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“Size Comparison: Twins vs. Electronic Gadgets” - http://friendfeed.com/e...

July 19, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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"Yes, it's me, abusing my baby pictures quotient on FriendFeed again. But in case you wanted to get a visual on Sarah's size, here's one item for comparison - the iPod Touch. Also included, Matthew, sleeping next to the iPod Touch, TiVo remote and Blackberry. It's better than using a ruler!" - Louis Gray

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LOL LOUIS!!!! - Mona Nomura

This will replace the pencil markings on the wall as a measurement of growth. - Hutch Carpenter

Way too cute! - michael sean wright

will there be an unboxing at some point - Allen Stern

The TiVo remote has hardly changed at all in 10 years. - Robert Seidman

WOW, they are SMALL! cool pics!! I love the one with the baby on the couch with 3 devices - Susan Beebe

Okay that's just really damn cute :) - justine

one day these kids are going to say, 'dad used us as props for his gadgets!'...and then there will be blood! lol - .LAG liked that

@.LAG, then I'll remind them how when we parked in what I thought was acceptable shade outside Babies R Us today, they both went nuts, and I had to extract them from their car seats and walk into the store (using the exit), with the pair held tight to my chest, to commiserate with their mother. I'm sure I was quite the sight. "Hey! Look at that guy! He's in over his head!" (fingers pointing) - Louis Gray

Hey! Someone should say you - this is really unhealthy!! : ( - Erhan Erdoğan

@Louis - You definitely look in over your head. However, I was that way with only one. Now my children are 21 and 18 and I still remain in over my head. ; ) - Rex Hammock

This made Maryam crack up and say "that's cute!" - Robert Scoble

@Rex, I look in over my head? Definitely? Where's the proof on that? I disagree. :-) - Louis Gray

Maybe good idea to get the RF away from the newborns? Just sayin'. Amazing scale comparison pics though Louis. Thanks for sharing. Now get those radio wave emitting devices away from the generation that will hopefully save us all :) - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I don't believe you all - Robert, Louis, Maryam, all likes, comments - i urgently need a judge for this photos! : ) Your tech love is get out of control!! - Erhan Erdoğan

now let's see the Touch duke it out with the Blackberry - Paulo Elias from twhirl

I'm so going to do this one day when I have one. haha - Daynah

@Erhan and Brian, 1) They're not sleeping with the gadgets in their cribs (yet) and 2) I am not worried about that nonsense. I might as well unplug the microwave and TV while I'm at it, no? - Louis Gray

We always left a computer keyboard in our kids cribs as a toy -- they loved it. - Oldengrey (Jay)

The important thing to remember is that if Louis were forced to choose between his children and his gadgets,,,well, I'm sure the kids would find a good home. (JUST KIDDING!) - Ontario Emperor

Yeah, I know I know Louis. I'm just waiting for the time I go to the Dr. to get the "news" after having gone through life carrying 3+ mobiles around in my pocket. It's safe to carry 3+ phones + EVDO + Cradlepoint wifi in my pockets right? - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

lmao I'm so reporting you for this. Too hilarious - Corvida

Hey guys you have to see this related post... Scoble is competing with Louis' over coolest kid toys! http://friendfeed.com/e... - Susan Beebe

OMG! that's priceless! I <3 it! Put the device on vibrate and see what happens! I bet it would sooth any crankiness. Can you say iTunes visualizer? Better than Baby Einstein. Makes us AND them drool into relaxation. My son has gumdrop iMac in his bedroom specifically for that reason (glorified nightlight). Hey! We have to do what we have to do, right? Why not have some fun with it? Hellz ya! - Melissa Davis from twhirl

You know Louis, most parents use a wall and a pencil to show height and growth, you choose electronic equipment, what comes next? comparisons to the wii and ps3? then a macbook, then macbook pro, then dell blade server, where will it end?!!?!? - Allen Stern

Oh what beautiful little souls! I'm sure they are very precious to you :-). - Heather Colman

umm... it's not too heavy on him?! - Orli Yakuel

those photos are really embarassingly sad. Please leave the kids alone. - Claudio Cicali

A coochii coo! They are too cute! Twins are born small but they'll catch up in no time! Congrats! - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

LOL.. awesome pics - Aviv

apparently Amazon S3 is down - Shey

Total weirdness - the cuteness overload causes the pics to show for me even when S3 is down! It might be just my cache, ofcourse, but I like the first theory better :) - Yuvi

I'll take the electronics when the kids are all grown up. It won't matter to me that the stuff is decades old. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

oh this is ROFL! - susan mernit

Ok, from one tech geek to another, that has to be the most cute thing I've ever seen. =) - David Cook

It's February 21, 2009. I'm in the middle of a music search on FriendFeed and found these pictures from July 19, 2008. How time flies... - Ontario Emperor

Wow, where'd you dredge this up, Haggis? - Kevin L

Just showed this to Matthew, and he says, "That's Braden!" - Louis Gray

beautiful - Rida Sayf

torrab

The iPad Just Might Have Flash, But What About Silverlight? Why Have Apps Where A Browser Would Work? http://thenextweb.com/apple... by @Alex

January 29, 2010 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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@seanhackbarth Well, last year everyone walked to the sucky bars that were close. I didn't like any of them. Dupont Circle?

January 29, 2010 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Check out this beautiful 360 Aerial Panorama of New York. You need to have QuickTime to view it, but if you want the best quality use the plug-in on the site. It’s amazing with the plug-in loaded! http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr...

May 11, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I found this photo in the photostream of xmir on Flickr. - Michael Fidler

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is there a link to the orig? I think the FF image is static - Keith - @tsudo

OK, it should be up! - Michael Fidler

wow! - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Let me know if it works. I think the best view is from Governors Island or the from Downtown with the view pointing up. - Michael Fidler

Over-the-top amazing! - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Awesome. Like taking the helicopter ride I've been too cheap to pay for... - Mitchell Tsai

Here's another one of London. Amazing! http://bit.ly/qjf6M - Michael Fidler

Here's an amazing one. I just let it go, rather than control it; http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr... - Michael Fidler

It appears the plug-in is no longer necessary. I'm running it in Chrome without one. - Michael Fidler

That is pretty amazing. - Son of Groucho

Nice! - Kol Tregaskes

This is awesome. - Mark Krynsky

The viewer appears to be Flash not Quicktime, - Brian Sullivan

Brian, they changed it since this was first posted back in May. It used to require a VR plug-in which worked with QuickTime, but now it doesn't require anything, However, it looks just as good as before. The images are truly amazing! - Michael Fidler

New York, New York!!! - Myrna

Michael - didn't notice the post date-- "Doesn't require anything" -- Flash must be installed so something is required. The Flash viewer seems to crash a lot though (or at least in Chrome) -- still a great pano. I wonder how it was done -- from a helicopter no doubt but beyond it would be a mystery. - Brian Sullivan

I just tried it in Chrome and recommend Firefox instead. It didn't crash on me in Chrome, but it didn't run smoothly either. - Michael Fidler

Brian, I would love to know how these are made. I know some are done from a helicopter, but if you check out the one from Downtown, it's clearly stationary. I can't even see the reflection of the camera in the building windows when it's turned around 180 degrees. I've posted links to others above. I wonder if I should repost this to a room and if so which one? - Michael Fidler

Here's the link for Sydney http://bit.ly/aFFbZ and I'll grab a few more. - Michael Fidler

I know generally how to make these 360 panos but the only technique I know is shooting from a tripod where you have control of the leveling of the camera and control of the angle of shooting. You have to manipulate out the tripod out of the picture after shooting -- these I have no idea, http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028... is a QTVR one of my living room - Brian Sullivan

All the fisheye does is cut down on the number of shots you need to take -- if it goes 180 in both directions two shots are nominally sufficient on a full frame camera - usually 3 though but that is only if all are shot with the same horizon and with precise angular placement. How you control this in a moving helicopter is beyond me. Maybe more than one camera ? In shots like these where parallax is less of a problem maybe that is the method used - Brian Sullivan

This must be shot completely differently than a stationary panoramic. I'm familiar with the 8 shot method, but the camera needs to be on a tripod as Brian mentioned. If you watch these images load slowly, they look like plates. It sort of reminds me of photosynth, but connected somehow. Now, I really want to find out how it's done. - Michael Fidler

I think regular stationary panoramas are loaded as "plates" (at least you export them that way to edit them) as well so I am not sure that is a clue as to how they were generated. - Brian Sullivan

If I email them, do you think they'll answer? Hi, I was just curious; what’s your secret? You never know. It might be worth a try:) - Michael Fidler

Here's one of U2 (on one of their smaller tours), and I don't think they had a helicopter with them to shoot it. http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr... - Michael Fidler

That one is done from a tripod or monopod of some type it appears -- you can see if you look down the footprint has the logo on it. - Brian Sullivan

Ya, I noticed one that had the logo above it. May they use it when photoshop doesn't do the job perfectly. - Michael Fidler

Logos like that are used to hide the footprint of the tripod or other -- sometimes it can be a lot of work create a shot to cover the spot (or to fill it in using a bitmap editor) so it is just masked. - Brian Sullivan

OK, check out this one http://www.pixelcase.com.au/vr... and go into planet view. It's the P next to the directional controls. I wonder if that has something to do with it. Shot off a reflective globe maybe. - Michael Fidler

Michael: So you like "Little Planets"? :) http://www.flickr.com/search... - Holger Eilhard

The "P" gets you the "polar view" -- a standard view that can be created from any 360/180 panorama so that is not a clue as to how it is done either from what I can determine (http://www.flickr.com/groups... is a flickr group dedicated to such polar views) - Brian Sullivan

I've seen them many times before and wondered how they were made, too. This guy has some examples and apparently he uses a 10.5mm lens and then maps them into shape: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Michael Fidler

STUPENDO! Io ci torno il 18 Settembre - PICCHU

Yes the 10.5 is a Nikon fisheye lens -- I use a Peleng 8mm fully manual fisheye -- more suited to my budget. When shooting with tripod you need a parallax correction jig as well -- I use the Nodal Ninja -- which is a reasonable quality low end device. - Brian Sullivan

I was on the Hugin site a few months ago and I found a video that demonstrates how to use the jig. It didn't mention helicopter shots though. In fact, the video was very particular about not having any movement. I think it's time to ask them. - Michael Fidler

