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Charlie Brooker: why I love videogames | Technology | The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...
"Try as they might, videogames still don't seem to really register in the mainstream "old media". Newspapers and television still largely report on the gaming world as though it is something mildly amusing that happens overseas. Statistics about how many billions the industry is worth, or how many billion players there are worldwide, tend to be recited with an air of amused disbelief. It's almost as if videogames only exist in the imagination of a few friendless dreamers."
- dkb
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[audio] Church Canceled Due To Lack Of God - http://www.theonion.com/content...
Why isn't this a real headline?
- dkb
Dubai: business as usual | The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/busines...
"The year after 9/11, then, marked the start of Dubai's transformation into Bling Central: the most extravagant orgy of construction, in the shortest space of time, the world has ever seen. Western investors soon started taking serious notice: this, surely, was the new Shangri-la, a buzzing, brand-new, hot-hot-hot tourist destination with top-quality hotels, guaranteed sunshine, great (well, reasonable) beaches and enough retail opportunities to exhaust Paris Hilton. What's more, there was no income tax, and companies could take their profits home with them."
- dkb
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New Post on my blog: What Should I Eat? Cereal Edition (Flowchart) http://nosenseoftime.org/2009...
Alix Whitmire and dkb liked this
Brilliant.
- dkb
Twelve minutes into UP, and I'm already misty-eyed. WALL-E didn't even do that.
David Cook, vicster, Rodfather and 13 other people liked this
oh yeah....
- WorldofHiglet
yeah. the 1st part was *weellyyy* sad.
- AJ Batac
SQUIRREL!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Yeah the 1st part of the movie is serious tear jerker. Then again I'm just all emotionally nerfy when it comes to those things.
- CW™
Very reminiscent of the opening scene of Star Trek; I was really tearing up after that.
- Glen Mistletoe
Just saw Up for the first time a few days ago … really enjoyed it and the opening 20 mins are special.
- dkb
Save Football, Save Our Souls « DavidBlanar.com - http://davidblanar.com/2009...
"The incident has been described as the ultimate expression of human frailty; for the referees, whose experience and good sense abandoned their eyes at the crucial moment; for the French players, whose desire to win at all costs cruelly hijacked their common decency; and for the spectator, neutral and invested alike, who have been left roiling or rollicking to face a long, cold winter digesting the ugly and inescapable realisation that – regardless France’s performance in next year’s World Cup – the outcome is immutably corrupted."
- dkb
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Official: Ebay Sells Skype. Receives $1.9 billion cash as part of the deal. - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
Michael Hocter, Oğuz Serdar, Chieze Okoye and 5 other people liked this
I know that there are other competitors to Skype these days and the pace of innovation has not been maintained, but I'm absolutely convinced it could be a winner with the right partner. I adore Skype, I use it every day. It's one of the first things I install on any computer I use.
- dkb
Is it bad that I don't even care about Skype news anymore? Or maybe I'm on Twitter too much lol.
- Mona Nomura
i gotta admit i still use the service daily, but all it will take is for Google to launch something simpler and more reliable - and i'm there.
- Zee.
The article says that Marc Andreessen is onboard. That can only mean good things for Skype.
- laosan
I've announced that a few months ago: http://ff.im/7tHtU
- `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN
Informal poll: Married, single, living in sin?????
Alex Scoble, rowlikeagirl, anjelina and 15 other people liked this
Single, living with cats.
- Katy S
Taken, long distance relationship.
- Marissa
sin all the way baby!
- Christa
Single, living alone.
- ÉllbeeÇee
married.
- Mike Nencetti
single. :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
The deed's done. (married)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Single, mind constantly in sin.
- Steven Perez
i'm a sinner!
- holly
single, but living in sin, when he's in town (long distance relationship).
- Cassandra
Married, and definitely living in sin, but for so many other reasons.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
...though i do have a hot roommate...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
single
- vicster
Married, but living like I'm single.
- Helen Sventitsky
Single.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
SINGLE
- Mo Kargas
Legally married, but separated.
- josh neff, geek at large
Married
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
Single
- Jimminy
Single, but hoping for sin.
- amygeek
Married but living in sin ('cause we still, you know, do it)
- Daenel Vaughn-Tucker
Living in sin FTW!
- Ayşe E.
engaged, so living in pseudo-sin.
- Chad Haefele
from twhirl
Murr'd.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Married after having lived in sin.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Two of the three have never applied. One of those two will never apply.
- Julian
Neither married nor single, must be living in sin.
- Sparky
Living in sin. Oh, or pseudo-sin. I like that.
- joey
Wait... Mo is single? How is that possible?
- Sparky
I prefer shacked up or free loading.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
single- but keep getting told i live in sin anyway
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Single
- Beau Liening
"All the Single Ladies!"
