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Upgrading to Snow Leopard - http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009...
Thanks for sharing this, it was very helpful to me this past Wednesday. Almost passed out hyperventilating when none of my Ruby gems and MacPorts stuff worked on Snow Leopard.
- Dread Pirate PJ
The thrill I got seeing my game running on the iPhone hardware last night reminded me a lot of the first time I saw my code running on a TV/video game console. The iPhone really is all the pain and gratification of console development but on a much more digestible scale.
mjc, John Wang, Jennifer Dittrich and 4 other people liked this
I used to worry I was going to be late to the goldrush party. But I think there's enough devices out there to ensure a long lasting market. Now my biggest concern is the large corporations taking aim at the device.
- Paul Reynolds
Corporations on the heels of true innovation - leeching - yep.
- Roger Yale
I worked extremely hard on my first iPhone app during my vacation at Christmas. Everything was going smoothly... and then I hit a roadblock. I tried for days to find the answer or find someone who might have the answer. I got so frustrated that I haven't touched the code since. I keep saying I'm going to work on it again, though. To this day, there's still nothing in the app store that does what it was going to do.
- Joey Gibson
Joey: one of my projects is something that I can't believe someone hasn't put out yet. I scour the App Store looking for it, but nothing yet. From a game development standpoint, it's technically simple. My biggest hold up is getting nice art created.
- Paul Reynolds
Congrats, Paul! It's a thrill indeed. How does the iPhone SDK compare to the official PS2 tools? As a homebrewer all I had was community developed toolchain and hacked headers and libs. At one point I got my hands on a leaked PS2 SDK that ran on Windows, but whomever uploaded that to Usenet didn't leak any documentation for the APIs, only a few example programs.
- Dread Pirate PJ
The leaked PS2 SDK was just the official toolchain, headers, libs and example programs. There was no IDE or GUI debugger as far as I could tell. Maybe if I had known what libs to link to, I could have used GDB over USB or Firewire, but near impossible to attempt without documentation.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Uh, it sounds like you had the official PS2 SDK! It was literally a GCC toolchain tarballed up. GUI debugger called ProDG had to be bought from SN Systems. Sony has notoriously horrible tools and developer resources. I'd say the iPhone dev is extremely similar to, ironically, Xbox and 360 tools. Especially now that gDEBugger works with the 3Gs/OGLES 2.0!
- Paul Reynolds
Sarah and Matthew celebrate their first birthday - the morning after
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Carlos Ayala, Özgür KORKMAZ, BEX and 37 other people liked this
Must have been some party!
- Admiral Anika
Happy Birthday Sarah & Matthew!!!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I hope they got to sleep in.
- Derrick
Priceless with Sarah sleeping, thumb in mouth. They have such great expressions! :)
- Sheryl
Derrick, I wish they slept in. But they were plenty excited to be up around 7. Might explain Sarah being so sleepy.
- Louis Gray
Do you get TWO Father's Days? Only seems fair. Love the hats!
- Dawn
Dawn, the weekend was more about them (and the wedding of my cousin) than me. No Father's Day celebration really.
- Louis Gray
What beautiful children! They certainly are one of the best gifts of Father's Day!
- Steve Borgman
Happy belated double header father's day! Lovely pictures!
- Dread Pirate PJ
from Nambu
Your kids are adorable! Remember to continue to take pictures and record videos.
- Boon Kwee
whoa, 7a? They're teenagers already! I haven't slept past 5:15a for 22 months. OK, once until 6:30. Anyway, happy birthday to them again. What an amazing milestone for all of you.
- metalerik
Lovely kids and very nice pictures of them.
- Rutger Blom
My Lunch Hour - 6/18/2009 - http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpre...
Derek Coward and Ken Kennedy liked this
I'll just say "you suck" ;-) and leave it at that.
- Ken Kennedy
The lunch beach photo seems to really have worked people up. For folks in LA or Charleston or Miami this is ho hum but for me it's still novel after 5 years here.
- Dave Slusher
No worries...I'm mainly just worked up b/c my day is completely borked. Beach lunch is definitely bonus for living on the coast!
- Ken Kennedy
For a kid from Kansas, being able to pop to the beach for half an hour, get a coffee and go back to work still seems magical even though i've been doing it for 3 years.
- Dave Slusher
It sure is a delicious perk. I make sure to take an hour "beach break" at least twice a week. The nearest beach is only 5 miles from my home office, less than 10 minutes of driving.
