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Cliff Gerrish
Why is LeWeb conducted in english?
Because the language of the web is predominately English or it's really a Paris boondoggle for North Americans take your pick. - Brian Sullivan
I thought it was python... - Cliff Gerrish
Java/ECMA script I am guessing but yeah maybe Python. My guess is that many of the LeWeb attendees are fluent in neither though. - Brian Sullivan
Because Loic knows how to roll... - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Perhaps we could have simultaneous translation like the UN -- isn't that a service available through the real time mechanical turk? - Cliff Gerrish
If you're willing to pay doubloons - Schadenfreude
Mark Jepsen
Zooey Deschanel is on Bones... and I forgot until now!
Saw it yesterday or the day before -- was kind of a non event IMHO. - Brian Sullivan
Michael Hocter
How many Chrome extensions do you have installed so far?
I only have 5 so far: Feedly, Google Mail Checker, Send From Gmail, Bit.ly, RSS Subscription Extension. - Michael Hocter
33 so far - Eric Logan
There's extensions? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I'm on a Mac so: 0. - Akiva Moskovitz
Brizzly, GMail Checker & bit.ly...I already have a bookmarklet for Send From Gmail - JA Castillo
I uninstalled Brizzly because, while it was pretty and all, it was just too slow and not that useful. I'll just use the Brizzly website instead. - Michael Hocter
The Send From Gmail extenstion does more than the bookmarklet. Now all email links default to using Gmail :) - Michael Hocter
Feedly, Shareaholic, and Fittr Flickr so far - Kenton
Just 4. I would also have Feedly, but it keeps uninstalling itself. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
none. but Chrome is starting to bug me (it sucks opening stuff linked in hotmail and other java thingees), so maybe it's time i installed some add ons? i dunno. i don't like IE or Firefox, so what should I do? - Morgan Haley
Five Lastpass, Delicious, Sticky tabs, Gmail Checker and Adblock. Akiva I'm on the mac also ... Chromium + a little something I read about in MG's little post on TC http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Rasmus Lauridsen
Five, but I only actually use feedly and just started using DChrome. I installed Web Developer Mini, but find it pretty useless. I also have the bit.ly shortener installed but haven't used it at all and have Twitter EXT installed, but don't even know how to use it. - Curtiss Grymala
I'm using AdThwart. I hate web ads. - Rudy Amid
3 but I am waiting for Google to re-enable extensions on Mac - Edwin Khodabakchian
Brian Sullivan
I used to follow and pay attention to internet technical pundits (on their blogs, twitter, facebook and even here). I find myself doing that less and less - somehow they just are no longer relevant -- just me or are others in the same boat?
Pundits like? If it's TC/Scoble class, I've never put much coin behind them. - Schadenfreude
...? Who is that? - WorldofHiglet
I'm your worst nightmare. - Schadenfreude
Yeah I am thinking Scobleizer, Techcrunch, Mashable, CNet, Scripting News et al (I am sure there are many more and many more wannabees). - Brian Sullivan
Russellreno
Dominic is back in the hospital for Jaundice. Four days old. - http://www.facebook.com/photo...
Dominic is back in the hospital for Jaundice.  Four days old.
My first grandchild! - Russellreno from Bookmarklet
Poor kid! - Akiva Moskovitz
Hope it all works out. - Brian Sullivan
Akiva ~ At first I thought you were referring to his Grandpa. - Russellreno
chaz2b
Creeper in my apartment - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Creeper in my apartment
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Woman who'd been secretly living in NYC apartment captured on hidden camera http://www.boingboing.net/2009... - chaz2b
That is just plain creepy! - Mark Jepsen
Almost surely fake as well but if true would be creepy. - Brian Sullivan
If it's real that's eeewww, eeewww - Kenton
If that's not fake then it's really creepy - Amy
I don't buy it. - Jim Hearts FF
IT'S ON THE INTERNET OF COURSE IT'S REAL - Schadenfreude
MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
"If you don't get it, the fiRst time..."
"...backup and tryyyyyy again!" - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Try the other fist. - Brian Sullivan
hit the reset button - VAL D. Zone
*makes note to go through JB CD's...* durn kids with their reset buttons and fists... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Fist time? eep! *runs away* - Morgan Haley
yup.... you got me....old people should stay off the intertubes - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
joey
So I went to the new neurologist today. I like him. He explained a lot of the research he follows for both cluster headaches and migraines (mostly about seizure triggers) and seems to agree that I'm blessed with both types. We went over my CT scan and he ordered blood work (including thyroid) because of my other symptoms and family history.
