you can join my infrequent, highly-personal mailing list at that link above. it's sort of the insiders list... i make the insider announcements there first (before twitter and FF and blog) - Jason Calacanis via Bookmarklet
Ooooh pick me pick me pick me ... :) - Cathy Brooks
Hate to say this, but shouldn't this have been done ages ago? - Cathy Brooks
i tried it few months ago, it merged my account and I remember having problem to approach it from other application e.g. Flock..but. i guess I did something wrong then - Naor
Cathy, I agree. However, it's always excites me to see hoe Google taking control of their products. - Orli Yakuel
No, US prices aren't subsidized but in Europe and elsewhere gas is much more heavily taxed. - Ole Begemann
US gas prices are certainly not subsidized, they're taxed big time. True cost is probably half(??) of what we pay. - Tad Donaghe
Tad: not quite. "According to national figures from the US Department of Energy in March 2007, 52% of the cost of gasoline went to pay for crude oil, 24% for refining, 15% to taxes, and 9% for distribution and marketing. By April 2008, these costs had changed to 72.7% for crude oil, 10% for refining, 11% to taxes, and 6% for distribution and marketing." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...) - Ole Begemann
It still makes me giggle seeing US folks complain about petrol (gas) prices. Here in the UK we're currently on £1.20 per litre (or around £4.54 per gallon). At today's £ -> $ rate, that's somewhere just over $9. Diesel is even more, at £1.35/l (or just over $10 per gallon). Actually, giggle is wrong when looking at the price of petrol, but you know what I mean ;-) - Mat
Ten years ago I drove out of St. Louis on my way to move to Phoenix briefly and paid 89 cents per gallon of gas. If you'd have told me that we would one day be staring down $5/gallon while the gas companies rake in record quarterly profits while shrugging and saying, 'Whuh? Don't look at us! Not our fault!', I'd have laughed you right out of a Steak & Shake. - Akiva Moskovitz
I'm told the price is driven up by speculators (stock market) and that if we start drilling domestically, price will go down, again because of speculation, even though direct effects on cost would take 22 years... any thoughts on that? - Brian Carter
Goodness! Michigan is 4.19 this weekend and it's been higher! - Kathleen VanderVelde
About 7-9 yrs ago, I was driving Los Angeles to San Francisco and saw $0.99/gal gas. It was about $1.10-1.20 in Los Angeles at the time... - Mitchell Tsai
Before one complains that the oil company profits are obscene, consider who is really raking in the dollars when you buy gas in the US. Even with our relatively low levels of taxation vs Europe, Federal and state governments make more money than oil companies. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
I know speculators and war help drive up the cost of gas, and I know the poor are hurt the most, but one advantage (out of many GDP-related disadvantages) is that people are starting to rethink wasteful habits and purchases. - Kawika Holbrook
I paid $4.38 at Costco today in Livermore. That's the cheapet in some time. - Larry Kless via twhirl
And every single day I'm seeing more small, fuel efficient cars in the parking lots. The really creepy part is there's probably is no way to fix it before heating season. - Charlie Anzman
Around $3 here in Shanghai. Heavily subsidized by China gov't, but they recently bumped the price-cap by 20%. - sage brennan via twhirl
Saw $4.99 9/10@ Littlerock, CA today for premium - LPH
I just paid $4.39 today in Anchorage, AK - Brandon Wood
we are paying over 1.50 a litre her in Australia... not sure what that is in Gallons... - Dave Gray via twhirl
the only thing crazy is that people still buy, regardless of price. - randulo
It's been interesting to watch how I've amended my driving habits and changed plans based on amount of time with engine running. - Cathy Brooks via twhirl
LOL ... I *so* know what you mean ... fighting a losing battle with inertia myself this AM. Doesn't portend well for the 4pm softball game <g>. - Cathy Brooks
Like Napoleon's army after the defeat in Moscow, straggling west, fleeing the hideous frozen hell, we are moving into the (for me, at least) unknown... - Dave LaFontaine
Ok, trying FF as well. Still like twitter and will be sad if I have to leave it - Lide Winburn
Ive been following you for awhile but I dont think youve been following me because Ive replied back and you never answered and it said you wasnt following... :) but im still following you!!!!! - Christopher
