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- Helen Sventitsky
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Mark Wilson
GOD HATES US ALL!
- Mark Wilson
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Mad Dog Palin--The scariest thing about John McCain's running mate isn't how unqualified she is - it's what her candidacy says about America : Rolling Stone - http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...
Live4Emma (L4S), Dputamadre, Adriano and 56 other people liked this
WOW...This is not just another article digging at palin - it is THE article digging at palin and her 'cultural' significance.
- Anna Haro
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- Bren, Photophobe
"The great insight of the Palin VP choice is that huge chunks of American voters no longer even demand that their candidates actually have policy positions; they simply consume them as media entertainment, rooting for or against them according to the reflexive prejudices of their demographic, as they would for reality-show contestants or sitcom characters. Hicks root for hicks, moms for moms, born-agains for born-agains."
- Anna Haro
The truly disgusting thing about Sarah Palin isn't that she's totally unqualified, or a religious zealot, or married to a secessionist, or unable to educate her own daughter about sex, or a fake conservative who raised taxes and horked up earmark millions every chance she got. No, the most disgusting thing about her is what she says about us: that you can ram us in the ass for eight...
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- Anna Haro
"Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are."
- Anna Haro
See, I believe that as a citizen you have the responsibility to pay attention to the people who will represent you and the laws they enact in your name. But with poor reporting and politicians doing so much behind closed doors, there's a dumbing down of American culture that's acceptable. How many people have you talked to who seem to have an opinion they want to spout on politics and in the same breath state proudly, "Politics bores me." or even worse, "All politicians are the same."?
- Anika
"And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she's a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed Middle American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin' Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her."
- Trish R
And unfortunately, most of it is true (or at least I agree with it).
- Trish R
Wow, that's a hell of a picture. After reading the first two paragraphs, all I could think was how badly Matt Taibbi wants to be Hunter S. Thompson.
- Carla Thompson
Personally, I like Rolling Stone articles. But a word of caution.. they are always unapologetically extremely left-leaning.
- Phil G
hahaha...Carla, I thought the same thing.
- Anna Haro
The ironic thing is that the media is the primary cause of all this. Reducing politicians statements to sound bites where a few words from a larger speach can be spun one way or another. Politicians don't have to have grand ideas or positions, they just stick to hot button issues that play well on TV. Couple that with lobbyists and special interest groups to give them butt loads of...
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- Jason Shultz
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Of course J Phil. It's one perspective, one article, out of MANY.
- Anna Haro
I honestly don't know what the terms "left" and "right" mean anymore in American politics. I try to figure out who has the best command of the facts and who is making the most sense. This article makes a great deal of sense. (If I must define myself politically with a label, it would be "progressive libertarian.")
- Sean McBride
"Here's what Sarah Palin represents: being a fat fucking pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortgages in Kansas." - wow...harsh.
- Chris Hollander
Very interesting read, though disturbing. I put my money on McCain/Palin winning the election.
- Peter
@Sean McBride... right on.
- LogEx
Damn. He really worked up a lather on that one.
- Yolanda
hahaha @Yo
- Anna Haro
I don't think I'd talk with him too much at a party. ;)
- Yolanda
Classic: "After eight years of unprecedented corruption, incompetence, waste and greed, the party of Karl Rove understood that 50 million Americans would not demand solutions to any of these problems so long as they were given a new, new thing to beat their meat over."
- Raoul Pop
i agree for the most part
- Cee Bee
ps recession
- adolfo foronda
Oh wow, a coworker informed me about this article a few days ago!!
- Terence
Taibbi *nails it* w/ the consumption of candidates as media entertainment. Infotainment has utterly corrupted news such that they are largely indistinguishable now. A huge disservice to the populace. And, of course, it results in this insane Reality TV show in front of us.
- Ayşe E.
wow..such poignant words. The article still resonating even after reading it through.
- Alan Le
Why is the entire country not going, "WTF? You can't find a person more qualified in the entire Republican party? REALLY?!?!" Her selection was condescending to our entire citizenry, and everyone seems to be rolling with it.
- Robert Fischer
Why aren't more Republican women outraged that the party thinks so little of women that when they feel the need to add a vagina to the ticket, they don't give a damn about whether she's actually qualified?
- Trish R
why aren't they more outraged? because they're living vicariously via the pit bull. they see her and say, 'she's just like me'. but prettier and i bet you they aren't willing to admit that. so they over-identify with her and i'm left saying, 'yea, but i wouldn't vote you president of a committee of 2.'
- Anika
Liked only because of the picture, not because I have any interest in US politics. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
"But watching Palin's speech, I had no doubt that I was witnessing a historic, iconic performance. The candidate sauntered to the lectern with the assurance of a sleepwalker — and immediately launched into a symphony of snorting and sneering remarks, taking time out in between the superior invective to present herself as just a humble gal with a beefcake husband and a brood of healthy,...
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- Roberto Bonini
"The rest of Palin's speech was the same dog-whistle crap Republicans have been railing about for decades. Palin's crack about a mayor being "like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities" testified to the Republicans' apparent belief that they can win elections till the end of time running against the Sixties. (They're probably right.)"
- Roberto Bonini
dear god, if you exist and hear prayers, please please, let there be some notion of civility return to this country in my lifetime. a man.
- Nathan Eckenrode
So today, my mom and I went to the local dollar store and bought a crapload of school supplies, which we are boxing up and sending to an inner city first grade class. We are going to keep them in supplies this year. You don't need a fancy organized charity or even a Twitter drive to make a difference. Just Do It.
Mathew A. Koeneker, Ritesh Lal, Nicholas James and 85 other people liked this
civic engagement!
- Jason
wow, that's awesome.
- Marie is organized.
Way to go!
- Geoff Schultz
Great idea. Although it could be a fun thing to organize and do with friends - but definitely bypass "the system." Sending email to "book club" now.
- Amy℠
Thanks guys. It felt totally great to do!
- Martha
AWESOME. Wish I could like this post 10,000 times!
- Trish R
Dave and I had a blast buying school supplies last year: we got all the stuff we wanted and couldn't afford when we were kids...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Very cool! Great idea.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Good job, Martha and mom!
- Eivind
School supplies for Zambian children: http://cecilysfund.org/ (Sorry, but I felt this was a good post to promote it.)
- Eivind
Elvind - promote it away! Another thing my mom has been doing for years is making quilts, toys, handcrafts and sending them to an AIDs orphanage in South Africa. She and five of her friends send them to the kids and have sold the stuff stateside and have raised around $25,000 all on their own to send to the orphanages to help the kids. I am not that crafty, but I help with legal, graphic design and the selling of the stuff at their sales. Another thing she just does. There is so much that you can Just Do.
- Martha
Great idea and my congrats. You are making a difference! Good show! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Well done.
- Kevin J Hatton
Excellent way to make positive difference in society.
- ashish
Thanks for the nice comments! All boxed up and sent south!
- Martha
Still loving this post. Hope others follow your excellent example. :-)
- Trish R
CATSTARE - http://www.misrule.org/friendf...
Derek van Vliet, Mol, Time Warping, TVTechGrl and 159 other people liked this
NO, SIR. I HAVE *YOU* IN *MY* EYE.
- Akiva Moskovitz
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Must... hide.... but.... can't... move... hand.....
- Ladybug Heather
Damn I just flipped back to firefox and I got a cat staring at me. I'm now freaked out.
- Chris Rivait
Now that is a cat I'd have
- Mo Kargas
Shhhhh! It's trying to tell me something...
- Josh Haley
EXORCIST!!! aaaaaaaaahhhh!!
- Susan Beebe
holy freakin cow! so funny. :D
- vijay
redrum, redrum. (So much Awesome!)
- AJ Kohn
I have been annoying my WoW guild mates for months in the forums with this avatar. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Yikes.
- Steven Perez
I would like to meet that cat.
- Rochelle
I think that cat has already met you...
- Akiva Moskovitz
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
- Dave Martin
that cat is creeping me out. his eyes go right through me!
