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ESPN - New York Jets buoyed by Brett Favre's play, personality - http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl...
Claire Bennet liked this
"Favre is 39 years old. But his enthusiasm, his obvious joy for the game, has changed the Jets' chemistry and, maybe, something even greater. "He's changed the culture totally," wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery said. "When I first met him, he was saying that the two things he was going to do was score touchdowns and have fun. And we've been scoring touchdowns, and we've been having a lot of fun. "It's more relaxed. Guys are having fun each and every day. Guys are happy to be here." The veterans will tell you that "fun" was not a word that surfaced often in coach Eric Mangini's two previous seasons. "Believe me," Favre said, "there's nothing fun about meetings. There's not a whole lot of fun in practice. There's not a whole lot of fun in losing, but you can make it as easy or as hard as you want. I try to make it easy. Mangini has been impressed. "He can be focused, get his work done, but keep the group light, keep practice fun, keep the guys excited about each day," Mangini said. "He's got that passion"
- Dan Hsiao
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ESPN - Strength-on-strength at the Superdome - NFC North - http://myespn.go.com/blogs...
Claire Bennet liked this
"The Packers lead the NFL with 16 interceptions, six of which they have returned for touchdowns, and are approaching the all-time record for defensive scores. Their performance provides an intriguing backdrop for Monday night's matchup (ESPN, 8:30 p.m. ET) against the NFL's top passing offense at the Superdome."
- Dan Hsiao
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Reader Rebuttal on Favre - The Fifth Down Blog - NYTimes.com - http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
Claire Bennet liked this
"While most fans are *definitely* struggling with the idea of Favre coming onto Lambeau field wearing purple, I don’t think many take it “personally,” as Rhoden suggests. Brett Favre has essentially been the only “superstar” in Wisconsin for two decades, so we’ve come to comprehend some of the nuances of his personality. We watched him grow from a party boy crashing bars with Chmura and Winters (while the unwed mother of his child sat in Mississippi), to a dedicated family man — one who if anything, takes things TOO seriously."
- Dan Hsiao
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OnMilwaukee.com Sports: True fans want Favre to play; even if its for Vikings - http://onmilwaukee.com/sports...
Claire Bennet liked this
"I really don't know what has fueled this dislike for Favre. In 16 years. he gave us more thrills than the average fan has a right to expect. If there was ever a quarterback who could put a team on his shoulders and carry it to victory, he was that quarterback. And he was ours."
- Dan Hsiao
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BBS door games: Social Gaming innovation from the 1980s | @andrewchen - http://andrewchen.co/2009...
imabonehead, Stéphane Miroux, Jimminy IS Everybody and 6 other people liked this
"It’s obvious, in retrospect, that a lot of the door games that existed 20 years ago pioneered a lot of the same techniques that social games use today. Let’s drill into a bunch of these similarities, covering the following topics:"
- Amit Patel
from Bookmarklet
Did you draw that picture by hand in raw ANSI?
- Steve and 4 other people
I don't remember where that came from, but I'm guessing one of the players made that in TheDraw or other ANSI art editor. Ahhh, TheDraw. Such fond memories I have of that.
- Amit Patel
Ah, memories...
- Dan Hsiao
Memories. I just got interviewed about SRE so it brought back lots of memories. And it made me realize I have none of my projects from those days, just some old notes on paper.
- Amit Patel
Looks like somebody rewrote SRE and update the graphics for a web interface. http://starpires.com/ Of course, I wouldn't be able to compare it to the original, it's almost as old as I am, and I've only dropped into a BBS once or twice.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
There have been lots of attempts to remake SRE, and Starpires is probably the best developed.
- Amit Patel
I'm the dude who's been interviewing Amit about SRE... If anyone knows who drew that ANSI screen, I'd *love* to hear. I had always assumed it was the official title screen, and was surprised to learn it was not!
- Josh Renaud
It've might be official but I don't remember it! :(
- Amit Patel
Mehul says that he included player submitted artwork with the game distributions, at least for BRE, AC6, FE, etc., so it's likely that this artwork was distributed with SRE, so I guess we can say it's "official" :)
- Amit Patel
Mellody Hobson Chairs Dreamworks Animation | The Mary Sue - http://www.themarysue.com/mellody...
Soup in a TARDIS, Starmama, Sima and Anne Bouey liked this
"Mellody Hobson joined Ariel Investments as an intern shortly after graduating from college, and less than a decade later was president of the company, making it the largest African-American owned mutual fund company in the US. She’s been on the directorial board of Dreamworks animation (as well as Starbucks, Groupon, and Esteé Lauder) for some time now, and now she now ascends to head of the board. Roger Enrico, former Pepsi CEO, stepped down last week from his post as chairman of the Dreamworks board of directors. He did not cite a specific reason, but CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg gave him a good sendoff. Mellody Hobson has been tapped as his replacement."