I seem to have lost ten pounds from what I estimated my weight to be; that's a huge amount for me and cause for concern, but the neurologist thought that it could be just because I've been having so many headaches and that has caused fatigue and reduced appetite. Still, we're checking my thyroid because I'm also losing lots of hair (again, could be poor nutrition from headaches). - joey
I have a refill for more Imitrex injections because it still seems to work on the cluster headaches, and a trial of Axert if I think the headache is more migraine-y or I can wait longer (it's a pill). The big thing is that I'm starting Depakote to try to prevent the headaches from occurring at all. I have a 20-day supply and then we'll follow up to see how it is working. - joey
He also told me that they are fast about getting prescriptions out and can sometimes be available after hours for situations where one would generally succumb to going to the ER. That is awesome. - joey
Thyroid issues could be a contributing factor with the headaches as well. I hope something is discovered. - Michael W. May
My mother has hypothyroidism (but no one else in my family does) and I often feel like it could explain a lot of my medical issues. Because she has it I get checked pretty regularly and it's always normal, though. It's definitely something that I watch anyway. - joey
Sorry, wishing you a speedy recovery. I finally outgrew my own migraines but, I remember them well. Had to stop eating chocolate and nuts to alleviate some of the frequency in my particular case. Godspeed. - Eric Logan
Sounds like a good doctor. Very encouraging that he's keeping up on research. Read up on bladderwrack - that's supposed to be good for thyroid support and it's OTC. - Spidra Webster
I'm very intrigued by the epilepsy angle. If this was a series of absence seizures, there must be a trigger. - Matthew DeVries
He was saying something like that they've found that in people who suffer from migraines and cluster headaches, that what is happening is the brain's signal to turn off a seizure is being triggered (whether there is a seizure present or not) and the way it does this is faulty or something so it releases chemicals that end up causing the vascular issues that cause the actual pain. I'll... more... - joey
I'm so glad you found a doctor who you like. It sounds like he took time and listened to you (a rare thing, nowadays). I hope he and you can work out a treatment plan that will stop the headaches for good. In the meantime, if you need 10 pounds, I've got plenty to spare! ;-) - vicster
That's wonderful news, joey! Hope the Depakote works well for you! - Ladybug Heather
He sounds like a very competent doctor and it seems like you might get some answers. I'm so glad. I know that adding an anti-depressant helped with migraine maintenance for me. The seizure angle is very interesting. I hope you get some relief and start feeling better. - Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
He sounds really good - it is often so tough to find someone who really understands this sort of pain, and trusts their patients. I hadn't read the research on seizure connections, so that is really interesting. Hope you are on the mend soon :) - Jennifer Dittrich
Get better! Headaches are bad, mmkay? - Jeremy (cropmarks)
Thanks everyone! - joey
i hope a solution is found for you ms joey, and that you feel better always, :) - chaz2b
Congrats on a doctor who listens! I love that. I'm on Axert and find it works quite well about 75% of the time, provided the time phase is paid attention to. I wish you luck with it! - Ruth, no witty line here
Thanks Ruth. Do you have any side effects from it? - joey
Hang in there Joey. I began to get them when I was in my teens. I didn't know what the triggers were, so I was pretty much helpless to prevent them. As I moved through my 20's and 30's they continued, but then things like Imitrex came along and FINALLY something offered a bit of relief! Now that I'm in my 50's I seldom get them, so there is hope. - Mark Jepsen
Wait. My last comment sounds really depressing! I didn't mean to suggest that you just have to suffer through until you're 50! What I wanted to say was that doctors know a LOT more now, and there are more tools in the arsenal, so you can hopefully find a workable approach much sooner than I did. Okay, that sounds better. - Mark Jepsen
A friend -- now 60 had a similar track to Mark -- her solution was simpler though. She found in her mid 50s that cow milk products were the trigger -- lactose maybe -- but cutting out anything with cow milk 5 years ago caused the headaches to abruptly stop. Her doctor wanted to re-introduce milk products slowly to determine more exactly the triggers and levels but she chose just not to ever deliberately have cow milk products again (and it seems accidental ingestion in small quantities has no ill effects) - Brian Sullivan
Piaw Na
Piaw just found out that his new TV's speakers have a THD of 10%. (No, that's not a typo) Good thing everything's wired up to the receiver and high quality stereo speakers.
Yeah. =/ But I think a lot of people can't tell the difference or don't care and nearly everyone who can or does is going to do a full-fledged home theater setup, so the manufacturers cheaping out on the built-in speakers makes sense. - Andrew C
Sure. And everyone's been calibrated to the sound of 128kbps MP3s anyway, and had their ears blown out by rock music. My much younger friends were amazed I could hear their car doors close from inside the house when they parked across the street from me. - Piaw Na
Does THD even have meaning when applied to speakers? - Brian Sullivan
Of course not. TV manufacturers don't even talk about THD as part of the spec sheet when you get a TV. I expect that they're all uniformly bad. - Piaw Na
MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Waif tested positive for strep throat. *yikes*
:( - Derrick
Oh no poor baby. :( I would get strep all the time when I was a waif. It is the suck. - aden
Poor kiddo. :( - Laura Lou Who
:( - RAPatton from iPhone
Historically waif has been the carrier in the household. She's tested positive at least twice before and never missed a beat. Wife never gets sick because, well, she's "Wife". Germs wouldn't dare.... Dad on the other hand, gets laid out flat on his back; fevers, chills, body aches, sore throat. The whole schmotz. I am the family petri dish. Pray for a brother... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
The only good thing about this is that the moment you feel the sore throat starting, it's off to the doc with you. No waiting around to see if it's just a cold or something. Not a big bright spot, I know, but it might cut down on the suffering by 12 hours or more. - s t e v e
Thanks guys. She's doing pretty well actually. Really only displaying the symptoms of a decent cold. As I said, strep doesn't usually take her out. "This Guy" on the other hand ---------------------------------------------------> - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Good point Steve. I'm usually the one who waits until "the bitter end." But past experiences with strep have me so skeered that when I got the diagnosis by text, I called Wife to ask her if I should get tested... she actually laughed. Since I have no symptoms, theres no real point. - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Wishing her a speedy recovery. - Cheryl
That's no fun. Good excuse for ice cream though. =) - Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Not fun at all! Strep is usually very painful. Glad she is doing well as can be expected. Stay hydrated and hit up the Emergen-C. - Paulette Garcia Morris
My daughter when younger was similar -- tested positive and never showed symptoms -- her brother however often had recurring in quick succession (and often unpleasant) bouts. After their doctor learned this he had them both come in for testing when the boy got sick -- and treated them both at the same time. - Brian Sullivan
Admiral Anika
FACT: fudge, brownies and just about anything chocolatey that isn't pure dark chocolate is just disgusting. Don't even get me started when vile little pecans or walnuts are added.
