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Seriously? WTF is wrong with you? And your entire species? If you can't stop crying, go the eff home and stop bothering everyone...
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Did someone bring a puppy into MVBGWHQ?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
It's teh wimmin, Daniel.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
How to try Google Real-time Search right now - http://thenextweb.com/appetit...
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"So, Google has finally bitten the bullet and launched Real-time Search. While it won’t yet show up by default when you search, you can trigger it easily. Here’s how…"
- Martin Bryant
from Bookmarklet
Test search: http://www.google.com/search...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
With the custom searches in Chrome, it's easy to search up a nice little real-time search using the %s replacement option.
- Vince DeGeorge
Now Google has started in the heels of OneRiot real time search....
- TrafficBug
Oh, the ambivalence! If they don't call there will be bacon, if they do there will be $$. Guess I win either way.
VAL D., Curtiss Grymala and Laura Lou Who liked this
Well? Which was it?
- Laura Lou Who
There Will Be Bacon? Is that the sequel?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I drink your bacon!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
it's turned out to be... BOTH! Going in in a few minutes to play Sant, er, I mean, run parcels.
- Jim Hearts FF
six degrees of bacon
- VAL D.
Win-win, I suppose!
- Laura Lou Who
WTF did Lou Holtz just call Colt McCoy the leading Heisman candidate of the year? Hello? Colt was cold as ice for the first 4 or 5 games of the season. Dudes on ESPN need to skip the hookah room before getting on air, seriously.
Roberto Bonini, Nispell and Alex Scoble liked this
...Heisman voters tend to remember more recent accomplishments. things done in September and October not as important at the end of the season, when more is on the line...and McCoy has been good lately. My vote, of course, is for Gerhart.
- .LAG liked that
It would be a real shame if Tebow graduated with three rings and *only* one Heisman :P
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Daniel...not if Alabama, or Texas, or heck, even TCU has something to say about it, depending on with happens on Saturday. Do you think Florida's a lock as national champion?
- .LAG liked that
Colt McCoy struggled through the early games with some minor nagging injuries and illnesses. The sign of a champion is being able to win. And he did that despite not being 100%. Colt absolutely deserves the Heisman -- as does a couple of other players.
- Katy Barrilleaux
Gerhart deserves it. But that Tebow, boy is he a great, great man, on and off the field. Just seeing him on TV the other day cured my shingles. *pukes*
- Christopher A Carr
I'm a Bama alum and I'm hoping for us to go all the way this year. I was just poking fun at LANjackal.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I still can't believe we couldn't beat UF last year even with Harvin sidelined.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
LOL Christopher! I heard Tebow caught Bin Laden after saving some orphans caught in a fire.
- Michelle Martinez
...hahaha! I hear that people have become better people by just being in Tim Tebow's presence, his aura washes over you
- .LAG liked that
In all honesty though ... I see him as another Vince Young. His first couple years in the NFL are going to be brutal when he's no longer in an organization that all but worships him and with a religiously loyal fan base. I hope he survives them but I see a lot of INTs coming in that rookie year, especially with his slow windup and tendency to drop the ball below his waist while doing it.
- LANjackal
from IM
...this just in: all NFL rookie QBs throw lots of INTs, make lots of mistakes. can we get past this Joe Flacco/Matt Ryan statistical anomaly from last year. I don't know what pro scouts look for, I'm just a fan of the game, but Tim Tebow doesn't look like an NFL QB to me. But he is "godlike" otherwise. .LOLz!
- .LAG liked that
I am a Gator, but I think it comes down to Gerheart & McCoy...and maybe Ingram. If Tebow has a crazy game against the Tide, he may work his way to the NY presentation, but I just don't think it's in the cards for him. Most seem to be picking McCoy based upon career accomplishment, but Gerheart has been a beast. Oh, and don't forget Suh from Nebraska...as the dark-horse!
- JA Castillo
JA... that sounds about right. I want Gerhart, but Stanford's only an 8-4 team and just barely in the Top 25 (which is a GREAT season for us, but just OK in comparison to the Floridas, Bamas and Texases), so it will probably be McCoy, especially if he puts up big stats in the Big12 champ. game. Suh is a defender, so unless the voters have seen lots of video of him, he doesn't have stats that you can look at and go "wow".
- .LAG liked that
Once Ingram turns in 5 TDs from the Wildcat this weekend the debate will be over ;)
- Daniel J. Pritchett
After the games yesterday, I still think Gerhart should be in NYC; team record be damned. Ingram had a great game, so he's back in the race too. Other than those two and McCoy, there is no one else I would consider worthwhile. And yeah, Suh would be a looooong shot. What helped Woodson a few years back was his returning punts & some offensive plays. Suh did not have that luxury. Lastly,...
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- JA Castillo
Just saw 3 Trader Joe's employees take down a brazen shoplifter. Guy was fighting 'em pretty hard. Big fella.
Alexis Hope, Andrew C, Harold and 7 other people liked this
Jeez, who risks bodily injury over their employers' groceries?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
:( That turkey better not hurt any TJ employees. I like that place way too much.
- Kamilah Gill
It was two regular-sized guys initially. And the dude was giving them all they could take. Then this third big TJ's employee came outside and joined in. That ended it. Police arrived shortly thereafter.
- Hutch Carpenter
How 'bout them Cornhuskers (so far)!
Akiva Moskovitz liked this
First and Goal for Nebraska
- RAPatton
180 total yards of offense for both teams combined?
- Steve
Nebraska needs another turnover
- RAPatton
Nebraska needs some offense...anything that involves forward movement greater than 3 yards!!!
- JA Castillo
YES! Nebraska 12-10 with a buck and half left
- RAPatton
Wooo Hoooo!
- Steve
how did Texas get down the field so fast?
- RAPatton
special teams plays are killing people today. Kick off out of bounds. start at the 40.
- Steve
Texas gets 1 second it appears
- RAPatton
Texas will try a 46 yard field goal
- RAPatton
texas wins
- RAPatton
Wow. Just wow.
- Steve
That was crazy down to the last second, literally.
- Derrick
Was hoping for a little BCS mess.
- Steve
so was I
- RAPatton
The Cincinnati game came down to the wire, too, didn't it?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I wanted BCS mayhem too.
- Amani
Anyone else think Colt played himself out of the Heisman tonight?
- Steve
Ingram had a much more solid season. Flip a coin for Ingram vs. Gearhart IMO.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
This year more than ever it seems to me that trying to pick a "best" team or player is just idiotic. Not everything can be rank ordered. Half a second more hang time on that last pass by McCoy and Texas would be "out of it". Cincinnati could be "out of it" if not for a slippery spot of grass that led to Pittsburgh missing an extra point. Of course they were never actually "in it" because they're Cincinnati. Whether Gerhart gets the Heisman is largely a function of ABC's broadcast schedule. It's all a joke.
- Ken Sheppardson
Big Sky Conference - Montana Mauls Stephen F. Austin, Earns Semifinal Berth - http://www.bigskyconf.com/News...
top-seeded Montana drilled Stephen F. Austin 51-0 in a Division I Quarterfinal football game on Saturday. A 10-turnover snowball started with less than two minutes into the game when Montana's Erik Stoll intercepted a Jeremy Moses pass at the Grizzly 11-yard line. The avalanche of fumbles and interceptions ended in the fourth quarter when UM's Brock Coyle intercepted backup quarterback Dalton Williams. Montana's defense forced an amazing 10 turnovers - including six on Stephen F. Austin's first seven possessions. Montana scored 37 points off of the turnovers and blanked the nation's top scoring offense, securing the program's ninth trip to the FCS semifinals.
- Steve
from Bookmarklet
Rough day for that Steven guy.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Yeah, he was averaging about 50 points a game throughout the year. Tough day with 10 turnovers. I can see why this playoff system would never work at the next level. Ha.
- Steve
Roll Tide
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INGRAM!!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Where's LANjackal when I need him
- Daniel J. Pritchett
CODY!!!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Tabasco Gallon - http://www.thedieline.com/blog...
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Whoa!
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
I want to fill one with raspberry iced tea and just walk down the street sippin' on it. Maybe throw in some overalls for good measure.