- Jessie
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Lingerie Football League... Are you for serious? - http://www.lflus.com/index1...
ᏓᏰ #team Monique, .LAG liked that, imabonehead and 26 other people liked this
Apparently it is serious... and I've decided that the Seattle Mist will be my team until one comes to the Bay Area :)
- Ross Miller
from Bookmarklet
Uh... wow.
- Bret Taylor
I love the team names: "Miami Caliente", "San Diego Seduction", "Dallas Desire".
- Bret Taylor
This would be even more awesome if it were sponsored by Brawndo, the Thirst Mutilator.
- Joel Webber
O.O i have no words.
- Jessie
lol I wonder if they'll need to wear protective gear?
- Christopher Chung
you should always wear protection. wait, what are we talking about again? oh right, football.
- Dan Hsiao
Hey, Los Angeles finally has a football team again!
- Kevin Fox
I'm sure that a number of players will be augmented with extra padding.
- Jim Norris
I thought this had been going on already?
- Shevonne
...touch down!
- .LAG liked that
let's play ball ladies, shall we...
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
This is almost as "good" as Topless Darts that they used to show on the Live TV cable channel in the UK.
- Tony Ruscoe
At long last we've burrowed all the way through trashy and back into awesome. *weeps uncontrollably*
- Jonathan
that's awesome
- sLam
Wow I don't this will survive.
- Jeff
Bahaha... it still exists! "(Las Vegas, N.V., 10/02/2012) — Lingerie Football League, LLC officials are announcing expansion into the Atlanta market for their upcoming 2013 season. Atlanta is the 12th market to be named a franchise into “the fastest growing sports league in the US” (BusinessWeek)."
- Ross Miller
Don't laugh. At least one of the NFL replacement refs came from there.
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
The Secret Behind The Real-Time Web - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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superpultdu, Pinbaords, jack and 259 other people liked this
Ross and Dan made this video to illustrate the advanced technology we use behind the scenes at FriendFeed. (Ross and Dan, you are amazing - I can't believe how awesome this thing turned out)
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
How very creative. This is very fluid and cool.
- Louis Gray
OK, not exactly what I was expecting, but very cool.
- Kevin Arth
Anyone have the video somewhere other than Youtube? it's banned here in Turkey and I can't wait until we get home (next month) to watch it!!
- Chris Myles
This is awesome!
- Christopher Chung
with a community like this - you just can't roll-it into f.b.. keep the dream alive!
- michael sean wright
:O
- Josh Haley
Amazing, thanks for that!
- dkb
According to Ross, they used about 1030 individual pictures in the final version. Stop motion is a lot of work :)
- Bret Taylor
Sure, sure--give away all the secrets. (Are those Lego dudes union?)
- Kathy Fitch
very creative. wonder how long it took to do that stop-action?
- berchman
Ross's best work so far ! great job Ross
- goutham
Major props to Ross and Dan. FriendFeed lives on
- Shane
That's priceless. Great job, guys.
- John Craft
This is superb. I just showed it to my 5 year old son who enjoys Lego and has already taken some great photos, including one or two of his toys. So now he has the seed of the idea that, in time, he could take multiple stills and put them together to make moving pictures. Thank you very much for posting it and giving me and him that opportunity. Maybe, he might use FriendFeed one day too!
- John W Lewis
Great project!
- Anne Bouey
AWESOME!
- Kevin Fox
I think they need to make a full stop-motion version of the Matrix in legos. Now THAT would be awesome. I wonder what bullet-time looks like in LEGO?
- Bret Taylor
i'd pay to see the stop animation lego matrix, but not the sequels
- patrick
"Equipment Generously Provided By Casey Muller" - hahaha!! THIS IS AWESOMESAUCE!!! I love the creative energy and vibe in this video... LOTS of work went into that one! Thanks guys!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Genius, how much time did that all take?
- Wayne Hornsey
Chris Myles: if you want ot - DM me an address and I'll mail you a copy.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
That is so awesome
- Glenn Slaven
happy-making!
- Felicia Yue
I am more proud than ever for being a FriendFeeder :)
- Arvind
Wow!!!!!
- Mona Nomura
Excellent!!
- Kol Tregaskes
That's great!
- Devon Govett
Cool! The friendfeed's manufactury
- Benedetto Vacca
неплохо, неплохо! Продолжение будет?
- atner
hahaha very nice stop motion and music!
- Alex Huinchucleffy
BUMP
- Roberto Bonini
FULL OF WIN
- Jac Falcon
might I remind everyone that we are still loving FrF ^__^
- Peter Fedin
Peter +1.
- Ahmet Yükseltürk
This is very cool and interesting, thanks for sharing!
- Sarah Stamos
+1
- solncee
I do love this video and all the time Dan and Ross put in to it.