It seems to me this is kind of a moot point. You draw those who follow you into your convesation and if someone makes a comment that continually intriques you all you have to do is simply subscribe to their ff. No need to wage a big dick contest with numbers of followers here. Its all about the conversation. Just an observation at this point.. I'm just now starting the migration from twitter to FF myself;-) - Curtis Cross via twhirl
Just subscribed to you, feel free to follow back! - Kyle McEachern
Hi Jason, thanks in advance for the follow. - Larry Kless
Yes please - it is a challenge how to parallelize your twitter connections on FriendFeed. They really need a good import interface with automatic notifications via DM back to twitter followers. - Jed White
Great stuff Jason, fan of your work. It would be great to have a Twitter/FriendFeed contact sync application. I'm sure you know some peeps to make that happen. =D - Grahm Skee
i'm guess this is a viral video for a series of stipper work out tapes... i don't trust anything I see on YouTube's top list any more... it's all viral marketing by some ad agency. :-) - Jason Calacanis via Bookmarklet
if it is, it's kinda pointless, like most viral videos. - phil baumann
Well..either shes out cold or its staged because I would think someone would at least try to get out from under the darn thing. - Greg
Okay ... so I"m going to have to agree with Greg on this one. If that thing was a real piece of furniture with stuff in it and it fell over on her, she'd be in a whole world of hurt ... Though perhaps her ... well ... ample bosom ... cushioned the fall? - Cathy Brooks
"Even on an overcast day, there's something about Dolores Park that always feels like sparkly sunshine to me. It may be the superb vista that spreads out in front of you when you stand at the far…" - Cathy Brooks
Umm isn't itusually ,"baking banana bread at 425?" just sayin... - Mark Forman
they make the best banana bread here on Maui - Tyler
Ontario Emperor if not, we must find a way. - Joanmarie
The good news is that the banana bread turned out GREAT. The bad news is that I didn't realize my friend dotben is *ALLERGIC* to bananas - thus the reason he brought them all to the office. He appreciated the gesture though and my co-workers enjoyed it too :-) - Cathy Brooks
"It's hard to believe this little gem of a sushi spot was, until not too long ago, a Subway sandwich shop. (Which was, incidentally, preceded by an ice cream store that I actually miss quite a bit.)…" - Cathy Brooks
"First, some disclosure - over the last couple of years CAV's proprietor, Pamela Busch, has become a good friend; but my glowing perspective on her establishment began well before I called her a pal.…" - Cathy Brooks
"So, here's the thing. I live in Pacific Heights and so more often than not a drive to San Francisco's Mission District or even over to Nick's Crispy Tacos, becomes a horrid ordeal - cross town…" - Cathy Brooks
"I've been going to Rendez-Vous for more than 10 years. And Gina is the only person in San Francisco I'll let get hot wax anywhere near my brows. She's fantastic! The mani/pedis I get here also last…" - Cathy Brooks
My Twitter is not dead, but people aren't getting my messages. Twitter is messed up. - Robert Scoble
I get your messages via FriendFeed though. Anyone else find that odd? ...via AlertThingy - Michael Koby
I'm getting most my tweets on FriendFeed (I think), but definitely a much smaller percentage through Twitter :( ...via AlertThingy - Jennifer Van Grove
@Scobleizer friendfeed and Gtalk are the only way I know some people are still alive! - Christopher Dickens
Yes I found the odd too! I can also get your messages from IM. Now I can only trust IM & Alertthingy (and FriendFeed of course) ...via AlertThingy - Christine
With Twitter down, I too have been spending more time with FF. Lovin' it! ...via AlertThingy - adventureran
I didn't know Twitter was "down" until I saw the Tweets about it on FriendFeed lol. Ignorance is bliss. ...via AlertThingy - Bwana McCall
Yeah, I think it would be awesome if we could post things to both Twitter and Friend Feed at the same time, and then Friend Feed would show it as one entry - Chacha
yeah I am liking ff more than twitter now. I wish there was an easier way to import twitter contacts to here. ...via AlertThingy - ilteris
Check Mashable for Twitter fix. ...via AlertThingy - Stan Schroeder
