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A question: Do you say "dressing" or "stuffing"? And where are you from?
Milton Ramirez, Greg GuitarBuster, Mona Nomura and 6 other people liked this
Well, they're different things, too me.
- Anika
Stuffing. Seattle.
- Rochelle
Stuffing comes in a box. Dressing is what we have on Thanksgiving; it's made with cornbread and celery and doesn't go inside the turkey. I'm from Georgia. :)
- Laura B.
Stuffing. I got it from my mom who grew up in Massachusetts.
- Michelle Martinez
We say dressing. My family's from Louisiana.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Akiva says it's only stuffing if it's baked in the bird. Otherwise, it's dressing. He's from Texas.
- Rochelle
From Missouri: We say both and were ignorant of the difference.
- SAM
Yeah, dressing and stuffing are separate entities to me too. Stuffing is stuffed inside. Dressing dresses the outside. EDIT: from UK.
- Mark H
Stuffing. Currently in Nevada. Going back to Cali in a couple of months. My immediate family is/was not from this country, so when they started celebrating Thanksgiving after they came to California, they heard stuffing.
- Helen Sventitsky
Dressing - Texas
- Jeremy
I have a theory that the difference is regional. I suspect the dislike of the word "stuffing" is a Bible Belt thing.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Harvey, I agree with this theory. I've been in Seattle for nearly 28 years and have never once heard someone native to here call it dressing.
- Rochelle
As far as I can remember, my family has always called it stuffing. We're New York Jews.
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Stuffing - dressing is something you do with your clothes to cover yourself up (from UK)
- WorldofHiglet
I wonder if us southerners think "stuffing" has a sexual connotation. :)
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
you americans are crazy. stuffing is for the inside of a poultry, dressing is some sort of gravy or sauce for on top of something (eg a salad)
- Snipergirl
Well, Snipergirl, there's dressing, and then there's dressing.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
A salad is considered dressing? Hmm. I don't think I've ever heard (that is,in Seattle) any *food* ever called dressing. Dressing is what you do with clothes in the morning and that's about it.
- Rochelle
@rochelles no a salad dressing is what you put on salad
- Snipergirl
I think you mean SAUCE.
- Rochelle
Snipergirl salad dressing is different from dressing (mush made from cornbread).
- Anika
When I put my clothes on, it's dressing. When I stuff the turkey, it's stuffing. Oh,and I'm a Midwestener. My mom used to make oyster stuffing for Thanksgiving. So good.
- Sarah June
And even here in the States, depending on region, salad dressing can mean different things. Here in CA it means like ranch, Italian, Thousand Island, but in the midwest, it's some mayonnaise mixture made with relish that people put on sandwiches.
- Anika
stuffing
- VAL D.
Long Island ,NY
- VAL D.
I stuff a bird. Mind you, being from England, that certainly has more than one meaning.
- Ian May
Stuffing. We get it out of a box, but don't cook it inside the turkey (personally, I don't even eat it anyway). I'm familiar with the term dressing, but have never used it in this particular situation. I'm from Massachusetts.
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
@faboomama @rochelles @ha3rvey while I do admit to understanding that this is a conversation about American English only, I would probably alert you to the fact that most people in the world who speak English actually speak British English or a close variant of it (including Canadians funnily enough)- thus to many people outside the US, dressing is a perfectly valid term for what you put on salad, and is never used to denote your cornbread thingy
- Snipergirl
though i must admit that the cornbread thingy sounds OM NOM NOM NOM
- Snipergirl
To be even more pedantic, not all dressings/stuffings have cornbread. :)
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
stuffing here as well (Washington), though I do here dressing now and then. And in my circles, we rarely have cornbread stuffing, just to be difficult. ;)
- holly
Which is why they're different words to me. Dressing is made with cornbread (or any bread really), but stuffing is mostly meat-based and goes inside the bird.
- Anika
They are two different things, like Anika said, but mostly, I eat cornbread dressing. Mmmm. With cranberry sauce on the side. Oh and turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy and green beans and...
- Carmen
Just to blow my own horn, I made a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner with roasted acorn squash with a chestnut and craisin stuffing and mushroom gravy. It was SO GOOD.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
As someone in the midwest, I don't think I've ever called the stuff I put on sandwiches dressing. I wonder where they eat that stuff. Hmmmm. I do call anything I put on a salad, salad dressing.
- Sarah June
Actually, I was thinking about that, most of my family who are from the south originally, but live in the midwest now, call *any* spread to put on sandwiches "salad dressing". I wonder if that's old Southern thing.
- Anika
Maybe. The concoction sounds interesting. :-) I'm kind of plain person when it comes to sandwiches. Usually just mayo. And Ha3rvey, that sounds wonderful.
- Sarah June
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... It is gagalicious.
- Anika
Stuffing, because eating it makes me feel stuffed.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Anika, I thought we were friends. I can't believe you introduced Miracle Whip into one of my food threads. *BLOCKED*
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
*shuddder* not Miracle Whip, I think they have the name trademarked. No, this: http://friendfeed.com/fabooma...
- Anika
I thought I remembered a sandwich spread under the Miracle Whip brand name. My google-fu fails me right now, though.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Ha3rvey, I love you. However, as I have said before, I am a Miracle Whip kind of girl. :P That said, the jar of MW in my kitchen does call itself "dressing," but not "salad dressing." When I was in the UK, I put "salad cream" on my sandwiches.
- Laura B.
Okay, 'salad cream' just gives me the heebie-jeebies. LOL
- Anika
Salad cream: http://www.heinzsaladcream.co.uk/ Not exactly like Miracle Whip, but it will do in a pinch.
- Laura B.
Stuffing. New England.
- Sarah is Novembery
from iPhone
we use both.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Stuffing, I'm from all over the US (mom & dad are too, although the recipe is southern), but we always put it in the bird, so stuffing fits. And it's not meat-based - it's Wonder bread based, with bacon, celery, and poultry seasoning - yummy. In New Orleans, when they ask if you want your po boy dressed, they mean, do you want lettuce, tomato, mayo, etc., which makes sense since the po boy would be almost naked without it.