- BEX
catstare.gif FTW! This cat has been in our livingroom for an entire week.
- veo
this is why I'm a dog person.
- marthalib
Stares the crap out of that hamster.http://au.youtube.com/watch...
- Will Higgins™
I'd worry when I was sleeping if that cat lived in my house.
- Thomas Hawk
Freaks me out!
- Mike Reynolds
lolwut?!
- ax0n
woah! Have you joined the cat room yet?
- orionstarr
lolcats
- Noah David Simon
"I gonna kill you.."
- Kristian Salonen
I can't help but stare back at crazy kitteh every time this post pops up. Gah! lol!
- Carmen
LOL
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
Seriously. Would you people stop liking/commenting on this? It keeps popping up to the top of my stream and I have to stare at it again.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Nothing wrong with that.
- Jordan Hofker
Sorry ^^" ...AGAIN, muhahahahaa!
- Kristian Salonen
Akiva: No problem.
- Chris Baskind
Ok, that would freak me out.
- Jason Shultz
I have seen this a million times on myspace for years... we all have I'm sure. it is just great to comment here because then we can snag new people that are stupid enough to comment. ....you were the one who posted it Akiva. Fresh Fish for the TROLLS... hey Igor... 86 likes here means the bounty is ours. mo ha ha ha ah Fresh fish were looking at the stupid cat.
- Noah David Simon
Let's convert everyone to Trollism! ;-)
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
now you know why kitty is paying attention
- Noah David Simon
STARING CAT IS STARING
- Akiva Moskovitz
I've already liked this!
- veo
creeptastic!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Sleep well, cameraman...sleep well...
- Craig Durling
I want to like this again.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
If it just raise its paw, it would be a perfect Maneki Neko (japanese beckoning cat - good luck symbol)
- Gilgamesh
I don't think that this cat wants you to have any good luck.
- Akiva Moskovitz
NOT AGAIN!
- Steven Perez
he is a mesmerist!!!
- Mauricio Businari
Happy Caturday !
- johnpiercy
O_O
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Go away, scary munchkin cat!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Is this a moving image fakery? I think the cat's head is CGI.
- Marg Uerite
"I know he didn't just call me a Ho?!"
- Carlton Hackett
I've got one thing you'll understand (Dr. Feelgood)/ he's not what you'd call a glamorous man (Dr. Feelgood)/ Got one thing that's easily understood (Dr. Fee lgood)/ He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood
- Christopher Harley
NEVER FORGET
- Akiva Moskovitz
Augh! I hate those round-headed Japanese domestic cat breeds. Bleagh.
- Spidra Webster
*sniff* one of my first animated gif experiences on FF evar.
- Josh Haley
It's the only animated GIF I'll actually tolerate.
- Akiva Moskovitz
but...but...so many gifs!
- Josh Haley
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I want animation on my desktop, I'll grab a window and then whip it around the screen with my mouse.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It seems to be the only animated gif that doesn't crash my browser, too. COINCIDENCE?!
- joey
LOVE IT! Can't believe I missed this back in November.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
I feel so guilty about...something
- Steve is older than ever
One of the Classics ,,
- johnpiercy
that cat freaks me out every time!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
So, my network naming scheme for computers is Japanese animals: neko, inu, usagi, uma, okami, etc. What's yours?
Rob H., Bicentennial (Franc), Colby Olson and 5 other people liked this
As an added bonus, I always name my hard drives one of the following names: Wedge, Bunk, Pudgy, Puch, Guch, Gorch, Gorsuch, or Porluch. There are probably some others that I'm forgetting but those are the most common.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I change it every few years; it's currently philosophers & theologians (occam, aquinas, aristotle, bede). It used to be Roman poets (ovid, catullus, virgil, etc.)
- Glen Campbell
Glen, those are good ones.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Mine is horribly simple, but I base network access on MAC address.
- nat
I admit that I've used anime names a lot (depending on what we were watching at the time I got a new box). But I've also used Greek gods/demigods before too.
- Her Lindsay-ness
lol@Glen..is that the Elder or Younger Bede? We don't have a consistent naming protocol...my wife's box is Femputer, my Mac is Max, the laptop is Clark when booted into Windows and Kal when properly booted into Lunix and not making a spectacle of itself.
- Neal Jansons
I used to use planets, then Greek gods, now I suppose its by function.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Hebrew animals.
- Rochelle
I wonder if that makes Rochelle's computers more kosher than mine.
- Akiva Moskovitz
HEBREW FURRIES!
- nat
Holy shit, nat! I don't think you've ever commented on my nonsense here.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Is that like, animal names in Hebrew or just animals who are named and happen to follow the religion?
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Lord Wolfensteim
- nat
I see what you did there, Neal.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh, I've used Japanese flower names before too (when I was into Temari since a lot of the patterns are named after flowers).
- Her Lindsay-ness
LOL! I randomly clicked on this and went through the trouble of logging on to frinedfeed
- nat
WELLCOME!@#$
- Akiva Moskovitz
LOL! YAY!
- nat
OK, this is becoming addictive
- nat
EVERYONE SUBSCRIBE TO NAT, STAT
- Akiva Moskovitz
YES! ALL OF YOU! I say nothing interesting, but keep me in mind.
- nat
At work, they've started naming personal computers with two randomly-selected words from the dictionary. My dev box is "starburst" (not too bad), but my laptop is "wornfather". One of my former employee's machine's name was "spreadwhole". o_O
- Glen Campbell
I do the names of gods and demigods.
- Spidra Webster
'Hey, where's that file I was asking for?' 'Spreadwhole!' 'Excuse me?'
- Akiva Moskovitz
mine are pretty simple... moon, star, star64, the model of the NAS... heh
- Michael W. May
Holy crap. I really need to use friendfeed more. Not enough people know what my cat and I are doing.
- nat
lol@Akiva. Seems like such a naming convention is doomed to find some amusing and obscene combinations.
- Neal Jansons
If anyone cares... my cat is *hiding*
- nat
I am really afraid that my dog is going to die tonight :(
- nat
Woah. Your yorkie? I can't remember her name.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Birds. I have Grouse, Peregrine, Pigeon, and Chickadee. I recommend going to http://namingschemes.com/Main_Pa...
- Colby Olson
BTW, I have three Apple airports; they're called Heathrow, Stanstead, and Gatwick. :D
- Glen Campbell
Wallace and Gromit characters.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
the names of various cheesy Italian and Japanese electric guitars from the 60s and 70s.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Oh yeah, and my network is called Birdhouse. It was that or either Birdcoop.
- Colby Olson
Android barcode scanner in 6 lines of Python code - http://www.mattcutts.com/blog...
麦克.疯, Kemal Hadimli, Jay Clark and 4 other people liked this
"After my last video about using a barcode scanner to add and search books in your library, I was feeling pretty happy. Bar code scanners are pretty cheap--mine cost about $65. But then Google released the Android Scripting Environment (ASE) and it turns out that you don’t even need a bar code scanner. Instead, you can use an Android phone such as the G1. Just as a proof-of-concept, here’s a barcode scanner written in six lines of Python code:"
- Arnaldo M Pereira
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I Have A Crush On ManBabies.com - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Arnaldo M Pereira, Jens Christian Freund, Mona Nomura and 28 other people liked this
HA HA HA HA HA HA
- Josh Haley
hilarious
- Jacob
Don't forget the one from this classic: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159...
- Stephen Mack
WTF LOL
- Mona Nomura
Heh. I used to laugh my stupid ass off at manbabies.com.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm still laughing my stupid ass off at manbabies.com!!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Oh dear...;D
- diego morelli
woMANBABIES would not work huh?
- Adam Helweh
scary!
- Anna Lynn M.
Wife and kids are howling at these pics. I'm going to hide it before someone has an asthma attack.
- Ha3rvey (Free hugs!)
scary-scary. That's what's all about with me ;-/
- diego morelli
(kidding, of course... ehm...)
- diego morelli
Manbabies iPhone app anyone?
