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Bay Area: Mike Doeff posted a link

SFGate: Surge of robberies in the Bay Area and beyond

September 1 at 9:26 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"More than 40 robberies occur every day in the Bay Area - and they are happening far more often than just a few years ago. While recent high-profile restaurant robberies have citizens calling for police to crack down on commercial holdups, the total number of robberies in the nine-county region was up nearly 40 percent in 2007 compared with 2004, according to the FBI's most recent figures. Some of the worst spots are busy hubs for commuters and shoppers, including the areas around the 12th Street BART station in downtown Oakland, and San Francisco shopping districts at Fifth and Market streets and the Metreon at Fourth and Mission streets..." - Mike Doeff via Bookmarklet

I know this sucks. People are getting more daring in these desperate times. I'm near 19th street BART station anf there's been a number of hold ups at ATMs and purse snatchings in the surrounding blocks. - Larry Kless via twhirl

Just last week in Glen Park there was a robbery of a grocery store in Glen Park near several popular restaurants. The owner was stabbed and one of the employees was kidnapped. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/... - Mike Doeff

Follow-up article about the brutal Glen Park burglary... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/... - Mike Doeff

Pat Kitano posted an entry on Media Transparent

Huge Difference between Social and Mainstream Media - Speculation vs. Confirmation

August 31 at 1:40 pm - Link

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I just added a Sarah Palin topic - bill giltner

journalism: Nick Edwards posted a link

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Editing’s a drag

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What’s wrong with Technorati?

August 28 at 11:41 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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I used to love Technorati. The shame here is that there is still nothing to take it's place. Yet - technorati absolutely blows. - David Cohn

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Valencia Streetscape Improvements

August 28 at 1:32 pm - Link

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Bay Area: Mike Doeff posted a link

Curbed SF : The San Francisco Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog

July 22 at 3:28 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Enter: Burning Man. The city's newly-hired party planner is in talks with folks from Burning Man and Carnival, who will help concoct some fantastical vision in Parking Lot A of AT&T Park— one that will be kid-friendly in the early evening, require paid admission for adults at night, and may or may not proffer alcohol. A dry party at a sports arena hosted by Burners on stilts. Just like the Castro, right?" - Mike Doeff via Bookmarklet

sounds like a great time I am their. keep me informed! - Craig Mullins

Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“I'm getting a demo of a Virtual Berlin sitting on top of Google Earth. Cool stuff, they've put all sorts of stuff about Berlin here.”

August 27 at 11:19 pm - Link

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Not Everyone is as Amazing as Jason Calacanis : PerkettPRsuasion - The PerkettPR Blog

August 25 at 6:54 pm - via Reshare - Link

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"Great post countering Calcanis' anti-PR meme" - David Weiner

Bay Area: susan mernit posted a link

Back in the North Bay after three months in Colorado; moving to Berkeley Sept 15th, with plans to *sette* in East Bay (bye bye Peninsula)--who should I meet I...

August 23 at 6:14 pm - Link

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Jeremy Toeman posted a message on Twitter

“#gnomedex terms we should stop using: "blog", "web 2.0", "social media". anything else?”

August 23 at 9:55 am - Link

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I think those are the most important terms to drop. But I'm sure we can come up with more. - David Cohn

AlexScoble(Robert'sBro) posted a message

“Apologies in advance to Chris Pirillo, but am I the only one here that has absolutely no interest in what's going on at Gnomedex?”

August 23 at 9:45 am - Link

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I second that Alex. Me and you I think. - Kyle Lacy

Gnomedex Schomedex - Kyle Lacy

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Yeah doing a lot of hiding of all the posts here from my brother and my sister in law, both of whom I love dearly. I think I just don't get conferences in general, but I really have no idea what Gnomedex is really about. I know it's loosely about tech, but beyond that it's inscrutable to me. Then again it's not about computer security, home theater or gaming, which is probably why I have little interest in it. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

I with you. It's the Rejaw of tech conferences. - Mark Trapp

Alex: it's a celebration of geekiness. The talks yesterday were really awesome. You'll probably like what I do next week at the IFA conference (a huge consumer electronics show in Berlin). - Robert Scoble

I'll be honest. I went to gnomedex.com to watch. lol. This woman need to pipe it. - Kyle Lacy

Okay. Honestly. Who cares? Do you really have conferences about the definition of the word blog? - Kyle Lacy

I would blog about PAX while I am there next week, but I will be experiencing expo awesomeness in its purest form and so sadly will not be able to. - Phil (scribkin)

Hehe, Kyle...twenty years from now people will still be asking "what's a blog?" - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

Exactly.. I'm just confused about all of this. - Kyle Lacy

Alex, I never heard of Gnomedex, and I thought I was born a geek. I guess this is proof that I'm not. Or perhaps I'm a mutant geek? :) - imabonehead

Alex, "I remember my grandpa said something about blogs.." - Pete Delucchi

I don't even know what Gnomedex is. Isn't GNome still a desktop environment for LInux? I so confuzed... - Rahsheen

Kyle: Gnomedex has always had a lot of bloggers/influentials. So, discussing blogging makes sense. - Robert Scoble

Robert: I understand the concept of talking about blogging and discussing strategy. I'm just confused on the point of arguing over the use of the word "blog". - Kyle Lacy

Gnomedex is Chris Pirillo's personal tech/geek conference. This is the 8th year he's held it. Hopefully Lindsay and I will get to go next year. - Tad - just Tad

I watched Beth Kanter's talk last night and it was pretty cool. Then I went ahead and watched the icanhascheezburger guy too, which was mildly amusing, - Laura Norvig

Chris has said in the past that the opinions of people who attend Gnomedex hold "infinitely more weight" than the people who don't attend Gnomedex, so doubtful you -- or anybody else in this thread that's not there -- will be motivating him to change anything, Alex, see: http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/... - TDavid

It's pretty telling of a person that the only way they'll consider a position is if you pay them 600 dollars. - Mark Trapp

@Tdavid I find it completely rediculous that Chris feels that way. - Kyle Lacy

@MarkTrapp damn straight - Kyle Lacy

I'm not trying to get Chris Pirillo to change Gnomedex. I'm just saying that going to a conference for the sole purpose of celebrating my nerdiness doesn't appeal to me at all. Oh and J. Phil, I'll be at PAX next weekend too. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

@Alex - then what is the point of your comment? To say it bores you and wondering if anybody else is bored? That's it? Heck, I'm bored by a thousand different conferences out there. It doesn't mean that it's not interesting to the people who are attending (or others without the $$$ to attend). As for PAX, will be there too and will be blogging about it :) - TDavid

To start a conversation with other people who have no interest in Gnomedex...and to complain about all the posts in Friendfeed on it that I've had to hide so far :) - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

I also would like to voice an opinion over Chris wearing a backpack... Somebody needs to buy him a man bag. - Kyle Lacy

Alex are you saying you are bored using social media for a good cause? because we raised $3600 to send a young Cambodian woman to college thru. Beth Kanter's talk yesterday. Or are you saying you are bored with impacts of search on privacy because Danny Sullivan was able to call Random attendees on stage and pull bunch of info. on them from the web. or are you saying you are bored with LOLCATS? Or taking good tips on how to take awesome pictures? I am not sure if this is just a case of sour grapes bro. - Maryam Scoble

+1 Maryam :) - Mona N.

I'm not a blogger, but I thoroughly enjoy getting together with others who have like-minded interests, at the very least for the motivation. It looks like a heck of a lot of fun to me, but then I'm a nerd. - Jody C

Another perspective from a Gnomedex attendee: "Last year was my first Gnomedex and I was floored by the quality of people, speakers and attendees. I can say with no hesitation that this year is the best Gnomedex so far, by far." source: http://blog.davemadethat.com/2... - TDavid

But as participators in Social Media, it's interesting to hear about what the speakers are talking about. Is open ID irrelevant to the both of you, Alex and Kyle? - Mona N.

Pretty much, Mona :) - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

And Mark and Kyle: $600 is nothing, compared to a lot of blogging conferences out there, have you guys ever held a conference? Planned an event? :) - Mona N.

I despise it with a passion... Maybe even more than I despise the Blogger comment feature. - Kyle Lacy

Alex and myself do not need OpenID.. we float through websites. - Kyle Lacy

Alex: Don't you want to know more about the services you're utilizing? Or do you just go in blindsided? - Mona N.