- Cassandra
Like Rochelle said, we call it stuffing in Seattle and I was born and raised here. My husband is from MN and he calls it dressing. To me, dressing is for salad. Or what you do when you put on clothes. ;-)
- Annie Anderson
Stuffing. Rural southeastern Ohio
- Michael Hocter
It's dressing. It's only stuffing when it's inside the bird. (Texas)
- Trish R
stuffing in nyc, dressing in atlanta
- Allen Stern
stuffing. Kentucky
- Amber, Random Time Lord
STOVE TOP
- Andrizzle Gizzle
"dressing"... Tennessee originally... grew up in St. Louis
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Stuffing. FL. Dressing goes on a salad.
- Alix Whitmire
from iPhone
Stuffing even if it never enters the bird. Baltimore. And in B'more you gotta have sauerkraut with turkey.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Gimme the sauerkraft. Stuff the turkey.
- Ian May
I say stuffing, but that's my Brooklyn roots. Actually, I say both since dressing is something completely different: Salad sauce, or stuffing that didn't actually get stuffed anywhere. (don't like dressing)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
STUFFING!
- Jim Hearts FF
I say stuffing regardless of whether it was cooked in the bird.
- Spidra Webster
stuffing. rural canada.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I go back and forth.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Cornbread dressing in Texas
- Greg GuitarBuster
It's stuffed in a bird, but comes out dressing.....although if you bake it in a dish, it's still dressing....New York state....English heritage.
- Bonnie Foster
Michigan: I say stuffing, but I've heard both.
- R1CC1
I say stuffing (born in the USA</springsteen>), my wife says dressing (born in Canada). This topic came up for the first time this year and I'm not sure how - I've been living with Thanksgiving in October for over 15 years now :)
- Micah Wittman
Dressing goes on salad. Stuffing goes in a turkey. Montreal, QC
- Louis Simoneau
Sammy's first car ride, on his way home, 3 days old - http://www.facebook.com/photo...
VAL D., nakachi, sistema428 and 6 other people liked this
baby feets!!
- Yolanda
and chubby cheeks! (the rest of him is SKINNY)
- Michael Hocter
He's perfect, right? http://twitpic.com/p6n8b
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Jacksta, Alix Whitmire, Praveen Vasudev and 29 other people liked this
Hey Sam! Congrats, Mike!
- Derrick
Absolutely. <3
- Yolanda
Allow me to be the first to comment in this thread: AWWWWWW
- Mike Nayyar
He looks so tiny! How much does he weigh?
- Mellissa Jane
6lbs 15oz at birth, and he's lost a little bit since then, of course
- Michael Hocter
Congrats, Mike! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...
Christopher Harley, shâhin, mona and 104 other people liked this
1.05 (670/633)
- Micah Wittman
from Bookmarklet
Can you remind me again where to find those stats?
- Brian Johns
Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion.
- Micah Wittman
0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here
- mikepk
I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week!
- Brian Johns
1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page)
- Micah Wittman
OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals...
- Brian Johns
3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like.
- Cyrus Lendvay
FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in.
- Micah Wittman
from twhirl
0.79
- Brian Roy
0.77
- Eric @ CS Techcast
0.67
- Nine
0.77
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
0.76
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
1.39.
- Rochelle
1.80
- Brian Sullivan
1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add.
- Bjorn Stromberg
1.12
- LogEx
1.41
- WorldofHiglet
5.08 (3181/626) !
- ◄ani625Ξ
2.41
- William Harryman
0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem.
- Bren, Photophobe
0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments
- Cee Bee
1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief!
- Her Lindsay-ness
@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62
- ◄ani625Ξ
1.27 (902/705)
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol
- Cee Bee
0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment
- Mol, Time Warping
1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included.
- Dana D
before this comment: .69 I kid you not.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both)
- Micah Wittman
CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69
- Micah Wittman
1.83
- Grant Bierman
I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks!
- Micah Wittman
.37 1002/2708
- Michael Fidler
this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF
- sean percival
I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :)
- Micah Wittman
This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846).
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here.
- Micah Wittman
1.03 748/723
- Keith - @tsudo
.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link.
- Mitchell Tsai
Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots)
- Micah Wittman
1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up.
- Tyson Key
*bump*
- Micah Wittman
0.51
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Thanks, Mark!
- Micah Wittman
Thanks Spidra!
- Micah Wittman
0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05)
- Micah Wittman
.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks, Rachel!
- Micah Wittman
3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like.
- Kevin Fox
Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :)
- Micah Wittman
I've got stuff to say.
- Kevin Fox
3.98 (900/226)
- Richard Lawler
1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun
- Micah Wittman
.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment)
- Michael Hocter
Thank you, Siavash and Michael
- Micah Wittman
.52 overall, but .68 this week.
- Rebecca
Nice, thanks Rebecca.
- Micah Wittman
1.31
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
0.56
- imabonehead
Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!)
- Micah Wittman
0.16
- Anne Bouey
1.39
- jcunwired
4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty.
- Ted Roden
Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted.
- Micah Wittman
2.63
- Bryce, Low in Sodium
Thanks for joining in, Bryce.
- Micah Wittman
.15 all time, .13 this week.
- Alix Whitmire
.52
- David HC Soul
Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow).
- Micah Wittman
2.94
- j1m
Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night.
- Micah Wittman
CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94
- Micah Wittman
this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43%
- chaz2b
CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27)
- Micah Wittman
Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!"
- Micah Wittman
0.49 (493/988)
- Bluesun 2600
816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google)
- Chris Loft
3026/5013 = 0.6036
- Roger Chen
0.107 probably the lowest here
- Nicholas James
chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you!
- Micah Wittman
.76
- jamar78
5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others?
- Marg Uerite
Thanks jamar78 and Marg!
- Micah Wittman
A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology....
