Liviu Barbat

Added - Michael Fidler

Added. Antananarivo, Madagascar - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Finally me too :) Greetings from Ankara Turkey :) - Burçak Çubukçu

Bump for the good times. - Mark Krynsky

Josh Haley

Submissions for FF gang sign

September 12, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

Lynne d Johnson, JSNFLMNG, Spidra Webster and 39 other people liked this

The first two are "F" in sign language, third is a little more shaped like the actual F...lemme know if that helps, Rahsheen and gang! - Josh Haley

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I see a caricature-like logo where hands would be palms-up like this in the lotus position. Enlightenment. Each hand signing "F". cool. - tagami

I like that idea tagami - Josh Haley

bump. vote or suggest another pls - Josh Haley

And don't forget the variation for the night crew with the N and C sign afterwards =) Josh, no lie, I was thinking of exactly this last night. Get outta my head! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Tina..I'M IN UR HEADZ, MAKNG U FEEDZ FRENZ - Josh Haley

lol Brian - Josh Haley

We throwing up signs now?!! It's Like That?!! hahahahaha!!!!! - Anna Haro

I am SO not an expert on signs. My fingers can barely bend enough nowadays. Just trying to get some ideas out there. Let's see some more from everyone. Rahsheen's fault, he brought it up last night on a video. - Josh Haley

LOL! I like the 3rd one. - Lindsay is in 20-ten

Oh, and I like how John looks kinda loveable dork in his avatar, and all grrr hardcore in these pics. Awesome! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Who's John? - Josh Haley

lol Mark...you left a vacuum i guess :O - Josh Haley

Gah, typo! You know darn good & well I meant Josh! It's Friday, can you really expect my brain to work? - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I like the third one, it's gang-sign-y-ish - mjc

GAH! I love that word! Yeah, I gotcha Tina ;) - Josh Haley

The first one is actually really similar to how you sign "free" in ASL. http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101... - Rochelle

And the second one is similar to "family" in ASL. http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101... - Rochelle

Nice one, Rochelle! - Josh Haley

Some prefer the printed letter F, for those who can't read sign - http://friendfeed.com/e... - Ontario Emperor

Looks good to me. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I actually prefer a single handed gang sign . . . since I'll be on FF with the phone in the other hand. - B. Hatin

Show me! Post your ideas for signs. - Josh Haley

Those first two will make people think you are throwing up "Bloods". - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

I think the only course to go here is to pick something directly from sign language.....I don't want anyone to bust a e-cap in my ass - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Monique - THANK YOU for that because I would never know. I too am not in need of a cap-busting. - Josh Haley

If you want a real ASL sign, let me know what word/words and I'll find it! - Rochelle

Rochelle, One for friend, feed and confess(ion) - Josh Haley

Oh, and Night Crew - Josh Haley

Friend: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101... - Rochelle

Feed is hard. There's a sign for "feed", but it's the eating sense. http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101... - Rochelle

"Night crew" would be the sign for "night" plus the sign for "group" or "team" so: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101... plus http://homepage.gallaudet.edu/harry... - Rochelle

"Confession" would be signed as "true/truth": http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101... - Rochelle

Link back to Rah's new vid http://beta.friendfeed.com/e... - Josh Haley

Yeah, cause nothing says "we advocate gangs" like coming up with your own gang signs for products. - Joe from twhirl

Um... that last one Josh... um... - Johnny Worthington

Fail, I don't get it...plus there's no chest bump - sofarsoShawn

priceless - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Ummmmm... that last one. I don't know how to say this, but here: http://bit.ly/ewRll - Bec Rowe @d0tski

2 shockers are better than one? - Josh Haley

FF4LIFE - Carmen - Happy 2010!

*awkward fist bump!* - Josh Haley

That's nothing like the Blood sign (which is the coolest gang sign ever). Working from that, can anybody spell "feed" with their fingers? The night before the inauguration someone managed to spell "OBAMA," it was beyond awesome. - LAST DAY OF WORK

Mona Nomura

The 8 Phases of Dating - http://divisibleby0.com/dating...

October 7, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Matt Hilton, Rob Michael (Atmos Trio), Urbansheep and 72 other people liked this

positive. - Bren -- Making Contact

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This is SO cute haha - Mona Nomura

"THPPBT" - Carlos Ayala

Lord, not I said the fly. ;) - Mona Nomura

Lol. The last one with all the babies is the funniest. - Alan Le

Sounds an awful lot like my daily high school life, I swear. :) - Zach Flauaus

I'm at stage two still--and its been three years!! - Terence

Wow thats definitely depressing and most certainly not how I get down. - Nicholas Kreidberg

Love. This. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

This.shit.has.me.rolling. - Ms. G.Warbucks IYN

I know yours mostly are, but is this SFW? I'm a little scared to click... :s - Kamilah Gill

LOL, Kamilah they are. ;) - Mona Nomura

Thanks... it's *semi* safe, it does include some f-bombs. Wish I could easily shrink it down a bit more. Anyway, it was kinda sad :( I keep hoping things won't go that way... this Exciting Phase has lasted for a solid 6 months so far... - Kamilah Gill

Reminds me of the joke about the phases of sex... The 1st kind of sex is Smurf Sex. This kind of sex happens when youfirst meet someone and you both have sex until you are blue in the face.The 2nd kind of sex is Kitchen Sex. This is when you have been withyour partner for a short time and you are so horny you will have sexanywhere, even in the kitchen.The 3rd kind of sex is Bedroom Sex.... more... - LogEx

HAHAHAHAHAHA...LMAO!!!! - Anna Haro

Scary... - Mark Aitken from fftogo

LOL I think i'm stuck in a phase 1,2,3,6 loop - ·[▪_▪]·

Getting to 1 is a struggle for me, oh my life. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

AWESOME!! ROFLMAO!! - Susan Beebe

Omg I shared this almost a year ago! - Mona Nomura from iPhone

it's actually more than a year, now M... #justsaying #checkthecalendar - Bren -- Making Contact

Is it? I don't even know what day it is. #typicalcalendarFAIL - Mona Nomura from iPhone

Wow, talking about ressurecting a zombie thread. 8^P - Chieze Okoye

I'm super stoked I connected wiht the artist! - Mona Nomura

Jesse Stay

Recently my cousin's head was run over by a car. This is what's left of her helmet. My cousin completely survived because of this helmet. Please think of this before riding a bike without a helmet next time!

July 29, 2008 from twhirl - Comment - Like - Share

Harold, Michael Pardee, Amy and 80 other people liked this

I've ridden only once without a helmet in as long as I can remember. Felt vulnerable! - Adam Loving from StumbleRead

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It's true. They work. - Andrew Feinberg

wow... that's amazing. how old is your cousin jesse? - dave mcclure

dave, my cousin's 30, just 1 year younger than me - Jesse Stay from twhirl

You can read her story, in her own words here. I'm inspired: http://thetopotheworld.blogspot.com/ - Jesse Stay from twhirl

This happened to a friend of mine at the beginning of the month. He didn't do so good in the accident, but the helmet obviously saved his life. Thankfully is on his way home tomorrow: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit... - Steve Lacey

I used to ride my bike without the helmet even though it is mandatory in Chennai, India. But after reading this I am not even going to the next street in my bike without helmet. - Sudar

I never wear a helmet. When hearing things like this, I always think of this article.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1.... In the Netherlands no one wears a helmet. It seems safe to me. - Peter Stuifzand

I was hit while riding to work in summer 2006 & did not want anyone to touch my helmet at all costs. If my brain was scrambled, I did not want anyone to touch my egg:) I highly recommend a helmet especially if you think you will not need one! Mine was almost the same color too & manufacturer, but there is no conspiracy there:) - Roney Smith

Bicyclists/motorcyclists that don't wear helmets are better called future organ donors - Brian Sullivan

Thanks for sharing. I ride often at traffic time between cars. always wear my helmet...itsg good to know that It does work :) - jonathan from twhirl

that's incredible... - Jamie Allen from twhirl

Wow, glad to hear your friend is doing well after that. I agree, helmets save lives. Regardless, I've many intentional close-calls by drivers who don't want to share the road. Unfortunately, this is the common attitude where I live (southern US). - pete

we wear helmets for everything: mtb, snowboarding, wakeboarding, skateboarding & even surfing - skulls are fragile why not put a protective layer around it (i also try real hard to not ride on streets - a high percentage of drivers are oblivious to bike riders)... - mike "glemak" dunn

I always ride in my helmet and stay to bike lanes as much as possible. Nice to know the safety tools work. Now, if I can just avoid that NYPD cop with a penchant for knocking people off their bikes. Hopefully, he won't transfer to LAPD. - Jason Toney

Peter Stuifzand, my cousin would be dead if she did not wear her helmet. That article is BS. Wear your helmet! - Jesse Stay from twhirl

Point blank. You are a moron if you ride without a helmet. Sorry, but that's true and you're just going to play into Darwinian theory should you continue to ride without one. Any 'real' cyclist (e.g - you've been hit by a car - and yes, I have been) will tell you this without reservation. Helmets work without a doubt. - AJ Kohn

I survived a nasty motorcycle crash in my youth and would also be dead without that helmet - which cracked in 2 like an egg (that would have been my head, as the nurse aptly put it!). - Susan Beebe

A friend who's a cop refers to motorcycles as donorcycles whenever she sees someone riding without a helmet. I figure that applies for bicycles, too. - ha3rvey (wants confit)

I was on the way to work Monday morning while it was raining, when the third car in front of me spun out of control and flipped twice into a ditch. When I pulled over to help her out she was just fine. She only had a scratch on her left shoulder from the broken window and was not hurt anywhere else. THE REASON: She was wearing her seat belt. It's nice to hear that these devices are actually helping us! - David Cook - 2010!!!