- Christopher Harley
YES!!!!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Beautiful
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Dang. If I had a gallon of tabasco sauce, i'd be set for life.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
from Android
What? No one in the South actually uses this stuff. It's like going to Australia and asking for Fosters.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Have you ever been to the South Akiva?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
we use it in Texas..we LOVE it in Texas!
- Duliece
I <3 your bio Dulie
- Daniel J. Pritchett
WANT!
- Tamara
I love a few liberal dashes of Tabasco on some crispy fried catfish...
- Derrick
I was raised on the Gulf Coast where Crystal's is king.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Tabasco : Hot Sauce :: Bud Light : Beer
- Akiva Moskovitz
IOW it's cheap and it works? :P
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I'm with Akiva, though I can't say it's not popular. But ya, damn, a gallon.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Pretty much, yeah. You can use it, and it's not bad, but you're selling your food and tongue short.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I grew up 90 miles from the Gulf coast and I still see plenty of Tabasco here and there. I haven't lived right on the water as a townie though - perhaps I've missed out.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
does tabasco sauce ever spoil? this might not be a bad investment.
- tiffany
For some reason, I really don't like Tabasco. It just tastes like vinegar to me. I will, however, put sriracha on just about anything.
- joey
My favorite Southern hot sauce is probably Red Rooster and/or Crystal's. That stuff is the business. I like sriracha alright, but not more than I do that stuff.
- Derrick
Hah, don't get me wrong; I'm just having a laugh here. I don't have anything against Tabasco and it's certainly prevalent down there. I was just raised on Crystal's and definitely prefer it. Hell, I'll drink Crystal's right from the bottle. (Okay, that's a lie (no it's not))
- Akiva Moskovitz
Melinda's is my favorite. Not super hot for a habanero sauce, but man is it delicious. :)
- mikepk
Well, Crystal's and Louisiana Hot Sauce.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Be careful about going to that site. When I did, about three "null" files downloaded automatically...
- Spidra Webster
What about Tapatío? It's made in Vernon, California. Vernon, I'm tellin' ya!
- Christopher Harley
jardine's texas champagne is awesome. i prefer frank's myself. tabasco = the best on oysters and collard greens
- tiffany
Damn, now I want some catfish and grits.
- Derrick
I've never been able to get my head around grits but I used to love me some catfish. Alas, no more: thems ain't kosher.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Dude, cheese grits and shrimp.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Shrimps ain't kosher neither!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Daniel, we could totally be eatin' buddies.
- Derrick
a near endless supply of heartburn... I mean flavor. I still gotta have it tho.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
Over. Kill.
- Kamilah Gill
I'd take a gallon of the chipotle flavor. Otherwise, gimme Frank's
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
Red Hot, Ha3rvey? I'm down with that. WHY NO BODY MAKING ME NO CATFISH?
- Derrick
I know a great place for catfish, Derrick, but you'd have to get here first. Seriously: me, you, and an eating trip across the south. I got the time now!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Dang, Derrick. We totally have to hang out next time I'm out that way. DO YOU GOT ANY BREAM?
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
I know what I'm gonna be getting my wife and father for Christmas now. Thanks Derrick!
- Give 'Em DBizness
I use Tapatio and Tabasco and sriracha depending on the meal but almost always use one of them with almost everything. for ejemplo, Tabasco on loco mocos, tapatio on buffalo wings, and sriracha on stir fry.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
*googles "loco mocos"*
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
those photos are making my colon weep.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Do those come in 55-gallon drum size?
- Steven Perez
FUCK YEAH TABASCO! It may be a soft Hot Sauce, but it's sooooooo good!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
LOL, it is a soft Hot Sauce-but so good!! LOL-Steven Perez....great, Derrick, you rock, AGAIN!!
- Harold Cabezas
a gallon is overkill, baby...but i still love it!
- .LAG liked that
my brother needs this! where can I get this..
- Anna Lynn M.
DAYUUMMMMM
- Shevonne
@Anna you can buy them from tabasco.com
- Imabug
Chipotle gallon....MUST HAVE
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Tapatio is better. I put Tapatio on everything. mmmmm...
- Bryan Zirkel
Oh SWEET! Finally, the amount of Tabasco I need!
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
bump for Kendra K.
- Derrick
Getting Real: Manage Debt (by 37signals) - http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch10_Ma...
"The same way you should regularly put aside some of your income for taxes, regularly put aside some time to pay off your code and design debt. If you don't, you'll just be paying interest (fixing hacks) instead of paying down the principal (and moving forward)."
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from Bookmarklet
I don't like Jane's Addiction. I never have. I liked two songs: "Been Caught Stealin'" and "Jane Says"
David Cook, Alix Whitmire, Rodfather and 10 other people liked this
I don't even like Jane Says...
- edythe
really? I guess I can see that.
- Eoghan Sullivan
Wait. They had songs other than "Been Caught Stealin'"?
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
Bren, those are the only 2 Jane's Addiction songs I like, too. *high five*
- josh neff, geek at large
This makes me sad. :-(
- Jenny R.
As long as you like "Been Caught Stealin'" we can still be friends.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
That's funny. I consider "Been Caught Stealin'" a low point of all their music and I like the song!
- Captain Bubbles
Anika - I agree... They have some great songs... Been caught stealing is not one of them
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
I agree with Anika as well.
- holly
'Been Caught Stealing" led me to it, but it just might be the worst track on "Ritual." Give me 'Ain't no Right' or 'Stop' any day.
- Kyle Hebert
Y'all can keep all of their "great music"
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
Who?
- Mo Kargas
I love Jane's Addiction. :(
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
*BLOCKS BREN* You're breaking my heart brother!!! Jane's Addiction's "Nothing Shocking" was the first album I ever heard *stoned*... I will NEVER forget how it sounded, and nothing else will ever sound like that for me.
- Adrian
My analogous experience was with Aenema, by tool
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
The next time you visit I'm envisioning a Clockwork Orange-esq re-education where in you eat In-N-Out while listening to a Jane's playlist. Of course, that will probably just back-fire and make you hungry for In-N-Out the next time you hear Jane's, and then angry that you can't have it, and dislike Jane's more.
- Tony Del Porto
Heh. You know I never liked that mess. Give me progressive art-metal, or give me funky acid jazz...
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
Same. I've tried to like them but ended up only liking those 2 songs.
- Rodfather
Same here. Anything else from them gets me to change the radio station.
- David Cook
Comment by Daniel J. Pritchett on Practical example of Lisp's flexibility? - http://stackoverflow.com/questio...
I had to add two trailing ))s to the "(let..." block above before it would evaluate but the example worked. Thanks!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
The Only Team Edward Shirt You'll Ever Need - http://io9.com/5417371...
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From io9: "Twilight fans can keep their shirts emblazoned with Robert Pattinson's face. The rest of us know that the only Team Edward worth belonging to is Team Edward James Olmos. And now you can wear your affiliation proudly."
- Mark Trapp
from Bookmarklet
Sweeet!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
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Woah, nice new avatar D
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Paradigms of AI Programming: Preface - http://norvig.com/paip-pr...
"There is a myth that Lisp (and Prolog) are "special-purpose" languages, while languages such as Pascal and C are "general purpose". Actually, just the reverse is true. Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer. The majority of their syntax is devoted to arithmetic and Boolean expressions, and while they provide some facilities for forming data structures, they have poor mechanisms for procedural abstraction or control abstraction. In addition, they are designed for the state-oriented style of programming: computing a result by changing the value of variable through assignment statements."
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from Bookmarklet
Haha...my brother complained that we sent him a Word doc for the wedding. Sorry Robert, but most of the world still works in Word. Live with it.
David Cook, Eivind, Mark Andrew Catton and 35 other people liked this
GOOGLEDOCS! which you can use for word documents...
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
Plain text!
- LogEx
No. Fraid not. Word.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
.txt ftw ...well, at least a .rtf (still msft/word)
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
most of the world? most of the world still uses pieces of paper. #RealityCheck
- Joe Silence is not dead
Few people like attachments, fewer still like proprietary format attachments.
- LogEx
RTF
- Joe Silence is not dead
RTF!!
