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Walk it Off: NYC second most walkable city, SF is #1 [gothamist.com]
Walk it Off: NYC second most walkable city, SF is #1 [gothamist.com]
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Really? Kind of surprised, having lived in both cities. I guess Staten Island and parts of Queens really brings the NYC average down... - Jennie Lin via Bookmarklet
Reading comments on the site, love when New Yorkers get pissy about San Francisco. - Hutch Carpenter
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I currently work in SF and lived in NYC for a year. NYC has much better mass transit which conversely makes the walking easier. Some parts of SF proper are cut off from the Bart (only thing comparable to the NYC subway) and the MUNI is a joke. Then there's the hills. SF is walkable but I'd put both NYC and Portland Oregon above it, personally - Jason Kaneshiro
True Jason. If you commute from the city down the Peninsula, driving is really the only option. Takes so long to get to BART/Caltrain otherwise. - Hutch Carpenter
Depends on the criteria. NYC (and it should really just be Manhattan) has much better mass transit, but that's not really what this article is about. Although I like NYC, I think San Francisco is prettier and has milder weather, so from an aesthetic point-of-view, I agree. Also, people can be super intense in NYC, which sometimes makes walking unpleasant, even though I do enjoy a pedestrian vs taxi driver fight once in a while. MUNI does kill a lot of pedestrians though. :( - Chris White
having worked in both this seems wrong - nyc much more walkable than sf imho - mike "glemak" dunn
Part of the difference of opinion might be based on whether you are visiting or living/working in the cities. NYC is probably a far easier walking place to live/work, but just because of the sheer size, it's harder to get around just by walking as a visitor. Also, in the Bay Area, so much work is in Silicon Valley, that it's not really a fair comparison. This is about SF, not the Bay Area. - Chris White
So what I don't understand, is why the website considered Brooklyn, and other outer boroughs in with Manhattan? Did they include Marin, Oakland, and Daly City in with SF? That would drag SF down considerably. - Jason Kaneshiro
Jason, Oakland and San Jose are like adding in Boston and Newark. You have to draw the line, and since NYC is basically one city, that's probably the criteria. I think Boston has won these contests in the past. The core of the city is pretty walkable, although nothing's that walkable on the east coast in the dead of winter. - Chris White
This conversation reminds me of Rome vs Paris walkability discussions. Paris has great mass transit, but the core of Rome is more walkable, with sites closer together, and more to see between sites. - Chris White
I didn't add San Jose, Oakland is across one bridge (or BART) and is equivalent to crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. Oakland isn't as far away from SF as NYC is Boston, by any means. - Jason Kaneshiro
City comparisons - walkability, density, size, income - are always screwed up by the way some cities draw their city limits much more tightly than others. So whenever there's a list of cities sorted by any attribute that's going to vary depending on how many suburbs you include, the precise ranking is pretty much always bogus. Walk Score ratings are also arbitrary in about 10 other ways that make arguing about the scores of NYC vs. SF kind of pointless. - ⓞnor
@Nor yep, I agree, and I think a more fair comparison would be: Manhattan Island proper to SF proper. And in that comparison, IMHO SF loses. - Jason Kaneshiro
I think everyone should sell their SF places and move to Manhattan soon. :) - Chris White
New York's weather and crowds keep it from being enjoyable to walk. SF is a lot more walkable most days of the year. - Robert Scoble
SF weather and the crowds keep it from being enjoyable to walk. NYC is a lot more walkable most days of the year. :P - Andrew Baron
I wish I lived in a walkable city. Dallas is distinctly not walkable :-( - JP Landry
@ Hutch: its' true, NYCers do get pissy about SF. I am a NYC-transplant in SF that sometimes gets pissy about SF ;) Anecdotally, I feel safer walking on most streets in Manhattan at night by myself than I do in SF. Maybe it's something to do with the number of people, or that I get a little creeped out by the quiet SF streets. - Jennie Lin
I've lived in NY and Boston. In NYC I walked some but mostly to the subway but In Boston I walked everywhere. It's just a prettier city to walk around in. I imagine SF is the same way. One neat thing about Manhattan: 20 city blocks = 1 mile. - Peter Simard
+1 andrew baron's answer to robert's - perfect! - mike "glemak" dunn
the nice thing about this thread is that the focus is on walking in a city, which in this gas price crazy time is a very positive thing - another very walkable city is chicago - probably the least walkable city i've ever lived in is la - no one walks in la ;) - mike "glemak" dunn
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Greenaway's hi-tech gadgetry highlights Da Vinci for the laptop generation | News | guardian.co.uk Film
Thursday at 4:59 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"With a glint of a dagger and a blaze of celestial light, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper burst into new life on Monday night after Peter Greenaway finally secured permission to reinvent the crumbling, 510-year-old masterpiece as a sound and light show." - David Vasileff via Bookmarklet
first story found via pressflip - David Vasileff
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pressflip launches. interesting logo - David Vasileff via Bookmarklet
Smart name - mainstreamish, just like the logo. - Aviv
Patrick Gray freelanced this for us. We're shooting for the mainstream appeal. - pressflip
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Avishai Cohen – Calm
Wednesday at 8:54 pm - Link
super like! how did I not know about Avishai Cohen before yesterday? - David Vasileff
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“I love being a kitten bed. Rocky is currently curled up asleep on my foot. And then there was yesterday: http://flickr.com/photos/phoen...”
