Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Internet's Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark Jepsen
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason Huebel
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark Jepsen
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
disgusting? HOW DARE YOU, SIR! That is j-love! and it's beautiful (in it's own way.. a way that shouldn't be seen in public)
- Kyle Johnson
this is probably the most popular feed of 2009 in FF. lol.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I think the one where Robert Scoble gave away money easily beats this one, but this post has staying power. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
I think that Chinese at FF post was a marriage proposal thing. They were all trying to bump the guy's photo so that it would be the first thing his girlfriend would see when she logged onto FF.
- Kamilah Gill
I wishlisted it, then jonesed, then ordered it as my xmas gift to myself. I bloody well deserve it because I'm spending xmas by myself again...
- Spidra Webster
I wish I could afford this...however, I have a cunning plan!
- Carlton Hackett
I shouldn't. But I did. I'll be cutting back elsewhere.
- Spidra Webster
Kendi yaşındakilerle uğraş demiş adam cağız. (fakat illede vurması lazım değildi, şiddette hayır ! arkadaş) ;)
- Aytaç YILDIZ
o adamı orda oyalayın bende geliyoum yandan yara açıcam o mezevenge..
- Arapprensi
Adama bak telefondakine yalan söylüyor muhtemelen çocuk bağırınca foyası ortaya çıkıyor. Kendi kaypaklığının acısını çocuktan çıkartıyor. Ben orda onun gözlüklerine sıçarım dünyayı bombok görür. Tip de tip olsa.ÇIKART LEYN ELİNİ CEBİNDEN!
- Sinan AYHAN
Ya why did the dude kick the kid in the first place?
- Rodfather
The tw*t never heard of manners..? he only had to ask..got what he had coming, I'd have kicked the tw*t in the leg as well.. taste of his own medicine...
- Rob Sellen :o)
i cannot publicly state what i wouldve done to this guy if he touched my kid. i agree, he got off easy.
- Carlos Ayala
although it DOES look a little faked... don't know.. the way the guy leant back as he got thumped..
- Rob Sellen :o)
What in the hell was that guy thinking? I can only imagine my reaction if anyone tried that with my son.
- Fleagle
what the fuck?? WHY WOULD THAT asshole kick a kid??
- eynollah
it doesn't make any sense why he kicked the kid?!!
- Darth Farhad Sama
I think because he is married to that fat woman and she is the real target :-)
- eynollah
It does look a little staged. I so no reason for kid kick and then he starts to lean back to take the punch.
- Jerry Perez
Jerry, most people lean away from a punch as it's coming in to dodge/soften the blow.
- Chieze Okoye
iyi koymuş velede valla. helal ediyorum hakkımı. seni de tuttum öbür oğlan. semra kaynanayı çağırın. öf.
- Deli Selim (cengg)
Yeah, but his hands didn't even come up.
- Jerry Perez
Oh, that's a good point. Hmm, you're right. Looks somewhat staged.
- Chieze Okoye
Judging by the comments, I'm gonna posit there is a hidden message in the animated gif.
- Sean Oliver
If the guy wanted to hurt the kid, I'd think he'd do more than kick the air between the kid's legs (the kid has no reaction at all). I'm leaning to staged. I guess the guy could be a bad aim. *shrug*
- Arlan Koizumi
Having a notion in your mind to hurt a kid is fucked up to begin with. I don't understand the quick reaction.
- Rodfather
It doesn't matter "where" he kicked, Arlan. He should not even think about it.
- Nymphadora
Why would he even touch the kid?? He had no right to do anything like this, and I'm so happy the kid's father was there!!
- Citronella
insan bazen bu gürültücü veletlere şöyle güzel bir tekme atmak istiyor (bu adam pek atamamış) ama tabii çevrede çocuğun sahibi var mı diye bakmak lazım önce.
- Erkkan
نــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــه! الان من 2:23 دیقهی نصفهشب از کجا پیتزا گیر بیارم؟! دیگه هیچ امیدی توی دنیا باقی نمونده! قطعاً الان آخرالزمانه!ـ
- Darth Farhad Sama
Actually, just looked it up and they both performed in Chicago, not Toronto. I didn't realize John Candy performed in Second City Chicago, I knew he performed in Toronto.
- Mol, Santa Claws
Well, Joe, I find Jack Black quite attractive. Despair not :)
- Lo doing much better
I like the old logo better. There was an actual live woman who posed for that. I don't know if I still have it, but I cut out her obituary when she died sometime in the '80s.