Awesome. I ride my bike to work everyday and I see a lot of people with no helmets on. I don't know how they do it. - Clint Ecker

Wow! I wear mine! Didn't for years - I was lucky I guess. Thanks for posting that! - matthew hunt

OMG... Jesse, do you have a link other than here on FF? I have friends whose kids refuse to wear theirs, and seeing this may help. - Cyndy

Cyndy why not just link here - http://friendfeed.com/e... - Brian Sullivan

Dutch don't wear helmets and they don't get killed by cars http://www.ski-epic.com/amsterd.... - Peter Stuifzand

Actually they do get killed by cars. But culturally they are not inclined to wear helmets. - Brian Sullivan

Cyndy, with this being dug out of the grave, I just noticed your question. That particular picture is from my cousin's blog here: http://thetopotheworld.blogspot.com/2008... You can read the full story here: http://thetopotheworld.blogspot.com/2008... Search for "run over by car" and you can read about her entire ordeal. - Jesse Stay

My brother would not be alive today if he did not wear his helmet while riding his motorcycle; please wear a helmet! - Sandra

man - Shey, Jamaican of FF

If it's nice enough to ride, I probably won't be bothering with the human-powered bike any longer. I always wear a helmet on my gas-powered bike. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

As long as we won't have mountains, we Dutch will not wear those things. Otherwise we won't be able to recognise the tourists on bikes. - Ton Zijp

Thanks for sharing - I had a mishap with a car, wasn't wearing a helmet at the time, was lucky. If they don't see you, it doesn't matter either way. Wear the helmet! - Rick Bucich

This isn't as extreme as this but when I fell off my bike onto a sidewalk and broke my arm, I thought I was fine for a while. Later, my dad noticed that the whole front of my helmet was all scratched up and the visor in front was torn off! I realized that if I wasn't wearing my helmet on the 2 minute trip down the road, I probably wouldn't be typing this comment right now! Not that I'd be dead but I would have suffered some head damage, limiting my ability to do most things. - Kevin Lyons

Helmets for cyclists are mandatory in Australia. Still gives me the shudders when I'm travelling and see bareheaded bicyclists on the roads. - Kate Foy

AJ Batac

Breaking Up a Traffic Jam! MUST SEE - http://www.metacafe.com/watch...

August 25 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Sometimes a single driver can vastly improve traffic." - AJ Batac from Bookmarklet

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I always leave a large gap in front of me. - Michelle Martinez

I think I'll do this from now on - AJ Batac

I had heard about something like this a while back. I try to do it as much as I can but jackalopes are always cutting in the space. Oh well. - CAJ, somewhere else

Continue what you are doing Curtis. Don't mind those jackalopeseses - AJ Batac

This philosophy collapses when you have real gridlock though; if all the lanes are clogged with stopped (or very slow moving) traffic and you try to employ this technique, you just end up pissing off the cars trapped behind you because you are going 5mph while everyone else is going 10. - Phil G

Try that on british motorways and you'll find forty lorries and assorted 4x4's filling the intervening space. Most traffic jams would be avoided (except where sheer volume of traffic is the cause) if everyone left a two-second gap between them and the car in front - whatever speed they're doing - and don't brake unnecessarily - Slappy Line

It's simply courteous and defensive driving. There should be space between cars for safety. And there's no reason to close ranks to not allow others in. We're all going in the same direction with the same goal. If you'd like others to be courteous, always be courteous yourself. - ·[▪_▪]·

Living in LA has totally colored how I drive now. I remember going back home to SD to see my folks and I was agog at how much more aggressive I'd become. :( - Derrick

It's not cheating, it's just optimal timing :-) - Todd Hoff

It's the rocket scientist like this that causes wrecks behind him and road rage. Slower traffic keep right is the law (for good reason). He demonstrates why he should stay in the far right lane, go about his business, and stop trying to "fix all of the traffic around him". What an ego. - Robert Kenney

the most important part is really the end, where he says how this style of driving is actually calming and altruistic instead of infuriating and selfish.... geez, if everything felt that way we'd have less problems once people got out of their car, all frustrated and pissy. - Ňicķ

Simple math. - Mike Reynolds

Moral of the story. DON'T DRIVE LIKE A PRICK! - Darren Heydon

This is absolutely brilliant. I think I just found a pick of the week and it's only Tuesday. - Josh Haley

This is the dude who did the zero cost steadycam using a tripod. Good stuff. - Rodfather

I gotta check that out, Rodfather. I could put a steadycam to work. http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to... - Josh Haley

Actually, on British motorways they have variable speed limits (for example, on the M25 around London). They found out that, if they lower the speed limit (sometimes as low as 20-30 MPH), they can keep traffic moving; however, if they keep the speed limit high, they get a seriously bad traffic jam. It was interesting to watch. - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

I received a 404 error. There seems to be a traffic jam on the server as well. - Louis Trapani from iPhone

It's kind of obvious.. stop and go causes problems (and wrecks), even if it does take you longer, it doesn't FEEL longer because you aren't gas/break/gas/break, so less stressful drive. On the flip side, you think this guy driving slow (and not keeping the traffic pace) will cause someone else to slam him in the rear? - Tim Hoeck

It might cause more disruption with cars behind him moving into the other lane to pass him. Honestly, I can't stand drivers who leave a huge gap in front during a traffic jam. Josh, it's basically just extending a tripod and holding it in the middle :) http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Rodfather

Interesting: "Governor Bush vetoed 2005 SB732, which would have reserved the left lane for passing, saying that drivers blocking the left lane are 'cautious and careful.'" - from "State keep right laws" http://www.mit.edu/~jfc... - Micah Wittman

So, his basic tactic, albeit in a single lane, is similar to what I see highway patrol officers do when they want to SLOW DOWN traffic -- the highway patrol car swerves back and forth from fast to left to right lane and back and forth, lights ablazing, effectively doing two things -- creating a BIG GAP between the cop car and the rest of the traffic in front of him, and second SLOWS... more... - Pete Delucchi

A few people already mentioned it above, but let me also say that this technique will not work in heavily trafficked roads. I've spent time in cities like Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok and you just can't leave a large gap between you and the car in front of you. First they will get filled by other cars really really quickly, and second you will just piss off the cars behind you. - Andre P. Siregar

My wife and I debate this, because I sometimes do this myself. Stop and go traffic seems silly, when throughput would be higher if people left enough space between cars to absorb some of the braking. The website at http://trafficwaves.org/ is interesting, especially the link to http://www.ur.umich.edu/0304... that claims single-lane jams would be radically reduced if >=20% of cars had adaptive cruise control. - Matt Cutts

Meh. I just do whatever gets me to my destination fastest #aggressivedriver - LANjackal

kinda like why people are requested to exit in an orderly fashion during a fire. The only hindrance to this is getting over the feeling of being taken advantage of by the jackasses who ignore the order. But no pain no gain and you have to live with that for the greater good. - vijay

I practice a type-A version of this in non-stop-and-go traffic, I'd call "driving Parkour", basically, I tend to drive over the speed limit, but I leave large gaps, and when I need to slow down, I avoid hitting my brakes and try to led friction/drag slow my car down before I have to hit my breaks. I look far ahead and try to plot out if I need to switch lanes in order to maintain speed... more... - Ray Cromwell

Clarkson eluded to this in his unique crass manner, don't brake and drive clever. Save everyone money. - Toby Graham

the biggest cause of traffic jams are the idiots who don't get in lane and bimble along in the middle lane without any plan to actually overtake anyone. I've seen people when there has been nothing on the inside lane and yet they won't pull into it as they should. This is even more obvious when you consider that articulated lorries aren't allowed to drive in the outside lane, meaning... more... - alphaxion

( ++ alphaxion for 'bimble'. Loving that :D ) - vijay

The roads imho would be better if more drove this way. I was, however, waiting for some kind of shocking thing to happen in the video. - Rob Schieber

I wish iPhone supported flash or other flash based video websites especially if I want to watch videos on website other than YouTube. - ashish from iPhone

I agree ashish. I "liked" this just so I could watch it later on my laptop. shouldn't have to do that. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

This is actually an impressive use of game theory/backward induction to determine an optimal strategy. If this guy isn't a mathematician or work for the highway department, he should be. - Mark Trapp

i do the same here in Rome/Italy since 1998 - alex

Well we can't get people not to talk hands free or text while driving, so I have to think it has to be impossible to get people to adopt/understand. - Matt Soreco

Great to see this taken up again - I've been doing this since I first read his site years ago... - Kevin Marks

I always keep lot of room in front of my car for my safety but I think it takes lot of room and creates longer line. - ashish

While the line may be longer the actual distance you travel isn't any greater; you use less gas; your breaks will last longer; you're less likely to be involved in a crash and in fact it has an almost negligible affect on your travel time. Yes it is "slower" but on my 50 mile commute the difference is maybe a couple of minutes. - Eoghann Irving

I agree Eoghann Irving. Wish everybody thought like this. - ashish

+1 Pete Delucchi. I do agree it's probably better for your mental health to drive this way. Assuming you don't mind the "insult" of everybody cutting into to your lane. - Matsis

Drivers behind me may get annoyed but there is always room at the front ;) - ashish

I used to drive like this, until my commute changed to one that had more traffic lights. Then I realized that letting cars in front of me didn't make 1 second per car difference, it could make 10's of minutes, because I'd often miss traffic light cycles. I wish it wasn't the case - I guess it's going to depends on your commute. - Nick Lothian

for the most part this will work; unless you're in the NYC area or such. - clarke thomas

Glen, unfortunately, variable speed limits on the motorways here in the UK don't actually work as well as you might think. During heavy traffic, most drivers look up at the sign as it changes from 50 to 40 and think "If only". The other problems are the speed cameras in those areas - we have two types. To avoid being caught by the normal cameras, drivers zoom between cameras at 80+mph... more... - Slappy Line

Paul Buchheit

If you want to import your Facebook status, you must have "Allow friends to subscribe to my status" checked on the "Status Updates" custom privacy setting at http://www.facebook.com/login.... This is the default, but a few people have customized it away.

