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What was your favourite console game from the 80s? I never got into consoles until the PlayStation - question inspired by this: http://ff.im/bsg5L

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my fave is still unreal torneamentxboxlive360 - daveccorey

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Alex the kidd....as my profile pic! :D - Giraffes Up In The AIr

from the 80's? The Legend of Zelda. - J. Abdul-Qahhar

One of my first favourites was Boulder Dash. - Citronella

I loved Mike Tyson's Punch-Out and still love just about any Donkey Kong or Mario game from that classic era. - Derrick

I played the living crap out of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong, Jr. on the Colecovision. I was also a huge fan of the AD&D game on the Intellivision. - Akiva Moskovitz

Pitfall on the 2600 - Steve

Chopper Command on 2600 - Eric @ CS Techcast

Good one, Steve. I liked Pitfall II as well. - Akiva Moskovitz

I also played the crap out of Tron on the Intellivision. - Akiva Moskovitz

Bomb Jack (Commodore 64). - Stephan Planken

Pac-Man on the Atari, Tennis and cards on Intellivision. - Anika

My mom used to give me so much crap for playing on the Atari, that is till one night when I came home from basketball practice and hanging at a friends house to find my mom playing space invaders with well over a million points. Who knew the reason she was yelling at me was because she wanted to play. Ha - Steve

Ah...Space Invaders was addictive. That led me to my Tetris addictions, which led me to mah-jongg, which let me too... - Anika

Question inspired from this list: http://ff.im/bsg5L - Kol Tregaskes

I want to thank Dave Corey for teaching me that Unreal Tournament on the Xbox 360 was around in the 80s. Learn something new everyday. - Anika

The 80s? No it wasn't. I was one of the testers on Unreal (the first game) in the late 90s. - Kol Tregaskes

Kol, I was being facetious. It's clear he didn't read the question clearly. I know when Unreal came out and you know...the Xbox 360 is only 5 years old. - Anika

Oh I see. :-) A bit slow there, sorry. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Anika, I need more sleep. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Kol - its half four in the afternoon. What do you mean you need more sleep?? :) - Roberto Bonini

From lack of it for the last 6 weeks. - Kol Tregaskes

chopper command if that was on atari - VAL D.

I was a MS Flight Simulator junkie from the Commodore 64 to its latest PC version. That led me to fly in real life, which I did and helped me a lot (I have 65 hours on the Cessna 172) - Jorge Escobar

Kamilah Gill

Oh, no. We found it, too. - http://kamilah.posterous.com/oh-no-w...

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Something I would never buy for my future kids or for anyone else's kids ... - Kamilah Gill from Posterous

I used to love these cash registers. I also remember Burger King Playdough. - Eric @ CS Techcast

I think I remember that, too, Eric. I'm sure kids would still enjoy these toys, I just wouldn't want to endorse unhealthy eating habits by giving them toy French fries and stuff. Or maybe, they could have something similar to this but just without any McDonald's logo. That's the part that really bothers me. - Kamilah Gill

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<3 Pole Position - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...

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"Pole Position is a racing video game released in 1982 by Namco. It was published by Namco in Japan and by Atari, Inc. in the United States. The game popularized the use of sprite-based, pseudo-3D graphics with its "rear-view racer format"—where the player’s view is behind and above the vehicle, looking forward along the road with the horizon in sight—which would remain in use even after true 3D computer graphics became standard for racing games." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

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My kids love playing this as much as I did. - Anika

Prepare to qualify. - Eric @ CS Techcast

I have never made it the finish line. *cries* - Anika

I sepnt many quarters trying to do that. The basic oval track was the only one that didn't have me crashing five ways to Sunday. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Cristo to Cristo's feed, Home Theater

SmartAVI HDMI CAT6 STP Extender - HDX-1000 - SmartHomeUSA.com - http://www.smarthomeusa.com/ShopByM...

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"The HDX-1000 allows you to extend an HDMI display with IR control up to 330 feet away" - Cristo from Bookmarklet

I'm trying to find the best of these boxes to test. This one has IR support, which is very appealing. Now what would be cool is an N x N HDMI switchbox that also included IR support. - Cristo

Very interested to see how your research turns out. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane

Dollhouse: Wasted chance, PrettyGirlFest gone wrong or just too thought-provoking for mainstream? - http://titles.slippylane.com/2009...

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Didn't attract enough 18-34 males during prime time to sell TV ads to. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Bindu Reddy

if you are hanging out on FF on a friday evening you don't have much of a life?

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I have a life, and I have the pictures to prove it. :-) - Bruce Lewis

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Does the question mark at the end of that comment mean that you're questioning the idea? :) - Ha3rvey (obviously wrong)

Yes... I am hoping that someone will tell me how wrong I am and the how ppl who are the hanging out at crowded bars where they can't hear each other are the ones with no lives :)) - Bindu Reddy

Is that a question or an answer? - Louis Gray

I am in charge of the kids tonight while my wife is at a baby shower. It's my turn, as I was out of state for 3 days. - Louis Gray

Bindu, in that case, I approve of the question. :) - Ha3rvey (obviously wrong)

We went to Armadillo Willy's - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Speaking only for myself, I'm at home with my family. Wife just finished daughter's hair. Son and I are watching "Lock 'n Load". I'm just glad to be home. I've been away from them all week. :) - Ha3rvey (obviously wrong)

I've got a sick dog who needs me around tonight. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. - Sarah June

I iz marridged - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

I'm hanging out at home on Friday night because I've got kids! Any questions? Actually we just got back from dinner and walking around in down town Los Gatos, including a trip to the Apple Store ;-) Now it's almost time for the kiddies to go to bed. - Jeff P. Henderson

@Louis Gray - more of a question... well my excuse for hanging out here is that technically I am supposed to be working real hard... Clearly I am goofing off on FF - Bindu Reddy

if your asking that kind of question here on a Friday .,, arent you been abit hypocritcal - johnpiercy

Oh, me too, Bindu. I am clearly not NaNowrimoing - WorldofHiglet

@MiniMage that is hilarious :)) @johnpiercy I don't get the hypocritical reference.. - Bindu Reddy

I'm making ART out of my non-life, so there! :P lol about the bar comment, Bindu - Kamilah Gill

Friday night is usually date night but I had to work late unexpectedly. So now wifey is asleep and I'm on FF. Kind of a bummer but I'm in a mellow mood so Friday night FF is just fine for me. - Got Love For DB™?

I'd rather go to a bar on Monday or Tuesday. I get better service, room to move, and I can hear myself speak. - Ian May

I actually am in a bar looking for the next long-term 6 hour relationship of my life. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

Said the woman that posted an hour ago. - CW™

I'd just rather go out when the mood takes me, and not because it's a specific night - Ian May

You could say that, yeah. Although I went out tonight and got too distracted on the road, so I'm thinking I'm better off being indoors. - Helen Sventitsky

I'm with Ian. Crowds suck and you get much better service when the bars and restaurants are not busy. - Jeff P. Henderson

I completely disagree with Ian. Bigger crowd = a larger number of tagets. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

tagets? I guess that's a typo for targets? - Ian May

Ha! :) - Charlie Anzman

Oops! Yes, Ian. Did I mention I was at a bra? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

Why can't we be on Friendfeed from the bar? - Eric @ CS Techcast from iPhone

I've done it many times, but MVB is king of the barfeed. - Eric @ CS Techcast from iPhone

I have a life and a wife - and it's only 7:35 pm here in Honolulu. The night is young. :) - Bill Sodeman

Eric and MVB - I am not sure you can really find any "targets" if you are busing friendfeeding :) - Bindu Reddy

Not much of a life, yes. ---> - Spidra Webster

Bindu: Check my history. I'm a sniper. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

I'm not looking for targets, just beer. - Eric @ CS Techcast from iPhone

MVB :) ... ah beer. Now I want some and don't have any at home :(( - Bindu Reddy

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Whedon: Fox Ripped Out Dollhouse's Core Concept - Dollhouse - io9 - http://io9.com/5365086...

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"[Dollhouse] became just a scoach too whore-y. Never had a better meeting, everything was great, then they [FOX] said "so they're kinda like prostitutes and that's not ok" Word came down that it wasn't ok. I wanted to make a show that's about feeling bad about feeling good or good about feeling bad. Fantasy is just that, fantasy. FOX wanted to back away from these implications. Every episode [of the first season] is ridiculously hard, because the central core has been ripped out just enough, that we're constantly dancing around our own premise." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

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Bumped for podcast research purposes. - Steven Perez

Why does he keep going back to FOX? - Glenn Slaven

My guess? The money is good. - Steven Perez from IM

In this case I believe he was kind of tied to fox because Eliza Dushku was still contracted to them, and as he wrote the show for her it was the place to be. - Joe Pierce

I think that's part of it. Look at it this way: you're Joss Whedon. You want to make cool stuff, but you keep getting screwed due to low ratings/bad timeslots/shitty studio execs. So, in order to make what you want (like, fer instance, DR. HORRIBLE), you take the money and the grief that accompanies a show on Fox. Because now you have a bit of breathing room, a few more contacts, and a bit more experience and cash to make what you want. - Steven Perez

I'm sure that is a big part of it. Though I would be shocked if Whedon or Minear worked for Fox again anytime soon. (which is almost exactly the same thing I said right after Drive got the axe). - Joe Pierce

God why can't Whedon find someone other than Fox to hitch his wagon to? He would be so much better on a premium cable net. - Eric @ CS Techcast

their own premise still blew dick tho - Richard Lawler

No, it didn't. - Steven Perez

I really wish he'd go to a cable net after this. How many times does Fox have to screw him before they both decide to call it a day with each other? But really, as much as we love them, his shows are niche shows, and the broadcast nets are always going to expect a mainstream audience for them. It's a fundamental problem, because Fox is the most edgy of the broadcast nets, honestly. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

I think the premise for Dollhouse had a lot of room for thematic growth and exploration. From a writer's point of view, exploring the issues in the dollhouse'verse would have been quite a fun task. - Jon, the Beartato of FF

I really do hope AMC or HBO would hire Whedon. Letting Whedon be Whedon would unleash the awesome. - Spidra Webster

Rachel Lea Fox

That was odd, radio just stopped and the emergency broadcast system buzz came on, did its buzzes and went back to the radio. No "this is a test..." no instructions about what the emergency might be. Nothing! Just the buzz that I'm trained to listen closely to and then song. Song lyrics said "I'll stick around" maybe I'm supposed to stay put. ;)

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That happens around here sometimes, and everytime it does my heart seizes up a little bit. - aden (yeah you heard me)

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I've never heard it that way before and I didn't like it. It's like: "come on, its either a test or its not! Let me know!" - Rachel Lea Fox

Add to this that it was Sirius satellite radio, which means any EBS broadcast would be a nationwide emergency. Scary. - Kevin Fox

Kevin: I think Sirius has to interrupt broadcasts for local emergencies as well. They probably can't target based on your current location, so they either target based on your billing zip code / permanent location written in your account, or they just broadcast all emergency alerts everywhere (which would be the path of least resistance and least lawsuits). - Tudor Bosman

I think it would have to be the latter when you're using the satellite receiver. You're not receiving an individual stream. You're just picking up the broadband transmission. - Kevin Fox

Kevin, Sirius uses New York EBS only. - CW™

They have done it several times with the standard speech that mentions only New York. This makes sense since they are based there. - CW™

Those come on automatically and is not controlled by the broadcaster. Sounds like they didn't havetheir "this is a test" setup right. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Louis Gray

Floating from event to event. Left #defragcon this morning from Colorado. Now in San Jose at #TechFieldDay, surrounded by storage geeks.