- Adam Helweh
Assuming there's image editing software already, it would be doable Adam. Select head one, select head two, swap. Hilarity ensues!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, quite easy in fact as long as people don't mind a little sloppy selecting.
- Adam Helweh
Nah, that's part of the fun!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
empf... Enigma is probably right. Grnflgtstg.....
- diego morelli
disturbing...
- Joe Silence is not dead
Disturbing but hilarious.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
agreed. :)
- Joe Silence is not dead
edythe, Rochelle, Colby Olson and 2 other people liked this
I used to just grab random crap off of the web and save it in my junk drawer. This is garbage that goes back to 2000. Have fun. Probably offensive and definitely NSFW.
- Akiva Moskovitz
weird. :)
- mikepk
Feel free to directly link personal favorites, of course.
- Akiva Moskovitz
The Incredible Century Old Color Photography of Prokudin-Gorsky - http://www.socyberty.com/History...
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Baard @ Pixum, Kol Tregaskes, Ňicķ and 21 other people liked this
In 1909 a remarkable project was initiated by Russian photographer Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. His mission was to record - in full and vibrant color - the vast and diverse Russian Empire. Here, with his story, is a selection of his amazing century old full color pictures.
- Cee Bee
Exactly one hundred years ago a Russian photographer, began a remarkable project. With the blessing - and funding - of the Tsar, Nicholas II, he embarked on an extraordinary journey to capture the essence of Russia in full color photographs. Many of these pictures look as if they could have been taken yesterday, with only the costumes worn by the people captured in their moment of time...
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- Cee Bee
Fabulous photos. He has truly done an amazing job 100 yrs ago. Just inspired me to get more depth and details in my photos with my relatively new-fangled photo device :)
- Dilip Dand
it's crazy, the vision of this photographer. exactly 100 year ago too!
- Cee Bee
WOW. it's chekhov and tolstoy in living color.
- edythe
Yeah, these are amazing. I had no idea.
- Chris Baskind
Stussy X Doc Marten's - http://men.style.com/news...
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Head Ov Metal, Lars Clausen, Andy Bold and 7 other people liked this
"Another day, another footwear collaboration. But when the cooks in the kitchen are venerable street-culture brands like Dr. Martens and Stüssy (under the auspices of its more sophisticated Deluxe line), we'll still take notice. The desert boot straddles the styles of not only both brands but a couple of others as well, incorporating elements associated with Redwing (the white traction sole) and Clarks (the suede upper) in addition to hallmarks of Stüssy (the splashes of color) and Docs (the round toe and contrast stitching). That's a lot for one boot—having all those cooks, the old saying reminds us, doesn't always work out so well—but we'd say this one holds up nicely. $135, available in August; for store locations, visit stussy.com and drmartens.com"
- Cee Bee
from Bookmarklet
Those grey ones...oh drool.
- Anika
The brown ones for me, pls. I had a similar pair in 2nd grade on which I obvs. imprinted, because 90% of my boots are in that vein.
- Ayşe E.
Nixon Yellow Rubber Player - http://www.acquiremag.com/style...
Colby Olson liked this
"Nixon's limited edition 4x4 line is now complete with the final month's surprise color being a Yellow Rubber Player which rounds out the colorful collection of watches. Link: $170"
- Cee Bee
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I Was a Sniper - Stories Of One Man Who ENJOYS Killing People - http://jarrettsblog.com/?p=909
Chester, TheHenry, Rob H. and 2 other people liked this
"This installment of Undercover Interview is with a Marine sniper who not only went to combat, but offered up his services a second time in Iraq after he had left the Marines because he “wanted to fucking kill people.” I don’t judge, I just ask the questions…..and the answers are insane. Enjoy."
- Brad Williamson
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The "Arts & Culture" room focuses on the smarter side of the Web. Join us and embrace new insights ;-) http://friendfeed.com/arts-an...
- Brad Williamson
This article is NUTS.
- Brad Williamson
Indeed.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Like seriously... THIS ARTICLE IS NUUUUUUUUUTS.
- Brad Williamson
Reading the entirety of the article, it makes sense. This is the kind of person you want to be a sniper and he's been trained into this mindset. Most people want to be successful at their job and his just happens to require killing people.
- Rob H.
So much better than that Tom Berenger movie...
- Chester
What apps...online or off, have you paid for or do you pay monthly subscriptions for? (excluding iphone apps)
Bicentennial (Franc), April Russo (app103), Vladimir Prudnikov and 20 other people liked this
me: google apps, things, basecamphq.com, highrise.com, mailplane, ilife, iwork, papaya, eventbox, sugarsync, freeagentcentral.com, CS3
- Zee.
Vimeo Plus, Remember the Milk, iWork, MS Office, and games (recently it's been Team Fortress 2)
- Aaron Hood
MS Office, NOD32, Windows Vista. I think just about everything else on my PC is legally free as in beer
- LANjackal
Nothing ever ;)
- diego morelli
Basecamp
- Chris Luckhardt
MS Office, ACDsee (though running the new beta atm), Allway Sync (but if there is any further upgrade charges I'll find a free alternative) and Photoshop. I won't be paying for anything else from now, though, and will use free alternatives where possible.
- Kol Tregaskes
SugarSync
- Christopher Galtenberg
Google disk space, Carbonite, Finale Notepad 2009
- Chris Gardner
Evernote, Pandora, Jungledisk, SyncBack, Spinrite.
- CW™
Nero, AnyDVD, Adobe Photoshop/Premiere Elements.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
RTM, Logic Studio, ACT for me personally. Work is a different story w/ various forensics programs.
- Robert DeBord
you're involved in forensics eh Robert? Interesting
- Zee.
Oops, forgot about Adobe products. I bought student edition web premium.
- Aaron Hood
from BuddyFeed
I would be interesting in learning what kind of apps are for "forensics"
- Colby Olson
Oh, I forgot: I also pay for AnyDVD, but I haven't used it in so long that I'm not sure it counts any more
- LANjackal
flickr
- Ivan Zuzak
@Zee, GoToWebinar & 1Shoppingcart accounts, used to have a paid SurveyMonkey account too.
- Alex Schleber
@zee, i haven't paid for anything online except merchandise, domains and hosting. web apps, none.
- AJ Batac
Flickr, Mailplane, Highbrow, TextMate, MS Office, MobileMe, iLife
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
Mac OS X, TextMate, LittleSnitch, Tweetie. Flickr, Mozy, GitHub, Last.fm (no more!), Amazon S3/CloudFront/EC2/SQS, Skype credits, some e-books.
- Berk D. Demir
Squarespace
- Brad Williamson
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Evernote, Trillian, Flickr, Smugmug, Junglesdisk, Photoshop and Lightroom,MS Office
- Eric P
Oh, and games.
- Eric P
Evernote, CS3, Flickr, SmugMug, mIRC (years ago), ACDsee (for my wife's machine). Two machines have Windows that came bundled. The rest run Linux. All other software is legally free (such as OpenOffice).
- Ian May
Games, Photoshop, Omnifocus, Outlook, Word, Excel, Flickr, Amazon S3, Jungledisk, Aperture, TextMate, Evernote, Clippr
- Sparky Crocker
Flickr, Evernote, Mozy, Lightroom, WinPatrol.
- Russellreno
evernote is about it
- Cee Bee
I have a GoToAssist monthly account from Citrix - basically it's gotomeeting and a reverse gotomypc, but geared more for remote assitance. as long as we're both online and you can figure out how to accept the software install it only takes a minute - i will admit that it is pricey, but for someone like me (that gets paid by the people i'm helping remotely) it is worth it to be able to have remote support access anywhere
- Chris Heath
ZenDesk and mailchimp
- Anthony Feint
Office 07, XP, Kaspersky, Photoshop, SnagIt. And of course, domains and hosting.
