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what really bothers me the most is not that you posted this Josh, which damn you for that. But rather that I expanded it knowing full well what it was. Today I am disappointed in the both of us. - Joe Pierce

LOL Joe!!!!I am crying now... - Josh Haley

I knew when I awoke there was something special about today! Titty Lick On!!!! - Paul

It's like a mural O_o - Danny Minick

The mural from hell. - ronin

this is not the post you're looking for - Josh Haley from iPhone

I knew it was about time for this... :) - Bill Heslin

no... must look away... just - can't - muster - the - strength - Ah thank goodness for realtime feed. It forced that off the page. NOOOO there it is again b/c Sean commented! - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

Isn't this head shot from the "When Sumo's fall in Love" saga earlier this summer? - Bret Rowe

Never forget. - Josh Haley from iPhone

I know you gonna to bring this up..nostalgic pp :)) - K.D.

*cackles* - Kamilah Gill

Somehow seems appropriate today. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Tongue bathing in the sand? - Rob Schieber

Happy Birthday, Mark Vandenberg! http://ff.im/96VuI - Josh Haley

You evil rat bastard, Haley. - Steven Perez

2 memes in 1 - Caroline

Mike Bracco to Mike's feed, Appetite

I wish you could upload MP3's for your greetings on Google Voice - that way I could perhaps fade in a little music, add some chimes and make it a little more interesting...

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DON'T. You have no idea how annoying a ringback tone - for example - is if the person calling doesn't like the music. People don't call you to listen to recordings, they call to talk to you, and the quicker you get them to that or to leaving you a message with little annoyance, the better - LANjackal

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LANjackal - haha ...no I hear ya - totally. I was thinking more of a subtle tone or zen like sound before my voice greeting started - maybe 1 or 2 seconds at most. Also, my the voice quality would be much better if I could record it locally using a professional mic. - Mike Bracco

Was on a GV call yesterday, when right in the middle some auto-lady's voice says: please put in your digit pin. Kind of weird and embarrassing since I was talking to a prospective client at the time. He must have thought I was using a stolen calling card. - Bret Rowe

Here is a link from the Google Voice discussions that explain a way to do what you want. http://www.google.com/support... - Oracio

It would definitely make the reward of winning a voicemail recording from winning "Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me" much more useful - Mike Nayyar

I hate google voice asks for an US phone number for forwarding.. Is there a way to get an US phone number that redirects to any other country to use with gvoice? Skype In is really expensive €13 - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

@Mike Nayyar -- I always wondered how Carl C's voice was supposed to get on your answering machine. Maybe some day I'll get to play (er win). - Miss Elle

Agree with this. Google Voice is basically unusable for me without this capability. I have to stick to YouMail for the time being. Without easy custom, clean sounding, answer messages per contact, I can't make the GV switch. The current method to record message sounds like complete crap, with clicks and pops. There's no way to make a clean sounding greeting with Google Voice. - Otto

Michael Fidler

Check out this beautiful 360 Aerial Panorama of New York. You need to have QuickTime to view it, but if you want the best quality use the plug-in on the site. It’s amazing with the plug-in loaded! http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr...

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I found this photo in the photostream of xmir on Flickr. - Michael Fidler

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is there a link to the orig? I think the FF image is static - Keith - @tsudo

OK, it should be up! - Michael Fidler

wow! - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Let me know if it works. I think the best view is from Governors Island or the from Downtown with the view pointing up. - Michael Fidler

Over-the-top amazing! - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Awesome. Like taking the helicopter ride I've been too cheap to pay for... - Mitchell Tsai

Here's another one of London. Amazing! http://bit.ly/qjf6M - Michael Fidler

Here's an amazing one. I just let it go, rather than control it; http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr... - Michael Fidler

It appears the plug-in is no longer necessary. I'm running it in Chrome without one. - Michael Fidler

That is pretty amazing. - Gordon Herd

Nice! - Kol Tregaskes

This is awesome. - Mark Krynsky

The viewer appears to be Flash not Quicktime, - Brian Sullivan

Brian, they changed it since this was first posted back in May. It used to require a VR plug-in which worked with QuickTime, but now it doesn't require anything, However, it looks just as good as before. The images are truly amazing! - Michael Fidler