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#cool - Allen Stern

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Check the hashtag to see what's going on. Currently, Curtis Preston is launching http://www.truthinit.com. - Louis Gray

They have a live "scoreboard" for TechFieldDay here: http://techfieldday.com/scorebo... - Louis Gray

Wow, truthinit seems like a very aggressive idea in a soft market. Good luck to them. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Eric @ CS Techcast

This is Robert Scoble totally jacking my spot to do the Gillmore gang yesterday (he asked nicely and I gave him the spot without hesitation of course)

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Go sit in the corner! - Josh Haley

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That's the CS Techcast camera rig. He used our camera case to prop up his laptop so he could be seen with the internal webcam. Louis Gray came over to give him the old rabbit ears on camera. Fun times - Eric @ CS Techcast

What convention/event is this? - Josh Haley

This was at Defrag in Denver http://www.defragcon.com - Eric @ CS Techcast

Lucky you. No need to travel far. :) - Josh Haley

That's how I was able to attend! - Eric @ CS Techcast

If they held sxsw right here in Houston, I probably still wouldn't go. :p - Josh Haley

Defrag was not that big. Seemed to be a core group a very smart folks. Nice conference. - Eric @ CS Techcast

You are almost too nice, Eric :) - WorldofHiglet

I don't know how true that is, but thank you. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Almost Kubrickian in composition... - Aron Michalski

Thank you Eric for your quiet corner! - Robert Scoble

That's a bad spot. There's clearly no stable defense against raptor attack there. - Otto

*swings an aw shucks wave at Robert* - Eric @ CS Techcast

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Avoid the big mistakes when backing up virtual servers by Eric Beehler, Contributor - http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tip...

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"Take the opportunity to build backup planning into new virtualization projects so you can intelligently review your current approach with those that are available." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

My newest article on TechTarget. I am pleased for you to enjoy. - Eric @ CS Techcast

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Defrag 2009: A Retrospective - http://thenextweb.com/2009...

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"# shift from search to discovery – online social graph(s) becoming more important and driving the information that finds you. Like Khris Loux said, if the information is important to you, it will find you. Keyword searches in Google will be largely replaced by the “flow”. # flow and filtering – the flow is a massive expanding river of realtime information/noise. The ability to filter information that is most relevant and important to the individual from the flow is the next big challenge/opportunity. # identity – fundamental to enabling discovery and filtering the flow is identity which is currently in a very fragmented state. There are also big privacy and segmentation concerns that need to be addressed by selective sharing of identity attributes # the “cloud” – more of an undertone enabler but mentioned in almost every presentation I attended." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

Helen Sventitsky

BBC NEWS | Health | New warning on 'perfect vaginas' - http://bigstarlet.posterous.com/bbc-new...

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via news.bbc.co.uk I don't know of any women who do this, personally. Unless there's something my best friends aren't telling me. :D Otherwise, yuck and YIKES!! Women are undergoing surgery to create perfect genitalia amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks of the procedur ... - Helen Sventitsky from Posterous

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Whaaaaat? - The Bohemian Penguin

Hmmmmm. - Mona Nomura

Ummmmm, no. - Michelle Martinez

There are people in the world who actually care what their vaginas look like. O_o - Helen Sventitsky

Look like what? There's a pic? - Eric @ CS Techcast

The idea of this makes me queasy. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Eric, typo. My bad. - Helen Sventitsky

I have to get a mole removed from that general area, and the idea of that is bad enough, let alone have someone snip my bits! - Mellissa Jane

Th' f**k is a perfect vagina??? Once again, people with more money than sense. ARRGGH - Kamilah Gill

This is truly ridiculous! And are there really that many women who have more money than brains? Can't believe insurance would cover this! - Bonnie Foster

:( - Anna Haro

nip & tuck has been running this theme all this season, :( - chaz2b

Right, as if we haven't already learned about how silly the idea of randomly lopping off parts of people's genitals is... let's find new and interesting ways to mutilate the vagina. Can't they all just stick to piercings down there? - Wirehead

poor women, perfectizing what shall be taken as gift - I mean whole body with all its parts :-/ - A.T.

... - J. Abdul-Qahhar

I honestly in my mind can't think of what a perfect vagina is supposed to look like. This is some ridiculous stuff right here... - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

I want the perfect face: http://www.sharkdiving.us/images... - Daniel J. Pritchett

Aren't all of them perfect? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I think perfect sexual organ is different than perfect face, simply because not everybody sees it everyday. unless we live in 2300s. - Mahmood Padura

so sad - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

Whisky tango foxtrot!!! (I guess that's Scotch rather than Irish or American or some other whiskey.) - Ladybug Heather

Taking vanity to new lows. - Kenton

More sad commentary on how brainwashed we allow ourselves to be. We are all perfect just the way we are - it is our differences that make us unique and special. - Internet Strategist

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Three Sysadmin Mistakes Start-ups Make - http://www.building43.com/blogs...

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"We often get the opportunity to help out our fellow starts-ups with their servers. While being a start-up with scaling issues is a sign that things are going well, sometimes such a small team does not have the expertise to make sure all their servers are in order. We wanted to share a couple pitfalls that we have helped diagnose in hopes to prevent other start-ups from doing the same thing." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

Steve Gillmor to Steve's feed, RealTime Network

Gillmor Gang recording live 1PM Pacific http://www.building43.com/realtim...

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curious what people make of the new RT on twitter - Christopher Harris

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and Google's acquisitions of Admob and Gizmo5 - Vezquex: God of FF

We should start shortly, I'm still waiting for Steve Gillmor to call me up. - Robert Scoble

ready for Gillmor Gang with @jobsworth - Kevin Marks

Livestream launches free live streaming to iPhone and iPod Touch Safari. http://iphone.livestream.com/ - Vezquex: God of FF

On the call, should start shortly. - Robert Scoble

New New York Times sounds like something from Futurama. - Vezquex: God of FF

snap, iPhone - Vezquex: God of FF

So... is Palm dead? - Ken Sheppardson

What's palm? - Cliff Gerrish

You remember, Cliff... the last company to release a phone the Robert said was better than the iphone. - Ken Sheppardson

whining about a default setting? - Vezquex: God of FF

Didn't 3com used to own them... - Cliff Gerrish

Before the Apple people took over... - Ken Sheppardson

I like that slogan: "It's geekier" - Cliff Gerrish

No, Android is Linux to Apple's Apple. - Ken Sheppardson

iPhone = Windows, Palm = Apple, Android = Linux ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

Scoble needs something to argue about to feel relevant - scott anderson

Maybe Microsoft should release a phone operating system... - Ken Sheppardson

Here we go... - Mike Doeff

Hold on, hold on... Michael... did you *pay* for that Droid? - Ken Sheppardson

that was bizarre. i was getting overlapping audio. And Ken, you are a naughty, naughty boy. :) - Karoli

Ken - you trouble maker you! - Rob La Gesse

scott: give me a break. - Robert Scoble

I bought my own Droid. - Robert Scoble

I'm buying a Droid tomorrow - on a G1 now - Kevin Marks

I'm afraid to try the Droid as I'm pretty heavily emotionally invested in the Pre :-) - Ken Sheppardson

dang, you guys are really making me want a Droid. And Scoble hating is a great bonus. - Vezquex: God of FF

geeks make me laugh...the latest and greatest rivalries of geek toys. too bad Aron's not here to be one of the cool kids. - Karoli

As we saw with the Pre, you can say some device "single handedly restored" whatever, but just wait six months... - Ken Sheppardson

Is the web the platform, or are we seeing 2 or 3 new platforms in this space? - Cliff Gerrish

The web is the one true platform. - Vezquex: God of FF

one platform to rule them all? - Karoli

These guys are pissing me off..give me a break talking about how much better the apps are - Android just needs a little more time until the apps are mature - iPhone didn't have apps at first. The 1st version of the Facebook app wasn't perfect, there have been enhancements, upgrades etc - Kenny

what nokia is dead? - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

What market doesn't have one big 50% market share leader and 2-3 alternative smaller players? - Ken Sheppardson

the Android OS is an integrated component model where iPhone is a monolithic app model - scott anderson

The fact that Android is now getting momentum means, more, and better apps are coming very soon. Loving my HTC Hero !!! - Jim @TechFrog Alden

Who's the really old guy leading this whole thing? - Kenny

It is too soon to draw conclusions, folks. - Mona Nomura

Kenny: Steve Gillmor. - Robert Scoble

Kenny: I can't compare products based on what might be. I have to look at WHAT IS!!!! - Robert Scoble

Mona: Is it too early to draw the conclusion that more than one option can survive? ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

Thanks Robert - Kenny

Android is where the market is heading, more so outside the US, where iphone is a bit player. - mark w webster

mark: when I travel overseas I see iPhone usage very heavy. - Robert Scoble

I am very happy with my Droid. The apps are updating for the new Android 2.0. A new update to Twidroid will be out next week according to a tweet from the developer today. - Mike Shulman

mono is being ported to Android - scott anderson

you mix with geeks Robert :) - mark w webster

True Robert, but I think Android will only improve as time goes on, just like Apple and the iPhone did. - Kenny

I can see the back of Robert Scoble's head right now. This is too much real time web. ;) - Eric @ CS Techcast

The bar should not be set solely on platform and hardware -- the devs are a huge part of a phone's success. If Android developers step up, and the iPhone stays proprietary to AT&T, that opens up a whole new ball game. - Mona Nomura

HTML5 may make the apps more irrelevant. - Rob La Gesse

How is it that guys like this who love Tech, are considered the Top of Social Media all have the worst Web Cams, Audio Levels at all ranges and are crying about cutting each off like they are in some Playground, this is why nobody pays attention to them, blah! - Lorenzo

the Droid is just one phone. think about the difference between G1 and Droid. the next leap will be just as significant. - scott anderson

Not if your data plan cannot support it. AT&T's 3G is garbage and I don't have the patience to wait for sites to load. Hence, apps FTW. - Mona Nomura

HTML5 is key - the new platform for mobile web on all phones - Kevin Marks

I love all the commentary regarding Apple control of the app store. You should have tried building apps for Verizon. I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars just to get an application cleared to be put into their deck. You couldn't even write apps for Verizon if you didn't have a small war chest. - Jerry Schuman

Mona, agree 100% - Karoli

Even RIM hardcore fans are ready to jump to Android. - Karoli

I suspect the most disruptive thing to happen to the handset industry will be a regulatory end to carrier lock in in the next 3-5 years. - Ken Sheppardson

@Lorenzo I am a big fan of these guys. By the way, who was that guy in the East Coast Vegas video? - PC Easy

Am I really listening to grown men talk about Cell Phones? This country is doomed - Lorenzo

iphone market share over here tops less than 5%, though app availability is high on buyers minds, Android is making good strides in that area, it's a two horse race IMO. - mark w webster