Well. I thought we could be friends. I was wrong. :P - EricaJoy
You know, I can take care of all that non-pure-dark-chocolate stuff for you. Because I'm a giver :) - ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
Ah a chocolate bigot are we then? - Brian Sullivan
I prefer chocolate snob. - Admiral Anika
I love fudge and brownies, but I'm with ya on the nuts. I generally don't like nuts in my chocolate. - vicster
Snob it is then. - Brian Sullivan
Wow, I can't imagine not liking brownies, fudge, chocolate cake... it boggles the mind! - Lindsay
I used to hate chocolate cake until I found a nice, moist, well-made one. Hershey's milk chocolate is disgusting (except for Symphony). I have no idea how I used to eat so many Kisses. I can't even get them down anymore. - Kamilah Gill
brownies without walnuts are NOT brownies. they are little chocolate step-snacks that nobody loves. Walnuts rule! especially in brownie land!!!! - Morgan Haley
Not in my world, Morgan. So, I'll just keep my insanely good, rich, sinfully delicious brownies WITHOUT walnuts to myself. :p You're on your own, mister... - Bette Cooper
When I make brownies, I use good quality dutch-processed cocoa. It makes a world of difference. They are dark and rich. Kamilah - Hershey's has lowered their standards in recent years. I'm pretty sure the percentage of cocoa has dropped in their products. Not that it was ever high-end chocolate, but it was once better than it is now. - Katy S
Walnuts to the rescue! Save the naked, neglected brownies from their plain-ness! - Morgan Haley
Why walnuts, though? Toasted almonds sound tastier to me. - Katy S
No Nuts in Baked Goods (tm). - cecily
Cecily - I normally don't use them in baked goods. The exceptions are a couple quick breads I make and some almond blondies that have slivered almonds across the top of them. EDITED TO ADD: I do make pecan pie, so I suppose that counts as baked goods with nuts. - Katy S
++ cecily! I am fully onboard with your philosophy. - Jennifer Dittrich
Cecily++. Dark chocolate is gross. Maybe my definition of dark chocolate is different though. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
The No Nuts in Baked Goods brigade is something I pilfered from Jason Toney. - cecily
Pecans > walnuts. - Derrick
ah, i see fellow member of the No Nuts in Baked Goods Brigade has responded. i have a mild allergy to some nuts and don't like most others. that said, i can't get behind this pure dark chocolate doctrine. ancho chile in dark chocolate is The Bizness. and i enjoy a good milk chocolate, sometimes with caramel. - tiffany
What about a flourless chocolate cake? SO GOOD. - Andrew C
Nuts are good in chocolate (especially hazelnuts), milk is not. Milk chocolate should be banned. - Christopher A Carr
Hmm...something that Anika and I agree on foodwise? Well, except for the nuts bit, but I'm totally with you on the dark chocolate bit. - Alex Scoble
I like both dark and milk chocolate, but either way it needs to be high quality. - Katy S
You obviously haven't had Lindt Lindor chocolate. - Bryce Roney from iPhone
It's taking a lot of self-control for me not to make brownies right now using my dutch-processed Bensdorp cocoa. - Katy S
Oh, I forgot... Hershey's so-called dark chocolate is gross, too. I like proper dark chocolate. Katy, you're probably right about the cocoa reduction. They shouldn't even be allowed to call that garbage chocolate. - Kamilah Gill
I think in Canada there are minimum requirements of cocoa inclusion before something can be called "chocolate" -- most "chocolate bars" here are labelled candy bars because of the requirement. - Brian Sullivan
Steven Perez
Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia - Environment - io9 - http://io9.com/5423519...
Huge Iceberg Drifting Towards Australia - Environment - io9
"A 54 square-mile iceberg that broke free of an Antarctic ice shelf ten years ago is headed straight for Australia, and similarly large icebergs have been sighted off the coast of New Zealand. Are we heading for ice disaster?" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet
Trying to imagine what disaster this could cause. If it drifted into an inhabited coastline what would happen? I presume the drift would be gradual so there would be warning -- block a harbour maybe? - Brian Sullivan
Can't they just shoot a couple missles at it and blow it up? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
i bet bruce willis would know what to do! - MikeAmundsen
Margarita party! - tinypants - Hagitha of FF
...isn't Superman's fortess of solitude hidden inside that iceberg? - .LAG liked that
Brian Sullivan
Introducing the SCORM Cloud « eLearning Weekly - http://elearningweekly.wordpress.com/2009...
"If you didn’t have to use an LMS to offer learning content, where would you want to do it? A Facebook page? Your WordPress blog? Via an iGoogle widget? Maybe, but you’d lose the ability to track and record and assess, right? Enter SCORM Cloud, which lets you take learning outside the LMS and put it pretty much anywhere you want." - Brian Sullivan from Bookmarklet
Brian Sullivan
Interview | Danah Boyd: 'People looked at me like I was an alien' - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...
Interview | Danah Boyd: 'People looked at me like I was an alien'
"Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd talks about social networking, young people and how the web is more private than your home" - Brian Sullivan from Bookmarklet
Really interesting piece. - Chieze Okoye
cecily
This photo tells you all you need to know about Vancouver (including the bloody seagull).