- ovigia
What would he have preferred? I'm curious.
- pea
*fistbump*
- Joe Silence is not dead
Google Docs
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Gargle Ducks
- Joe Silence is not dead
He should be thankful that I took the time to save it as a .doc and not send him the .docx that Cassie originally had it in
- Alex Scoble
from IM
ODF is the best format since it is a STANDARD!!! using for instance SUN's plugin - http://www.sun.com/softwar...
- ovigia
Is formatting of the text critical, beyond spacing and line breaks? Are there critical embedded media elements? If not, plain text always wins.
- LogEx
Doesn't Google docs support docx files as well?
- Brian Sullivan
.doc is a standard...95% of the electronic document world uses it. Get off my lawn. The world doesn't work the way you want it to work. You must work the way the world works. .doc FTW.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
i've been a big fan of plain text since the mid-90s.
- Joe Silence is not dead
"WAAAAA... Your not using the service I recommend this week..WAAAA"
- CW™
Microsoft thinks EVERYTHING it poops out is a "standard". sorry, not biting.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I want to know what kind of information about a wedding had to be represented in a word doc that couldn't have just been put into the message, presumably email, that contained the word doc. Are you one of those people who write your message into word, then save it and attach it to an email with the text "see this attachment for my message to you"?
- Andy Bakun
from Android
Your 95% figure is HIGHLY suspect.
- LogEx
As a tech person you HAVE to be flexible and be able to handle all sorts of formats.
- CW™
Microsoft's largest monopoly is in the Office space, not the OS. You can look it up, my numbers aren't far off.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
indeed, most modern email programs let you save the body (and headers, if you want) as some kind of formatted or unformatted text file, whether RTF or DOC or TXT or whatever. no excuse for an attachment.
- Joe Silence is not dead
You guys might as well start complaining about the use of Comic Sans as a font while you are at it...Like I said...the world doesn't work how you want it to work. Complaining about it, won't change it. I think from now on I will send all my correspondence to Robert inside a Word attachment ;)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
don't get me started on Comic Sans!
- Joe Silence is not dead
maybe you can explain why then that supposed standard, .doc, isn't supported by the others, it even keep changing on each version of m$-office!!!
- ovigia
Why are you taking it out on him when it's the folks here who are fussing at you? hee. Feel free to communicate with me any way you wish. I got nothing but time! ;-)
- pea
Alex is right. #1 feature request from family and friends when they ask me about which computer to buy is 'It has to run Word'. Short tail vs very long tail issue.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
"You must work the way the world works" - spoken like a true conservative Luddite, uninterested in improving the world. TXT >> RTF > HTML > ODF > PDF >> Word
- LogEx
Because it's fun, Pea.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Johnny, having an interest in using Word does not at all equate to actually sending people attachments they don't want, in a format they don't want.
- LogEx
PDF is in no way shape or form better than .doc. Nor is HTML. And I'm neither a conservative nor a luddite, but pissing in the wind just gets you drenched in piss.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
And now I want to do all my friendfeed posts in .doc format
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I am sorry, but if you sent me a .doc it would be in the trash bin and I'd be complaining too. There is nothing wrong with plain text (or html if you need formatting). It's pretty much universal and can be read on any device, any OS. Maybe back in 2002 I might have felt differently, but spending a substantial amount of time using a device incapable of displaying a .doc from the latest...
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- April Russo (app103)
LOL
- imabonehead
Alex is shit-stirring!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Really? Cause in the real world a document = a word document. This goes to Alex's point that the majority of people still use word and the .doc format. All the other suggestions mentioned here are not in the mind of the normal user.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
i use TXT, RTF and PDF. DOC i only use if it is demanded of me.
- Joe Silence is not dead
.rtf has the same formating techniques and is supported everywhere. Opens in Word, and pretty much any other word processing program. Was made by Microsoft as well, if that's important to you
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
also, "the normal user" can barely operate a computer.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Nothing is more annoying than getting a pdf when you need to edit the document...PDF is lame for most uses.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
nail on the head, Alex! i send PDF when I DO NOT WANT the recipient to be able to edit it.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Good luck with that.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
it has yet to backfire on me.
- Joe Silence is not dead
To Joe's point. That is true that a lot of people can barely use te computer... But they know how to use Word.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I'm in Alex's wedding plans, editing his guest list.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Email is the only universal interpersonal computer communication protocol, and plain text is the only universal format for using in an email. Attachments put an unnecessary burden on the recipient.
- LogEx
I guess you are only sending them to "normal users". Anyone who owns Acrobat can edit your PDF unless it's locked.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
of course, that's why i lock it.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Alex, be happy I don't have to send you email on a regular basis. I'd be sending you messages in a different format every time, sending you scrambling to find a solution to enable you to read it...just to teach you a lesson.
- April Russo (app103)
Any email sent to me in which the contents are only an attachment will get trashed. If you want to have some pretty formatted thing, put it on a website and email me the link. The worst is getting an email that's a link to a website that has a link to a goddamn Word document. That is email abuse and a waste of my time.
- ǎňňǎ
The people who send me PDFs do not lock them...just sayin'.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
then the people who send you PDFs don't know wtf they're doing with Acrobat.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Who uses Acrobat? I make my PDFs using CutePDF or similar print-to-pdf tools.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
This is an argument about which tire gives the best grip and performance when really, the vast majority of people just get in their car and drive on the tires the car came with.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny, I think it's more like "why are you driving a car? That's environmentally wasteful!" when most people need to drive a car to get around.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
the vast majority of people don't pay much attention to anything except their own personal pleasure and desires.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Joe, which is why Word is the dominant format... Like Internet Explorer... And Outlook Express... We care (and know) about different formats, the real world has things to do
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
you mean the real world is too lazy and stupid to try anything that isn't forced on them.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Yes, your elitist thinking is so going to win you friends at dinner parties. :)
- Alex Scoble
from IM
half the execs i have worked under in the IT and publishing world could barely use a computer and none could use Word or Excel. they had people for that.
- Joe Silence is not dead
But why change? Does Word not work?
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Yep, I've worked with a few overpaid hacks too in my life.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
why do anything?
- Joe Silence is not dead
why use electricity, didn't candles work?
- Joe Silence is not dead
No, they didn't.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I am not saying you can't use Word. Keep in mind that it is capable of easily saving in formats other than .doc.
- April Russo (app103)
I do everything in Pages because I'm a filthy Mac user. If I need to send out something that requires formatting, it goes out in PDF. If you can't deal with PDF, or if you whine about it, I probably don't want to deal with you either.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Alex, was was his suggested format for the wedding information you sent him?
- CW™
You have a brother? ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Joe, cause electricity was 10 times better. It's not just enough to be slightly better. We are talking about changing the collective consiousness of a world just coming to gripes with computers.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
sorry, Word blows goats.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Microsoft's dominance with Word should be reason enough to avoid it, and to encourage others to avoid it.
- LogEx
I *heart* you madly, Alex. You're the only one I know who could get 70+ comments about MS Word. :D
- pea
Heh Word doesn't blow anything...it's a perfectly capable word processing application
- Alex Scoble
from IM
@pea: his baiting and name-calling helps.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Hehe, Pea...perhaps because I talked about my brother?
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Google docs does everything I need to do.
- Judy Jones
Hint: .rtf
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
RTF, TXT and PDF
- Joe Silence is not dead
Where did I call anyone a name?
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Whenever I hear someone talk about not using a Microsoft product just because it's Microsoft, it makes me want to evangelize the hell out of Microsoft products and get everyone I know to use them. Sometimes spite is just damned fun.
- Akiva Moskovitz
So it's you don't like Word, that's cool. Doesn't change the point.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
IN YOUR MIND, ALEX! :D
- Joe Silence is not dead
ROFL...oh wait, I called you elitist.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
exactly.
- Joe Silence is not dead
If the shoe fits...
- Alex Scoble
Must be difficult to be the brother of Robert ,, I like .doc
- johnpiercy
if i'm making a quick note on the computer, i'm not gonna fire up Word to type in a paragraph or a 3 line list.