RIM will be implementing WebKit browser in 2010 - Marc Delurgio

RIM hasn't progressed - at all, and their attempts have been nothing but FAIL. BB Storm? Really?? - Mona Nomura

ending carrier lock would be awesome! - Vezquex: God of FF

Lorenzo - you don;t have to watch/listen... - Kenny

I know kenny, however i think im permitted to give my opinion as long as I dont use vulgarity - Lorenzo

Changing the balance of power for phone development is key. The platform has been taken away from the telecoms. - Cliff Gerrish

I call bullshit on that fact. Get ready when each different handset starts having different requirements. - Jerry Schuman

True - Kenny

And those who keep bringing up HTML5, perhaps on Verizon's data it may run fine but on AT&T's unreliable 3G? NO. CDMA ftw. - Mona Nomura

I still think for a polished product that is easy to pick up and use, the Palm Pre is still my Favorite. - Luke Kilpatrick

100k iPhone apps doesn't matter - make 50 essential apps are avail for top 4 platforms, then the playing field is leveled - Marc Delurgio

I'm a big fan of Google Voice, except for the translations - they're pretty bad - Kenny

I'm sure I'm wrong, but I expect Android to take over handsets the same way Linux has taken over the desktop :-/ - Ken Sheppardson

lol - Kenny

Scoble - I have ridden with you while you use a cell phone for navigation - it is VERY scary! - Rob La Gesse

Palm Pre was introduced only recently here, a real Turkey, just in time for Xmas. - mark w webster

Lorenzo - I've seen you on Twitter and I know you use vulgarity. - PC Easy

Apple doesn't do cloud services. A single iPhone app developer will have a hard time competing with Google on that front. - scott anderson

Android will take over handsets because Windows Mobile is pitiful and iPhone OS is not available to 3rd-party devices. - Vezquex: God of FF

PCEasy, are you not the person on twitter that continues to make horrible comments about Leo's face? - Lorenzo

Rob: that's because iPhone doesn't do turn-by-turn so you have to look at the screen. - Robert Scoble

WM is dead, or at least, its in dire need of defibrilation - mark w webster

I still think the Droid reminds me of the feel of a 80's Transformer. I think the HTC Hero is a much more polished phone and will get better with Android 2.0. - Luke Kilpatrick

Google Nav does work pretty well, especially since its free, but it does need some improvements - but it's good enough that I canceled my Verizon Navigator - Kenny

apps will die - web apps will prevail - Marc Delurgio

IT's on all these devices, Steve - Ken Sheppardson

The Pre does turn by turn, for free and it works great. I still think the Google map app is pretty good. - Luke Kilpatrick

Robert Scoble, why is it you top tech geeks cant get your audibles to the same level, let alone have a decent webcam? Also, do you feel that 1938Media is slightly over-rated? Thank you - Lorenzo

HTML5 is not Reality. Not until we get rid of IE6 - Luke Kilpatrick

Lorenzo: that's Steve Gillmor who has control of audio levels. - Robert Scoble

Luke: IE6 isn't a problem on smartphones :-) - Ken Sheppardson

IE6 is dead. anyone who develops for it is a fool. - Karoli

Who is 1938media? I heard he's telling lies but I blocked him so I don't know what he's up to. - Robert Scoble

Robbie Scobbie, I thank you. - Lorenzo

The levels aren't perfect but still pretty good considering that you have 5 different people in 5 different locations on laptops - Kenny

He always talks crap about you on twitter to pceasy - Lorenzo

Chrome and Safari - Jerry Schuman

firefox for when I need firebug - Jerry Schuman

Lorenzo: I don't care. He lies. That's all I need to know. - Robert Scoble

IE only when my machine needs to dial home to Microsoft for something - Ken Sheppardson

I tried Chrome in Ubuntu and couldn't access any https:// pages. - Vezquex: God of FF

Yes but as a developer that builds web apps I still have to target IE6 which sucks majorly but its still the standard at enterprise. - Luke Kilpatrick

Android is licensed with Apache 2.0, a very business-friendly open source license - scott anderson

Every iPhone developer enters a royalty agreement with Apple. - Rob La Gesse

"Large market share" isn't the same thing as "network effect" - Ken Sheppardson

IE6 is the main reason I like doing Mobile dev better than just core web dev as you only need to target 1 main rendering engine - Webkit. Although there are some differences between iPhone, Andriod and Palm Pre. iPhone has the best implementation. - Luke Kilpatrick

Still waiting on my Ribbit Voice invite code. - Jerry Schuman

Whos the heavy breather? :) - Kenny

Jerry, use gang09 - Cliff Gerrish

thanks cliff - Jerry Schuman

Neat. Will Ribbit have VOIP? Is it free? - Vezquex: God of FF

Holy Macro, what a time I had getting here. - Matt Terenzio

So, can we use Ribbit + iPhone to equal GoogleVoice + Droid? - Cliff Gerrish

Cliff Basically. - Robert Scoble

Although I will compare those this weekend. - Robert Scoble

Ok, that breathing is creepy - Jim @TechFrog Alden

What happened, Matt? Your FF browser crash? :) - Rob La Gesse

Hm... that code just gets me an "account reserved".... - Ken Sheppardson

Hey Kevin, give the live web audience a ribbit code... - Cliff Gerrish

ribbit code for gillmor gang listeners is "gang09" sign up at ribbit.com - Kevin Marks

Had to reboot everything was moving slowwww - Matt Terenzio

Kevin: But that just gets you a "Ribbit Account Reserved" email? - Ken Sheppardson

sweet, thanks Kevin Marks. - Vezquex: God of FF

Should kids have a google voice number? With parents controlling the switchboard? - Cliff Gerrish

the accounts will go out over the next few days Ken - Kevin Marks

Cool. Thanks, Kevin. - Ken Sheppardson

LOL - Kenny

looking forward to trying ribbit.... - Karoli

On the net - Apple could fade like AOL, The Apple Tablet will make Iphone, android Apps quite secondary. Phone will have a much smaller earprint. - Arnie Klaus

double dare someone to call Scoble. - Vezquex: God of FF

OK, everyone -- call Robert! - Cliff Gerrish

what was that numnber?? - Kenny

I will admit - I called Robert once, trying to find him at a meet-up in Half Moon Bay. It came in handy. - Mike Doeff

Doh, crunchpad!?!? - Kenny

i want a crunchpad, she whined. - Karoli

So it should be out soon?? - Kenny

will the crunchpad run Android? - scott anderson

...or Chrome OS - Ken Sheppardson

no contact points, composite enclosed, for kids and up - Arnie Klaus

Chrome w/ Android plug-ins - scott anderson

+1-425-205-1921 - Robert Scoble

Get it out before Christmas Mike. - Mike Doeff

I'm amazed you don't get a ton of prank calls - Kenny

+1-707-WEB-LIVE - Matt Terenzio

Kenny: I have your phone number if you call me. - Robert Scoble

More QVC... :-) - Ken Sheppardson

I've never called but if I need a tech opinion I might hit you up - Kenny

tablets will replace kiosks not personal devices - scott anderson

One handed computing - easy to misinterpret that one - Mike Doeff

haha, one-handed computing. - Vezquex: God of FF

books, text books, movies, homework... - Arnie Klaus

solar - Arnie Klaus

maps, cookbooks, phonebooks... - Ken Sheppardson

I think Apple bought major textbook rights. - Arnie Klaus

On train to NYC yesterday NewBiz News conference there were 8 newspapers 1 kindle and two iphones in my car. I was using iphone - Matt Terenzio

doorbell on TV! I like this guy. - Vezquex: God of FF

Mostly Wall Street Journals - Matt Terenzio

Tuck that phone into my ear, on with the tablet - Arnie Klaus

My comcast phone shows up on my tv. Really like it. - Cliff Gerrish

my doorbell has it's own Gmail address - you can email to ring it. And no - will NOT give that number out :) - Rob La Gesse

Remember when we all had to carry backpacks in school? - Arnie Klaus

Wasn't Bluetooth supposed to handle all this? - Ken Sheppardson

My backpack is in the cloud now... - Cliff Gerrish

Alright guys, I gotta go. Keep up the good debate! - Kenny

I need to go look at how Activitystrea.ms handle location and proximity... - Ken Sheppardson

Cliff, does that mean just on the internet or do you mean virtual hosting as in AWS or Rackspace etc - Matt Terenzio

will iPhone apps run on all these different types of devices? does Apple have the resources to make that happen? - scott anderson

Bump is on the Android as well - Kenny

I just want seamless handoff between my cell phone and desk phone - Ken Sheppardson

Matt, all sorts of cloudish locations.. - Cliff Gerrish

I ask because someone used cloud at work today and I'm pretty sure they meant just on a server. I didn't ask. - Matt Terenzio

We don't really have an identity concept (or agency) that works with this node linking idea. - Cliff Gerrish

Of course, my office isn't exactly Cliff level - Matt Terenzio

It's a different level in the protocol stack, Robert - Ken Sheppardson

tweetdeck with touch - Arnie Klaus

i love my Kindle. LOVE IT. - Karoli

I'm getting a Nook. Dumb name - nice device. - Rob La Gesse

the techies are gonna be so harsh on the crunchpad - Marc Delurgio

I love getting instant books. I love sending PDFs over for reading later. I love getting The Nation automatically. - Karoli

Rob, I'm thinking of getting a Nook for my daughter...to compare. - Karoli

Books will go down fast in the coming months - Matt Terenzio

Kindel is bridge technology to the post script generation....Iʻve read many more books through audio. - Arnie Klaus

As soon as a standard format emerges, it's over - Matt Terenzio

The Nook looks cool but I'm waiting for the Apple Tablet. - Robert Scoble

the Nook runs on Android - scott anderson

Virtual roundtable time... any thoughts on spdy protocol announcement? - Alberto Saavedra

Scoble - yes - assuming it has a bright-light readable screen. I doubt it. - Rob La Gesse

scott, that's one of the reasons I want the Nook. (for my daughter, of course...LOL) I want to try an Android device. - Karoli

I wish, the textbooks comes on ebook usable format instead of watered down version. - ashish

ashish, agree. textbooks should be ebook, full version. - Karoli

Using the term "open" to mean seven different things at the same time can be a problem... - Ken Sheppardson

@ken - glad you opened that line of thought - Rob La Gesse

Ken: agreed. - Robert Scoble

imagine if our phones ran on closed networks - scott anderson

It's really just a question of whether any node can listen and talk over the network. - Cliff Gerrish

How do we define variable communities? - Arnie Klaus

Scott: they would be like IM was for years. - Robert Scoble

Scott: They do. Call Sprint and ask them if you can use your iPhone on the "open" phone network. Or the device you slapped together from parts you got at Fry's - Ken Sheppardson

good comment Robert (there's your break) - scott anderson

Good show, Steve. Thanks to all. - Karoli

thanks, all! - Rob La Gesse

Great show, thanks. - Mike Doeff

laters - Vezquex: God of FF

Will the textbook publishers allow that to happen without lowering profits? I hope they realize that new form interactive ebooks can create more market opportunities. - ashish

another great show Steve. Your production keeps getting better. - Paul E. Ester

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Her Lindsay-ness

None of my business poll: Did you have a *real job before you were 18? What was it? Did you like it? Did you get paid more than minimum wage? *meaning you had to report income tax (or, rather, your parents did).