- David HC Soul
My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39
- David HC Soul
*bump*
- Micah Wittman
1.26 (2965/2346)
- Micah Wittman
1.37
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
1.74
- ♥patricia♥
Thanks, Glen and pea!
- Micah Wittman
Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others).
- Micah Wittman
.38
- Ryan Dadey
Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;)
- Micah Wittman
An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36
- Michael Fidler
2.00
- Anthony Citrano
0.97
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
1.5 exactly
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
0.85
- Steven Perez
0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole.
- Parth Awasthi
Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats!
- Micah Wittman
5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure.
- Marg Uerite
But remember, the comment counts also includes comments imported from other services.
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that.
- Micah Wittman
17942/30571=.59
- Alex Scoble
Alex, thank you, sir.
- Micah Wittman
ALmost 2:1 exactly.
- Amani
Much obliged, Amani.
- Micah Wittman
3062/5777 you do the maths.
- Will Higgins™
.53 (3062/5777) for Will Higgins #math-on-demand-services
- Micah Wittman
Thank you, amin/gnu
- Micah Wittman
2671/12333=.21
- Darren Heydon
7.16
- Ken Sheppardson
*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... )
- Micah Wittman
1.45 (4374/3026)
- Micah Wittman
1.73
- Aron Michalski
0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio.
- Steven Perez
0.77
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April.
- Micah Wittman
2.10 now ...
- Amani
0.97 now.
- Eric Johnson
Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit.
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, Eric.
- Micah Wittman
Probably, just chattier then :)
- Micah Wittman
I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;)
- Micah Wittman
.56 eeep, must try harder
- Threepwood
4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting.
- Andy Bakun
0.46 (1698/3638)
- Glenn Slaven
Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote").
- Micah Wittman
1.31 (4,471/3,401)
- Karoli
Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow.
- Micah Wittman
1.15 ! Noisy... need more liking, I guess.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
Thanks, Ryo!
- Micah Wittman
Darn - 0.52. I guess I need to say why I like something a little more often :-) Liking this thread because I was wondering the same thing recently. Has anybody worked out the average from the numbers here? </islazy>
- Andy Bold
Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81)
- Micah Wittman
In March the Mean was: 1.49
- Micah Wittman
1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha
- tom murphy
Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D
- Micah Wittman
0.55 (254/444)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Thank you, Willem.
- Micah Wittman
In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less.
- Micah Wittman
1.88 (779/414)
- Ton Zijp
Thanks, Ton.
- Micah Wittman
0.43 (3597/8305).
- Parth Awasthi
0.74 (1970/2667)
- Scott of Two Countries
And thank you Parth, Scott.
- Micah Wittman
Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent.
- Micah Wittman
2.12 is my ratio.
- Rick Cogley
Thanks, Rick!
- Micah Wittman
Np Micah. What is that photo?
- Rick Cogley
.54 (4148/7674) Updated!
- Michael Fidler
Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :)
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!)
- Micah Wittman
1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes
- David Damore
Thanks, nivé and David!
- Micah Wittman
2027/1594 = 1.27
- Brome
0.58
- Marc Dong
2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you!
- Micah Wittman
Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine]
- Micah Wittman
Stats Update: Last time I commented here my comment to like ratio was 0.107 it's increased to 0.645 ;)
- Nicholas James
1.91
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage!
- Micah Wittman
Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas.
- Micah Wittman
.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good!
- Michael Fidler
1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me.
- Micah Wittman
It's that time again.
- Micah Wittman
.50
- Laura B.
Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!)
- Micah Wittman
0.64
- Imabug
Thank you, Imabug.
- Micah Wittman
4.67 (I'm greedy :p)
- directeur
0.99
- Steven Perez
1.06
- Jim Hearts FF
.81
- Brent - Long Live Rock
.63
- metalerik
Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik!
- Micah Wittman
.83
- Jimminy
0.78
- Pete Delucchi
.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments.
- Bren, Photophobe
.11
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin!
- Micah Wittman
2.47 as of right now.
- Jonas, Leper of FF
Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting.
- Jimminy
0.58
- James (!?)
Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it.
- Micah Wittman
Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you!
- Micah Wittman
You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-)
- James (!?)
.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments.
- edythe
.86
- Eric Logan
Thank you edythe and Eric!
- Micah Wittman
195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded,
- tom murphy
Thanks, Tom.
- Micah Wittman
1.98 (588/297)
- Bryan Zirkel
1.67 (19,550/11,684)
- Mitchell Tsai
1:2
- Jeff P. Henderson
Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys!
- Micah Wittman
1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason.
- Laura Norvig
Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker!
- Laura Norvig
2.67 (875/328)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Thank you, Nathalie!
- Micah Wittman
2.18
- Spidra Webster
1.29
- Mark Jepsen
Thanks, Spidra and Mark!
- Micah Wittman
0.49
- Jammy Lee
0.825
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much.
- Micah Wittman
2.16
- SuezanneC Baskerville
I don't know I just like that picture
- Brian Hendrickson
.40
- Ben Hanten
SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much!
- Micah Wittman
Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :)
- Micah Wittman
1.40, nearly the square root of two.
- Vezquex: God of FF
0.58
- Andy Bold
Thanks, Raphael and Andy!
- Micah Wittman
1.15 (6777/5873)
- JA Castillo
12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;)
- Chris Myles
1.63
- Serkan Mutlu
Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!!
- Chris Myles
.87
- Nine
Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine!
- Micah Wittman
0.89 (17818/19913) (Somebody better make a cool ass graph of all this data!)
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments)..
- Chris Myles
1.78 (8529/4782)
- Micah Wittman
Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever.
- Micah Wittman
0.9009 (6055/6721)
- Jason Huebel
OK, so statistically, what ratio results in better interaction on FF?
- Jason Huebel
I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience.
- Micah Wittman
So I'm fairly balanced, it appears. I would imagine it's because I try to comment on every post I like. That's not always true, obviously. But mostly it is.