- Keshav Khera
Offline: iWork, MarsEdit, Mailplane, Pukka, SpanningSync, 1Password; Online: RTM, Basecamp. Harvest, Mindmeister, Dropbox, Evernote, PipelineDeals, Flickr, MobileMe, LovelyCharts - seems to be a shift to online apps overall
- Peter van Teeseling
CS4 and hosting
- adam garrett
I'm sure I'll forget some but: MobileMe (will no renew it though), Things, Blogo, 1Password, Evernote Premium, Tweetie for Mac, latest MacHeist bundle, Skitch, Skype Out credits ...
- Patrick Jordan
just napster
- Manuela
Hey guys, would you like ti try ToBeeDo? http://tobeedo.com/
- Vladimir Prudnikov
the latest MacHeist, and MediaMonkey. I'd consider paying for Jott too. never paid subscription for anything.
- chrisofspades
NOD32, Evernote, Jungledisk, Dropbox, Jott, YouMail and Flickr
- metalerik
I had to give up with Jott. I got so pissed at it as it wouldn't ever recognize what I said.
- Ian May
World of Warcraft, Office, Flickr, Yahoo Mail, MobileMe, iLife
- Kelly W.
I pay sub to Linkedin
- Kfir Pravda
Recently? Notezilla, PS Tray Factory, Trout (so nice I donated twice), Callwave, Last.fm (1 yr subscription), and if you consider that it was included in the price of my PC, XP & Vista. Everything else on my PC is either freeware, won in a drawing, a gift, a freebie (either direct from company or something like GiveAwayOfTheDay), written by me, or too old to be worth mentioning (6+ yrs).
- April Russo (app103)
SuperNews: Hipsters in Space - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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i totally like/hate this and noncommittally judge it to be kinda okay.
- Ňicķ
"Flickr It" LOL
- Lynne d Johnson
Why Brooklyn and LA?
- Lynne d Johnson
LOL! i love the hi-top shuttle! LOL!
- Anna Lynn M.
Meep!
- Anna Lynn M.
LdJ: LOL re: Flickr It. So good. And I wondered about BK and LA being mentioned too.
- Melissa
Nanners: I knew you'd love that hipster robot!
- Melissa
*dead*
- Derrick
Patrick Duffy & The Crab Discuss a Threesome - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Universal Medical Marijuana Recommendation | The Cosmic Tap - http://www.cosmictap.com/univers...
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“I, Doctor Whomever X. Wherever, have thoroughly evaluated and assessed Patient Doe. In light of this assessment, and my solemn duty to protect the privacy, dignity, and best interests of my patients, I hereby affirm that, in my best professional judgment, my patient’s physical and psychological health are best served by her never spending a single day in prison.”
- Anthony Citrano
wow thems are some buds
- BEX
It looks as if it could be some kind of California-orange white widow sort of thing but I am just speculating wildly based on what I've seen in movies.
- Anthony Citrano
that's a crazy looking bud indeed. nice crystallization and colour. this is what i've heard from other people, of course
- Cee Bee
of course I know nothing about this but .... oh yummy
- martha
Someone should throw that out, cleaning the fridge is hard work.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
O wowsers.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
bec - you ozzies got that piff down under or what?
- Cee Bee
CeeBee- you mean, do we got pot? Fuck yeah!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
well i was hoping no one would be able to crack my use of slang here on ff, but you found me out. is it mostly homegrown or imported from other lands? i'm kinda curious about that.
- Cee Bee
Been a while since I saw anything as pretty as that, tho!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
I went to your blog to read the post and then saw the "Anthony's poo-your-pants economic chart of the day: US money velocity mapped over US unemployment for the last seven years. Whee!" It made me LOL - best title I've seen all day :)
- WorldofHiglet
Right you're busted! Hand that stuffs over to me right now.
- Chris Loft
CeeBee- homegrown. I'm more familiar with this stuff: https://cannabis.community.for...
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
There are several really nice stores around here where one could, conceivably, were they so inclined and legally permitted to do so under California law, buy it out of a display case - and even take a couple scoops of cinnamon hazelnut hash-oil gelato to go.
- Anthony Citrano
interesting piece on how the LA pot dispensary moratorium has actually led to a boom: http://friendfeed.com/ceeff...
- Cee Bee
@Cee Bee: last summer, David Samuels wrote a great piece for the New Yorker about marijuana culture in coastal LA, particularly Venice. People who don't live around here are often surprised how mainstream and above-ground it is here. Many organic / health food / etc stores carry it now. I mean you just walk past the skin creams and the yoga mats and - whoa, reefer. It's very interesting. Anyway, I posted David's article at the time but will try to dig it back up.
- Anthony Citrano
heaven Is... hell is...
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This made me giggle :)
- Charlotte M
یک کم زحمت بکشی ترجمه کنی ثواب داره. لینک را هم شهید نمی کنی...کشتی من را تو
- Tardid
بابا رفقات اونجا سليقه ندارن:دي تتمام مزه اين لينك به ترجمه نكردنشه:دي
- Amir
بینیم بابا.............بیا رای بده..نظر بده...نمک گیر کن ملت را. ما ملت اهل رودربایستی گیر کردن هستیم. ضمنا الان بدجوری فضا انتخاباتیه. حال من هم بد شده راستش
- Tardid
اره بدجور به نظرم امثال تو كاپتيان كمن بهتره فلن زر نزنم تا بعده همه پرسي:دي
- Amir
The british can cook!
- Nicholas James
was so cooool,especially Italian and Swiss :D
- Bobak
Why is it heaven when the police are British?
- Kol Tregaskes
cuz British copS Sux:d
- Amir
aye, and the world pretty much doesn't have a clue about traditional british food.. hell, most fo the british have no clue either!
- alphaxion
LOL
- Roberto Bonini
@alphaxion hey mate you mean britsh chefs are twat?:D
- Amir
ops!
- Amir
it was due to the protracted level of rationing in the UK from ww2 that has lead to such a bad state of our national dishes - you know the UK was still in rationing deep into the 50's? We used to have a massive taste in game fowl, whole succled pig etc. You just don't see it any more.
- alphaxion
@alphaxion, thanks for your informative comment, Why Britsh cops sUx?
- Amir
cause many are power tripping and ignorant of the very law they're meant to uphold? Cause they tend to be above the law? plenty of reasons ;P
- alphaxion
When i originally saw this the current renaissance of british food wasn't underway and British coppers were still seen as jolly helpful fella's but the world.
- Jamie Vidamour
Thanks Jamie
- Amir
Thanx Amira For Another cool version
- Amir
HAHA, so cool. :)
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
That's a really funny shirt!
- Rick Cogley
شخم
- هاله
FUnny
- Amir
Who says Italians aren't organized! ....Wait...what was I just doing?
- Brian Bufalo
@Brian , i heard .Italian are So chatty either.
- Amir
;)
- Brian Bufalo
from IM
I've been sleeping like crap lately. I've had a headache going on 39 hours now. I would LOVE to smoke a bowl right now. Anything for relief.
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39 hours! You should get some rest FabooMama, don't burn out.
- Parth Awasthi
I can't. The stupid headache keeps me awake. I take medication that should relieve the pain and make me sleep, but it's only serving make me wake up feeling hungover everyday.
- Anika
I had a bad one yesterday but I had also drunken about 2 pots of coffee.
- anna sauce
Yikes
- Brent - Long Live Rock
doesn't sound fun at all. feel better
- Cee Bee
have you tried acupressure
- anna sauce
:(
- Anne Bouey
Sucks. What are you taking that's failing you so miserably?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I've taken Aleve, Advil, prescription Tylenol, Vicodin...I even took some prescription allergy medicine to knock me out. These are my last resorts meds. Usually some chamomile and some wine would do the trick.
- Anika
And you took them in escalating order, from weakest to strongest . . . ? Well, the good news is that in the last few years, the preferred protocol has changed - next time, at the first sign you're going to have a problem, hit it fast and hard with whatever you think will knock it out fast. Now, remember I'm transformed - which means I take two different things daily to prevent the damn...
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- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
:<
- nakachi
Sorry :( Hope you're feeling better
- Rodfather
Do you think it's vision related? or allergies?