- Kevin Fox
Thanks, Kevin! :D
- Dan Hsiao
I love that this got bumped!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Now that @marissamayer is gone, Google starts pimping out their home page. Ugh, sigh. No one is guarding the family jewel anymore. :(
Jennifer Dittrich, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo and Spidra Webster liked this
Whoa, yeah.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
They've actually done promos like that a few times before. I think Marissa's been out of the home-page decision process for a few years.
- Kevin Fox
What bothers me more than that is the pop-up Google+ birthday alert. Would've been cool if I was searching for something birthday related rather than jQuery related.
- Dan Hsiao
Microsoft unveiled their new company logo today. Nice and clean, but I hope they saved a little bit of logo budget for Bing.
imabonehead, Eric - seven eleven, Jennifer Dittrich and 2 other people liked this
Kevin zinged Bing. #Zabinga
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Where's their new logo?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
NOTE: Kyrie Irving Is Basically Harry Potter With A Basketball - From Our Editors - SBNation.com - http://www.sbnation.com/nba...
"Come one, come all, and watch Kyrie Irving spin his way through Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant, spin around James Harden, then go through his legs to embarass Kobe one more time." (youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch... )
- Andrew C (✓)
from Bookmarklet
(that last crossover is And1 quality, but I'm pretty sure it's also a kick ball - he fake crosses over between his legs, but bumps it with his left knee to send the ball back to his right hand.)
- Andrew C (✓)
His spin move at 0:23 is ridiculously quick!
- Dan Hsiao
That's sick
- Rodfather
Idea: A stuffed parrot that constantly listens and does voice recognition, then repeats nasally the most often-used phrases it hears.
Morton Fox, Bruce Lewis, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo and Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart liked this
Carmelo Anthony says NY Knicks 'time is coming' when they will win NBA championship - NY Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com/sports...
"Carmelo Anthony (r.) has more than a passing resemblance to his wax figure, but maybe 'passing' is not right word." <-- Wow, the NY media is harsh on Melo.
- Andrew C (✓)
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more: "Anthony was at Madame Tussauds museum in Times Square on Tuesday for the unveiling of his wax statue. The likeness is uncanny, and the details are precise, including tattoos, headband and, of course, the ball in his hands in a shooting pose (you didn't think Melo would pose in a defensive stance, did you?)."
- Andrew C (✓)
Good to hear Melo has been working hard and trimmed down his weight. The fact that the NY media is always harsh aside, I think people see Melo's ridiculous talent but mediocre work ethic and team-play and just believe he could be more if he had the will and determination that champions have.
- Dan Hsiao
BTW, here's a funny video of Melo pretending to be his wax figure and then scaring unaware visitors to the wax museum: http://knicksnow.com/videos...
- Dan Hsiao
Daily chart: Accounting for time | The Economist - http://www.economist.com/blogs...
Maggie, Morton Fox and Stephen Mack #TeamMomo liked this
I believe it, but it's kind of crazy to me that the average amount of TV watched daily is 2-2.5 hours, especially since most of the people I know probably average somewhere between 0-1 hours, meaning people elsewhere are picking up the slack.
- Dan Hsiao
from Bookmarklet
When I was younger I spent most of my free time watching TV. So easily picking up your slack and for a few others.
- Dario Gomez
Dario, I did too, but I had the impression that kids these days watch a lot less TV than before since they have all these other digital distractions (video games, computers/tablets, etc.).
- Dan Hsiao
I never watch TV! - *goes home and turns on the Giants game for 4 hours straight* - Ok, maybe I watch TV. Do they distinguish between actively watching TV and having ESPN/news/random sports on in the background? Because, that would move me from the <1 hour per day category into the >4 hours per day category.
- Ross Miller
Ha. That's a great point Ross. Passive TV watching is awesome.
- Dan Hsiao
Hypothetical question from "You Are Not So Smart": Suppose you won a lottery. Let's say $1 million. However, it's a very special lottery. You have to split your winnings with another person, chosen at random. Here's the catch: If she or he rejects your offer, you both get nothing. What percentage do you offer?
Kelli H., Mike Chelen, Ozgur Demir and 13 other people liked this
Clarifications: You don't get to communicate or negotiate with the other person, you just offer a percentage. Then the lottery board communicates with him or her, and your offer is either accepted, and you both get the money, or rejected, and neither of you get a penny.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
You can offer anything from 0% to 100%. There's no right or wrong answer, it's just a thought exercise. But assuming you want to keep some of your winnings, if you offer a percentage that's too low, it might be rejected and you get nothing. If you offer a percentage that's too high, you don't win as much. So, what would you offer?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
This sounds like a large scale version of a survey I did a few days ago. Only I was the one who got the offer. I accepted a bad offer and decided if I ever me the person I would pinch them.