Yeah I have seen a number of these panoramas that seem to defy logic. Peter Murphy (who is a pioneer in this type of stuff) has a number of puzzling ones - http://www.mediavr.com/manlyai... (needs Quick time) for example. His weblog has tons of others as well _http://www.mediavr.com/blog/ - Brian Sullivan

@briansullivan I went to an event last night where I came across something that might explain how these are done. If you check out the picture I shot of the equipment; it uses a reflective dome to capture the entire shot all at once and then processes it almost instantly afterwards. http://bit.ly/qD0dn . It basically comes out looking like a globe or a planet before it is processed. Once processed it look like a full panoramic just like the ones here, but in lower resolution. - Michael Fidler

I haven’t seen the digital version yet, but the guy who owns this company told me they would be much sharper than the prints which they give out at the event. I also asked him about the helicopter shots, and he wasn’t sure about compensating for movement, but he didn’t see it as a big problem either. Mystery solved? - Michael Fidler

I don't see this lens/device as "the" answer. Other similar devices have a reputation for low optical quality and low resolution. Peter Murphy almost certainly does not use such a lens. No serious panorama photographer that I have heard of uses anything like this. - Brian Sullivan

I guess the search for an answer continues... - Michael Fidler

http://ff.im/5Hqwp - Marg Uerite

Hi - I own Pixelcase and shot the tour of Sydney aswell as all development. Glad you like my work. - pixelcase

Thank you, I'm glad you found this. I love your work. Based on the number of likes and comments for this post, I think it’s safe to say, I’m not the only one. It would be nice if you could enlighten us with some details about how these are made. - Michael Fidler

Here's a link to pixelcase's newest and IMHO best work of Melbourne http://ff.im/eBJZn - Michael Fidler

Outstanding -- still no resolution on how it is done -- but I guess there is no reason why he should spill all his trade secrets. - Brian Sullivan

Brian - No answer, and I can't blame him for wanting to keep it a secret. I guess that we have to just appreciate it for what it is. However, I'm already looking forward to whatever he does next! - Michael Fidler

Poking around in panorama forums -the consensus seems to be that the pictures for these panoramas are shot with a multi-camera set up attached to an RC helicopter. The viewer is krpano - http://www.krpano.com/ - Brian Sullivan

???? :) http://johncolebrook.com/compone... - enjoy - pixelcase

http://friendfeed.com/briansu... a helicopter like this would do the job - Brian Sullivan

John, thanks for sharing. Love it! Brian; I've always wanted a RC helicopter, but I still haven't gotten around to buying one yet. However, the picture from the one in the video is great. - Michael Fidler

FYI rosauro - the helicopter guy is also a well known VR/panorama photographer (also from Toronto where I am ) http://www.rosaurophotography.com/ - Brian Sullivan

Ugh. The incorrect perspective caused by stretching the picture on the sides makes me queasy. - Otto

Otto, maybe Dramamine would help:) - Michael Fidler

Bret Taylor

Facebook Crosses 300 Million Users. Oh Yeah, And Their Cash Flow Just Went Positive - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...

September 15, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"They are now cash flow positive. Yes, from this point forward, Facebook is making money." - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

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Oh goody..... - Roberto Bonini

Am I the only one who feels this is sort of a Pyrrhic victory, in the sense that an incredibly enormous scale was needed to eek out a profit? It's certainly good news for the long term stability of the company however, - Ray Cromwell

@Ray, Pyrrhic? I don't really think so. It's a sizable investment, alrite, but if they can maintain real growth without having to invest hugely again, it's a win. Long-term win, but still a win. - Pandu ● IT Optimizer

They can't maintain current user growth much longer since the Internet population has limits, so either they have to increase engagement, decrease costs, or come up with a better monetization strategy, it just seems like inefficient to me, and and risky too since alternatives could undermine them at some point, eg Twitter - Ray Cromwell from Nambu

You mean, like changing a variable from TWEET_LIMIT = 140 to TWEET_LIMIT = 512? :) I think Facebook Lite, FriendFeed, et al have shown the value of these networks is more in communicating and following rather than social apps. F8 was a great attention getter than separated FB from the pack, but outside of some games, it has taken a backseat to FF/Twitter-like functionality IMHO. And I think the games industry would be better served by a social platform tuned towards the needs of games anyway. - Ray Cromwell

Plus, by combining WebFinger, PubSubHubBub, FOAF/XFN, and some other stuff, you might be able to totally federate the bulk of what FB and Twitter do today, commoditizing them and stripping down their walled gardens. That's the looming threat. - Ray Cromwell

A good example of FB's cost reducing efforts is "haystack". Don't worry, we are working on it (: - Ozgur Demir

Haystack looks cool. Maybe if FB could connect with third party oauth'ed photo hosting, they could leave the photos on those services shouldering them with the costs, while having the eyeballs of the users on their site. :) - Ray Cromwell

Igor The Troll יִצְחָק to Igor's feed, NoahDavidSimon

Fwd: The J-Walk Blog: Annoying Monkeys - http://j-walkblog.com/index... (via http://friendfeed.com/slippy...)

Fwd: The J-Walk Blog: Annoying Monkeys - http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/annoying_monkeys/ (via http://ff.im/5ww1U)

July 21, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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hahahaha - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

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Noah, which one is you? I am the one with all the sexy ladies! hahahhaah - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Do you have FB connect on your other blogs and does it work? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

How many monkeys in the picture? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

if I comment will you leave me along and not answer back? - NoahDavidSimon

Comment about what? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

OMG~!! - 陈浩小贤

can you comment using fb connect now? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Igor throws some peanuts to his monkey friends! let's party LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

gah-rate - NoahDavidSimon

I'm too tired to do anything... and too crazy to sleep - NoahDavidSimon

so u can comment with fb connect but it does not thread to where? to ff? to fb? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

monkeys play! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Are you talking in your sleep? Now let go of my Bitch Monkey! LMAO - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Friendfeed monkeys having Fun! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

look what I got http://friendfeed.com/Jerusal... - NoahDavidSimon

Noah, find me a nice Jewish girl. LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I pissed off the girl at the pool tonight. I kind of had a crush on her. - NoahDavidSimon

Did she try to drown you? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

she gave me the pissed off look. I wanna jump her so bad. she looks like Sara - NoahDavidSimon

down doggy LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://www.youtube.com/watch... - NoahDavidSimon

Noah, I am going to buy a Burka for you! Ur One ugly Dog! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I'm going to put my foot in your ass - NoahDavidSimon

my monkeys will jump you - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

stop reading my blog - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

fool - NoahDavidSimon

turkey - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

hey no monkey business, leave my girl alone ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

fun time! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

This pic reminds me of Rajasthan, India. We went to see an old fort and a bunch of monkeys were hanging around. I bought a bag of peanuts to feed the monkeys. As I was throwing peanuts to the monkeys af few at a time, a huge monkey ran to me and grab the whole bag of peanuts out of my hand! BAD MONKEY! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

play time! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Speak no Evil, Hear no Evil, Do no Evil. LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I hope the driver does not have a heart attack! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

kill this thread - NoahDavidSimon

i like my monkeys LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

monkey is blocked LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

are these the moderate monkeys I was hearing about from our government? - NoahDavidSimon

they do not look so moderate to me! give them a bunch of bananas, but watch your hand. they bite ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I'm offering the monkeys nationalized healthcare - NoahDavidSimon

free food and no taxes for life! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

get her, before she runs away! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

igor throws a bag of peanuts! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://ff.im/5LtFU "In the recent past of the tribes of New Guinea and Australia, little brothers and sisters witnessed how parents killed one of their siblings and made the rest of the family share the cannibal feast. “They eat the head first”, wrote Géza Róheim in Psychoanalysis and anthropology published in 1950. Gillian Gillison observed in Between culture and fantasy: a New Guinea highlands mythology, published in 1993, that the mother eats the son’s penis." - NoahDavidSimon

bad monkey, bad monkey, bad monkey! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

hanging out on Wikipedia, come say hello! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

igor gives noah the monkey a banana ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Igor stop messing with Monkeys... and @BCuban - NoahDavidSimon

haha - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

the heart attack blog was amazing Igor. it was you at your best (a few grammar probs) Fwd: Igor The Troll » My Heart Attack - http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog... (via http://ff.im/60Vdb) - NoahDavidSimon

Thanks Noah. You have to survive one to be able to write about it! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

WoW new monkey ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

WoW the Tribe is growing! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

May the Force be with You! http://www.igorthetroll.com/master-... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

cool - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Yid's Cock the Troll - NoahDavidSimon

let go my lego - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

play - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

me monkey have many ladies LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

it appears they have Obama's Kenyan Birth Certificate... or it is as real as his American digital version. the monkeys are still in denial - NoahDavidSimon

Noah, behave or I will send my Ninja monkeys after you! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I'm serious. they have it. the Kenyan Birth Certificate - NoahDavidSimon

more monkeys! great! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I am a bad monkey! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Who are you? LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I - NoahDavidSimon

igor throws a bunch of bananas to his monkey buddies! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

igor looking for Noah the monkey ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

looks like the Kenya BC is fake. strange since I had also seen a digital Indonesian one - NoahDavidSimon

TROLL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

666 - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

This monkey is hungry, going out for munchies! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

sexy monkey - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

no new monkeys? LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel... Humans related to orangutans, not chimps, says new Pitt, Buffalo Museum of Science study... which explains a few things about you Igor. Orangutans have orgies of multiple men ejaculating in one female. Chimps are more likely to be monogamous. Gorillas have harems of women and the dominant Gorillas beat up on the queer ones. - NoahDavidSimon