October 21, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Will "my network and friends" work too? - JA Castillo

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I think that's fine JA. They key is to have the "Allow friends to subscribe to my status" checkbox checked (the one right above the red bar in the second screenshot). That dialog appears when you select "Customize..." from the "Status Updates" pulldown on the first screenshot. - Paul Buchheit

Wow, that totally fixed my issue. Thanks, Paul (and FriendFeed)! - Mark Trapp

Thanks! - georgeker

Thank you. - Guillermo Esteves

Thank you ! - Joan Dossetto

Awesome! Thanks for the tip. - Reuben Thum

Sorry - this doesn't work. I have that box checked. Unimpressed. - Mathew

Matthew, Facebook has been through at least one major redesign since this entry was posted on 21st October. Anyone help Matthew in getting his FB imported in FF? - Kol Tregaskes

Kol is correct, Facebook has changed their interface since these instructions were posted. Unfortunately, they seem to have eliminated the "Status Updates" RSS feed entirely. If you can find it, let me know. - Paul Buchheit

The feed itself can't be gone - people who added it to FriendFeed before Facebook's UI changed are still having updates pulled in here. But as far as finding it now to add it...I've been unsuccessful. And modifying the URL of a working feed doesn't seem to work, either. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Yes, the RSS feeds still exist at some level, but the UI for discovering their secret urls seems to have been removed. - Paul Buchheit

I'd love to know what the FFers think about all the changes that Facebook seems to be doing lately. - Eric Florenzano

this link might help [http://www.techlifeweb.com/2008...]. - MikeAmundsen

btw - what i want to do is get my "wall" feed into FF. can't seem to get that, either. - MikeAmundsen

alas, seems like the Facebook people continue to want it to be a walled garden. - holly

I spent like half an hour last week trying to find my custom feed URL so I could import FB status into FriendFeed. No luck. =( - Darren

Looks like FB is kind of blocking FF. Kind of showing teeth =) - Durukan Duru

@Paul: do you anticipate Fb's announce this coming week about third-parties will give FF a chance to improve FF-Fb integration at all? - MikeAmundsen

Yeah, mine was already enabled so it doesn't help me. Thanks for the idea though. - Brad

Wondered how to do this when adding all my services. Thanks for the explanantion :) - Charlotte M

I was able to find my FB status feed recently (but can't any longer), so FB must have recently tinkered with this. - Kevin Whalen

FB status is gone! - Lonnie Robinson

FB is making all this hoopla recently just because they finally "opened" up to 3rd party apps, and they take away the rss feed to our status updates. - Kevin Whalen from email

so how do we get facebook updates to friendfeed? - Noel Nuguid

Would like to know how to enable status, too! - Andreas Stolze

so, FB buys FF, I think status feeds will be back soon - Hakan İyice

@Hakan Agreed, they should be back soon, hopefully with the option to "CC Facebook" like you can with Twitter. - Nathan Snyder

For now this does not work at all. Let's hope, now that 'status' of pages can be synched with Twitter, that what used to funcntion will resume activity again. - lelapin

@mamund Thanks for the link, but it didn't really help me. You wouldn't think it would be that hard to reenable this feed. - Nathan Snyder from IM

Robert Scoble

Facebook acquires FriendFeed. Interview with Paul Buchheit, cofounder of FriendFeed. - http://btre.blogtalkradio.com/74_2996...

August 10 from robertscoble - Cinch - Comment - Like - Share

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No info about the financial aspects of the deal for now. - TiTi

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Ithink that tey have to do it now, or never - abdellah

"committed to supporting the needs of FF user community" - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Nice :) Thanks Robert - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

^^until FB shutters FF - jcunwired

nice scoop! - Marc Ostrick

@Brian How many times have we heard that line before? :( - Rodrigo Jaroszewski

I hope they made a bunch of money, because they SOLD US ALL :( - Zio Bonino

Robert, was this really posted 5 hours ago? - Daniel Chow

Robert: Say "cool" less! - Stephen Foskett

I was thinking the same thing. Count how many times you said "Cool" Robert ;) - Andru Edwards

This acquisition is most likely going to suck for users, but congrats to the FF team. Once Google announced Wave, selling to Facebook was probably the only remaining exit strategy worth the money. - Chip Ramsey

last comment 2 hours ago on FF by Paul Buchheit, FF CEO, was just " :)" http://friendfeed.com/paul #friendbook - Jacopo Gio

I don't know if i'm excited by the possiblities of this move, or frightened by what this could mean. - John Czwartacki

I hope they don't spoil it for us. I just want to keep coming to Friendfeed.com - Mark

If they had no plans of shutting down FriendFeed and rolling features into Facebook they would have said so right away to avoid speculation and to reassure FF users. I am trying not to be suspicious, but I am. - Inside Alaska

I'm in the same camp Alaska - Keith - @tsudo

Andru: it was about 100 degrees outside where I was doing the interview. I was trying to think cool and keep my cool. Heheh. - Robert Scoble

Maybe now we'll be able to integrate Facebook feed with FF & twitter - Justin Long

Faceborg...Googlebook...time to move back to StumbleUpon? Guess we should have seen this coming when FriendFeed got integrated into FeedBurner. - Internet Strategist

This interview is pretty funny... the person interviewing sounds like he just wants to ask questions for the sake of asking questions...;-) ... thanks for the insightful interview but.. - Sherif Mansour

In the interview, it was said that FriendFeed was not in immediate danger and could have continued for a number of years on their own. I'm not quite sure if that is true, because FriendFeed didn't develop their own business model. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

About integrating the social graphs, my social networks on FF and FB had different purposes. I don't have any friends on FB whom I haven't personally met, whereas I subscribe to some people I don't know on FF just because their feeds are interesting. On a related note, the FB graph is undirected and the FF graph is directed. - Ruchira S. Datta

@Scobleizer interviews Paul Buchheit, cofounder of FriendFeed RE acquisition by Facebook. - Deano @ Byron New Media

Rough transcript: http://friendfeed.com/brlewis... - Bruce Lewis

Paul and Brett jumped at the chance to increase their user base a thousand-fold. Whatever comes out of this is going to be huge. - raphaeL

You are right vzx - Nicolas Gosset from IM

"tremendous opportunity" is so vague. Opportunity for who? What opportunity exactly? Or is it just the opportunity to allow the friendfeed employees who weren't already rich to get rich? - Laura Norvig

Laura: it's every engineer's dream to change the world of 300 million people instead of a few hundred thousand people. That's why this is a tremendous opportunity. - Robert Scoble

Sigh. I guess. It's just very hard to think of Facebook as a life-changing venue. - Laura Norvig

Robert: Thanks for this - some information at last! - Jim Connolly

Louis Gray

Hi Facebook, It's Me, FriendFeed. This Relationship? It's Complicated. - http://www.louisgray.com/live...

August 10 from louisgray.com - Comment - Like - Share

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That was quick! Look forward to reading this one! - jcunwired

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Because just like in high school, sometimes the sweaty jock who doesn't wash his hands after using the john still gets the best girl - while those of us who carried her books and wrote her poetic love letters and timed our walking to go by her locker at just the right time find ourselves on the outside looking in again." You nailed it Louis! - Steve

Nice post, Louis. Was waiting to see what you'd write. :) - Kali

well said - andy brudtkuhl

this is perfect, Louis. Nicely done. - Jim in Real Time

Super-poke. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

My immediate reaction was Facebook will push ads onto their users. I think FriendFeed could be seriously screwed up with live moving ads, so that's hopefully out of the picture from a purely usability view. Friendfeed is all about realtime web information. I then wonder how in that case will the monetise the relationship. My guess? Facebook will show live conversations and hopefully they will rip out the poor IM implementation in Facebook. The purchase may be nothing more sinister, I hope... - Mark Aitken

Well said Louis. This is the big question. - Mark Krynsky

Okay, so now I'm ready to cry. Excellent post, Louis. Thank you! - Ladybug Heather

Excellent, you've captured my sentiment very well. Mark - I disagree. FF is an excellent platform for floating ads based upon our behavior, and it is just about the only platform in existence where the algorithms for ad placement could have been done right - and welcomed. - jcunwired

Louis's reaction is the one I most wanted to see. Thanks for not disappointing us, man! - Daniel J. Pritchett

Very nicely done. Puts feelings across perfectly. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

"FriendFeed is the one that has a 4.0 GPA and had big dreams of an Ivy League diploma. And yet, she ends up with you - the Silicon Valley equivalent of your local state school. When you come rolling in with your heavy car, big wheels and pumping bass, we don't care how much money you say you're worth - we still don't trust your grin when you open the door and say "hop in"." - anna sauce

I'm *loving* the high school stereotypes as metaphor, btw. - anna sauce

jcunwired - I hope it's unobtrusive, don't mind people making money, but lets hope it's sensible. My worst fear is FF is seen as a threat and silenced, but I'd doubt Zuckerberg would be so brash.. - Mark Aitken

This metaphor reminds me of the "Forrest Pimp" strip on Sinfest a few years back: http://www.sinfest.net/archive... - Daniel J. Pritchett

We are watching. - WorldofHiglet

Nice post. - John μller

Brilliantly said. Don't think it could have been said better! - Matthew Horton from iPhone

I just learned about this minutes ago. Louis it's not 4 big companies. there will only be three after Microsoft merges/acquires Facebook and Google buys Twitter. This move makes perfect sense for Facebook and it's what their SocialTV initiative needed to really work. I see big things for it in Facebook's future. I don't know how I feel about it though! - Michael Fidler

Wow....vicious.... Pure perfect. - Matthew DeVries

Somebody wrote that this is just about getting FF's tech talent. Don't you love how all these social networks conveniently forget who it is who makes them valuable? - Dawn

"Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid." – Captain Jack Sparrow - Matthew DeVries

That was a very enjoyable read :) And the point about bright startups having dim perspectives at the end is alas the truth at the moment: you have to be able to bootstrap your finance, have revenue from the start (membership, affiliates, whatever) that funds your growth. Or find a way to get sold to the big boys (although there are big boys outside the immediate industry that might... more... - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

As always very well said Louis! - Jacque

Good post and commented on your blog. I need to get back into that habit. :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

yes, your comments are treasured on my blog, they will not be sold :) - Valeria Maltoni

Really great post, Louis.. We all will be watching to see what happens. Interesting if it goes the same way google's acquisitions all have. Seems like when they started buying up apps, they killed them. And so it goes.... - Sheryl

I agree with Sheryl. We'll be watching. In my very quick Tweet earlier, I said this really narrows the choices and flings the door wide open for disruptive competition. In many ways, I see this as proof positive that the winner in the battle royale for microblogging (orwhatever we choose to call this services) is Company X, as yet a sleeper who will disrupt the landscape significantly.I don't think it will be a known player. At least not one known in this space. - Ken Camp

Louis - that post is awesome... I just laughed out load with that one... nice!!! - Susan Beebe

I had suggested facebook to buy friendfeed in one my blog post. - Madhav Tripathi

Terrific article Louis, best I have read on this deal so far. - Nicholas Kreidberg

Wow! Wonderful blog post! - Peter

This was one of the best yet, Louis! - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Remember Rule #1 though :-) - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

All true. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Great post - Thierry Lhôte

The FriendFeed-Facebook relationship will need a healthy dose of Dr. Phil. - imabonehead

And friendfeed.com ends up like Nola Rice? - j1m

Life streaming via Friendfeed I always felt like a kind of a partner investing something of me in something greater... Now I discover that this investment counts for nothing. No one was or is committed to keep the style and special features that made Friendfeed attractive in the first place. No one is committed or loyal to the user base and the investment of life talent and prestige... more... - Spaceweaver

Bwana ☠

"FF connected me with new friends that I would never have known. FB connects me with old friends I could have done without. :(" - jcunwired http://friendfeed.com/jcunwir...

