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Reporting for jury duty tomorrow at 8am. Any reading material suggestions?
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http://www.amazon.com/Ways-Ge...
- DeWitt Clinton
oh sweeeeeet yeah
- David Kim
Ha. Good suggestion, DeWitt. :) David would be the most popular person there. I wonder what they'd say if they saw him reading that...
- Dan Hsiao
His Facebook Status Now? ‘Charges Dropped’ - The Local - Fort-Greene Blog - NYTimes.com - http://fort-greene.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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"But when Mr. Bradford, a skinny, short 19-year-old resident of the Farragut Houses, was arrested the next day as a suspect in a robbery, the words took on a level of importance that no one in their wildest dreams — least of all Mr. Bradford — could have imagined. They became his alibi."
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
"Mr. Reuland acknowledges that, in principle, anyone who knew Mr. Bradford’s username and password could have typed the Facebook update, but he regards it as unlikely in this case. “This implies a level of criminal genius that you would not expect from a young boy like this; he is not Dr. Evil,” Mr. Reuland said, adding that the Facebook entry was just “the icing on the cake,” since his...
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- Dan Hsiao
Lego Minifig Macbook Decal: Too Cute to Let Go - Lego macbook cover - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5401173...
Aram Zucker-Scharff, Christopher Chung, Ross Miller and 2 other people liked this
Awesome
- Dan Hsiao
Duel of the 3rd graders - http://mokargas.soup.io/post...
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Figbar, Kevin, Louis Trapani and 100 other people liked this
Pwnd.
- Maxamad
Cool!
- Kol Tregaskes
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- rowlikeagirl
My kid can do that.
- Jeremy
awesome
- Morgan Haley
The clip's too short. You don't get to see the death blow where the winning kid stabs the other one thru the heart. lol.
- Rick Cogley
And I thought my children were evil. They can't shoot lightning bolts from their fingers.
- Hip-Hop in da House
Heart? Looks like he was gonna spike him through the head.
- ronin
I love it. lol.
- Bluesun 2600
awesome
- Alfredo
UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!!!
- Dan Hsiao
LMAO!!!! I need to learn how to make stuff like this.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
WOW
- Dr.Lonely Lotus
awesome
- Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ
kick as-!
- echostreamer
This youngling has been brought to the dark side. This is a momentous day for the Sith.
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
Damn.
- Derrick
too awesome
- Sean Oliver
wow
- Michael W. May
Just showed this to my sons. They were beside themselves. :)
- Micah Wittman
wow wow wow
- Harold
Epic win.
- Tanath
ok guys, geek cred -5, the two light sabers are blue and green. they are...........both Jedis. dun dun........dun!!!!!!!!!!
- echostreamer
A disturbance in the force ?
- Mo Kargas
Wow so ruthless. He will go far.
- Parvez Halim
Here's the video version: http://friendfeed.com/jhuebel...
- Hip-Hop in da House
Nice find Jason!
- Mo Kargas
This is awesomeeee!!!!
- Mike Cavaliere
Darkside always wins!
- Darth Farhad Sama
But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship Where I Ask You To Do Things And You Do Them - The Onion - http://www.theonion.com/content...
Brandon Titus, Josh Haley, Alfredo and 32 other people liked this
"We are just destined to be really, really good friends who only hang out when I don't have a boyfriend, but still need male attention to boost my fragile and all-consuming ego."
- Ana
from Bookmarklet
"Don't worry. You're so funny and smart and amazing, any girl but me would be lucky to date you. You'll find someone, I know it. And when you do, I'll be right by your side to suddenly become all flirty and affectionate with you in front of her, until she grows jealous and won't believe it when you say we're just friends. But when she dumps you, that's just what we'll be."
- Dan Hsiao
The conclusion of this article finds the Onion in top form.
- Andrew C
translation: I am not into you like that. You don't do it for me in that way. Never did. never will. Sorry, but only sort of...
- Morgan Haley
The "my mom says hi" part is a nice way to twist the knife a bit.
- Brian Chang
brutal....
- Ňicķ
Sad, but true.
- Joel Webber
Uh...after 14 years, i married my male bff.
- Daisy
http://www.garfunkelandoates.com/music... - specifically, the "i would never" song.
- Andrew C
Glee Cast - Defying Gravity (HQ) [FULL SONG] - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
![Glee Cast - Defying Gravity (HQ) [FULL SONG]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vjPOOkc1t3w/default.jpg "Glee Cast - Defying Gravity (HQ) [FULL SONG]")  |
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The Glee cast is so ridiculously talented. Though it seems slightly odd that they had Kristin Chenoweth guest star in an episode and didn't find a way to have her as part of this number (since she was the original Glinda).