- Joe Silence is not dead
@Alex: i'm not elitist.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Joe, why would anyone? That's what TextEdit or Notepad or vi or Evernote or whatever is for.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Print out this thread, show it to someone who isn't a geek...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
When I want to make a list, I generally use Excel, true story.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
if i'm sending information to someone via email, i'm not gonna stick it into a Word file. it's going into the body.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Our guest list is in Excel full of calculations for numbers of guests showing up and projected costs
- Alex Scoble
from IM
also, Access is a load of crap.
- Joe Silence is not dead
ever had Excel break or render the file unusable?
- Joe Silence is not dead
Very rarely have I ever had problems with Excel
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Personally, I'd stick the guest list in a .tdo file too. Of course as a Mac user you might have a hard time with that.
- April Russo (app103)
then you're either living a charmed life or don't really use it that extensively, Alex.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Joe. In my job I produce lots of formatted documents such as proformas, msds sheets and shipping documents. I send some as PDF but the majority is as the raw .doc file when working with others on them. Can't copy and paste that into the body of an email
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I use it every day for work, Joe. And you underestimate my skills at working with computers.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
@Johnny: that's a different matter. i'd use RTF in that situation. but i would go with DOC if the recipient needed it.
- Joe Silence is not dead
@Alex: i underestimate your skills? i'm elitist? :)
- Joe Silence is not dead
Heh, Joe, in my company, I'd probably get annoyed comments if I sent anyone an RTF
- Alex Scoble
from IM
The only people who send RTFs are people who accidentally clicked the wrong button.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I was the IT guy for a law firm, I know how to make Office run
- Alex Scoble
from IM
of COURSE i'm not sending documents in a file format the recipient can't use or doesn't like.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Why is RTF better than .doc? The only reason I have heard so far is because Microsoft sucks. Why is RTF superior?
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
And I just resent everyone the info in the email. But gotta say, this thread has been fun.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
@Akiva: wrong button? don't you mean drop-down menu item?
- Joe Silence is not dead
I'd give you a medal if you could get it to run on the PC I have on the other side of the room. :-P
- April Russo (app103)
Yes, Joe. I can see that it's essential to your argument to mince words.
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Alex, good point. Mentions of Robert do get people interested, to put it mildly and politely.
- pea
@Johnny: smaller file, opens on most systems, no version problems and so on.
- Joe Silence is not dead
@Akiva: you're dreaming, lad.
- Joe Silence is not dead
HOLY WAR!!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Let's all send Alex messages in formats we think he can't figure out how to open on his chosen device.
- April Russo (app103)
with unicode characters.
- Joe Silence is not dead
'You're dreaming, lad'? Well-crafted retort, sir. Well-crafted.
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Akiva: if you insist. i can't say i bothered.
- Joe Silence is not dead
*pulls up chair* *sips coffee* *too early for popcorn*
- Jim Hearts FF
ROFL
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Digging half a hole, I see.
- Akiva Moskovitz
"too early for popcorn"? now there's a statement that could be debated! too early for the smell but not the taste. :D
- pea
@Joe - Smaller file? I just ran a test, saving a .doc file in .rtf, .odt and .docx formats. The original .doc was 126kb, the .rtf version is 291kb, the .docx is 42kb and the .odt is 32kb. How is 291kb smaller than 126, 42 or 32kb?
- Curtiss Grymala
Because of the exchange rate between Microsoft-produced and non-Microsoft-produced kilobytes?
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Curtiss, how big is the file in plain text?
- LogEx
What software did you use to run your test? Word? Try Wordpad. Much less useless junk added to the .rtf.
- April Russo (app103)
plaintext for text, html for rich content? it is a standard and tons of people can read it. though there is no reason to use only 1 file type
- Mike Chelen
HTML is horrible for editing text
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Not with a decent HTML editor. And Word can export your document as HTML.
- April Russo (app103)
The file in plain text is 36kb. I used Word to convert it to RTF, as it's not possible to readably open a .doc file in Wordpad.
- Curtiss Grymala
Which is why you don't send .doc files to people.
- April Russo (app103)
How can the .odt possibly be smaller than a plain text file?
- LogEx
:p
- Alex Scoble
from IM
.odt and.docx are compressed, as far as I know
- Curtiss Grymala
Run your own test. I just ran another test and got similar results. I generated 50 paragraphs of dummy text on lipsum.com and pasted it into Wordpad first. I saved it as RTF and TXT. Then, I opened the RTF in Word and saved it as .doc, .docx and .odt
- Curtiss Grymala
Ah, OK, compression makes sense, though I still argue that compression and formatting should be avoided unles they are critical to the content. I save 140 characters of text in UTF-8 with no BOM and the file is 140 bytes. I can email that text, SMS it, Tweet it, IM it, read it in any browser, etc.
- LogEx
I'm certainly not saying Word is the be-all, end-all, but it does work well and it is fairly universal. If someone doesn't have Word, they can easily open a Word doc in Word Viewer (free), OpenOffice or even in GoogleDocs if they so choose. Word simply works, and it works well. With GoogleDocs, whenever I change the formatting on one thing, it always ends up screwing up the formatting on something else. IMHO, even GoogleDocs can't match the comments and tracked changes features in Word.
- Curtiss Grymala
Sorry, but unless you save it in a much older Word format, all of the above are not options on my pda.
- April Russo (app103)
Could have been worse. You could have saved it in an old WordPerfect format.
- Steven Perez
One of my co-workers still insists on WordPerfect. It's a total pain to deal with.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
open document ftw
- Logan Lindquist
OpenOffice?
- Gordon Joly
from twhirl
And there is another reason not to use .doc. 20 years from now you may not be able to open it.
- April Russo (app103)
Logan - I'd be willing to bet that, if April's PDA can't open a Word 97-2003 document, it probably can't open an ODT file, either.
- Curtiss Grymala
April - We have no idea what file formats will still exist or be usable in 20 years. That's an odd reason not to use a particular format, especially one as well-supported as Word
- Curtiss Grymala
When I was working at the law firm in Palo Alto (in 2005), there was one court in San Diego (I believe) that required all legal documents be sent in Word Perfect format
- Alex Scoble
from IM
almost 150 comments and still nobody has said it........'Word Up!'
- Morgan Haley
Alex - at least they didn't insist on WordStar format
- Curtiss Grymala
Ahh, WordStar...that brings back fond memories...first word processor app I ever used.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
For my pda, Word 97 yes, as long as it is .psw.
- April Russo (app103)
Mine, too, Alex. We used WordStar first, then moved up to WordPerfect when we got Windows 3.
- Curtiss Grymala
Alex, most of the world prays to a sky daddy. ...doesn't make it right. :)
- Edward Zwart
Curtis: It's something to think about when saving documents, especially for archivists, if you think there could even be a remote possibility that it may be important enough that you'd want to open it at some point in the distant future. My guess is that plain text would still be usable at that time. The historians of the future are going to have a hell of a time with our digital stuff. Not like carvings on stone or print on paper.
- April Russo (app103)
No, but when most of the world prays to a sky daddy, you are probably better off not making fun of said daddy unless you want to be run out of town or worse.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I don't believe you can quantify your statement "most of the world still works in Word."
- Glen Mistletoe
I believe that I already did, Glen
- Alex Scoble
from IM
If you really want your words to last, try nickel plates with high-resolution analog ion-beam engraving [http://www.norsam.com/hdroset...] and hope that future generations will be able to read the language you wrote it in.
- LogEx
I don't think you'll find Word listed in here: http://wakoopa.com/app103... And if wakoopa had been around 6 years ago, you still wouldn't find Word there.
- April Russo (app103)
Can't Twitter not read Word documents yet?
- Jan Ole Peek
Game, set, match!
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I wish I still had a copy of Office 2000. I'd send you a .doc that would make you tear your hair out trying to view the message.
- April Russo (app103)
Heh, too bad you don't, because I'd take that challenge too
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I have a rather old application that only runs on Windows XP or older, that integrates with Office 2000, that allowed me to attach sticky notes to Office documents, viewable only by people that also have the same version of the same discontinued application installed, along with Office 2000. It works with no other version of Office.