- Heather
Typically fairness requires 50% or people will reject. I would give 100% because I'm just that kind of guy :-)
- Todd Hoff
I remember there once was a study with results, that surprised me. Looks like I repressed my memory about people's resentfulness :D (Anyway, I think 50% would be the "natural" choice, but humans are strange)
- esther
If you have to tell them a straight percentage, then I'd say 50% but if you can tell them a total sum, I'd say $20,000 :D
- Victor Ganata
Economists love asking this type of question because it helps to underscore human irrationality. :)
- Dan Hsiao
Victor, let's assume you must express your offer as a percentage in this game.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I assume they have full knowledge, so I'd go with 25%. That seems high enough for them to say "woot!" and not want to cut me off to spite me.
- Steele Lawman
Without knowing the total sum of the winnings, I honestly think some people would reject what sound like really low ball offers. I don't think anyone would reject even $100, but they just might if you told them they only get 0.01%. Especially if there's paperwork involved :)
- Victor Ganata
Never thought I would say this but I agree with Cristo ;-)
- Heleninstitches
I'd offer 45%, because I don't mind sharing, but it's my dollar that bought the ticket so I deserve more.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I also assume the other person knows the percentage, and I'd say 50%. If I was on the other side and was offered 10%, and knew the rules, unless I was impoverished the temptation to say "Screw you" would be really tough to resist.
- Walt Crawford
I mean, if I were the person being asked, and they couldn't tell me the total? What if they only got 2 numbers + the mega? I'm not going to fill out paperwork for $0.0005. Probably not even for the whole $5
- Victor Ganata
That surprises me, Walt. Unless I really didn't like the other person, a lowball percentage is still more money than $0. It's still money I wouldn't otherwise have gotten.
- Spidra Webster
I'd want to go with 50%, not because I think the other person would reject a lower number, but mostly because it is windfall money. As much as more could be great (I can certainly think of good uses for it), it is basically free money (minus the small amount of the ticket.) I guess it depends on how you see it - either the other person is 'costing' you the percentage that you're giving them, or they're giving you the percentage you're getting by participating.
- Jennifer Dittrich
@Spidra, Walt's response is a fairly common one. People will give up free money to spite you if they think you're being unreasonably greedy. But that doesn't mean you can't be a little greedy (so I'd definitely offer less than 50%.)
- Dan Hsiao
OTOH, if someone offered me 90%, I'd be suspicious. What's the catch? Is this not really a lottery, but a way to involve me in a nefarious money laundering scam? Even 55-45 in my favor might make me paranoid.
- Victor Ganata
I'd probably offer 50%. Doesnt hurt me any since I'm starting with no money, and offering them an even split wouldn't leave them feeling like I was trying to take 'more than my share'. (Essentially, what Jennifer said above)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
If you can't be told the total winnings, what if 5% is some incredibly infinitesimal amount? What heuristic would the average person follow to decide whether or not it was worth their time to get involved?
- Victor Ganata
Does lottery board communicates how much is at stake or just the $$$ amt or the % offer ?? These are crucial parameters to my decesion. If the total amt is disclosed then I'll offer 50%, if $$$$ amt discloused. I'll offer 10000/- , if % is disclosed (Without telling the total amt). I'll give 10%.
- Peter Dawson
CLARIFICATION: The Lottery Board will disclose both the total winnings and the percentage. "Hello, this is the Lottery Board. So-and-so won $1 million in the lottery, and you were randomly selected to share it with so-and-so. So-and-so is offering you __%. You can either accept that offer, and you get __%, which is $___, and so-and-so gets the rest of the $1 million, or you can reject that offer and both of you get nothing."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Ah, then, yeah, I'd offer 2%, although I bet you there's still a fair chance I'd get screwed.
- Victor Ganata
This is fascinating. I would go for 50% because the chances of anyone rejecting that is so small. It seems equitable and everyone feels like they win.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
"What's your answer, Stephen?" -- I will chime in tonight :)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
With Stephen Mack's clarification, I'd offer 50%. For the reasons stated by others.
- Walt Crawford
If the The Lottery Board will disclose both the total winnings and the percentage. then the only logic conclusion is to be fair and share 50%.. else the other party can screw you either way. If I go by @tiffany thinking, then its a zero loss $$$ , as the $1 was never yours to start off with. However, the chances are in gaining 'found' moniess for both parties if its split dead center. however, its still 50/50 chance that it can be reject/taken , regardelss off how much is offered , thats pure stat's
- Peter Dawson
50%, less the about that gives me $1 more. Then I'd announce at a press realease that I'd like to meet the other recipient and if they are willing I want to give him/her the final 50 cents of their split I'd been holding for them.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Something like 60-70%, from what I've seen of this question before. What you don't have is a measure of the other person's greed and spite. The choice you have is all or nothing, but you get to decide what all is. If I've invested only $1, having 300000-400000x return is fine. I'd rather hedge with a smaller amount of still considerable returns. It would also depend on how hard it was to initially win the lottery, of course.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
from twhirl
Also, I remember discussing this before, though I think that was $100. And I believe there is a section in Dan Ariely's book "Predictably Irrational" on the topic. And this type of thought-puzzle if I remember correctly it is an example of an 'Utlimatum Game'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Jimminy IS Everybody
from twhirl
50% because people are irrational.