Maryam- No, I'm bored of all the contextless twitter posts about how great everything is...and I'm not the type of person who will probably ever watch a video of a conference. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

Mona- I have my own special way of learning about things...and it usually doesn't involve going to conferences. :) - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

-1 Mona. I wasn't talking about the irrelevance of a blogging conference in general. I was talking about a 10 mins section of gnomedex when they were arguing over the use of the word "blog". I thought it was entertaining. -2 Mona. :) - Kyle Lacy

Honestly, I see bits and pieces flying around about Gnomedex, but I haven't really seen anything Official. Like "Here is the Gnomedex homepage" and " Here is a vid of a discussion about panties" or "TUne in live http://here.com to catch a presentation about bleh" - Rahsheen

You can find out about all those technologies without paying 600 dollars to Chris Pirillo. People are talking about those things every single day. The idea that there are only 230 people in the whole world are going to know about technologies that affect the world by paying 600 dollars and attending some conference is inane. Conferences are great: you get to meet and network with people. But the only person you're convincing that it's going to change the world or make the people who pay 600 dollars to attend into "thought leaders" are the people who paid the money to attend. To the rest of the world, it's just another tech conference. - Mark Trapp

Kyle: Fair enough LOL I have minus points. @Alex: Well I think it's awesome Chris is streaming it live, for the people who couldn't be there. To each their own :) @Rah: live.pirillo.com, dude - Mona N.

Mona I agree with that. I think it is awesome we can watch it live. Absolutely! +2 Mona - Kyle Lacy

Mark: you don't need to pay Chris Pirillo anything to learn about what is going on on stage. The entire conference is being streamed live on Ustream. - Robert Scoble

This single moment, seen here on this video, is the reason why Im sad I wasnt there (hard to not appreciate the spirit behind this): http://www.drewolanoff.com/pos... - Andrew Baron

Look guys, nothing against gnomedex, but I'm personally tired of blogging about blogging (or tweeting about twitter or using ff to talk about ff). Just frelling do something cool (tech related or otherwise) and talk about it.We need more content and less comments (I apologize for the irony of this comment). - Sam Levine

What I really want to know is if the attendees are getting cool swag. I'm a swagaholic. Can I haz cuil foam logo [not to be confused with LEGO] maskots and blinkin' pinz, pleez? - MiniMage

The last two sessions have had some really great technologists from the University of Washington. Onscreen now is a vocal joystick. Alex, you might like to see this for its impact on games. - Robert Scoble

Meh. I thought Gnomedex was a directory for gnomes. I was unsure of what gnomes might be, possibly troll-killers. Fail. - WorldofHiglet

What's gnomedex? ;) - Peter Simard

I like Chris, but I agree, and I live in Seattle. - Ryan

It's difficult to be all things to all people at all price points. ;) Duncan Riley's post sums it up quite nicely, I believe - he groks the energy, the concept of shared experiences, etc. - http://www.inquisitr.com/2618/... - can't "get that" online, really. That, and it's too bad nobody here was interested (including locals), because I would have done just about anything (before reading entries in this thread) for you to join us. ;) No joke... - l0ckergn0me

Josh Bancroft posted a message on Twitter

“I fear that Sarah Lacy has misread the audience (again). She admits it's her first Gnomedex, but this crowd doesn't go easy on anyone.”

August 23 at 10:01 am - Link

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But here she's listening to the audience and interacting. It's self correcting in real time and much better than SXSW. - Robert Scoble

I think she is doing a good job.. - Kyle Lacy

She's doing very well. This is what conversation is all about. - David Risley

John, I agree. This is all starting to sound like a little bit of group navel-gazing, quite honestly. - Alberto Lopez

Alberto: what the hell is wrong with a bit of navel-gazing once in a while? That's how you figure out what to do next. - Robert Scoble

It hasn't gone completely off the rails like SXSW. Yet. :-) - Josh Bancroft

Duncan Riley posted an entry on The Inquisitr

12seconds releases an API, complete with launch partners

August 21 at 7:50 am - Link

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Social Media: Johan Martin posted a link

Springwise: Wine tastings via Twitter

August 19 at 4:25 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Using Facebook and Twitter for a shared wine tasting experience. - Johan Martin via Bookmarklet

nptech: Beth Kanter posted a message

“I've got really exciting news, but can't tell you all for a few weeks ...”