- April Russo (app103)
ROFL
- Alex Scoble
from IM
O D T
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Maybe I haven't said this often enough, Alex, but I think I love you. My Wednesday has just taken a turn for the better after reading this thread :D
- WorldofHiglet
If Robert uses Gmail, he could just open the Word attachment directly in GoogleDocs.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Wow, this was a long (and hilarious) thread. I honestly can't believe that anyone is taking the stance (and apparently believing it) that .doc isn't the standard word processing format for most of the electronic document world. Fight the good fight, Alex.
- Chieze Okoye
Yes, but that would require him to do extra work, Jandy. He can't even be bothered to use friendfeed anymore. ;)
- Alex Scoble
From what I understand Robert lives on his phone now, and if he can't open it on his phone it pretty much is useless to him.
- April Russo (app103)
I just knew that it would eventually come to this! Families torn apart by a difference in document file format conventions!
- Mark Jepsen
LOL
- Chieze Okoye
He lives on his phone? Is that like being sent off to the phantom zone like General Zod?
- Alex Scoble
Wait a second, Droid doesn't have a Word Doc viewer?
- Chieze Okoye
I know I've said this before, Alex, but sometimes your brother's uber-nerdiness slays me.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Chieze - If that's the case, that would be the bigger news out of this thread. That would be absolutely insane
- Curtiss Grymala
I've toyed with the idea of using Open Doc and then converting for clients, but am always worried about the hassles of formatting, footnotes, etc. Plus, I think only Word has Grammar check (hate it but need it). Anyway, my recent contracts with a publisher specify "IBM compatible" documents. I think they mean .doc. So I comply and don't piss in the wind. I'm happy to have Alex make me feel less ashamed of that fact.
- Mark Horne
I thought he was still on the iPhone.
- Alex Scoble
iPhone has a doc viewer built in, so if he's complaining about not being able to open it, he must not still be using the iPhone
- Curtiss Grymala
Unless he's trying to edit the document. In which case, he can't easily do that on the iPhone
- Curtiss Grymala
Someone once sent me a comprehensive shoot-out style software review of just about every wallpaper changer application for windows that exists, knowing full well the review was going to be published on a web page in HTML format...as one of the most complex excel documents I have ever seen. After 3-4 people collaborating on how the hell I could open and view this properly to extract ALL...
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- April Russo (app103)
Hehe, nice
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Always meet the requirements of the people who are paying the bills
- Alex Scoble
from IM
haha, okay okay, I won't make fun of you for using Word. Just don't hurt me!
- Edward Zwart
Psh. Should have printed a Print Shop banner
- Rodfather
Rodfather - Could have sent him a file in Newsroom format (an old desktop publishing proggie for the Commodore64)
- Curtiss Grymala
Or geoWrite. Part of the GEOS
- Rodfather
Hah! I remember running GEOS on my chickenhead.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Who says interaction dosen't happen any more on FF??
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
...
- ★ Soner Gönül
Fulaan, inna Hebel to Fulaan,'s feed, techcrunch room, TheNextWeb Forum, RWW: The Future of Tech, Crazy Gadgets
The End Of The CrunchPad | TC - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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"It was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad. The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing. We could even let people play with the device themselves – the user interface was intuitive enough that people “got it” without any instructions. And the look of pure joy on the handful of outsiders who had used it made the nearly 1.5 year effort completely worth it."
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
from Bookmarklet
There's more this story than is being told, I'm sensing.
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
Yeah, definitely more to the story. This could also be a negotiating tactic on the part of Arrington, he does have considerable power with his readership. No way to know for sure.
- mikepk
+1 mikepk
- Todd Hoff
In my experience, when someone says repeatedly "it's not about the money" . . . it's about the money.
- John Craft
TechCrunch VS. Fusion Garage is now online at the AllRise court. Join the debate and cast your vote - http://bit.ly/AllRise277
- AllRise
Wow. This is disappointing. Hope they work it out and we see this come to market.
- Mitchell McKenna
That really truly sucks. Time for Arrington to go back into lawyer mode and have a field day. "No Prisoners!"
- Andrew Leyden
Damn. I was so looking forward to this...... hope it gets sorted out.
- Roberto Bonini
sad sad day
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Can it be that FG refused to make it at a $300/unit price point and that Arrington refused to budge on the price?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
For a "Fortune 100 Business Intelligence developer" you do ask quite a stupid question, Daniel. Were you privy to Arrington's budget figures and cost estimates to assume his $300 retail unit target was anywhere near realistic? You think his 13-people strong manufacturing partner FG was sunk by greed [before product even hit the market] because that's what Arrington alleged to? Wake up. #CrunchPad
- ianf ⌘
Odd that no one has even mentioned the rumors of an Apple tablet, and how that might affect the success of the Crunchpad.
- John Craft
Listen to yesterdays MacBreak Weekly. Leo and co had a along discussion about this that included the iTablet.
- Roberto Bonini
"MacBreak Weekly 169: This Is What Happens Larry" - LOL. Thanks, Roberto.
- John Craft
For those of us who cannot afford to invest umpteen minutes of their lives in listening to Laporte's et al. drivel, could you please summarize his arguments here, Roberto?
- ianf ⌘
Either there never was a crunchpad (ie this is arrington's way of getting out of it- but there are working prototypes). Or there was no way to get it to Market before the iTablet (hence the crunchpad would just be another also ran). Or, and this is alex lindsays theory that there was no way to do it at $300 or $400 dollars.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Basically then what I was saying all along http://friendfeed.com/search... - darn Laporte to steal all the credit (and credit$$$) for Regurgitating My Stating The Obvious™
- ianf ⌘
There was a lot more discussion over the matter. But those are the main main main points.
- Roberto Bonini
I want one even worse now.
- SAM
Interesting SAM. What if this is a Apple-esque stunt to drive demand??
- Roberto Bonini
Which particular "Apple[-esque]" stunt are you thinking of?
- ianf ⌘
I thought of that Roberto... and if it is... brilliant and I want mine in black.
- SAM
Ian - none in particular... but Apple does all sorts of non-orthodox PR. i want mine in black too - to go with my iPhone ;)
- Roberto Bonini
I was just saying the $300 price point was unlikely and maybe FG didn't want to stay involved with an impossible project. Thanks for the kind words, Ian.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Oh, I though something has passed me by [everybody needs to conduct occassional self-test for Alzheimer on themselves, and this was mine ;-))]. Apple would not have done anything like that, and –TRUST ME ON THAT– Arrington even less so. He has lost so much face over it already, that he'd be downright stupid to attempt to whip up the interest for the CrunchPad by killing it first. He's naive, but stupid? no.
- ianf ⌘
Daniel, emit things grounded in reflection or experience, and I'll be the first to applaud you. From a "business Intelligence developer" I'd expect something better than that your naive take of the TC/FG business relationship: "[maybe] FG refused to make it at a $300/unit price point and Arrington refused to budge on the price?" Spare us.
- ianf ⌘
@mikepk http://friendfeed.com/techcru... "This could also be a negotiating tactic on the part of Arrington" - NOT. Other things being equal, Arrington will never fully recover from that monumental fiasco he himself engineered. Recover as in being taken seriously by readers in the future. As there was nothing to be...
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- ianf ⌘
#sidenote: that's probably the first time I've seen a permalink of a comment by someone in an actual FF thread
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
For the record, I've been doing #hashanchors since April, not that FF Powers That Be expressed any interest in alleviating extracting of them: http://friendfeed.com/search...
- ianf ⌘
The 10 Most Horrific Sports Injuries Ever | The Last Angry Fan - http://lastangryfan.com/2009...
Bill Sodeman, rowlikeagirl, Kenton and 14 other people liked this
"Remember seeing Redskins QB Joe Theismann’s leg get destroyed on Monday Night Football? Watching Giants legend Lawrence Taylor giving Theismann an extra leg joint was kind of like watching a Bea Arthur sex tape–highly disturbing, strangely compelling, and thankfully, that wasn’t us in either scene. But most sports injuries are of the garden-variety type (think ankle sprains and groin pulls), but every once-in-a-while an athlete sustains a truly grotesque, stomach churning, pants shitting injury that, unlike a Golden Girl sex-a-thon, gets replayed on Sportscenter again…and again…and again. Here are ten of the most horrifying sports injuries of all-time, all rated with your handy Theismann-O-Meter."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Number one on that list is absolutely horrific.