- anna sauce
I have no idea. I know my seasonal allergies have been pretty low-key so far, but my food/latex allergy is kicking in. I have a history of migraines, but have manage to control with diet & exercise. I don't know how to deal with a 2 day long headache that's more niggling than debilitating.
- Anika
why can't you smoke a bowl?
- edythe
.. ya?
- Rodfather
what edythe said.
- Anthony Citrano
Because I don't got. :)
- Anika
Fascinating article in Scientific American as to why so many women get migraines, really disproportionally larger than men. They link it to your period, that the migraine is symptomatic of a huge blood loss to the brain. It's pretty involved and I don't remember it all but I can paste it here.
- anna sauce
I have chronic headache problems. I started tracking them and for me some of them are definitely linked to my period (see anna's post above). Some are allergy related. If I can figure out what triggers it and hit it with my biggest guns right away, I'm usually safe. If I do what you did and start small, with Tylenol or an equivalent, it escalates into something horrible that can last for days.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
@anika of all places, in LA, acquisition ought not be a problem. but i know it ain't free (or, that's what i've heard.)
- Anthony Citrano
Too bad there isn't a delivery service
- Rodfather
Is there any way you can get a deep tissue massage? Thinking the deep tissue type will push the crap out of your system to the lymph and secondly maybe lessen the probable spasms near your neck from a headache of that duration. Damn, I am sooooo sorry to hear you are this under the weather.
- Janet
@rodfather: you're joking, right? there are tons of ‘em.
- Anthony Citrano
Anika, sorry to hear. If I can offer a possible organic solution, make yourself a cup of cayenne tea, as strong as you can stand it. Add a bit of honey and/or lemon to make it palatable. Its worked quite well in the past when I had migraine problems.
- jcunwired
Have you tried some form of physical activity? Maybe you can exhaust yourself to sleep. And it might help the headaches if they are somehow tension related.
- Kevin Pedraja
Any better today?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
just say WHOA! ;-)
- Live4Emma (L4S)
no do like
- Will Higgins™
Ahh, that's long time no see.
- Patrik Johansson
@anika: i tried to DM you this, but can't. you're getting a lot of advice in this thread, and I regret I'm unable to resist the urge to throw my own into the mix. I say, do what works. If marijuana works, do that. I occasionally get migraines - got them a lot as a kid but they're thankfully extremely rare now - and those are very different from tension headaches. Obviously I don't know...
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- Anthony Citrano
Thanks you guys. I do have a history of migraines, but it's been such a long time since I've had one. Thankfully, this headache is nothing close to how bad my migraines used to be, but it is annoying because it's been so long. Never thought of the ice pack. I keep doing all my exercises and massage techniques for my migraines, but it's constant.
- Anika
@Anika - I got that tip from a specialist I saw a long time ago. It is related to the hot/cold shower trick (hot shower followed by cold) you've maybe heard ... my rudimentary understanding of why this works is that the unusual ‘spread’ in topical temperatures (core vs head) addresses two physiological issues (re-constricting blood vessels in head while dilating them in the body).
- Anthony Citrano
Me? A party at the Playboy Mansion? To raise money for marijuana decriminalization? Yes, thank you. http://www.mpp.org/events...
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$900 for tickets, that's a lot but a good cause.
- Thomas Hawk
@thomas: I'd guess they net considerably less than half of that. Also, 2/3 of it is tax-deductible.
- Anthony Citrano
10 Signs Your Guy Is in a Bromance - http://ideas.thenest.com/love-an...
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Sure, you like his guy friends, but are you starting to feel like you’ve been bumped to #2? If the following ring true, better ask him to cut back his “he time” for more “we time.”
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
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1. He has more nicknames for his best guy friend than for you.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
2. When you suggest a double date, he says, “Great, you go out with Suzy, and Bill and I will catch the game.”
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
3. He went to see I Love You, Man…twice. And cried.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
4. They have at least two almost-identical outfits.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
5. During your wedding, his pal dragged you aside and said, “Take good care of him for me, okay?”
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
6. He spends more time getting ready for his bros’ night out than for your Friday night date.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
7. They have an anthem, be it from Journey or Jay-Z, that they famously dub “our song.”
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
8. They take 10 minutes to tell the “hilarious” story about the first day they met (again).
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
9. You finally earn enough airline miles for the anniversary trip you’ve been dreaming of, and he says, “Cool! Dave and I can go to Vegas!”
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
10. He answers his buddy’s call…in the middle of sex.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Slideshow Enlarged - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol...
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No more cheezburgers for this one
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Daisy: Not to me. He looks like he needs a good hugging and squeezing. :)
- April Buchheit
I comes wif 2 sub woofers - http://ihasahotdog.com/2009...
Melanie Jagolino, Kol Tregaskes, Anke and 39 other people liked this
This one was too clever and adorable not to post.
- Carmen
from Bookmarklet
Awww! :D
- Brandon
LOL :-D
- Anna Haro
heeeeeeeee! that is pretty fricking cute. :) subwoofers. :)
- edythe
That is pretty clever :D
- Juan Pablo González
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you can get it from my dropbox here http://dl.getdropbox.com/u...
- Alfredo
Just wanted to let you know one of my friends nearly lost his shit when I sent him this. It is now his ringtone :)
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
hahaha that's a great ringtone!
- Carmen
It is now my ringtone too! sweet. Thanks for the mp3!
- Carmen
you're welcome :)
- Alfredo
Cool. Is this CC? Public Domain? Or do we owe somebody money (i.e. Keyboard Cat Guy)? :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
public domain i think
- Alfredo
Keyboard Cat, though dead, has gone mainstream. CNNs Jeanie Moos reports: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Christopher Harley
play him off keyboard cat! http://playhimoffkeyboardcat.com/
- Alfredo
that must have been some party....
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o_O
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Walk of shame indeed.
- ♥patricia♥
Oh, I've been there...
- Michael McKean
eesh...me too, Michael... @_@
- Live4Emma (L4S)
i hope...
- ★Koray (ekinoksah)
awwww
- BeeLing
So that's who finished the keg of beer from my party. Well done champ.
- Mark Krynsky
yup Mark....him and his buddies were doing keg stands while you were passed out...i meant to tell ya! :-p
- Live4Emma (L4S)
LOL :-D
- Anna Haro
Awesome!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Been there. Done that. X-rays to prove it.
- Victor Kamutzki
from Nambu
Internet Privacy: 10 (oops 13) Tips for staying more anonymous.
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An amazing amount of information exists about us on the internet. Employers may Google us. Potential romantic interests may search us. Stalkers & previous acquaintances with mental/personal/health issues may hassle us. Political & business competitors may try to hurt us.
- Mitchell Tsai
(1) Watch what you personally give out via e-mail. One of my friends had 100s of her personal friends and business associates SPAMmed by a hostile ex-boyfriend. How? Her boyfriend sent e-mails to everyone she had ever cc:ed in her e-mails. No break-ins to her e-mail account (which she was thinking about), and court orders don't help much if your ex already has a copy of your address book with phone numbers, e-mails, etc...
- Mitchell Tsai
I'm writing this in FriendFeed. This is the link (Too lazy to write it in my blog... & FriendFeed is faster)
- Mitchell Tsai
The tips are private!
- Micah Wittman
(2) Check what already exists about you on the Internet (e.g. Google, Intellius, etc...) See this post "Resources for discovering more about (1) people/businesses/organizatons you like & find fascinating (2) people/businesses who are annoying/threatening you" http://friendfeed.com/mitchel... It doesn't help to keep your phone number private, if someone can Google your name...
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- Mitchell Tsai
(3) Keep your birthday private (not just the birthyear). It's one of the main ways I identify people, amdist 50 other people with the same name. Also, next-to-impossible since we mostly enjoy celebrating our birthdays (e.g. Facebook birthday calendar). Birthdatabase http://birthdatabase.com can help locate a birthtown (for US-born) given just the name & birthday. The hometown/current...