- Jason Huebel
Just clicking "Like" seems too easy. I feel like I should say something, too.
- Jason Huebel
383/372
- ashish
'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :)
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, ashish.
- Micah Wittman
wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff)
- chaz2b
chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered?
- Micah Wittman
When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00
- Bren, Photophobe
.64
- Shannon Jiménez
Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!)
- Micah Wittman
Thank you, SustainedEuphoria.
- Micah Wittman
I 'liked" this to change my ratio! (1.22 1040/850)
- Mark Jepsen
Thanks, Mark.
- Micah Wittman
1.45
- Brett Kelly
Thanks, Brett :)
- Micah Wittman
5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk.
- Kevin L
0.125, I need to talk more ;)
- mridul
Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :)
- Micah Wittman
1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise]
- Micah Wittman
1.02 (10323/10161)
- Bren, Photophobe
.5666 currently (30,084/53,093)
- Alex Scoble
Thanks, Bren.
- Micah Wittman
Thank you, Alex :)
- Micah Wittman
that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while...
- Bren, Photophobe
Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically.
- Micah Wittman
true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better.
- Bren, Photophobe
1.8
- Sarah is Novembery
4.26?
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus.
- Micah Wittman
1.19
- Joe Bonner
Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :)
- Mahmood Padura
Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;)
- Micah Wittman
Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :)
- Micah Wittman
1.66
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too.
- Micah Wittman
1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8)
- WorldofHiglet
WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one.
- Micah Wittman
0.64 (2,589/4,051)
- Chieze Okoye
0.58
- Thomas Page
Chieze and Thomas - thank you!
- Micah Wittman
*bumpage*
- Micah Wittman
So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info....
- WorldofHiglet
2.21 (2,812/1,275)
- Rene Wirtz
0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
4.06 (747/184)
- Jan Ole Peek
WoH, World Domination.
- Micah Wittman
Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :)
- Micah Wittman
1.94
- آقای تلخک
2.74 (4,446 / 12,204)
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
0.97 (6,694/6,929)
- Jimminy
Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :)
- Micah Wittman
2.23
- Paola Bonomo
0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated
- Michael Fidler
0.67
- Artemko
J. Abdul-Qahhar LOL 4,446 / 12,204 = 0.36
- Artemko
0.03 (284 / 10378)!
- Daniel Rowley
Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel!
- Micah Wittman
1.09 (9990/9105) From and including: Saturday, April 26, 2008 To and including: Thursday, November 12, 2009 It is 566 days from the start date to the end date, end date included Or 1 year, 6 months, 18 days including the end date to reach 10,000 comments.
- Christopher Harley
*thanks Christopher thoroughly*
- Micah Wittman
Sammy & Me - http://www.facebook.com/photo...
Jacksta, Charlotte M, Andrizzle Gizzle and 3 other people liked this
Yeah, yeah, I know he has more hair on his head than I do :)
- Michael Hocter
from Bookmarklet
tender moments are the best and the smell of new baby.............nothing can top it
- VAL D.
I think about the smallest things. Trying to figure out what to wear when I meet my son tomorrow.
Rodfather, FFing Enigma (aka Tina), Alex Scoble and 5 other people liked this
I'm so excited for you and the newest member of the Hocter Family!!!
- Derrick
Wowze! Someone getting a new family member tomorrow...I've been out of the loop..Congrats!
- Bill Heslin
Bill, yep! Tomorrow morning our son, our first child, will be coming into the world
- Michael Hocter
Awww , so much congrats to you and your wife Michael. So lucky, ...I can't even finish this post...it's just amazing...all the best to you
- Bill Heslin
I'm sure you have his/her name picked...grab the domain name now....Gawd! I'm such a geek...no response needed from da rest of ya' lol
- Bill Heslin
My husband took great care picking out and ironing his outfit for the birth of our son. Didn't matter in the end because he had to wear a gown, lol.
- Mellissa Jane
As long as it has a NY Yankees logo on it somewhere...it was blessed by some god...lol
- Bill Heslin
Bill, I've had the domain for months and months now... the day we made the final decision on his name, which btw is Samuel Jasper Hocter.
- Michael Hocter
Wow! Great name
- Bill Heslin
http://twitpic.com/oyeoi - The baby quilt we got from my family back in Ohio today...
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In the tradition of my grandmother, everyone sewed a little piece of it to "sew in the love"
- Michael Hocter
UPS just delivered the most beautiful hand-made baby quilt from my Mom & my family back home in Ohio :) :) :) :) :)
Michelle Martinez, Derrick, RAPatton and Caroline liked this
Pics are on the way, via Twitter...
- Michael Hocter
Heather is watching Rosemary's Baby. Is that a good idea with only 3 days until our own baby is born??
FFing Enigma (aka Tina), anna sauce, PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK and 4 other people liked this
LOL I watched this movie for the first time a few weeks before I had my first kid. Messed me up!
- Anika
You don't belong to any satanic cults, do you?
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Um, none that I can think of at the moment
- Michael Hocter
Akiva made me watch that when I was pregnant. I was :(((((((
- Rochelle
I'm inoculated. I watched already :P So once I do get pregnant one day, if I do see it again, it won't be such a shock.
- Kamilah Gill
We are so ready for this... Go Team Hocter!
PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK, Anika and Derrick liked this
BABBY IS ABOUT TO BE FORMED?
- Derrick
Tuesday morning... Just getting psyched up :)
- Michael Hocter
What Rich People Eat [PIC] - http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesome...
"This is an actual receipt from Nello's in New York City. The customer was Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who had no problem dropping 47k on food and drinks for himself and five other people."
- Michael Hocter
from Bookmarklet
So have all the geeks left FriendFeed? Reply to this post with where you feel you fall - 'geek' or 'non-geek'. :-) EDIT: I think that's pretty clear, the geeks have *not* left FriendFeed. :-)
Ferdi Zebua, Pam Gwenzi, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and 67 other people liked this
Geek!
- Kol Tregaskes
Geek!