- Dario Gomez
It's amusing that a system that has helped us survive gazillions of years could be considered irrational.
- Todd Hoff
You believe that people have evolved due to selection of the most rational?
- Steele Lawman
Todd, effective survival systems certainly can be considered irrational. Consider peacock feathers.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
But it's irrational to say a system that leads to survival of a species is irrational.
- Todd Hoff
Maybe let's discuss that concept in a different post? I disagree but I'd rather focus this post on the lottery offer.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I'd bet that pretty much no one would turn down $100,000, but a surprising number of people would turn down 10%
- Victor Ganata
I think how one responds is how the proposition for the second person is phrased. There are different variations, are they called 'winners', amount vs percentage numbers, do they know the original amount/amount person one recieves? Also, the size of the initial amount is a factor.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
from twhirl
Jimminy, I agree with all that. For this exercise, assume it's one million dollars, and the call the second person gets is phrased as I put it in a comment above: "Hello, this is the Lottery Board. So-and-so won $1 million in the lottery, and you were randomly selected to share it with so-and-so. So-and-so is offering you __%. You can either accept that offer, and you get __%, which is $___, and so-and-so gets the rest of the $1 million, or you can reject that offer and both of you get nothing."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
So far, "50%" is in the lead with 6 votes, followed by "10%" with 3 votes, and 2 votes for "2%," then 1 vote apiece for "100%" and "25%" and "45%" and "5%" and "some percentage less than 50%" and "some percentage greater than 0%" and "60-70%." I'd like to see some more answers, please!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
In the hypothetical where I was the necessary random person and not the main winner, I would take as little as 10 bucks, even if there was paperwork (assuming I wasn't worried about a scam), because I would be excited for them and not care about what happened to me. However, in the opposite case, I would offer 50 percent. They are equally necessary to my benefit as I am, so we should...
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- Marianne
I realize this isn't a balanced, logical approach, but my sense of morality is neither balanced nor logical, and I find that going against it makes me unhappier than any amount of money would make me happy.
- Marianne
If anyone wants to offer me 5% of a million dollars, out-of-the blue so to speak, I'd gladly accept it, thank you very much! #50KbucksAintChumpChange!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I agree with Starmama - I would offer 45% - b/c I won and they would be getting a good portion of it but I should get more and they should be happy with almost but not quite half. :D
- Paulette
10%. I think that the big risk is being rejected because the random person assumes that the offer is a spam, not because of spite.
- Tudor Bosman
Tudor, for the purposes of this hypothetical, don't worry about that -- assume that the Lottery Board shows up with a giant check and TV cameras and an Ed McMahon clone.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
If it involves an Ed McMahon clone, the other guy can have all the money.
- Steele Lawman
Stephen, if you were my special someone, I would give you half.
- Louis Gray
Needs more clarifications; Does that person know all the details (this person won lottery but ...bla bla ) ? or someone is gonna tell her/him "That person offers you %x of her/his money, do you accept ?"
- Ozgur Demir
Ozgur, assume they know about this lottery and that it's popular.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
50% :)
- Georgia
If the last name of the person started with A-E 65% F-Y 45% Z 30% No last name then 25%
- Me
Deciding if behavior is rational depends on the goal. If only the profit from a single event matters, then it is irrational to turn down any amount over zero. However if an individual in a tribe punishes another member for being selfish, that might improve their behavior in future situations.
- Mike Chelen
One of our cats, Betty, passed away suddenly last night. She was 14 years old, and she was an adorable little fuzzball. We miss her.
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Ric Ray, ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ, Marissa and 8 other people liked this
My condolences on your loss, Tudor.
- Spidra Webster
:(
- Dan Hsiao
((hugs))
- Georgia
I'm sorry, Tudor.
- joey
:(
- Amit Patel
Sorry to hear, Tudor.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I'm sorry to hear this.
- Corinne L
oh, sad news. i'm sorry.
- Marie
I'm sorry. She's so beautiful.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
:o( xxx
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I'm so sorry, Tudor and family.
- Anne Bouey
I'm sorry, Tudor. Those fuzzy critters know how to work their way deep into our hearts.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Sorry to hear this, Tudor. {hugs} all around.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
She was a pretty girl :)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I'm so sorry. :( She's gorgeous.
- Pixie
ThinkGeek :: NERF Longstrike Sniper Rifle - http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoy...