August 10 - Comment - Like - Share

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Exactly - Shevonne

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The best comment I've heard today! - Bonnie Foster

its actually quite easy to ignore someone you could have done without. *sigh* - Sidney

Wow. Some of you apparently live terrible lives, filled with terrible people you seem unable to avoid, with the possible exception of this one website, I feel terrible about that.Of course, it's also possible you've wildly overestimated the difference between the people you know here and the people who know you in real life. - Richard Lawler

Or it could be, you're wrong. - Bwana ☠

Nope, you're the ones who keep saying everyone you know and everything you do on facebook sucks. That must be terrible. - Richard Lawler

Yes Richard because clearly I can make friends from all over the world on my daily stroll through the park. Or not. - vijay

Richard: That there's a possible incompatibility between networks centered around personal relationships -- or at least people you've physically encountered -- and networks based largely on interests, seems pretty clear to me. - Christopher A Carr

Yes, it's confirmed. You're wrong. - Bwana ☠

bingo - Jim Goldstein

My life wouldn't be the same without vijay - Rodfather

If everyone you've physically encountered sucks, the problem just might be you. - Richard Lawler

Hear, hear. This news sucks. - Adi

Oh Lord....not this guy :) - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Richard: I suppose there's nothing stopping you from deleting your ff account now and heading on over to Facebook full-time. - Christopher A Carr

I like this post, but I love all my social networks equally lol. - Ryan Peach

Luckily, unlike so many here, I can keep using any website I want the same way I did before without devolving into a baseless bitchfest about what might happen someday somewhere. Or, I could have kneejerk reaction based on irrational fear. hmmm - Richard Lawler

And you're very good at keeping your assumptions to yourself - Bwana ☠

Richard: Were friendfeed to say that it's going to survive, or at least that FB will have a more open, public facing side to it as a result of the acquisition, then I think the bitching would subside. As it stands, there's not much reason to think that anything of friendfeed will survive. If Facebook perfectly met everyone's needs, there would be no friendfeed. - Christopher A Carr

On the bright side, I can have a kneejerk reaction on FB and remove baseless bitches from my friends list. :) - jcunwired

Except, they haven't really said anything. So thinking anything will or won't survive is premature. If Facebook perfectly met everyone's expectations there would be no need for war, sickness or evil deeds. Every online community is the same as every other one, if friendfeed, for whatever reason, doesn't keep doing what you want ti to do, you'll use something else. It hasn't ever been perfect and it never will be. - Richard Lawler

I told you Richard. You're wrong. "Taylor and Cox say that the Friendfeed product will live on independently, and eventually Friendfeed will be merged into Facebook. But the Friendfeed team is not being kept whole. Some employees will now report to Cox, others to engineering head Mike Schroepfer. In my opinion that means, long term, the Friendfeed product itself is unlikely to be a big priority." http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Bwana ☠

Well, you told me what techcrunch's opinion is, because that's what I wanted to know. Thanks! (there's sarcasm there) - Richard Lawler

Ok let me slow it down for you. The team is splitting. The product is going to merge with Facebook. (No sarcasm) - Bwana ☠

Richard: "Every online community is the same as every other one..." That's nonsense. - Christopher A Carr

I can wholly identify with JC's statement. - JA Castillo

Wow Bwana...you are really bitchy in this thread...I think Richard is making some good points. If you are having issues with the people you 'accept' on Facebook there really is only one person who you can point the finger. You. Facebook makes it quite easy to NOT get involved with any person. - Sidney

Thanks. Appreciate the feedback. - Bwana ☠

I accept friends in Facebook because if they took the time to want to be friends with me, I feel obligated. I'm also not one to hurt a person's feelings by turning them down. That's what its like in a closed community like Facebook. Friendfeed is totally open - I can read, share, participate and like without having any obligation whatsoever to the people I interact with. - jcunwired

Sidney - Refusing to see that there is a clear difference between the people and the atmosphere of Facebookers and Friendfeeders is either foolishness or stubbornness. There is a world in facebook, full of garbage, that people think is "ok" because it evolved from other crap. - Matthew DeVries

Same here. Wisely said! - Nia

You are probably right. I am checking things out only now - AbZ from Nambu

There is the matter of censorship too. You really have to post some very illegal crap before FF will step in a mod it. Facebook bounces you for saying breastfeeding. - Matthew DeVries

I couldn't have put it better myself. Just got back and saw the news. Still digesting it. - Charlie Anzman

Well said guys! - Susan Beebe

Actually, I love most of my Facebook friends, or I wouldn't have (re)connected. But FF is a different community. - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

Dont twitter groups achieve a similar effect? - AbZ from Nambu

I like Facebook friends, I don't like that think it's ok to kidnap me, poke me, or ask me what Fantana girl I'm most like. I don't like that they think I'm the misanthropic curmudgeon with the problem when I ask them not to "It's what Facebook is for" - Matthew DeVries

LOL - Thomas Power

It's interesting to see ho people use different networking sites - for example - I use FB for personal connections and family and the rest are business related. - Graham Bunting

I like my friends, but you are definently right. I just got on friendfeed any advice on making friends? - Ryan Peach

Smart! - Martha

Great insight! - William Phillips

Nimaa

FriendFeed Smiley :D #FriendFeed

July 9 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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طرح از خودم :دی سعی کنید همه شکلک هارو ببینید و شاد بشید - Nimaa from email

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نیما، سیدکامیار هم پسندید :))) دست مریزاد. - سیدیوسف

لایک فراوان , واسه طرح از خودت - egza

خیلی بامزه ان.. خلاقیتت منو کشته :)) - Saghee

ممنون از همه لطف دارین پس همگی شاد شدیم بادیدنش :به به :دی - Nimaa

:))) باحاله :دی خوشمان آمد - یک بابک

شخم :دی - Nimaa

:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) - parazitt

لاااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااااایک :))))) چه خوشگلن! آواتار بعدیم رو از بین اینا انتخاب میکنم :دی - Saop

=)))))) - Saop

ساناز اتفاقاً اینا نسخه های متفادت تو هستن :)))))))) تولدت هم مبارک - Nimaa

عالی بود - Zahra

آره :))))) حالا هی انتخاب میکنم حالشو میبرم =))))) تولد شما هم مبارک :ط :دی :)) - Saop

به به ساناز ط ط :)) - Nimaa

ط ط ط ط ط ط ط ط ط ط حتی :دی - Saop

=))) ساناز پهن شدم - Nimaa

شخم :D - Nimaa

کاش فرفر یکاری میکرد که یه همچین عکس‌هایی روی سایت باشه که بشه ازش استفاده کرد لازم نباشه خودمون آپلود کنیم :دی - یک بابک

بابک فعلا اینکارو نکرده ط هم برات بعدش خودش دستی بزار خب تنوع هم داره توش ط - Nimaa

حالا باید سیو کنم هنوز سیوشون نکردم خب :پی - یک بابک

راستی اون آخریه اسمایلی عصبانیه؟؟؟ - یک بابک

نه اون ماله اون قومی هست که بهشون میگن دهن بشقابی میدونی کدومو میگم دیگه؟ اسمایلی انسان دوستی حتی :)) - Nimaa

بامزه ی خلاقانه ایه.. آفرین به تو :دی - Ideh

من شونزده رو انتخاب می کنم واسه حالام - Ideh

ایده فرشته ست اون مهربونه خیلی - Nimaa

=)))))))) دهن بشقابی =))))))))))) آره میدونم :))))) - یک بابک

بابک ط - Nimaa

فوق العادس نیما باز هم مرسی - egza

ممنونم فرهاد راستی ساب کردمت - Nimaa

مرسی نیما جان خلاقیتت فوق العاده اس یه کلاس واسه ما بذار - egza

فرهاد شکسته نفسی میکنی خودت استادی این کشدنش کاری نداره یکم تمرین کنی میشه بی نظمیش هست که قشنگش کرده - Nimaa

:O خیلی جالبه ! ایول داری پسر :) تو الان مرز خلاقیت تو فرفر ترکوندی - SokooteDel

سوکوت دل جان اینجوری نیست :)) کدوم رو برای خودت آلان ورداشتی؟ چه حالی هستی؟ - Nimaa

http://friendfeed.com/egza... - egza

من اون دومی تو ردیف اولم :دی - SokooteDel

سوکوت دل آلانه که دعوامون بشه اونم من ورداشتم حالا برای تو :)))) - Nimaa

نیما، لایک برا اون دو تا که زبان کوچیکشون (حلقشون) از خنده و تعجب معلومه... دقتت رو بخورم.. :)) - ДMIROVSKY☂امیروفسکی

امیرررر ایول دقت تو عالیه اونی که تعجب کرده زبون کوچیکش یکمی پریشون تره از اونی هست که تو ردیف اولیه آره؟ :دی - Nimaa

=))) - ДMIROVSKY☂امیروفسکی

مرام ِ تو پهلون :دی - SokooteDel

چاکریم :دی - Nimaa

عااااااااااااااااااااااالی ه این : ططط - Newsha

WIN - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Cute! - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

بره تو فید خارجیها می ترکونه - egza

آقا به خاطر فیل تر و استفاده از فریگت قابل مشاهده نیستن. لایک را هم با اعتماد به رای این خلق‌الله دادیم :دی اگه بشه جایی آپلود کنید و لینک بدین خیلی خوب می‌شه... - مصطفام

آقا مصطفی محبت کردین. بعد از اینکه فری گت رو بستین میشه به صورت عادی عکس هارو دید آدرس عکیها با آدرس خود فرندفید فرق داره و فیلتر نییست. بازم اگهنشد بفرمائین جایی دیگه میزارم - Nimaa

Awesome - Josh Haley

اوا نیمایی این همه کامنت و فید چرا خورده زیر این فید ناموسی؟ :))) پاکش اصلن :دی - I /-\li

علی این همه لایک و کامنت سیخی هست در چشم تو :D - Nimaa

من که عکس ها رو ندیدم.اما لایک می زنم بقیه ببینن به قول نیما شاد بشن. - elmira

المیرا برات ایمیل میکنم ببینی با فریگت دیده نمیشن - Nimaa

دومیه خیلی گوگولیه!نهمیه هم خیلی بانمکه!آخریه هم که تهشه!=))))))))))منم مستندشو توی بی بی سی دیدم!حس انسان دوستیت منو کشته!بعدشم من 16 رو برمیدارم به خاطر اسمم و هاله ی نور و این حرفا و اینا!کلا خیلی گوگولین دیگه بازم تعریف کنم؟:D - Fereshteh

یه چهار نفر دیگه بیان لایم بزنن بشه 200 تا لایک خیلی خوب میشه!8-> - Fereshteh

فرشته چه دقتی :)))) ایول - Nimaa

不是一般的棒 - xywf

ایول ایناست :دی آره آواتار بعدی قطعاً از بین همیناست :دی اگه فری گیت بذاره. خیلی نازن :)) - Saop

ساناز شماره 12 بود زدی :)) قشنگ شده - Nimaa

این چه قدر لایک گرفت - Ideh

ایده یه مقداریشو برای خودت وردار اسمایلی یه آدم بخشنده :دی - Nimaa

من اون شماره 8 هستم :( - egza

Marrowed @ http://marro.ws/friendf... - Aykut Karaalioğlu from iPhone

شخم :) - hadi kh

imabonehead

good way to start a workday: commute with low traffic while listening to Crystal Method on a bright sunny day :D

July 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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My day started well at work until about two hours into it. It got progressively worse and worse until I headed home. - imabonehead

Michael McKean

So far I'm finding that one of the worst things about cancer is telling family and friends that you have it.