- Travis Koger
GEEK
- johnpiercy
not really a geek. somewhere in between.
- vijay
According to my friends, geek ...
- Irma Vermaat
I fall between the two..
- Simon Wicks
Geek(-ish)!
- Ade
Geek.
- Robert Scoble
a carnival performer who does disgusting acts eccentric: a person with an unusual or odd personality , or an individual with a passion for computers, to the exclusion of other normal human interests. I assume we are using the last definition?
- Brian Sullivan
Geek!!
- Chris Zlatis
Geek. With an unusual or odd personality.
- Mark H
both: happy&nice??mix of geek and non-geek xoxo
- anjelina
Technophile not talented enough to be a real geek.
- Eric Logan
geek. definitely
- Imabug
geek!
- Josh Lam
Geek, I suppose.
- Vera Hannaford
GEEK!
- Daniel Vining
Geek, but you wouldn't know it by most of my FriendFeed postings.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Geek.
- rowlikeagirl
I'm definitely a geek, but not nearly as much of a geek as some others.
- Curtiss Grymala
Geek and proud!
- Parvez Halim
non-geek
- teh Dork Knight
Me? nah! Everything But The Geek!
- directeur
I am a big Geek and I am still here
- Rob Cairns
It's all Geek to me
- Tim Ostler
Geek!
- Oytnx
Geek, reporting in.
- Jason Huebel
(former) GEEK
- Joe Silence is not dead
Half breed, still here.
- Thom Kennon
D&D playing IT pro = very geeky
- Alex Scrivener
geek, but losing interest in FF as others catch up with features
- Chris Rogers
I am here but it is up to others to decide whether I am geek or not.
- ashish
Geek
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Geek
- Holger Eilhard
Geek!
- chris
Geek
- EhsanDiary
Geek!!!
- adataghost
Geeky!
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
geek!
- Dr.Lonely Lotus
Geek, but not in terms of tech, rather comic books, etc. :)
- Derrick
You hand in your ticket...And you go watch the geek...Who immediately walks up to you...When he hears you speak...And says, "How does it feel...To be such a freak?"...And you say, "Impossible"...As he hands you a bone
- Greg GuitarBuster
Geek, of course. That's why I don't fit in on other social networks.
- April Russo (app103)
Nerd and Proud™! (which should count as geek)
- Marco Fabbri
geek, absolutely!
- Stephanie
Geeek (1 more e ) of course !
- Oğulcan Selçuk Akbulut
Geek! Per your hypothesis that geek have left FF, where else would they have flocked to?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
non-geek
- chaz2b
@Marco Fabbri: Nerd != Geek. In SML Dictionary, Nerds have no fashion sense and can't talk to people, Geeks generally have a fashion sense and can carry on a conversation relatively ok; nerds usually wear white t-shirts and white sneakers; Geeks generally wear black t-shirts and black sneakers. A classic example: Nerd = Bill gates; Geek = Steve Jobs!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
depends on what we are geeking out about. if we're talking about music, shoes, spinning, dyeing, yarn, german history, b movies and zombies- then ubergeek.
- Mary Carmen
reformed non-geek
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
geek, but not the tech type of geek, more like a geeky nerd
- William Harryman
left as not "left" but they kinda abandoned it/reduced the usage
- ffcode
@See-ming Lee that is indeed controversial. Anyway as choice was given between geek and non-geek I meant some degree of nerd counts as geek.
- Marco Fabbri
Geek. But I post as much political stuff as tech...
- Christopher Galtenberg
I'm like a geek's groupie.
- MicahBear78
Geek! Still is. Still, Zu is using FF.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
@Marco Fabbri Well I think that all geeks are nerds, but all nerds != geeks. I believe that Set(Geek) includes Set(Nerd) but this is a question I have been thinking about for years now and I don't yet have a conclusion yet. But at least that's where I'm at now!
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Geek.
- Brome
Geek.
- Tanath
I am still here. I am not sure I am a geek. But, you know, I am not the most objective person when considering myself.
- Martha
Geek.
- Heather
Geekie
- Moved to Facebook
If we were doing this in Google Wave, we could've used a poll gadget. Anyone got a Wave invite to spare for a fellow geek! :0)
- Daniel Vining
Not fitting the both. I'm big of a nerd.
- Burcu Dogan
Geek!
- Martin Bryant
from iPhone
Geek
- Rasmus Lauridsen
mutant geek
- bob phillips
Geek to the last!
- Jemm
geek, definitely
- Michele Costabile
Geek, but I prefer "nerd"... a geek is someone who bites the heads off chickens in a carnival sideshow.
- Andy Bakun
from Android
I've always thought of myself as a nerd, but, according to Alex Scoble's definition, I'm not. So I guess i'm not sure.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
What is Alex's definition? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
What the heck is the point of this question? Could a non-geek even use FriendFeed??
- Internet's Tad
Geek, but I'd enjoy and use Friendfeed even if I weren't.
- Micah Wittman
Certified Geek
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
I am very much a geek, but I don't talk software here and concentrate on other things like science, art, entertainment ...
- RAPatton
geek
- Bill Scherer
Geek: I have totally noticed a lack of conversation. Agh!
- Zachary TG
Portable Geek
- Hussein EROL
geek
- Jan Ole Peek
Neither.
- Maxamad
Not a geek
- R1CC1
geek-ish
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Hell to the naw...all the real geeks are still here.
- Alex Scoble
Definite geek! Or should I say gEEk, cause I'm an EE.
- Kevin L
Still here, still geeky!
- Joel Bennett
My wife says I'm a geek.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Geek
- Michael Hocter
Geek
- Mitchell Tsai
Geek
- Brian Schwartz
Geek
- Andrew Terry
from iPod
That looks like a lot of geeks. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Geek :)
- Susan Beebe
from iPhone
Geek, with hints of nerd
- Christopher A Carr
I'm going with something I been told: 'you have chips for brains!'
- Grant Bierman
;)
- A.T.
geek
- sad vagarious pervert
Geek!