New York, New York!!! - Myrna

Michael - didn't notice the post date-- "Doesn't require anything" -- Flash must be installed so something is required. The Flash viewer seems to crash a lot though (or at least in Chrome) -- still a great pano. I wonder how it was done -- from a helicopter no doubt but beyond it would be a mystery. - Brian Sullivan

I just tried it in Chrome and recommend Firefox instead. It didn't crash on me in Chrome, but it didn't run smoothly either. - Michael Fidler

Brian, I would love to know how these are made. I know some are done from a helicopter, but if you check out the one from Downtown, it's clearly stationary. I can't even see the reflection of the camera in the building windows when it's turned around 180 degrees. I've posted links to others above. I wonder if I should repost this to a room and if so which one? - Michael Fidler

Here's the link for Sydney http://bit.ly/aFFbZ and I'll grab a few more. - Michael Fidler

I know generally how to make these 360 panos but the only technique I know is shooting from a tripod where you have control of the leveling of the camera and control of the angle of shooting. You have to manipulate out the tripod out of the picture after shooting -- these I have no idea, http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028... is a QTVR one of my living room - Brian Sullivan

A fisheye lens helps ;-) - Slappy Line

All the fisheye does is cut down on the number of shots you need to take -- if it goes 180 in both directions two shots are nominally sufficient on a full frame camera - usually 3 though but that is only if all are shot with the same horizon and with precise angular placement. How you control this in a moving helicopter is beyond me. Maybe more than one camera ? In shots like these where parallax is less of a problem maybe that is the method used - Brian Sullivan

I only said it helps. There's all kinds of other equipment one can use for stabilisation and alignment, including using software after the fact to fix focal points and map the rest of the image around it. - Slappy Line

Google Street View? - Rutger Blom from email

This must be shot completely differently than a stationary panoramic. I'm familiar with the 8 shot method, but the camera needs to be on a tripod as Brian mentioned. If you watch these images load slowly, they look like plates. It sort of reminds me of photosynth, but connected somehow. Now, I really want to find out how it's done. - Michael Fidler

I think regular stationary panoramas are loaded as "plates" (at least you export them that way to edit them) as well so I am not sure that is a clue as to how they were generated. - Brian Sullivan

If I email them, do you think they'll answer? Hi, I was just curious; what’s your secret? You never know. It might be worth a try:) - Michael Fidler

Here's one of U2 (on one of their smaller tours), and I don't think they had a helicopter with them to shoot it. http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr... - Michael Fidler

That one is done from a tripod or monopod of some type it appears -- you can see if you look down the footprint has the logo on it. - Brian Sullivan

Ya, I noticed one that had the logo above it. May they use it when photoshop doesn't do the job perfectly. - Michael Fidler

Logos like that are used to hide the footprint of the tripod or other -- sometimes it can be a lot of work create a shot to cover the spot (or to fill it in using a bitmap editor) so it is just masked. - Brian Sullivan

OK, check out this one http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr... and go into planet view. It's the P next to the directional controls. I wonder if that has something to do with it. Shot off a reflective globe maybe. - Michael Fidler

Michael: So you like "Little Planets"? :) http://www.flickr.com/search... - Holger Eilhard

The "P" gets you the "polar view" -- a standard view that can be created from any 360/180 panorama so that is not a clue as to how it is done either from what I can determine (http://www.flickr.com/groups... is a flickr group dedicated to such polar views) - Brian Sullivan

I've seen them many times before and wondered how they were made, too. This guy has some examples and apparently he uses a 10.5mm lens and then maps them into shape: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Michael Fidler

STUPENDO! Io ci torno il 18 Settembre - PICCHU

Yes the 10.5 is a Nikon fisheye lens -- I use a Peleng 8mm fully manual fisheye -- more suited to my budget. When shooting with tripod you need a parallax correction jig as well -- I use the Nodal Ninja -- which is a reasonable quality low end device. - Brian Sullivan

I was on the Hugin site a few months ago and I found a video that demonstrates how to use the jig. It didn't mention helicopter shots though. In fact, the video was very particular about not having any movement. I think it's time to ask them. - Michael Fidler