- Dan Hsiao
Yeah they are great. We saw Lea Michele (Rachel) in Spring Awakening about a year ago. She was very good (the whole musical was).
- Benjamin Golub
@Dan - I think the main difficulty there was that Kristin Chenowith's story arc lasted only that one episode, and the episode that this number is in hasn't aired yet.
- Brian Chang
Yeah, it didn't really fit in with the way her character was written... but I also feel like they didn't necessarily pick the best pieces for her. How awesome would it have been if she did "Popular"? Anyway, I'm really behind in this show so should find time to catch up :(
- Dan Hsiao
I really liked the duet they did together, I think it was Maybe This Time. But it isn't really fair making anyone go up against Kristin Chenoweth
- Benjamin Golub
I dunno... i feel like Lea Michele sounded better than Kristin in their duel... Lea Michele's voice is freakin' amazing.
- Dan Hsiao
Dan, did you see them perform the national anthem at the world's series?
- Jeannie Choi
I did on YouTube. :P Link for those who missed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Dan Hsiao
I was impressed. The songs on the show are very over produced, you know? So I was skeptical about their actual singing talent, but wowzers, they can sing well live and a capella, not an easy feat.
- Jeannie Choi
Agree Jeannie - why do they have to super-synthesize the songs on an otherwise fine show? it's hecka annoying
- Felicia Yue
Hero Worship | Jay-Z Presses Our Buttons - The Moment Blog - NYTimes.com - http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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Tell me, what do you have planned for this evening? What, you want to take me on a date? I’m thinking about it. I’m gonna go get me some pizza. Ooh. Where? In Brooklyn. Do you have a specific pizzeria in mind? Yes, but I can’t tell you that. I see. Well, what do you like about this pizzeria?
- Jeannie Choi
from Bookmarklet
It’s the best pizza I ever had in my entire life. Brick oven. Thin crust. A sauce that they have to make at three in the morning ’cause it’s a family secret – only the father and the son can make it because the people who work at the restaurant can’t know the recipe because other restaurants try to bribe them for it. It’s that good. And that’s a true story.
- Jeannie Choi
any idea where jay z goes for pizza? ;)
- Jeannie Choi
dunno but i could use some good 'ole NYC pizza right now!
- Dan Hsiao
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/
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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
Mmm @TKTRestaurant has incredible lamb BLT sandwiches. That's bacon made of lamb! http://twitpic.com/o6awd
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April Buchheit, Andrew C, τorƍue and 3 other people liked this
I <3 The Kitchen Table and their yam fries. :D Actually, everything I've had there has been awesome.
- Dan Hsiao
Does the bacon taste like lamb? Or does it taste like bacon?
- τorƍue
It has the texture and saltiness of bacon, but with a strong lamb flavor. It's delicious.
- Jess Lee
I have got to try this some day.
- Ha3rvey (more more more)
I prefer a MLT where the mutton is nice and lean...
- Maggie
++ Maggie
- Clare Dibble
Can someone explain to me why Buffett has kept BRK.A so expensive and not split it? What does Berkshire Hathaway have to gain from it? - http://www.google.com/finance...
Roney Smith, Jérôme Flipo, Dan Hsiao and 5 other people liked this
I understand it keeps smaller, "inferior" investors out but I'm not sure why you'd want this.
- Benjamin Golub
from Bookmarklet
It also keeps trading down - which apparently has kept Berkshire Hathaway from entering the S&P 500 because there is a minimum trading threshold. I can't really think of a negative to being in the S&P 500. There are probably some short turn positives though (any index fund tracking it would have to start purchasing BRK and drive up the price a bit)
- Benjamin Golub
“Were we to split the stock or take other actions focusing on stock price rather than business value, we would attract an entering class of buyers inferior to the existing class of sellers,” Buffett wrote in his 1983 annual report, when the Class A shares traded for about $1,300. “Would a potential one- share purchaser be better off if we split 100-for-1 so he could buy 100 shares?...
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- Ken Sheppardson
...based on what I've read and seen, I think your first impression is right: it's about keeping out the smaller "inferior" investors. i don't think he's exactly a man of the people. two uninformed cents.
- .LAG liked that
Yeah I read that too (which is where I got the "inferior" in quotes from). I think at some point you just can't ignore that ridiculous price though. (and I think that point has come and gone long ago :P)
- Benjamin Golub
"Buffett has long been opposed to stock splits for Berkshire’s class A shares...Buffett’s opposition to the move stems from his theory that investors should think of themselves as partners in a company and not short-term traders" from http://blogs.wsj.com/marketb...