Noah which one are you? LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Noah, I still Love U http://12seconds.tv/channel... LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

play time, catch the RED ball - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

i see a gorilla - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

yamy - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

sent my laptop away. will be online fulltime by Friday. will be making more videos - NoahDavidSimon

cool - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

monkeys' fight - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://friendfeed.com/squidre... I put silly questionable things here - NoahDavidSimon

it says file not found, ru on the right thread? this is public! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://friendfeed.com/squidre... - NoahDavidSimon

now I am lost - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I put together some feeds that are "mainstream" ...a lot of offensive stuff. mostly popular science community and tech culture. not always bad... but I didn't want it in my main feed. not endorsed but worth checking out - NoahDavidSimon

yeap rubber room ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

exactly. I'm reading it... but i don't like it - NoahDavidSimon

mangos - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

saw this video on the National Geographic Channel about the "Stick Men" of Africa. they have this ritual which is kind of like a Bar Mitzvah: the kid has to walk on Cattle backs and then they take the kid's sisters and beat them with sticks till they bleed... while the sisters dance. the women consider it an honor to be beaten for their brother's manhood ceremony. I wonder if I can talk my sister into that? - NoahDavidSimon

i am still waiting to meet your sister, when she is coming to japan? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

...she has been to Japan on numerous occasions actually - NoahDavidSimon

Twitter is down! shit - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

got my apple back.... but I will be prepping the machine with stuff - NoahDavidSimon

ice cream - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I redesigned my blog again. I took off both Disqus and Intense Debate. the only comments are friendfeed embeds!!!! I think it works better that way. take a look http://simonstudiotheatre.blogspot.com/ - NoahDavidSimon

Redesigned my blog a bit to show the sidebar in single posts http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

not sure if I like your use of mybloglog. I found a little trick with mybloglog. you can just put a script in and see who from that network came by. that is why I killed the actual widget that slows the page down. I'm attempting minimalism. that is why I killed all commenting. if I want people's opinions then I put a friendfeed widget in manually. I also undid everything. I literally... more... - NoahDavidSimon

Yes, I track people who visit my blog via myblod widget, that is what it is for. The person visiting a blog that has my log widget must be logged in into theor myblog to be tracked! My blog has always been minimalized. I told you about this one year ago, but you did not want to listen and put all kind of crap on yours. If it takes long time to load, people leave. I also put myblog widget in IFRAME html tag, so it does not effect blog loading! Even when myblog is down, blog louds no problem! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

yes... you were right. ...but also you don't need the widget to put the script in. you can still track people covertly - NoahDavidSimon

True, but I also like to show my visitors who visit my site, and give my visitors credit for visiting the site! not really tracking anyone! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Ah, Twitter spammers. - Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ

Nope, we love Twitter! See you on Twitter! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

l0ckergn0me it isn't twitter that I want to spam. it is facebook. but I'm starting to think it is a bad idea. I get a lot of people commenting by status updates on facebook. most people aren't bright enough to use lists. I'm starting to think just a loop I create each day might be a better idea. when I get comments I just delete the wasted ones. - NoahDavidSimon

also Igor. I'd rather give people a way to follow your fanpage then mybloglog. you can track them better if they become your fan. - NoahDavidSimon

interesting. networked blogs used an image from the blog. check out my home page. I REALLY Like networked blogs. it really punctuates a facebook fanpage well http://simonstudio.com/ark - NoahDavidSimon

chocolate banana http://friendfeed.com/igorthe... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

A Virgin for Arafat http://friendfeed.com/igorthe... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

goodnight @igorthetroll2 - NoahDavidSimon

FUCK YOU NOAH http://friendfeed.com/igorthe... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

oink - NoahDavidSimon

McBride's Nazi Peanut Gallery? - NoahDavidSimon

have a chocolate http://friendfeed.com/igorthe... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Read this book, cool http://friendfeed.com/igorthe... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Forian - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Igor please don't put serious issues here. Forian isn't a monkey. he is a very sad brainwashed child. - NoahDavidSimon

Do not play with my Bitch monkeys! I am the monkey Boss! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

O_o - browneyes from iPhone

Noah, go edit Wikipedia! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

dance ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

DEATH TO SCOBLE! - The Black Book

Mooo ha ha ha ha ah - NoahDavidSimon

MCD time! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Wikipedia - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

CIA report http://friendfeed.com/igorthe... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

"Bulverism is a logical fallacy in which, rather than proving that an argument is wrong, a person instead assumes it is wrong, and then goes on to explain why the other person held that argument. It is essentially a circumstantial ad hominem argument. The term "Bulverism" was coined by C. S. Lewis. It is very similar to Antony Flew's "Subject/Motive Shift"." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... sound like a certain strategy from Sean McBride? I think so - NoahDavidSimon

I am a smuggler USA to Mexico http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Cool songs by Helen http://www.reverbnation.com/control... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

why are you promoting people who support Gaza Igor? why are you supporting a woman who has defamed Israel? - NoahDavidSimon

I am amazed - getting a link - there you are. Reading a new story. Is it supposed to be like this.- I thought my name was there automatically. Elly Sorensen - Elly Sorensen

igor throws bananas to his monkey friends ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Noah, someone who was against war in Gaza, does not mean they are anti Israel. The person could just be anti war! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

just because I let this guy fuck me in the ass tonight doesn't mean I'm gay. I'm Anti Celibate! - NoahDavidSimon

Noah are confessing that you are GAY? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Monkeys Loose in Tokyo http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Robert Scoble is a Jerk http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

igor throws fidler to the monkeys for picking on his friend rachael - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

monkeys - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

fixed my blog tags to view in safari - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

thanks. it is important - NoahDavidSimon

please remember to #tweet4Shalit ...you can use you can use twitterfeed to take a twitter search rss of #GiladShalit and rt @JIDF - NoahDavidSimon

mango - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://ff.im/7zlOK "Can an interrogator rape the prisoner in order to obtain a confession?" was the follow-up question posed to the Islamic cleric. Mesbah-Yazdi answered: "The necessary precaution is for the interrogator to perform a ritual washing first and say prayers while raping the prisoner. If the prisoner is female, it is permissible to rape through the vagina or anus. It is... more... - NoahDavidSimon

Arnold wants big Dong http://twitter.com/ramiitz... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

this is never going to go away, is it? - Chieze Okoye

We want everyone to learn the truth! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://digg.com/d3133RQ how is this for historical analysis of the bible? - NoahDavidSimon

Analyze Hummus Arab http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

fifi - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I'll buy that for a dollar. jail bait - NoahDavidSimon

For a dollar you can have 5 finger Mary! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

I need to get a job as a prison guard in Iran - NoahDavidSimon

As long as you do not become an inmate durring the revolution! ;-) - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

http://ff.im/7DKU3 Daled Amos: Khadafy Will Ask UN To Abolish The Country Of...Switzerland? - NoahDavidSimon

Getting ready for a vacation to Israel and Europe! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

to those who are wondering. they seem to be tracking my friends from another room called http://friendfeed.com/disinfo... 911Troofers as admins - NoahDavidSimon

#ShanaTova http://networkedblogs.com/p111723... Jihad Hockey #GiladShalit - NoahDavidSimon

http://tinychat.com/thejidf - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

#ShanaTova Monkeys! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

#ShanaTova http://www.nytimes.com/2009... you know it is bad if the nazis at the NYTimes even printed it. Is this one of those Aha moments for us regarding the NGOs? I've been following this for months on the blogs, but I never thought this story would get picked up by MSM. yes people it is real! the human rights groups and the UN were... more... - NoahDavidSimon

http://htxt.it/R43r Unemployment now leads to the Death of the Dead. Death becomes wrong. The dead have no right .No longer does death order, The sacrifice for ones function. The permanently unemployed are dead. The order of the male will die. An Androgynous world is a mass murder with true equality. Gender becomes unemployed. - NoahDavidSimon

Scoble, Alex Scoble

Consumerism tip: Don't buy credit card gift cards (for gifts or otherwise). Not only do you pay 5% for the priviledge, but restaurants only accept them for 80% of value. So you get screwed when you give and who wants that?

September 14, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Isn't that against the TOS not to accept them at full value? - Tinfoil 2.0

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Nope, it's in the fine print. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

That's effed-up. Why do restaurants get special treatment? - Tinfoil 2.0

Don't ask me, but now you know. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Luckily, here in CA it's not like that. The money spent for the card is the money on the card (credit gift card or otherwise) and they can never expire. - Anika

And the more you know... - Tinfoil 2.0

It's funny, Lindsey, but you keep telling me that on threads that are based on fact. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

And you're wrong, Anika. This happened to Cassie in Cheesecake Factory in San Jose with a gift card purchased in Salinas. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It could be something with the brand of card you are looking at, or they could do different things in different markets. There are varying state laws. - Tinfoil 2.0

And they all charge 5% when you buy them. As opposed to store gift cards. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

It's not always 5%, but I get the point. (don't really use them myself) - Tinfoil 2.0

Gift cards are a racket for the most part. - Mathew A. Koeneker

I disagree, I think that Amazon gift cards a pretty good thing. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Just pointing out to some people who may not realize that gift cards and credit card gift cards are two totally different things. - Rochelle

Then she got screwed. That's totally against the law here. I have $50 credit gift card to a shopping center I will never visit It cost my MIL $50 to purchase. The card is 4 years old and it still has $50 on it. - Anika

Some of the fine print gives one year to use and then they remove a percentage from it. Just happened to a friend of mine at a restaurant and she was very embarrassed. - Janet-The Bottley Crue

Anika, sorry, but she didn't get screwed. It's the way Credit Card gift cards work. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Variances by state: http://www.consumersunion.org/pub... - Tinfoil 2.0

Sorry, yes, she did get screwed because that's the way Credit Card gift cards work. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Regular gift cards aren't too bad but Visa/MasterCard gift cards are just awful. - Bryce Roney

Thanks LE - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

And that's what I'm talking about here, Bryce. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

LOL @Alex. - Anika

LogEx, that information sheet is for gift cards. That's different than credit card gift cards. - Rochelle

CCGCs then. - Micah

I detailed that, Lindsey. :) Happened to Cassie yesterday with a Visa gift card at a Cheesecake factory. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

I noticed. I was gonna say, 'Whaaa?' then I saw your correction. =) - Anika

Hehe, Anika. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Or it could be explained that you've never used a credit card (Visa or Mastercard) gift card before...and I hope you never have to. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

The super market I work at doesn't even accept CC gift cards. I don't know why though. - Bryce Roney

Here's what Visa says about restaurants: "Restaurants, bars, taxis, salons and barbershops, and health and beauty spas When using your Visa Gift card to initiate a transaction at a merchant where a tip may be included, be sure your balance is sufficient to cover an additional 20% above your total bill. If the bill, plus estimated tip, exceeds the available balance on the card, the... more... - Tinfoil 2.0