- Dread Pirate PJ
As of Saturday, our June gross revenue was more than all of February! The numbers are trending big enough to pay all bills and rent. Depending on how things go, I may even be able to cash a sorely needed paycheck!
Kreg Steppe, Derek Coward, WorldofHiglet and 4 other people liked this
We're still seeing growth in new customers and repeat business each month, but I have my doubts that we'll be able to build the operating capital cushion I'm hoping for to carry us through the Winter. But I'm happy that we're seeing self-sustaining numbers with little more than word of mouth campaigning.
- Paul Reynolds
That is good news
- RAPatton
Really considering the general economic climate and that we opened a brand new *retail* business in December, we're doing great in the grand scheme of things. We're well positioned for an upswing in spending. But running my personal finances down to the wire makes things seem like they should be moving faster. :o)
- Paul Reynolds
http://bakersdog.com ;o) :o/
- Paul Reynolds
Great news...hoping to hear more of this later in the year. :))
- JA Castillo
Great news, congratulations!
- Dread Pirate PJ
Cash that paycheck and then buy us all a round!
- Kreg Steppe
If you feel like sharing, what's your Facebook username?? (an actual link pls so we can add away)
Andrey, eric, Jason and 100 other people liked this
i'm http://facebook.com/zee.me (determined to still get 'zee' somehow....so if anyone can help, please let me know)
- Zee.
facebook.com/chinaboy
- ybs
facebook.com/metageoff
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
facebook.com/snyce
- Scott
facebook.com/ugura
- Ugur Aydogdu (jnbn)
facebook.com/john.deisher
- John Deisher
Tylergillies
- Tyler Gillies
Mark, Wilheim. Erick and ?apak understand how links work - awesome :P
- Zee.
http://facebook.com/amy.beer - yes, that's really my last name
- Amy℠
joeybean.
- joey
With and without the dot is the same. Both resolve the same.
- Rolf Schewe
http://www.facebook.com/giovy, of course... ;)
- Giovy
http://facebook.com/bigstarlet. Same as most elsewhere.
- Helen Sventitsky
http://facebook.com/niron1 [still looking for the culprit that got "niron" reserved].
- Nir Ben Yona
http://www.facebook.com/curtisa... - It's pretty empty there, though.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Ken you're pretty modest for a stanford alum :-)
- Brian Hendrickson
htttp://www.facebook.com/photoshop
- fosil (Can PAÇACI)
http://facebook.com/jaredws... -- just include a note that you're from FriendFeed and you're golden. :)
- Jared Smith
I'm assuming everyone who posted their link here would like to connect on Facebook? (I'm not a facebook fan, but was just wondering if FriendFeeders want to befriend on Facebook too).
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I have a FriendFeed list on Facebook for connection purposes. http://www.facebook.com/johnebr...
- John E. Bredehoft
Because of the limitations to add friends here is also my email: bauwil@gmail.com (4 invite modus).
- Wilhelm Bauer
http://facebook.com/chrisof..., as it is just about everywhere
- chrisofspades
facebook.com/fsakbas
- F.Selçuk AKBAŞ
www.facebook.com/davidward
- David Ward
http://facebook.com/mikechelen forgot to do proper MikeChelen capitalization >_<
- Mike Chelen
some random guy has appleinc - http://www.facebook.com/applein...
- Mike Bracco
I was saddled with http://www.facebook.com/JDPierc... because everything else was taken..well not true. /LordAlfredHayesJr was in fact available, but I went with something slightly truer.
- Joe Pierce
http://www.facebook.com/kinlan - thank my parents for an unpopular surname :)
- Paul Kinlan
/monanomura
- Mona Nomura
http://facebook.com/tamihania - as usually :)
- Hanna Wiszniewska
Wow, huge thread. I am http://www.facebook.com/fruetel - Nice to meet you :)
- Thomas Frütel
http://www.facebook.com/martin... - now I think about it I should have tried for just 'Martin'.
- Martin Bryant
http://facebook.com/legaria w00t just registerd. Legaria not acommon last name! ;)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I got /KeithBennett.me
- Keith Bennett
from BuddyFeed
where is this feature?
- Ahmad Rashad
Ahmad, facebook.com/username
- Alejandro
http://facebook.com/carlton... And I accept ALL friend requests...and love to get them! lol
- Carlton Hackett
You may have to add some eeeeeee's
- Charlie Anzman
facebook.com/timTech
- tim kerrick
http://www.facebook.com/shira... - I wanted just shiraabel, but my wonderful loving husband thought he would surprise me - opps!