Wednesday at 1:30 pm - Link
Oh, Maddie just joined us. - Rachel L Fisher
are you giving away Maddie and Rocky to an Adoption center, next week ? - Peter Dawson
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Yes, they are likely going back to the Palo Alto Animal Shelter on Friday. - Rachel L Fisher
Makes it sound like they're abandoning them to an adoption center. I suspect the better way to word it is "Are they being returned to their adoption center next week?" - Cyrus Lendvay
oh yeah, there is no abandoning. We keep tabs on them until they are adopted. Our last set of kittens mostly still at the Shelter. Unfortunately they are over run with kittens and cats so even kittens ready for adoption are not all out there, simply because of space issues. One of our kittens (Luna: http://flickr.com/photos/phoen...) has been adopted by our friend Georgia, but the other 4 are still there. But we continue to keep tabs on them. - Rachel L Fisher
I'm glad that you are fostering, keeping tabs on them and sharing the great photos. I just read this story about increase in pets at the palo alto shelter http://bit.ly/2vAVyC - David Vasileff
David, thanks for the article. I knew they were overrun, but I didn't know it was that bad. We love fostering, and these two kittens are really easy and a lot of fun. I'm kind of hoping I might be able to keep them longer. - Rachel L Fisher
I like the idea of having a steady stream of kittens that you get rid of before they grow up and aren't cute anymore. - Gabe Schaffer
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Palo Alto Online : Palo Alto raining cats and dogs?
Palo Alto Online : Palo Alto raining cats and dogs?
Wednesday at 1:08 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Animal shelter staff fears large influx of abandoned pets reflects tough economy" - David Vasileff
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Making of the icons for NYTimes's iPhone app
Making of the icons for NYTimes's iPhone app
Making of the icons for NYTimes's iPhone app
Making of the icons for NYTimes's iPhone app
Tuesday at 11:42 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
A really nice view into the iterative icon design process. - Kevin Fox via Bookmarklet
The obit section of a paper is the most sensitive, and a big target for libel or defamaiton suits, since they want it done right the first time (aka only time). Having worked at a paper, it's interesting the interns usually do it. That they spent so much effort on the iconography here as well is not a surprise. - Louis Gray
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Very cool seeing some of that process ... - Patrick Jordan
we're currently going through this process so thanks for the share very timely - Jon Dillon
Not enough designers publish the evolution of their work. It's actually quite brave. I especially like the skull in the flower for obits. - Clay Newton
This is also one of the better free apps on the iPhone - Jason Kaneshiro
i agree with patrick, very cool, thanks. - Craig Ritchie via twhirl
I wish I could like something 2 times. - Clay Newton
I enjoy seeing just how much time and effort goes into making the icons consistent and as simplified as possible. My experience has been that "simple = easy, less time, etc" Not at all. Great work. - Adam Helweh
Icon design is one of the most challenging design processes I'm aware of. These are exceptionally good. - Jason Wehmhoener
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“Any reports on iPhone line lengths in Palo Alto area?”