Yeah I have seen a number of these panoramas that seem to defy logic. Peter Murphy (who is a pioneer in this type of stuff) has a number of puzzling ones - http://www.mediavr.com/manlyai... (needs Quick time) for example. His weblog has tons of others as well _http://www.mediavr.com/blog/ - Brian Sullivan

@briansullivan I went to an event last night where I came across something that might explain how these are done. If you check out the picture I shot of the equipment; it uses a reflective dome to capture the entire shot all at once and then processes it almost instantly afterwards. http://bit.ly/qD0dn . It basically comes out looking like a globe or a planet before it is processed. Once processed it look like a full panoramic just like the ones here, but in lower resolution. - Michael Fidler

I haven’t seen the digital version yet, but the guy who owns this company told me they would be much sharper than the prints which they give out at the event. I also asked him about the helicopter shots, and he wasn’t sure about compensating for movement, but he didn’t see it as a big problem either. Mystery solved? - Michael Fidler

I don't see this lens/device as "the" answer. Other similar devices have a reputation for low optical quality and low resolution. Peter Murphy almost certainly does not use such a lens. No serious panorama photographer that I have heard of uses anything like this. - Brian Sullivan

I guess the search for an answer continues... - Michael Fidler

http://ff.im/5Hqwp - Marg Uerite

Hi - I own Pixelcase and shot the tour of Sydney aswell as all development. Glad you like my work. - pixelcase

Thank you, I'm glad you found this. I love your work. Based on the number of likes and comments for this post, I think it’s safe to say, I’m not the only one. It would be nice if you could enlighten us with some details about how these are made. - Michael Fidler

Anita Fiander

"You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor."-Jim Rohn

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Jason Calacanis

Facebook buys FriendFeed..... holy #$%#@$%$# http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...

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Yes, holy that. - Roberto Arancibia

Yeah. That about covers it Jason. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Jesse Stay

My Advice to Fox & MySpace on Selling Content – Yes You Can - http://blogmaverick.com/2009...

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Steve Rubel

Twitter growth by age group - http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsen...

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I think this is much more realistic of the Twitter trend. Is there one for Facebook? - Vinko

Great data. I think this is the biggest social networking site that hasn't been driven by teen usage first. I know my teenagers don't use Twitter. "Why do I need it when I have Facebook?" - Leigh Marriner

I like the age group in blue: "2 to 24". 2... Some would say "born at a young age" FriendFeeder right away ^_^ - lelapin

Leo Laporte

Bad news from the tax assessor: our home value has dropped $350,000. Good news: we'll save $5,000 on taxes. So in 70 years we'll break even.

August 5 - Comment - Like - Share

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Well, at least you get to save some money Leo - Roberto Villegas

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So not all bad news. - Jari Hakkarainen

Just don't go and sell that house now! - Denis Dervisevic

Shouldn't California INCREASE their assessment so they can collect more taxes, to climb out of their financial problems? Someone has to turn it around. - Keith Rowland

Holy crap, what was it worth before? - Daniel Drysdale

"dropped 350,000" or "dropped to 350,000"? - Robert

I'm in California. You can't get a one-bedroom condo for $350,000. - Leo Laporte

I would guess that it lost $350,000 in value - rob friedman

Are we "stimulated" yet? - Mattb4rd

LOL! If your value dropped $350,000 you'll excuse me for not losing too much sleep over your hardship. - Fat Geek

That reminds me. How do we get this tax assessor out to our house? - Robert Scoble

Is that the drop in the year to date? I guess so. - 1x29

The TWiT cottage? Nooo! The bubble is officially popped. - Bob Evans

Isn't that the second bubble (ball) to have popped at TWiT Cottage? ;-) - 1x29

$350,000!!!!!! My God What is is actually worth???? - Anthony Everitt

Does that mean something in the Bay Area is actually affordable now? - Ken

I cant believe that they are lowering your value, California is turning away money? - Christian Burns

Guys, get over the amount! - James Nobes

LOL I wouldn't mind too much loosing $350,000 at least then I would have had it to loose :) - TheBigBentley

Keith, California should stop spending money they don't have - that will turn it around - Jero

Good as long as you weren't planning on moving or forced to move. - Phillip Stewart

