Curtis, who habitually mishandles the expensive, fragile electronic device containing all of her contacts and important personal information, expressed unbridled enthusiasm over the impending arrival of her newborn baby. In addition to having outright shattered her iPhone on multiple occasions, Curtis has improbably managed to drop it on the sidewalk nearly 10 times in the last five weeks alone, and said she has become increasingly excited about the prospect of motherhood.
- Brian Johns
From the article: "A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project, authorities announced on Monday. The head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology, Jaime Awe, said the destruction at the Nohmul complex in northern Belize was detected late last week. The ceremonial center dates back at least 2,300 years and is the most important site in northern Belize, near the border with Mexico."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from Bookmarklet
It is now 10:23 AM. Already done: peanut butter and banana smoothie, dog walked 1.25 mi, and discussed vital life stuff with m'girl. Currently working on laptop to make room for Mint 13. While waiting for deleting files and defrag, I'm working on jQuery. I'm almost TOO productive. Somebody STOP ME!
I don't think they've done a very good job of communicating about all of the changes.
- Katy S
The fact that they are getting rid of Pro accounts and the pricing structure of the new accounts. Not to mention the fact that they still don't have an iPad app.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
And yeah, Tumblr users should view the purchase of that service through the lens of what Yahoo is doing to Flickr.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Wait - they're getting rid of Pro accounts? I totally missed that.
- Brian Johns
I don't think they are getting rid of pro accounts, but I'm hardly qualified to speak.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
They're getting rid of it but current Pro acct people who opt to be grandfathered in at $25 a year, will be.
- Spidra Webster
$50/yr to get rid of ads is a bit tough to take but I guess they are giving you 1TB of space for free. Majority of users won't come close to maxing that out I'd think. It would've been nice if they had kept it at the old Pro price though.
- ronin
Yeah, as I said on Facebook "We'll see how I feel about this tomorrow, but when compared to the competition, this seems like a step back to me as a paying member. So perhaps there's a bias there as this appears to be good for free members of Flickr, but not so good for new customers who want to pay for increased service."
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Totally minor procedure (I'd tell you about it except it's TMI). But I love how serious it sounds due to that word "surgery."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Thanks all! My visit is done. Bah. Turns out it wasn't what my Primary Care Physician thought, and the general surgery PA couldn't correct it in-office with the minor procedure I expected. So I will need an actual bit of surgery after all if I want to fix this. Hmmm.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Friar, you KNOW that "no such thing as TMI on FF" is a challenge, right? :D
- Hieronymous Boosh
I'm sorry it wasn't in-office eligible. I hope it all turns out okay.
- Spidra Webster
Thanks all. It's minor, so I will be okay whether I do it or not. But now it's going to be a decision I have to think about.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
If you get quotes from a reputable place, I'll do it for half.
- Brian Johns
If they can install adamantium claws while they've got you open, the super-powers are totally worth it!
- Spidra Webster
Sparky, I'll go with your cut-rate surgical alternative if you install the claws that Spidra mentioned. Also do you do LASIK? You can just use a cheese grater and a penlight to avoid having to pay for expensive lasers.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Let me read up on those procedures, but sure, why not! What could possibly go wrong?
- Brian Johns
Nothing could possibly go wrong. You're not going to be using any anesthetic, are you? I'd rather watch you perform the procedures so I'll know how to do it myself next time.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
You can save on cost by not having sterile instruments too!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
You have to make some sacrifices for prices this low. If you're going be all stuck up about it then just go to your fancy-shmantzy "licensed" doctor, ok?
- Brian Johns
Sparky, no no, I'm not stuck up. Whatever corners you need to cut, just slash them. I don't need "instruments."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Cheap grain alcohol for the anesthesia should do! It will double as a blood thinner for those pesky post op pulmonary emboli.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
hope "Cheap grain alcohol" comment was meant as a joke, for it may cause serious damage in conjunction with many post-op medications. Best wishes to Stephen! (Much later try the Japanese whisky, Hibiki, to celebrate :-)
- Adriano
I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner, hope you are on the road to recovery now? How are you feeling today?
- Halil
Hi Halil, thanks for the concern! I haven't had my consult with the surgeon yet, so I don't know if I will do the surgery or not. It's a minor and not uncommon condition (albeit highly personal and with a disgusting #iam12-worthy name), and it's not painful currently, so all is well.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Okay, just finished the surgical consult. I'm going to do this. Will be done in June, simple procedure but i will be unconscious, and I'll be unable to run for a week (boooo). I was pleased that the surgeon called me "ridiculously healthy," though.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Glad you are going to a real doctor! Though we really could hook you up if something gets cancelled! *winks*
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Good luck with your poopy-butt-penis-assendectomy. #iam12
- Brian Johns
^ ha! You're just mad I didn't select you to be the surgeon, Dr. Off To Use The Johns
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
You sounded like a difficult patient. Not worth the trouble. Ask too many questions.
- Brian Johns
There was a young hawk hanging out around the campsite. Despite there being many, many fat squirrels for him to eat he preferred French Toast. He stole a piece and this ballsy squirrel stole it back.