July 27 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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honesty is always appreciated ... - johnpiercy

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I know; you feel like you want to spare them the shock. And then you have to reassure them that you're taking care of it. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Exactly! I have found that having a positive attitude really helps others cope. - Michael McKean

Maybe you could go the formal route and have some cards printed up. - Glen, Bespectacled Elder

Heh.. with FAQ! - Michael McKean

Michael, a friend who had cancer asked one friend to be the go-to for updates, news, well wishes, etc., because it really is exhausting answering everyone's questions, hearing their concerns, soothing them and yourself (not that these things aren't done out of love and concern). Before you're into your treatment, you might want to talk about this w/ a friend or family member who might fill this role for you. - Ayşe E.

That's an excellent idea since I have no idea how I'll be feeling in the coming weeks and months. Thanks! - Michael McKean

My husband just went through treatment for leukemia, and he blogged his way through the experience. Some days he couldn't do it, but when he did it was wonderful for everyone involved. It was theraputic for him and a great way to keep those at a distance informed. And it kept me from having to update people constantly. And good luck with everything. I know it won't be easy, but you have a lot of positive thoughts with you. Hold on to them. - Jen (SquirrelGirl) from iPhone

I've been telling everyone to go to Twitter or FF if they want updates. It makes it easy to let people know what's up quickly. - Michael McKean

I am sorry that you are going through this - RAPatton from iPhone

Don't be! :) Life has its ups and downs. I thank God that I am alive. I have a new appreciation for my own life and the lives of others. And all of you have helped out tremendously! - Michael McKean

You are an inspiration. - Mona Nomura

Oh man, you are my hero!! - Adrian

:-( I'm sorry, Michael... and I can imagine how hard that would be. Cancer is scary stuff, and people say such thoughtless things. - Ladybug Heather

I try to overlook what people say... I can understand to a certain point. My main concern is making people feel comfortable. - Michael McKean

Live4Emma (L4S)

good morning :-)

July 27 - Comment - Like - Share

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<333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

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Morning! - Shevonne

morning - Anne Haynes

Morning! - अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das

Good morning :) - Nia from fftogo

morning everyone! :-) - Live4Emma (L4S)

I love it! - Nicholas Kreidberg

ESO! :-D - Anna Haro

Eat a live toad first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to either of you the rest of the day. - Robert Hafer from iPhone

True Robert....I'll leave that strategy to ensuring good mornings to you and you ALONE! o_O - Live4Emma (L4S) from iPhone

Lindsay is in 20-ten

Escher Lego House - http://majorlycool.com/item...

September 10, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Escher + Legos - how can you beat that? - Lindsay is in 20-ten from Bookmarklet

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Lindsay++ - Nicholas Kreidberg

"Everything I've done, I've done for you. I move the stars for no one." - Jareth the Goblin King :D - ::Kristen::

this is farking awesome - rawksome some might say - Morgan

Double Win - Josh Haley

Just found this again... it's still awesome... - Lindsay is in 20-ten

I bet I can build it! - Mike Esposito

that was kickazz the first time i saw it in 2005. it's still kickazz. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

Matt Cutts

A Google easter egg for people who know what recursion is: http://www.google.com/search... :)

July 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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It also works in German: http://www.google.de/search... - Matt Cutts

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Recursion :) - alfred westerveld

Love it! - Alexey Ivanov from iPhone

Works in French as well: http://www.google.fr/search... ! - Denis (aka HawkEye)

I kept hitting it repeatedly hoping something new would happen. It didn't :) - mike fabio

yeah would be cool if it changed to 'did you mean stack overflow' if you refreshed enough - Private Sanjeev

Hah! Recursive searches in Google. That's cute! - Peter Murray

Wow! Very funny! :) - Peter

Does not work for Turkish: http://www.google.com/search... - Ahmet Yükseltürk

Private Sanjeev - *laugh* - Andrew C

love it. - Ron George

Subtle yet amazing! - Veetrag

Private Sanjeev ... yea now that would be cool easter egg :) - Bhowmik Shah

lol - Rick Cogley

Did you mean recursion? LOL! http://www.google.com/search... - Jordi Rosell

A friendfeed easter egg for those who know what recursion is: http://friendfeed.com/mattcut... - Tanath

Ha ha, Tanath! - Rick Cogley

Awesome! - Ladybug Heather

LOL @ Tanath! - Ladybug Heather

This reminds me of the index in PRIMOS user manuals. The entry for "circular reference" is "see recursion". The entry for "recursion" is "see circular reference". (PRIMOS is the operating system used on Prime Computers in 70's and early 80's) - Gary Burd

Gary, I haven't used PRIMOS since like 8th grade. I love that someone else remembers PRIMOS. I learned on a PRIMOS system before I went to college and discovered Unix. - Matt Cutts

Good stuff. Note though that (at least for me), you don't get the easter egg from following the link. You have to post the query from the search page itself. Then, BINGO. Also, well played, Tanath :) - Micah Wittman

this one post sent me down SO MANY rabbit trails on math heh - Tyler Gillies

What's recursion? - Christian (Simply X)

Haggis (Sean Loyless)

FriendFeed Presents: Damn You Steven Perez! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

February 18 from YouTube - Comment - Like - Share

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DAMN YOU STEVEN PEREZ!!! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

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IN SOVIET RUSSIA, STEVEN PEREZ DAMNS YOU! - vijay

hahahaha - Shevonne

Josh wins -- John W is a close second - Shey, Jamaican of FF

DAMN YOU STEVEN PEREZ!!!!! - Ladybug Heather

Josh was hysterical!!!!! - Shevonne

Johnny is gonna give me nightmares for months for his. I wonder how his wife feels about him wearing her bra? :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

why is he wearing bra? - Caroline

That was hi-larious - Haggis you are AWESOME! And everyone was so cool! - WorldofHiglet

LOL @ Johnny! Very nicely done Haggis! - Trish Haley

I'm trying to repress the Johnny bit... - WorldofHiglet

Indeed, Trish, Haggis is awesomesauce!!! - Ladybug Heather

JOSH HALEY IS MY NEW CRUSH :) - Caroline

HAHAHA! DYSP! - Christopher Harley

Wow, what a great job, Sean! :-) - Michelle Martinez

Aw man, I wish my video got in there. :( That was awesome! - Admiral Anika

EPIC STEVEN PEREZ DAMNING!!!!! Josh made it SUPER EPIC! Thanks Sean! - Carmen - Happy 2010!

Great job, Sean! And Josh definitely wins. :) Johnny - thanks, I'm scarred for life. :p - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Johnny, whose damn bra was that? Steven's? ;) - Shevonne

Josh is awesome! Johnny is hilarious and nice idea Sean! Aw! wish I could have joined in the fun :D next time! - vijay

EPIC! - Christian (Simply X)

Told you i'd get you back, Steven. :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Awesome! - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

LOL. All those years of ukulele practice have brought me to this triumphant day! - Josh Haley

I'm so in love with this video. Eleventy million EPIC WINS - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

lovely!!!! - Justin

Well done! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Can I have one for my birthday? This is really fantastic! :-) Great job everyone. Although I think John's will give me night terrors. -

truly, cosmically, PEREZIAN! happy b... I mean, DYSP! - Jim in Real Time

Way to go on the editing and organization, Haggis! - Josh Haley

So epic - Rodfather

LOVE THIS. - Derrick

LOL I had so much fun editing this. The "Pop" sound on mine I made myself. XD - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

*singing* 19,000 Likes, 10,000 Comments.. What the eff?? - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

This is awesome! I'm now taking up the ukulele and becoming a cross dresser. - Mark Krynsky

This couldn't get any better...DAM* YOU STEVEN PEREZ - @CrystalinaB

Was this something you guys came up with over the weekend while I was gone? I wish I could have gotten in on it! - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Yup it all came together over Sunday to Yesterday. :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

XOXOXO - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Get your Twitter on as well. http://friendfeed.com/e... - Christopher Harley

Bumpity Bippity Boppity Bump! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Thank you Steven Perez, and Thank you Friendfeed, for keeping me coming to this incredible site, This video is one of the reason why I fell in love with Friendfeed :D - George The Writer

Why, Johnny, Why?!?!?! Thanks for making this happen, Haggis! - Jeanine W.

It was either that or a Marylin Monroe impersonation singing "Happy Birthday, Mr Perez-ident" - Johnny Worthington

Awesome!!! I miss out on so much being away for a week or two!!! Damn You Steven Perez, it's your fault that I have been away!!! - David Cook - 2010!!!