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No, I didn't have one. - Rochelle

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No. Babysitting and berry picking were my income sources. Well, wait, I may have started my PT receptionist job a the Real Estate office before I turned 18. Soooooo long ago... - vicster

I had a job programming a database in dBaseIV the summer of my junior year in high school. I got paid like $0.25/hr more than minimum wage. It was a good experience because it was my first real programming job and basically set the tone for the rest of my career. I was invited to come back the next summer and redo everything I'd done in FoxPro 3.5 for Windows (and got an extra $1/hr). - Her Lindsay-ness

Yes. I started working a month after my 16th birthday. I worked at a daycare center, which was good because I got to have my sister with me there; otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get a job. I only made minimum wage, which at the atime was $3.25 I think? Hard to remember. - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

Yes, no, yes, until minimum wage was raised (so not much more than minimum). - Alix Whitmire

No. My first real job was after my senior year in high school working in the textbook warehouse for the Board of Education - Alan Simpson

I worked for the Arlington County Public Library for a period while I was in high school, but I don't think the income was significant enough to be reportable by anyone. - John E. Bredehoft

Yes...several...they were ok...Paper boy, bicycle mechanic, fast food worker, network wiring guy, Air Force grunt...Yes, I got paid more than minimum wage and had to do tax returns. - Alex Scoble

Burger Flipper at Hardee's, making $0.05 over the minimum. Good times. - The Letter M

Nope. - teh Dork Knight

If you can call Gamestop a real job. I got it when I was 17. I did like it in the beginning but after about a year got tired of it because of the pay and lack of hours, so then I went to Best Buy. Made minimum in the beginning ($5.15 at the time) and got a $0.10 raise after the first of the year. I still filed taxes however and got back a nice amount of money. - Mathew™ one of a kind

If you call library page (person who puts away books) a real job, I think I did that when I was 16 or 17. I think I got paid minimum wage (can't fully remember). I don't remember filing taxes. - Kamilah Gill

Yes. At 12 I cleaned the churches windows and helped with janitorial duties. This was a real job as I has to file a tax return and got a little over minimum wage. At 15 I was hired by the school district to help with the computers on campus then also hired to work in the schools theatre where my brother and I ran it for the years we over laped. I continued in the school district after... more... - CW™

I made a little over minimum wage for a couple of years working for the NJ State DMV. I worked part time after school Mon-Fri during my freshman and sophomore years of HS. I kinda remember filling out the EZ form... I think. I did not like the job but the people I worked with were okay. - Jim Hearts FF

Yes, I worked for a summer at Knott's Berry Farm. I served food at one of the little eateries inside the park in Ghost Town. It was minimum wage and fun then but as an adult now, looking back, there were some MAJOR issues ranging from inappropriate male conduct (getting girls into the freezer to kiss them, smacking them on the asses) to theft and an overall lack of care for the employees. We were kids being managed by kids. - Katie: Witch Of The West

Waffle House, I did earn more than minimum wage with tips and yes, I filed taxes. - Heather Solos

I worked, but nothing that would have supported me as an independent entity. And part of that is because when you're that age people refuse to pay you the same for a job that they would pay an adult to do it. - Spidra Webster

I've had real jobs since I was 14, complete with paycheck. First one was at local drycleaners. McDonalds, assistant to a ferrier and a couple of modeling gigs all before I was 18. I loved them all, it taught me independence and discipline. - jcunwired

Good point, Spidra! - Micah Wittman from iPhone

Would love to hear more about the ferrier's asst job! - Spidra Webster

Hah! Spelling booboo, that should have been "farrier". The job rocked. Not only did we trim and shoe horses' hooves, but provided all sorts of veterinary services to local farmers. My boss and his brother, two beer-swilling ex-rodeo stars, were great. - jcunwired

I worked a commission sales job from 16-18. I got paid $11.75 and a % of my sales. I'm also pretty sure the company violated some teen labor laws in terms of hours per day/hours per week...but I didn't complain because it was a lot of $. - Alexis Hope

Barely, only by a month. Desk staff at the dorm I was in. Minimum and had to file taxes. - Amber, Random Time Lord

Yep. I started working at 14 as a cashier at a hamburger stand in Yosemite. At the time, California had some sort of modified work permit for 14 year olds. The grill was off-limits! Minimum wage then and the same for the next three jobs up until I was 17. Then I started working for salary plus commission in a telemarketing job selling gift baskets for The House of Almonds. - Christopher Harley

Twelve, paper route. I lasted a week. After that, 17 and working at Shell Oil's geology offices, looking for oil. Other than meeting a very pretty girl who put up with my epic swooning around her, did not like. I made one dollar above minimum wage in that job. - Steven Perez

I had an agricultural job when I was very young (picking strawberries), and a paper route after that. When I turned 16 I started working full time. - Sparky, a big deal

I worked part-time in the computer center at a local bank when I was 16. I worked there for two years, then I worked at another bank computer center through college. I also worked part-time in an on-campus computer lab while I was in college. - Ha3rvey (obviously wrong)

My first job was working as a security guard during public skating at the local rink. it did not pay more than minimum wage. - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

Age 8-16: My sister and I were members of the Screen Extras Guild. Once every couple months we'd get a phone call from our agent and spend one or two days on the set of a TV show or movie, complete with a studio teacher to make sure we did busywork in the classroom trailer. They paid the same for kids and adults, which meant about $120 a day! Our credits include 'Scarecrow & Mrs. King', 'Emerald Point N.A.S.', 'The Bad Seed (TV)', 'Explorers' and 'Airwolf'. - Kevin Fox

Camp counselor between high school and college. I turned 18 at the end of the summer. I made enough to buy a pair of dressy shoes, some clothes, and a purse, I think. (ETA: my Social Security report says I made $177 for 3 months' work, but then it was 1963). - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

I worked at Discovery Zone (a giant kids playground) and an optometric group while under 18. I liked both of them but the optometric group much more (stayed there for 11 years). The job at DZ I was paid $0.25 more than minimum wage and the optometric group started at $0.50 more than minimum wage - Tamara

I worked as a groom / stablehand at a thoroughbred farm every summer and every weekend from my sophomore through senior year in high-school. I was paid more than minimum wage, but not sure how much more. It was a good job that kept me active, fit and better paid than most of the kids I went to school with. However, it was outdoors (Florida summers are killer) and I definitely did not smell the best afterwards. Kept me humble though... - JA Castillo

I worked as a dish hand at a French restaurant and a Shell service station - Johnny Worthington

Nope. My mom forbade me having a full time job in High School so I could focus on studies. The summer after HS I got a crappy part-time office assistant job, which I hated. - veo

I worked as a page at the local library throughout high school. It was a great job. I think I got a bit more than minimum wage but the hours were flexible, the work was easy, and the people were really nice. Plus I got to check anything out I wanted for pretty much as long as I wanted. Most days I would finish all the work and just sit around and read - Benjamin Golub

worked at the Beach House down in Mattituck the summer of 66 I will never forget it best summer of my life - VAL D.

When I 16, a week after finishing my GCSEs, I did a week of work for the guy my brother worked for. When I mentioned money, he said: "Don't worry, I'll see you right." At the end of the week he paid me £50 for 40 hours work. I didn't work for him again! - Timothy Griffin

I had my first job when I was 14, grounds keeping and maintenance during the summer at a vocational high school. It was on the books, minimum wage, transportation provided. Got the job through CETA. Didn't have to pay taxes because we were low income. (one of the qualifications to get the job) Half the kids that were working there were unpaid, juvenile delinquents, doing community service. - April Russo (app103)

I started work at a rollerskating rink on my 15th birthday. I was a Centre Assistant. Taking money at the door, handing out and putting away skates, working the snack bar, teaching, hosting birthday parties, cleaning, making people stop making out (bwahahahaha!), etc etc. We don't have minimum wage here, we have award wages, and if you're under 18 you don't have to fill in a tax return unless you earn over $6000 in the financial year. - Mellissa Jane

Starting at 16 I had a summer jobs with Green Giant driving tractors as part of a pea-harvesting crew. I didn't eat peas for *years* after that. The pay was well over minimum wage, pretty decent for a summer job. - Fred Yankowski

Yes. - Mona Nomura

Do you mean a full time job? Because I got my part time job at oles when I was 15-and-a-half and filled in my first ever tax return this July and got a $51 refund. - Bryce, Low in Sodium

I worked for my parents starting when I was about 12 or 13 (they had a print shop). Then, I started working as a security guard at the Nissan Pavilion (a local amphitheatre) when it opened. I think I was 15 at the time. I also worked full-time the summer before I graduated high school (I was 16 at the time) and part-time during school. I continued at that job off and on for about 12 years. - Curtiss Grymala

Weekend engineer at a Long Island, NY radio station. Cool 1st job (17). Automation system was a huge wall of reel-to-reel tape machines. Old? Me? Naaah. - Charlie Anzman

Nope, got first job at 18, outbound call calls for surveys, and warm calls for taste tests (@$50/pop!!) - Tsali, The Native of FF

At 17 I worked in the kitchen at a mid-range priced restaurant, where I was a forno chef ~ we cooked pizzas, amongst other things) in a wood burning oven/kiln thing. - sofarsoShawn

I picked raspberries for my aunt during the summer at 10. Then for my dad in the strawberry fields during the summers 11-13. Then everyday doing computer stuff until 16. Then data entry until I graduated. - Rodfather from Android

Strawberry fields forever, Rod. - Curtiss Grymala

Sometimes I feel I should have been a farmer. My cousin took over - Rodfather from Android

I bagged groceries every weekend starting at 12 for a year. It was for tips. - Eric @ CS Techcast from iPhone

I started a programming business doing reporting for medical offices. That was when I was 17. Before that, I worked minimum wage jobs (Howard's Grocery Store and Wendy's). - Jason Huebel

Yep. Started working at age 12. Had a W-2 ever since. - SAM

I was working weekends at a gas station/discount store (it was the 70's, when we actually PUMPED the gas and washed your windows!) During the week I did a work study job at college 40 miles away... the good news was that I got to study at a dormitory reception desk, and after 2 AM I could sleep in the lobby in a sleeping bag and let the female residents into the dorm when they rang a... more... - Mark Jepsen

The summer I was 16 I played the bagpipes at Edinburgh Castle in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and was paid a musician's honourarium (plus room, board and transport). The following summer, I taught bagpipes at an Army Camp for pretty good cash (again, with room and board). yes, it was more than minimum wage and, yes, my parents claimed my income. :) - T. Brent, technopeasant

I've been working since I was like 14. I had to get a permit. I began at Wendy's literally flipping burgers. Min wage was like 4.75 or so and that's what I was making. - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

oh, hell... forgot about my 5-month stint at Mother's Pizzeria and 4-month stint at Burger King... lol - T. Brent, technopeasant

No, I didn't have one - ★ Soner Gönül

Worked the Electronics Dept. at Target. Got paid $7.50/hr - Danny Minick

dishwasher at a BBQ joint, stocker at an import furniture store, and tech support for Gateway and Dell were all pre-career jobs for me - Nathan Chase