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- Mitchell Tsai
(4) Get rid of your land-line phone. The land-line phone is a major way addresses get linked to us. One reason my sister is extremely hard to track on the internet is that she's always used a cell phone. She also uses my parent's address for a lot of her stuff, rather than her actual current address. Note: If your current address is already in Intellius & Zabasearch, and you don't plan to move, this won't help much.
- Mitchell Tsai
Is this the counterpoint to your stalking tips from over the weekend?
- LogEx
Logical: Yep. A response to the recent issue with Thomas Hawk and <name redacted>.
- Mitchell Tsai
I'll wait until you're done, then chime in with a bunch more tips.
- LogEx
(5) Scrub websites with out-of-date information (ideally before Archive.org's WayBack Machine catches them) http://archive.org - ZoomInfo http://zoominfo is a great tool for searching people. (a) It keeps stuff from 2-10 year old websites, which are no longer on the internet (b) It's algorithms have lots of problems. - Go to all those old social networks & scrub your accounts. The...
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- Mitchell Tsai
(6) Your relatives and friends may be posting stuff about you. Or newspaper articles about them may include your current town and current name (not your maiden name). For the non-tech person who's practically invisible to the internet, a New York Times marriage announcement from 1975 or a grandmother's funeral announcement in 1997 saying "Joan is survived by Janet Thomas, 25, with two...
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- Mitchell Tsai
(7) Don't piss people off who are internet savvy. A wonderful tool for the underdog is to post a webpage about any person/company which mistreats you. Especially if you understand Google PageRank and can send the This-person-is-a-scammer page to the "Top 10" on a vanity search. One friend did this to a public company which was hassling him & the Top 20 multi-billion legal firm they had...
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- Mitchell Tsai
re:(1) "bcc:" is your friend. I'd also add that if you have a landline, make it unlisted and don't give it out to anyone untrusted. Use something like Google Voice as your public phone number. Or, worst case, a mobile number. Also, a PO Box or commercial box service is useful, particularly for business correspondence if your home is your office.
- LogEx
Take advantage of the privacy settings on the social networks you do use, as appropriate for your circumstances. See, for example, these tutorials for Facebook: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009... & http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009...
- LogEx
Privacy isn't a very popular topic on social networks, so I tend to put my posts on the topic here in the Liberty and Justice room on FriendFeed (https://friendfeed.com/search...). I also put some privacy-related posts on my blog, though my focus tends to be on keeping personal information away from commercial and government databases to begin with (and...
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- LogEx
The biggest problem is that once information is 'out there', it is next to impossible to take it back. Our (US) laws don't favor citizen's rights to be left alone, alter or delete their information in government and commercial databases, etc. So I always urge being conservative... you can always share more later, you can rarely share less later.
- LogEx
Tip #0: Stay off of the internet ;-) And use cash.
- LogEx
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- Mitchell Tsai
(8) Assume EVERYTHING you post on the internet or say on the telephone is being scanned (including any aliases you use). Unlike Logical, I believe the privacy settings on Facebook and other social networks are not that useful in the long run. Why? I had to investigate someone (female) on Facebook who was threatening one of my friends. Guess what, some of my friends are that person's friends, and they can read her page.
- Mitchell Tsai
(8a) Privacy settings are useful for casual safety (e.g. like the lock on your car, or an alarm system at home). It's why I travel with 2 cable locks for my suitcases (so I can sleep on trains without worrying). They do not deter professionals (which may include 14-yr-old hackers). My first company is partially owned by the C... (which you can confirm via the Internet) and our software...
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- Mitchell Tsai
(8b) If I have a sensitive business issue, I do not send an e-mail to someone saying "let's discuss something". I try my best to leave no paper trail, no e-mail trail, and no phone trail. Ever watch CSI looking at phone records... Hmmm.... I discuss sensitive stuff in person.
- Mitchell Tsai
(8c) Engineer's notebooks are a major problem in lawsuits against companies. Why? Because "John Smith" wrote on 9/22/07 that he didn't think XYZ product was going to work. And the marketing department was saying something different. Lawsuit!
- Mitchell Tsai
(9) Destroy your e-mail records, paper records, computer backups etc... when no longer required (if you feel this may be a future liability). I personally don't do this, but I'm not worried about anyone digging up a 1990 business letter or e-mail because I try to conduct myself in a moral upright fashion. I also have the advantage of following (8b) for 30 years. If you have anything you...
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- Mitchell Tsai
re:(8) Just for the record, I personally view Facebook as one of the worst places to put anything personal, even with privacy settings, unless you consider it pretty much public anyway. (EDIT: BTW, even though I don't even display my birthdate on FB, I gave a false birthdate to FB since they required something to be filled in). But for 80% of Facebook users, good privacy settings will usually be good enough (was that enough caveats?).
- LogEx
Logical: I warn people that Facebook owns everything you post. Don't conduct sensitive business discussions there, especially anything patentable. But I put tons of personal stuff there. Why? My high school friends, college friends, family, etc... are all on Facebook. My personal telephone number and birthdate are there. It's a personal decision where you want to live on the public-private spectrum.
- Mitchell Tsai
what about a tin hat?
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Tin hat?
- Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- LogEx
(9a) Assume that Gmail employees, backup companies, Social Network employees can read your stuff. Someone can look at their computer screens when they are busy. Something can be stolen from a good company. At one hospital where my friend worked IT, he couldn't access the computer one day, and wondered what happened. Duh. Someone broke into the hospital and physically stole the server.
- Mitchell Tsai
Hah. Tin hat. I have friends who can read minds & emotions from a distance. (I've tested this. They can read my thoughts & emotions.) I'll have to ask them if tin hats do anything... It's possible, since I think people are tuning into eletctromagnetic fields from our brains & bodies (in addition to other non-physical stuff).
- Mitchell Tsai
(10) Don't worry about credit card numbers, social security numbers, etc... They're too easy to get anyways. A credit card number only sells for ~$0.06. Every time I've had credit card theft in the last 25 years, my credit card companies have immediately reversed the charges (usually before I've even noticed).
- Mitchell Tsai
the best protection online? Become Amish!
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
(10a) Use disposable credit cards for internet orders from unknown companies, hotel reservations, car reservations, etc... Buy them for $25 + $5 fee at the grocery store. Look for (A) no monthly fee for the 1st 12 months (B) as late an expiration date as possible. I use VanillaVisa http://vanillavisa.com - One friend has a credit card company which can make temporary numbers for her (with specific dollar amounts), but I prefer untraceable.
- Mitchell Tsai
Abby: You might notice that I don't follow most of this stuff. My address, phone number, etc... are right there on the internet for anyone to find. However, if anything is sensitive or private about me or my friends I try to be conscious about where I'm putting any information. Besides, if it is really sensitive or private...why not discuss it in person (instead of e-mail)... Personally it's important to me to protect business clients & personal friends and to make sure they are not harmed by anything.
- Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell, I notice that we are approaching this issue from quite different perspectives. You seem to be focused on privacy in the context of doing business. I'm more focused on government and corporate power over individual citizens, i.e., basic rights.
- LogEx
I remember back in 1993 when the Internet was phasing into the browser-based Internet of today. Many of my gorgeous female friends who had unlisted phone numbers had no idea that their numbers were available on-line via the university or Intellius. Even now, I'm often sending messages to new Facebook friends that they can "unlist" their birthyears on Facebook after registration (because they hide their birthday everywhere else on the internet - vanity, dating, or being in the film industry).
- Mitchell Tsai
Logical: I'd be happy to hear what you're concerned about for "basic rights". Want to start another thread about that? It's a very long issue...
- Mitchell Tsai
(10b) Debit cards do not have the purchase protection of credit cards, as I sadly learned trying to reverse a $100 charge from a scammy stop-smoking company. Thus I now use anonymous disposable debit cards for internet stuff from non-established companies (e.g. Amazon, Google, Yahoo!, Continental Airlines have my real credit card information). P.S. PayPal is especially dangerous and has low moral standards. Many of my business associates have been screwed by them.