Winckel, Kelli H., Dan Hsiao and 6 other people liked this
Why do I want this so bad? I don't even know anyone else with a nerf gun, but I have almost clicked buy about 5 times now >.>
- Ross Miller
from Bookmarklet
You're such a boy. =)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
Dude. Get a couple and we can figure out how to use them in a video. :)
- Dan Hsiao
^ most best idea I have heard in a long time.
- Ross Miller
Was momentarily pissed at Google 2-Step verification because the 30 days expired while I'm abroad. Had to enable roaming on my iPhone and got about 40 texts before I got the one with the code. Was annoying but I figure it's < $10 insurance for extra protection on my Gmail account. Should remember to make a copy of my 10 one-off codes for next time.
Surehy Breter, Laura Norvig, Bruce Lewis and 4 other people liked this
Install the Google Authenticator iPhone app. It works like an RSA token and needs no Internet connection or cell service.
- Benjamin Golub
from iPhone
NICE! Thanks, Ben!!
- Dan Hsiao
I think my cat's broken… I hope it's still under warranty.
Pixie, DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE, John (bird whisperer) and 2 other people liked this
????
- Anne Bouey
Yeah. ????
- Kevin Fox
Cat = car, maybe?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I'm imaging it's this.http://ff.im/Srott
- Jimminy IS Everybody
if it's itz grammar, that's normal. hope your cat's okay :(
- Dan Hsiao
poor kitty?
- Rachel Lea Fox
Niko is fine; he's just a pro whiner.
- Anne Bouey
Well that is good. Glad he is okay. I know about having whiny cats! ;)
- Rachel Lea Fox
Uh oh. Jeremy Lin's on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week - NY Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com/sports...
ronin, DJ Stevie Steve, chrisofspades and 6 other people liked this
It sort of looks like he's laughing at the Lakers. Haha
- Rodfather
That game, he had big plays against Gasol and Bynum, Fisher and Blake were non-factors against him, and he outscored Kobe. I'd be laughing, too.
- Victor Ganata
Why "Uh oh"?
- Dan Hsiao
It's like the Madden Curse. Whenever someone is put on the cover, bad things happen.
- Rodfather
Bigger cover here: http://pablog.tumblr.com/post... and story here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault... ... I'm still gonna buy it though. =D
- Andrew C (✓)
So far so good. Just a game winner after being featured on the SI cover.
- chrisofspades
"If you look at four-year-olds, they are constantly asking questions and wondering how things work," Gregerson observed generally. "But by the time they are six and a half years old they stop asking questions because they quickly learn that teachers value the right answers more than provocative questions." It's a haunting finding that raises...
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...serious concern about our education system. Specifically, what is the purpose of education? Is it to convey knowledge, as the current system is weighted, or it to be inspired and nurture an ability to constantly learn? — Little Bets (Peter Sims)
- Dan Hsiao
Fascinating. Do you have a cite? I'd like to read more
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Niether, it is to build conformists and consumers and docile asembly line workers
- WarLord
It's in a book, "Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries" (http://www.amazon.com/Little-...). Highly recommend it so far for any entrepreneurs or people who need to solve creative/idea challenges.
- Dan Hsiao
I sure hope I can keep sending my kids to Montessori. It's a much less passive learning system.
- Bruce Lewis
My friend is a Montessori teacher and from what she has described, I sure wish my parents had sent me to Montessori.
- Spidra Webster
The main purpose of a formal education is to teach you how to sit down, shut up, and do what you are told. Those that learn this lesson well will have a job where they get to sit down, shut up, and do what they are told. Those that don't, will have jobs where they get to stand up and talk. (would you like fries with that?)
- April Russo
I think school is an opportunity to observe the machine and learn its values and weaknesses up close. It's everything you need to learn about how organizations work and how you can co-exist with one and still do what you want. And they give that education away free!
- Steele Lawman
Maybe they stop asking questions because most of they've already learned most of the answers.
- Gabe
Gabe, Rob and I were just talking about how Spencer no longer is interested in the drawers in our kitchen. Meg is just mobile enough that she can play with the pots and pans, check out the tupperware, etc. Spencer will do it a little to play with her, but generally doesn't do it himself anymore. We've concluded that he knows what is in the drawers now and would prefer to play with his...
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- Clare Dibble
Lawson, I love your optimistic slant. But sometimes it's impossible to co-exist with the system and still do what you want. That's a (hard) lesson you can learn in public school also.
- Laura Norvig
Laura, you are right--perhaps it helps you calibrate your tolerance of and resistance to the system.
- Steele Lawman
Argh. Google has ruined my obsessive-compulsive habit of clicking on a page's logo in the latest Gmail design update. :(
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Google has ruined lots of things :(
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
It's even worse than I thought. The logo is the big happy target I use to get back to my Inbox. I had to revert to the even older design, though that's obviously not a long-term solution.
