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Dan Hsiao
WingTsun sifu. Product manager. I like yam fries.
COOKIE! - Google.com - http://www.google.com/
Ken Morley, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Paul Buchheit and 48 other people liked this
This just might be my favorite Google logo ever. :D
- Dan Hsiao
Cute!
- Anne Bouey
do you have to turn off Google Social Search to see these logos?
- Adam Kazwell
Adam - i believe so. If you are running a google experiment like Google Social Search it does not show these logos.
- Atul Arora
Agree. This is the best Google doodle ever!
- Jess Lee
OM NOM NOM NOM!
- Gabe
cookie is the best - then ernie then elmo
- Allen Stern
Cookie Monster was my favorite when I was a kid, and the grouch. :D
- Anne Cossette
This is great.
- Christopher Chung
Google - http://www.google.com/
Mona Nomura, zʍıɔ, April Buchheit and 2 other people liked this
Can you tell me how to get...
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
you didn't finish your sentence, how to get what?
- Christopher Chung
how to get to Sesame Street!!
- Dan Hsiao
Thank you for that.
- Christopher Chung
:)
- Anne Bouey
Anne Bouey, Dario Gomez, April Buchheit and 5 other people liked this
Great job Kevin, Rachel and friends! People should swing by if they're in the area: http://hauntedfoxhollow.com/map...
- Dan Hsiao
from iPhone
We came by too, but the line was too long. So we just waved. Kids were tired.
- Louis Gray
Jabba The Hutt Inflatble Adult Costume Standard : Target - http://www.target.com/Jabba-I...
Jan Firsching, Anne Bouey, Andy Bakun and 7 other people liked this
Haha
- Rodfather
Forget sexy maids, hookers and blow. THIS is what I want to be for Halloween. HELLA WANT.
- Mona Nomura
WHY is this so funny? LOLOLOL
- Mona Nomura
Just had to come back to laugh again. WHY is this so frickin' funny???
- Mona Nomura
Dan ran into tourists outside the Facebook office today. They asked (in a foreign accent) "Is this where the Facebook company is?" They were excited that it was and ran into the lobby to take pictures. Apparently this isn't such a rare occurence.
Rebecca Sun, Louis Gray, Anne Bouey and 3 other people liked this
Howard Shore – The Riders of Rohan - http://www.last.fm/music...
Alex Scrivener and Anne Bouey liked this
"Piskorski has also found deep gender differences in the use of sites. The biggest usage categories are men looking at women they don't know, followed by men looking at women they do know. Women look at other women they know. Overall, women receive two-thirds of all page views." - Understanding Users of Social Networks — HBS Working Knowledge (via... - http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item...
Felicia Yue, Private Sanjeev and Christopher Chung liked this
""People just love to look at pictures," says Piskorski. "That's the killer app of all online social networks. Seventy percent of all actions are related to viewing pictures or viewing other people's profiles.""
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
Yipee, Its cause we're cuter, smarter and faster. LOL
- Julie Parker
Understanding Users of Social Networks — HBS Working Knowledge - http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item...
Special Video Games Offer - http://www.amazon.com/gp... (via /ccfirmin - http://friendfeed.com/ccfirmin)
Felicia Yue liked this
"Spend $80 on select titles and receive a $40 promotional claim code usable towards a future Wii, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 game purchase. To qualify for the credit, you must check out with two or more eligible items in your cart. Only purchases from Amazon.com as the seller and made between October 26, 2009 and October 31, 2009 will qualify for this promotion. Only one (1) promotional claim code will be sent per household. Promotional claim code will expire at 11:59pm PST on 12/31/2009. The savings will not be messaged at checkout. Codes will be sent via email seven (7) business days after all items in the qualifying order have shipped. Restrictions apply."
- Dan Hsiao
Tag-team dating can improve success, MIT says - Daily Business Update - The Boston Globe - http://www.boston.com/busines...
Jim Norris liked this
"Sometimes the "mating game is a team sport," and romeos looking for love will likely have more success when traveling with a wing man than when operating solo."Friends will try to help you find partners to your liking, weed out undesirables, and support you in other ways," said the professor, Joshua M. Ackerman."
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
"The researchers also turned to the animal world. Male wild turkeys cooperate to court a female, they note. And so too do mammals, "including lions and higher primates." Higher primates, presumably, also includes college students."
- Dan Hsiao
Are douchebags included in the higher primate category?
- Brian Chang
The headline writer doesn't know what tag-teaming is...
- Andrew C
Andrew, I'm not so sure. It's still true.
- Daniel Dulitz
from iPhone
Gladiator is such a good movie. I can't help but watch it whenever it's on.
T. Brent, technopeasant, Anika, AJ Batac and 6 other people liked this
I wanted to make a list of movies that I can't help but watch when they're on, but can't think of that many right now. Can anyone else think of any?