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That is beautiful. I would love to visit someday. - aden
This is also rare. Vancouver's skies are usually asphalt coloured this time of year. - cecily
So if you're visiting, July, August, and September are the best months. - cecily
Love the lake on the roof. - Kenton
we're pretty damn lucky, eh? - tara
I really need to figure out a way to move/live there. - vicster
Pretty! - Derrick
I LOVE Vancouver. - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Number 1 place I want to visit in Canada. - Spidra Webster
I wish somebody would visit. I get lonely up here. - cecily from iPhone
My husband and I love Vancouver! Haven't been in several years unfortunately. - Bonnie Foster
Would love to get back to Vancouver someday soon - Alistair (alpinefolk)
What is that circular pavillion looking building? - Brian Sullivan
OK -- I thought so -- I have niece that lives not too far from there -- on one of those tree streets. - Brian Sullivan
I'd love to but it's a money thing, cecily. - Spidra Webster
That's the top of the space museum. - cecily from iPhone
Ok, I have to admit, you're making me homesick with shots like theses, Cecily :) - Micah Wittman
Ah, cecily, I was hoping to be in Vanc on Saturday for the BC Browncoats Holiday meetup, but I can't be there now. It's at the MacMillan Space Centre if you're interested - I can send you the link :) - WorldofHiglet
What are the BC Browncoats? - cecily from iPhone
Fans of Joss Whedon's Firefly sci-fi series and the resulting film, Serenity. - WorldofHiglet
For some reason I thought you also lived in Vanc, WoH. - Spidra Webster
Ah. If I had to ask, I probably shouldn't go. - cecily from iPhone
They would welcome you, cecily, but the whole thing would make a LOT more sense if you had seen the shows! - WorldofHiglet
You should watch Firefly (it's on Hulu now I think?) and go! Damn, it looks like the whole show isn't up anymore. One of the best eps is going to expires in just a few days. It's called "Our Mrs. Reynolds" and stars Christina Hendricks who's now doing "Mad Men". http://www.hulu.com/firefly - Spidra Webster
I live in the Fraser Valley, Spidra, about an hour or so from Vanc. It's easier to say I live near Vanc because ppl generally know where that is (once they realise you mean the one in Canada). - WorldofHiglet
Rats, I just realized Hulu keeps out furriners. I think you can still use Hotspot Shield to fool it, though. - Spidra Webster
An ex tried to get me into Firefly, and I couldn't get into it. Also Hotspot Shield doesn't work with Hulu. I've tried. - cecily from iPhone
Well Micah, if you ever find yourself back this way, just say hello. - cecily
Ive been to Vancouver Canada ... love it .. - johnpiercy
One of these days, I'm going to cross the border and go to Vancouver. This is obligatory. Not that Seattle's all that far away, but still it's not *Vancouver*... - Dennis Jernberg
I drove from Seattle to Vancouver one night. When I got near the city the sky line was this wonderful green color. Really cool. Seattle was OK but I think Vancouver is a much cooler city. - John Flynn
Sounds good to me, Cecily. We were frequent flyers at the Langley library. I declare Dec 10th as Hug a Random Librarian Day :) (((cecily))) - Micah Wittman
Good call, Micah - (((cecily))) - WorldofHiglet
Aw. Thanks. And when it comes to librarians, I'm the randomest. - cecily
(((((((((cecily)))))))))))) - VAL D. Zone
Randomly awesome! (And I mean that in a rawr/you rock! way, even though it sounds, you know, awkward.) - Ayşe E.
Victor Ganata
Weird. As I got onto the freeway, I noticed a bunch of chickens walking along on the side of the road. Didn't seen any of them try to get to the other side, though.
heh - pea
Maybe they were already on the other side? - Brian Sullivan
Lol!!! :D - Molly
I wonder if they were descendants of these guys "Hollywood Freeway Chickens have always had a lot of pluck" http://www.latimes.com/news... - Victor Ganata
Brian Sullivan
Electricity tariffs in France: This French Life - http://www.thisfrenchlife.com/thisfre...
Electricity tariffs in France: This French Life
Complicated French electricity rates. - Brian Sullivan from Bookmarklet
Brian Sullivan
Only in Toronto: He had to take his Ferrari out in the first snow — The Garage - http://thegarageblog.com/garage...
Only in Toronto: He had to take his Ferrari out in the first snow — The Garage
"Like much of the North mid-east of the continent, Toronto got the it’s first taste of winter overnight. This guy thought it would be a great day to head out in his Ferrari. Knob!" - Brian Sullivan from Bookmarklet
It's funny, I saw that on the news yesterday as just part of the storm coverage. Typical car spinning it's wheels in snow shot. Then realized it was a Ferrari! Who the hell drives a Ferrari in the snow. Car should be taken away from him. - Andrew Smith
What a goof. - Shey, Jamaican of FF
I wouldn't take new shoes out in the snow let alone any kind of car I liked. - Dave Roth
Well at least it's red. - Brian Sullivan
"Sorry! I had an important meeting to attend to and I only have 2 cars. The other one is a Bugatti, hence the choice." - AJ Batac
Brian Sullivan
YouTube - creeper in my apartment - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
YouTube
				- creeper in my apartment
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This somehow doesn't seem real but would be creepy if it was. - Brian Sullivan from Bookmarklet
Jorge Escobar
November numbers are out on Compete.com. Friendfeed lost another 20% of its audience month-to-month. Sad.
My core friends are still very much active, I guess because we're all die-hard fans. - Jorge Escobar
still here - Mike Nencetti
quality > quantity - Mike Nencetti
@Mike, agree. - Jorge Escobar
Twitter was down 2% and has been flat since June - so much for "mainstream"...? - Stuart Miniman
Unfortunately to survive long term FF has to grow in numbers/users -- since it is not growing it will not survive regardless of the usefulness and quality of the remaining posts/users. - Brian Sullivan
@Brian absolutely. At this rate we might not have FF by Q2 '10 - Jorge Escobar
:( This isn't good. Why is FF so neglected?? I know they sold out to FB, but still... There is no substitute! - Kamilah Gill
Kamilah, NONE. Absolutely none. It's a unique thing these guys created. - Jorge Escobar
I think there is no doubt that Facebook's plan is to let FF whither and die. Former FF owners/developers/employees can protest all they like that FF is being supported and will carry on but without a plan to grow users death and a quick death is the inevitable end. There is no money and no effort being put into growth. All the people left (the die-harders -- and I include myself in that group) are on a sinking ship. - Brian Sullivan
I put some thoughts here http://jungleg.com/2009... - Jorge Escobar
Can't we just go the way of Usenet? The more users we lose the less it costs to support us. - Jimminy
Compete is US-only (click the ? by "Unique Visitors" and scroll down). That amplifies the Silicon Valley buzz factor. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo
Johnny Worthington
My last Twitter thought... People now have businesses based on Twitter being up (iPhone apps and such) and Google and Bing are now paying coin for the fire hose. How long until the reliability of Twitter becomes an issue?