Monday at 4:12 pm - Link
Google should add a onebox just like "weather 94040" only it would be "iphone 94040" and it gives the iphone 3 day forecast. - Paul Buchheit
still a line wrapped around side of building at the palo alto store this afternoon. - David Vasileff
ok thanks, .... I think... :) - Derek Collison
+1 Paul. "Line of iPhone customers extending 5-10 miles west, expected to become partly scattered by midnight... precipitation in the form of tears expected when iPhone stock is depleted mid-to-late afternoon Tuesday..." - Karim
line is now empty but the store is closed. :) and they are out of 16gb black - David Vasileff
I recommend keeping source code lines to 80 characters, even on an iPhone in Palo Alto. - Stephen Ma
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Robert Scoble posted an entry on Scobleizer's Recent Qik Videos
Twinkle: iPhone Twitter client
Monday at 6:06 pm - Link
When is it going to be available for download? Twittelator can't click on links and I don't want to pay for Twitterrific. - Al Degutis via twhirl
man...i can't wait for installer.app... - Zee from WeDoCreative
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as soon as Apple approves it and adds in to the store - Robert Scoble
cool interview, always liked twinkle better - videopixil via twhirl
that guy in the red shirt came off a little as a patronizing douche. I'm sure he's not...maybe just nervous...but that's what he came off as on the video. - Sean McGee
I miss twinkle! - Michael J Cohen
Twinkle was a great app on 1.4, and I was sad to not see it in the 2.0 world. No more saddness! (Of course I am really waiting for someone to give me the golden ticket to using the QIK app) - mark
they got twinkies on the iphone? - Allen Stern
When.... - Rob Fuller via twhirl
I <3 twinkle. My only qualm is how long it takes to load up tweets at startup over edge. Would be great on 3G methinks. - Josh Lowensohn
@Allen Stern, didn't you know? The iPhone is made from Twinkles, Monkeys, and True Love? It's where the /magic/ comes from... - xero
Twitterific better hurry up and make their tracking feature more useful. I already paid $10 dollars just to wipe the dumb ads. I wrote an email to the developers letting them know they need to implement features of Twinkle. They replied with: "We are currently working on it." - Michael Narciso
Another great jailbreak app crossing over to the App Store ... - Patrick Jordan
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Deep Market Thoughts…MOTHER#%^#%*%#ing Financials AND Blame The Shortseller
Monday at 4:08 pm - Link
"If the government backed every hairbrain start-up idea I had, life would be grand." - David Vasileff
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“there's still a line today at the apple store in palo alto”
Monday at 4:06 pm - Link
in other news, i'm waiting for my iphone developer application to be approved. - David Vasileff
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Millennium Falcon Birthday Cake by Charm City Cakes
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How do you bring yourself to cut it? - Brian Norwood
it took us a very long time to bring out the knife, but it was worth it - Michael Biven
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Jeff Nolan posted an entry on Venture Chronicles
Hunt for Man Eating Cougar in Palo Alto
Monday at 10:30 am - Link
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Brian Pharris posted a message
“So now that the government's in the business of sending my hard-earned money to people and corporations who acted irresponsibly during the housing boom, where's my thank-you card for being responsible and renting so that I still have money to send them?”
July 13 at 9:49 pm - Link
I believe that is in the mail, along with your stimulus check. I'm still waiting for mine. (And in other news, were you sitting around and wondering if I would notice you're starting to use FriendFeed?) - Louis Gray
I wish I could like this comment about 37 times. I waited too, saved and am now waiting for the right home to buy. I did the right thing and was responsible. Why do others get a freaking mulligan on their irresponsibility? Do we get money back when our stock picks go south? - AJ Kohn
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Not to start a political war here, but isn't it intriguing that one of the candidates for president was part of the big S&L crisis in 1989? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K... - Louis Gray
*like* LG's comment. Very interesting, something I'd forgotten. - Rick Powell
What Brian and AJ said. Especially AJ. - Anthony Citrano
Do things like that happen in the US? - dude who doesn't understand economics - Yuvi
I bought, responsibly, and I'm expected to pay for the folks who didn't. - Erisson
@Yuvi - not just in the US;last year, the UK govt used taxpayers' money to bail out a Bank that found itself in trouble after riding the sub-prime wave - Andrew Terry
What would government be without corporate welfare and entitlement-mentality generation? Come on folks, where's your compassion? - phil baumann
This is not an issue of "corporate welfare". I don;t supprot the bail outs - but let's be real about who is being bailed out. The issue is not the lending banks and corporations but the millions of families that would become homeless without this happening. I am willing to let it happen but I understand why others are not. There is also a compelling economic and social case to be made for not letting it happen. - Soulhuntre