- T. Brent, technopeasant
righteous motherfucker
- sofarsoShawn
lol
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Single :P
- Jennifer Dittrich
widowed
- VAL D. Zone
and living with birds
- VAL D. Zone
Single, never married nor lived in sin, but not completely sin-free.
- Kaijsa Calkins
Married after many years of living in sin.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Living in sin, happily.
- Heather
Married. Currently long-distance. Ball and chain with really long chain.
- R1CC1
I'm Hitched and committing "sin" as often as I can.
- ♫Geek in the 410♫
I'm single
- Sbl 23-34
Married. for the second time. Oh yeah, I have A Past ;0
- Pete
with someone, gf never moved out before so moving in with friend down the road, so almost living in sin :P
- Terry O'Fee
Singleton.
- Spidra Webster
Single.
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Single.
- Mona Nomura
upon reflection, i must confess... i'm a sinnin' single. with a good beat.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
So you use the rhythm method?
- Spidra Webster
Married, divorced, in a relationship, single again, occasional thoughts of sin -/
- Chris Loft
Living in sweet sweet sin :)
- Charlotte M
Single, living in stripey socks.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
from fftogo
Oh, I think I've forgotten what sin really is - can someone remind me ??
- Chris Loft
ummm.... i think you channel demons and poke your friends or something?
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Married
- Rasmus Lauridsen
married with cats and dogs and two very expensive college going kids.
- Moved to Facebook
Single and love Pearl Jam:)
- Citronella
Married
- Curtiss Grymala
Married
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Absolute sinner sweetie.....:o)
- Jeannette Høvring
married
- Alan Simpson
single, mostly committed, 2 furry four legged kids
- Imabug
It's complicated . . .
- Ted Russ
Married and divorced twice, w00t, go me. Currently single, sharing custody of five children, housing a dog and a cat. in a relationship, the nature of which is complicated (but good).
- Call me Bronco
single, monastically so ... *siiigh*
- dkb
lived "in sin" (whatever that means), married mostly happily for over a decade.
- Joe Silence is not dead
single...with two furry cats
- Sir Shuping
why do you always ask such difficult questions?
- DJF
Widowed, with Cat.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Married but separated... and definitely asexual well into the foreseeable future!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Married, but I lived in sin for a long time and loved it just as much.
- tab thinks you're awesome
Married, Living with Sin, AND living with a Cat.
- Jen
Living singly, emotionally married.
- Kirsten
newly married :)
- ~Courtney F.
Single.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Single, sometimes..
- ★ Soner Gönül
Single and absolutely pure of mind, body, and thought.
- Rodfather
Living in sin
- Nurse Katie
What is this "living in sin"?
- DJF
Married
- Mark H
Very single, and very much looking. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Married. Have lived in sin before.
- Ladybug Heather
Married. :))
- Alix Whitmire
very single...but still very good friend with 2 latest exBoyfriends(there are times we all three meet)-how weird isn t thatXD
- anjelina
Single, engaged, and live in sin on the weekends we can be together.
- jcunwired
was recently living in sin, but kicked him out. still dating though. now just living with cats.
- dr. princess ninja val
Married
- Amanda
Married
- Bonnie Foster
Mingle, Sarried and siving in lin...
- Ciro
Post-living-in-sin, now contractually bound
- Laura (hear me raura?)
Married.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
Not only single but living with parents. ...ouch!
- Mike Cavaliere
I'll be in that boat soon, Mike. Maybe we can start a special room here on FF for that. Oy...
- Spidra Webster
The room should have started 3 and a half months ago. ...double ouch! But I've found it's important to remind yourself of the world outside in this situation. Make whatever contact you can. If that means a special room in Friendfeed devoted only to boredom and self-pity, well, consider me on board.
- Mike Cavaliere
Soon to be married...don't believe in sin, so can't live in it.
- Alex Scoble
divorced...
- รєђєг...
Living in Gemmorah
- Cliff
Single--kinda miss living with roommates but not sharing a bathroom is wonderful
- Abigail wants more eggnog
Clash of the Titans Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Despite the really bad music, I like that trailer and am kind of excited for it now
- RAPatton
Normally I am violently opposed to remakes but IMO the first one was a good story let down by the technology of the time; if they can retain the wonder of the characters but improve on the visuals, then it might be a good thing.
- dkb
Digital cloud plan for city skies above London for 2012 Olympics - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
"A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London's skyline has been outlined by an international team of architects, artists and engineers. The construction would include 120m- (400ft-) tall mesh towers and a series of interconnected plastic bubbles that can be used to display images and data."
- dkb
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Hypocritical Mass: The Big Lie About Twitter | Atomic Tango - http://atomictango.com/2009...
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bcultral, George Dearing, Bill Sodeman and 10 other people liked this
"The belief that Twitter is more than just another communications platform continues to spread, kind of like swine flu for media geeks. And like the flu, it’s plunging victims into feverish hallucinations: “Twitter saved the Iranian protestors!” they cry, neglecting the fact that it, uh, didn’t. “Twitter made the Kogi Korean BBQ Taco Truck a sensation!” Yay, a fast-food truck makes money. “Twitter kept us updated about Balloon Boy in real time!”"