- Shea
Well, keeping the price high keeps volume a whole lot lower and probably dampens out a lot of volatility that really doesn't have any benefit to the company. It's really more of a "private" company with an open pool of investors than a "public" company.
- Ken Sheppardson
If I owned a single share I wouldn't feel like a partner. I'd feel like a prisoner.
- Benjamin Golub
I'll bet if you owned a share you'd probably have enough money that you'd never actually think about it. ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
...ha! One share, at $100K+ ...yeah, that would make you feel like barging into a board meeting and demanding changes... I mean, the $100K part. And then, you realize: you only hold ONE share. jeez!
- .LAG liked that
Holding a BRKA also grants you admission to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, which is supposed to be awesome. If you want to buy less, there are brokers that let you buy fractional shares, like sharebuilder, and mutual funds that hold a lot of BRK, for example BTF: http://www.boulderfunds.net/BTF%20H...
- Casey Muller
Benjamin - Why don't you buy BRK.b? http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/compab.... 1/30th price but 1/200 the privileges :)
- Atul Arora
Casey, what's supposed to be awesome about the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting?
- Dan Hsiao
IMHO, the liquidity advantages of B shares are a selling point.
- Sean O'Connor
Sergey Brin: "As much as some people mentioned that it appears unattractive to investors, it appears it benefits us marketing-wise for our end-consumers to see the financial success of the company by virtue of a higher stock price (...) Google won't rule out a split in the future" http://www.bloomberg.com/apps...
- Jérôme Flipo
Dan, I've heard it called the woodstock of investing, that kind of thing. And all of the BRK subsidiaries have a big fair with discounts for shareholders.
- Casey Muller
The Joy of Tech comic... Darth Droid meets iPhonie-wan. - http://www.geekculture.com/joyofte...
kartik vaithyanathan, Louis Gray, imabonehead and Dan Hsiao liked this
Funny, except the Droid goes from being Vader to Admiral Motti, and the iPhone goes from being Obi-Wan to Vader.
- Dan Hsiao
Yeah, it's not so much a spoof of the Star Wars scene as it is two phones taunting each other using as many Star Wars references as they can. Had it gone on for another panel, one of them probably would have called the other a scruffy-looking nerf herder.
- Brian Chang
Dan...um, how to say this...you just brought it to a whole 'nother level of geekdom. Due respect :-)
- Felicia Yue
To Some, Marathon Winner Is Not American Enough - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
Seriously? "As soon as Mebrahtom Keflezighi, better known as Meb, won the New York City Marathon on Sunday, an uncommon sports dispute erupted online, fraught with racial and nationalistic components: Should Keflezighi’s triumph count as an American victory? He was widely celebrated as the first American to win the New York race since 1982. Having immigrated to the United States at age 12, he is an American citizen and a product of American distance running programs at the youth, college and professional levels. But, some said, because he was born in Eritrea, he is not really an American runner."
- Christopher Chung
from email
such bollocks.
- Felicia Yue
Cookie monster cupcakes - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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It's his bday today!
- Mona Nomura
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
- Dan Hsiao
I don't know why but you typing in CAPs made me LOL, Dan.
- Mona Nomura
Cantina Band - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Via Scott Beale: http://laughingsquid.com/star-wa...
- DeWitt Clinton
Totally awesome!
- Dan Hsiao
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
I Want a Slice of this Amazingly Freaky Dead Tauntaun Wedding Cake - Dead tauntaun wedding cake - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5389285...
Mike Chelen liked this
There are no words.
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
Why does Luke look dead too?
- Dan Hsiao
Apparently he crawled halfway out of the tauntaun while Han was setting up the shelter and promptly froze to death.
- Brian Chang
ewwwww
- Emily
tastes even worse than it looks on the outside
- Mike Chelen
NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time - Subway - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5393502...
Daniel Rowley, Atul Arora and Alex Scoble liked this
What they really need are trains that run east/west underneath Central Park, but whatever, this is neat too.
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
Title's misleading. It's only the L train. Maybe in 5 years they'll have it for all trains. Yay MTA.
- Dan Hsiao
The L trains are the first (and maybe still the only ones?) with the "next train coming in x minutes" clocks too... bah.
- Sze Chan
Yep. They also spammed the Geek Girls group: http://friendfeed.com/girlgee...
- Rochelle
There's a Geek Girls group?!?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Spammer hidden. In the future, please make sure to report it at http://friendfeed.com/about... to ensure someone looks into it. Thanks!
- Dan Hsiao
Dan, are you saying we should not be reporting spammers to this room any more? Previously, that's what Paul requested we do.
- Rochelle
Dan, maybe this group should be shutdown and forwarded to the link you posted.