Besides, the tax system has ALWAYS been about taking money from people that actually make it and distributing it to others. This nightmare is not at all new. In recent years the top 1% of tax filers pay more than 40% of the tax burden - all while people scream to tax them at a higher rate in the name of fairness. http://www.powerlineblog.com/a... - Soulhuntre
The bail-outs *are* corporate welfare, distributing public funds to big institutions and therefore to those who control them. Those institutions always seem to be "too big to fail" and we have to bail them out lest the stock market panic. The corporate controllers are happy to take big personal profits when things are going well (and even when they aren't) claiming that they are taking big risks. But should the downside of those risks obtain suddenly it's time for all to share in the costs. Sweet deal. - Fred Yankowski
@Fred -- exactly. The classic case of privatize profit, socialize risk. @Soulhuntre -- I'm all for helping people who need it, I'm pretty happy to pay more taxes than people that make less since the working-class American needs all the help they can get these days. I just wish that those at the top of the Countrywide/Bear Stearns/Indymac/Freddie/Fannie etc disasters had to give back some of their fat bonuses from the last few years - Brian Pharris
Well Brian I am not for helping out the middle class and upper middle class Americans who borrowed money to buy worthless shitheap suburban houses. And to Fred's "too big to fail" comment - the FDIC is going to be the next "too big to fail" institution the Federal Reserve will bail out... well my question is: is the Fed too big to fail? And who's going to bail out the Fed Reserve? - Anthony Citrano
Basically I say: deal with the consequences of the risks you took, whether you're a Bear Stearns hedge funder or a middle manager at a car company. - Anthony Citrano
Fair enough, though I can take some solace in the fact that those suburban McMansions are now illiquid and gas prices have got to make that middle manager's commute incredibly painful. As for bailing out the Fed (which has already blown a lot of its treasurys in exchange for toxic MBS crap), either China and OPEC need to be feeling extremely generous, or I'd suggest high-tailing it out of the US Dollar. - Brian Pharris
@Brian: exactly. - Anthony Citrano
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Manresa: The René Redzepi Dinners
July 14 at 12:54 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
just got home from this awesome dinner experience - David Vasileff via Bookmarklet
look for pics from http://www.chuckeats.com/ soon - David Vasileff
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Time Bandits Satan
Time Bandits Satan
July 13 at 7:22 pm - Link
[like] :) - edythe
I've always thought that the Lego-style bricks in the final scene were a great touch. - Akiva Moskovitz
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I was addicted to Time Bandits as a kid. Watched it countless times on HBO. - Roger Benningfield
I loved this movie when I was younger. Watched it with my kids recently, and they were not impressed. If my son was familiar with the word "meh" I'm sure he would have used it. He said it was "...okay". I could see the word "FAIL" in his eyes. - Harvey Simmons
For some reason, I just hated this movie as a kid - now that I'm older, I love it. - Jennifer Dittrich
Can't go wrong strarting with lasers. - RAPatton
"And soon I will have understanding of video cassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time: forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!" - Andrew Terry
Jennifer: Well, the aesthetic was a bit out-there back in the day. It's one of those movies where everything looks so cheap and fake, and yet it's obvious that enormous effort went into making it look that way. - Roger Benningfield
"Mum! Dad! Don't touch it! It's pure evil!" - J. Phil
I still use "mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence" from time to time. - David Worrell
Oh, I loved that film back in the day, and totally forgot about that scene! - Adam Lasnik
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Fred Wilson posted an entry on A VC
Thinking About Blackberry Apps
July 13 at 12:55 am - Link
I've found some unbelievable Blackberry Apps as I really dig into it. Just getting back from Paris I couldn't have enjoyed the city nearly as much without Google Maps and GPS. Just feels like there is so much potential for complete seamless integration with a Blackberry if more and more apps worked together. (Airline itineraries, scheduling, maps, etc.) Wondering if the Bold will push for more investment in the area of BB Apps or if people are just going to keep turning investment dollars towards Facebook and iPhone? Also interesting that I usually find the least dynamic/valuable portion of the Blackberry and the iPhone for that matter to be the menu screen. - Ricky Engelberg
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Preview video of Last.fm's iPhone app
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Lovely Blueberry Kuchen
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Blueberries
Blueberries on blue
Comfort Food
Giant-Blueberry
Summer Berries Blueberries
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July 11 at 1:04 pm - Link
yum :) - RAPatton