It's just checked to make sure there's enough for tip. They aren't supposed to do the final ring-up at anything over actual price. - Tinfoil 2.0

Think again Glen. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Well, I'm telling you how it worked in an actual instance in California. You can be an ass, waste YOUR money (usually 3-5%) and waste the money of a friend...or you can avoid these types of gift cards altogether. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Alex, we're telling you that that's illegal in CA. There's not difference whether is a store gift card or a credit card gift card. If it was purchased in California, it's against the law to charge more than face value. It's against the law for the issuer to charge any fees on the card resulting in a drop in the value of the card. Any business that does that is acting illegally. The only... more... - Anika

And I'm telling you that what you think is or isn't legal is immaterial since that's what happened. Reality trumps your understanding of the law. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

Someone at that restaurant misunderstood how to process the card. My wife works at a restaurant and has been paid for meals using visa gift cards. She said they are a pain to use because of the 20% holdback that LogEx mentioned. Yes, the 5% obviously is real but the restaurant can't use that as justification for overcharging you 20%. - dthree

Amazon Gifts Cards have an expiration date in the states that haven't blocked Amazon. Gift cards don't give the balance back if you don't use it all. Many other store gift cards including grocery stores have a monthly fee if not fully used by a certain date. Cash or check seems to be a gift with more utility or actually shopping for something that an individual needs or desires. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Heh, well based on some of the feedback here I've recommended to Cassie that she write Cheesecake Factory. And I know some people that are notoriously difficult to shop for and who like Amazon gift cards. And quite frankly, people who can't be bothered to shop online before a gift card expires are lame. - Scoble, Alex Scoble from IM

I haven't hit this problem on my Visa Gift cards, but I don't think I ever use them at restaurants. Thanks for the warnings. I use disposable Visas *OFTEN*. Why? I got scammed on the internet once & had major trouble with the $99 reimbursement getting credited & not credited. - Mitchell Tsai

Suggested uses for Visa/MC gift cards: (1) I like Vanilla Visa $25 + $3.95-4.95 fee to buy it. Look for an expiration date as far in the future as possible. Hopefully no annual fee for 1st year. Spend it down to less than $10. (2) Use for hotel/car reservations. If you no show, they can't charge the 1st nights fee (3) Use on internet for any promo which wants to charge you $1-2. (4) Use... more... - Mitchell Tsai

Mitchell, those are good tips, particularly for web ID or sites that may charge frivolously. - Tinfoil 2.0

There are some rebate deals - e.g. if you buy three $50 cards, they mail you a $25 card for free. Basically the $25 card pays for the fees on the $50 cards. There are *really* big differences in fees on the disposable credit cards (Unfortunately, I think the "green" card has bad fees.); e.g. a bad card = $9.99 fee to buy it + $4.99/month immediately + $0.xx/transaction + $0.xx every... more... - Mitchell Tsai

P.S. I also have a debit card tied to a checking account with ~$200-300. Big enough to cover a $100-200 hotel deposit, but not big enough to hit me for anything else. Once a hotel charged me ~$1,000 for some hotel days from 6-10 months earlier *WITHOUT* calling me. I had prepaid for those rooms using Orbitz/Expedia for $60-120 on two reservations, so something must have caused... more... - Mitchell Tsai

I'm not paranoid about credit cards. In 27 years, I've never had a problem charge which hasn't been reversed on request. I put my credit-card numbers on file at places that I trust; e.g. Amazon, Continental Airlines, American Airlines (NO way in hell at PayPal). But with shadier places, I try as hard as possible never to give them a real credit card. - Mitchell Tsai

The charge per card varies, and can be a % like Alex mentioned, or a flat fee. It gets cheaper when you buy in bulk too. In CA the cards cannot expire, but there are places that choose not to accept them. As for the 80% only at restaurants, that's the first I've heard of that, but the tip calculation Logex quoted from Visa sounds like the kicker. If you get a $50 restaurant bill, try to... more... - Pete D from iPhone

Hi - Being the one that bought the card.....and reading all of this I have to say wow. But - When you are at the store - the one we were bought the Visa Card from was Smart N Final, you can get them at the grocery store also - they charge you an Activation Fee for the card - When we used it at Cheesecake - They brought the recpt back with a message showing credit card balance. That... more... - Cullette

Jason

Promised Mahalo team iPhone 3G S *each* if we broke 10M uniques in August. We're at 8.65 with 4 days left-looks like i'm buying ~32 iphones!

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vijay

World’s Biggest Cave Discovered in Vietnam - http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009...

August 9, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Caves are cavernous and scary places, filled with bats, bottomless pits, and other natural mysteries. In Vietnam, some brave explorers have discovered and mapped the world’s biggest cave. The Son Doong cave is 262 feet wide throughout most of the passage, and features a 1.6 mile long river and 230 feet stalagmites. For a couple of miles of the passage, the cave measures 460 feet wide. A local farmer discovered the cave and led the joint British and Vietnamese exploration team in their April expedition. The team mapping the cave got as far as a 46 foot high wall before they were stymied. “The second team that went in got flooded out,” Adam Spillane, a member of the British Cave Research Association expedition that explored the limestone cavern, said. “We’re going back next year to climb that wall and explore the cave further.” The previous record-holder, Deer Cave on the Malaysian island of Borneo, is 300 feet wide, but it is much shorter than Son Doong. The Vietnamese terrain, which... more... - vijay from Bookmarklet

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I love caves and caverns! -averns! -averns! -verns! -erns! -rns! -ss! - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

lol James :D - vijay

Wasn't this cave a full scale NVA base with hospitals and depots used during the Vietnamese wars from 1950's-1975? - Bluesun 2600

Dude! Batman needs to relocate! Joking aside, this would be fun to explore. - darnell from BuddyFeed

LOL Bluesun! - vijay

aye darnell! That would definitely be fun. Waterfalls and caves are two things that fascinate me the most - vijay

TalesOC, definitely not open to public! There's heavy chance to flooding; look what happened to the second team that went in. - vijay

It's beautiful as well as huge. I can't wait to see a documentary on it. - Michael Fidler

I want to go there! - Craig Shipp

Wow! - Kol Tregaskes

★ Soner Gönül to ★'s feed, Foods, FoodWorld, friendf00d

10 Foods That Make You Sick: - http://www.buzzfeed.com/thismak...

August 9, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Oy!!! - Myrna

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BALUT! - Anika

ewwww - *Tiffany Diamond*

Just deep fry it! It'll be fine - Cilla Martinez

The only one on that list i don't agree with is #9, the mac & cheese bread bowl. That is most definitely edible. The rest I don't consider anywhere near the category of being food. - April

They left off lutefisk? - Heather Solos

Home sweet Home, I see so many strange things at the Fishmonger I know exactly which culture I am from. - Robert Higgins

Jesse Stay

I'm amazed that almost exactly when the warranty expires, Apple products always break:

August 1, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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This is my wife's iphone - hopefully we'll be able to get a reduced price 3GS now - Jesse Stay

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Fortunately it's just the display - we were able to successfully get all the photos off the iPhone and sync it back to my Mac. My wife was really worried - she just took some pictures of Boston and the kids this morning! - Jesse Stay

That is technically arranged and very common for almost all brands. Sad but true. - M. Serdar Kuzuloglu

Serdar I expect better from Apple though. They are really starting to disappoint me I'm afraid to say. - Jesse Stay

My iPhone broke 3 months before my contract ended. - Rodfather

That's been my experience as well. Must have a chip in the devices that knows when the warranty expires and fries a circuit. - Larry Richman

I've been a blackberry and iphone user. Love the blackberry pearl and can use it on eastern euro networks so that had me sold. I love to send email and use the iphone apps but no one who is a new owner ever owns up to the fact that it truly sucks as a phone and texting tool. I can text on my blackberry under the table in meetings without looking faster than I can speak. The Iphone... more... - Fossil Huntress

Co-sign what MVB said. Off record. - Brian Felix from iPhone

Huh. That hasn't been my experience. The Powerbook G4 I'm typing this on is from 2003, its warranty ended many years ago. - DGentry

I have a Powerbook G4 from 2001 that is still functional. - Brome

That is damn near the saddest picture I've ever seen.. - Chris Lawrence

DGentry, Brome, this is the third Apple device that has done this, right after the main warranty expired, for me. - Jesse Stay

Yeah, I'm beginning to question buying AppleCare. They usually have some excuse why the thing that's wrong with your hardware is "out of warranty". Need to shop around for independent warranty extenders. - Spidra Webster

Spidra, I should mention that none of them had AppleCare. I usually sell my Apple products within a year anyway. These were the few exceptions, which I should have sold earlier. (This one in particular I couldn't, as documented on my blog thanks to AT&T) - Jesse Stay

I have had my current ipod for almost 4 years. Haven't had any problems with it so far though my warranty expired long ago. I think the the dock port may be starting to act up but I definitely think I've gotten my money's worth. Hours of continuous daily use for over 3 years. Mark me down as a happy Apple customer. - DB - Just DB

Mona Nomura

Contemplating who I should pin blame on, for inability to quickly complete a RUDIMENTARY task as printing: OEM, Win7, or Vista. #KillMe

July 17, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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OEM - Jeff (Team マクダジ )

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microsoft - Kim Landwehr

Do what I do and blame all of them. Damn the man! - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

Seriously, I don't understand why peripheral compatibility is so complicated. I am not a platform dev or architect but drivers MUST be eliminated -and soon. Plug and play ftw! - Mona Nomura from iPhone

This is why we all... do what, kids? That right! Support open standards! ;-) - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

OEM. They should start sticking the drivers in memory on the devices like they do with USB modems. - Rodfather

That's why you pat extra for a Mac. Hassle reduction. - Robert Hafer from iPhone

Every OS needs drivers - Rodfather

YOURSELF - Akiva

I am not blaming myself for (1) taking 5 minutes out of my day to try and locate a WiFi printer, since a Windows machine requires double the time of a Mac to search. (2) taking another 20 minutes to a) update system's list of compatible printers and b)searching for the actual driver, since system does not auto detect (3) Googling for drivers (another 5 minutes) (4) another 10 minutes... more... - Mona Nomura

Oh, there's more - so now, the .exe file DLd from the maker's website contains STUPID drivers that cannot even recognize I'm on a Win7 machine and keeps giving me a Vista error. Sigh. I wish this information didn't need to be extracted until Snow Leopard comes out. I hate Outlook. - Mona Nomura

Okay, I hear you loud and clear. I'm marking down that you have chosen to blame yourself. Thanks for participating in our survey! Here's a single Spree. - Akiva

#blamedrewscancer - Patrick Jordan

I did. I blamed drivers on Drew's cancer. - Mona Nomura

Oops, sorry then Mona - just got done moving into new place - tired, dove straight into a thread :) - Patrick Jordan

You probably need updated drivers. - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed

I can't read "updated drivers" without picturing people with GPS-equipped cars. - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

James: That's "upgraded drivers". :-) - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed

Ohhh... See, now I'm picturing drivers on a hill. ;-p - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

dmooney9

Blue Dogs stopping hc reform will have a come to Jesus meeting with the boss soon. Get on board or get off the train boys.