August 14 at 10:40 pm - Link

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??? - Jonathon D. Colman

Always great to hear exciting news but my guess is this group is not particularly patient:) Any hints? - Reed Stockman

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This might be a good chance to work on a theory of social predictions... if we all make a guess and post to this comment thread, will our predictions change the outcome? :) - Jonathon D. Colman

I guess: WeAreMedia got a big grant to further its work - Laura Norvig

I guess: she's Obama's VP pick. - Jonathon D. Colman

@laura @jcolman nope - Beth Kanter

I hope to have really exciting news in a few weeks too, but I've been hoping that for years! - Aldon Hynes

Beth - you know how to keep us on the edge of out seats.... can't wait to hear what it is... :D - Laura Whitehead

you stinker! ;-) - Michelle Murrain

I still want to know what people are guessing. My new guess: Nobel Prize. - Jonathon D. Colman

I will get it out of you next time we see each other (coming up I think). - David Cohn

@david cohn maybe I can talk about it by then .... - Beth Kanter

Social Media: ~C4Chaos posted a link

IRONY ALERT: Social Media Introverts?

August 16 at 9:45 am - via Reshare - Link

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Nothing ironic about that at all. A lot of the things that make introverts uncomfortable-- large crowds, constant conversation, a requirement to act before thinking, more-- are all removed or attenuated on the 'net. - Andy DeSoto

Besides, you can actually spend most of your time behind of your computer without even having to give calls to people - email is perfectly enough int he majority of the cases. - Svetlana Gladkova

I completely agree -- my profile, iirc, is INFJ. I've never considered myself to be particularly extroverted. If I meet online friends IRL, I do appear to be more "extroverted" than in normal scenarios. But that's because there is usually a lot of common ground to kick things off. - Tamar Weinberg

Duncan Riley shared an item on Google Reader

Pouring Our Heart Into TechCrunch50

August 18 at 10:22 am - Link

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Louis: $3.5 million profit on a conference that is suppose to be for the greater good. It's a great event, but the marketing is BS. All they did is shift the pay goal posts a bit. If they were serious about overcoming payola and being for the greater good, they'd cover costs. - Duncan Riley

They should take that $3.5 million and invest it in the best 5-10 startups - Jason Carreira

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Duncan, why is my name here? <puzzled> - Louis Gray

Aah, Duncan Riley is a friend of Louis Gray, wtf? - Ivan Pope

is that profit from sponsors? - Gregory Lent

Jason, based on track record to date, if I were a start-up, I would NOT want Arrington investing in me. See also: Edgeio... Omnidrive... - Cyndy

Well, then they should have the biggest drunken party on earth... I'm sure Pete Cashmore would come, since partying is his career - Jason Carreira

it's no where near $3.5m -- that number is insane for a second year startup, and that's a TOP LINE estimate Duncan. not bottom line... - Jason Calacanis

I realize you are behind on things, but they don't let Pete Cashmore into their parties. - Cyndy

haha... yeah, that was the joke... of course it's probably illegal to have a million dollar party in the bay area without him, isn't it? - Jason Carreira

Louis, apol, I was responding to your comment in Google Reader in Google Reader itself (you shared it). Was too tired to realize that it wouldn't thread. Apologies. - Duncan Riley

Hao Chen posted a message

“Bacon Lovers' Dilemma”

July 28 at 1:45 pm - via mail2ff - Link

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Bacon Intake vs Happiness - Hao Chen via mail2ff

that > google trends - Mona N.