- Steven Perez
Oh Jesus.
- SAM
Oh my stars.
- Derrick
“Suck My Balls, Death.”
- Joe Silence is not dead
Now I know why hockey goalies wear that plastic shield around their neck. Ho. Lee. Shee. It.
- Steven Perez
Oh my.
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
i feel a little sick from this list. at first i thought, "where's dave dravecky?" but as gross as his arm was, it wasn't gross enough for this list.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
I remember watching that Raiders game with Napoleon McCallum's injury. They only replayed that twist a few dozen times in the first ten minutes after his leg decided to part ways with the rest of his body.
- Steven Perez
1UP Kendra.
- Derrick
Yeah, I was kinda wondering why Robin Ventura's ankle blowout (1997 spring training) didn't make the list. That was fairly horrific, too.
- Steven Perez
I can't believe I watched those videos. Even more, I can't believe I watched the ones I'd already seen before *again*. -_-
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
INORITE?
- Steven Perez
carotid artery slashing is not good.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Neither is separating your spine from your pelvis. Thank God they didn't find photos of that.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I will never, ever forget Malarchuk's injury. I still feel a little swoon-ish when I see it.
- vicster
Seems to be no video of the Jason Kendall (pittsburgh pirate) compound leg fracture while running to 1st base. After the break he ran another couple steps on the stump....
- Steve
I saw Prothro's leg snap on live TV. Nightmarish.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Also see Bryant Young snapping his leg and the [Ukrainian?] Olympic weightlifter snapping his elbow.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
You guys have me cringing - :P too awful
- martha
Rick Neuheisel maintains stance on ending of game -- latimes.com - http://www.latimes.com/sports...
Steve, Michael Fidler and LANjackal liked this
"Upon further review . . . UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel remains convinced that there was nothing wrong with the final minute of USC's 28-7 victory over the Bruins. Neuheisel called a timeout with 54 seconds left Saturday and the Trojans taking a knee to run out the clock. USC Coach Pete Carroll countered by throwing a long touchdown pass that resulted in an angry confrontation between players on the field. "Do I wish I did it differently? No," Neuheisel said on Sunday. "There were 50 seconds left and we had three timeouts. You owe it to your guys to keep trying." Asked about Carroll's decision to go for the jugular, Neuheisel said, "It is Pete's job to coach his team." Neuheisel, though, was asked what his decision would be if an opposing coach called time out with the Bruins leading and the game decided. "I would probably run the ball," Neuheisel said. Not pass? "If you miss a pass, it would save them a timeout," Neuheisel said. So he definitely wouldn't throw a deep pass? "This just...
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- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
I am not a Pete Carroll guy, but if Newweasel wouldn't let you run out the clock by taking a knee I have no issues with him throwing a bomb
- RAPatton
I don't think anyone outside of LA had an issue with the final minute. I'm more concerned about USC, they've got a lot of work to do in the off-season
- LANjackal
I'm not upset, I thought it was an awesome pass and reception. We just played poorly and made too many errors. Maybe next year...
- Michael Fidler
Tempest in a teapot. USC wanted to end it gracefully, UCLA declined, USC continued playing full throttle.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I hate USC.
- Derrick
I have no fan allegiances here and if we consider football to be a game of chess, Pete Carrol's decision after the timeout was the best decision to make. Why turn it over on downs?
- Jason Toney
He did the right thing. The other team was asking for it and they should have defensed the play
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Where Pete Carroll punks out is I think he focuses completely on football and very little on character building. From what I hear from local sports, the taunting from the USC bench was constant and awful all game and got even worse after the time out call. I realize it's a rivalry game but damn.
- Jason Toney
Photo
Is that an air compressor?
- Captain Bubbles
Thankfully it is. Just got back from Wal-Mart with a new tire, a hair cut, and a salad.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from iPhone
That's pretty neat. I've never seen one that looks like that. And you just reminded me that I can use my air compressor to inflate my tires. I always forget that because it's so small.
- Captain Bubbles
Clifford Bryan, the Michelle Obama Examiner - http://www.examiner.com/x-19673...
So this guy blogs about the First Lady for the Examiner. Interesting niche. Interesting facial hair.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from Bookmarklet
74% of the world, Google’s Chrome OS is not for you - http://royal.pingdom.com/2009...
RAPatton, Peter Dawson, Derek Coward and 3 other people liked this
Hey, that's still 1.4 billion potential customers :D
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Less than that because they didn't take into consideration those with a broadband connection that have low data transfer limits and the ones with really bad flaky service.
- April Russo (app103)
Gators' Dunlap Arrested, Charged With DUI - Sports News Story - WJXT Jacksonville - http://www.news4jax.com/sports...
Michelle Martinez and RAPatton liked this
...just friggin' perfect! A few days before our SEC show-down with 'Bama! Ugh...
- JA Castillo
from Bookmarklet
...and the Georgia Bulldog & Ohio State fans like this. :P
- JA Castillo
Go Dawgs?
- Michelle Martinez
It probably won't get mentioned on ESPN because they are too busy salivating over Tim Tebow. They should rename College GameDay as College TebowDay. Yes, I'm hatin'.
- Michelle Martinez
Making me proud Michelle!!!! hehe
- jamar78
I love my Gators and Tebow, but EVERYONE has been drinking too much of the Kool-Aid! Where's the love for Colt McCoy? He's graduating too and has had a great career, why not show him some love? As for Meyer & Saban recruiting...there will be competition (don't forget Kiffin at UT), but I don't think one team or another will suffer, per se, due to one or the other when it comes to recruting.
- JA Castillo
@Michelle & Jamar - #suckit Dawg-fans...it's going to be a long off-season for you guys! :P
- JA Castillo
haha @JA don't worry if ya'll beat Bama I'll root for SEC come MNC game
- jamar78
haha...yeah, win or lose, I will be rooting for the SEC in the NC game too! Though, I do think Saban is an ass...
- JA Castillo
Coach Saban is not amused: http://blog.al.com/tidecor...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Wow, photo editing apps for mobile phones allow for some serious silliness
VAL D. liked this
Image stabilizers, timers, post-processing "flash", cropping, magic pre-calibrated color schemes, goofy filters to add water effects and vignette boxing.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Disclose This: I Can't Disclose Everything Everywhere! - http://blog.louisgray.com/2009...
April Russo (app103), Kol Tregaskes, Bruce Lewis and 12 other people liked this
/Disclosure: Stephen Mack liked this because I am a TiVo subscriber and Jesse Stay liked it because I advise SocialToo. (See what I mean?)
- Louis Gray
Exactly. Now we're all gonna overdisclose.
- Stephen Mack
he he... good points. I guess the idea is to make sure that you disclose content that you post that you get directly get paid for. Of course, no really good way to police this.
- Bindu Reddy
Louis, yes, you are an advisor to SocialToo, but I liked it because you are a friend and I like your content - no disclosure needed :-)
- Jesse Stay
/Disclosure: I recently had a meeting with Bindu where she bought me a free Diet Coke.
- Louis Gray
Jesse you could pass for an Englishman with a comment like that.
- Thomas Power
I liked this because Louis drops science in such an efficient manner...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
/Disclosure: Thomas Power invited me to a paid speaking opportunity in London to Ecademy in September of 2009. I also intend to have a paid working relationship with Ecademy in the future, to help raise their visibility in the US.
- Louis Gray
All facts.
- Thomas Power
@Louis now I am embarrassed I simply got you a diet coke... Not liking this disclosure thing at all...:)
- Bindu Reddy
a diet coke, crikey we took him for two posh dinners and even introduced him to our three kids (who love him by the way)
- Thomas Power
Great thread, A+++ would [Like] again. Louis - I'm curious about your emerging relationships with enterprise players. Are these all Valley based? What sort of stuff are you getting into?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Daniel, today my major enterprise client is Emulex. They have a San Jose office, but are based in Costa Mesa. Most other clients are startups.
- Louis Gray
/Disclosure: I watched Louis Gray eat fried chicken for breakfast once.
