Hehe, Bren. Happy *29th* Birthday! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Pffft, you're still nought but a babby! Plus: how many December birthdays are there on FF??? Someone should looks at the stats because it seems like a huge amount!
- WorldofHiglet
Everyone's Irish for St. Patrick's Day...judging by the December births...
- Spidra Webster
And the day has arrived. 29, again. Hope you all had a fab Xmas (even if you didn't celebrate, I hope the day was pleasant)
- Bren -- feeling merry
from iPhone
"The situation in Gaza remains dire as this small area of Palestine is under permanent siege by Israeli forces and is sealed off from the outside world. Michael Martin, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, recently became one of the many refused permission to visit the area. Homes, hospitals, schools and mosques still lie in rubble, and Israel continues to restrict the entry of basic goods such as fuel, medical equipment, oxygen, baby food, paper, books and construction materials. There is a concerted effort underway by the Israeli state to force the people of the area into submission"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
CoffeeScript: a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Think of it as JavaScript's less ostentatious kid brother, the same genes, roughly the same height, but a different sense of style. Apart from a handful of bonus goodies, statements in CoffeeScript correspond one-to-one with their equivalent in JavaScript, it's just another way of... - http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-...
"CoffeeScript is just for fun and seriously alpha. I'm sure that there are still plenty of holes in the lexer and leaks in the syntax. There is no guarantee, explicit or implied, of its suitability for any purpose. That said, it compiles into clean JavaScript (the good parts) that can use existing JavaScript libraries seamlessly, and passes through JSLint without warnings. The compiled output is quite readable — pretty-printed, with comments preserved intact"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
"Since the once-booming Rust Belt began hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs thirty years ago, Northeast Ohio towns like Warren and Youngstown have struggled to keep apace. Now in the midst of a national recession, this stretch of America along the Mahoning River is left to wonder what happened and what's next"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
my dad's family is from up there, only their ties where with the railroad, which hit a bit quicker, a little longer ago in history. My dad was brought here (VB, VA) by the navy, like most in this neck of the woods. This piece is in dedication to all those folks, :(
- chaz2b
"Maybe it seems beside the point, even on the eve of Christmas, to ask ourselves what would Jesus do in the Holy Land today. The narrow confines of Gaza, Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria are places where God's love was long ago supplanted by war for land and ill will among men. It has been a year now since the bloody and fruitless Israeli effort to crush Hamas in what amounts to a massive prison for a million people. Peacemakers in the Middle East are rarely blessed, and often reviled; just ask special envoy George Mitchell. And the truth rarely sets anyone free, as proved most recently by the fact-filled United Nations report by South African Judge Richard Goldstone, which was dissed by Washington and dismissed by Israel"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
You mean they aren't all the same thing? /ducks
- Alix Whitmire
Come to Poland for the "Big Four" concert this summer and seethe differences/similarities for yourself...
- Aron Michalski
from BuddyFeed
i would go to that big four concert, already seen 3 of them touring together, but throw in metallica (with new bassist) and i'm good to go (thanks for sharing)
- chaz2b
A huge thank you and Merry Christmas to Gunny, who started what I hope is a new Christmas tradition and organized the whole FF Secret Santa event. This was so fun!
Next year I'll start the buzz about it right after Thanksgiving. This was very last minute and that kept it small. (of course if I had 10K subscribers it would have been more biggerer. :) Thanks to all who participated. I LOVE this place.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
Josh, I don't usually, but I did for 2009, and I kept 2 out of 3. :)
- Laura B.
My resolution is going to be something along the lines of: be honest with myself & the people I care about.
- josh neff, geek at large
Oh, definitely. My resolutions always have the same theme, and are sometimes the same - they all have to do with improving my physical, mental, or emotional health.
- Laura H.
If I make resolutions now, I can get a head start on breaking all of them.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Guys, I'm having a big clear out on Twitter but want to make sure I'm following all my Friendfeed friends - could you please link to your twitter account in the comments below?
http://twitter.com/rahsheen - pretty positive there was a tool capable of doing this, but not sure if it still exists and can't remember what it was called...I think someone here developed it.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
What you can do is run this and then click all the Twitter links in the results. It's everyone you are following. It gives a big page of links to all their blogs and services: http://hiphs.com/ff/ffriends
- April Russo (app103)
April, I actually ran it, but it's still hanging, not as quickly as before but it only pulled 2800 of the users from Zee's public subscriptions. I really need to put more work into all of my Friendfeed backup tools. Note: I'm a retard, I'll dm you a list of your users FFriends and their subsequent Twitter accounts.
- Jimminy Fuller
"Indulge me while I tell you a story — a near-future version of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” It begins with sad news: young Timothy Cratchit, a k a Tiny Tim, is sick. And his treatment will cost far more than his parents can pay out of pocket."
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
Thanks Josh... lost my old ones back in August and was too stubborn to buy some new ones. Wife has a more level head than I. My night vision ain't what it used to be
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
"Tuesday night's Staples Center crowd appreciated the glad tidings of a Kobe Bryant vs. LeBron James faceoff. Also not to be missed: the Ron Artest-James pairing"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
Skipping the trip to visit Nannie this morning (I just don't have it in me today) and am going to get dressed, get coffee, and find some breakfast. I know it is almost 2pm, but there has to be a diner open somewhere on this island. I think Santa may have brought me a head cold for Christmas. Boo Hiss.
""If you're heading out to a party -- holiday, birthday or any sort -- eat a light, healthy snack before you go," health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say in a statement. "Broth-based soups, cereal with skim milk, or just plain fruit are all good options. This will help curb your hunger and decrease your visits to the buffet table.""
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
"On paper, it might seem like Gary Mishoe has lost ground. The Virginia Beach, Va., native went from making more than $50,000 a year assembling drive shafts at the Ford plant to a job that requires twice as many hours for half as much pay. But Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mishoe and his wife, Kerri Grannum, are surprisingly happy with how things have turned out for them since Ford shuttered its Norfolk F-150 plant in 2008."
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
"A wooden table is decorated with a 2-foot-tall Christmas tree, and a giant white stocking hangs next to a door. Most, if not all, of the men will have the chance to call home. Sgt. Barry McDonald and other soldiers have been saving their cell phone minutes for it, just in case they can't make it to the satellite phone. If they can find a goat in the village for a reasonable price, they'll cook it over an open flame -- a substitute for the traditional can of ham. It's not like home, but it's something."
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet