Liked this a lot & spent several hours on it after you posted it here --> But the search needs some improvement: Try looking up names of non-anglosaxon authors, and if there are no results, then type in a book title of that author. It will show that author's books. eg. "Costas Taktsis" / "The Third Wedding". Type in a miss-spelled author's name "Barati Mukherjee" and it won't autocorrect to the proper spelling "Bharati Mukherjee." - okyrhoe
I'm huge fan of vmware fusion, can't recommend it highly enough! let's me run 4 machines at once, necessary for some of the work I do. enjoy. - Curtis Cunningham
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I've been very happy since switching from Parallels. :) - nicmcc
Well, McCain needed a terrorist endorsement to counter Castro, Qaddafi and Hammas who have all come out for Obama. Add in Chosun Sinbo (who often speaks for the North Korean leadership) and things were looking grim! - Soulhuntre
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@Soulhuntre I can't imagine how bitter you're going to be on Nov 5th - Jason Carreira
Which terrorist attacks is Castro responsible for? - Jesse Hattabaugh
@Jason - not at all, frankly. The US is a cyclical system, the same party almost never holds office past two elections in recent history. An Obama win doesn't say bad things about us as a nation in my mind, nor does it bring impending doom, nor is it a personal judgment on me :) I would prefer a McCain win, but "bitter" isn't anything I'll be. - Soulhuntre
@Jason - part of the thing is I don't really expect the government to solve my problems, nor do I believe the government can ruin my life. Yes, they can make it harder or easier to make a profit, but the President certainly doesn't control my ability to be happy or live my life as I choose. - Soulhuntre
Well said Soulhuntre. Bitter is for those who don't control their own destinies. - Craig Eddy
@Jesse - well, I would simply point to what he's done to his own citizens as an example of Castro and terror but if that isn't self evident then you won't agree. That's fine :) - Soulhuntre
@Craig - hell, I've even blogged about the good things that will come of an Obama presidency ( http://is.gd/3GQv ) and even at my most contentious ( http://is.gd/3RWL ) I end on a high note :) - Soulhuntre
well, Al Qaeda is a CIA construct anyway.. created to help in the fight against communism back int he cold war and then dumped once there was no longer a use for them. - alphaxion
"a CIA construct". Like in the Matrix? I'm not sure I'd call it a construct as much as a tightly interwoven reaction to action that the U.S. Government took to fight communism/USSR in Afghanistan. That the powers that were used these people and then left them certainly has contributed to our troubles in the Middle East. That the US entered Saudi Arabia to defend Kuwait, promising no permanent bases, and then stayed on for good also contributed to the negative perspective that locals have had on the US. - Chris Messina
“More G1 Crap: Battery Life - My phone had a full charge at 9a. I've had the wireless and the GPS on all day (as I'm not in a 3G area), but the phone has been in sleep mode about 60% of that time. Right now my battery is at 40%.”
Considering the drain of the wireless and GPS and the fact that the battery hasn't actually been 'conditioned' I'm actually rather impressed. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Beware: "conditioning" Li-ion batteries does nothing to their life span, unless you condition them like a NiCad battery, then it reduces their life span. - xero
That's why I put it in quotes: some people still swear by it whether it's accurate or not. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
“It is entertaining to see how everyone sees the best in the candidate they were already supporting and the worst in the other guy. I think the format should be restructured to where they're sitting at a table across from each other and looking at each other instead of out in the audience.”