As long as you're not planning on moving out, I don't see why this would be bad news? - Tom Ribbens

Now thats what I would call a Market Correction. Things are only worth what you can sell them for. - Christian Burns

I'm getting in to real estate. Going to invest 10k in an area that is not yet developed, wait 50 years and I'll be selling condos for 100 times that. - Myles Cloutier

Wow... I prefere indianapolis! hahaha Houses there are almost free. - Alberto Lung

If my house dropped 350k, it would be worth -150k! - Ed Naggiar from iPhone

same here Ed, you know us regular guys that bought houses we can afford, we're not the problem. - Charlieray

Wow...different tax guidelines where I'm from in Illinois. My value went down by 35% and my taxes actually went up 15%. - Steve Council

I live in TN. My house is worth $103,000 and it's four bedroom with a little land. lol $350,000 will get you a mansion with 30 acres here - cbmeeks

Guys, $350k is nothing in CA. Leo's house is probably worth over a mil easy. I knew my TWiT donations made a difference. lol - cbmeeks

I'd love to even own a house at half that value... - dann

Cbmeeks, in West Tennessee, half of that will get you a mansion!! - Benjamin Deming

That's really good news unless you planning to sell soon. I'll buy it. how much do you want for it? - James Glenn

Good thing I'm a renter. I could have lost $350,000! ;) - Sarah Lane

LOL Sarah - Bill Heslin

While it hurts, I consider it a value correction. http://tinyurl.com/luym3x - David Eckard

Consider yourself a bit lucky Leo. I had the same thing happen but I'm still stuck in an adjustable rate mortgage. Yikes! - Bill Heslin

I bet many homes are worth what yours dropped in value. $350,000 is a decent price for home already (for here that is). - lelapin

I received one of those assesments too--Ouch - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio) from iPhone

Take your accountant and property advisor off your christmas card list - Matt Jarvis

Maybe things work differently there, but here tax assessed value is always lower than actual appraised value, by as much as 20%. Here's hoping it's the same for you. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

We took it on the chin for over $200K too. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

$100k+ here. :( - Tad

A few months ago a mortgage on a building I have was called by the bank because the value had dropped significantly below the balance due. That was a scary few days. Made me empathize a little with folks in the same boat with less avenues of recourse. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod

Bummer if the previous value of the house was $350k - Jason Tokarz

We have a "don't laugh, it's paid for" house - didn't skyrocket, didn't drop. I'd never sell, though, so it's irrelevant - heretic_twit

It's the house value that went down...not the home value. The value of the housing market isn't of much consequence until you trade down or sell up entirely. The assessors value will go up again soon enough. In the mean time enjoy the extra cash. It's still the same home with the same family in it. - Chris Nixon

If my house dropped $350K, it would be worth -$250K - Michael

My house increased in price by 350million, don't know what all the fuss is about. - Mark

If my house dropped $350K it would be worth Negative $200K - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Your primary residence isn't an investment. Without it, you'd be paying rent. Now, you're paying rent (in the form of a mortgage) at a higher rate but you wind up with some of that "rent" stored up at the end. - Trent Hamm

Don't complain ... in 3 years it will increase by $1,000,000 and they will access taxes at ful value instead of 25% - Stephan Romeo

Join the club bro. We are in the same spot. Not $350k thank god. - Nathan Gibbs

well if just dropped to $350K.Reality is in the coming years it will drop further.This is unfortunate, but we are in the beginning of the restructuring of the U.S. and European economies.Be prepared to see housing values to go down further as we go through this shift - Baba

be a good liberal and send them the $5000 anyway... think of all the people on welfare that depend on you Leo.... dont disappoint them... - John Hillestad

That's only relevant if you bought it at a price between the higher appraisal amount and the currently lowered value or (big OR) if you refinanced or took out a second mortgage and the total mortgaged value is at anything above the currently lower value. But if you bought the home at a price lower than the new value and haven't refinanced then you're fine, you never really had the value... more... - Lon Cohen

We're not upside down yet, but nearly all our equity is gone. This isn't a mansion, or even a McMansion folks. Just a modest 3BR, 2 1/2 Bath, 2000 sq foot home in California. It's the "Northern California" part that makes it so expensive. - Leo Laporte