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I believe the reliability of Twitter will improve to a level that it will no longer be an issue. Twitter is maturing and the Fail Whale may someday be a relic, or just during "scheduled" maintenance. - Louis Gray
Louis, that very well may be true, but a year ago not a few people thought the problem would be fossilized by a year later, and here we are :) - Micah Wittman
since it's free, they have a lot of time. - Mike Nencetti
I wonder if the Google and Bing relationships included a service level agreement of some kind. I'd also like to see if Google and Bing are getting the same reliability levels as the freebie users; in most enterprises, paying customers would get priority access to server resources. - Kevin Shaum
Wasn't the parting of ways with Blaine Cook ( a year and a half ago) supposed to signal the end to their problems (at least that was the story at the time) -- it seems the problem was elsewhere and still exists. - Brian Sullivan
I am not attempting to sound naive. I talked with Ryan Sarver today, their Director of Platform, at LeWeb, and it was a good discussion. Twitter is growing up. It doesn't have to be my favorite, but it is a utility, and one that is funded well, and has sharp execs. The company is learning how to scale. Despite the occasional whale (like I got today), it's miles ahead of 2008. Understand my lack of favorable bias. :) - Louis Gray
Well I'm glad they are improving their platform. I wish them no harm and would hate to see them get all lawyer'd over reliability. - Johnny Worthington
The reliability would have been much less of an issue if we had multiple interoperable microblogging services. Email is reliable enough to base a business on. Do you think this would have been the case if the only email service available was, say, compuserve? - Yaniv Golan
I would hope most serious businesses don't use Twitter or Gmail as their sole source of communication. I'm already wary of having Gmail check my other mail accounts as IMAP for the same reason (people panic when Gmail goes offline for a couple hours). Should any company with more than a handful of employees be using free social networking sites to base their communications on? - Ken & Kiyomi
MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Listening to a NYC radio station and they just did a traffic report; apparently someone stole a man-hole cover on 43rd Street. WTF?
Maybe Flavor Flav replaced his large clocks for man hole covers :) - Jeunelle Foster
That's happened around here. Meth/crack heads looking for scrap metal $. - Spidra Webster
They weigh over a hundred pounds... You don't just dart in to traffic and pluck one out of the street... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Yep, Mark, I've heard about this before...some cities are in a constant cat and mouse game with man-hole cover thieves. They are constantly trying to come up with new ways to prevent theft of the covers, since it's obviously a very serious safety issue. Not to mention the amount of tax dollars lost from such thefts. - Alex Scoble
Tax dollars? How about the number of ruined cars? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I gave both reasons why it's an issue. :) - Alex Scoble
I sit corrected. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Brian Sullivan
Looking for bike trips to take for next summer. Upper New York State is a possible venue. A loop of 150-300 km would be the ideal -- preferably bike trails not roads. Any suggestions?
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The North County Trailway covers sections of the old Putnam rail line in Westchester county. Lots of good smooth riding....but you'll be going back and forth a bunch of times to get to 300km. http://www.westchestergov.com/parks... - Bill Scherer
Another possibility is a one way trip where some bike/person/luggage transportation back to the origin is offered (like the service on Le P'tit Train du Nord route in Quebec). - Brian Sullivan
Where are you based out of? Would you want to be able to drive there with a bike or would you fly there and rent? - Chester
The potential group is in Ottawa, Toronto and Fort Erie -- we want something we can drive to. - Brian Sullivan
Glen Mistletoe
xPhone — the true iPhone killer? - http://www.electrobeans.de/archiv...
xPhone — the true iPhone killer?
48 megapixel camera, supports external media (SD, CompactFlash, 5-1/4" floppy, VHS tape), creates toast from SMS messages, nuclear battery… (make sure you watch the video). - Glen Mistletoe from Bookmarklet
I also like the adapter that lets you use your DSLR lenses with it. - Glen Mistletoe
DAS Xphone! ;-) - Brian Sullivan
Ha! SMS2Toast! - tab thinks you're awesome
Robert Scoble
The new JooJoo is dead on arrival. $499 price is too high. Leaving the drama between it and @arrington aside, that alone will make this fail
not even interesting with $499 price point... - Tahir Zaimoglu
Just a little more patience for the Apple iTablet/iPad (iWhatever) ... sure, price tag will be $699 - 849 but you will get what you pay for and it will blow all other tablets away immediately. Don´t cry Arrington. - HansVanRock
Pricing mentioned earlier was always delusional. - Brian Sullivan
JooJoo sounds like the name of a candy. - Beau Liening from iPhone
Bad juju will ensure for JooJoo. - Khürt Williams
LOL. You beat me too it! - Zachary TG
hmm ipad selling higher price! via Apple 4 sure! Unless cutting parts - polou/indigo_bow
What would you be willing to pay for a tablet? - Rich Puskarich
Brian Sullivan
Is the "embargo" especially in the tech industry merely PR manipulating "reporters".
I think tech reporters that agree to an embargo are selling a piece of their soul for future "access". - Brian Sullivan
Zee.
