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 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?
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
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...
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- 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
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 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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
"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
"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
"Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd talks about social networking, young people and how the web is more private than your home"
- Brian Sullivan
from Bookmarklet
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
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
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.
"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
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
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?
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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™
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 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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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- Alex Scoble
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
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
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