- Nikos Anagnostou
Geek. I guess I might qualify at least partially for a nerd, since I have to ask my husband if my shirt matches my pants...
- Eph Zero
Italian geek.
- $mackos-gnu = marco
geek-esque, but more of a "creative type". I have geeky interests.
- Kamilah Gill
linux geek
- Joe Geeting
geek
- 9000
Geek
- Murat Ozoral
I'm with Kamilah - I like that - "creative geek."
- Amy℠
g33k
- Kevin Mohr
none-geek
- Amin Diary
non-geek & non-nerd... =p
- Özgür D. Cyric
I never thought of myself as a geek, but I guess I am being on intenet 24/7.
- Ton Zijp
Geek I am still here
- Steve Mott
geek!
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
GEEEEEEKKKKK!
- WorldofHiglet
Geek who still thinks FF adds lots of value regardless of volume of engagement.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
geek
- 14 other people
still here (I post this a lot) and still geek.
- Mike Nencetti
i didnt leave yet, geek. Also, Ozgur Duru is a geek and a hopeless nerd too. he is lying!
- Bahriye
dorkalicious nerdtastic geek
- Heather
Geek, of course.
- i80and
I'm either a geek, or I play one on TV. I forget which sometimes.
- LogEx
Uhh, negative. I am a meat popsicle.
- Josh Haley
i'm a one of a kind internet legend
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Geek .. for sure
- Bhowmik Shah
Most definitely a Geek.
- Got Love For DB™?
from iPod
I'm not a geek. I'm a turbocharged, direct fuel injected GEEK.
- Mike Nayyar
I think the social media writer early adopters have left, the geeks, it seems are still here
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
still here :)
- Stanislas Jourdan
geek...still here...
- ovigia
Geek
- Juan Pablo González
I dable .. compared to my friends, Geek!
- Chris Myles
dude I SHIT geek, I'm so geek
- sofarsoShawn
Wannabe-geek :)
- JA Castillo
dork
- Hutch Carpenter
sex machine
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Former geek, but no longer
- Mark Jepsen
healing my wounded inner geek. i went freak for a while, then artsy-hipster... keeping hints of those, but the foundation is looking mighty geek.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Meek. They say we'll inherit it.
- howard shippin
from BuddyFeed
Geek, of course.
- Steven Perez
Geek
- Glenn Slaven
Geek
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
Geek and I'm still here!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
wannabe geek, follower of geeks... can't find better geeks elsewhere... who will talk to me LOL
- Holly Rae, FFer
geek!
- Lee
Geek
- Amber
Geek in the making ;)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Geek! (And hacker of memes, too. ;)
- Dennis Jernberg
Geek :P
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
geek
- Bruce Lewis
Geek.
- Kevin Pedraja
no geek
- marsupilamima
geek
- Barijaona Ramaholimihaso
I don't know... How can I tell if I am a geek?
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Not a geek. But I am a Social Media Expert, as you know.
- Jim Hearts FF
from iPhone
eek
- Djordje Lukic
Geek, for sure!
- Brian Jude
from twhirl
keeg ;p
- zʍıɔ
Geek
- 2icarly3
I still here Kol. Forever G33K..!
- ★ Soner Gönül
Cool, Soner. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
nope! we shall stand until the end! no matter the cost!
- Darth Farhad Sama
today im a geek b
- R_ C
Non-geek. But I'm in denial. ;)
- Meryn Stol
Geek
- Nathan Snyder
Geek
- Nils Sandin
I think that's pretty clear, the geeks have *not* left FriendFeed. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Geek...
- Carlos Sousa
Sorta geek-leaning.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
greek geek who left twitter:)
- Citronella
geek
- James Williams
Geek!
- prozacfield
The way I look at it, most of my friends primarily use Facebook OR Twitter. A few use both, and a few have YouTube Accounts. They don't read RSS feeds or use Google Reader or Digg or StumbleUpon. Therefore, non-geeks cannot see the benefits of this aggregation power (anyone agree or not?)
- Nathan Snyder
Proof that geeks have NOT left FriendFeed? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Non-geek being converted by the boyfriend.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
Geek++
- mikepk
Hehe, Katie, don't do it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
GEEK. But not just a tech geek. Geekery comes in many forms.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I'm a geek to the core. A multi-faceted geek at that.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I hate the word geek. Anything but it.
- Maxamad
femgeek and renaissance geek
- Melanie Reed
Geek
- RetiredTeacherD
Geek!
- James Myatt
I don't follow a lot of you FFers on Twitter because I mostly just see your updates here. Now that I have lists, I'm more able to keep up with the flood of information, so feel free to share or DM your Twitter name if you'd like me to follow you. Mine is joeybean, but I'm boring and import all to here anyway.
Alex Scoble, Mike Chelen, Joe Pierce and 26 other people liked this
movieguyjon is the name I go by on the twitters
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
I go by the same username as here (dendroica), but I'll start importing my Twitter updates again once the realtime issue gets solved.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
i'm boring too :)
- imabonehead
Okay, I just added you and followed back all FFers who were following me. Yay lists.
- joey
@may_gun
- Spidra Webster
@TeeBrent
- T. Brent, technopeasant
@chaz2b ;)
- chaz2b
Added you, @niron
- Nir Ben Yona
followed you, @kambiztheone
- Mycaptain
@jemm
- Jemm
@refd
- Joe Silence is not dead
@eightiesfan
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
@shelnew19
- Michelle Martinez
@jhuebel
- Jason Huebel
@super_genius
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
@SeanLoyless
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
that's a great Twitter username MVB ;) I'm @alejandroz there too.
- Alejandro
errr... @dannyfsantos
- Danny F Santos
mine is neo2049
- Parvez Halim
like always, I'm barrywynn
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
mhocter ... http://twitter.com/mhocter
- Michael Hocter
@dennis_jernberg = http://twitter.com/dennis_... And I'm building some pretty impressive lists of my own, too, starting with my big NaNoWriMo list. Anybody here can follow me if you want, and I'll add you to my FriendFeeders list.