So, in your opinion, be honest now...is Friendfeed still alive and kicking? (update: seemingly so. :) )
yes. very much so. - John Wang
Yes, but has started to develop some health problems and needs a doctor's visit. - Alex Scoble
It is for me - Mo Kargas
It definitely is for me. - Curtiss Grymala
I just got here. It's the best platform. - Jeremy (cropmarks)
for me it is ................. - VAL D. Zone
It's still kicking :). A little less a guess but still :) - alfred westerveld
Yes. - Jim Hearts FF
hell ya ......! - johnpiercy
Hell yes it is! All the fine dudes and finest bitches still be rocking the Casbah daily and nightly here on the station with it all! K-FFD! - Morgan Haley
Yep, still kickin'! - Beau Liening from iPhone
Does a bear poop in the woods? - Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Ok, so I don't live here anymore, but I still check in for conversation and positivity. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
for sure - Josh Haley
Still alive but the momentum and will to live is gone -- and the sale and virtual abandonment was like shutting out the lights in the middle of a party -- a signal for everybody to go home. - Brian Sullivan
wow. For you maybe, Brian. - Jim Hearts FF
Yes! - Anne Bouey
But I am still here. - Brian Sullivan
Yep. Certainly not as crazy as it was 'back in the day' but it's definitely still kicking. - Akiva Moskovitz
I'm making a concerted effort to pop in and find some great stuff to share - Alistair (alpinefolk)
As far as I can tell, it's still alive. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)
TBH, I feel like I use FF much more now that before the acquisition. So for me, yes, it's very much alive and kicking. 8^D - Chieze Okoye
I'm tellin' ya: it's the librarians' fault. - cecily
The Google real-time announcement certainly didn't hurt!!!! - Charlie Anzman
Honestly, it's not that much different -- plenty to chat about, and plenty to chat with -- and it's still storing all my web finds perfectly. There's an extremely considerate and passionate community. So... sure! - Christopher Galtenberg
yep - Wayne Sutton
Yes. - pea
Yes. - Kamilah Gill
Somewhat less so than the previous old days... - TrafficBug
being bought by Facebook has definitely dampened my enthusiasm, but yeah, its still alive and kicking - Jeffrey Canton
Still seems pretty lively to me. - Gordon Herd
This was asked eight hours ago and has gotten 19 likes so far. Not a resounding "yes." - Robert Scoble
Compare to @ericschmidt who was added to 700+ lists and 12,000+ followers in 24 hours over on Twitter. - Robert Scoble
But 34 comments, and nearly all "Yes". - Nils Sandin
Nils: sorry, that's not a resounding yes either. 34 people do not a service make. - Robert Scoble
yes, affirmative. - bora "head" basman
The service works for me, so I don't fret about the other new or old services. Both have their place. - Nils Sandin
werd. - imabonehead
Haha. I must say I'm starting to see more and more threads like this. The discussion is definitely coming back. - Roberto Bonini
Twitter for headlines, FF for discussions. - Nils Sandin
it is to me - barbarars
It is to me - it all depends on what you make of it - Jesse Stay
Who is here is replying "yes". Who's not here any more just won't reply. The fact is few weeks ago you wouldn't have asked :) [ah, this means it is not kicking as in the past] - Markingegno - Donato from Android
I would say yes. It had a slump period for me for a couple of months, but now I'm putting more in it and getting more from it in return. - Rasmus Lauridsen
Yes! - Iván Abrego
Tricky question. Nothing else out there has this feature-set, and AFAIC that's the killer, I use FF because it's the best platform. Maybe some people drifting away since the sale, but OTOH there are new people joining. My buddies Nat and Brent from Calgary both joined around the time of the sale and have both really gotten into it. I have more discussions here than on Twitter, and I think that's true for a lot of people. - Louis Simoneau
And @Scoble: the fact that you don't get 12 000+ followers on FF makes it less attractive to social media marketing types, which actually makes it BETTER as a platform for meeting and interacting with real people. I have 'friends' on Twitter that I've back-and-forthed with a few times but couldn't really tell you much about, whereas here, I feel like I really KNOW people like Derrick, Jandy, Monique, etc. - Louis Simoneau
its going to die soon - Farshad
FF is like a small country town. Not a big population but people stop and say "hello". - Barak B
Yes, indeed! - Andrew Terry
Is this a bit like a band you feel you've discovered becoming mainstream? - plooptionary
Yes, it's very much alive and kicking! - Michael Fidler
+Louis Simoneau (& I answered above earlier) - Kamilah Gill
as far as I can tell, yes. - Derek Coward
Yep - RAPatton from iPhone
I'm here - Jimminy
Still alive. :) - 3Cinteractive, L.L.C. from twhirl
You bet. Still the best interface and most interesting conversations - Alan Morris from iPhone
Yep. Cranking along just like Jaiku. - Ken Sheppardson
Yep, I just saw that one of those Twitter Social Media Guru's found the place and followed 4k people in 5 minutes. - Jimminy
yes. those who say otherwise can go somewhere else. - Aron Michalski from BuddyFeed
Hey Zee, from what platform did you originally post your question? I'm seeing it via Friendfeed by way of a friend. - Rich Reader
@Rich on friendfeed itself - Zee.
Only to some hardcore dedicated FF'ers. Other then that its just here for Robert Scoble to come on and preach how every worthy tech person he follows is on Twitter and how this site is dead. - CW™
No. We're all dead. Go away. - Glen Mistletoe
I'm standing under the Mistletoe O_O - Micah Wittman
Zee, regarding your question, and I'm no Godin apologist, but his '1000 true fans' comes to mind http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b... - Micah Wittman
And regarding Robert's statement, OF COURSE a founder of Google will get thousands people who click the follow button. Then what? I look forward to Eric having 12,000 individual conversations this week, so someone ping me when that happens :) I've gleaned more valuable insights into the thought process and perspective of Google/Googlers from being in and around the conversations started by DeWitt on Friendfeed than I have in any other way. - Micah Wittman
I'm not done yet. Christopher Galtenberg http://friendfeed.com/zee... and Louis Simoneau http://friendfeed.com/zee... make great points. - Micah Wittman
Sure is - Herb Hernandez
I have to excuse myself for not being very active for quite a while: I was being busy organising the Dutch Bloggies. I do think FriendFeed is still alive, but I sure wished there were more Dutch people to keep up a conversation with. It's making it difficult, now I'm out of organising for a week, to start up being involved again. I'm jealous at the Egyptian & Italian people, who seem to have a whole community here. - Ton Zijp
Friendfeed is immortal, perfect, the best. Friendfeed will never die. ... in fact, the end of behemoths like Facebook and Twitter will be tweeted on Friendfeed.! - Petr Buben
Always..! - ★ Soner Gönül
Just got back into using FF more heavily and find it much more enjoyable to any of the Twitter clients I've found. I can actually engage with the people that I "follow" and learn more about them and find interests instead of just trying to separate the wheat from the chaff like I feel I do on Twitter - Ian Rudy
still here. - Mike Nencetti
alive - gemella
kick - Kevin Fox
Yes. The primary thing that has changed is the content. - Steven Perez
And it no longer buys us flowers anymore, the bitch. - Akiva Moskovitz
I think this thread proves what is fact.... - Mathew™ one of a kind
WOW - I guess so!!! May have to come off digest... - Robyn Hawk
O Hai There! :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker
Am I the only one who got tired of responding to posts that ask if the site is still alive? "Charlie, you there? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you here me *now*?....I gave up on 'em after Scoble's 2nd one. Just ignore - Schadenfreude
Michelle Jones
Questions for Jeffrey P. Bezos - Book Learning - Interview - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
Questions for Jeffrey P. Bezos - Book Learning - Interview - NYTimes.com
"I’ll tell you what I do. I take a one-gallon Ziploc bag, and I put my Kindle in my one-gallon Ziploc bag, and it works beautifully. It’s much better than a physical book, because obviously if you put your physical book in a Ziploc bag you can’t turn the pages. But with Kindle, you can just push the buttons." - Michelle Jones from Bookmarklet
Maybe every Kindle should come with a Ziploc bag? - Brian Sullivan
Sounds like a plan - Michelle Jones
o_O - Derrick
Yeah, but if I drop my book into the tub and get it wet, I can 1) dry it out or 2) replace it for cheap and I haven't lost my entire library. - pea
you don't lose your entire library if your kindle fails, it'd get loaded via 3G back onto your new kindle, or you could use a PC, or a smartphone in the interim. but you do have a point. just clearing up a slight misconception :) - mjc
Of course when i'm done with an actual printed book I can take the book out of the ziploc and loan it to my mom to read, try that with a kindle - WarLord
Cristo
Why is Alex Scoble always trying to "win" online? Seems like this whole social media thing is like an Xbox game to him.