- Mitchell Tsai
These anonymity/security suggestions are mostly only useful against non-professionals. In 1990, I attended a Lifespring workshop where a wife of congressman broke down & shared her intense anguish - $500,000 had been spent by the opponents to make her & her family look like trash. It was "high school cliques" gone wild and 1,000X worse. Something to consider if you want to make more...
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- Mitchell Tsai
Locigal: It's also extreeemmely rare to find someone who's covered their tracks and stayed anonymous (e.g. maybe only 2-3 people I've ever looked at in FriendFeed, out of 1000s), so that in itself may raise unwanted suspicion. You might be better off creating a false persona (A not too easy to find one), and leaving that as a "false trail" link to be found... Just as <5% of people on...
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- Mitchell Tsai
One friend was scammed by a previous boyfriend who lied about the property he owned. She now uses the internet to confirm the property holdings of anyone she's serious about. It's the positive flip-side of "big brother"
- Mitchell Tsai
But this is the age of TRANSPARENCY! :)
- Patricia
Patricia: I really hope so! I hope that transparency will encourage honesty and better treatment of our fellow human beings (and environment).
- Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell, not sure what you mean by "You might be better off creating a false persona, and leaving that as a link to be found"... I think it would be preferable to simply use a pseudonym than to create a lie.
- LogEx
True. Just depends on your intentions. (A) To use a pseudonym. (B) Or to maintain privacy. Two different issues, as Thomas Hawk & Corvida have pointed out. Using a pseudonym like Mark Twain / Samuel Adams or changing a name as in show business...is established procedure, as a better sounding name may help your career. Maintaining privacy is a different issue...where you may want to lay...
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- Mitchell Tsai
(11) Internet information may not be accurate. It's easy to mix up two people. But anybody who's googling you may not be able to sift it out. If there's anything damaging (from some other "your name"), you may want to head them off at the pass, and place something in your files that a googler will find (e.g. I am sometimes confused with the "my name" in ABC...) More troubling if the...
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- Mitchell Tsai
To use myself as an example, "Mitchell Tsai". Intellius lists 5 addresses (one from 11 years ago), but the 9 relatives are variations on 4 people's names. Zabasearch lists me with two birthyears (one is my sister's), 7 past addresses (One address is 23 years old, and is a hospital address), 4 phone numbers (but I ditched my landlines in 2004-2005), but doesn't have my street addresses...
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- Mitchell Tsai
There are about 15 "Mitchell Tsai"s on the internet. One also plays ice hockey & works in business. He's the Houston, TX guy (age 37), and we've both lived in San Francisco. Another "Mitchell Tsai" is 60, and we've both lived in Boston. With similar business & personal interests, it's entirely possible someone Googling me may have mixed up their info & mine. There is a "Mitchell Tsai" doctor, and I've done medical research at Harvard Medical School.
- Mitchell Tsai
For some reason, my sister is mixed up with another person so Intellius lists a relative who is not related to us, and she gets my birthyear mixed up with her birthyear also. She's been using a cell phone for years, and had no landlines, so her street addresses are very hard to find - Her last 2 addresses are not in Intellius or Zabasearch.
- Mitchell Tsai
(12) Search yourself (on Google & other places) regularly. Maybe once/month. Search the top 100 at Google (not just 10), to see what pops up. Even if it's not you, people may mistakenly think it's yours. Very similar to the "Do a credit report on yourself every 3 months or get a credit monitoring service" (Identity theft) advice.
- Mitchell Tsai
(13) Kids names - Very interesting. Should you name your children so they can stay anonymous on the web, or so they stand out? Not sure. Some of my friends are using their maiden name now because it doesn't get lost in the Google shuffle.
- Mitchell Tsai
I'd also recommend various publications by Daniel Solove http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb..., particularly his 2007 book, The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet.
- LogEx
Unofficial Official Live Thread - Ubisoft E3 Press Conference - 5:00PM Pacific / 8:00PM Eastern - http://events.us.ubi.com/
Parth Awasthi, Kol Tregaskes, TheHenry and 5 other people liked this
I may be recording during the press conference, so start without me
- Bwana ☠
Bwana's at e3?
- Kenny
No
- Bwana ☠
I may be recording my own show during that time
- Bwana ☠
ohhhhh
- Kenny
lol
- Kenny
Assassin Creed 2, hellz ya!
- robby
Still another hour ....
- Kiaa Power
I missed assassian creed 2
- Kenny
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Kenny
it doesnt start for another hour, lol
- Colby Olson
lol
- robby
wait... you guys are watching it?
- Kiaa Power
I was just saying
- robby
IT DOESNT START FOR ANOTHER HOUR
- Colby Olson
hahah
- Colby Olson
nope, starts in 1 hr
- robby
I'm just exited to see AC2
- robby
Someone got me confused with the hole I missed assassins creed 2.
- Kiaa Power
my bad.
- robby
Lol
- Kenny
What did you think of the MS conferance?
- Kiaa Power
it was meh imo
- robby
????
- robby
lolwut?
- Colby Olson
Wow spammer
- Jeff
wiw
- Kenny
wow*
- Kenny
Just click the name and Block that user,, That's what I just did
- Jeff
yea, it works
- robby
Wow, I almost want to keep that for humorous reasons
- Bwana ☠
Very sorry to hear that Susan :/ (block)
- Andrew Smith
I can't. Sorry. My money is tied up with some prince in The United Arab Emirates or something
- Fleagle
lol
- robby
ok blocked...so you guys won't see it either
- Bwana ☠
I took a screen cap for great justice
- Bwana ☠
Image for those who want the history lol - http://img.skitch.com/2009060...
- Bwana ☠
Bookmarks :P
- Kiaa Power
Wow, spellcheck mf, do you use it!
- robby
poor husband though :( now I feel bad.
- robby
It would be funny to reply to her saying "Please let me know where the location of the money is, I've done this before, do you need my creditcard number?"
- Colby Olson
lol
- Kiaa Power
I'm wondering why Microsoft renamed Xbox Video Marketplace to Zune Video?
- Kiaa Power
Trying to get more people to buy Zunes??
- Fireman17
I guess... but why would people look at the title and say "Oh wow that says zune. I want one know."
- Kiaa Power
Hey guys, what do you think UbiSoft is going to introduce
- Ian P
AC2..
- Kiaa Power
Do you think that if MS made a WebBrowser for the 360 it would turn out good (i know it isn't true)
- Kiaa Power
No
- Kenny
I think it would suck... MS + Browsers = phail.'
- Kiaa Power
What are your thought on Metal gear rising
- Kenny
thoughts*
- Kenny
I think it will be good. But I also think what would MG be without snake...
- Kiaa Power
yea i know; but new guy looks pretty awesome
- Kenny
Mixed thouhts
- Kiaa Power
he's like a android
- Kenny
maybe snakes son?
- Kenny
Snakes Friend?
- Kenny
1 hour and 1 min left.
- Kiaa Power
Left 4 Dead 2 looks awesome
- Kiaa Power
Can't wait. I loved the first one
- Kiaa Power
yea, it should be a good one
- robby
although some people are bringing up some good points.
- robby
like this one: "Releasing a sequel a year after the original is the least valve-like thing I've ever heard, I wish this was just a DLC and they were announcing Counter-strike 2 or Half-life 3 or something new entirely."
- robby
I would love CS:S 2
- Kiaa Power
omg me too
- Colby Olson
Maybe some console love too.. (Maybe)
- Kiaa Power
40 mins... arg... time gose by soooo slowly..
- Kiaa Power
What do you guys think of forza 3?
- Kiaa Power
lol
- robby
forza 3 looks amazing
- robby
that trailer was awesome!
- robby
and if you're a racing fan you should be excited this year, tons of great racing games are coming out.