- Dennis Jernberg
joey, I'm ha3rvey over there, too.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
ha3rvey, am I following you? *checks*
- nakachi
I'm @joshuamneff, but it all comes to FriendFeed, so I don't expect you to follow me. (You can if you want, though.)
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
its often worthwhile to follow someone on multiple services when one is easier to check at times, for example some mobile phones have far better clients for twitter than for friendfeed
- Mike Chelen
I must be getting old. After work, set up a will with my wife and an attorney, and then went to LensCrafters to get glasses. #sigh
Sheila Taylor, testbeta, Anne Bouey and 12 other people liked this
We still haven't done that, but we should.
- Jesse Stay
That reminds me...
- Michael Hocter
Apparently, I was told that being in front of the computer screen from 16-20 hours a day is making my lifelong strabismus worse.
- Louis Gray
So I have super sexy glasses being made now. Even had my eyes dilated so I can barely read fine print.
- Louis Gray
Eye dilation is the WORST.
- Derrick
The will was made more important because she and I are leaving the country to go to LeWeb in Paris France this December, and who knows? We have the twins going to friends of the family, but if I hear better offers here, let's talk. :)
- Louis Gray
Derrick, it is bad. I couldn't read my iPhone e-mails or see the last time I called anyone. BLURRY.
- Louis Gray
You should consider setting up a trust instead of a will. That's the route I took after hearing some financial people talk
- Shevonne
Shevonne, the trust is next. We got a package deal, and will do that soon.
- Louis Gray
:)
- Shevonne
LG, I didn't know what I was in for the first time I had it done and had to *drive* *home*. :(
- Derrick
/INCREASES FONT. :)
- Louis Gray
Here are details on strabismus. http://www.medterms.com/script... I've had it my whole life, and used to wear a patch over one eye to go to kindergarten, and then switched the next day. If I find pics, I promise to share.
- Louis Gray
Oh Louis..they weren't bi foculs where they?
- Bill Heslin
My distance vision is actually good, but up close I can't see squat. Wears progressives. -->
- Derrick
We don't say "old", Louis. We are simply becoming more mature (in public). In private we're just as immature as we ever were.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Please take care, Louis. Your (in)sight is very valuable to all of us.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Thanks, Mahendra. :) And Bill, they are/were not bifocals.
- Louis Gray
+1 on eye dilation being awful. Luckily my optometrist is within walking distance.
- James Williams
The eyes are the windows to the soul. Yours will just have two panes. Better insulation.
- Dawn
Watching this Foo Fighters concert on Facebook, I now see how FriendFeed is being implemented.
Amber, Random Time Lord, Eric @ CS Techcast, Michael Hocter and 2 other people liked this
Didn't occur to me but now that you mention it, the live chat does look / feel a lot like FriendFeed
- Michael Hocter
I like it. It updates your wall as well, and you can talk to people from all over. =D
- Shevonne
I think I want a Droid but I'm pretty sure Verizon will fuck me over for being a loyal customer with a current contract
I have an iPhone and I wanna droid and my ATT contract is just about up.
- Derrick
I have an HTC Touch Pro on Verizon and my contract is nowhere close to being up :(
- Michael Hocter
I'll need to see the Droid in person, but my iPhone 3G is getting a little long in the tooth and like most people, I've had issues with the network.
- Derrick
As a man, I'm really not sure what to expect at breastfeeding class today
rowlikeagirl, Kol Tregaskes, Victor Ganata and 10 other people liked this
Probably not a whole lot of talk about hiking the Himalayas, but MAYBE THAT'S JUST ME.
- Derrick
Some people tell me it involves a giant stuffed boobie with an invertible nipple... yikes!
- Michael Hocter
Just relax and take it all in
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Open bar?
- Matthew DeVries
"Whether you have decided on breastfeeding or you're still exploring the option, this class can help. Our lactation specialist teaches infant nutrition and successful breastfeeding techniques. You'll also learn the advantages of breastfeeding, difficulties and common problems, anatomy and physiology, how to pump and store breast milk, feeding guidelines and proper positioning so your first breastfeeding interaction with your baby can be a positive one! Partners are strongly urged to attend."
- Michael Hocter
a lot of boobies, is a good start.
- anna sauce
Lactation specialist is a job title?
- Michael Hocter
As a man? I am gonna go with more then a few dirty looks... ahahahahahaha
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
There's an episode of the Family Guy you need to see....trust me....
- Morgan Haley
jeez how did babbies live before there were Classes in this?
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
m9m, there were no other options before. :) It was breastfeed, find a wet nurse, or the baby would die. Now, with formula options, parents actually have decisions to make and need information.
- Rochelle
Morgan, haha ... I found it on YouTube :)
- Michael Hocter
I was one of the "modern" moms who breastfed. It's not that tricky.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
it's so very, very wrong
- Morgan Haley
An acquaintance had a really hard time with breastfeeding, and part of me just said: dude(ette) you need to f-ing RELAX (and have a beer).they used to give wet nurses beer (hefeweizen) as part of their salary! It "brings it down" in the b-feeding parlance, I guess.
- anna sauce
Some babbies didn't live, I think. That's probably why it's really easy to make a lot of them.
- Victor Ganata
Facebook launches new site for touchscreen phones - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
adataghost liked this
Nice!
- Michael Hocter
I'm Louis Gray recommended! http://www.louisgray.com/live...
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Graphic blatantly stolen from Bwana: http://bwana.posterous.com/i-made-...
- Michael Hocter
To be exact, it's a Mike Fruchter recommendation on Louis' blog... Thanks so much, Mike! http://friendfeed.com/fruchter
- Michael Hocter
Congrats!
- Bwana ☠
totally jealous
- sofarsoShawn
wow
- Joe
very nice
- (jeff)isageek
nice
- andy brudtkuhl
Louis who? Oh the guy w/ the fake beard post! (that was great)
- Joe
No, that's another guy, this Louis Gray is...is...amaaaaaaazzzzzing
- sofarsoShawn
Same guy: http://friendfeed.com/louisgr...