Yes I had a real job, a clerk at a book store. Yes I got paid a little more than min. wage. And yes, I filed taxes. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)

I had jobs where I had to report income tax from 16 on up, and I made a little bit more than minimum wage - RAPatton

Yes, programmer starting at 14 (the first day I was eligible to work), liked it, got paid more than minimum wage, filed taxes. - Ruchira S. Datta

nope. never really occurred to me that I should get a job until a friend brought an application over to me. - Liana Shanes

Nope. Didn't have a real job 'til after college. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I worked at a computer repair / sales shop for a summer when I was 16. I worked 40 hours per week and I made 11% more than minimum wage. I liked it pretty well - it was neat being fairly good at a job I had no formal training for. - Daniel J. Pritchett

I was an estimator at a paving company. I took blueprints of a job site, traced contour lines into a computer, then calculated the volume of different materials we would need to do the job. Paid $9.25 an hour, in 1999. Had my own office, a computer, and a plotter (a printer big enough to print blueprints). It was awesome. - Alex Scrivener

Before 18 I worked as a grocery store cashier, a receptionist at a tax prep office, and a retail sales clerk at The Children's Place. Edit: all of these at or near minimum wage. - Ladybug Heather

Yes. I worked in retail for a while. There was no minimum wage then. - Ian May

I fried chicken in a grocery store for a while and worked as a hotel housekeeper during the summer. - tab thinks you're awesome

Yep, I was a waitress from ages 16-18 (Bob's Big Boy - yikes) and I worked the third shift in a factory one summer. I did file taxes, but I'm not sure how much of my tips I reported. :) - Cassandra

Nope, first job I had was after leaving college - games tester - and I've gone all the way back to the start after 15 years. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Yep. Burger flipper. - Kevin Pedraja

Yup, had several real jobs before I turned 18, the most notable being a cashier at Burger King (min wage $4.25) when I was 16 and then manager of a hot dog ($6.00/hr) stand when I was 17. All of my jobs required income tax reporting; I loved filing my taxes, BTW. Not sure why, but ever since that first 1040EZ at 14, I was hooked. :) - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

First job of any kind was a paper route at the age of 13. I soon quit that, because I've always hated early mornings, and I got a job after school at a greengrocers. I had a bike with a big basket on to ride around the neighborhood delivering the orders. I always earned my tips that wages. Never had to file taxes in England with only one job in any case, but that was cash in hand anyways, NO minimum wage then, and doesn't apply to under sixteens even now as far as I am aware. - Ian May

Micah Wittman

What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...

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1.05 (670/633) - Micah Wittman from Bookmarklet

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Can you remind me again where to find those stats? - Brian Johns

Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion. - Micah Wittman

0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here - mikepk

I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week! - Brian Johns

1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page) - Micah Wittman

OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals... - Brian Johns

3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like. - Cyrus Lendvay

FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in. - Micah Wittman from twhirl

0.79 - Brian Roy

0.77 - Eric @ CS Techcast

0.67 - Nine

0.77 - Shey, Jamaican of FF

0.76 - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

1.39. - Rochelle

1.80 - Brian Sullivan

1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add. - Bjorn Stromberg

1.12 - LogEx

1.41 - WorldofHiglet

5.08 (3181/626) ! - ◄ani625Ξ

2.41 - William Harryman

0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem. - Bren, Photophobe

0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments - Cee Bee

1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief! - Her Lindsay-ness

@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62 - ◄ani625Ξ

1.27 (902/705) - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol - Cee Bee

0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment - Mol, Time Warping

1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included. - Dana D

before this comment: .69 I kid you not. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both) - Micah Wittman

CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69 - Micah Wittman

1.83 - Grant Bierman

I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks! - Micah Wittman

.37 1002/2708 - Michael Fidler

this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF - sean percival

I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :) - Micah Wittman

This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846). - Kol Tregaskes

Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here. - Micah Wittman

1.03 748/723 - Keith - @tsudo

.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link. - Mitchell Tsai

Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots) - Micah Wittman

1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up. - Tyson Key

*bump* - Micah Wittman

0.51 - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Thanks, Mark! - Micah Wittman

Thanks Spidra! - Micah Wittman

0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05) - Micah Wittman

.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least. - Rachel Lea Fox

Thanks, Rachel! - Micah Wittman

3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like. - Kevin Fox

Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :) - Micah Wittman

I've got stuff to say. - Kevin Fox

3.98 (900/226) - Richard Lawler

1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun - Micah Wittman

.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment) - Michael Hocter

Thank you, Siavash and Michael - Micah Wittman

.52 overall, but .68 this week. - Rebecca

Nice, thanks Rebecca. - Micah Wittman

1.31 - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

0.56 - imabonehead

Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!) - Micah Wittman

0.16 - Anne Bouey

1.39 - jcunwired

4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty. - Ted Roden

Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted. - Micah Wittman

2.63 - Bryce, Low in Sodium

Thanks for joining in, Bryce. - Micah Wittman

.15 all time, .13 this week. - Alix Whitmire

.52 - David HC Soul

Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow). - Micah Wittman

2.94 - j1m

Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night. - Micah Wittman

CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94 - Micah Wittman

this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43% - chaz2b

CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27) - Micah Wittman

Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!" - Micah Wittman

0.49 (493/988) - Bluesun 2600

816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google) - Chris Loft

3026/5013 = 0.6036 - Roger Chen

0.107 probably the lowest here - Nicholas James

chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you! - Micah Wittman

.76 - jamar78

5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others? - Marg Uerite

Thanks jamar78 and Marg! - Micah Wittman

A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology.... - David HC Soul

My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39 - David HC Soul

*bump* - Micah Wittman

1.26 (2965/2346) - Micah Wittman

1.37 - Glen Campbell, B.A.

1.74 - ♥patricia♥

Thanks, Glen and pea! - Micah Wittman

Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others). - Micah Wittman

.38 - Ryan Dadey

Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;) - Micah Wittman

An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36 - Michael Fidler

2.00 - Anthony Citrano

0.97 - Willem (@wim66) ☠

1.5 exactly - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

0.85 - Steven Perez

0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08 - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole. - Parth Awasthi

Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats! - Micah Wittman

5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure. - Marg Uerite

But remember, the comment counts also includes comments imported from other services. - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that. - Micah Wittman

17942/30571=.59 - Alex Scoble

Alex, thank you, sir. - Micah Wittman

ALmost 2:1 exactly. - Amani

Much obliged, Amani. - Micah Wittman

3062/5777 you do the maths. - Will Higgins™

.53 (3062/5777) for Will Higgins #math-on-demand-services - Micah Wittman

Thank you, amin/gnu - Micah Wittman

2671/12333=.21 - Darren Heydon

7.16 - Ken Sheppardson

*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... ) - Micah Wittman

1.45 (4374/3026) - Micah Wittman

1.73 - Aron Michalski

0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio. - Steven Perez

0.77 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April. - Micah Wittman

2.10 now ... - Amani

0.97 now. - Eric Johnson

Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit. - Micah Wittman

Thanks, Eric. - Micah Wittman

yes, but i am not consciously "not liking" things - Amani from IM

Probably, just chattier then :) - Micah Wittman

I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-) - Ken Sheppardson

the live NBA playoff threads have ALOT to do with it. - Amani from IM

Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;) - Micah Wittman

.56 eeep, must try harder - Threepwood

4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting. - Andy Bakun

0.46 (1698/3638) - Glenn Slaven

Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote"). - Micah Wittman

1.31 (4,471/3,401) - Karoli

Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow. - Micah Wittman

1.15 ! Noisy... need more liking, I guess. - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

Thanks, Ryo! - Micah Wittman

Darn - 0.52. I guess I need to say why I like something a little more often :-) Liking this thread because I was wondering the same thing recently. Has anybody worked out the average from the numbers here? </islazy> - Andy Bold

Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81) - Micah Wittman

In March the Mean was: 1.49 - Micah Wittman

1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha - tom murphy

Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D - Micah Wittman

0.55 (254/444) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Thank you, Willem. - Micah Wittman

In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less. - Micah Wittman

1.88 (779/414) - Ton Zijp

Thanks, Ton. - Micah Wittman

0.43 (3597/8305). - Parth Awasthi

0.74 (1970/2667) - Scott of Two Countries

And thank you Parth, Scott. - Micah Wittman

Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent. - Micah Wittman

2.12 is my ratio. - Rick Cogley

Thanks, Rick! - Micah Wittman

Np Micah. What is that photo? - Rick Cogley

.54 (4148/7674) Updated! - Michael Fidler

Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :) - Micah Wittman

Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!) - Micah Wittman

1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes - David Damore

Thanks, nivé and David! - Micah Wittman

2027/1594 = 1.27 - Brome

0.58 - Marc Dong

2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you! - Micah Wittman

Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine] - Micah Wittman

Stats Update: Last time I commented here my comment to like ratio was 0.107 it's increased to 0.645 ;) - Nicholas James

1.91 - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage! - Micah Wittman

Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas. - Micah Wittman

.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good! - Michael Fidler

1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me. - Micah Wittman

It's that time again. - Micah Wittman

.50 - Laura B.

Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!) - Micah Wittman

0.64 - Imabug

Thank you, Imabug. - Micah Wittman

4.67 (I'm greedy :p) - directeur

0.99 - Steven Perez

About 1:2 comment to likes at this time - RAPatton from iPod

1.06 - Jim Hearts FF

.81 - Brent - Long Live Rock

.63 - metalerik

Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik! - Micah Wittman

.83 - Jimminy

0.78 - Pete Delucchi

.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments. - Bren, Photophobe

.11 - The Bohemian Penguin

And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin! - Micah Wittman

2.47 as of right now. - Jonas, Leper of FF

Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting. - Jimminy

0.58 - James (!?)

Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it. - Micah Wittman

Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you! - Micah Wittman

You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-) - James (!?)