- robby
Yeah
- Kiaa Power
Dirt and forza are buyers for me
- Kiaa Power
I gotta admit, Shift looks great too
- robby
Shift.. never seen it
- Kiaa Power
buy it too, gota watch trailer
- Kiaa Power
may*
- Kiaa Power
Looks amazing.
- Kiaa Power
yea, another one I'm looking forward to is Fuel.
- robby
15 min!
- robby
5 min
- Kiaa Power
1 min
- Kenny
I like this guy!!
- Kiaa Power
yea i watch the soup all the time
- Kenny
Everyone wants to be part of a social network this year
- Jeff
Yeah, Im must say MS did good with Social networking this E3.
- Kiaa Power
ZZzzzz
- Jeff
finally
- robby
wow i just got back from a 3 week trip to germany, and he was still talking :p
- Nick
lol
- robby
lol
- Kenny
haha
- Kiaa Power
is it streaming yet? i keep seeing the two same short movies
- Colby Olson
Yeah it on
- Kiaa Power
http://e3.gamespot.com/press-c... - sorry if I can't post links
- Kiaa Power
thks Kiaa for the link I was just about to post it
- Jeff
:P
- Kiaa Power
Avatar... didn't know those game were important ...
- Kiaa Power
you can tell they dont have much to show
- robby
OMG so much talking
- Kenny
Fan-Ta-Zy
- Jeff
BLAH BLAH BLAH
- Colby Olson
going to germany, brb
- robby
Am i the onlyone who don't care about Avatar?
- Kiaa Power
games????
- Jeff
yes
- Kenny
no one cares about the avatar
- Kenny
get on to the games ffs
- Kenny
He gona spend the hole time talking about this... ubi = phailed
- Kiaa Power
This is terrible. Really terrible.
- Colby Olson
snorefest
- Kenny
omfgwtfbbq!!!1!
- robby
*marks on calender - Burns it*
- Kiaa Power
I guess they don't have many announcements so they are just milking it as long as they can
- Jeff
they are just filling time
- Kenny
Can he say anymore BS?
- Kiaa Power
Play him off keyboard cat!
- Kenny
I think im gone.... this sucks.
- Kiaa Power
He's rambling, wtf?
- Colby Olson
I only hope this is something that wasnt in there plan.
- Colby Olson
lol, reading some twitter comments
- robby
The last titanic survivor just died from this speech. Let it go James!
- robby
James Cameron's Avatar movie will be released by the time he finishes talking about it.
- robby
hahahaha
- robby
lol red headed step child
- Kiaa Power
CLOSING ABOUT TIME!
- Kiaa Power
People are pissed on twitter.
- Colby Olson
Its hella funny watching them come in when you search for #E3
- Colby Olson
look at the comments on the comments page
- Kiaa Power
lol this guys soo funny
- Kiaa Power
red steel 2?
- Kiaa Power
"I think they're cheering because he finally left the stage" LOL
- robby
I would
- Kiaa Power
didn't red steel 1 suck?
- Kiaa Power
i think so
- Kenny
wow, this is boring
- Bwana ☠
and I just started watching
- Bwana ☠
Should have seen the start..
- Kiaa Power
30 mins about a avatar game that did sound to good.
- Kiaa Power
Lol, everything is going GREAT!
- Colby Olson
NICE.
- Colby Olson
splinter cell looks amazing.
- Colby Olson
Wow, splinter cell demo is amazing.
- Colby Olson
OH MY GOD.
- Colby Olson
You guys still watching it or what?
- Colby Olson
beautiful
- robby
this game is retty sweet
- Kenny
*pretty
- Kenny
HD Link: http://www.gametrailers.com/e3...
- Colby Olson
This press conference is damaging my soul
- Bwana ☠
Wow loved that Assassins Creed 2 Trailer!
- Dakota O'Neill
Bwana, thank you for sharing these thread to the E3 News group. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
no problem
- Bwana ☠
Not sure I'm excited for Assassin's Creed 2, they've got alot to redeem themselves from, but I am quite hopeful for Beyond Good and Evil 2.
- Evan Travers
Did y'all realize The Economist has a KILLER style guide available for FREE on their website? AWESOME! - http://www.economist.com/researc...
Chris, Taskerrific Guy, Colby Olson and Mycaptain liked this
This guide is based on the style book which is given to all journalists at The Economist.
- Brad Williamson
from Bookmarklet
Style? I don't need no stinkin' style!
- Brent - Long Live Rock
Of course you don't, Brent. You live the large life ;-)
- Brad Williamson
Yes I Live the large life and Love it, by God.
- Brent - Long Live Rock
School Lunch From Around the World - http://interestingemailforward...
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Mahdi Ebrahimi, Kol Tregaskes, Melissa Woo and 31 other people liked this
(shown) France....Korea....Sweden
- Live4Emma (L4S)
...and all i got were fish sticks and grilled cheese.... :-(
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Fish sticks..yeah I remember, oy
- Myrna
I'll have a number three, please!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Great. Now I'm craving artichokes...
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
You have to think that the HUGE plate of fries out does any gain from the Artichoke and grapefruit.
- Kenton
Yep, looks like the food I got (Sweden)
- Patrik Johansson
artichokes? artichoke dip, maybe... :-p
- Live4Emma (L4S)
i love France's lunch tray.
- edythe
Sort of looks like cheesecake on the France tray as well. How come I never saw that on MY plate? Oh...probably cause I went to school when we got canned spinach cause Popeye was strong! :)
- Sheryl
Both of my older brothers mastered the art of gleeking at a young age. I never could. My childhood was very unsatisfying.
Josh Haley, Jennifer Dittrich, The Bohemian Penguin and 4 other people liked this
I can only accidentally gleek. Like during an interview.
- Anika
I think I've done it on accident a few times. I always get momentarily excited. Then I realize I can't recreate the incident. It is an imperfect world.
- Joe Pierce
I'm a friggen SWAT member when it comes to gleeking. I am a sniper/ninja/badass dude in the gleeking world. I don't do it often and I never do it on a person that I'm not related to or dating at the time...and i never do it in anger....i think i could be locked up for doing that....since after all, i'm a gleek ninja!
- Morgan Haley
I was waaaaay too good at this as a kid. I was mostly not part of the "cool" regime on the bus, but in the ways of 9-year-old awesome, that was my ticket in. <-- I can't believe spitting made me cool.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Oh yes. The brothers Haley can gleek. It's all in the mind.
- Josh Haley
Jennifer - gleeking isn't spitting...at least that's what i told everyone that was a victim!
- Morgan Haley
So it has finally happened. We are now seperated...The Gleek, and the Gleek nots.
- Joe Pierce
I was so good at gleeking that I used to hang around a guy and girl that had superpowers. They could turn into various things and they wore these totally gay purple spandex outfits. but they never got boring...
- Morgan Haley
Did you ever meet Peter Griffin when he was one of the Wonder Twins?
- Joe Pierce
heh heh! Joe wins.
- Morgan Haley
"and now we play the waiting game..."
- Joe Pierce
Hrm, I guess I could ask a stupid question...but you guys probably already know what that question is...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
ok Jennifer: let's have a gleek showdown at the FF corral!! *drops gauntlet at Jennifer's feet*
- Morgan Haley
For the record Morgan. I had completely forgotten about the character Gleek. Rah, are you asking what gleeking is?
- Joe Pierce
Joe: how can you forget the li'l monkey from the wonder twins? He was the best!
- Morgan Haley
@Rasheen: "Gleeking is when you squirt water or saliva from the glands under your tongue." If I've read between the lines correctly, that was the question, no?
- ♥patricia♥
I've only seen a handful of Wonder Twins cartoons. It wasn't on much when I was young.
- Joe Pierce
Oh, snap! I may be no gleek ninja, but I'm pretty sure I could defy gravity. Deadly aim of the sniper *goes into crane position*
- Jennifer Dittrich
I found a how to website. I fail at step one. Maybe I'm a genetic mutant lacking the ability? http://www.wikihow.com/Gleek
- Joe Pierce
Seriously, I love that there's a "how to" for that.
- Jennifer Dittrich
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