July 18, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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They (like me) do not want this to cause a deficeit (spelling?). - darnell from BuddyFeed

TheHenry to TheHenry's feed, iPhone, 3G iPhone, iPhone, iPhone Applications

Can you return iPhone apps? YES you can! - http://www.thehenry.net/2009...

June 29, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Yes, Mona proved you can return iPhone apps! - TheHenry

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Thanks for the share, Henry! :) - Mona Nomura

No problem Mona, this was really amazing news. :) - TheHenry

I couldn't believe how painless the entire process was --though I am getting (fair) rebuttals from developers :) - Mona Nomura

I know, I was also surprised on how easy it was. :) - TheHenry

While not exactly the same: I got a refund on a song from iTunes that was accidentally purchased twice on the same account...your story is better though... - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

That's still good Rob. At least you got your money back. :) - TheHenry

Wow, I had no idea you could return apps! LOL! - Techno Todd

Hmm, do they delete the application packages from your iTunes downloads directory, or something? Or do they just blacklist the digital certificate in the embedded binary? Of course, there's probably nothing to stop someone from copying the iPod/iPhone application package to another disk, getting a refund and then copying the package back to potentially use it... - Tyson Key

@tyson no, they don't delete it. But I think they do blacklist it. - Techno Todd

Interesting. - apptacious

haha! I agree Zachary! - TheHenry

Finally, I can get my money back on these free apps! - Outsanity

I'm looking for some bloggers to review my new #mozilla #firefox addon, Please help me on this - Michael_techie

Anthony Citrano

FF is not seeing the growth other services are seeing because it is not designed for the casual, non-technical user the way flickR, Twitter, and Facebook are. An average person can "walk up" to those three services and get them almost immediately. By "get them" I don't mean that they understand deeply/optimally how or why to use them but that they...

July 11, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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... can readily get their heads around the basic how-and-why. FriendFeed is just too obscure for the average user to grok, and I am not sure that is surmountable. - Anthony Citrano

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and there's more than a little techno-elitism in the idea that the problem is not enough gadgetry... au contraire.. gaze at those navels a little bit more, boys. ;) - Anthony Citrano

I don't understand why friendfeed is somehow harder to "get" than Twitter. You can do the same stuff here that you can do there. This should be readily apparent. It's a piece of paper...it is what you put on it that matters. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

@Alex: whether you understand why or not, it is. If you have access to an *average* computer user, sit them down in front of each and don't say anything. See what happens. Report back. ;) - Anthony Citrano

I don't think it has anything to do with ease of use. For those that I introduce to both services, they seem more confused by Twitter than FriendFeed. The real reason is far more basic. Twitter is still about ego and vanity while FriendFeed is about sharing and discovery. People don't come to FriendFeed (and the value prop is not such) that you come and tell what you had for lunch. THAT... more... - AJ Kohn

AJ, that's a very interesting take. - Nick in Manila

@Bill - URL shortening and twitpic are not basic how-and-why of Twitter. Do you really think grokking URL shortening and Twitpic are Twitter 101? They aren't, and if you think they are, I respectfully submit that you too may be suffering from technobubbleitis. @AJ: it sounds like you're talking about the utility - not accessibility - of each service. And if you think FF is not about "me, me, me" then consider yourself blessed for missing out on most of its "recommended users." - Anthony Citrano

@Anthony: I think the utility creates a perception of accessibility. FriendFeed is just as easy, if not easier, to newbies I've introduced. But the value prop of Twitter is very clear - "what are you doing?". "Oooooh, someone wants to know what I'm doing? I'm eating a mango!" Even without feedback the act of doing this is self-reinforcing. And those little number on the right hand side... more... - AJ Kohn

If Twitter is supposed ti let people know what you are doing FF tells people "Who you are". So much gets lost in context that it is hard to tell who someone really is. When you read someone's FF you get a better feel for what they are about. And pictures help ;-) - Tony from fftogo

speaking of context, Tony, how does that relate to the subject at hand? ;-p - Anthony Citrano

It's not the UI per se. IMHO, the perception of an existing active tight-knit community of users who share and discuss things all day long is a significant psychological barrier for new users to overcome. Similar behavior can be seen on traditional message boards, where it often takes lurkers months or years before they finally register an account and start a Hello I'm new here thread.... more... - Aviv

I just saw this comment(tweet) on AJ's twitter stream. "how come I've got 573 "subscriptions" on Friendfeed when I've never signed up to follow anyone? Has to be worst Internet product in history. #" I did get defensive and protective but AJ was so cool in his answer that I just let it go. People are intimidated when something is new and unfamiliar. In most cases someone joins and... more... - Myrna

To me FriendFeed is a cross between Twitter and an forum. I think I spend more time trying to figure out what someone is trying to say in 140 characters than thinking about what they are trying to communicate. Some people would rather be in front of the crowd shouting than in the crowd discussing. - Keith James Designs

Had another thought recently. Suggested user lists on FF and Twitter are two different animals. People already know celebs use Twitter and expect to see inflated update/follow counts. However, I'd guess this is a far more delicate issue on FF and encouraging new users to subscribe to power-users right away and having them see 5-digit comment/like count stats may be contributing to... more... - Aviv

Keith: "Some people would rather be in front of the crowd shouting than in the crowd discussing." Bingo! - Myrna

Aviv, yes, it definitely feels more intimidating at first for all the reasons you sited. - Myrna

Many times on forums, knowledge of older threads or events is required to understand the context of new posts made by the regular members. Again, similar behavior seems to have developed on FF, which is only natural the more users interact with others over time. IMHO it may decrease the likelihood that new users will stick around. Quickly scanning my feed I detect many posts such as:... more... - Aviv

The average user? Are we talking about the folks who wonder why their shortcuts to Word and Excel aren't on their desktops when they logon to someone else's PC? Or are we meaning people who are a little more technologically savvy? - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

I remember feeling that like, like I had no IRL friends on here and thus intimated to join in with the community (for Facebook this is definitely true, I only joined because of my friends). And as I'm a *very* shy person, to get me to join in with anything anyway is a push at best. I wish I could answer the question, what changed for me but I honestly cannot remember (perhaps one day we... more... - Kol Tregaskes

Aviv, so perhaps if new users were suggested users to subscribe to that were fairly new themselves then that would help? It sounds good but I can't think of how or who to suggest to the new user apart from a random list of new-ish users? - Kol Tregaskes

It's like starting a new job at the same time as another person, you find you generally bond with them more than other people who have worked at the company for a long time. - Kol Tregaskes

Kol, yes. It's all 'organic growth'. Sometimes its difficult to know how things evolved. I was intimidated to come here because all my friends were on fb or twitter. Karoli showed me something one day here and now she spends more time on twitter bec her friends are comfortable there. She's there and now I'm here. - Myrna

thats y i like FF. I left twitter when all the lame celebs put it on cnn and daytime tv 24hours. FF is still tech. Twitter is now as cool and cutting edge as VHS and rabbit ears - echostreamer

Shey to Shey's feed, Funny Pics and Videos

Generation Y

June 30, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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lol - Anna Haro

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Yeah, but it's Generation X's fault that we have to look at all those "Y"s... We(they?) started it. (I get a little confused. I'm 30, so which side of the fence am I really on?) - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

:D I saw one of those today :P - comix aka martha

ewwww - Shey

Kamilah, I'm in the same boat. 31, and every definition says I fall between the X and Y cracks. Which, in light of this post, kinda grosses me out. - FFing Enigma

LOLZ Tina. I guess it's the shadow effect of my parents being a little too young to be true Boomers. I'm a little too young to be Gen X - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Just missing a strange looking tattoo and you're there Shey - Charlie Anzman

:) why y? - FlyMeToTheMoon from email

I thought Gen-Xers were older than Ys? - Shey

Yes, Shey, what made you think otherwise? - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Andrew Trinh

According to that, I'm officially an Xer. Once again, I apologize on behalf of this entire generation for the saggy pants that refuse to go away. We though it was cute. Fun. Temporary. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

I'm Generation Y. But my butt-crack is firmly concealed. Unless I'm at home... - Shey

@Andrew Thanks your link - FlyMeToTheMoon from email

ahahahah - Susan Beebe

darn kids...pull your britches up!!!! - Stephanie Segel

lol true - Will Higgins™

D: - yasin ghasemi

XA x3 - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Hahaha! - Anne Bouey

I would hate to see Generation - ( )X( ) - Adam Helweh

lol@Adam - Shey

heehee - AJ Batac :)

My co-worker to a T...or Y. - Jack&Cleo

Lol, this picture really describe our generation lol - Moon

@Kamilah oops, I misunderstood what you were saying. Yes, you're right -- it's totally Gen X's fault. - Shey

lol,,, - Ashanti

I don't want to see the other side of that… - Daniel Schildt

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This is..

July 2, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I'll write a note about it… later - alieb

it's so motivating... - darnell from BuddyFeed

maybe - alphaxion

(jeff)isageek

my father was killed by ninjas..need money for karate lessons - http://jeffisageek.posterous.com/my-fath...

