Thanks guys! Still working on it. Trying to get Lijit to play nice. - Rahsheen
@Rah why are you trying to install Lijit. I am still baffled as to why people use it. What is the compelling reason if you don't mind my asking? - Roger Kondrat
It looks cool because the search pops up in a fancy iframe, it includes my content from other places besides my blog, it allows people to explore my "network" to see what blogs I'm related to. Regular search is boring :) - Rahsheen
Yuvi, he's kidding. You can't see him if he blocked you. - Cyndy
@Cyndy - I know, that I didn't block him, and he didn't block me. Lack of smileys always trips me off 'coz I donno if it's either a really common American joke, being serious or just plain snarky. - Yuvi
Yuvi can sure be mean. ;-) Great Morning back at ya Allen. - Mathew A. Koeneker
Yuvi: I was joking. And just use one "t" in Mathew, otherwise I might not realize that you are talking to me; easier still just say, Mati. :-) Allen: Howdy! - Mathew A. Koeneker
Brutal. It's all fun and games until someone's neck snaps. Plus, growing kids don't need their brains rattled in their skulls. They won't be any smarter. I'd say kids who join 'Shark Tank' will score lower on all educational tests. What a waste of time for kids. What happened to reading, doing puzzles, or playing scrabble? - Mo J
Yes. My initial reaction was that the trainer at the Shark Tank was trying to teach the kids how to get past the fear of defending themselves and taking a punch at a young age,, but as the video went on I heard comments like "Are you mad?! He just messed your hair up. Now go!". When emotions like that take over, important skills like "judgement" go out the window. - Adam Helweh
I could count the number of times I've seen a Mac - 1. UniverCell Ad, 2. Shreya's Interview, 3. A Tamil Song (YNM) 4. Another Tamil Song (YNM) 5. Yet another Tamil Song (Anniyan). All in the hands of celebs who probably have absolutely no friggin Idea what a Mac is, and how it's different from a PC. - Yuvi
Yuvi, there are no Black MBPs; MBPs come in only one colour, silver. :) - Parth Awasthi
@Parth - Let's see. They're black, and have a distinct Apple Logo behind the Screen. What does that make 'em? I could locate a clip on Youtube if you want. - Yuvi
I think it's because of where you live, Yuvi. In the Internet cafe today here in Prague there were three MacBooks and three Win laptops, not including mine. That's pretty normal. Peronally, I've never owned a Windows machine. I always associate Windows with crappy temp jobs and Mac with the fun design jobs. - Rick Powell
Those are the cute MacBooks. MBP = MacBook Pro. Anyways, saturation levels of computers themselves is miniscule in India compared to the US. And, oh... when did you step out to look around??? You are always on your computer! How will you see notebook users around... :P - Parth Awasthi
FWIW I see them everywhere around NJ. - Robert DeBord
That's certainly true for most parts of the world. But surprisingly, in flights and airports it's almost all Mac. It's as if people having non-Mac laptops are trying to hide them. - Vinay | विनय
In the past year, I've been in three countries: Philippines, Japan, and the U.S. Within those three countries, I've been to many many cities, and I see a lot of Macs, Yuvi :\. - Mona N.
And I also have to assume that Macs hide from me. - Yuvi
I see Macs all of the time. Some point of sale terminals in smaller stores (furniture stores mostly), and whenever I am in Starbucks, at least one person is sitting down with a MacBook. I think it's catching on with more people because OS X doesn't degrade as fast as XP or Vista. I love XP, but I consider myself lucky if I go 2 years without reinstalling because it became so sluggish (and no, I am not talking about the "install everything" machine. Even my normal use laptop has this prob). - Peter Ghosh
go to any coffee shop in bangalore, lots of macs - Gregory Lent
@Micjael, not first. I know a bit of JS and I am very experienced in CSS and HTML (probably do not consider them "programming languages, but hey). - Adam Helweh
ok, so you're familiar with the DOM, then yes those links would be helpful indeed. I'd also suggest http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ as a good way to get used to being in the right frame of mind for programming :) plus ruby is a fun language, though give me JS's quirkiness and I really will excel - Michael J Cohen
@Michael, I really would love to get a great grip on Jquery and Ruby. To the point where I am using it as much as anything else I am writing on a daily basis. - Adam Helweh
@Shey, what happened was that I had to hold on for a while and then could not hold any more. It was a wedding party, so loads of people nicely dressed up. I went to toilette and spent good 30mins and when i went out i had luckily some friends who helped me out of the party into the fresh air! Luckily it was close to the end of the party... :) - Hayk Hakobyan
where's the info on this? Sounds itneresting - Bartek Gniado
Hey Bartek.. We kind of went on a FriendFeed Convention Spree last night.. it is all just a dream of ours.. We have the cities: Toronto, Phoenix, Miami, and Seattle... lol - Kyle Lacy
Search for Convention and they should all pop up - Kyle Lacy
So it's like friend feed but with out the conversation? - John Cooper
Yes and no, since the 'sharing factor' is a little different. I'm planning to use it for my website, disable comments, redirect visitors to FriendFeed, for further discussions. The main purpose would to be to (visually) consolidate all my services :) The author's website is powered by it. Demo / preview it here: http://www.yongfook.com/ Pretty neat. - Mona N.