There was a young hawk at the camp. Fat squirrels abounded and vamped. But French toast lit the bird's lamp. The toast it stole, raising the ire of a vole, who got it away and decamped.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I've seen both - I'm guessing that's going to depend on whether someone's in a fixed position (seated and strapped in) or moving around, and how steady they are overall. The first generation of stuff might be pretty uneven, quality wise.
- Jennifer Dittrich
There are some really cool video stabilization algorithms out there.
- Brian Johns
If you have a camera attached to your head, and the head moves, that's what happens. :)
- Louis Gray
Take a look at this one from today, Johnny. https://plus.google.com/1005353... While I filmed this, I was also pitching to Braden, twice. Is this in the range of what you're seeing? Better? Worse?
- Louis Gray
Peeing is plausible but how could it be achieved without any notices? -
- Acharad Sami
Even if you wipe yourself well, some fecal matter will be left on your butt after pooping. So that's probably the source of at least some of the fecal matter in public pools.
- John (bird whisperer)
I don't understand why this is getting so much play right now. There's bacteria in the pool. There's always been bacteria in the pool.
- Brian Johns
I guess it's the reason why pools have to be chlorinated.
- Morton Fox
I think there was an alien species on Star Trek that wore those.
- Brian Johns
If we got it branded with University logos, we could sell a bunch of these at campus bookstores. I could see a big OSU Buckeye on it now! Merchandising is what it needs.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
That's not the problem, the problem (for Bitcoin) is that Bitcoins are functionally not good as a currency, but are good for immediate transactions, which means people are constantly wanting to convert them to and from dollars. The government would still care but be relatively powerless /if Bitcoins were never exchanged for USD/. (But there are clearly a bunch of problems with trying to run your business and life only on bitcoins, even in a libertopian future where a parallel full Bitcoin economy existed.)
- Andrew C (✓)
I dunno, if Bitcoin were the currency of a sovereign entity, this would probably never happen, and if it did, it would be a humungous international incident.
- Victor Ganata
If it were Swiss francs _operating in Switzerland_, maybe. But if it was some US business swapping Swiss francs to/from USD and operating from a US bank account, it would play out exactly the same way and Switzerland wouldn't even care. IMO.
- Andrew C (✓)
Does anyone really care about this? And by that, I mean "Is there anyone within earshot of us here on FF that has actually interacted with bitcoins? Or is this just an Internet sideshow of sorts?"
- Brian Johns
I think you answered your own question :D
- Victor Ganata
The pulse generator houses the battery and a tiny computer. Energy is stored in the battery until it is needed. The computer receives information from the leads to determine what rhythm is occurring. The battery usually lasts 7 to 10 years, after which the entire pulse generator needs to be changed. http://www.ttsh.com.sg/patient...
- Halil
Hmm, you unsubscribed me from your feed, turning this from a DM+Post into just a regular post. I guess you don't want to hear this feedback or talk about what's going on, Ilker?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
It looked awfully quiet around here this morning. Seems to me deleting one's account is not a good sign. But there's not much we can do for him from here.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
"From the state that brought you the nation's first ban on climate science comes another legislative gem: a bill that would prohibit automakers from selling their cars in the state. [...] What makes it "unfair competition" as opposed to plain-old "competition"--something Republicans are typically inclined to favor--is not entirely clear. After all, North Carolina doesn't seem to have a problem with Apple selling its computers online or via its own Apple Stores."
- Andrew C (✓)
from Bookmarklet
North Carolina: "And you thought South Carolina was stupid!"
- Anika
Apparently North Carolina is not the only sate that has laws like this in place.
- Brian Johns
Ah, the sweet smell of freedom. And by freedom of course we mean the ability to funnel money towards you and your supporters.
- Todd Hoff
Let's assume that Sen. Apodaca really is totally clueless about the issues and is 100% beholden to his special interests, and let's assume this passes. (Let's assume the worst here for a minute...) Isn't that $8,000 campaign contribution the best investment the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association ever made?
- Brian Johns
One assumes there are other forms of indirect graft also at play, but yes, corrupting the system is $ efficient.
- Todd Hoff
We couldn't buy margarine in Wisconsin until I was 6 or so. Whenever we visited our relatives in south of Madison, we would make an 'oleo run' down to Rockford, IL. Seems crazy now. When it did become legal, legislators wanted to require that it be colored brown. No agenda there!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
My mother used to buy oleo (margarine) when she was a kid. It was white and had a dye capsule, and she got to mix it all up to make it yellow. I think she said it was sometimes pink.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I bet Al would dig that. And only 12K on pre-order!
- SAM
I have wanted this lens for a very long time so it's nice to see them finally get to pre-order stage. Of course I'm not actually in the market for it due to the cost, but still - nice to see it almost come to market.
- Brian Johns
Nikon has had one of these for a while, BTW. (Without the built-in extender though)
- Brian Johns
Yeah I'm sure Canon had Nikon's in mind with this since Canon wildlife photogs have been clamoring for it for awhile now.