- Dan Hsiao
Have you seen the movie, Yip Man, yet? What about Bruce Lee movies?
- imabonehead
Air Force One. Top Gun. Star Wars III, IV-VI.
- Brian Chang
What are you thoughts on the last (floating) scene?
- τorƍue
saving private ryan?
- Private Sanjeev
Friday Night Lights, Any Given Sunday, The Rock, Heat, Boogie Nights, and Braveheart for me.
- Ana
Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, Major League
- Louis Gray
Braveheart (+1 Ana), The Patriot, Batman Begins...
- Brian Chang
Braveheart (+2 Ana/Brian)
- τorƍue
A League of Their Own. Just about any other movie in this category I own (like Gladiator).
- Anika
It's funny, even if I own the movie, I'll still stop to watch it on TV. I've had Gladiator on DVD for quite some time now and still got excited when I saw that it was on TNT last night.
- Brian Chang
I used to do that Brian, but now the movie had to be shown on the HD channel for me to watch. Otherwise, I'll just go get my disc. HA!
- Anika
shawshank redemption, field of dreams, corrina corrina, pretty woman. i'll also watch a league of their own, gladiator and forrest gump *nearly* anytime they're on.
- Felicia Yue
The Bourne movies are also good ones (even though I didn't like the second movie). Batman Begins (+1 Brian) and Casino Royale are also good. Maybe I just like good action movies. :P
- Dan Hsiao
The Godfather, Troy, You've Got Mail.
- siva s
V for Vendetta, Pulp Fiction.
- Tudor Bosman
Once Upon A Time in China, parts 1-3
- imabonehead
There's a part three? ^ We own the first two.
- Anika
Just about anything Hitchcock, Lynch, or Tarantino.
- LogEx
Anika, there's actually five of them. Jet Li only starred in the first three. http://www.listal.com/list...
- imabonehead
@imabonehead, according to Wikipedia, there's actually a sixth film in the series in which Jet Li reprises his role.
- Brian Chang
Brian, ah thanks. Almost fogot about that one!
- imabonehead
xkcd - A Webcomic - Nachos - HOSTED BY GEOCITIES - http://xkcd.com/654/
Brian Chang, Stephen Mack, John (a.k.a. dendroica) and 3 other people liked this
Brings back memories of the wifi at the 'ole FFGIWHQ
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
At a former office, we used to play 8 player local Mario Kart DS. A microwave would slow everyone down equally, but it still sucked. (and the comment is right. Wifi gamers bring it on themselves.)
- Andrew C
Saw this earlier. Good one :)
- Kamilah Gill
Thanks for the comment, Andrew. I didn't get that comic before.
- Spidra Webster
I *love* the redesign... I just found the files for an old site of mine from back in 99... the use of table borders. Such a primitive time!
- alphaxion
RIP, Geocities.
- Brian Chang
YouTube - Bird singing Kill Bill theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Benjamin Golub liked this
I'd be freaked out if I came home and heard a bird singing the Kill Bill theme in a (seemingly) empty house.
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
I just played this and Loki started running around the room. I don't think she likes the song
- Benjamin Golub
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." - Pablo Picasso.
Bruce Lewis, Jimminy, The Bohemian Penguin and 3 other people liked this
Working on that problem right now.
- Kamilah Gill
I can't believe the geniuses who created iCal didn't give a CANCEL option when editing an event. WTF.
I'm hoping someone points out how dumb I am and I don't have to send out pointless updates to everyone on the meeting because there's no way to cancel.
- Dan Hsiao
I need to stop buying Macs in October before they announce newer models. :( Of course, with Apple's secrecy it's not easy to tell when to wait.
April Buchheit, edythe, Anne Bouey and 5 other people liked this
What'd you get?
- Christopher Chung
This is the best resource I've found: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ but they haven't updated with today's models yet.
- LogEx
Got a Mac mini for my mom for her birthday. Ordered it on 10/10. Was masochistic and checked Mac Rumor posts few days prior to that with no indication of new minis, so felt a little better but not much.
- Dan Hsiao
The new Mac Mini is out: http://www.apple.com/macmini/
- brainno722 (Peter)
RT @johncmayer "Why are we calling him Balloon Boy if he wasn't in the balloon at all? Isn't he just Attic Boy?"
Fast Food At Home: How To Make The Shake Shack Burger At Home - http://consumerist.com/5383509...
April Buchheit and ronin liked this
Pianotrappan - rolighetsteorin.se - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Rutger Blom, Tsali, The Native of FF and April Buchheit liked this
That's clever!