I can't decide if I'm dying to see that or not, Johnny. O.o - Penguin It's Cold Outside

I'll save it for next year :P - Johnny Worthington

johnny ftw, but all of you ftw as well. :D - mjc

I've been singing Josh's frickin' song all the day long. - Trish Haley

Think how I feel, i'm on day 2! XD - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

I'm surprised that the guy who coined the phrase didn't contribute to all the damning. - Steven Perez

Oh, Mark? I DM'ed him about it and he said his camera was broke :( - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Excuses, excuses. He was probably still stoned from the Kevin Smith show. - Steven Perez

Might as well bump it now, before someone else does. - Steven Perez

YAY! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Bumping for the grumpy man! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

hmmm...something about that statement is making me giggle, Sean, and I just can't quite... - WorldofHiglet

Gah! How did I miss this?? That was the first time I got to see several FFers on video. Awesome! And pretty funny - Kamilah Gill

Bump for the good times. - Mark Krynsky

How did I not like this until now. DYSP you can't leave us now. - Jimminy Fuller

Mona Nomura

You guys! What does a vegan zombie eat? GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS #LOL #fb

July 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!! - Mona Nomura

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That was horrible. .... HORRIBLY AWESOME!! - Yolanda

Ok, I'll give you that much, you started with a good one :D - Micah Wittman

That made me EL OH EL. - Mona Nomura

lolwut - Rodfather

baahaha - Nathan Rein

silly mona. - imabonehead

LULZ - Matt Ruiz

Vegan Brains of Course! - Bastard Operator From FF

Personally, I try to eat enough butter and cheese that the vegan zombies will avoid me. - ha3rvey (wants confit)

Vegan Brains are GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS - Mona Nomura

I totally LOL'ed - Tamara from iPhone

dammit, i didn't want to laugh...but i did totally guffaw. - Joe Silence is Dr. Teeth!

I laughed SO hard! - Mona Nomura

What, no BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAANS? - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Should I play Left4Bread to train myself for the potential vegan zombie attack? Personally, I think it would be better if I played Call of Fruity instead. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

bahahahahahahaha <3 - Geoff Schultz

Kevin Fox

New FriendFeed Themes!!! - http://blog.friendfeed.com/

July 16 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Grasslands really is too awesome! - Rachel Lea Fox

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Great work! (Still sticking with my/AJ's style, though.) - Akiva Moskovitz

Grasslands makes me feel warm and fuzzy :) - Georgia Diehl

I tried to shoot the cloud but nothing happens - Carl Haynes

oooh. orion. nice work. - Jenna Bilotta

Orion and Steampunk FTW - Tsega Dinka

Grasslands *is* happiness :) - Ross Miller

I'm away from my laptop - but dang am I impressed. :) Fast work. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Now agree with Aden. AJ's script was not letting the new text background color in. - CAJ, somewhere else

Use the new one Curtis. You're probably using the old version. - AJ Batac

Grasslands is really fantastic. :) - Keith Bourgoin

AJ, if you mean the one with Themes support, I am. :( - CAJ, somewhere else

+1 Grasslands. Pure awesomeness. Nice job Kevin et al. - Shannon Bauman

I love the clouds on Grasslands. It's too bad they disappear!! Nice job - Marci Golub

The Orion theme is sweet, although the centering of the image makes it so that the most dynamic parts of it are hidden behind the actual feed. Maybe make the feed area background semi-transparent? - Brian Chang

wow, this second batch of themes kicks ass - chrisofspades

I really like the Orion theme! - Brian Bufalo

And Grasslands! - Brian Bufalo

I like all of them a lot. I'm settling on Orion. - Chieze Okoye

Too much fun, you have, I think. :) - Josh Haley

Who took the Orion Pic? FF should still cite, even if from a NASA or other Govt source. - Joe

Joe, it does in the blog post that is linked her "we've got Orion (thanks for the pic, NASA!)" - Rachel Lea Fox

Doh! - Joe

I would still like to know where within NASA. That is a pretty large org. - Joe

http://www.nasa.gov/multime... - "Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI" - Brian Chang

Nope, not the same image. 693 is at a higher magnification. - Joe

This is probably the one -- http://www.nasa.gov/mission... - Joe

Kevin mentioned it to me the other day, but I don't remember now where he said he found it. When he is around again I'm sure he'll chime in. - Rachel Lea Fox

Didn't know there were new themes.....have to check them out....like the looks of Grasslands. - Bonnie Foster

The NASA Orion pic is a mosaic of several Hubble pictures. I found it via this blog post: http://www.bittbox.com/resourc... and got the actual source from Wikimedia from this page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki... I could tell you how to spot the artifacts that show this to be a mosaic, but if I did, you'd always notice them and you would be sad. - Kevin Fox

So Kevin, be honest... Have you inserted a Triforce into any of your themes? - Travis Koger from iPhone

I mighthave if I'd found out about it before Phillipp broke the story, but he did it right after we launched! - Kevin Fox

Cool. Thanks Kevin for the background on the Orion pic. - Joe

Orion is pretty cool IMHO - Loïc Guitaut

Dan Hsiao

YouTube - The FriendFeed Whiteboard - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

July 25, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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High quality version available (on YouTube) - Dan Hsiao

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Smart! - AJ Batac

cool stuff. - Alan Le

Now refresh the page :) - Andrew Smith

Whiteboard prototyping FTW! - Hao Chen

Is it just me or is the most impressive thing about this video is their ability to write in straight lines without a rule? - Mark Trapp

seeing stuff like that always gets me motivated to draw wire frames. - Adam Helweh

They filmed themselves slowly erasing it, then ran it backwards. Makes them look extremely steady-handed. - Dylan Parker

Dan, why do I get the feeling you wear that shirt a lot? ;) - Christopher Chung

I would definitely need a rule for that!! - Alex Sauceda

Really well done, guys - Christopher Sacca

Very cool!! Great work! - Karen Padham Taylor

Fantastic. I bet that took more than 5 minutes to make though. :) - Mike Cassidy

Is that how you guys do all your UI mockups? - Brian Johns

I'm going to have to talk to my UI guys. They're too slow. - Ryan Kuder

Bubble... Because I love it :) - Ross Miller

+ the music is really nice - alexxandra

LOL, who doesn't have a whiteboard these days? - Zachary TG

Trish R

I didn't throw up!

July 5 - Comment - Like - Share

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Wow! That's awesome! - joey

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thats amazing. ive always wanted to jump out of a plane. - Carlos Ayala

It was fun, I loved it! Everyone told me the adrenaline is addictive, but I never believed them. - Trish R

bigger photos needed! - vijay

Vijay, I didn't take the pictures, but they are sending me the bigger version of this one! - Trish R

YAY!!! - Ladybug Heather

Congrats on your FIRST jump. Everyone I know who has done it, had kept on doing it. - Admiral Anika

that is pretty much throwin' *down.* :-) - Karim

Did it once and would love to do it again. Beautiful! - Mine Ekim

Okay, next time we want a solo jump with a mid-air friendfeed post from your phone. :-) Seriously though, yay you, I'd love the stones to do something like that - Slappy Line

Next time I do want to take a camera, but I'll probably take a disposable. I was too focused on getting through it today to bring anything. :-) - Trish R

Sweet! - Rodfather

HOLY WOW!!! You did it!!! Respect! - Josh Haley from iPhone

You crazy woman! I love it! I'm really glad you didn't throw up. - Trish Haley

ooo, vomit is an occupational hazard for the guy in the back, eh? - Rick Cogley

Awesome. Congrats...from one skydiver to another. - Mark Krynsky

Awesome, Trish!!! :-D - Anna Haro

Holy crap, that's awesome! - Mona Nomura

very kool! - (jeff)isageek

one of the few adventurous things I am too chicken to do. Congratulations! - Bill Kinney

Way To Go, Buddy! Can't get me to take my foot off the ground. - Houseofmax

You can do this, and yet you're afraid of rodents and spiders? (You can easily flip that around and say to me, "You can handle rodents and spiders, and yet you won't skydive?") - Kamilah Gill

HAHAHA. There's no logic to phobias, I guess. - Trish R

Looks Kinky. - Marg Uerite

Shey, Jamaican of FF to Shey,'s feed, Funny Pics and Videos

Generation Y

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lol - Anna Haro

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Yeah, but it's Generation X's fault that we have to look at all those "Y"s... We(they?) started it. (I get a little confused. I'm 30, so which side of the fence am I really on?) - Kamilah Gill

:D I saw one of those today :P - martha

ewwww - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Kamilah, I'm in the same boat. 31, and every definition says I fall between the X and Y cracks. Which, in light of this post, kinda grosses me out. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

LOLZ Tina. I guess it's the shadow effect of my parents being a little too young to be true Boomers. I'm a little too young to be Gen X - Kamilah Gill

Just missing a strange looking tattoo and you're there Shey - Charlie Anzman

:) why y? - FlyMeToTheMoon from email

I thought Gen-Xers were older than Ys? - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Yes, Shey, what made you think otherwise? - Kamilah Gill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Andrew Trinh

According to that, I'm officially an Xer. Once again, I apologize on behalf of this entire generation for the saggy pants that refuse to go away. We though it was cute. Fun. Temporary. - Kamilah Gill

I'm Generation Y. But my butt-crack is firmly concealed. Unless I'm at home... - Shey, Jamaican of FF

@Andrew Thanks your link - FlyMeToTheMoon from email

ahahahah - Susan Beebe

darn kids...pull your britches up!!!! - Stephanie Segel

lol true - Will Higgins™

D: - yasin ghasemi

XA x3 - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Hahaha! - Anne Bouey

I would hate to see Generation - ( )X( ) - Adam Helweh

lol@Adam - Shey, Jamaican of FF

heehee - AJ Batac

My co-worker to a T...or Y. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

Lol, this picture really describe our generation lol - Moon

@Kamilah oops, I misunderstood what you were saying. Yes, you're right -- it's totally Gen X's fault. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

awesome shey - johnpiercy

lol,,, - Ashanti

I don't want to see the other side of that… - Daniel Schildt

haha! - Michael

Paul Buchheit

Real-time search. We have it. It's here. - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...