- Spidra Webster
SimsMaid. and yes they did. she's part of a computer animated sequence shown on PBS during childrens' programming cos they sponsor some of the shows.
- Joe Silence is not dead
You know what Zooey Deschanel needs to do? Get a role in a film that's ABOUT HER. In just about all her films (even the more impressive All the Real Girls), her role is the foil for the male character as he "finds himself." Maybe she'd come across as less vacant and more real if she were allowed to be more than a reflection of a man.
All the Real Girls: She exists as a stepping-stone on Paul Schneider's way from a thoughtless playboy to actual real human being. An important stepping-stone, but still.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Elf. Obviously Will Ferrell's movie. She's only there for him to fall in love with.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Arthur Dent's journey is the driving force of the film, she's just there.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. She's neither Jesse James nor Robert Ford.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Yes Man. Again, an important part of Jim Carrey's trajectory, but she only exists to get him where he needs to be for the story and his character.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I suppose it's a safe role to play, or something that doesn't take a whole lot of chops to pull of. I can't wait to see what she can do with a role that's not the stepping stone for some dude.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
(500) Days of Summer. A lot of people paint Summer as a bitch; I don't think she is, largely because it's not her story. We don't know all the inner workings of her mind and heart, because it's JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT'S story. Not hers.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I didn't realize this until, like, yesterday. But in every film, the story's about the guy. So filmmaker types: Give Zooey Deschanel a woman-centric movie. Not a chick flick. A solid story that focuses on how she grows, not on how she affects some guy.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Best thing she was in for my money was the Tin Man SciFi (yes, SciFi) mini-series. What do you know... she starred in the primary role... ;)
- Michael W. May
Let me be clear. I love her even in all these roles, and I don't think she's merely vacant and vapid. But I hear that criticism a lot, and I can understand where it's coming from. I just don't think the roles she's had help her out any in that regard, because a lot of times her purpose is to be blank. (Could she do more with those roles than she does? Probably. But she's not encouraged to, since that might take focus off the star male.)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Sounds like she attracts Tolkien roles.
- Mark Horne
Hey, JOE PIERCE. Where are the six Emily pictures I was expecting after this?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Yeah, I know, Rob. I wish someone would give her some other part to play. I have an acknowledged weakness for MPDGs, but I'd love to see her play something meatier.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
"Asics unveils its Surface Pack, which features two exciting new interpretations of the Gel Lyte Speed, a design that was originally developed in 1989 in Japan, and later launched in the USA and Europe in 1991. The Gel Lyte Speed is a lighter version of the flagship Gel Lyte III, and was designed specifically to meet the needs of experienced runners. Its light weight frame is constructed thanks to its stripped-down design, which retains only the most crucial features, such as the split tongue and the revolutionary GEL cushioning system. The special split tongue ensures an excellent fit, foot position and the ultimate in comfort, as it prevents the tongue from slipping too far down inside the shoe."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
"Now you can take your own cuddly plush Singing Gizmo home with you. He's a little smaller than life-size and looking a bit mischievous. Shake him and he sings the soothing song of the Mogwai while slowly rocking back and forth. Please don't get him wet, expose him to bright lights or feed him after midnight. We can't be responsible for the consequences."
-
from Bookmarklet
"Posted by Honey Filed in All entries, Art, Photography Agan Harahap <-- Born 1980; Self-taught photographer and illustrator; Currently working for TRAX, an Indonesian music magazine"
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
from Bookmarklet
1. Spiderman 2. Dark Vader 3. Superman - in historical context. :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
""THIS is the kind of snooping you'd expect in China, not a modern western democracy. It raises huge questions over privacy invasion and freedom of expression." So says Andrew Heaney - who is not, as you might imagine, a civil liberties campaigner, but a senior executive at TalkTalk, one of the UK's largest internet service providers. Along with other ISPs, his company faces the prospect of being forced to spy on its customers' downloads for signs of potential copyright infringement. Heaney's disquiet is shared by web campaigners worldwide, as the measures contained in a controversial international copyright treaty (New Scientist, 5 July 2008, p 24) are slowly being translated into national laws variously tipped to bridge, distract from or widen the gulf between the entertainment industry's desires and those of the millions who share copyrighted material over the internet."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
"ACTA is still being worked up in secret by trade delegations from the many nations involved. But a series of leaks to the Wikileaks website reveal that it will require ISPs to become technological sleuths who monitor their customers' internet use to "deter unauthorised storage and transmission of infringing content". Infringers will face a "graduated response", with disconnection as the ultimate sanction."