- Anne Bouey
Carmel Car and Limousine Service (1/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
April Buchheit liked this
"I had been a loyal Carmel customer, but in the past couple of years I've noticed a serious degradation in the quality of both the cars and service they provide. This hit the breaking point a couple weeks ago when I had requested a car and they instead sent a minivan. They insisted I pay for the minivan rate instead of the car rate because I had a lot of luggage. When I had made the request, I had told the operator how much luggage I had and they had not suggested that a standard car would not work, nor that they were sending a minivan, and quoted me the standard price. (And in case you're wondering, everything would have fit in a standard car) It was absurd and infuriating that, instead of leaving for the airport, the driver called his supervisor, who proceeded to shout at me, telling me I had to pay more because they had sent a minivan. In essence, they were holding me hostage until I agreed to pay the higher rate. Missing the flight was not an option so I relented, but will never use their service again, and highly recommend you do the same."
- Dan Hsiao
Time to try that Dial 7 service that I used to see on TV all the time?
- Brian Chang
Successful Turnaround Leads To…Squeeballs - Private Equity Beat - WSJ - http://blogs.wsj.com/private...
California School Has a Montana and a Gretzky at Quarterback - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
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Steve, Stephen Mack, Anne Bouey and 3 other people liked this
"Quarterback Nick Montana is the son of Joe Montana, who led the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl victories and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. His backup is Trevor Gretzky, whose father, Wayne, won four Stanley Cups and proceeded directly to the Hockey Hall of Fame after retiring as the N.H.L.’s career leading scorer."
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
"One of Nick Montana’s favorite receivers is Trey Smith, a junior who is developing into a Division I prospect, Redell said. Trey’s father is the actor Will Smith, who has cleared his schedule so he can attend every game. "
- Dan Hsiao
"Don't worry, there's no pressure."
- Gabe
Gmail won't load for me in Firefox but loads fine in Safari. I've tried clearing the cache, cookies and site logins. After that, the login page partially loads, but hangs on "Transferring data from ssl.google-analytics.com..." :(
صبا, Alex Scoble, Brian Chang and Kol Tregaskes liked this
Hmm, works OK for me in Chrome.
- Kol Tregaskes
=( The last few days I've actually noticed a lot of web pages getting hung up on that data transfer from google-analytics.com when I was using my MacBook. Never anything that stalled a page all together, but it definitely made pages load slower than usual.
- Brian Chang
Have you enabled offline access? Try to disable that and see if the problem persists.
- Rutger Blom
from email
When me and the wife use the living room computer, my Gmail loads just fine, my wife's have the same issues as you describe here. Go figure.
- Amit Morson
I'm using Flock. I have 4 Gmail accounts active on this computer. I can only get into one of them. This has been going on for a week. I can view the emails in iGoogle (I have the Gmail widget), but I can't send attachments.
- Anika
Any special addons/extensions? Google Gears in particular.
- Holger Eilhard
from iPhone
Nope, no extensions. And I imagine it shouldn't be any user-specific settings since the log in page doesn't fully load.
- Dan Hsiao
You could create a new temporary Firefox profile to try that using the builtin Profile Manager.
- Holger Eilhard
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Samuel Johnson.
صبا, Hutch Carpenter, Ginger Makela Riker and 7 other people liked this
"Although many people believe that Samuel Johnson said "..." there is no concrete evidence that he ever said it or wrote it." (http://www.samueljohnson.com/measure...)
- Henru
"I'm actually very ordinary, except people get to pay their money to come watch me work. The same way that we go to McDonald's.. we don't care about the guy behind the counter, but if he was doing something special, we'd pay our money to go watch him cook that hamburger." - Samuel L. Jackson
- April Buchheit
Carrie Fisher on Broadway: What did the critics think? - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culture...
صبا, Jennifer Dittrich, April Buchheit and 2 other people liked this
"Fisher opened her latest stage production, "Wishful Drinking," on Broadway over the weekend. The one-woman show, which is playing at Studio 54, had its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles in 2006."
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
She's quite interesting. Read this NY Mag profile - besides her ridiculous quips (“Blow my big bovine tiny dancer cock”), I like this description: "For Fisher, Hollywood was not the shimmering city on the hill reached by bus from midwestern obscurity. It’s a default setting. It’s home." She's jaded and outrageous and blase... but in it all, she maintains, "something's sacred."
- Christopher Chung
i just bought the book last week - wonder how it compares to the show?
- Felicia Yue
Amazon.com: New Super Mario Bros.: Nintendo Wii - http://www.amazon.com/New-Sup...
Jason Williams, Fox, Alex and 13 other people liked this
Out on November 15th!
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
"Order New Super Mario Bros. Wii and get $10 off a future video game purchase." Awesome, pre-ordered!
- Benjamin Golub
Expect productivity in November to decrease dramatically then.