Maybe it runs in the family. - Cristo
Learn to read. - Alex Scoble
Caramel or chocolate pudding? - Johnny Worthington
He doesn't 'try'. He 'does'. - Morgan Haley
Let's have Louis Gray and Alex Scoble compete for the title of Most Competitive FriendFeeder! - Spidra Webster
Teach me to read, Alex. You can start by explaining what you meant by that. - Cristo
What about store bought pie flans? I use them cause I like the pie as a whole. - Johnny Worthington
If Alex doesn't win, then the terrorists win. - Micah Wittman from iPhone
Alex always wins -- in his own mind. - Brian Sullivan
Caramel tart with banana... yum - Johnny Worthington
I don't know Alex personally, but he seems to me like he knows his shit and that he is a pretty decent fellow all around. He might be a KITTEN KICKING BASTARD, or he might not. I really don't have a way to know if he is a KITTEN KICKING BASTARD or if he's just a regular guy that loves young felines as much as the next guy. But in my book, he's a great guy and not a KITTEN KICKING BASTARD!!! - Morgan Haley
Yahoo Serious is not a fair representation of the Australia population as a whole - Johnny Worthington
He's not? Gah - I loved Young Einstein. - Jeremy (cropmarks)
Oh, he's ok... just not a fair representation. - Johnny Worthington
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED - Stephen Mack
What? Skinny and nappy-headed isn't the default makeup? - Jeremy (cropmarks)
Don't bogart those joints my friends. - Cristo
It means if you actually read most of the conversations I'm in, you'd know that, in general, I'm not about winning. I'm about learning. But when people fail to learn when presented with facts, then I'm all about winning, because people who ignore facts and continue to drivel on about their own greatness are eschewing the greatest gift of all and just deserve to be treated like how Edna Mode treats capes. - Alex Scoble
NO CAPES! +10 for the Incredibles ref. - Jeremy (cropmarks)
Alex, can you explain that again slower? I didn't really get all of it. I especially got confused during the "own greatness" part of the paragraph. - Cristo
Cristo: Stupid people don't deserve to win... - Johnny Worthington
Stop being a cape, Chris. - Alex Scoble
I don't know what a Edna Mode or a cape is in this context. - Cristo
Also, you seem to use the word 'facts' loosely, as in "yours and other people's opinions you choose to agree with are facts." - Cristo
Johnny, I'm already wasting enough time here without compounding the time wastage by exploring your googling. - Cristo
No, I don't misuse the word facts. You asked a question on cables, I gave you the reason why larger gauge cables are better and you said that doesn't matter to you. You used your opinion to refute the facts, ergo I won. - Alex Scoble
If you are going to 'explore my googling'... you could at least by me a drink first... - Johnny Worthington
The web page you posted was by a guy who 'recommended' a particular distance limit for wiring with particular gauges to 4 ohm speakers. I've seen other opinions that differ on the specifics. I value your input, but it wasn't relevant to my needs. Thanks. The "I win" part was all you. I wasn't trying to win. - Cristo
Johnny, I think you may have had a few too many already. ;) - Cristo
You most certainly were trying to make a point that there's no difference between specific gauges of wire. You were demonstrably wrong. I demonstrated. You refused to admit that you were wrong. I won. - Alex Scoble
Just like I'm winning right here. - Alex Scoble
No, actually I wasn't trying to make a point in that thread, I was asking a legitimate question. I value your input. Thank you for providing it. Now I know that there is no difference for my usage. On this thread, I was trying to make a point, and I think I've proved it. :) - Cristo
No, you didn't ask if there was a difference for your usage. You asked if there was a difference. There is. You still refuse to admit you are wrong. Thus showing why I win...yet again. And you were also wrong on this thread. Demonstrably. - Alex Scoble
Alex, I *asked* if there was a difference. You said there was. So, yes. There is a difference. You answered my question. Thanks. Get it? - Cristo
And then you argued that such difference didn't matter and I schooled you again. I won. Get it? - Alex Scoble
I said it wasn't pertinent to my system. I didn't try to "win" against you or say your statement was false. I said it didn't matter for my purposes, but you turn things into a contest. It's all very schoolyard behavior. - Cristo
You are correct, it's all me. Just like all the above arguing has been all me. So yeah, I'm the one who's always trying to win online. It's not you at all. - Alex Scoble
Alex, I take your apology at face value. It's good you're able to recognize this in yourself, and I thank you for reassuring me of my own innocence. :) - Cristo
Cristo is my hero. - Akiva Moskovitz
For suckering you in with my sarcasm, I win again. You really do make this too easy. - Alex Scoble
And you know what they say about winning on the internet! - Morgan Haley
Yeah, yeah...it makes you just as much of an idiot as the idiot who's wrong that you are winning against. - Alex Scoble
i heard it different, but yeah, pretty much that's it. but you are still my favorite non-KITTEN KICKING BASTARD person on FriendFeed. Hee hee. - Morgan Haley
At the end of this round, Alex's unorthodox technique of arguing that he won a thread that started out to prove that he is overly-concerned with winning threads proves fatal as Cristo cleverly uses Alex's sarcasm against him. 8^D - Chieze Okoye
This thread literally is full of win. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod
Chieze - my head hurts.... - Morgan Haley
idk but it seems to me you (Cristo) and Alex are in a pissing match about who can have the better home media setup and it's spilling over into other things. We get it: you're both loaded and can buy lots of nice things. And we're envious, if that makes you any happier. Just chill out with the other drama :) - LANjackal