- Glen Mistletoe
i wish i had something (anything!) to disclose
- Chris Heath
I'm not very interested in the FTC rules, but because of that nice review on his blog back in January I guess I'd better click like anyway.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Daniel Ecademy is based in London
- Thomas Power
skratch comments on How I Hire Programmers | Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"My favorite question to ask when interviewing someone is: "Who would win in a fight between Spider-Man and Batman?" It'd always been a heated debate around the office, so I like to hear their main argument (rarely original), but it also throws them off from being all under pressure and generally lightens the mood."
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from Bookmarklet
Small,tiny world. Just one of my old grad professors from 8 years ago in samovar. He sat on my thesis comittee. Kinda speechless now.
Dang. Verb is missing. "Just ___ one" of my old grad professors. Is this a madlib?
- Louis Gray
I accidentally the whole professor
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from iPhone
*sigh* I had hoped my reading audience would complete it seamlessly.
- Jenna Bilotta
But Jenna, I.
- Daniel Dulitz
oh.. everyone is making the funnies. ;P
- Jenna Bilotta
Don't worry Jenna, I know what saying.
- Matt Cutts
*considers remaking the joke, which, so far, has been funny all 3 times it was made.
- j1m
Brian Solis at Bub.blicio.us: Introducing the FriendFeed Team - http://bub.blicio.us/1111126...
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Tudor Bosman, Lysender, ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0, and 148 other people liked this
Brian, as always, takes great pictures, even with questionable subjects. The pictures are from tonight's open house.
- Louis Gray
from Bookmarklet
Great pic Louis and tell them I love them all, best product on the web right now
- Thomas Power
Great photo!
- Bret Taylor
Left to right, as if you didn't know already: Dan Hsiao, Casey Muller, Ana Yang, Jim Norris, Tudor Bosman, Bret Taylor, Paul Buchheit (with Camilla), Sanjeev Singh, Kevin Fox.
- Tudor Bosman
yes; awesome photo!
- Tudor Bosman
(Not pictured: Ben Golub, Gary Burd and Ross Miller)
- Louis Gray
Some of our Turkish friends are also there http://ff.im/3mt6T.. Thanks for the pictures
- Murat Buyurgan
Great Photo :)
- Nimaa
You didn't tell me there was a FriendFeed party this week or I would have come out :-)
- Jesse Stay
Tudor SMASH!
- dario
Jesse: I haven't been able to make a friendfeed party for a while. We need a calendar! Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
اینا هم حلقه دارن. رونوشت به مازیار و مهران اینا
- Aly
Rock on, Kevin!
- Josh Haley
Great PPs!!加油，Friendfeed！:)))
- K.D.
That's why I love today's web : you can talk with the people that build the next web, and see those who build your current web. Congrats guys!
- Zackatoustra
FriendFeed Team, I love you !!!! Thanks to you all, I'm very happy everyday!!!
- Renchin(Reina)Wang
So that was the TGIFF ("Thank Goodness It's FriendFeed") party? Perhaps slightly off-topic, but if Camiila hasn't been betrothed yet, have I got a grandson for her ;-))
- ianf ⌘
TGIFF was excellent. Great event and great people.Thanks for the invite and hospitality.
- AJ Kohn
Louis, thank you and thank you to the FriendFeed team for making a killer product and hosting a great open house!
- Brian Solis
I think I spotted Hutch (http://friendfeed.com/bhc3) in an uncaptioned photo wearing a white "San Francisco Classic" shirt: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Yes, Daniel. That is Hutch.
- Louis Gray
Fun party, great food, great hospitality.
- Anne Bouey
Anne - great finally meeting you yesterday.
- Hutch Carpenter
great photo, good to see the whole team together!
- Jeroen De Miranda
oooh i am totally wishing i was there! Robert is right, we need a calendar! :)
- Susan Beebe
Hutch: Thanks. I enjoyed chatting with you, too.
- Anne Bouey
what's with the guitar? lol
- Stuart Evans
(bump) Ana and Casey are now married. Here's a pic of them on the left, between Ross and Jim. Congratulations to Ana and Casey! (per http://friendfeed.com/jessica...)
- Louis Gray
علی حجوانی تو روحت، ای واسه چه موقعیه؟ :)))
- Mehran
:))))))))) مال بعد از عیده. اواخر فروردین فک کنم
- Aly
:)))
- Mehran
Do you still listen to the radio?
Jim Hearts FF, Akiva Moskovitz, Mahdi Ebrahimi and 10 other people liked this
Yes. NPR mostly.
- Derrick
Yes in the car mostly. Usually classic rock station or KNBR or KGO.
- Rodfather
yes, in the car.... 99% of the time on the XM Radio... the other 1% on local stations listening for traffic or weather related items.
- Harold
Not anymore. I listen to NPR's podcasts, but other than that I listen to Pandora for music and podcasts for news.
- Jason Huebel
Yes, but only KEXP which is a local non-profit, commercial-free radio.
- Rochelle
When I'm in the car, WNCW.org (NPR station).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I tried out DroidLive radio app and found a bunch of AM talk radio stations. KCRW is in there too.
- Rodfather
OH! There's a streaming radio app for Droid? I've been looking for one. May listen to some public radio then.
- Jason Huebel
All day long... mostly NPR and the Minnesota version of it. (MPR is a bit less "inside the beltway" oriented.)
- Mark Jepsen
In the car, yes.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
NPR most of the time, if I don't have my iPod for some reason.
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
I actually listen to KEXP, and another Seattle public radio station (KNHC), using Winamp. I haven't been using my home theater system lately (it has about 25 radio stations which I've preset), since I've been on the computer so much since getting broadband Internet...
- Dennis Jernberg
In the car, and once in a blue moon I will listen to a live stream of a football game from a radio station. Car stations are NPR, classic rock, and some top 40 or something.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
no
- jbrotherlove
In the car - classical on the way to work, indy station on the way home. Avoid any station playing Christmas music.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I'm mostly sat radio or iPod.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
No, not really.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Sirius Radio
- CW™
Yes. Every morning on the way to work.
- AJ Batac
I'm in a phase where I don't. When I move to LA I'll probably start listening again just to get up to speed on local stuff.
- Spidra Webster
not so much anymore...
- MB Linder
Yes, I am on the radio.
- Joe
For me, the answer is no. I have recently read an newspaper on the question (french mag: Marketing magazine N°135 Nov.2009). There is a very interesting ITW of the headoffice of NRJ radio and some insight viewes on how musical radios faces their audience with Internet and Web.
- Véronique Rabuteau
I do not
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
All the time. Local ABC (Oz) on the way to work and back and the BBC World Service at night... Both AM stations.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Only news on AM in the car (KGO 810). All of my music comes from my large MP3 collection both in the car and at home.
- Jeff P. Henderson
KGO 810. Through the Internet though, unless I'm in the car.
- Cristo
Nope, I stopped ages ago.
- Tyson Key
Mostly only when I forget my Zune. I do listen to NPR occasionally
- Curtiss Grymala
In the car
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
no way:-)
- anjelina
Not if I can help it. When I'm in the car, I'll flip through stations out of boredom, but all they play is 80s music. *snore*
- Captain Bubbles
Yes I listen to NME Radio(from London) everyday especially when Iain Baker is on......HI IAIN...........
- VAL D.
Oh, Val brings up a great point. I do stream some stations like, KKJZ and 1Xtra, but I was thinking more of using an actual radion.
- Captain Bubbles
All the time. Emerson College station here in Boston. It's the best!
- Martha
I do listen to some in the car but I am never really in there long enough to pay attention to what station and my Direct TV has XM
- VAL D.
Yes
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
from fftogo
surprised you still use friendfeed!
- ffcode
Yes. But mostly time-shifted and in the form of podcasts.
- Thaths
Not since #Pandora
- H0llywoodWh0re
NPR on the computer at work, and XM when I'm in Harold's car.
- Kamilah Gill
In the car.
- Laura Lou Who
Sports talk radio, when I'm not working on an audiobook.
- Julian
KEXP 90.3 (streaming at http://www.kexp.org) just about every day. We donate to the station every year as Gold Club members.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yup - NPR, AM news, Christmas music, various stations on the car ride.