.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments. - edythe

.86 - Eric Logan

Thank you edythe and Eric! - Micah Wittman

195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded, - tom murphy

Thanks, Tom. - Micah Wittman

1.98 (588/297) - Bryan Zirkel

1.67 (19,550/11,684) - Mitchell Tsai

1:2 - Jeff P. Henderson

Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys! - Micah Wittman

1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason. - Laura Norvig

Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker! - Laura Norvig

2.67 (875/328) - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

Thank you, Nathalie! - Micah Wittman

2.18 - Spidra Webster

1.29 - Mark Jepsen

Thanks, Spidra and Mark! - Micah Wittman

0.49 - Jammy Lee

0.825 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much. - Micah Wittman

2.16 - SuezanneC Baskerville

I don't know I just like that picture - Brian Hendrickson

.40 - Ben Hanten

Mine was exactly 2:1 about a week ago. Did a screenshot when I had 2,000 comments and 1,000 likes. - Joe.... from iPod

SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much! - Micah Wittman

Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :) - Micah Wittman

1.40, nearly the square root of two. - Vezquex: God of FF

0.58 - Andy Bold

Thanks, Raphael and Andy! - Micah Wittman

1.15 (6777/5873) - JA Castillo

12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;) - Chris Myles

1.63 - Serkan Mutlu

Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!! - Chris Myles

.87 - Nine

Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine! - Micah Wittman

0.89 (17818/19913) (Somebody better make a cool ass graph of all this data!) - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments).. - Chris Myles

1.78 (8529/4782) - Micah Wittman

Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever. - Micah Wittman

0.9009 (6055/6721) - Jason Huebel

OK, so statistically, what ratio results in better interaction on FF? - Jason Huebel

I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience. - Micah Wittman

So I'm fairly balanced, it appears. I would imagine it's because I try to comment on every post I like. That's not always true, obviously. But mostly it is. - Jason Huebel

Just clicking "Like" seems too easy. I feel like I should say something, too. - Jason Huebel

383/372 - ashish

'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :) - Micah Wittman

Thanks, ashish. - Micah Wittman

wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff) - chaz2b

chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered? - Micah Wittman

When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94 - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00 - Bren, Photophobe

.64 - Shannon Jiménez

Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!) - Micah Wittman

Thank you, SustainedEuphoria. - Micah Wittman

I 'liked" this to change my ratio! (1.22 1040/850) - Mark Jepsen

Thanks, Mark. - Micah Wittman

1.45 - Brett Kelly

Thanks, Brett :) - Micah Wittman

5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk. - Kevin L

0.125, I need to talk more ;) - mridul

Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :) - Micah Wittman

1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise] - Micah Wittman

1.02 (10323/10161) - Bren, Photophobe

.5666 currently (30,084/53,093) - Alex Scoble

Thanks, Bren. - Micah Wittman

Thank you, Alex :) - Micah Wittman

that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while... - Bren, Photophobe

Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically. - Micah Wittman

true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better. - Bren, Photophobe

1.8 - Sarah is Novembery

4.26? - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus. - Micah Wittman

1.19 - Joe Bonner

Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :) - Mahmood Padura

Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;) - Micah Wittman

Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :) - Micah Wittman

1.66 - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too. - Micah Wittman

1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8) - WorldofHiglet

WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one. - Micah Wittman

0.64 (2,589/4,051) - Chieze Okoye

0.58 - Thomas Page

Chieze and Thomas - thank you! - Micah Wittman

*bumpage* - Micah Wittman

So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info.... - WorldofHiglet

2.21 (2,812/1,275) - Rene Wirtz

0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

4.06 (747/184) - Jan Ole Peek

WoH, World Domination. - Micah Wittman

Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :) - Micah Wittman

1.94 - آقای تلخک

2.74 (4,446 / 12,204) - J. Abdul-Qahhar

0.97 (6,694/6,929) - Jimminy

Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :) - Micah Wittman

2.23 - Paola Bonomo

0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated - Michael Fidler

0.67 - Artemko

J. Abdul-Qahhar LOL 4,446 / 12,204 = 0.36 - Artemko

0.03 (284 / 10378)! - Daniel Rowley

Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel! - Micah Wittman

1.09 (9990/9105) From and including: Saturday, April 26, 2008 To and including: Thursday, November 12, 2009 It is 566 days from the start date to the end date, end date included Or 1 year, 6 months, 18 days including the end date to reach 10,000 comments. - Christopher Harley

*thanks Christopher thoroughly* - Micah Wittman

Eric @ CS Techcast

Robert is showing Friendfeed at #defrag! He loves us again.

Thursday - Comment - Like - Share

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For now - Shey, Jamaican of FF

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He knows our river is the awesomest river. - Eric @ CS Techcast

yup like I said to Micah the other day looks like he's doing another one of his bi-polar switcheroos ~ it was for that same river reason http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive... where he's quoted - sofarsoShawn

http://twitter.com/ScobleS... - Cristo

lol@Cristo - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Why doesn't @scoblesaid have a FF account here if he loves us? - Tapio Kulmala

Tapio, because @scoblesaid is lazy. :) - Cristo

He's the Messiah...every tweet/comment/word he utters is precious & becomes gospel... - sofarsoShawn

I love the obsession that revolves around him. Except, not really. Ooh, look, a cupcake! - Derrick

Oh Hai, Eric :) - WorldofHiglet

Derrick, https://twitter.com/ScobleS... - Cristo

Mona Nomura

A Bacon Manicure. As in, cured meat. On. Fingernails. - http://mona.posterous.com/a-bacon...

Tuesday from Posterous - Comment - Like - Share

Eivind, سیدیونس, Tudor Bosman and 29 other people liked this

i liked it better before i read that its bacon, :o - chaz2b

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This is so gross. - Mona Nomura

ewww - Her Lindsay-ness

Salty - Eric @ CS Techcast

the binary ones gave me a headache, :( - chaz2b

So ugly! It does remind me of camo. - R1CC1

I prefer bacon without a manicure. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

No. - Ha3rvey (obviously wrong)

If you're eating a BLT, how do you know when to stop? ;-) - Gee Ranasinha

I'm pretty sure that's polish. No bacon has that type of marbling. - Jason Huebel

x_x - Anna Haro

((shudder)) GD, I bumped it. - rowlikeagirl

dibi gelmiş gibi duruyo - Haluk Bin Ortaparmak

Wow. No. I think I've found the only bacon that I don't like. - Anthony Smitha

Louis Gray

Defrag Speakers Display Skepticism Over Current State of Social Web - http://blog.louisgray.com/2009...

Wednesday from louisgray.com - Comment - Like - Share

Pavan, Daniel J. Pritchett, Daniel Rowley and 9 other people liked this

... dose of reality and honesty is always refreshing. .imho - .LAG liked that

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Excellent. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Kind of a testimonial for FriendFeed, at least the "link vomit" can come with more context, the poster can add the interesting quotes and context in comments, and others can build on it. - Ed Millard

So you guys think that blog posts about conferences are useful? Because if you do, I'll keep going. - Louis Gray

Oh, heck yeah, Louis. - Michael R. Bernstein

Very useful to get the highlights, wouldn't actually want to sit through defrag but nice to know what is being said. - Ed Millard

I liked the post but I was hoping for some more engagement on my comment re: Stowe. I manged to get that by floating the same idea into the 2.0 Adoption Council's Yammer group but nothing on the public web. - Daniel J. Pritchett

This is very useful; please keep posting such info.. - Pavan

FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Alright, I'm going to open up a can of worms here, so I'm sorry for the drama in advance...

November 3 - Comment - Like - Share

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*braces* - Joe Silence is not dead

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*twitches* - Derrick

What actor do you think is the best at playing both good guys AND bad guys? For the purpose of discussion, "good" guy can mean "funny" as well, as long as it's a definite foil to the evil parts they've played. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Gary Oldman - Mary Carmen

*grabs a knife and fork* - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

best? i dunno. i rate Gene Hackman pretty highly. but i dunno who the best is. - Joe Silence is not dead

Sam Neill - The Archangel ωαřмaiden

Oh, I was preparing for a "I'M LEAVING FF" or some big ranty post. - Rochelle

I'm torn, for me it's a tie between John Lithgowe and Donald Sutherland. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

no, I'M leaving FF! - Joe Silence is not dead

Clive Owen (he should have been Bond) - Jess

*crickets* - Joe Silence is not dead

Anthony Hopkins - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Samuel L. Jackson ...ummm, this is a very TASTY hamburger! - .LAG liked that

John Travolta - Mary Carmen

thats easy..Tom Hanks. he is awesome as the good guy in Apollo 13 and as that evil dude in Forrest Gump. - Red Lantern Satan-Rage!

i see what you did there, Satan. - Joe Silence is not dead

I'd have to agree with Anthony Hopkins - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Alan Rickman - Alex Scrivener

Alan Rickman was great in Snow Cake. - Joe Silence is not dead

Bruce Willis - .LAG liked that

Matt Damon - .LAG liked that

Pruitt Taylor Vince - Rene Wirtz

I have to give a little love to Christopher Walken. But, others have mentioned some good ones! - Katy S

+1 Alan Rickman - loved him in Blow Dry - Daniel J. Pritchett

Rick Moranis -

I find it interesting that everyone we've named had been male. - Katy S

Doh, I forgot Christopher Walken!!! Katy, he was on my original list when I first had this conversation 10 years ago... Oh, and I figured all males was because of the verbiage 'actor'. I'd have to mull it over for actresses (they don't always get as great a range of roles =/ ) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I know - women don't get the same range. I figure the word actor had something to do with people's choices, too. - Katy S

Meryl Streep - .LAG liked that

Kevin Bacon - Jason Huebel

Humphrey Bogart comes to mind. - Brian Sullivan

I second Meryl Streep - Amber, Random Time Lord

Kathy Bates - Iván Abrego

Jack - Rodfather

A lot of good mentions here. Rickman would have been the first to spring to mind for me. Oldman is fantastic, though. He's absolutely protean. Kathy Bates has played both good and bad well. - Spidra Webster

YES on Kathy Bates!!! And I agree on Streep as well. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I betcha Jane Lynch can do both. - Spidra Webster

Angela Lansbury was pretty scary in Manchurian Candidate. Kathy Bates rocks! - Katy S

Oh, good one, katy! - Spidra Webster

Glenn Close, Woody Harrelson - jcunwired

How about Kevin Spacey? - Kenton

Someone might have to fact check for me (as I'm not really a film/TV buff): did Joan Collins ever play nice/funny? Did she do it worth a damn? If so I'd say she's up there! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Hugh Jackman. If you've never seen "The Prestige", DO EET. - Spidra Webster

Jimmy Stewart, hands down. - Sarah is Novembery

Harrelson was also on my original list, can't believe I forgot him! And I'd definitely agree on Spacey and Stewart... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Also, YOU CALL THIS DRAMA? :P - Sarah is Novembery

I AM THE DRAMA LLAMA!!! And I am also ept and gruntled =D - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Tim Roth, He's got the rough love good guy and the downright nasty bad guy in him. - Rasmus Lauridsen

John Lithgow. He's brilliant as both the funny man and the villain. - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

DAMN! I forgot the reason I had this train of thought in the first place: I saw Tim Curry in a Rocky Horror clip on TV and he's on my list. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Where have you seen Jimmy Stewart as a bad guy? - Spidra Webster

Harrison Ford - Louis Gray

Michael Moore - Louis Gray

Spidra, I know Stewart played a murderer early in his career. A more established videophile might have more/better examples. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Betty White? - http://friendfeed.com/jhuebel... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a famous example of Stewart as a bad guy. Vertigo is a great example of him as a twisted character - he's extremely sadistic at times. - Sarah is Novembery

I can see that, MVB. Not to mention she went from streetwise trollop to naive rube one show right after the other. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I vote for Denzel Washington - Eric @ CS Techcast

Denzel Washington. He doesn't play bad guys enough, though. - cecily

It's been a while since I saw Liberty Valance. Guess I forgot. I'm not as big a fan of his westerns as I am of his other work. Early in his career, Stewart was actually cast as the male ingenue. He even sings in "Born to Dance". The studio didn't know what to do with him yet. - Spidra Webster

Bette Davis - Katy S

Glenn Close. She was so scary in Fatal Attraction. - Rodfather

Alan Rickman - Soup

Kevin Spacey by far, BY FAR!!! - Jordi Soler

Alan Rickman, Glenn Close, Amanda Peet, James Stewart, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin - Helen Sventitsky