July 2 - Comment - Like - Share

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Try http://friendfeed.com/search... It's also fun to watch the embedded search on the blog blog post (http://friendfeed.com/search...). You can see people discussing the blog post, from the blog post, in real time! - Paul Buchheit

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cooool - Dobromir Hadzhiev

coooool - zsafwan 

GREAT ! - Stanislas Jourdan

Eeee. Awesome. - Mark Trapp from iPhone

Impressive! Now you can save real time searches as embeddable widgets. That's just awesome! This is a massively POWERFUL feature. Thank you FF team! - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Lol, you flipped the switch before the post came out as far as I can tell. I was searching for it and I couldn't see it. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Yowsa. Makes quick easy work out of social media monitoring, don't it? - Ian Wilker

YAY!!! FriendFeed staff rocks, that's all there is to it =) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Congrats Paul to you and your team! Another one bites the dust! - Jorge Escobar

WAAAAAAAAA.. meta real time search.. love the concept of embed a real-time search !! Way to Team FF -- luv u guys !! :)- - Peter Dawson

Do you guys sleep? Honestly, love the constant output and attention you guys pay to user feedback. I know this highly requested and probably not easy to implement. - Frankie Warren

Twitter Killer! - David Schmidt

Thanks so much Paul & Co. Excellent work! - Leo Laporte

hey love they way they launched search.. espcially when its close to "Search Marketing Day 2009" !1 - Peter Dawson

Thanks Leo. Jim and Gary did most of the work on this one though. - Paul Buchheit

Track is back! This is a gamechanger. - Mike Doeff from iPhone

Track is back! - Christian Burns from iPhone

Excellent news. - LPH™ and his dog P™ from BuddyFeed

I think I'm going to scream if I hear "track" again - someone please define it for me - Jesse Stay

Wow, great work! - Meryn Stol

I stand in awe of your hackfullness. - Ted Gilchrist

Good work. Much-anticipated. - Louis Gray

@Jesse: It's a dead twitter command "track keyword" sends you realtime updates whenever the word is used. Think of it like realtime google alerts for friendfeed. - Daniel J. Pritchett

I'm pretty sure Gillmor et al kept calling it "track" because that's what Twitter called it back when they had it for a week. - Daniel J. Pritchett

On a related note, live embeddable searches mean that I can hack together my own FF embeds for the pages that don't have them yet, like say "comment:dpritchett" http://friendfeed.com/search... - Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel, Twitter never had this - this isn't "track" - Jesse Stay

you guys rock. - Karoli

...wowsers! Very nice! - JA Castillo

The blogpost said they're working to implement "keyword notifications" Jesse, that will be "track" - Frankie Warren

Twitter's brought back track, it's just no one cares. You can now have updates by keyword on Twitter pushed to you, via XMPP, just like track used to. Gillmor says that's not track. - Jesse Stay

That's why I hate the term "track" - no one knows what it is. The way Paul is explaining it, as real-time search, is a much better way of explaining it. - Jesse Stay

I guess we're still missing the realtime notifications piece that folks want. You can shape the firehose to watch terms in realtime but you can't yet get it pushed outside of FF via email or IM? - Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel, Twitter has that right now, but Gillmor says that's not track - Jesse Stay

/me prints up a few hundred "That's not track!" t-shirts - Daniel J. Pritchett

Killer feature. I'm watching news about Honduras scrolling by. Very useful. - Chris Baskind

Jesse: Oh, i'm with you... Real-Time Search is a better term :) - Frankie Warren

BTW, integrating this into my blog right now - Jesse Stay

Me too Jesse. Making a new static page for that comment:dpritchett search I mentioned - Daniel J. Pritchett

this is definitely cool and all, but what about API? We are falling way behind on feature sets :) - Tim Hoeck

It's like an alternative to watching TV, in a literary sort of way. - Ted Gilchrist

awesome!:) - m.0

kewl! - phil baumann

Yay! This is the killer feature (once it's in the API, of course ;) - Brandon Titus

I'd love to see a blog post about how this is implemented. Real-time search has some interesting problems. - Chris Lamprecht

I take it back - I can't integrate this into my blog until I can filter it to a single list. I really need an embed for "comment:dpritchett list:e20" except lists are still virtual in that no one other than me can see them unless I use the atom export. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Wow you guys rock! - Alfredo

I am sloooooooooooow. But what/where is the template to make the embeddable widget. please? - Marg Uerite

You're right Jesse - it's not exactly Track but it's getting a lot closer. The old Twitter Track allowed you to set up multiple search terms (e.g. track iphone) and get those delivered to your IM with zero time lag. At any time you could type "track" to see what you're currently tracking and "untrack" to untrack something - e.g. "untrack iphone". There are some third party tools that... more... - Mike Doeff

Paul, is there a way to change the title of the embed? The long search string looks kinda bad. - Jesse Stay

Mike, Twitter offers that today. Gillmor says it's not Track. - Jesse Stay

Marg, after you do a search, click the "Share / embed search" link to get the embed code. - Dan Hsiao

Jesse, are you sure? Can you provide a URL describing this feature? I think you're referring to Twitter Search (and saved searches) which is totally different. - Mike Doeff

Mike, it's in beta and available to developers, but it's back, minus SMS support: http://staynalive.com/article... - Jesse Stay

Jesse, when / where did Gillmor say that isn't track? I'm pretty sure that Steve just wants the old track brought back, with some filtering capabilities added (the old Track didn't filter out blocked accounts). - Mike Doeff

Yay! Have been eagerly awaiting this. :) - Rick Turoczy

Mike, he's said in various comments. Looks like Track to me... Heck, it's even called "track". - Jesse Stay

BTW this is on staynalive.com now (look in the sidebar): http://staynalive.com/ - Jesse Stay

for my italian friends: stica... - Alberto D'Ottavi from fftogo

Jesse - you can hide the ugly search bar with a little quick CSS - it's <h1> under an easily identified class. - Daniel J. Pritchett from IM

Daniel, good idea - I'd love to change the title more than that though. - Jesse Stay

just a few minutes work and I have a FriendFeed realtime search embedded in a blog http://www.amsterdam20.nl (web 2.0 event) - Jeroen De Miranda

Yeah - Brian Sullivan

FF guys: we like your style :) --- way to go!! - Harscoat

I think I'm going to cry - Bwana ☠

awesomesauce! - Simon Wicks

This is a really great innovation, congrats friendfeed team! - Garin Kilpatrick

Thanks, Jim and Gary! Lots of hard work for a very cool result! - Anne Bouey

HhhhhUuuuuuGggggEeeee !!! - Harold Cabezas

I want to 'Like' this *twice*! many thanks! - topo

The first step in a storystreaming platform! - Kevin Sablan

Whoa. Wow. And Yes! Fantastic work, FF team. - Micah Wittman

Good stuff although should support negative operators such as I should able to search my name in the all posts NOT coming from me. I've tried "from:-username" but it doesn't seem to work. - Ferruh Mavituna

OK, you guys are wicked talented! It's kind of scary, but I love it. So what's next? Just kidding:) - Michael Fidler

Ferruh: you just have it a bit backwards... try -from:username instead :) - Ross Miller

WOOOOOOOOOOW. Friendfeed is really pushing some cool features out :). Friendfeed is the best :) - alfred westerveld

How can we embed FriendFeed search? - Mike Reynolds

Mike - There's a link at the top of the search just beneath the red bar. - Mitch

A box will pop up, take the HTML code from the bottom of that box. - Mitch

Thanks Mitch! - Mike Reynolds

Nice the embedding code can be dynamic.... <iframe src="http://friendfeed.com/search..." frameborder="0" height="600" width="400" style="border:1px solid #aaa"></iframe> - Mike Reynolds

Thanks @Ross it works fine now, love the RSS output. - Ferruh Mavituna

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Woo! So: will this cause a FF server meltdown anytime soon? - Tim Tyler

very good! - standin

Highly addictive--great stuff! I did notice that if you do a search like [google] you'll see dupe stories streaming by quite a bit (e.g. the TechCrunch story about Google Voice shows up over and over right now). Not sure if it's possible to de-dupe based on destination url a little bit more? - Matt Cutts

two months after redesign, we have access to real-time search. good news bc my preferred search engine is friendfeed. ;) - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

We are there, in the battle against Twitter - Michael_techie

Best search engine became better :) - Chirag Chamoli

I can't say enough how amazing this is. So, I ordered a bottle of real-time translation to go with this magnificent feast of real-time search :D http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - Micah Wittman

Just to show what is possible now with this feature, I've built SteroidFeed: Go here to see it as well as download the files: http://friendfeed.com/lph... Latest version is 1.01. - LPH™ and his dog P™

It's amazing! - Lizunlong

I've been waiting for this since the new UI, excellent, thank you Paul and FF! I'll give this a play later. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Micah, really looking forward to having your scripts work in Chrome. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

This is great. Well done, guys. - James Myatt

Awesome :D - Praveen Vasudev

great!! - Mike Chelen

My bride @montina and I are using the free Flixster app to decide on a movie to watch. Got an iPhone? Try this app!

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Anthony Citrano

*You* balance the budget | Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/news...

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“Try your hand at closing California’s budget shortfall, estimated at $24 billion. It’s not easy, but it can be done. Cut spending, raise taxes and/or borrow to get the state out of the red. For each choice -- drawn from proposals from across the political spectrum -- we’ve tried to give some sense of the effects. As you craft your proposal, the Deficit Meter will show your progress.” - Anthony Citrano

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Holy crap...I tried it...raising taxes only gets you about halfway there and then you have to make some pretty painful cuts to get the rest of the way there. California is truly screwed. - Alex Scoble

I got them into the green but it took some doing. Interesting that "legalize marijuana and tax at 10%" wasn't an option as a revenue stream. I wonder how quickly the scenario would change if it were. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

My only option is to move to florida - Tony C from fftogo

@Tina - it is an option (Assembly Bill 390) but not within the current emergency session. @Alex: Yes, but it ain't just California. The state continues to serve as an essential US leading indicator. ;) - Anthony Citrano

Wow, that is amazing to see. I didn't even manage to get it half way down. My mom is in human services and as a recent college grad with no insurance it was hard to cut anything from education, human services, health or state workers. Poor Cali. :( - Heather

@Earl: Florida, New York, and Michigan are close on California's heels. Try maybe Hawaii instead. - Ladybug Heather

Another 6 months of Obama, and the U.S. will be like California. - Spencer

That's an awesome visualization. California is pretty fucked. - Eric P

I fixed it, but I raised the hell out of some taxes to do it. - Steve Lowe

Here is what I would do.. I'd actually probably do more than just what has been proposed: http://www.latimes.com/news... - Bill Rawlinson

If you cut everything but the one-time fixes, and don't raise taxes, you are still in the red. California is boned. Can we sell it to Japan? China? - Andy Dustman

@Spencer: clue up, mon vieux. - Anthony Citrano

@Andy, Heather, Eric - as I said to Alex: this isn't unique to CA; it's coming soon to a State House near you. - Anthony Citrano

Yeah, but not to the extent that CA is facing...unless the economy gets worse. :) - Alex Scoble

@Alex - that depends on whether you measure "extent" in percentages or absolutes. In absolutes, of course none are to the extent of CA because it's the largest state economy. But in percentage terms, most state budgets are similarly fucked over the next fiscal session - two if they're lucky. - Anthony Citrano

I disagree. California is uniquely fucked up because of its constitution and system of ballot referendums (prop 13). Other states are able to adjust and respond more effectively as they go along - obviously they haven't stayed deficit free, but the situation isn't *as* dire elsewhere. - Eric P