- Carlton Hackett
"National Geographic offers some stunning, professional-quality wallpaper photos, but only as individual downloads. If you're a frequent wallpaper switcher, or like background variety, a simple command line script makes it easy to grab them all."
- Steven Perez
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I just did this for my Linux box. They're purty.
- Steven Perez
"The nose knows when it comes to detecting the condition of old books. A new study finds that the familiar musty smell old books give off may be a better way to tell their condition than traditional ways that typically destroy part of the document. Researchers from the UK and Slovenia developed a new technique called "material degradomics," which examines the gasses old books and paper documents produce as they degrade. For the study they examined 72 19th and 20th century historic papers that included paper made with wood fiber, gelatin and rosin-sized papers and coated and uncoated papers, and identified 15 volatile organic compounds that act as degradation markers used to detect decaying paper. In the study the authors described the smell of old books as "A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness," which sounds like some wines we've had."
- RAPatton
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"We all know Fox wouldn't let Joss Whedon tell the stories he wanted to tell in his mind-bitches-for-money show Dollhouse, resulting in some hit-and-miss early installments. But in a new interview, Whedon explains that Fox's biggest problem was with sexuality. Even though Fox forced Whedon to scrap the show's original pilot (which was much more mythology-heavy and set up a ton of ongoing storylines) and replace it with a bunch of standalone episodes, Whedon tells the Chicago Tribune that wasn't really Fox's problem with the series. Whedon explains: The problems that the show encountered weren't standalone versus mythology. Basically the show didn't really get off the ground because the network pretty much wanted to back away from the concept five minutes after they bought it... The idea of sexuality was a big part of the show when it started and when that fell out, when the show turned into a thriller every week, it took something out of it that was kind of basic to what we were...
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"The idea that Dollhouse's exploration of sexual fantasies would have been aimed at making the viewers uncomfortable — not so much because of the human trafficking or non-consensual aspects, but because they were too close to our real situations, is a fascinating one. Given that the show's sexual aspects already squicked tons of viewers in their watered-down form, I'm not sure how...
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- RAPatton
I guess maybe being pushed off the themes they wanted to hit might have hurt the show, but I still think the premise was 'sweaty' to begin with. (dunno if that term is right, but it's from "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah".)
- Andrew C
I'd still rather have seen the show Whedon wanted to make. Doesn't guarantee I'd have liked it, but at least I'd know what the full concept was.
- Spidra Webster
Sounds like they should have made it for HBO, and overall I think he'd be a good fit for them because he brings xn audience
- RAPatton
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The show "Action" had a chance to be on HBO, but the creators went with Fox because networks paid better. Too bad for them, "Action" could have done what Entourage is doing now... Oh well. But with Dollhouse, it's probably not just the money for Whedon personally but the ability to afford bigger stunts or special effects or have a larger writing staff or just to write a 22 ep season instead of a 10.
- Andrew C
And Fox butchered another Whedon brainchild. I'm not sure why anyone is surprised. Why does he keep going back to them??
- Chieze Okoye
Eivind, it's like saying 'Hail Mary' three times into a mirror in a dark room. If you post this woman's photo anywhere, she appears like a harpy and whines until your eyes bleed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't know if I ever saw HMC. I like Wall-E enough, but I don't LOVE it the way a lot of other folks out there do.
- Derrick
Very tough decision, however I must err on the side of robots
- Mo Kargas
My animator friends think Wall-E is pretty dumb and have nothing but complaints about it after humans get introduced into the film. :-/
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
I saw HMC awhile back when the theater where I lived got it in. Was dubbed, which sucked, but I really dug the story.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
I like Miyazaki's other movies better than Howl's. I mean its ok and it def shows off Miyazaki's abilities, but Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, etc. are awesome
- Sir Shuping
Spirited Away is redonkulous. I love that flick.
- Derrick
Wall•E. Oddly enough, Howl's Moving Castle is my least favorite Miyazaki just right behind Princess Mononoke. Give me Spirited Away (by far the best) or My Neighbor Totoro any day of the week.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I am also surprised that I'm going with Wall-E. I generally avoid Pixar films...but this one was too good to be ignored. Though Howl's is also extremely beautiful.
- Carlton Hackett
I *heart* Wall-E. I get the criticisms about the human part, but for me the first half was so transcendent that I don't care. I also love HMC, though - actually one of my favorite Miyazaki films.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Jandy, I feel the same way about Wall•E. It would have been an unbeatable classic if they had added another 10-15 minutes and built up the human rebellion side of the major conflict.
- Akiva Moskovitz