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I love that graphics program - it makes your graphs look so realistic. What OS does it run on? - Tad - just Tad

Hao, I "like" this because it makes me laugh, and I follow the funny, but I still don't dig on pig. - Anna Haro

This is freaking awesome... - Shawn Duffy

Sharpie OS FTW - Hao Chen

It scares me that I understood every single reference on that graph - Mike Doeff

Should replace COPD with HTN or atherosclerosis. :-) - Corie Allison

@Anna Thanks, I don't dig pig either. - Hao Chen

@Mike I think we all know who to thank for that. :P - Hao Chen

@Corie HA! Shoulda. :P - Hao Chen

Gross. Bacon mints. - Jody C

funny how the monkey faced pig caused a spike, LMAO - fijidaddy

I missed the monkey-faced pig... - Corie Allison

Monkey-faced pig = when bacon jumped the shark - Mike Doeff

@Corie You do.not.want to see the monkey pig. O_O I'm gonna keep it kosher from now on...gonna stick with mangos and the occasional banana. - Hao Chen

Liver is next. - Chris Baskind

http://www.baconsalt.com/ their tagline: everything should taste like bacon - Christian Anderson

@Hao - Too late -- curiosity won out over good sense. :-/ - Corie Allison

Ice cream with bacon. Mmmm. http://www.photobasement.com/i... - Jonathon

http://blogs.menupages.com/chi... - John Piercy

@ fotographic: Looked appealing until I saw the dude in the tight red suit :) - Jonathon

Fantastic Hao. Love it! - Mitchell Tsai

@jonathon , I wasnt prepared for the red suit either .. kinda made me scared - John Piercy

Hah! Just went fishaterian. - susan mernit

Aww, c'mon! Bacon bra is hawt! It makes the missus look mo'e hawt! - Dread Pirate PJ

My friend just made this his new MySpace pic. lol - David Cook

Scott Beale posted an entry on Laughing Squid

Yearbook Yourself, How You Would Look In 1950’s-1990’s Yearbooks

August 17 at 3:38 pm - Link

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SF Bay Area Photographers: Andre Maltais posted a link

Third SF Photowalk posted!

August 8 at 11:38 pm - Link

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Are there any other cities with this much interest!?! I think not! Love it. - Justin Korn

Who here is signed up for one of these walks? I'm going to #2 (The Haight). Just curious as to who else I might run into! - Andre Maltais

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@Andre - I'll be at the Haight one as well. - Justin Korn

I wish the photowalks were scheduled when there is better light, i.e. super early or later in the day. 10am is just such harsh light. :| - Jauder Ho

@Jauder - You gotta go with what you get. I read an article once that harsh light can actually be your best friend....if you use it right :) Wish I could find that link for you. If I do, I'll post it. - Justin Korn

Tomorrow's the big day. You excited?!?! - Justin Korn

Had a great time the other day. Great meeting you Andre! - Justin Korn

Pat Kitano posted an entry on Media Transparent

How Mainstream Media Journalists should Leverage Twitter

August 12 at 7:55 pm - Link

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I really liked how you wrapped up this post. Great thought. - Jason L Berman

Pat Kitano bookmarked a page on delicious

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Funding opportunity my friends---

August 7 at 9:06 am - Link

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Thanks, Susan! This is awesome. Although the link is broken...found it on your blog: http://www.susanmernit.com/blo... - Ryan Kuder

Bay Area: Mike Doeff posted a link

The Snitch - Say What? S.F. Giants' African American Heritage Night Ads Awkwardly Worded in the Worst Possible Way

August 13 at 10:15 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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PROMOTION FAIL: "...it also includes a seat in the African American section of the park as well as Giants PA Announcer Renel Brooks-Moon talking bobblehead." - Mike Doeff via Bookmarklet

Bay Area: Mike Doeff posted a link

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA Home Values, Map Real Estate Market Year over Year Home Price Appreciation | Zillow Real Estate

August 12 at 3:06 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Color-coded map of the Bay Area showing year-over-year home values by neighborhood. If your neighborhood is yellow, you're in good shape. Article about this here http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/... - Mike Doeff via Bookmarklet

It's a pretty accurate overview. Most neighborhoods in central SF have seen an increase over last year. Numbers however are down. The big question is always "is this the bottom of the market?" I don't think so. - Brad Coy

Marco (aureliusmaximus) posted a message

“its 2:49am I can't for the life of me go to sleep and its all i can do not to drive to mccdonalds right now”

August 12 at 11:50 pm - Link

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resist!! :) - edythe

do it - Josh Haley

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you can do it...hold out! - Bren

its 3:37am i am no closer to sleeping but i am the proud new owner of a quarter pounder with cheese and fries - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

OH YES - Mona N.