- shira
Interface is broken on my side, idiots broke facebook. They're as annoying as twitter managment.
- Richard A.
http://www.facebook.com/yant... bummed with the 5letter min as would have liked just Yant oh well
- Yant
is there some way to import friendfeed friends to facebook?
- Mike Chelen
christian.dewald http://www.facebook.com/christi...
- Christian (Simply X)
nice to meet you, zee, i'm http://www.facebook.com/victorg...
- diego morelli
http://www.facebook.com/timmarg... Please feel free to add me, but make sure to tell me that you're from FriendFeed!
- Timothy Griffin
http://www.facebook.com/cains I'm not proud to admit that I actually set my alarm to wake me up at 5am so I could get that name, even though I never actually use facebook.
- Steven Cains
ok, now I'm http://www.facebook.com/lizunlo... , so what? ctrl+w.
- Lizunlong
http://facebook.com/ercument that's my first name.
- Ercu
http://www.facebook.com/stijnme... just what I wanted :-)
- Stijn Mertens
It's weird cuz I have jeremy.campbell, but jeremycampbell also seems to work? Is the dot between names optional?
- Jeremy Campbell
from twhirl
Until someone with the same or similar name takes it all variations works as a redirect to your name.
- Eric Logan
@jeremy, dots are discarded. try jer.em.y.camp.bell, that should go to the same username without dots, jeremycampbell.
- Ercu
Thanks for the info @Eric and @Ercu, great to hear.
- Jeremy Campbell
from twhirl
I just stuck with /waltruppar, but my Pug Marley is: http//facebook.com/FreelanceG33k I really wish pages didn't need 1000+ fans b4 being able to snag a name. Maybe they will wave this in the future after things calm down and allow pages in place prior to 31-May to get a name....
- Walt Ruppar
Walt: The 1000 user limit will be lifted on June 28, then we get another free-for-all
- Ken Sheppardson
Couldn't get ruip (damm 5 letter min! :), so got http://www.facebook.com/ruipe
- Rui Pereira
http://www.facebook.com/jalansi... - decided to go with boring real name so real life friends can find me
- Alan Simpson
boring but works: facebook.com/richardgoodwin . If I'd have known how easy it was to grab them I would have tried for something more original
- Richard Goodwin
from twhirl
http://www.facebook.com/matthew... - This is in effect the same as filling out a change of address card at the post office, but people are acting like it's a bikini party with a pony and a pinata.
- Matthew DeVries
http://www.facebook.com/ZuDfunc... ZuDfunck What do I win?
- ZuDfunck
http://www.facebook.com/fernand... Open to connections.
- Fernando Bergamaschi
http://facebook.com/mikael.su - Co-founder of http://IslamCrunch.com/ [Blog based on Islam, Spirituality, Tech & other cool stuff] and co-founder of http://www.MQu.be/ [Web design & development firm]
- Mikael Pittam
http://www.facebook.com/thomken... - Thom Kennon
- Thom Kennon
http://facebook.com/chrisloft - hehe beat six other friends I know on fb called chrisloft
- Chris Loft
nivcalderon
- nivcalderon
I just used my full name, which I also use for my Twitter account: http://facebook.com/garinki...
- Garin Kilpatrick
I DON'T HAVE ONE!!!!!! "tamar" was unavailable but there's no page pointing to it! And um, we DID have someone check in at 12:01:01 AM! I am royally angry. btw, zee, gonna be really hard to get "zee" given the 5 char minimum - get to know someone working at FB and you may get lucky. (I've been trying to get tamar@gmail.com but the minimum character count is 6 and my Google contacts couldn't help..)
- Tamar Weinberg
mmm contacts :-) i hope you both get what you like
- Majento
facebook.com/nationhahn
- Nation Hahn
http://facebook.com/audacio... (I missed deadline by just ONE hour ... all the other Simon Youngs must have got in first)
- Simon Young
from twhirl
http://facebook.com/betashop -- jason goldberg
- Jason Goldberg
http://facebook.com/emiliom... - Just let me know you're from FF or I'll ignore it. Cheers.
- Emilio_M
http://facebook.com/micah (at present I'm not seeking to add contacts on FB, but I will add you to a List here on FF if you contact me by posting a "Public DM" to http://friendfeed.com/dm2 )
- Micah Wittman
اینو پخشش کنید بچه ها http://docs.google.com/View...