Lehrer tried to get them to talk to each other but neither really took to the idea. - Akiva Moskovitz
Yeah, I know... that's why I think we shouldn't give them the choice... make them face each other. - Lindsay Donaghe
How about get both answers written first, not knowing whose is whose, then find outafterward. would be an eye opener - Josh Haley
They should strip off their shirts and have a chest thumping contest along with grunt and club waving contests. - Friend Feed's Tad
Lindsay, I don't think they've had a debate like that since Nixon and Kennedy. Tad, do you really want to see McCain without a shirt on? - Akiva Moskovitz
Lock their hands together for a thumb wrestling match! - Pete Delucchi
Now you could go on for days trying to understand what's happening in this picture. What you really need to be concerned about is what's in the box under his bed. Is it something that he's not proud of, like: guns, Guitar Hero and body hair? Or perhaps it's something too good - too good for the world. Yes, that's it, it's something that the world isn't ready for...yet. - Mark Wilson Haley
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Every detail of this pic is so classy: from the bed frame *giggle* to the hobby collection *cackle* to the hair *blech* to the speedo *explosive puke* - Carmen
@Carmen You forgot to mention that he's holding his "gun" - Lindsey
why understand if one can hit HIDE ? this guy has enough *worms* in his head, let him make one hole in his own skull when time for that comes. - silpol
and what's over the curtain..? (sorry fro my english) - Federica Bellag
I didn't read all 30 comments, but did anybody point out that it was just plain wrong to post this? (i'm now removing whats left of my lunch from my stomach) tyvm and good day! - acedanger
@Tim what's not to like? A dude in a speedo with a mullet and far too many guns for one man to own who likes to rock out on his baby blue futon! That's not magic, that's just common sense! - Mark Wilson Haley
Paul Buchheit - "Sometimes, it's faster and easier to just use the command line. Thanks to the new FriendFeed API, I was able write a little script that connects my command line to my FriendFeed." - Bash script to upload images to FF. - Mitchell Tsai
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I love Bret Taylor's comment "I still have nightmares about him [Paul Buchheit] launching a major redesign of the product through a FriendFeed message :)" http://friendfeed.com/e/f85752... - Mitchell Tsai
Lovely thing about Mac OS X is having unix command line for emergencies. Pop open the Terminal window. Love showing some people ftp or ls/cd the old way... (when a computer's window manager is really freaking out). - Mitchell Tsai
which reminds me to finally try out ms powershell for vista [hei, i do have my selection of uhnieks tools available here and no, no cygnus. ] - Nicole Simon
Bret Taylor - "He [Paul Buchheit] informed me that unless I am around to write a blog post, he is only using FriendFeed because he can do it from the command line." http://friendfeed.com/e/f85752... - Mitchell Tsai
Sad: Usually the only thing I do on a command-line now is "ping" to see how good/bad my internet connection is when a webpage is slow to load. :-( - Mitchell Tsai
“Why I decided to get an iPod Touch instead of an iPhone: I'm allergic to contracts. I've been with Fido for six years now, and I'll be darned if I sign another cellular contract with anyone else. Plus, while I adore my N82, the screen's a little on the small side. ”
I'm thinking about going the iPod Touch route as well. I just want to be able to check email on the go. Wifi is ubiquitous enough to make that happen I think. Please report your results, please and thank you. - Michelle Jones
Michelle: anything for you, doll. I ordered a refurb from Apple; it should be here in about 10 days or so. - Cecily
I've been thinking of going the iPod touch route as well. Seems like with MobileMe it would function as a fairly basic smartphone when wi-fi is available. - Kyle Hebert
The iPhone has an app with which, when you swing it around, it sounds like a lightsaber. Nerd fail? Just sayin. I do not have any gadget at the mo, but thought I'd throw that out there. - Julie Neff
Honestly, my N80 and a Moleskine does most of what I need. I have an iPod Touch as well and it's slightly better for checking email from bed without cuddling with the laptop. I'm just not compelled enough to shell out $200 for an iPhone plus sign a contract when I have a perfectly good phone with a pretty good plan and no current contract with TMobile -- and I have the freedom to switch to AT&T since it's unlocked. - tiffany
Julie, you're going to make it incredibly hard for me to do anything productive during those slow hours on the reference desk. I'm serious - I'm going to be swinging the touch around, pretending I'm Lando freaking Calrissian. - Cecily