It's important to keep in mind that this is a static tool for what is an inherently dynamic problem. You can raise taxes, sure, but you'll also lose an extraordinary amount of revenue in subsequent years as families relocate. And if you think that won't happen, keep in mind that Cali is already hemorrhaging high-earners. Cali's problem is a spending problem, just as the rest of the... more... - Forrest Cox

Good fun, balance California budget! - Mike Reynolds

Wow, this is a great visual representation. Totally depressing. - joey

@Eric P: yes, California has unique challenges. But what I meant was that the core problem - i.e. the state being totally bankrupt - is not unique. Many US states will be right behind it. - Anthony Citrano

In MO, we had a GOP Gov. who made draconian cuts to balance the budget. It made him unpopular and he only served one term; but we are stable fiscally now. - Robert Hafer from iPhone

@Anthony - but not too many other states have an economy roughly the size of France's. A good comparison here is Texas, which is also very large, very diverse, and is in comparatively sterling fiscal shape. - Forrest Cox

Just legalize our states #1 Cash crop, and the tax revenues from it should go a long way to shoring up the budget permanently. Then repeat for every other state and things might actually start to get better! Imagine that! - Michael Fidler

The budget "options" are too old. Due to a failure to act before July 1 - some options are no longer available. - LPH™ and his dog P™ from BuddyFeed

I didn't see an option to cut the salaries of the governor and legislators to minimum wage level. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

I balanced the budget and have almost $11 million left over without raising ONE TAX! http://www.latimes.com/news... :P (And yes, I'm dead serious) - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

No new taxes? Select the "possibly illegal" cuts and give voters next election a choice: keep more of your earnings and invest in your own futures, or give it all to us and trust us to rain those benefits sufficiently back to you. Do you really have confidence CA can do that efficiently? - Andrew Skretvedt

After experimenting and looking at the list, any change of less than a billion dollars is barely worth making. Fixing this is going to be painful, but this is what you get for continuously demanding services, at some point they need to be paid for. The "cut the health and dental care for state retirees maybe be illegal and will be challenged in court" is kind weird: if the state goes bankrupt, those won't be paid out anyway. But I guess everyone gets to feel good about not having to cut that. - Andy Bakun

I also don't get why we're spending money on some of these things. Why are we keeping illegal immigrants in state prisons? Why have they not been deported? Wouldn't deporting them as soon as possible actually be cheaper in the long run? - Andy Bakun

New constitution. - anna sauce

That wasn't too hard. I made 14bn in cuts and 16bn in new taxes, giving me a budget surplus of 6.8bn which I will bank for the next two years as the tax base shrinks even more. I gutted law enforcement (over porked as it is), cut hard across community college level (sorry kids, suck it up for a bit and read on your own) but left k-14 intact as well as ALL health and human services. - Cole Jolley

It's amazing how may state funded freeloaders there are in Ca. - Kenny Elliott

Maybe I didn't see the option, but I wanted to release all non-violent drug offenders, and others incarcerated for victimless crimes. That should've been worth something. - Dave Roth

This is a wonderful application. It's very easy to armchair quarterback things like budgets. It's good to be able to see options laid out in an interactive fashion like this. Should do it more often, particularly before elections. - Barry Biddlecomb from twhirl

My one gripe about the application: It only shows the *deficit*, not the entire budget, and cuts that have been proposed by politicians. This is around $130B if federal funds aren't counted, $200B with federal funds. http://www.dof.ca.gov/budgeti... - Andy Dustman

Gawd...this is hard to do without cutting much needed programs (I think anyway.) - Adam C.

California is setting an early example for a wholesale rethink sorely needed in the United States. That is: what should government really be responsible for? As many of you have said, this is an example of free-riding entitlement gone amok. And if you all think this is bad, just wait until we have to take the same approach to the federal budget.... - Anthony Citrano

The thing is, paying more isn't even an option, since the Governator will terminate any bill that tries to raise taxes. Although I wonder how long that stance is going to last. - Victor Ganata

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FriendFeed now 6x more awesomer with themes - FriendFeed Blog - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...

June 30 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Choose your theme at http://friendfeed.com/setting... - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

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I'm a Blue Wave man myself. - Bret Taylor

Nice, but I think I like the Classic style the best. :) When can designers submit more themes, or users upload their own? - Pistos

That wouldn't have anything to do with Google Wave, now would it? - Daniel Sims

Who would believe that *I* would be using the "Flowers" theme? :) - Ana

Helvetica - Christopher Chung

Pistos: user submitted themes are coming soon. - Bret Taylor

Pistos: It's in the blog post. ;-) - Kevin Fox

I prefer to keep things Fresh - Dan Hsiao

oooooh boy!! - Micah Wittman

Nice! how much control over theming when user submitted comes out? Twitter-like? more? Sharable? - Justin Hart

Helvetica for now. - Jimminy Fuller

Whoops, didn't even see that there's a blog post. Sorry. :) - Pistos

Justin: most of that (user submitted, shareable, etc) is coming, this is just a first step. - Bret Taylor

Awesome. - Justin Hart

thank you jesus - Sarah Perez

This is awesommeee!! - Burcu Dogan

Thanks :) - Tracy Benham

Nice - Kreg Steppe

*awesome* I <3 Helvetica! - Sparky

Helvetica for sure! - Burcu Dogan

This was all due to Kevin's (http://friendfeed.com/kfury) hard work in case it wasn't obvious. Great job, Kevin! - Bret Taylor

Looks like I signed on just in time today. - Yolanda

Thanks guys. Rockin Helvetica for now. Needs the FF logo though. - Andrew Smith

Helvetica for now. - Darryl

This post came when I was thinking how FF logo is a Twitter look-like. Dont change the Helvetica version! - Burcu Dogan

Thanks.. but I'm not a big "theme" guy... I'd rather see updates to the API... I guess I should be hammering Ben for that :) - Tim Hoeck

ohhhhh snap! - Nathan Chase

Niiiiceeeee. - Simon Wicks

I chose Fresh! - David Schmidt

It became clear as soon as the FriendFeed Themes room was taken over. - Andrew Trinh

Awesome! - Frankie Warren

thank you! - Alfredo

Do any of the feeds have the highlight options of AJ's theme? Or the Service Favicons from Micah? - Matthew DeVries

Very nice. Like the Helvetica myself for the moment, but that will probably change in a week or two. - Alex Hellstrom

Helvetica! awesome. BTW, pause button is clipped by a couple of pixels on WebKit browsers. - Kelly Norton

Nice one, though we need more themes... - Kaan Ertürk

+1 to Helvetica! - Joel Webber

Helvetica is loveable but I wish it was white, black and red instead of being just 1-bit. - Berk D. Demir

sorry guys. my helvetica edition more beauty :) http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - Burak Dönertaş

haha :) thanx for that. - Ahmet Alp Balkan

helvetica ;) - Faruk Kaymak

@Burak, yup, more beauty ♥ - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕

Yeah, great job bro. i like the Helvetica edition - Simto Alev

"Bamboo" suggests there's a picture, but all I see is brownish colours, at that don't match the friendfeed logo. - Peter

I like "fresh" - Peter

I like Blue Wave. Fresh should be the default theme and the Classic should be dumped. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

MIcah says his scripts still work with the themes btw: http://ff.im/4DlX9 - Kol Tregaskes

OMG LOVE!!! - BEX

Perhaps post your favourite theme and whether you like or dislike the themes in the new *official* FF-Themes group here: http://ff.im/4DluG :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Peter, there should be an image inthe lower right corner. What browser/OS are you using? Thanks! - Kevin Fox

this is great! - Joe Pestro

Be Gone Grey! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

Blue Wave for me :) - Great work FF! - Roy Herrod

You guys flippin ROCK - BEX

Why are they all so girly? - Gabe

@Kevin Fox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6 - Peter

I'm with Gabe: after considering BlueWave, I went with Helvetica, everything else is just girly. I might just stick with my 'stylish' hacks. - Joel Bennett

Yea, flowers and stuff are annoying. Helvetica version should be improved for better spacing. - Burcu Dogan

Thanks, Kol, that's what I was going to ask - if themes conflict with scripts. Sounds like it's cool - heading off to choose one now. I have one stylish userrstyle script and two greasemonkey scripts applied to friendfeed. We'll see if they can all play nice. - Laura Norvig

Laura, how'd it go? - Rochelle

works great - I'm trying helvetica now. It's super clean because I have avatars removed. Me likey. - Laura Norvig

cool... when is that nasty orange "ParisLemon" theme comin? :P - Susan Beebe

This'll make it prettier when I'm using Chrome anyway. :) I think I'll stick with the Stylish scripts and hacks on Firefox, though - I like the typography modifications they provide. When user-generated themes come in, will they be able to modify the typography/spacing, or just the background and colors? Thanks for the options, guys! - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Thanks Bret. Hel-vet a lot better. - E-Advocate Network

Thanks Bret, I love the Helvetica theme, btw, your new avatar is awesome:))) - K.D.

Helvetica. WIN - Jamie

Tres cool. - Jason Toney

It's good that ugliness is no more reason #1 to stop connecting. Next I would like to have is d&d to sort out friends in categories - Michele Costabile

Helvetica... Minimalism. Thank you! :D - Brandon

Thanks, FF team! - Anne Bouey

Good stuff! Thanks! - Rick Cogley

Great! - Shun Fukuzawa from twhirl

Helvetica! Clean:) - Dave

Try this Helvetica - http://userstyles.org/styles... - ThenWang

Bret, BIG MAHALO for the themes! I'm going Hawaiian! Check me out! http://friendfeed.com/AlohaAr... - Arleen Boyd

Helvetica definitely :) - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Flowers & Butterfly Corner are good,but a little bit girl stuff.Any good theme for a guy? - Steve Chou

YAY! - Alli Worthington

Coolness! - Ron Bailey

I like the Helvetica, who created it? - Juvenn Woo

Sorry, but were there no "real" designers to push out some mindblowing themes? It´s just a change of color and background? - Hans Kainz

Like those themes. Would be nice though, if they also show up if someone visits my page. Or does it? - Sven

When I click your name, Sven, I get the bamboo theme, which is what I chose. If you have chosen a different theme from that, we know it just remembers yours. It seems to work differently from twitter. - Rick Cogley

It's Helvetica for me! - Rui Pires

I think i'm going bamboo... - diego morelli

Helvetica all the way! I feel like the nytimes.com - Liviu Barbat

@Rick: Thanks. I get the idea. The twitter concept would be nice though. Like personalized version of the FF page. Now, if there were archive links now..... - Sven

Finally! I'll go with freeeeesh!:) - Patrik Johansson

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