July 1, 2009 from Posterous - Comment - Like - Share

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wow...they're getting creative now....is it that bad out there? - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

Must not be too bad if they can afford $700 for Photoshop... - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

I know it's cynical, but I can't help but remember a quote from Chris Rock: "If a homeless person has a funny sign, he hasn't been homeless that long. A real homeless person is too hungry to be funny." - Victor Ganata

Good points Kamilah and Victor. Although, technically you don't need Photoshop to be able to 'shop photos :P Gimp, ImageMagick, Paint, etc, etc - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

My father met a similar demise. God I hate ninjas!!! - Johnathan K. Johnson

It may not be Photoshopped. I saw a guy on the streets of San Diego with a sign exactly like this. He didn't look like he'd been homeless for very long, though. - Victor Ganata

There was a old guy who panhandled in downtown Montreal years and years ago, who told the most incredible "hard luck" stories - a different story every day about why he needed your spare change. It was like a busker playing tunes in the subway; people would stop and give him money just to hear whatever story he'd come up with next. I often wonder what happened to him. - Rebecca Leaman

Hm, Victor. A "homeless" meme, perhaps? (I put it in quotes because I think many of those folks with signs are fakes. Not all, but many.) - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Most excellent - Geoff Schultz {TF}

There's a guy in Seattle with the same sign. Usually hangs out near Pacific Place. - The original Kevin

Sneaky ninjas! - Rick Cogley

Anthony Citrano

*You* balance the budget | Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/news...

July 1, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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“Try your hand at closing California’s budget shortfall, estimated at $24 billion. It’s not easy, but it can be done. Cut spending, raise taxes and/or borrow to get the state out of the red. For each choice -- drawn from proposals from across the political spectrum -- we’ve tried to give some sense of the effects. As you craft your proposal, the Deficit Meter will show your progress.” - Anthony Citrano

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Holy crap...I tried it...raising taxes only gets you about halfway there and then you have to make some pretty painful cuts to get the rest of the way there. California is truly screwed. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I got them into the green but it took some doing. Interesting that "legalize marijuana and tax at 10%" wasn't an option as a revenue stream. I wonder how quickly the scenario would change if it were. - FFing Enigma

My only option is to move to florida - Tony C (Unrated) from fftogo

@Tina - it is an option (Assembly Bill 390) but not within the current emergency session. @Alex: Yes, but it ain't just California. The state continues to serve as an essential US leading indicator. ;) - Anthony Citrano

Wow, that is amazing to see. I didn't even manage to get it half way down. My mom is in human services and as a recent college grad with no insurance it was hard to cut anything from education, human services, health or state workers. Poor Cali. :( - <3Heather<3

@Earl: Florida, New York, and Michigan are close on California's heels. Try maybe Hawaii instead. - Ladyepiphanybug

Another 6 months of Obama, and the U.S. will be like California. - Spencer

That's an awesome visualization. California is pretty fucked. - Eric P

I fixed it, but I raised the hell out of some taxes to do it. - Steve Lowe

Here is what I would do.. I'd actually probably do more than just what has been proposed: http://www.latimes.com/news... - Bill Rawlinson

If you cut everything but the one-time fixes, and don't raise taxes, you are still in the red. California is boned. Can we sell it to Japan? China? - Andy Dustman

@Spencer: clue up, mon vieux. - Anthony Citrano

@Andy, Heather, Eric - as I said to Alex: this isn't unique to CA; it's coming soon to a State House near you. - Anthony Citrano

Yeah, but not to the extent that CA is facing...unless the economy gets worse. :) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

@Alex - that depends on whether you measure "extent" in percentages or absolutes. In absolutes, of course none are to the extent of CA because it's the largest state economy. But in percentage terms, most state budgets are similarly fucked over the next fiscal session - two if they're lucky. - Anthony Citrano

I disagree. California is uniquely fucked up because of its constitution and system of ballot referendums (prop 13). Other states are able to adjust and respond more effectively as they go along - obviously they haven't stayed deficit free, but the situation isn't *as* dire elsewhere. - Eric P

It's important to keep in mind that this is a static tool for what is an inherently dynamic problem. You can raise taxes, sure, but you'll also lose an extraordinary amount of revenue in subsequent years as families relocate. And if you think that won't happen, keep in mind that Cali is already hemorrhaging high-earners. Cali's problem is a spending problem, just as the rest of the... more... - Forrest Cox

Good fun, balance California budget! - Mike Reynolds

Wow, this is a great visual representation. Totally depressing. - joey

@Eric P: yes, California has unique challenges. But what I meant was that the core problem - i.e. the state being totally bankrupt - is not unique. Many US states will be right behind it. - Anthony Citrano

In MO, we had a GOP Gov. who made draconian cuts to balance the budget. It made him unpopular and he only served one term; but we are stable fiscally now. - Robert Hafer from iPhone

@Anthony - but not too many other states have an economy roughly the size of France's. A good comparison here is Texas, which is also very large, very diverse, and is in comparatively sterling fiscal shape. - Forrest Cox

Just legalize our states #1 Cash crop, and the tax revenues from it should go a long way to shoring up the budget permanently. Then repeat for every other state and things might actually start to get better! Imagine that! - Michael Fidler

The budget "options" are too old. Due to a failure to act before July 1 - some options are no longer available. - LPH™ and his dog P™ from BuddyFeed

I didn't see an option to cut the salaries of the governor and legislators to minimum wage level. - John (bird whisperer)

I balanced the budget and have almost $11 million left over without raising ONE TAX! http://www.latimes.com/news... :P (And yes, I'm dead serious) - Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ

No new taxes? Select the "possibly illegal" cuts and give voters next election a choice: keep more of your earnings and invest in your own futures, or give it all to us and trust us to rain those benefits sufficiently back to you. Do you really have confidence CA can do that efficiently? - Andrew Skretvedt

After experimenting and looking at the list, any change of less than a billion dollars is barely worth making. Fixing this is going to be painful, but this is what you get for continuously demanding services, at some point they need to be paid for. The "cut the health and dental care for state retirees maybe be illegal and will be challenged in court" is kind weird: if the state goes bankrupt, those won't be paid out anyway. But I guess everyone gets to feel good about not having to cut that. - Andy Bakun

I also don't get why we're spending money on some of these things. Why are we keeping illegal immigrants in state prisons? Why have they not been deported? Wouldn't deporting them as soon as possible actually be cheaper in the long run? - Andy Bakun

New constitution. - anna sauce

That wasn't too hard. I made 14bn in cuts and 16bn in new taxes, giving me a budget surplus of 6.8bn which I will bank for the next two years as the tax base shrinks even more. I gutted law enforcement (over porked as it is), cut hard across community college level (sorry kids, suck it up for a bit and read on your own) but left k-14 intact as well as ALL health and human services. - Cole Jolley

It's amazing how may state funded freeloaders there are in Ca. - Kenny Elliott

Maybe I didn't see the option, but I wanted to release all non-violent drug offenders, and others incarcerated for victimless crimes. That should've been worth something. - Dave Roth

This is a wonderful application. It's very easy to armchair quarterback things like budgets. It's good to be able to see options laid out in an interactive fashion like this. Should do it more often, particularly before elections. - Barry Biddlecomb from twhirl

My one gripe about the application: It only shows the *deficit*, not the entire budget, and cuts that have been proposed by politicians. This is around $130B if federal funds aren't counted, $200B with federal funds. http://www.dof.ca.gov/budgeti... - Andy Dustman

Gawd...this is hard to do without cutting much needed programs (I think anyway.) - Adam C.

California is setting an early example for a wholesale rethink sorely needed in the United States. That is: what should government really be responsible for? As many of you have said, this is an example of free-riding entitlement gone amok. And if you all think this is bad, just wait until we have to take the same approach to the federal budget.... - Anthony Citrano

The thing is, paying more isn't even an option, since the Governator will terminate any bill that tries to raise taxes. Although I wonder how long that stance is going to last. - Victor Ganata

Robert Scoble

Scoble Surfing

June 30, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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Yesterday I went surfing, thanks Luke Kilpatrick for taking me out in huge waves. It’s not as easy as it looks and I’m sore today. Oh, and this is a test of FriendFeed’s email feature. I just sent this to share@friendfeed.com and we’ll see if it goes up. - Robert Scoble from email

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So does this mean you're breaking your week-long FF/Twitter fast? ;) - Brett Kelly

Liked that you went surfing, but incredulous that it took you this long to try share@ - FFing Enigma

Wow that looks like fun and share@friendfeed.com worked perfectly - Peter du Toit (S.Africa)

Just for a minute. This is a cool feature. - Robert Scoble

GREAT!!!!! - Ronald

so where is your iphone and video camera crew :p - Darren Stuart

If the yo dawg memeage wasn't DEAD <wink> there would be a surfing while you surf thing going on here =) - Micah

Darren: this was taken with Luke's Palm Pre. Who needs an iPhone? OK, I'm outta here. Just needed a quick hit of Real Time web to keep me going. I was starting to twitch there for a second. :-) - Robert Scoble

Very groovy Indeed! - MrGroove

I used the feature yesterday, it didn't work for me. I tried twice though. - Tibor Holoda

Awesome! - zedomax

Let's see some Scoble-diving - Danny

Did you go out at Mavericks? I hear that place legendary, and deadly! - dthree

How tall is that board? Or are you under 4 foot tall? :) - Patrick Jordan

at least Robert looks like a fish - Thomas Power

nice board Robert - Miguel Rodriguez

Tibor: it will only work properly if you're sending from on of the email addresses that you have on file and verified in your FF account. Double check and make sure you it was the correct address and that the same address shows as 'verified' in FF. - FFing Enigma

Robert, try sending a voice memo to share@ from your new iPhone. The quality is amazing and it attaches in FriendFeed, just like photos. I'm told soon they'll stream straight from here as well. - Jesse Stay

Ha, Scoble doing Mavericks, um hum! - JimmyJet

Appears to be a longboard, has a wood laminate look. - JimmyJet

Tina: Thanks, but i did check that. Used two verified addresses of mine, none of them worked. Strange. - Tibor Holoda

Cool, don't give up, surf every day you can. You will love it! - Eduardo Sasso

That's a nice ride! And lol @ thinking any surfer would take a newbie to Maverick's. I doubt I could even swim out to the break at Maverick's, let alone ride any waves, but scoble's more badass than I. - Lo the Baker