You lost my house 3 times. - Mark Chandler

I think a lot of people miss the point. While I'm sure Leo will be fine, how many people have lost all the equity in their home? How many of them had worked hard to earn that equity over 20-30 years? And how many of them were planning on that equity as a large portion of their investment income when they retire? That's the point. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

If it's anything like here in FL they are taking into account the foreclosures in your area when assessing your property values. It stinks! - Dayngr

Time to buy if you're in the market for getting out of renting and into mortgaging. - Emmanuel Losier

That assumes your home will NEVER go back up in value which is not the case. Statistically you should be back up in 5 - 7 years. By the time your mortgage is paid off you should be up quite a bit. The fact is that if you need a place to live it doesn't really matter what it is currently worth. One of the reasons the country is in the shape it is in is because people treated their homes... more... - Chris Johnston

Another reason the country is in the shape it's in is because mortgage companies and banks were too greedy and leveraged their money 60-70 times over while forcing people into mortgages they couldn't afford. When I was buying my house in California there were a table full of people (realtors, brokers, etc) trying to get me to buy a house that was 3x what I was comfortable buying. I had... more... - Robert Lindsley from iPhone

Hey, Leo, I thought you wanted to pay MORE in taxes for socialist agenda items since your friend achieved the White House, - Mike

Jeff Atwood

here's a fun number for you. We make 50x more from our own ads than AdSense. Seriously. 50x. Not kidding.

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Chris Cree

Famous Failures - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Andy Bakun

Hey, Luddites, it's 2009, you can stop using the GIF format now.

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Robert Scoble

Hanging out in Golden Gate Park with my iPhone lovers (my sons). It sure is colder here than LA. Anyone want to get together? +1-425-205-1921

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It's a beautiful day in NJ, ask Patrick what's up with Google Voice? - paul mooney

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"hi, who are you?" - Mark from iPhone

Aren't you afraid someone will use your number malicously? - Californian

No - Robert Scoble from iPhone

425? isn't that an LA area code? Make that SEA? - Bret Rowe

DARN, I would have done it if I hadn't been gardening at home! - Shari Weiss

@Bret - technically 425 is the eastern suburbs of Seattle: Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, etc. - Aaron Brethorst

(jeff)isageek

Take your son to work day? - http://jeffisageek.posterous.com/take-yo...

August 1 from Posterous - Comment - Like - Share

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Posted via web from Docking Bay 94 http://jeffisageek.posterous.com - (jeff)isageek from Posterous

Cool - Kevin J Hatton

Love it. Have to repost jeff. Too good! - Fossil Huntress

Nathan Chase

Grilling in the backyard - brats, burgers, & hot dogs! http://twitpic.com/ce68m

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Mike Bracco to Mike's feed, Bitchfest

I really dislike the fact that our culture is celeb obsessed. However, I have to admit when I was in the doctor's office waiting the other day I couldn't help but pickup the latest issue of People instead of Sports Illustrated. Hypocrisy accepted...haha

July 30 - Comment - Like - Share

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Interesting to find a guy who'd pass up SI. Was it the depicted issue of People? - Spidra Webster

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But I have heard some woman call Sports Center like Soap Operas for men so maybe it's all the same thing..haha - Mike Bracco

Spidra - No, I just snagged that from Google :) - Mike Bracco

Mike, I hope you're doctor is better at healthcare than stocking the mag rack. That SI is over 2 years old - Bret Rowe

Bret: haha...just snagged from Google images :) - Mike Bracco

Isn't sports just a different sort of celeb obsession? - Rob Haas

Fame sucks. It's so 80s. - Joel Robert Perez

Derrick to Derrick's feed, Foods

A Chicago Burger Even Upton Sinclair Would Love - http://aht.seriouseats.com/archive...