oh hells yea - nathan
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D A M N. - Melissa
FriendFeed makes me want to bake more. - Melissa
I <3 Anti-oxidants! - Geoff Schultz
:D wow... - Brandon
love it when you fave a theme! - Thomas Hawk
NICE edythe! - Mona N
I really, really, really want pancakes now. - Haggis
Mmmmm . . . . blueberries - William Harryman
:) thank you, mona - edythe
i love your feed <3 - Mona N
I love blueberries...so much ! - Nick
nick: me, too! - edythe
If I fave all the pics of peaches we can make a virtual Peach Blueberry Cobbler. *slurp* - Lisa L. Seifert
lisa, do it! - edythe
Lisa (-; - Alexei Tolkachev
love this set of favorites..and the Peach Blueberry Cobbler idea! - lisa-k
I'm feeling rather blue at the moment. - Bob
bump... - Lisa L. Seifert
I love blueberries - Tim FitzGerald
i hate to say it, but the blueberries on my bushes don't look anywhere near this good. these look awesome. - nathan
I now have a craving for blueberries :) - imabonehead
yummmmmmmm -- frog. (kidding :P) - Shey
isnt' this month, National Blueberry Month? - clarke thomas
Our blueberry bushes are producing lots of fruit this year. Good, and good for you. - ron k jeffries
We went to the pick-your-own blueberry farm a few weeks ago and have been eating blueberries in everything ever since. They're so good picked fresh. - Trish Robinson
after a couple weeks of buying blueberries anywhere and having them be as yummy as candy, ones i bought last night were not so good... sigh. perhaps the season is already over. - edythe
I usually don't like blueberries except for in muffins but this makes me want to eat blueberries all day. - Michael Narciso
Blueberries are great; I eat them for breakfast (mixed with strawberries) every day. - RAPatton
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Palo Alto Online : SUV driven into side of Palo Alto building
Palo Alto Online : SUV driven into side of Palo Alto building
Palo Alto Online : SUV driven into side of Palo Alto building
July 11 at 12:47 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
no, it wasn't the apple store. whew. ;) - David Vasileff via Bookmarklet
"The woman was apparently trying to turn her car around in the parking lot next to the building" ... um ... can they revoke driver's licenses for obvious incompetence? - ⓞnor
At least require retaking a driving test. - Chris White
When I took my driving test, some other guy finished his test by ramming into a wall just like this. The tester left and the guy sat dejectedly in his car for a while, head on steering wheel. Then he drove off. - Howard Trickey
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The Bitten Word: Best Blueberry Pie with Foolproof Pie Dough [vodka?]
The Bitten Word: Best Blueberry Pie with Foolproof Pie Dough [vodka?]
July 11 at 12:07 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Foolproof Pie Dough is a recipe that has appeared in the magazine before, but is well worth being reprinted. The crust is much like other pie crusts, with flour, salt, sugar, butter, shortening and water. But Cook's has found that by substituting half of the water with vodka, you can avoid a tough pie crust and consistently get a tender, flaky crust. You can hear Jack Bishop -- of America's Test Kitchen -- talk about the pie crust and explain why vodka works so well on a recent episode of Good Food with Evan Kleiman on KCRW. Never heard of Good Food? Prepare to sacrifice an hour of each week for now on." - edythe via Bookmarklet
Blueberries.......... :) - RAPatton
I thought everybody knew that the secret to making good pie crust is to use lard not vegetable shortening? - Brian Sullivan
that looks really rich and really good. - Cee Bee
OMG - JCB
I missed this one... mmmmm - Michael W. May via twhirl
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Andy Baio posted an entry on Waxy.org Links
Patton Oswalt's commencement speech at his old high school
July 11 at 12:43 am - Link
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Andy Baio posted an entry on Waxy.org Links
Journalist examines America's rail system on an 85-hour trip from NYC to Oakland
July 10 at 11:58 pm - Link
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Lon Harris favorited a video on YouTube
3G iPhone Blues - Original Song by Leah D'Emilio
3G iPhone Blues - Original Song by Leah D'Emilio
July 10 at 10:39 pm - Link
this is great! - sean percival
She did a fantastic job. The song's hilarious. It's definitely going in the inevitable Leah's Greatest Hits DVD box set. - Lon Harris via twhirl
I can't wait to get my white 16gb tomorrow morning...anyway great video, Leah looks really good in it too. BTW is Mahalo Daily going to cover the TSP iPhone Launch? - Andrew Fielding
Awesome video, great job. Very musically talented and a great voice. - pcnerd37
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Jeff Nolan posted an entry on Venture Chronicles
Airlines Now Want YOU to Lobby for Them
July 10 at 9:37 pm - Link
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Palo Alto Online : VIDEO: Apple of my iPhone
July 10 at 8:34 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Meanwhile, trouble struck in the form of a man who identified himself only as "Alex" from the Ukraine. Alex warned Barcroft a competing line was forming around the corner and would jump ahead of him in the morning when the store opened." - David Vasileff via Bookmarklet
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