- ronin
My first instinct is to say ewwwww, but I've had ketchup accidentally get on my mac-n-cheese before and it wasn't horrible, so maybe just meh? I'd prefer my mac-n-cheese without it.
- Katy S
I like stewed tomatoes on top. And I like ketchup on sharp cheese, as in a cheeseburger, so why not?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I first heard about this in Barenaked Ladies's "If I Had $1,000,000" but I don't think I'd want to try it myself.
- Brian Johns
picante sauce on mac and cheese is AMAZING. moreso if you mix it all together.
- Hieronymous Boosh
altho, i tend to melt some grated cheddar into the mac and cheese first and THEN add the picante sauce.
- Hieronymous Boosh
I haven't tried it, but it's not something I'm likely to try.
- John (bird whisperer)
I don't like ketchup on anything; but the thought of it on mac & cheese or on eggs is especially disgusting to me
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Wont admit to it sounding okay. Because I would lose my yuppie cred from the 80s.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Also wont admit to liking ketchup on a rare roast-beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll or white bread. And why won't this pad stick the apostrophes in ALL my contractions?
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I used to make a mean chocolate milk with the syrup on the left, the free milk in the fridge, and 15 seconds in the microwave.
- Brian Johns
Janet: Nope -- I see some talented espresso makers here, and I don't know how to make the fancy coffees. I need some lessons.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
The caramel one in the middle, a little vanilla, a touch of almond extract, and some milk. And if you don't think it tastes good in your coffee, try it in tea.
- April Russo
They actually offer classes in that sort of thing, Stephen, but the ones I've seen are $300 or so.
- Spidra Webster
Do I need to explain that part to you? :-)
- Brian Johns
Can a guy or gal, register as a chick or a rooster?
- Gimminy
Seems to only work when setup with heteronormative gender roles. At least this example. You could reverse the roles, but it doesn't seem like you could co-mingle without some serious confusion.
- Gimminy
Crime Blotter: Atherton: Ralston Road, 9:10 a.m. Monday A person thought a man doing wind sprints in an orange shirt and dress pants appeared suspicious because of the clothing he was wearing.
Hello, I've just got to let you know, 'Cause I wonder where you are And I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely, or is someone loving you?
- SteVe C
Where did your children go? Where is your family? Did they turn into the adults that you'd always hoped they'd be? Did you finally retire from that job that tortured you?... Why are you depressed when your life's at its best? Is it really cause it's not what it seems? Or are you unable to see that you should be happy, 'cause your still living in yesterday's dreams?... And the woman you wed, was she better in bed when there wasn't a ring on her finger?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
My best interest? How do you know what *my* best interest is?
- Victor Ganata
(ohhh I like Victors last one) Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?
- SteVe C
How can you say what *my* best interest is? What are you trying to say, that I"m crazy? When I went to your schools and your churches, I went to your institutional learning facilities? So how can you say I'm crazy?
- Victor Ganata
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Won't you ever know that I'm in love with you?
- Bren
Hey little sister what have you done? Hey little sister who's the only one? Hey little sister who's your superman? Hey little sister who's the one you want?
- Katy S
Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like me? Do you like me standing there? Do you notice? Do you know? Do you see me? Do you see me? Does anyone care?
- Katy S
Wha-Wha-What did you say? [Oh, you're breaking up on me]
- Cloris Leachman
Who are these men with their finger's in everybody's pie?
- April Russo
What do you picture when you read my Words and thoughts and dreams? Do they all come alive and breathe?
- April Russo
When did the rich and powerful elite, slowly and unnoticed, come and steal our innocence?
- April Russo
What if I cross the line and I show you I mean business, prove that we're alike, and send some rain on down?
- April Russo
Where are all the answers and visionary wisdom from the stately and esteemed?
- April Russo
Can we counter this undeserved hatred through our science and our research and the wisdom of our age, or are we doomed to suffer at the hands of the Andromeda Strain?
- April Russo
Who was born in a house full of pain? Who was trained not to spit in the fan? Who was told what to do by the man? Who was broken by trained personnel? Who was fitted with collar and chain? Who was given a pat on the back? Who was breaking away from the pack? Who was only a stranger at home? Who was ground down in the end? Who was found dead on the phone? Who was dragged down by the stone?
- April Russo
"What will I regret the most? The things I do or the things I don't?"
- Cloris Leachman
Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Is this burning an eternal flame?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love? Is this love that I'm feeling?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true, and help me understand?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
- ronin
What the fuck is this world Running to? You didn't leave a message At least I could have Heard your voice one last time. Daily minefield This could be my time How 'bout you? Would you hit me? Would you hit me?
- SteVe C
Mommy, can I go out and kill tonight?
- Val
from FFHound!
Looks like we're gonna have a battle early about the future of the internet, man.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Yeah - I thought that was a funny little quote. Like there's any doubt we're going to have a battle about the future of the Internet, or that this is "early", or that we haven't been having that battle since the beginning of the Internet, etc....
- Brian Johns