- Dan Hsiao
Google+ too. It changed this week for me. I used the logo to get to my home feed.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Unfortunately we're in the minority. I believe that the grand mass of users aren't aware that they can click the logo on most sites.
- Dan Hsiao
I even made a post (quickly deleted) on G+ bitching about the change... it took me a bit to realize there was a home feed icon on the page and I didn't have to click-down the menu and choose it O_o
- Tinfoil 2.0
LINSANITY. Jeremy Lin's matched his assist career high - 8 - and it's only the end of the first half.
Middle of the fourth quarter, he finally picks up that ninth assist.
- Andrew C (✓)
DOUBLE DOUBLE!
- Dan Hsiao
Average American Worker Spends Nearly $1,100/Year On Coffee - The Consumerist - http://consumerist.com/2012...
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"Some say that coffee is the fuel that keeps the American workforce moving forward. And it's a fuel that comes with a hefty price tag, as a new study shows that the average member of the American workforce spends almost as much on coffee every year as they do on commuting to and from their job."
- Dan Hsiao
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When the Fire Hydrant Was the End Zone - NYTimes.com - http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012...
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"And that was how York Avenue from 81st to 82nd Street became our new football field. Everything on the sidewalk was in bounds: fire hydrants, trees, phone booths, mailboxes, light poles, signs and meters. We did our best to accommodate pedestrians, but if the game was tight, we’d use a lady carrying a few brown bags as a blocker."
- Dan Hsiao
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I just love it when people decide to try out all their ringtone options while in a public place.
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or have customized ring tones that are, of course, from the most annoying songs ie Miley, Bieber
- sofarsoShawn
haha
- Shevonne
i think i'd actually prefer customized ringtones to the standard ringtones, which is what people who try out all their ringtones tend to use.
- Dan Hsiao
What I Want for Christmas: A Frictionless Blogging Platform | PBS - http://www.pbs.org/idealab...
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"In a strange way, I still think what I'm looking for is FriendFeed. What a brilliant site that was. Too bad they were bought (talent-scouted) by Facebook."
- Dan Hsiao
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Dear EVERYONE: If you don't have 2-factor authentication active for your Google/Gmail account, DO IT NOW. My Mom's Gmail account was hacked this morning. She's been locked out of her account and all of her contacts have been sent email ostensibly from her asking for emergency money.
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Cristo, absolutely. Here's how it works: When you activate 2-factor auth, you install an app on your phone whose sole purpose is to generate a code. When you log into a new machine for the first time (and once every 30 days for machines you regularly use) after signing in with your password, you also enter the number generated by the app. It means that even if someone gets your email password they can't get into your account unless they also manage to steal your phone.
- Kevin Fox
My phone is a Treo 650. I doubt they're going to have an app for that.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, they can call or send an SMS with the code.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
If you have a very secure pass phrase, will people still be able to hack your account? I suppose if they somehow install a keystroke tracker...
- Spidra Webster
My question is the same as Cristo's.
- Micah
And how does the Gmail Android app handle the 2-auth scenario?
- Micah
I'm pretty sure you'll need to carry a backup code in your wallet. Oh, Sarah beat me to it. :)
- Kisha
But I shouldn't get that backup code tattooed on my arm, right?
- Micah
I wouldn't carry the backup codes in my wallet. I'd find someplace better to hide them. What with Google Authenticate and a secondary phone # to SMS a code to, carrying backup codes around seems like an unnecessary security hole.
- Kevin Fox
The blog post CW linked to answers all these questions. Micah: You can still generate passwords for apps like Android Gmail or iPhone clients, but they're keyed to the specific app and can be individually revoked.
- Kevin Fox
The G-Auth App is now being used for third party 2-step authentication like apps such as LastPass where I keep all my usernames and passwords. It works well for both g accounts and other services. Kind of a software RSA key with a visual count down to when the code changes.
- Me
Yup already been using it.
- AJ Batac
I don't have an app that does it, but Google very kindly sends my Auth code by SMS when I need it
- Le Slip Anglais
Just decided to test it.
- SAM
I don't have that option. Google hates me. :(
- Akiva
Why are there 10 backup codes? Will they ask you one at random?
- Dan Hsiao
Dan, any of the 10 work, 1 time each.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
sweet. then i will just memorize one for now. :) (not that i'd memorize more than one... just one at a time)
- Dan Hsiao
I've been using this for a while. One painful thing is that you have to get a special authorization code for apps that don't support 2-factor (such as GChat). But that's just one bit of hassle per app, and once it's set up, it works well.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I've avoided it because it doesn't seem to support multiple accounts well. I don't have a phone for each Google account, and I really don't like to give Google app-level access to my device anyway. Maybe if I can rig it up with some push-only mechanism like email.
- Tinfoil 2.0
You can add multiple accounts on a single device, each will have its own number generated.