- Hutch Carpenter
Only if satellite radio counts.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Yes. NPR when I feel like learning something. Local AM stations for baseball season. Scan FM stations for music.
- Sally: gift wrapper
Sirius all the time
- Jean-Claude Bradley
Nope. Quit in 2005.
- LANjackal
Woman Arrested for Spanking Stranger's Kid: Toddler Daily Buzz - CafeMom - http://www.cafemom.com/dailybu...
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"An Ohio woman allegedly spanked a stranger's two-year-old son for saying something that annoyed her. Gloria Ballard, 43, was then arrested and charged with assault. Donnay Jones, the toddler's mother, told the news, "She was basically trying to tell me what to do with my son." She told Ballard she would handle her own business, then she says, Ballard took Sean from her and spanked him, making him cry. Ballard (a mother and grandmother herself) denies any wrongdoing and says she was just trying to help. She says she gave the boy a hug and gently patted his backside because he was upset. She faces a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. If the allegations were true and the child was yours, what do you think the punishment should be?"
- Michelle Martinez
from Bookmarklet
You try to spank my daughter and I'll be arrested for beating the ever-loving shit out of you.
- Akiva Moskovitz
it takes a village to raise a child...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I would be furious if someone spanked my toddler. He is far from perfect, but discipline is my job.
- Michelle Martinez
if anyone other than me or my wife spanked one of our kids, i would break their arms as a warm-up to breaking their heads. this goes double for ppl in places of authority in the public school system (i saw too many outright beatings in school as a kid).
- Joe Silence is not dead
Do any parents have any thoughts on this issue that don't involve bodily harm to the people doing the spanking? Those might be interesting to hear.
- Noah Belson
I doubt they would be interesting, Noah. Family member is assaulted, people respond with violent negative reactions. I'm not sure what the "interesting" angle to this is other than "omg can you believe that lady?"
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Noah, the only other alternative is calling the police and they wouldn't get there soon enough to make a difference cos the person would be long gone. no, in this case it's time for delivering a beatdown.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I dunno, I just think it might be interesting to hear if parents have thoughts on these incidents that go beyond bashing someone's head in with a pipe if they touch their kids, etc.
- Noah Belson
you're gonna have a hard time finding that parent, buddy.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Round these parts you may be right, Dead Silence.
- Noah Belson
I should add that I'd probably be pissed too if anyone spanked my kids, but chances are I'd just get away from that person quickly and skip the stuff about yanking their spine out of their backs, etc. I know me, I know I'm too much of a wuss to even make such threats.
- Noah Belson
nothing so grandiose or impossible as "yanking their spine out" but certainly some harsh words while giving them the goon-hand out into the parking lot for a damned good boxing.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I would consider a stranger spanking my child to be assault. I would call the police and report it as such. If the person tried to leave before the police arrived, I would follow them to their car and get the license plate.
- Rochelle
i'm usually pretty laid back, even shy at times. but i'm 6'1" and used to be fairly athletic in my youth. abuse one of my children and you'll be a very unhappy person very quickly.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Whether it's spanking or gently patting, I don't want a stranger touching my child.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
A question for parents: when your child is doing one of the things that might cause a stranger to want to discipline them (i.e. screaming a lot or being rude, what have you) what's your course of action? We're talking a lot about the reprocussions of strangers disciplining kids, but not at all about the causes. And they can't all be crackpots, some of them have just got to be really fed up. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Not trying to start trouble, just asking a question.
- Noah Belson
I was spanked by a stranger for acting up in a department store when I was a kid. My mom thanked her and baked her a cake. o_O
- Derrick
No thoughts, really. No amount of crazy irritating behavior justifies hitting strangers. May as well skip straight to beating the crazy homeless guy on the street for annoying you on your ride to work.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Well this kind of thing brings about a lot of monday morning quarterbacking (which is normal, frankly) and I'm actually trying to cut through that stuff and examine WHY these incidents are happening in the first place. Is EVERY person who disciplines someone else's child crazy, or are some just completely fed up? I do not condone what they do in ANY WAY, but I am trying to understand WHY they do it. And "because they're nuts" just doesn't seem to cut it.
- Noah Belson
@Noah I think a lot of people are fed up, not to put too fine a point on it but I see quite a few people running around with kids but very few "parents". That being said, I don't think it would be right put put your hands on a strangers child
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
no monday morning QBing bullshit here. when my kids act up in public or at home i don't ignore it, i deal with it immediately. NO ONE BUT MYSELF OR MY WIFE has the right to get physical with my kids. PERIOD. cross that line at your peril.
- Joe Silence is not dead
and only a fool with issues would take the disciplining of a stranger's child into their own hands uninvited. so "because they're nuts" is pretty much the only shoe that fits that jackass.
- Joe Silence is not dead
What say we move away from the act of discipline itself and examine WHY someone would feel the need to do such a thing in the first place. Are they just insane in general, or insane for finding a child's behavior annoying? Is anyone who's annoyed by a child's behavior insane? Or do you only become insane if you act on that annoyance? And what's the parent's role in preventing this type of behavior? Or is there any?
- Noah Belson
plenty of pplz kids annoy me. do i smack them? no. the action is insane, not the impulse. the parent's role in preventing their children's bad behaviour is in being a parent and not trying to be their buddy, which is a common mistake.
- Joe Silence is not dead
but what's at issue here is the action of the person who took the disciplining of a stranger's child into her own hands, not why she did it. no mystery there. re-read the first post, that stupid twunt thought she had the right to school a stranger on how to deal their misbehaving child. what she did was assault. she should get the maximum penalty cited in the story.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I think we all agree that people who touch other people's kids should be dealt with harshly. What I'm trying to determine is why this sort of thing is happening, beyond "insanity." At some point we're going to have to examine a parent's responsibility to properly discipline their own children. That kind of thing is always an afterthought in situations like this, but if it was discussed more, situations like this might occur a lot less frequently.
- Noah Belson
is it really a mystery?
- Joe Silence is not dead
Well - if someone assaulted one of my kids my first priority would be to make sure my child is okay and then restrain the person so they could be dealt with appropriately because my first reaction would be to revenge my kid. But following my initial instinct would not really teach my kid anything other than violence is the way to resolve difficult problems. I'm not sure how gently I would restrain the offender, though.
- WorldofHiglet
additionally, i get the impression that most of the ppl on FF who have kids (at least the ones i am subbed to) are not absent parents. they do properly discipline their own children when it's appropriate in their own mind. they also take raising their children very seriously and, as a result, probably don't have to discipline them very often.
- Joe Silence is not dead
that said, there is never a circumstance where it is appropriate for someone to physically discipline a stranger's child. the parent(s) not doing it themselves is no excuse.
- Joe Silence is not dead
You're totally right, that is no excuse. I guess it's really two separate issues, people assaulting kids and parents refusing to discipline their kids. I may have made a mistake in trying to address both issues in the same discussion. Apologies if I ruffled any feathers in the process.
- Noah Belson
I agree with that, DS, but I would stop a kid running into the road or something like that, whether I knew them or their parents or not.
- WorldofHiglet
Noah: agreed. best to start a new thread, really.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Higlet: stopping someone's kid from getting pasted by an SUV is VERY different from backhanding that child cos they won't stop singing the theme to Barney at the top of their lungs. :P
- Joe Silence is not dead
Yes, but still you would have to touch them to stop them. I was just trying to illustrate that sometimes you have to intervene.
- WorldofHiglet
What kills me is when we're at the park and some little kid is running around hitting other kids and the parent is nowhere to be found. You better believe that I'd tell him to stop and find his mommy. Too many parents out here just think their kids can do no wrong. Grr.
- Lis Miller
Rather than spank someone else's kid, I would be more interested in choke-slamming the parent of that child. It's not the kid's fault they weren't raised properly. Gotta take the ass whooping to the source...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I was spanked by a complete stranger when I was 10 (39 years ago), for throwing a stick at his car. Didn't dare tell my mom. If she had found out, she would have shaken the stranger's hand and then spanked me herself in front of him. It is so different these days!
- paul williams
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