- Louis Gray
iwantitiwantitiwantit
- EricaJoy
Don't tell my kids
- Jesse Stay
Did anyone play the version for DS? I don't own a DS but it looks like fun
- Benjamin Golub
Yeah, i have the DS version. It's a lot of fun. After the Mario series went 3D i had hoped for a new side-scrolling version and it definitely hit the spot. Can't wait for this one!
- Dan Hsiao
JEEBUS. I'm sorry (and I love Mario, don't get me wrong), but short of the radical new control scheme pioneered by the Wii, Nintendo is completely bereft of new ideas. I feel like they haven't seen them launch a new IP in at least a decade. How many versions of Super Mario Brothers can you make??
- Chieze Okoye
I'm not saying that I don't love Mario. I do. But he's a crutch for Nintendo at this point. It's keeping them from really spreading their creative wings and coming up with new, compelling IPs, characters and what-not. Seriously, Nintendo is stuck on Mario, Zelda, Metroid and maybe Pokemon infinite loop at this point.
- Chieze Okoye
I tried the DS version, but it couldn't top Super Mario World for me. So I put it away and dug out my SNES.
- Brian Chang
USPS media mail package I sent myself from NY has been rummaged through and items stolen.
Helen Sventitsky, nakachi, Spidra Webster and 2 other people liked this
They were gracious enough to leave slips of paper saying "We sincerely regret the damage to your mail during handling in the Postal Service..." Which is funny since 90% of the content has disappeared, so I can't assess whatever damage it speaks of. Have filed a complaint at https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov, though not sure how much good that'll do.
- Dan Hsiao
I wonder if it's because I decided to insure the package that someone thought it was worthwhile to take a look inside. Seriously infuriating.
- Dan Hsiao
Did they get anything good?
- Paul Buchheit
Were they heavy? When I shipped my books media mail from New York, the boxes looked like they went through hell and were partially opened: I talked to a friend of mine who's married to a postal worker, and it turns out it's because the boxes were heavy and they tossed them around because they were lazy. I wonder if they did the same to your boxes, and the items just fell out when the...
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- Mark Trapp
Media mail that I have received with some sort of SDHD card, the cards are always stolen out of them. USPS are thieves. I don't send anything through USPS if I can help it.
- CW™
Thanks for the info, Mark. The box was heavy but fairly compact. It doesn't look any more beat up than it was when I dropped it off. Also, about 10-15% of what I shipped arrived here, so it seems a bit suspect. What's missing is mostly magazines of some sentimental value (various mags with Star Wars on the cover, Jordan retirement issue of SLAM, Tennis magazine issues about Agassi and...
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- Dan Hsiao
I recently submitted receipts for reimbursement via USPS and the guy who received them wondered why some were missing. A couple weeks later I got a "sorry we destroyed your letter, here are the remnants" envelope in the mail with some of the missing receipts. From then on, I scan them all and email them.
- Gabe
Not too long after that I tried to renew my car registration by sending them a check in the mail with the renewal form. About a week later I got another "sorry" envelope with the right half of that envelope and its contents, and some weeks later I got a letter from the DMV telling me to try again, along with the left half of the envelope and its contents. I was considering taping the check, renewal form, and envelope (including uncanceled stamp) to try again. I ended up renewing over the web.
- Gabe
Shortly thereafter I received a wedding invitation in a "sorry" envelope. It was just an invitation, with no RSVP information or return address. I didn't know what to do because I didn't know if I was even supposed to RSVP, let alone to whom, and if I was, I didn't know by what date I was supposed to do it. I eventually did so by email. I think the moral of the story is to never use USPS when the Internet will do.
- Gabe
Wow Gabe, does your mailman have it out for you or something? Did you not give him a holiday bonus last year?
- EricaJoy
Dan, I had a similar occurrence several years ago, but the contents of my package were not valuable so were not insured. Eventually, most of the missing magazines trickled home through the mail because the original subscription labels were still attached.
- Anne Bouey
That must have been a funny experience (but pleasant surprise), to get your old magazines in the mail. :) Unfortunately even if the magazines had address labels, they'd be going to apartments I lived in a few years back, so I doubt they'd find their way back to me.
- Dan Hsiao
Deciphering Glyph: An Unboxing You Won't See On Gizmodo or Engadget - http://glyph.twistedmatrix.com/2009...
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via "even the offer letters from Apple are beautiful - Chris Lee http://ff.im/9jS9G"
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
Despite feeling conflict over the longstanding Packers-Vikings rivalry, that was one helluva game to watch. Well-played, Brett. Happy to see that you're doing your thing and proving the naysayers wrong.
Christopher Chung liked this
what the heck kindova transplanted NYer are you?
- Felicia Yue
I was born in Wisconsin. Moved to Ytown when I was 9.
- Dan Hsiao
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