- Josh Haley
Fake beard? Hey! I've been working on that thing for months in secret!
- Louis Gray
I totally thought it was real.
- Michael Hocter
from fftogo
stop. please.
- joanne devault
Stop what, joanne?
- Michael Hocter
Scary
- Charlie Anzman
Bump for the good times.
- Mark Krynsky
you can tell that ff usage is down based on the lack of baby photos
Akiva Moskovitz, sofarsoShawn, Alex Scoble and Michael Hocter liked this
it's like the big mac index
- anna sauce
You're just trying to goad people into posting more baby photos.
- Bruce Lewis
actually i am anti-baby photo
- Allen Stern
November 12. I will be posting tons of baby photos. Just FYI
- Michael Hocter
Maybe people are just busy making more babies...
- Louis Simoneau
where's that foul mouthed Audrey Moskovitz!! It's her fault!
- sofarsoShawn
am I the only one fairly underwhelmed by the level of play in the NFL this season?
Jason Huebel, John (a.k.a. dendroica), Michael Hocter and 3 other people liked this
Not at all.
- Mary Carmen
Nope. You're in Lions country, aren't you?
- Katy S
College ball > Pro ball
- Derrick
Except Drew Brees
- Michael Hocter
I do need to give my Colts a little love. Too bad it's a bye week.
- Katy S
Nope.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I am in the Detroit area, yes. But it's not just the Lions. Players can't hold onto the ball. Coaches making inexplicable calls. Pretty lackluster and boring overall. Or maybe it's just the games I'm watching. Or it could be that I've just had my fill of the NFL. It's happened before.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
from fftogo
Oh, I know it's a problem all over. I was just imaging that having the Lions' constant problems in the spotlight all of the time could make it seem even worse.
- Katy S
Naw Katy, if you live in Southeast Michigan, you're used to seeing the Lions loose. It's been a constant problem. You learn to follow other teams. And I love the game enough and know enough about it to enjoy just about any team. I watch it for the game. For the moments, for the line play and the defensive play. To me, the overall caliber of play is just not worth watching.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I go through times when I pay attention and others when I don't. Right now I'm just really paying attention to the Colts. And even then, I don't watch the games since I don't have a tv. I listen to them and sometimes check out highlights, but I don't go out of my way to check out too many other games. But then, I'm from Indiana. When basketball season starts, I'll probably be a much more involved sports fan. :-)
- Katy S
The Chiefs have finally won a game.....first time in forever. I would be more thrilled if the game wasn't so fucking boring.
John (a.k.a. dendroica) and pea ♥ fierce as a woozle liked this
Sports radio is gonna be so MAD tomorrow. I have GOT to remember to take my iPod converter to the car or I'm gonna be stuck with nothing to listen to. Not good.
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
worst. game. evar.
- Mary Carmen
As a Browns fan, I completely sympathize with you.
- Michael Hocter
This year's Redskins are a tonic for struggling teams.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Losing bid after bid for polaroid film on ebay. Damn, the market for that stuff is hot these days
roamin liked this
Why not check out http://www.polapremium.com/ ? They rock!
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
They don't have what I'm lookng for.
- Michael Hocter
Bought the crib, dresser and changing table for the nursery today. It's becoming more real by the day.
This is really happening, Mike!
- Derrick
No kidding, Derrick. It's pretty obvious how real it is when I watch him squirm around in my wife's belly like some kind of alien. It's amazing!
- Michael Hocter
October 17th is World Toy Camera Day - http://www.toycamera.com/index...
Yep, today is toy camera day, so get out your favorite toy camera and take some pics!
- Michael Hocter
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Vivian Maier - Her Discovered Work - http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/#
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Vivian Maier's work was "discovered" when a photographer purchased her negatives at an auction. Her work is really wonderful b&w street photography.
- Michael Hocter
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I love these.
- cecily
Cecily, me too. Great photos from a different time.
- Michael Hocter
Feedly For Chrome « Building Feedly - http://blog.feedly.com/2009...
Rutger Blom and Roberto Bonini liked this
Woohoo! Been waiting ever since I switched to Chrome
- Michael Hocter
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Irving Penn, Whose Camera Framed Spare Elegance, Dies at 92 - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
Iván Abrego liked this
Sad :(
- Michael Hocter
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"Instead of offering spontaneity, Mr. Penn provided the illusion of something fixed, his gaze precisely describing the profile of a Balenciaga coat or of a Moroccan djellaba in a way that could almost mesmerize the viewer. Nothing escaped the edges of his photographs unless he commanded it. Except for a series of close-up portraits that cut his subjects’ heads off at the forehead, and...
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- Iván Abrego
Damn, LSU vs Georgia game.
jamar78, RAPatton, Michael Hocter and 2 other people liked this
For real
- Michelle Martinez
I only saw the last three minutes, but gotdamn.
- Derrick
Last three minutes were enough. Good game but what a heartbreaker.
- Michael Hocter
Sounds like it's a good thing I missed this one.
- cecily
Sorry ass Ref's...can some one please show me where AJ Green had unsportsmanship celebration. I sure as hell can't tell. I will however admit that if GA had mustered up some pts in the 1st half that penalty could/would have been a moot point. Ref's still suck ass though
- jamar78
Inside Lightroom » Black and White Presets - http://inside-lightroom.com/black-a...
Yaniv Golan, 1001 noisy cameras, Henrik Johansson and Holger Eilhard liked this
I've found Nik's Silver efex Pro to be better than any black and white presets I've seen yet for doing interesting bw conversions.
- Thomas Hawk
My favorite b&w presets are Michael Gray's film emulation presets: http://lifeindigitalfilm.com
- Michael Hocter
Thanks guys, I'll take a look at both. I've tinkered with Silver efex Pro - definitely powerful. I haven't seen the film emulation presets - will try them out.
- Blake Caldwell
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