July 30 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"The Kuma Burger features 10 ounces of coarsely ground beef—like every burger at Kuma’s—and is topped with cheddar cheese, bacon and a fried egg. Between the juice from the meat and the egg yolk, there seems to be danger of making an inedible mess after a couple of bites. But the pretzel roll on which every burger at Kuma's is served is capable of absorbing an astounding amount of liquid." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

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Reminds me of a burger I once had called the Fat Boy from a diner in Kansas City called Otto's. Holy crap: best burger I've ever had. - Akiva Moskovitz

I love burgers with fried eggs on them. Now I'm hungry for Red Robin. :-( - Jordan Hofker

hot damn sign me up - Geoff Schultz

I don't think I've ever had a burger with a fried egg. It may indeed be time for a trip to Red Robin. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

Fatburger does the fried egg on the burger thing too. - Derrick

I wonder if Twisted Root does this. *checks online menu* - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

Have one for me, ha3rvey. I'm tempted to cook one myself tonight. - Jordan Hofker

Egg??? Yolk?? *cries* - Admiral Anika

This is an excellent burger, everything on the menu at kuma's corner is good (and named after metal bands). The one thing I miss about chicago: the food. - Andy Bakun from Android

An egg on a burger is nothing short of a mystical experience. - Akiva Moskovitz

In Florence, just off the main piazza, there's a restaurant called Il David. Their signature pizza has a fried egg right in the middle. - Bob Young

andy brudtkuhl to andy's feed, Web Strategy Workshop, Managing The Edge

Top 10 Things the Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal Changes for SEO - http://www.seomoz.org/blog...

July 29 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"The search landscape is changing significantly this morning, and SEOs of all stripes need to pay close attention. I'm going to do my best to summarize the impact of these changes based on what we already know and interpret what's going to change for the field of search engine optimization and what we, as representatives of our clients and our companies, need to know and do." - andy brudtkuhl from Bookmarklet

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Looks like Paid Inclusion will only be available on Yahoo! and that it is ... up in the air as to whether it survives or not. - AJ Kohn

holy crap MSN has less than 2% share (now bing)? - Mark

Mark - yea but growing fast and it just doubled its reach - andy brudtkuhl

@AJ are you talking sponsored ads in search? - andy brudtkuhl

Guy Kawasaki

7 ways to tweet about your company: http://om.ly/?CRLg

July 28 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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AJ Batac

He was here...

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HAHAHA - Admiral Anika

haha, so true! - Bora Mesut PALAS

Jannifer @wordsforliving to Jannifer's feed, BBQ, Foods

How to make pulled pork. A classic low and slow. - http://www.instructables.com/id...

July 22 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Bret Rowe, Mark Essel, Garin Kilpatrick and 16 other people liked this

And you dont even need $1000.00 smoker to do it either :D - Tony C

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Uhmmm I get so hungry when I read something like that. I did my first ever smoking on July 4th, brisket. I will definitely be trying this. - Rasmus Lauridsen

Now I need a smoker. :-) - Jesse Stay

You can make pulled pork in a crockpot, if you want to try it before you shell out for a smoker. Andre Pope has a great mopping sauce, if you like NC vinegar based bbq. http://andrepope.com/?p=105 - Heather Solos

I did my brisket in a kettle grill and it worked amazingly well. Indirect heat, nice wet wood chips and temperature control. Now I just need a house not an apartment on the fourth floor with a tiny balcony. Kinda smoked up the house :-P - Rasmus Lauridsen

<3 pulled pork. Like, a lot. :) - Derrick

Is that a disco ball smoker? Awesome! - Ron

Derrick needs to visit SC so he and I can go on a tour of BBQ places. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I second the motion. - Heather Solos

I have only had one SC BBQ that I liked it was really good. Of course it didnt live up to the northern Alabama BBQ but I would still go see the guy who made it :D - Tony C from fftogo

that smoker looks like the death star. i've sworn off pork until at least sept, unfortunately. sucks for me - Cee Bee

I need to discuss this with my darling fiance :D (after her current stomach illness ends) - Mark Essel

On a brighter note, I made a awesome pork butt yesterday. :D - Tony C from fftogo

Ben Parr

Want Google Wave Now? PyGoWave’s the Next Best Thing - http://mashable.com/2009...

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Scott Wagner

RT @allWordpress: How To Move Your WordPress Core Files Out Of Root http://bit.ly/NHzWS - http://sawagner30.tumblr.com/post...

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Louis Gray

Still looking to get into Lazyfeed? They will DM you an invitation code if you follow their Twitter account @lazyfeed by midnight tonight!