It's MobileMe that sold me on the iPod touch. Nokia burns my chaps because they don't have a lot of software options for the Mac. I have to jump through hoops just to update my software using VMWare Fusion. If Nokia came out with a more Mac-friendly solution, I'd become a total Nokia fangirl. - Cecily
no contracts? good luck buying a house or getting a job! - Stefan Hayden
I'd much rather spend the hard earned money on that as well. Good call. - ::Kristen::
The Moleskine just doesn't cut it as a pretend lightsaber - Glen Campbell
I have had the iTouch for awhile. Ripping movies to the device and free WiFi makes it all worth it. No way I am going with iPhone (at least not until they partner with T-Mobile) - Stagekid
Stefan: I'm a librarian, so I don't sign a contract for employment, and I live in Vancouver, which means I'll never be able to afford a house on a librarian's salary anyway, so I'm covered. ;-) - Cecily
I feel you all the way on this one! The 32 GB has my vote:) - Roney Smith
i am with you, i think, cecily. the iPod Touch makes more sense, for me. - edythe
me too, also considering iPod touch. by the way, why didn't they call it the iTouch? - Curtis Cunningham
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lazy: anyone want to point me to a good side-by-side comparison of the two? i'm locked into a verizon contract, so no iphone for now. - Jason Kucsma
Jason, the biggest difference is that one is a phone and the other isn't. You can still use wi-fi to surf the web on the iPod touch, and I'm fairly certain you can do just about everything you can do on an iPhone except text messaging and phone calls. Had I gotten an iPhone, I rarely if ever would've used the 3G network as wireless hotspots are usually plentiful and wide open in Vancouver. I don't use 3G on my N82 - it's strictly a wireless device for me. - Cecily
heh. good one (one is a phone!!?!?). thanks, cecily. was also wondering if all the new iphone apps were available for the touch, and i see that they are. since i'm locked into verizon and could use a new ipod, i'm entertaining the touch. (which sounds like a song I should write) - Jason Kucsma
Maybe I live under a rock, but, I don't find open Wi-Fi at too many places. But, dammit, I don't want to agree to 2 years at $70 + tax a month. - Yolanda
I am on my iPod touch now on open wifi; it does a very good job at finding it - RAPatton
I found that my favorite Irish pub has wi-fi so I go there a lot after work for a beer and some time on my Touch. Any place I find that has open wi-fi becomes a new place to hang out. - Friend Feed's Tad
reading this on my touch right now in the burbank airport - Jason Toney
but why does the 32GB have to be quite so expensive...why did i think it was less? :| - edythe
It's really cool seeing fresh pics from people who are NOT the big Flickr posters! --- This Twitter post has turned into "How to see Top 100 Flickr Likes of personX" and "Viewing FriendFeed-Everyone Flickr feeds" :-) - Mitchell Tsai
Picasa is less popular, so 24+ hrs stays searchable, but the "301+ item" (aka page 11) FriendFeed search problem pops up http://friendfeed.com/e/b7be06.... Wish at least 24 hrs of Feed would stay searchable. :-( The Top-100-of-FriendFeed feature helps http://friendfeed.com/e/34f7f6..., but it doesn't work on the "everyone" feed, just on my friends. :-( - Mitchell Tsai
yeah, last night i was looking at the Entire Friendfeed/Flickr Only stream, prob bc you posted about it. It was a lot of fun. - edythe
Polly - Watching the Flickr stream is like going to an art/photo gallery. I wish Stumbleupon worked this easily. I'd use it more often :-) Didn't get any work on my own 10,000 capming photos done last night. Just watched Picasa & Flickr... Do you have any favorite photographers on Flickr/FriendFeed? - Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell - What is the top 100 feature? I only get your smiling face when I click on your link. - Russellreno
Russell - The links use a "summary?days=XX&service=flickr&num=100" query, which gives the top 100 (rather than top 30) most-popular Flickrs of the last XX days. Try "100 best Flickr pictures of the last day" in http://friendfeed.com/e/34f7f6... - Mitchell Tsai
To search someone's else's "liked" Flickr posts, use "h t t p ://friendfeed.com/FRIENDFEED_NICKNAME/likes?service=flickr&num=100" and "...likes?service=flickr&start=100&num=100" etc...; e.g. edythe (@pollyr, Polly Roberts)'s nickname is "furry", so use "furry/likes?service=flickr&num=100" - Mitchell Tsai
Unfortunately Polly & Robert already have 400+ Flickr likes, so their pre-May 26 Flickr likes are unsearchable with this method. :-( Dear Paul, Kevin, and FriendFeed team...fixing the "page 11" bug reported on May 6 - ala Yuvi's "FriendFeed Bug makes it useless as an Archive" http://friendfeed.com/e/60e35b... - in the next year might be nice... (Yeah it's probably a total pain...and probably requires a major overhaul...) - Mitchell Tsai