Nice! I just came back from my first lesson in Pacifica, loved it! - Yousef

One of those 'tiny' waves at Mavericks http://bit.ly/qXFTT - JimmyJet

Robert! So this is like twitpic for FriendFeed? Yahoo! I gotta get this set up on my CrackBerry for the weekend! Mahalo dude! Enjoy the waves and keep practicing... for Hawaii! - Arleen Boyd

me surfing (http://picasaweb.google.com/stephan...). you know, just in case this becomes a meme. - Kelly Norton

The board is a 9'4' Jeff Hakman, Hawaiian Pro Design, it is a wood veneer, but real wood none the less. It is a Surftech epoxy wood series. Check it out - http://www.surftech.com/tech... - I took Robert out to the Half Moon Bay Jetty, it was supposed to be small but a great south swell hit at about 6pm. I tell the whole story here http://www.lukek.ca/?p=348 - Luke Kilpatrick

Peter: I would love to join the geek dawn patrol in SC, I try and surf SC once a week. Mind sending me a dm with details? I will do my best to bring Robert as well. - Luke Kilpatrick

I think that it is a Hakman board and a sweet one at that. :-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Well I'll be darned, I thought from the pic it was a classic board. Thanks for the link and info Luke. - JCunwired

Rumor is (read it on TMZ) that the board in the pic is a short board. - Jack&Cleo

Mathew: My mistake, the name is usually so covered with wax that I misspell it. I love this board and it seems to be the one in the photo of every person I take surfing with me, I think I have about 6 different people in the same pose as Robert with that board. - Luke Kilpatrick

Nice board, wetsuit and booties Robert - but Luke says you have a big stick, whats the connection? - Geer

awesome board - Bren

Geer: Surfing has its own language, that has never really been fully captured by the mainstream. A stick is simply a surfboard, a big stick is a long board (aka a board over 9ft). A common phrase is "wax up the stick and go catch some swell" which to many non-surfers wouldn't mean much but to a surfer its the best part of the day. - Luke Kilpatrick

Luke: you mean surfing like in these pics? http://picasaweb.google.com/giseke... - Geer

Geer: Sorry, didn't look too closely at your profile, Awesome waves! The ones at the Princeton Jetty last night were close to head high and closing out hard, those look just perfect overhead with nice offshores. Jealous! Send some of that swell, water and winds to CA please. @surfergrrrl, one of my best surfing buddies is goofy foot and insanely jealous that you NZ guys have Raglan. There isn't a left point break here of any quality for hundreds of miles. Santa Cruz is land of the right. - Luke Kilpatrick

I have been liking this website. http://www.surf-forecast.com/ - Mathew A. Koeneker

read somewhere there's a motherboard with a webcam - Peter Harris

Mathew: http://magicseaweed.com is also a good site - Geer

did i mention i live in maui hawaii? suckas ;) - Tyler Gillies

I have never been surfing before. Something for my Bucket list, I guess - Kreg Steppe

Luke, tks. for board info. Scobleizer kicked off a great thread. Love the water, surf music, beach scene. - JimmyJet

Kreg: If you are ever in SF send me a dm or email. Always happy to take people out and get them worked on a bit by the pacific. - Luke Kilpatrick

I miss Robert on here, place seems quiet. - Mark

Btw, every time i look at the picture i see Robert with a giant banana ;) - Tibor Holoda

I see gdgt.com has launched but has crashed. Isn't it a rackspace account? - Mark

Mark: only live.gdgt.com is hosted at Rackspace. gdgt.com is not. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/gdgt... shows that. - Robert Scoble

Awesome Rob, the bit Rackspace hosts performs perfectly and the part it doesn't fails epically ;) - Mark

There is an account waiting for the taking their Robert. I remember the Apple coverage, the pages loaded INSTANTLY even with millions of users. - Mark

YES! i heard of Arrington surfing on his vacation to Hawaii....now @scobleizer ! Hell yeah...glad you had fun...hopefully this catches on as it is very therapeutic ....Surf off between tech leaders! - shayne catrett

Jesse Stay

I have the coolest idea for a Twitter replacement, but not sure if I want to take the risk - lots of risk competing w/ Twitter nowadays.

June 30, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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There's plenty of room, the issue is getting involved before user inertia totally sets in. - Brandon Mendelson

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Yeah - I'll have to see how it fits in with SocialToo and other stuff going on. It's a completely new concept - not a clone. - Jesse Stay

ok - just so louis can pick on me - will your new service have a default list? - Allen Stern

@Jesse, this is very exciting. And if you're looking for folks for the default list, let me know. I have some experience on that one ;-) - Brandon Mendelson

Allen, no. - Jesse Stay

Although it would be a great way to get you to write about me - hmmm...rethinking that... - Jesse Stay

I'm ready.. grrrrr twitter hasn't fixed my issue in 3 weeks and I'm getting a bit miffed! - Carissa

there are plenty of people willing to take the risk if they like your idea - gautam

Anyone know any good investors? Maybe if I can get investment up front I could do it. Otherwise it will take awhile. - Jesse Stay

I can tell you you might be able to find some brands willing to get involved as advertisers / partners but I don't know enough about investors to suggest any. - Brandon Mendelson

One thing I can divulge - it will take away the emphasis on number of followers. - Jesse Stay

I'm down with that Jesse ;) - Frankie Warren

I will invest in you Jesse and your idea - I can offer you 5000 followers as my investment - Allen Stern

Don't overlook crowdfunding either. - Brandon Mendelson

I disagree with Brandon, there's not a lot of room, and it would need to be really different and compelling to compete with Twitter - Jorge Escobar

Jorge it would be very different, possibly even a Twitter acquisition down the road, but it could also be competition with them. - Jesse Stay

Hopefully very different from Pownce and Plurk, 'cause we all know what happened there - Jorge Escobar

Oh, and who's using identi.ca again? - Jorge Escobar

to be honest, the key with any new service coming into town when another player has the market is that it can't be a little better, it has to be so significantly better that it forces (i said forces) a shift. bing is a great example of this - they aren't different enough from google. Another option is to start with x number of niches and then build out - like the game of risk. - Allen Stern

Jorge, those are clones - this is a new concept. It's a new way of microblogging, pretty much. - Jesse Stay

@jesse: we're here to help! Nothing would please us more than a good microblogging app that is stable and is not follower-based - Jorge Escobar

@Allen, I like that thought. It's the Purple Cow approach. - Brandon Mendelson

Mobile has to be the heart of it, though. OR a really important part of it. And not to one mobile platform either. - Jorge Escobar

Jorge, I can see mobile fitting in quite well with it. - Jesse Stay

and while i fool around with you jesse and your tshirts, i am happy to help or give you feedback on your idea - Allen Stern

would your service "steal the conversation away from blogs"? :) - Alejandro

Allen, thanks - I'll DM you shortly - Jesse Stay

Alejandro, no - Jesse Stay

then Allen won't talk about it :) - Alejandro

lol - i need to change up my game - you all can see when im going to shoot the 3 pointer. - Allen Stern

Rah-PM 2012

OMG! BLACK PEOPLE! - http://omgblackpeople.tumblr.com/

June 28, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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sometimes it's hard to see under all that ignorance. - michael sean wright

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I know, right? Geez. - Rah-PM 2012

I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Kinda bold, though. - Bryan R. Adams

wow - Cee Bee

Oh boy - Louis Simoneau

that's just asking for it. - vijay

tEh stoopid! itb urnz! (In other words: Racist idiots.) - Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)

The other 360 days of the year, you guys should go OMG WHITE PEOPLE. :) - Louis Gray

LMAO@LG - Rah-PM 2012

+1 LG! - .LAG liked that

OMG! PEOPLE! - Ciro Villa

ahahahah :D - diego morelli

LOLLLLL Good One!! thx fer my Daily Laff! ;)) I needed dat!! - Billy Warhol

It woulda been classic if she included Michael Jackson in the list of black people she was unsure why were trending. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

WTF - Melissa

just another case of "just because it's in your size means you should wear it." I think NOT! - Gwen Sutton

Yeah, this was my WTF of the day! - Thierry R. Andriamirado

OMG, stupid people why are they on twitter - Kim Landwehr

@MarkRizzn... WHAT!!!? Michael Jackson was black? <wink /> - .LAG liked that

the BET awards were airing. - Shiva

Are you kidding me. Guess black folks aren't allowed to trend on Twitter. - Michelle

I wonder what happens when they discover all the Hispanics next. - Steven Perez

Nuh uh! I should know. My next door neighbors are Hispanical.' - Steven Perez from IM

!ha! right now she's got zero followers. nuff sed. - MikeAmundsen

Funny Pics and Videos: Ozer Wrzl (EN)

Sorry I’m Late Guys - http://dragyoutohell.com/blog...

June 29, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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made me lol - Phil Maxwell

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What NOT to bring to a PETA protest (LOL) .... - Stephanie Segel

Tasty tasty murder :-) - Michael Wilson

Perhaps my friends & I should do this at the next PETA protest. ;-) - darnell from BuddyFeed

Robert Scoble

It's only pixels. Little dots of color that represent #'s underneath. But Boston.com's Big Picture always grips: this week more than ever. - http://www.boston.com/bigpict...

June 22, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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This is my favorite site for photojournalism. How they get such great photography every week is a story I'd love to hear more about. Gripping, especially this week. Amazing what simple pixels on a screen can do to grab you. - Robert Scoble

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I urge everyone to click through and view these pictures. This is not about an election; it is about people's right to be heard. - Mark Traphagen

i'm sure rackspace and b43 could get you into boston.com to interview somebody... right? - Chris Heath

Chris: yes, someday. I need to visit Boston, but just so freaking busy lately. - Robert Scoble

totally understand... but don't forget... what am i thinking... of course you won't - Chris Heath

Great photos. - Rick Cogley

As an aspiring photographer I have always hoped to get a photo on that page. Maybe one day. - John Ford

Steven Perez

Yes, we are related.