- Beau "Slick Foot" Liening
Maybe somebody could write a bot that takes the feed from this room and automatically fills out and submits the form.. ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
The form makes it difficult to follow the "Please search for an existing user before posting and Comment/Like the existing post instead of making a new one." guidance...
- Ken Sheppardson
Ken, Paul said that FF has a filter/notification set up so they (or just he?) are alerted each time something is posted in this room so that it can be taken care of immediately. Seems that would serve the same purpose as filling out a form.
- Rochelle
Yeah, I was kidding, Rochelle. I like that the reporting system for FriendFeed uses FriendFeed. Moving to some sort of old form based system seems... well... Facebooky
- Ken Sheppardson
Heh. Maybe that's the point of Dan's new request?
- Rochelle
I wish there was a button on the users page that said "Report as SPAM".
- Beau "Slick Foot" Liening
That's sorta what I'm thinkin', Rochelle
- Ken Sheppardson
Well, hopefully Dan and/or Paul can come in here and tell us what it is that they're wanting us to do now and what this room should be for, if not reporting spam.
- Rochelle
Hmmm...on closer look of the group admin, it doesn't look like this group was setup by FF.
- Beau "Slick Foot" Liening
It wasn't, but I was under the impression that FF liked the idea and wanted us to use this room to report spam.
- Rochelle
Hi there, this room is not an official FriendFeed room. We do monitor it, but in general, using the contact forms is always the best way to reach us. Thanks!
- Ana
So has something changed or is something changing, or has the form always been the preferred way of reporting these things? Not that it really matters, I suppose.
- Ken Sheppardson
ASUS to launch $ 180 Smartbook Q1 2010 - http://translate.googleusercon...
Felicia Yue, Andrew C, Bruce Lewis and Dan Hsiao liked this
"At yesterday's investor conference held in Taipei, Asus boss Jerry Shen confirmed that a Smartbook device will be launched in the first quarter of 2010, with the price of the device likely to fall in the vicinity of NTD6000 (USD184)."
- Christopher Chung
from Bookmarklet
Wow. Is it supposed to be a good machine, Mr. Netbook expert? ;) That price is ridiculous!
- Dan Hsiao
ARM processor? What's the OS?
- Andrew C
xkcd - October 30th - http://xkcd.com/656/
Louis Gray, Brian Chang, The Bohemian Penguin and 8 other people liked this
I love xkcd.
- Kevin Fox
from Bookmarklet
Awesome.
- Dan Hsiao
Apparently, Apple Wants All iPod Shuffle Users to Look Like Idiots - Apple patents - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5393147...
Gizmodo doesn't like the idea, but I'd actually buy and use an iPod Shuffle that was built like this.
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
It's the iKazoo
- Dan Hsiao
Shirt.Woot : One Shirt, No Shoes, No Service (SM) - http://shirt.woot.com/
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"Computer mice" teehee
- Emily
Full-size image: http://sale.images.woot.com/Compute...
- Dan Hsiao
spammer: http://friendfeed.com/healthy... ... example: http://friendfeed.com/dog-lov... ... this user has completely spammed the dog lovers room http://friendfeed.com/dog-lov...
Spammer hidden. In the future, please make sure to report it at http://friendfeed.com/about... to ensure someone looks into it. Thanks.
- Dan Hsiao
Dan, are you saying we should not be reporting spammers to this room any more? Previously, that's what Paul requested we do.
- Rochelle
Spam Reports no longer belong in the Spam Report room?
- Ken Sheppardson
Paul took care of one for me this week in this room.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
U.S. trucker takes on gunmen to protect UN workers | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com - http://www.freep.com/article...
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"Eleven people died during the two-hour gun battle between militants and police, including five UN staff and three gunmen dressed in police uniforms."
- Brian Chang
from Bookmarklet
Wow. The guy's 62 years old. He was hired by the U.S. Department of Defense... I wonder if they provided him with the AK47 he carries around or he picked it up himself...
- Dan Hsiao
I don't think AK-47s are standard issue from any US government agency, so it's probably something he acquired in Afghanistan and carries around for his own defense.
- Brian Chang
"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...
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""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
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
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to be closed - San Jose Mercury News - http://www.mercurynews.com/news...
"Authorities are closing down both directions of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after a cable snapped on the upper deck of the span. " EEK.
- Emily
from Bookmarklet
Heard about that on the radio while driving home. Scary. And man... what a major inconvenience for lots of people.
- Dan Hsiao
I'm glad all those years of shutting down the bridge to Labor Day traffic totally paid off =/
- Brian Chang
YouTube - Grocery Store Musical - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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This needs to happen more often in life. :)
- Dan Hsiao
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