Morgan, lol, I just re-read and realized that I used he and him and his way too much in that statement. That said, LANjackal just came in from nowhere and schooled EVERYBODY. 8^D - Chieze Okoye
LANjackal, no I think you're misinterpreting my (our) posts. I'm not bragging about what I'm doing with the system I'm building, anymore than I would discussing products I've built for others. I'm sharing what I'm learning by pushing the envelope. I'm completely uninterested in spending lots of money to show how good of a system I can build. However, since you don't know me, I can understand how you might misinterpret that at a surface level. To me, the speaker wire discussion had nothing to do with it. - Cristo
Doesn't really matter to me what your motives are, dude ... I'm happy for both of you. I'm just recommending you both confine your egos to issues that actually matter. - LANjackal from IM
You're welcome to your opinion, but I don't see where in this discussion I've been egotistical. I might have been trying to be funny, and if I missed the mark, I apologize. Maybe you're taking this "drama" a little too seriously. Maybe if you post something interesting other than the latest girl you're trying to bang, I won't have to try so hard. - Cristo
^!!!! That's a good one. Cheers! - LANjackal from IM
I suppose someone could have interpreted the original post as equivalent to that Noah guy complaining about the other basketball guy's dancing. The other guy's name escapes me right now. [and I TOTALLY try to win] - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Yeah, because people without ego avoid admitting when they are wrong ALL THE TIME. And this has nothing to do with the penile size of our systems...My system is pretty good, but it could still be better and certainly would be if I had Chris's bank. I highly doubt that I have anywhere near the best system on friendfeed and wouldn't claim it to be so. Won't even compare my system to... more... - Alex Scoble
Cristo
Does anyone think 10 gauge is significantly better than 12 gauge speaker wire at runs less than 50 feet?
Only if it costs $5000 and has Monster in its name. - Brian Sullivan
Do you have the hearing of a blind sound engineer? If so then yes it makes a difference. If not then no it doesn't. - CW™
I believe Alex has convinced himself he does. ;) - Cristo
It doesn't matter if it's better...it's better to use the biggest gauge you can afford and not worry about whether it's good enough. Running 12 gauge is like limiting yourself to 175 width tires. Good luck using those on your Porsche. - Alex Scoble
If you believe you can hear the difference between CD's and 45LP's and consider the LP's to be better then any digital recording then I got some gold plated banana connectors that just improves your sounds 100 fold.. they are only $550 each.. - CW™
There's limited room in the conduit, and that tire example was a particularly bad analogy. :) - Cristo
No, it's not a bad analogy. It's the perfect analogy. Oh and my speaker wire is cheaper than yours to boot. - Alex Scoble
Alex, in general you are in fact cheaper. :) - Cristo
That's it. I'm rewiring with 2 gauge welder-cables. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
When the global economy crashes you'll be able to melt the heavier cables down into larger copper ingots to buy some spoiled milk and moldy bread. >.> - pitlord
http://www.audioholics.com/educati... Game, set, match. No 4 ohm speakers for you...ever. And in general, I'm more efficient on the cost/performance curve, which means I'm better than you. Swish! - Alex Scoble
Alex, all my speakers are 8 ohm in-wall speakers. Why would I replace them with 4 ohm speakers? Anyway, we're talking about in-wall wiring, not your speaker wire in back of your media cabinet and under the rug to your rear speakers in the one room you use for home theater. - Cristo
Well, you can't replace them with 4 ohm speakers now even if you wanted to. You are stuck. It's the same as if you had wired your house with Cat 5 instead of 5e or 6. - Alex Scoble
Anything can be rewired, Alex. Anything. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Apparently not without great hassle and expense in this case, MVB. - Alex Scoble
Alex, are 4 ohm speakers better? I fail to see how your Cat 5/6 analogy works here. - Cristo
In general, it really depends, but you are limited now so that you can't even look at them. If you had wired your house for Cat 5 you wouldn't be doing the HDMI extensions that you are now. - Alex Scoble
Alex, if I decide to change out my in-wall speakers, then I can also rewire. That scenario is highly unlikely and is at the other end of the scale from using Cat 6 everywhere. Oh, I should mention my HDMI setup is genius. ;) - Cristo
I've won this argument...you can stop commenting now. - Alex Scoble
Alex, you've won every argument. In your own mind. Thanks for your valuable feedback on this thread. BTW, most of my runs are less than 30 feet from the media closet, so if I was dumb enough to want to sub out 8 ohm speakers for 4 ohm, I could do it. It's just dumb, that's all. I could also use VCRs instead of DVRs, and install Pong in every room. - Cristo
These are really fun to watch. Thanks you two. - SAM
Yeah, you are right...I didn't provide a link showing why 10 gauge is significantly better for runs greater than 30 feet. I didn't win at all. You are right because you designed for "good enough" only to find that you should have designed with "greater expansion/flexibility" in mind. - Alex Scoble
Actually, I think "Alex and Cristo" were number three or four on the list of Friendfeeders Most Likely to Hookup.... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Like I said, I won this argument when I put up my link. I'm now hiding this thread as you once again refuse to learn. - Alex Scoble
Oh goody. Now I can say all the fun stuff I want about Alex. - Cristo
No need to drag Pong into this. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com from iPhone
Here's some more background: http://www.roger-russell.com/wire... - Cristo
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