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Kol Tregaskes, Thierry R. Andriamirado, Lu Tao and 12 other people liked this

I just want it to import my blog's tags like you said it would. I also want a master feed that shows me a combo of all my tags showing new feeds real time. - Jesse Stay

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Really? You're endorsing a "follow xx service on Twitter for exclusive β invite" marketing tactic? Lame. :( - Mona Nomura

Hi Mona! I am endorsing Lazyfeed. If it were up to me, they would be 100% open. I strongly dislike the invite process. - Louis Gray

Hey LG! They're begging for followers and this process makes me uninterested in their product, frankly. :( Btw, did James ever get his invite or does he have to follow them on Twitter too? - Mona Nomura

The rules are the same for everyone, Mona. I am letting people know. And yes, I have told Lazyfeed I don't like the invite process. This is their choice. - Louis Gray

Mona - we are not doing this to do a "follow xx service on Twitter for exclusive Beta invite" marketing tactic. We had initially promised with our followers and were going to release codes today anyway, and we felt bad about leaving out people who asked us(including you). That's why we told people that people who really want to get in can follow us today. - Ethan Gahng

I have been using it a little more today, after watching your video on it. Still not sure what source it is pulling from when you search for tags tho. Is it only what you connect to in the first place? - Josh Haley

And we need the follow because we need to send DMs. We don't care much about followers on twitter. We just want to satisfy the users, in this case people who want to get in. I hope this clarified things. - Ethan Gahng

Josh, my comments on the video of it pulling tags from your content into the real-time area were wrong. Those populate the "Lazy Josh" area. You can add tags manually at the top bar. - Louis Gray

Ethan, can you help folks understand why this isn't 100% open today? You know I would love it if it were. - Louis Gray

Ethan why aren't the tags importing for my blog like the video Louis showed did? - Jesse Stay

Jesse: Read above. I was wrong. Those populate the "Lazy Jesse" area. The tags on the left I put in through the nav bar. An earlier version I saw prepopulated. - Louis Gray

Louis, ah, okay. I'd love to populate that automatically. Also, having a master feed I can just monitor instead of having to pick by tag would be a time-saver as well. - Jesse Stay

I would be the happiest person if Lazyfeed were open as public today. But there are reasons. There are many people who don't "get" the service at first, and we feel that we need to resolve that issue before releasing it to a greater audience. We apologize if this frustrates you but we're doing this for the users' good, so please bear with us. Thank you. - Ethan Gahng

I tried LazyFeed for a few hours the other day ... and maybe I'm too lazy, but I couldn't get it to make any sense. It was pulling "tags" out of the names of photos on my flickr feed and sending me "news" articles about magnolias and seesaws and other nonsense (and all the other feeds made just about as much sense as that). - Joel Bennett

I asked for one? I don't even remember. I remember James asking for one for his birthday and forgot to follow-up to see if he actually received it. Ethan - thanks for the (unnecessary) explanation. I'm not sure why you would think I'm frustrated? I was simply stating how it was perceived by me. :) - Mona Nomura

Jesse - This is one of the problems we are trying to solve before the public launch. But automatically importing entire set of your topics would be overwhelming, especially when you start connecting more sites. We do have a solution in mind which we are working on right now, so please stay tuned. Thank you. - Ethan Gahng

Ethan, probably like Louis, I'm okay with the entire set, but I'm sure we're in the minority. - Jesse Stay

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I use http://heyspread.com Though most of my views are from Youtube and isn't sending copies of the same videos on all these sites kind of redundant pollution? - Charbax

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thanks robert 4 recommend now will check TubeMogul! - polou/indigo_bow

Charbax: I find I reach different viewers on all these systems. Tell me, how often do you visit YouTube along with five other video services? - Robert Scoble

They're doing what other services charge hundreds to do. I had a client one time tell me he was about to purchase something that did only half of what TubeMogul does, and he was ready to pay hundreds for that! - Jesse Stay

I outsource this task for .30 an upload. 1 video 30 unique titles 30 different sites x .30 = $9.00 100% upload success rate and ZERO time out of my day. I'll take it! - Bret Rowe

I like pixelpipe for uploading video to multiple sites. - John Ford from iPhone

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