Interesting service that I'll have to keep track of. - Colide81
seems like not having commenting/discussion features built in is a major shortcoming. and am I missing something, or can't you do this (aggregate RSS content on your own domain, displayed with a custom layout) already with TypePad, WordPress or even Blogger? - Jon Price
I agree Jon: this seems like a different way to display, maybe easier to control; can't see the difference apart from that right now... - SocialTechArts
I'm getting married in 16 days and I can't relate to this at all. I value Reader and FriendFeed now more than ever! Anxiety shared is NOT anxiety squared! - Kevin Fox
I relate. Got married July 5th of this year and my Reader usage dropped sharply because of wedding prep and post marriage fun. I do spend a TON of time on Friendfeed though :) - Mo J
I don't know why this never occurred to me, as there are blogs about every possible subject but... there are wedding blogs? And people subscribe to them?? I can't imagine the content changes much from site to site. "Today my maid of honor pissed me off" or "I gained a pound and my dress no longer fits." And these blogs certainly don't have staying power. Sorry to momentarily hijack your thread; just surprised at this little trendlet. - Carla Thompson
I knew Reader caused stress! I just needed proof. - Dustin
It sounds like she's just unsubscribing from some blogs, not ditching Reader entirely. - Laurence Gonsalves
A good wedding blog would give tidbits on advice learned, like "when looking for a wedding photographer, make sure you find one that includes giving you ALL of the RAW pictures that they took on CD or DVD" - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
Serious question - do boys get all freaked out and crazy about weddings like some girls do? - Kaia ♥
Kaia, you know women amplify and project their crazy to make their men crazy, right? - Jason Carreira
I guess I could see that. Like if you're not as freaked out as me about this then you don't care. - Kaia ♥
Now you're getting into the (crazy) spirit... - Jason Carreira
Kevin - The true anxiety hits the night before and during the wedding (and you have to fake smile for the in-laws). Happiness on the honeymoon! Then, return to reality' and .. "Wow, I'm married .. Well, this should be interesting". In Jason's case, it's probably even more interesting. - Charlie Anzman
I've been really happy with feedly. It keeps getting better and better. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Stop drinking it or own your addiction. - Rahsheen
NO, I've not drunk even a single cup of coffee in my life (Okay, maybe 2 cups so far in 17 years). I'm thinking of starting! - Yuvi
Addicted to both (but for some reason zero alcohol). Cigarettes have to go. Coffee probably never will. Yuvi - If you MUST be addicted to something ... stop at coffee and be sure and get the 'good stuff' :) - Charlie Anzman
Yuvi, Guiness is a type of irish food :-) Honestly, skip the coffee, head straight for the tea or redbull, I've had one cup of coffee in my 32 years and it tasted like mud. - Duncan Riley
@Duncan - Redbull's out (Not exactly available here), so maybe Tea. - Yuvi
In order to start a flashy car, you need a cocked hat and a popped collar: two signatures of the modern douche bag. - Mark Trapp
This is also true with people that have extremely large tires. If you need a ladder to get into your truck, you are an asshat. Calling him a douchebag would give that person too much credit. - Michelle Martinez
I've seen the same in proud drivers too - driving way to fast for conditions and cutting everyone off as if their hybrid gives them the right - mike "glemak" dunn
It's actually the car. The car takes control of the driver and turns them into a raging douche. It's not something the car industry likes to talk about, but they did a documentary on it back in 1983. .... Wh- what do you mean "Christine" was fiction? - Nine - Like the number
lol guess iphone thinks prius = proud (I rest my case) - mike "glemak" dunn
Give these folks a break. It's hard to see pedestrians with your head up your ass. - Jason Kucsma
Guys with vans (trucks in America I expect) are the worst. They're working, running from job to job, and they have to kinda speed around a bit. - john conroy