- Neal Krummell
OK, but the point of my multiple accounts is to prevent Google from aggregating all of my online activity together, and one app would defeat that.
- Tinfoil 2.0
It doesn't handle any activity, the app is akin to a hardware RSA token: it just makes numbers.
- Neal Krummell
So it doesn't communicate at all with Google? No IP address or login credentials or any other local data ever go to Google from the app?
- Tinfoil 2.0
When you first install the app you input an auth code (or snap a pic of a QR code) to initialize the Authenticator. After that it never talks to anyone ever.
- Kevin Fox
Oh, cool. :) Thanks.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Always have a good (not dictionary word - use a phrase) & UNIQUE email password. Once someone gets into your email, they can easily get into all your other accounts by claiming to have forgotten the password (so they send a reset password link - to your email). Don't use the same password for email & anything else.
- amygeek
I take that a step further amygeek. I use a unique email address and password for each company I deal with, and I don't keep mail messages on the server for very long. So even if one of my email accounts gets compromised, the risks are substantially reduced.
- Tinfoil 2.0
I'm with LogEx except I don't yet move mail messages locally. I use 1Password to generate 16+ character random high-strength passwords, too.
- Akiva
Goodness this all sounds very involved. The only thing I've ever had authentication for was my WoW account and that's because it was worth a lot of money. I hope I never have an expensive email account.
- Heather
I enabled this the other day. Seems like a simple and logical step for security. Even if someone gets my password, they still can't do jack with it. Simple monkey wrench into their plans without much work on my part.
- Rahsheen?
I just set this up. My yahoo email password was last set in 1997. never changed it.
- Mike Nencetti
i have it, but it's been proving to be more of a pain than it's worth.
- Piaw Na
However, if you have two-factor authentication enabled and Google suspends your Google+ profile, guess what? Gmail gets locked out too.
- Morton Fox
Unfortunately, I do not own a mobile phone, only an old fashioned land line, and I am not about to take on the monthly expense of a mobile phone just for this. Telling my family they aren't allowed to eat any more, just so I can secure my email account, just won't fly with them. If Google truly cared about security and wanted people like me to have it, they would have an option for people without mobile phones.
- April Russo
It work with an iPod Touch, no mobile service, just wifi.
- Neal Krummell
I got one of those emails from who I thought was a distant relative. Had me puzzled for a little while.
- Josh Haley
April, if you have a land line, you could enter that number and have them call you with the code instead of SMS. If you don't, I think google voice is free and you could set that up and have them call your computer and leave a voicemail. I just set up two factor authentication, and am mostly impressed with how well it works. I also did not realize how many unique devices I use gmail on.
- Clare Dibble
April: you can install their iPhone app on an iPod Touch, if you have one of those. Or you can buy a dedicated hardware token for $20 or so -- any device that supports OATH TOTP would do. Feitian OTP c200 is one such device. Setting it up would require some tech savvy, but now I'm curious -- I'll get one and make a page detailing how to set it up.
- Tudor Bosman
Or, what Tudor said.
- Clare Dibble
Tudor, that's awesome. How do you pair an OTP generator like that with your Gmail account?
- Kevin Fox
How does this work with the iPhone mail app?
- Jonathan Disher
Kevin: I imagine that you have to connect the OTP token (using a custom cable and a custom app) to your computer, then program it with the seed code (the same code embedded in the QR barcode that Google displays, which you can also get in text form if you click "I can't scan the barcode") But I don't know the details, and I'm willing to pay $20 to find out.
- Tudor Bosman
Okay, I'll take that back. It appears that the Feitian c200 is sealed and can't be reprogrammed -- you get the seed on a slip of paper that the token comes with, and you program the seed into your authentication software, not the other way around. Google won't let you do this.
- Tudor Bosman
I'll update this post if I find a reprogrammable TOTP token.
- Tudor Bosman
I haven't found a reprogrammable TOTP token, but there are good deals to be had on cheap, low-end Android tablets which can run the Google Authenticator just fine. For example, BuyDig has this for $70: http://www.buydig.com/shop...
- Tudor Bosman
Typographer Ryan Gosling - http://typographerryangosling.tumblr.com/
puhahahaha!
- Jeannie Choi
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i don't get it but am intrigued. also, does Ryan Gosling say "Hey girl" a lot?
- Dan Hsiao
Hey FF, what should I do in Boston this weekend?
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Dress warmly! www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com, Newbury St., and Beacon Hill have nice vibes for walking/shopping. Eat some lobster. The duck tours are fun and give you some of Boston's history. High Rise Bakery (awesome sandwiches!) and L.A. Burdick in Harvard Square, which is a popular area and tourist-friendly.
- Dan Hsiao
رونوشت به روژنا :دی
- farzaam
Solid suggestions. It was a great weekend. TY FF :)
- Ross Miller
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