- Itachi
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This post is pretty inane, half-baked and not very considered. It's entertaining, but of little other value.
- dkb
I'd consider it the exact opposite, dkb.
- Itachi
Fair enough, we'll have to agree to disagree. Obviously the individual points within the piece - eg. auto-follow is bad - I have no problem with, but to throw out Twitter entirely is both, frankly, misguided and intentionally dramatic to get click-throughs. As I said: entertaining, but of little professional value.
- dkb
Twitter is platform with terrible security, terrible uptime, overhyped beyond belief by bloggers and "social media experts". Completely stupid in my opinion.
- Itachi
An opinion which makes sense, considering you posted the piece. As I said, we'll agree to disagree.
- dkb
Maxamad: what is the basis for those claims? what is the overall yearly uptime for twitter website or api, and how does this truly compare to other messaging platforms? what is wrong with its security? there is an HTTPS login https://twitter.com/ and OAuth is pretty reliable if implemented properly
- Mike Chelen
Do you still see me? - http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/2009...
Special.
- dkb
Way to go, fear and homophobia! / Good news! Timeless irritants of humanity still alive and well in GOP - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
Great.
- dkb
Safeway Fail - http://failblog.org/2009...
Well, you can't prove He *didn't" ...
- dkb
10 Reasons Why the Quidditch World Cup is the Best College Sporting Event - http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs...
You are fracking kidding me.
- dkb
Giz Explains: Why Every Country Has a Different F#$%ing Plug [Giz Explains] - http://gizmodo.com/5391271...
Fascinating!
- dkb
stephen wiltshire draws manhattan skyline from memory - http://www.designboom.com/weblog...
Unbelievable.
- dkb
Which Religion Should I Follow? - http://friendlyatheist.com/2009...
Spot on for me ... although that could change if I win the lottery!
- dkb
Are 'madhouse' Atlético Madrid the worst run club in Europe? | Sid Lowe | guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/footbal...
"A famous advert shows a small boy asking his dad why he is an atlético. His father is stumped. There's no logical answer. It's an emotion. No other club has so embraced the loser's role, nor so internalised the identity of long-suffering faithful. But as time passes, the proudly pessimistic message looks more like an excuse for underachieving and doing nothing, a smokescreen disguising culpability. Now, the fans have had enough. Now, they've decided it's time to boot out the men who should never have been allowed in in the first place."
- dkb
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How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Must read.
- dkb
Girl Number 9: Made-for-web TV show starts tonight - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media...
"Tonight sees the beginning of a new series – but not on regular middle-sized telly-box screens: on the littler screen. Girl Number 9 is a web exclusive and it'll be interesting to see how successfully, over the next week, they manage to tell a complex cops 'n' murderers thriller in five-minute chunks."
- dkb
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30 Most Gory Designs You Really Don’t Want To See - http://creativenerds.co.uk/inspira...
But we know you'll look anyway.
- dkb
Lord Mandelson sets date for blocking filesharers' internet connections - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...
"Mandelson, speaking at the government's digital creative industries conference, C&binet, confirmed that the internet connections of persistent offenders could be blocked - but only as a last resort from the summer of 2011."
- dkb
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Twat!
- Rob Brammeld
Well said! :-)
- dkb
The One Argument Ayn Rand Couldn't Win -- New York Magazine - http://nymag.com/arts...
Jason Wehmhoener liked this
lol .... "It was possibly a good thing that she never had children."
- dkb
Associated Newspapers plans to close London Lite | Media | guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media...
Good.
- dkb
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Boris Johnson's daft 'Eiffel tower' plan - http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment...
"The tower is, apparently, to be funded by the richest man in Britain, Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian-born steel magnate. The Telegraph of Calcutta has understandably dubbed the potty project the Mittal Monument, rather than the more appropriate Johnson's Folly, and has published an artist's impression of the proposal in the guise of an enormous, rust-red electricity pylon – a symbol, I suppose, of how Britain's attitude to industry and the economy in general, is viewed by more dynamic countries overseas."
- dkb
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Net set for 'language shake-up' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
"The internet is on the cusp of the "biggest change" to its working "since it was invented 40 years ago", the net regulator Icann has said. The body said it that it was finalising plans to introduce web addresses using non-Latin characters."
- dkb
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Open Up Campaign Calls For MPs' Open Primaries With Spoof Duck House Videos Voiced By Harry Enfield | Politics | Sky News - http://news.sky.com/skynews...
A great campaign ... important, and done really well.
- dkb
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Titan the Robot dances, sings, scares the bejeezus out of us (video) - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
aaaaaaa! AAAAAA! Why do we continue to plot our own doom!?
- dkb
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