I am really getting into Flickr more at the moment due to FriendFeed bringing albums and favorites to my attention! - Joe Dawson (beta)
Joe - Flickr's fun. I've posted "0" photos to Flickr because all of mine are on Picasa at the moment. Picasa's much easier (bigger pictures and easy slideshows) for most of my non-FriendFeed friends, but the Flickr-social-picture scene is cool. Flickr navigation sucks though. I tried it before FriendFeed, but never liked it... - Mitchell Tsai
Don't forget to check "public?service=internal" posts for cool pictures... Last 100 Everyone Internal posts http://friendfeed.com/public?s... (not just Flickr, Zoomer, and Picasa) - Mitchell Tsai
@marchino Yup. Much, much easier to surf Flickr photos in FriendFeed-Flickr. (1) I love how each person's feed is separated cleanly in FriendFeed (easy-to-see). Very easy to skip from one person to the next (unlike Flickr's clunky new-picture-feed). (2) "num=100" in FriendFeed also shows a lot more thumbnails on one page than Flickr. - Mitchell Tsai
*** FriendFeed Feature Request *** Still waiting (as is Thomas Hawk) for FriendFeed user-adjustable-Flickr-thumbnail-sizes!!! - Mitchell Tsai
"“If there is anything I can do to make your meal more enjoyable or delicious, please let me know immediately,” said Kat Steele, in frilly white knee-high stockings and taut pigtails, as she set down a glass pot of lemon verbena tea. Then she curtsied and pranced away." - edythe
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Trying to find the line betwixt fun fantasy and Hooters like degradation and I am lost.... - Michael W. May
somehow this plays in Akihabara, but seems a little creepy in the states... - felix
but those outfits are so cool that I don't know that i would feel degraded. plus, not low-cut, right? at least, not in that pic. - edythe
ok, objectified... I'm objectifying the hell out of the woman in the pic ;) - Michael W. May
ha ha. yes, you have this woman's permission to, anyway. ;) - edythe
this kind of objectification is probably not the best thing to take from Japanese culture. How about we focus on decent internet speeds? - Stefan Hayden
This is a wonderful trend. Imagine how it will help poor children in Nairobi get a bite to eat, weaken Kim Jong Il's reign in N. Korea, and stop trade in human flesh. And even if it doesn't do all that, its still frickin' HOT. - Zach Landes
@Stefan Decent internet speeds in Japan allow men and women to download or stream objectification faster than in the US. - Kevin D. White
I saw Eddie in December and he looked great for a regular 52-yr-old, but really great for a 52-yr-old chain-smoking rock star. Thin and ripped but not emaciated. His hair was (and is) very short, so these pix are, at a minimum, not current. Yes, I have an unusual need to defend him... - Erik Dafforn
I listened to some AC/DC a while back, which I used to listen to very loudly all the time when I was a kid @ home. they have songs about STDs (The Jack), sex with large women (Whole Lotta Rosie), and many many others. Wonder what my mum used to think :) - Curtis Cunningham
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Curtis - you should listen to "Hayseed Dixie" a selection of AC/DC covers sung as bluegrass songs. It's exceedingly odd to hear the sexual, edgy lyrics being sung is a heavy southern accent. - Phil Glockner
Liked this for the AC/DC comment! Thanks Curtis, now happily singing & bouncing around to 'You Shook Me All Night Long' :-) - Patricia Hanrahan
Curtis, wow I had no idea about those AC/DC lyrics, I'm left speechless really. :) - Jennifer Van Grove
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@Curtis: Um, let's not forget "Squealer", an ode to deflowering virgins. - Roger Benningfield
@Jennifer: What I love are lap lyrics that manage to make it to the radio solely on the basis of the programming directors not understanding them. How "Get Low" ever became a mainstream hit, I'll never know. "Skeet skeet, motherfucker" indeed. - Roger Benningfield
@Roger, exactly my point. I was listening to Lil Wayne's uncensored Lolipop for the 1 millionth time today, but for the first time I actually heard all the words - wow! The "p@#^y in my mouth" line takes the cake. - Jennifer Van Grove
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Isn't everyone a Douchebag in some sense? - Muthu Ramadoss
my personal list would include men who ride ATVs or jet skis and/or pose for pictures with them. also, using shirtless photos on dating profiles. - edythe
Why didn't you link the pic of the guy in the green dental floss? Was it too soon after lunch? =X - Lindsey
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