June 22, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Lessee: like climbing, like bananas, have a penchant for singing, dancing blondes, get shot at a lot, hairy, like to fight off monsters, ... yep, practically cousins. - Steven Perez

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Not bad Steven :) - James Stratford

Good to know. Gooood to know... - AJ Batac :)

NOTICE: NO BUNNEHS. - Steven Perez

Except that mean and nasty bunneh at the end of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. - Ladyepiphanybug

AGAIN, NOTICE: NO BUNNEHS. - Steven Perez from IM

um......buneh? - Joel Robert Perez

Yes! Bunneh! http://ff.im/4j9rM and http://ff.im/4j9DM We all know it. No use hiding any more! :-D - Ladyepiphanybug

NO ESTOY BUNNEH. - Steven Perez

Oye Como VA?!?!? - Joel Robert Perez

Which one is reacting to the statement "Sorry, we're out of cilantro"? - John E. Bredehoft

The one on the right, John. - Joel Robert Perez

a tree bunneh? - WoH: Minding her Steves

Separated at birth. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Jesse Stay

I can't believe the Apple fanboys are putting me in a bad mood. I'm an Apple fan boy! ;-)

June 22, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Being wrong hurts, doesn't it? Don't try to take down Apple and TiVo with your WiMP junk. :) - Louis Gray

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What's WiMP? - Jesse Stay

Personally, I try to hate all OS's - they all suck. - Jesse Stay

i think you're supposed to add "equally" to the end of that sentence, Jesse. :P - John Wang

im a pc. btw is your show on tonight? - Allen Stern

Josh, I choose Mac, *except* when PC makes better sense - Jesse Stay

Allen, I think I'm going to do the show more occasionally - it's getting too hard to do every week. I've got some other ideas though to keep the videos flowing. - Jesse Stay

aah ok - i hope i didnt push all your viewers away :) - Allen Stern

Allen, the 8 we already had? I doubt it. :-) - Jesse Stay

Mona Nomura

Why are people so intent on being equal? Tolerance, comes with understanding and celebrating differences. #RelaxInternet

June 1, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Equal in treatment...not equal in behavior/opinion/dress, etc. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

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Preach it Mona!  - darnell from BuddyFeed

I don't know - I for one think we should all be girls. - Jesse Stay

But in order to be able to treat each other equally, empathy is required. Jesse LOL - Mona Nomura from IM

@jessie - not too sure I am ready to be a girl yet, having too much fun as I am. :-) - Dan owns Comicsforge.com

Thank you, Alex. - Anika

Alex and Anika - equality is the same across the board. - Mona Nomura

I prefer to be treated 'Splenda-didly' as opposed to 'Equal-ly'. No weird aftertaste. - Morgan

...still waiting for Anika and Alex to clarify. I didn't know 'equal' was different. - Mona Nomura from IM

Equality means that whether you are a man, or a woman, whether you are Christian or agnostic, gay or straight, rich or poor, Asian, white, European or whatever that I treat you the same...that I give you the same opportunities. Doesn't mean you have to act the same. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Alex, I'd like to have the opportunity to be pregnant - Jesse Stay

What board is that, Mona? No one thinks that equality means we have to be/act the same. When I walk into a store, my gender, color of my skin, sexuality or marital status should have no bearing on if I'm asking a question. Is that wrong? Yes, my experiences give me a different perspective on things, but if I speak up with my opinion is it right to for me to be ignored because I'm a... more... - Anika

Understanding -> celebrating difference -> tolerance -> equality. They're all intertwined in my eyes...and I think we're talking about two different things lol. - Mona Nomura

Understanding and celebrating differences leads to treating people as equals so I think they're all mixed in. - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

And you just posted what I wanted to say! :p - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

Hahahha - Mona Nomura

IMO tolerance is not the same thing as respect. One says "I'm right and you're wrong but I am not going to make a big deal about it" and the other says "We don't see eye to eye and that's OK." - Daniel J. Pritchett

Tolerance, empathy, respect, all go hand in hand with me. - Mona Nomura

I thrive on being different - isn't that why we're all on FriendFeed? - Jesse Stay

Are you saying you're not all like me? - amygeek

Background - this was derived from the stink people were raising over Dave McClure's post, calling him sexist or something. Wow. - Mona Nomura

"In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some... more... - Jesse Stay

*that's* equality ^^^^ - Jesse Stay

I will never be equal to my wife, just won't happen. :-) - Dan owns Comicsforge.com

Anthony Citrano

If every secret of every human were simultaneously exposed to the public at once, would we like each other more - or less? [Asked with a tip o’ the hat to David Brin, of course.]

May 29, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I'd go with more. If everyone had their inner thoughts and secrets exposed, I would bet that most everyone would have something that would embarrass them. Then we'd realize how normal variances are. Getting rid of a lot of the tabooness surrounding these topics. - Andrew

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I think that if we could cope with that as a species we wouldn't have developed the ability to keep them in the first place, so I'm going with less. I'm not familiar with how Brin touched on this subject. In one of his books I assume? Which one? - invariant

Probably less, but it would be a lot easier to get over. - Nakachi

In that reality, "like" or "dislike" would go away, as well...Actually it seems in reverse to me: disguises fall away/secrets are "exposed" when we love one another and ourselves inclusively, fully - Maryam

In the comic book Moonshadow, by John De Matteis (sp?) and John J Muth, the obscure alien race punished a planet by making them all telepathic at once. It tore the society apart. I'd kinda go with that version. :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Reviews at amazon here....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - moon_shadow70

@invariant, we aren't the only animals to use deception. I wonder what the difference between deception and secret really is.... is language and long term memory required. Or an ability to care that the deception was committed more than simple food, shelter, reproduction competition? - moon_shadow70

@invariant: I see my question as an extension of the core theme of Brin's “Transparent Society”... - Anthony Citrano

I'm with @Nakachi on this one. - Kenton

Assuming that 'secret' includes knowing when your friends and family have hated you, cheated on you, imagined killing you, etc., I'd have to say less. A LOT less. - FFing Enigma

The haters would hate more, the lovers would love more, and the ambivalent would doggedly do less with more. After the initial sound-bite warfare that would ensue, Secret Media Experts would slowly but surely mind-blog that the accounting of human memory is a stream of consciousness that at best can only lead to vague conclusions. - Micah

Something I once heard... For some people, it would be a great joy to have all the people they've ever known in a room at the same time. For others, it would be hell. Openness would really screw up some people's strategies for living life (whereas I would love it). - Mitchell Tsai

I'd say more. We'd have a big shock when we say how much our trust in people had been betrayed; then there would be a countershock when we say how much we had betrayed people's trust; and we'd wind up being forced to learn to forgive ourselves, and each other. - Nathaniel Thurston

I'd say more. Secrecy (and policies that rest on it) leads to short term exploits of one individual group over another that are unstable (as the truth leaks out or becomes evident) and bad for us as a whole. Call me naïve, but I think that being forced to see how similar and flawed we are rather than pretending that some people are deserving whilst others are worthless would make us a lot more careful about how we live. - Robin Barooah

I agree with Nathaniel and Robin. I think that many relationships - business, personal, and otherwise - are based on inequities of available information. Were that all equalized, we'd be forced to love and accept (or not) the other person for 100% exactly who they are. At the same time, others would be making that analysis - and choice - about ourselves. I think it would be turbulent but ultimately good. - Anthony Citrano

I'm having a second thought about a subclass of the population, comprising maybe 1% - 5%: the sociopaths. I'd say that the people who make a lifelong habit of getting over on others will like it a lot less as things get more transparent. - Nathaniel Thurston

Robert Scoble

Why didn't Twitter go down when I was on the Nimitz aircraft carrier and couldn't use it? Blame Scoble!

May 30, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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lol - Allen Stern

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I second Scoble on that! - darnell

looks like we've got a Wave going! - Craig Shipp

figures eh - Austin Garrod

WaveFeed? FriendWave? - Tristan Seligmann

it's fine here - kang

its up again - Johni Fisher

what on earth are you doing on a ship rob? - David Lloyd

what is your job Robert? i mean, your title, what do you do for a living. I don't mean blogging or twittering. What do your employers pay you do do? - David Lloyd

Mark, he works for RackSpace. EDIT: Read more at http://louisgray.com/live... - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

Mark: I am working on something that will come out on June 11 at http://www.building43.com - Robert Scoble

Doing what though? they are a web hosting company. What does he do? lol - David Lloyd

DONE - sean percival

Mark: you can see photos of what I was doing on the ship: http://www.flickr.com/photos... (We were visiting as part of a blogger embark that Guy Kawasaki arranged). - Robert Scoble

ooo how cryptically exciting, cannot wait! I wondered what you were up to travelling all over the world. - David Lloyd

"something that will come out on June 11 at http://www.building43.com - Robert Scoble" ----- that's my birthday in case you didn't know - shayne catrett

What do I do for a living? I tour the world interviewing business and tech innovators. Rackspace is paying me to do that because we're building a community of people who are fanatical about the Internet. Really why I'm paid is because I have relationships with many of the people who are building the most interesting web sites. Rackspace hosted YouTube before Google bought them. We are looking for more of those. - Robert Scoble

Happy Early Birthday. Imagine how cool it would be just do take a few days and go and hang out on a big ship? Shame the pesky real world has to go and spoil everything :p - David Lloyd

SO is the hope that some of these big upcoming websites might consider using rackspace in the future? You kind of are recruiting big accounts? - David Lloyd

I love how they called it a "fatal" software error. - David Lloyd

I also love the real-time updates on FF. When Google Wave comes out we will be able to see each other typing this nonsense in real time character by character!! - David Lloyd

drat! - David Lloyd

I wonder who will get the exclusive launch info about Building43. What it is etc. Maybe TechCrunch, or maybe GillmorGang - David Lloyd

MG Siegler

twitter is struggling right now.

May 30, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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looking at AlertSite web performance stats for twitter.com. Looks like response times shot up to 90 secs around 8:35 from some locations. Browser timeouts. - Mike Lizun

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just hit http://status.twitter.com/post... - MG Siegler

This is plain ridiculous. - Kiran Patchigolla

Twitter has been struggling for over a year - Jesse Stay

Someone needs to create the real-time whale. Forget this real-time web thing. - Jesse Stay

big time - sean percival

spymaster too :( - sean percival

over 30 minutes now. - MG Siegler

probably needs a blog post on the majors! - Allen Stern

Not loading at all for me anymore, just timing out. - Ben Kessler

Its down for me too! :-( - darnell

and there she is - just like amtrak - always on time :) - Allen Stern

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