Sounds like you forgot the bacon. Go back! - Louis Gray

what no milkshake? - Adrienne Van Houten

Because it brings all the boys to the yard? - Mona N.

Happens to me very often, but instead of the Mc D, it's always Burger K. - George The Writer

Mona: rawr. - Bren

you wouldn't believe this - had to go to FIVE dif mcds to find one open - when i finally found one I couldn't order a double cheesburger but was told they only served food off their "late night" menu which had all of 6 or 7 things on it. tried to order small fries - no go "we only serve medium and large fries right now" - then I get to the window and see this message "Dear customer there is an extra surcharge for condiments" - WTF? - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

@Mona - whoa was just singing that when I came to your comment- picturing Family Guy! Our collective minds- Marco going to McD's, Adrienne's comment-- yours--- I LOVE THIS PLACE! - Nice Fish Films

McD's sucks ass. But it sure tastes good sometimes... - Bren

on the plus side i was able to listen to Paper Planes like 50 more times - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

all I wanna do is... and take your monaay! - Anna Haro

its going to be quite a while before i tire of that song - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

are you going to get a southern style chicken sandwich? - Christine Lu

@christine i tried that once and thought it was horrible! - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

dude, no joke, after I first heard it--it's ALL I listened to for about 3 straight weeks. I got OCD like that, plus it's such an efin' good tune! - Anna Haro

4:19 AM here/now. I would have to be starving (in the most literal sense of the word) before I went to a McDonald's. - Joanmarie

I hate it when I can't get to sleep, or sleep for three hours and then wake up, and can't get back to sleep. End up sitting here working at like 3-4 am, but then feel like doo-doo by mid morning. Can't say I EVER get the urge to go to McD though - not at any time of day! - Ian May

That's what's happening right now. Child is asleep- I can finally rest. But I can't. (Though no urge for Mickey Ds. I want baked goods- but will resist.) How did you finally get to sleep? How am I going to get to sleep? - Abby Martin

give in to the urge ... - John Piercy via twhirl

@abby how did it end up for you? I finally got tired enough (around 4:30) that I could settle down and fall asleep - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Daughter woke up at 3:30 and wanted rocked. We rocked for awhile and both fell asleep in the chair. Migrated to the bed around 5. Thank you for asking Marco- very sweet. - Abby Martin

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August 8 at 10:20 pm - Link

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Scott Beale shared an item on Google Reader

14 Ways Starbucks Has Tried to Revitalize its Brand

August 6 at 3:12 pm - Link

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The fact they still don't offer free wifi is ridiculous - Nathan Hull

I totally agree. Even Peet's in SF offers free wifi, along with a lot of local coffee houses... Starbuck's coffee is always so acidic tasting... - Ariane via Alert Thingy

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aw man, peets coffee is the business! and like the rest of you, it bites that you have to pay for starbucks wifi...i mean, DAMN! - Tofu De la Moore

I was a fan of Starbucks' new Wifi strategy until I started explaining it to my brother-in-law and heard how ridiculously complicated it sounded coming out of my mouth. ("You need a card, and you have to register it online and link it to AT&T. Then you need to keep a minimum balance of $5 on it and use it once every 30 days. Okay. When you get into the store you get an authorization screen... ") Because, of course, it IS too complicated. Free, by which I mean really free and simple to use, is better. - Bill Barol

not to mention the fact that their coffee sucks ass. - Cameron Reilly via twhirl

I think that "Ditch the music label" helped to solve their issues with Apple! :), but they are still selling physical cds! - Josh Chandler

I agree. I want wifi. - Ryan

And freaking wall outlets. Wifi without power makes me stabby. - Kevin D. White

give me free wifi, and I buy coffee...otherwise, it's on to the next coffee shop I go. - Bob Blunk

having AT&T provide its wireless is dumb. I can't stand at&t. - matt ceniceros

~C4Chaos favorited a video on YouTube

Paris Hilton ad for president

August 6 at 3:55 pm - Link

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You can see she's reading from a poorly placed teleprompter. - Andrew Baron

News stations really have it too easy with online videos nowadays. Just hope they don't overdo it. - Kevin Lim