perhaps it's a sense of entitlement that makes them impervious to others? i can't say it's all people though - Cee Bee
Most of the time, they're not just the worst drivers, they're also the worst people. - Iain Baker
I guess no one in this thread drives a flashy car. What do you consider flashy. And why is the word 'ass' being used so much? - Mo J
I believe it was a BMW Z4. I guess even having the top down wasn't enough to prevent him from trying to run me over - Shey
@johnconroy - we call them panel vans in northeast and you nailed it they are a danger - some of the worst drivers are those who drive for a living - nyc cabbies too for example - mike "glemak" dunn
Because they are new, having just replaced the old one from a wreck. - Louis Gray
flashy cars usually mean a higher level of self-centeredness - it's not in their nature to look out for anything but themselves. - Morgan
You got "it's" license plate number, right? For attempted hit and run? Seriously, in my neck of the woods, people do report stuff like this. Keeps the asshat population from getting higher than it already is. - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy via fftogo
What's the difference between a Mercedes S Class and a Hedgehog? Answer: with the hedgehog, the pricks are on the outside... - john conroy
I've often thought that there should be a car switching program based on driving ability. So you can simply pull-over the Jaguar and make a 'citizens switch'. So the worst driver's get the Pintos which might inspire them to drive better. (Yes, it's fantasy.) - AJ Kohn
aj: in our household of 4 drivers the fantasy is for car mounted rocket launchers - but that's just us ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
Wow, I just discovered that I'm an asshat, douchebag, having a midlife crisis, am a bad driver, am self-centered, should wear popped collars, have my head up my ass, and are one of the worse people. - Chris White
ahem ... lovely Sellek's character in Magnum P.I. ... - silpol
Or it could be that bad drivers come in all flavors, including 'flashy cars', taxicabs, contractor trucks, bus drivers, soccer mom vans, and old volkswagon jettas, just like asshats come in all sizes, including those who judge others by a material possession. - Chris White
@mike: lol. nice! I've also thought of LED communication on the front and rear. "Thanks for using a turn signal dipwad!" - AJ Kohn
Actually there is some real statistical evidence on this via actuarial tables for car insurance. Granted that's accident potential and not always a proxy for good or bad driving - but it's close. - AJ Kohn
Mo Jawhari, I think flashy in this thread means over $35k usd. I thought it must have been a Lamborghini or a Ferrari when I first read it. I think asshat is being used because they have just discovered the word and are still tickled whenever they use it. - Chris White
I think a $20k Mitsubishi Eclipse can be flashy, too. Is that incorrect? - MiniMage via NoiseRiver
AJ, like when the kids in an old beat up car ran a red light and crashed into my brand new flashy car, spun me around 3 times so that it hit 3 other cars, and totaled it? I suppose that wouldn't make it into the tables, since they didn't have insurance. I would like to see these tables, since my guess is that lots of really bad drivers don't report accidents, and most flashy car insurance claims are for high speed highway accidents (which typically don't have pedestrians). - Chris White
MiniMage, I would have to say, yes, it is incorrect that a Mitsubishi Eclipse is flashy. - Chris White
Hey, I drive like an Asshole but I don't have a flashy car....so get out of the way. (But then again, I live in Boston so you already know to be out of the way.) - Todd
Todd, someone told me in NYC, driver's only look ahead of them, and the only worse drivers are in Boston, where they don't look at all. :) - Chris White
I don't know, I see plenty of AssHat drivers cruising around in beat up Honda Civics or equivalent. - Jeff P. Henderson
From my observation, BMW drivers definitely do drive more aggressively and recklessly. I once saw two people get out of their cars shouting, and nearly to blows in a PARKING LOT over a parking space in front of a freaking Togo's and guess what - both had BMWs. - Jason Kaneshiro
I can't stand SUV and Mini-van drivers.. .rrrr - orionstarr