Tough call but Anthony Hopkins because you have to clarify the definition of evil and whether it is done out of wickedness or weakness. For instance, take the role Macbeth. He clearly does evil but it is out of a tragic flaw, he's aware that its wrong but can't seem to stop himself, even at the end. But you pity him because he knows and its eating him away from the inside out. But the... more... - Melanie Reed

And yet Anthony played C. S. Lewis in "The Shadowlands" a man of God and Christian apologist so far removed from Hannibel as to be in heaven away from hell. The love he showed for God and his wife as he cared for her during terminal cancer till her death was the full spectrum of the human experience of love and joy in the midst of grief - Melanie Reed

When Hopkins plays good characters there always seems to be something lacking there. Why? His eyes: they're too smart to reflect only pure goodness. Whereas Spacey, oh my, he can play devil or saint as he chooses, although he likes to walk the line between both. Take his defining role for instance: Keyser Söze. He has you fooled right til the end into believing he's the kindest character of all. Then, suddenly, the hint of a smile... - Jordi Soler

Jordi, I like that you caught that! There is a moment in the film "Shadowlands" where Joy has just learned that she has cancer and its incurable and she looks up at him after leaning the truth from him and says:"You're looking properly at me now. You never looked properly at me before." And its true. Hopkins does an amazing job just with his eyes at that moment. - Melanie Reed

Robert Shaw - Game over. http://bit.ly/32RpGh - Good http://bit.ly/1PU4fo - Bad - Matthew DeVries

Richard Harris! - Katy S

:) How did I know that you were going to pick "The Sting" Matthew. I can almost here Joplin's "Solace" in the background. But are you sure about "Quint" ?! *squints* - Melanie Reed

@Melanie: I'll have to rewatch "Shadowlands". Must confess that I found it quite boring the first time I saw it (long time ago). But seriously, Hopkins has some issues when trying to portray ambivalent characters (take "Human Stain", for instance). On the other hand, he is perfect when he has to play evil masterminds as the one in "Fracture". - Jordi Soler

Jordi, I recall the Human Stain and chalked that up to wanting to pay some bills or an agent somewhere. Anthony is a bit of a conundrum in the roles he takes but then again, its a business. He does seem to excel in roles calling upon his ability to play the divided soul: Magic, Guilty Conscience. And I think it is this soulful ambidexterity that allows him to go either way or in the... more... - Melanie Reed

Steven Weber - Spidra Webster

Ian McKellen - Kevin Pedraja

If you want to see Hopkins as a truly likable and sympathetic character, watch "The Fastest Indian". You root for him the whole time. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Tina, I have been wanting to see that and several things kept getting in the way. (my dvd drive died) Now that I have a DVD drive back in a laptop I can reserve it from our library. Thanks for reminding me! :) - Melanie Reed

A late entry: Robin Williams. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

Cary Grant is my number one. In a close second is Brad Pitt. Johnny Depp is good, too. I also like Guy Pearce for this. Kathy Bates and Hugh Jackman are good mentions. Robin Williams is also a good pull (he's played some really disturbing bad guys). - Curtiss Grymala

Agree, Alan Rickman, Anthony Hopkins......and most definitely Gene Hackman! - Bonnie Foster

When was Robin Williams a bad guy? - Parvez Halim

Robin Williams has played a villain in "Insomnia" (the American remake of a Norwegian film) and "One Hour Photo" - Spidra Webster

I would say Deniro, but I think even his "good guy" characters are still kind of frightening and intense. - Curtiss Grymala from iPhone

Ian McShane. Have a look at his portrayal as "swedgin" in Deadwood. - Terry O'Fee

Tim Curry was the first that came to mind. Many other good ones mentioned, Alan Rickman is high on my list. It's also interesting how many of these people are attractive, moral ambiguity must be a turn-on... weird. - Friday Lo is Friday!

what about Johnny Depp and John Travolta? so mainstream but pretty diverse catalogs... - Robyn Hawk

I said Johnny Depp, and quite a few people mentioned John Travolta. - Curtiss Grymala from iPhone

Just thought of another one! Vigo Mortenson!! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Great point. He does both in "A History of Violence" - Alex Scrivener

Robert Carlyle (the more facial hair, the more evil). Helen Mirren. - Rob H. from iPhone

Akiva Moskovitz

Oh, hey! I don't like Nirvana! How about that.

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Of course you don't. - joey

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I like Foo Fighters and Hole better - RAPatton

I don't like Foo Fighters or Hole or Pearl Jam or any of that stuff. I'm rather glad that I wasn't living here during the grunge thing. - Akiva Moskovitz

Actually, I really like Nirvana's unplugged cover of Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World. - Akiva Moskovitz

It doesn't happen as much now but it used to be that when people online learned that I live in Seattle, I'd always get comments like, "Oh, do you know the members of [Seattle grunge band]?" Right, and everyone who works at Microsoft knows each other, too. - Rochelle

You mean you don't know Dave Grohl personally? WTF am I still doing talking to you then? SHEESH. *storms off the internet* - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

Nirvana was one of the worst live acts I ever saw. Boring. I do like Pearl Jam, and I did meet Kim Thayil once at a Mariners game... does that count? - Bren, Photophobe

wait, you've never met Bill Gates? - Jim Hearts FF

Yesterday I met someone (at work) who doesn't know *anyone* who works at Microsoft and I admit, I was a little taken aback. - joey

Being in my mid-twenties and living in Seattle in 91 meant being around all of those people, all of the time. It wasn't difficult to know them. If you drank and smoked pot, proximity was a given. The OK Hotel, The Comet, The Offramp, The Crocodile, The Mecca Cafe. Where else were the musicians gonna go? It's not like Mark Arm was trying to hide from anyone. - Christopher Harley

Christopher, in 1991, I was 10 years old. :) - Rochelle

Then you should've known their nieces and nephews, Rochelle! Grunge is all about networking! - Christopher Harley

I'm with you, Akiva. I liked Nirvana for about a month, then got over it. For me, I was the same way with Pearl Jam. It's not to say I don't like music that came out of that "scene," I'm just not particularly fond of either of those bands. Old Soundgarden was great. Meat Puppets are fantastic. Temple of the Dog is near the top of my favorite albums list. - Curtiss Grymala

Me neither, Akiva. - Steven Perez

That's not allowed where you live. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Are we talking about the grunge band or the state of being? - Matthew DeVries

The state of being is kinda boring, too. But not nearly as caterwauley as the band was. - Steven Perez from IM

RCKNDY was my Studio 54! - Christopher Harley

I miss RCKNDY. Sigh. And the Velvet Elvis. I do not miss the Teen Dance Ordinance. - joey

I was never a fan either. Pearl Jam is also on the list - if you've heard 30 seconds of their music, there's no reason to ever listen to any more 'cause its all the same. - jcunwired

I saw The Fall at the Backstage in Ballard. Mark E. Smith in BALLARD! - Christopher Harley

I liked RCKNDY! But my second home was Satyricon in Portland. That's where I first saw Nirvana (pre-Bleach, as I recall) and I think it was there that I saw Mother Love Bone before Andrew died and they re-formed as Pearl Jam. And I saw Soundgarden when they were pretty brand new at Pine St. Theatre in Portland. - vicster

The only difference between Cobain and Vicious is that Sid had the forethought to save the rest of us from his wife. - Jeremy

Nice, Vicster! Now Satyricon is such in name only. New owners for the last 6 years or so. Way different vibe. The Pine St. Theater became La Luna but is now offices and condos I think. It's definitely not a live music venue but back in 94-99 it had the best shows in Portland. - Christopher Harley

Jeremy - I thought she killed him first? - Matthew DeVries

Truly not surprised. Not in the least bit. - CW™

*fistbump* - Alex Scoble

I do, but then again I'm a pretty emo person. - Mathew™ one of a kind

@Christopher. Sixth Avenue changed so radically after they extended the bus mall and lit it all up LOL! I was at the Dharma Bums show the night of the "Satyricon Riot". That was the beginning of the end of Satyricon (even though he didn't sell for a few more years)...George had just had enough. :-( The other venue I miss is Blue Gallery. LOVED that place! - vicster

MOTHER LOVE BONE! IN YOUR FACE AKIVA! - Carlos Ayala

"On the morning of 12 October 1978, Vicious claimed to have awoken from a drugged stupor to find Nancy Spungen dead on the bathroom floor of their room in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan, New York. She had suffered a single stab wound to her abdomen and apparently bled to death. The knife used had been bought by Sid on 42nd Street and was identical to a collector's knife given to punk... more... - Jeremy

@Carlos, Mother Love Bone was awesome! - vicster

I don't particularly love Nirvana, but if they were playing in my parking lot, I'd probably go outside to check them out. - Matthew DeVries

phlemers of blas, the lot of you. - Josh Haley

I was really partial to Nirvana. I was just the right age for Bleach and Nevermind to hit me hard...growing up in Seattle didn't hurt either. I actually went to Cobain's vigil at the Seattle Center and shed a tear of true sadness. Later Nirvana and any other grunge leaves me cold though. I couldn't care less about StoneMotherTempleChainGardenJam. I went straight from Nirvana into Electronic Music. Heh. - veo

I almost felt bad when I realized I only liked one of their songs. Do like Soundgarden tho. The rest can go. - Matt Hilton

Is this a grunge backlash? Like the disco backlash of the 80s? I was young, stoned and wild in the early 90s and grunge was the soundtrack, for better or worse... Favourite? Soundgarden, by far... Rusty Cage was good enough for Johnny Cash to cover. ;) - T. Brent, technopeasant

I still like that grunge stuff, actually. (The techno/trance/etc. stuff that hit at about the same time, too, in fact.) It derives in part from punk, so it matches my musical sensibility. Disclosure: from near Seattle. - Dennis Jernberg

The new live DVD is okay... may need to watch it again, but the re-release of Bleach is golden. - T. Brent, technopeasant

AIR DROP http://friendfeed.com/chaz2b... - chaz2b

@akiva Oh, hey! I do like Nirvana! How about that. - Czar

Mona Nomura

[NSFV] The Steakinator: 28oz Prime Angus Steaks w/ More Meat and Crap via @tiwyf - http://mona.posterous.com/nsfv-th...

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wannnnnnt - sofarsoShawn

WANT. - Tudor Bosman

When I lived in Austin, I had a friend who was a manager at the local Steak & Ale restaurant. One of their perks was a free meal. He got tired of steak every night, so he started putting the 20+oz. prime rib on a burger bun and slathering it with mustard and ketchup (catsup?) - Glen Campbell, B.A.

I'm having steak with a side of steak - Eric @ CS Techcast

Topped with steak, cheese, egg, and BACON. - Mona Nomura

NSFV!! ROFL!! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

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SQL Server 2008 MERGE Statement - http://www.consortioservices.com/Blog...

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I am easily excited, a nice calculator watch can keep me occupied for hours on end, but that aside, the new MERGE statement in SQL Server 2008 makes me a little giddy. Gone are the days of IF....THEN logic to decide whether a row needs to be inserted, updated, or deleted. The MERGE allows you to take care of the logic and the insert all in one shot. What's more, you can compare a entire record set all at once instead of going row by row. Here's is a quick example of using MERGE. MERGE tbl_address AS current_addresses USING ( SELECT customer_objid = address_label, addressline1, addressline2, city, region, country, zipcode, is_deleted FROM @addresses ) AS source_addresses(address_label, addressline1, addressline2, city, region, country, zipcode, is_deleted) ON ( current_addresses.address_label = source_addresses.address_label ) WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (address_label, addressline1, addressline2, city, region, country, zipcode) VALUES (source_addresses.address_label,... - Eric @ CS Techcast

Mary Carmen

Informal poll: Married, single, living in sin?????

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Single, living with cats. - Katy S

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Taken, long distance relationship. - Marissa

sin all the way baby! - Christa

Single, living alone. - ÉllbeeÇee

married. - Mike Nencetti

single. :) - T. Brent, technopeasant

The deed's done. (married) - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

Single, mind constantly in sin. - Steven Perez

i'm a sinner! - holly

single, but living in sin, when he's in town (long distance relationship). - Cassandra

Married, and definitely living in sin, but for so many other reasons. - Eric @ CS Techcast

...though i do have a hot roommate... - T. Brent, technopeasant

single - vicster

Married, but living like I'm single. - Helen Sventitsky

Single. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

SINGLE - Mo Kargas

Legally married, but separated. - josh neff, Fun Dip of FF

Married - Bren, Photophobe from iPhone

Single - Jimminy

Single, but hoping for sin. - amygeek

Married but living in sin ('cause we still, you know, do it) - Daenel Vaughn-Tucker

Living in sin FTW! - Ayşe E.

engaged, so living in pseudo-sin. - Chad Haefele from twhirl

Murr'd. - Jeremy

Married after having lived in sin. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Two of the three have never applied. One of those two will never apply. - Julian

Neither married nor single, must be living in sin. - Sparky, a big deal

Living in sin. Oh, or pseudo-sin. I like that. - joey

Wait... Mo is single? How is that possible? - Sparky, a big deal

I prefer shacked up or free loading. - Kendra K

single- but keep getting told i live in sin anyway - Amber, Random Time Lord

Single - Beau "Slick Foot" Liening

"All the Single Ladies!" - T. Brent, technopeasant

righteous motherfucker - sofarsoShawn

lol - T. Brent, technopeasant

Single :P - Jennifer Dittrich

widowed - VAL D.

and living with birds - VAL D.

Single, never married nor lived in sin, but not completely sin-free. - Kaijsa Calkins

Married after many years of living in sin. - Rachel Lea Fox

Living in sin, happily. - Heather

Married. Currently long-distance. Ball and chain with really long chain. - R1CC1

I'm Hitched and committing "sin" as often as I can. - ♫Geek in the 410♫

I'm single - Sbl 23-34

Married. for the second time. Oh yeah, I have A Past ;0 - Pete

with someone, gf never moved out before so moving in with friend down the road, so almost living in sin :P - Terry O'Fee

Singleton. - Spidra Webster

Single. - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Single. - Mona Nomura

upon reflection, i must confess... i'm a sinnin' single. with a good beat. - T. Brent, technopeasant

So you use the rhythm method? - Spidra Webster

Married, divorced, in a relationship, single again, occasional thoughts of sin -/ - Chris Loft

Living in sweet sweet sin :) - Charlotte M

Single, living in stripey socks. - The Bohemian Penguin from fftogo

Oh, I think I've forgotten what sin really is - can someone remind me ?? - Chris Loft

ummm.... i think you channel demons and poke your friends or something? - T. Brent, technopeasant

Married - Rasmus Lauridsen

married with cats and dogs and two very expensive college going kids. - Moved to Facebook

Single and love Pearl Jam:) - Citronella

Married - Curtiss Grymala

Married - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Absolute sinner sweetie.....:o) - Jeannette Høvring

Married - JSNFLMNG from iPod

married - Alan Simpson

single, mostly committed, 2 furry four legged kids - Imabug

It's complicated . . . - Ted Russ

Married and divorced twice, w00t, go me. Currently single, sharing custody of five children, housing a dog and a cat. in a relationship, the nature of which is complicated (but good). - Sarah is Novembery

single, monastically so ... *siiigh* - dkb

lived "in sin" (whatever that means), married mostly happily for over a decade. - Joe Silence is not dead

single...with two furry cats - Sir Shuping

why do you always ask such difficult questions? - DJF

Widowed, with Cat. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Married but separated... and definitely asexual well into the foreseeable future! - Mark Jepsen

Married, but I lived in sin for a long time and loved it just as much. - tab thinks you're awesome

Married, Living with Sin, AND living with a Cat. - Jen

Living singly, emotionally married. - Kirsten

newly married :) - ~Courtney F.

Single. - Betsy (bentley) Vera

Single, sometimes.. - ★ Soner Gönül

Single and absolutely pure of mind, body, and thought. - Rodfather

Living in sin - Katie: Witch Of The West

What is this "living in sin"? - DJF

Married - Mark H

Very single, and very much looking. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Married. Have lived in sin before. - Ladybug Heather

Married. :)) - Alix Whitmire

very single...but still very good friend with 2 latest exBoyfriends(there are times we all three meet)-how weird isn t thatXD - anjelina

Single, engaged, and live in sin on the weekends we can be together. - jcunwired

single - M♥hammad

was recently living in sin, but kicked him out. still dating though. now just living with cats. - dr. princess ninja val

Married - Amanda

Married - Bonnie Foster

Mingle, Sarried and siving in lin... - Ciro

Post-living-in-sin, now contractually bound - Laura (hear me raura?)

Married. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF from iPhone

Not only single but living with parents. ...ouch! - Mike Cavaliere

I'll be in that boat soon, Mike. Maybe we can start a special room here on FF for that. Oy... - Spidra Webster

The room should have started 3 and a half months ago. ...double ouch! But I've found it's important to remind yourself of the world outside in this situation. Make whatever contact you can. If that means a special room in Friendfeed devoted only to boredom and self-pity, well, consider me on board. - Mike Cavaliere

Soon to be married...don't believe in sin, so can't live in it. - Alex Scoble

divorced... - Seher Atila

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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Live Union Square 1986 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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No one does corny quite as hilariously as the Country Music Awards. DO ANYBODY NO WHY IZ WATCHIN THE CMAS?

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Can I just say how sleazy Kid Rock looks? - Alex Scoble

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AIN'T NOTHING ON THE DVR - Rochelle

If only that were true, Rochelle. :) - Alex Scoble

Backstage at the CMAs a D*** In A Box! - Eric @ CS Techcast

I'm listening to Dancing with the Stars - Rodfather

I'm not watching, but I was really hoping for a Kanye parody which I don't think will happen. - Joe Pierce

No, but they made fun of him pretty well. - Alex Scoble from IM

Joe, didn't Kanye reach maximum parody of himself ages ago, you know before Mtv. - Micah Wittman

WHY AREN'T YOU PLAYING BORDERLANDS?! - Mo Kargas

I got my time in...now it's Cassie's turn...Sharing is caring. - Alex Scoble from IM

Sharing eh :) Nothing to do with annoying the bride to be ? :D - Mo Kargas

Her lasers are stronger than yours, Mo. :) - Alex Scoble from IM

*moderately excited by that remark* - Mo Kargas

Micah, he has done a fairly good job of messing himself up but I was still hoping. Though I just read the AP article about the show tonight, I'm going to have to check youtube later for the song from the opening. - Joe Pierce

*nods* - Micah Wittman

Uggh...In Color won for song of the year? Extremely lame...Country needs to move away from the nostalgia for a country that never existed and in to the modern world...Thankfully people like Darius Rucker and Brad Paisley are leading them there. - Alex Scoble from IM

Is Darius Rucker still singing about the Dolphins? - Eric @ CS Techcast

Nope, he's singing about how his life is alright now. - Alex Scoble from IM

DO ANYBODY NO WHY KID ROCK AND DARIUS RUCKER LEFT GOOD MUSIC AND WENT TO COUNTRY MUSIC INSTEAD - Rochelle

There's good money in them thar hills of gold, Rochelle - Alex Scoble from IM

Jewel did it too. I'm sure we'll see a Miley Cyrus all country album in 2-3 years. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Agree with Scoble about nostalgia for a country that never existed. - Laura (hear me raura?)

Miley Cyrus already does country. - Alex Scoble from IM

And yeah, it really annoys me when people wax nostalgic about the 50s, as if that was such a great time to be alive in this country...yeah, maybe if you were middle class and white...for everyone else the bus had already left. - Alex Scoble from IM

Yes, Alex, we truly live in a golden age. Sigh. - Glen Campbell, B.A.

I like Brad Paisley's "Welcome to the Future" It's corny-ish, but it makes me glad to be living right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Laura (hear me raura?)

LOL, Glen, I'd rather be living right now than in the 50s, but I wouldn't call this the golden age for America either. - Alex Scoble from IM

And yeah, I like that song and the fact that Brad sings about the now and not about how great things used to be. - Alex Scoble from IM

Laura, country music (not the more recent country-pop exploits) is arguably about migration, an emigrant/immigrant's experience of the loss of what's left behind. The accuracy of of one's memory of history is somewhat irrelevant. Here's a teaser to an interesting podcast (last segment of the episode) on the topic: "Finally the phenomenon of American country music's popularity in places... more... - Micah Wittman

Clearly the golden age is the 80s. Nobody can argue with me! *Turns Bon Jovi up to 11* - Joe Pierce

ROFL - Alex Scoble from IM

"Yeah, when I was sixteen / all my dreams revolved around one thing / All I wanted was a car." Yup, Brad Paisley never gets sentimental about the past. - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Glen, that's not exactly the kind of nostalgia I'm complaining of...and he also is one of the few country singers that talks about the internet or what technology has done or that has acknowledged how race relations have changed - Alex Scoble from IM

And there's your Kanye West parody - Alex Scoble from IM

That was pretty funny - Alex Scoble from IM

they did one?? For realz? - Joe Pierce

Foh sheezy! - Alex Scoble from IM

Oh snap! - Joe Pierce

Louis Gray

Hey @jbruin, while your followers were avoiding dodgy Twitter DM spam, I was using SocialToo and never saw them at all. #imanadvisor @Jesse

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I use SocialToo and they came in for me. Is there a setting I should use? - Eric @ CS Techcast

Eric, occasionally a couple get through before we catch them. I'm also about to put some code in place that will kill the recent style of DM spam before anyone sees it, no need for us to even catch it ahead of time. - Jesse Stay

Sweet. - Eric @ CS Techcast

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'Likely' Windows Kernel Vuln Addressed By Latest Microsoft Patch - DarkReading - http://www.darkreading.com/securit...

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"MS09-065 describes a Windows kernel flaw could allow remote code execution on the machine of a victim who views a Web site or document with a specially crafted Embedded OpenType (EOT) font. Microsoft is urging customers to make deployment of MS09-065 a priority and security researchers are saying the same thing. "The EOT font parsing flaw can be used to execute code at the highest possible privilege level (the kernel) directly from Internet Explorer," said HD Moore, CSO at Rapid7 and chief architect of Metasploit, in an e-mailed statement. "Standard user-level defenses, like sandboxing, will have no effect on the exploitation of this flaw." Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager at Symantec (NSDQ: SYMC) Security Response, concurs, noting that proof-of-concept exploit code is already available. "We think attackers will be paying a lot of attention to it in the future," he said." - Eric @ CS Techcast from Bookmarklet

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