- شوخی
http://facebook.com/cobatra I tried to get coba but it need 5 character
- Cobatra ♘
http://www.facebook.com/john... - Let me know your from FF..
- John Serra
Vijay aka scanman - http://www.facebook.com/vijaysa...
- Vijay
wins1 haha, that was the best i could do.
- Wins Fern
facebook.com/colby
- Colby Olson
http://www.facebook.com/jamesnj... This comment<http://friendfeed.com/the-nex...>was posted in reply to Zee. <http://friendfeed.com/zee> on FriendFeed. To comment, reply above this message. Unsubscribe <https://friendfeed.com/account...> from FriendFeed email.
- James Slater
from email
It seems like I have http://facebook.com/zulemao... AND http://facebook.com/zulema... when I signed up? I clicked on the one with the "." between my first & last name when I registered so who knows. Anyways, my FB is private, family & real life friends :)
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
http://www.facebook.com/paulawi... and my dad got wirth.
- Paula W
You can place a period anyone in your username and it won't make a difference (just like how Gmail does it).
- Andrew Trinh
http://www.facebook.com/mitchel... I was off-line and missed out on snagging my name "mitchell.tsai". One of my other 15 dopplegangers got it...
- Mitchell Tsai
Congratulations to fellow FriendFeeder PJ!! His book is now available for pre-order! Amazon.com: iPhone Games Projects: PJ Cabrera: Books - https://www.amazon.com/dp...
Jeff (the マクダジ of FF), azalea, Chris, Taskerrific Guy and 34 other people liked this
it's actually been in my cart for a long time now. any idea if it has 3.0 stuff or just 2.2.1 stuff since WWDC is on Monday and all. Seems like no sense in buying outdated material already?
- John Wang
No idea. But it would be neat if the publisher (or PJ) offers updated pages via PDF or something.
- Mona Nomura
yea. right now Apress doesn't do that. It's one of the reason why I've been holding off on some of the books. Kinda sucky for Apple to do this and all, but I figured there's still hope out there since there's tons of Snow Leopard books coming out as well.
- John Wang
Hopefully this would be a chance for PJ to let our voices be heard to the publishers...whether we get the outcome we want or not is a different story, but hey, at least the author hears us! FriendFeed is so awesome that way.
- Mona Nomura
Wow, this is so cool! Thanks very much for plugging this on FF, Mona!
- Dread Pirate PJ
John, we started writing the book before SDK 3.0 was announced, but there is nothing outdated in it. 3.0 is 2.0 with new APIs, so the stuff in this book still applies. 3.0 has deprecated a few methods from 2.0, but 99% of 2.0 stuff is unchanged in 3.0.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Agree with Mona on the updated pages idea. Is there an ebook version of this right from the off? Also, can I ask which iPhone games the authors have been involved in developing?
- Patrick Jordan
Congrats PJ, hope it does well.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Thanks, Eric. Patrick, we had 9 authors, more details here: http://iphonegamesbook.com/
- Dread Pirate PJ
There will be an ebook version once it's ready. But my geek cred compells me to let you know Apress ebooks have DRM. :-/
- Dread Pirate PJ
I'll definitely bring your interests for updated content to Apress. I plan to have a forum up once the book is out, where any code or content that needs to be updated for 3.0 can be identified. But I stand by my initial assessment that all of the content still applies in 3.0.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Good deal PJ. Thanks. Yea. for games I imagine things aren't much different. Only additions with the Store and Game Kits. I'm still trying to figure out all the deprecated stuff. There's too much documentation to filter through with everything. Haha.
- John Wang
PJ - thanks for that link - some serious names - very cool :)
- Patrick Jordan
Folks, I just got word from Apress that the eBook is now available for purchase on the Apress website. http://bit.ly/iphgaprbk-ap Warning: Apress eBooks are DRM protected, but if you'd rather save some trees, they're otherwise great. Available soon on OReilly Safari, don't have a date for that, though. Hopefully the Safari version is built out of the PDF and it's only days away, but really don't know ATM
- Dread Pirate PJ
Wow.
Nicholas James, Kiran Patchigolla, Andy Bold and 5 other people liked this
Great icons, though!
- Paul Reynolds
Which site was this at?
- Dread Pirate PJ
From Craigslist: Promotional Bikini Models - for Monday June 8th - $100/hr (SOMA / south beach)
Bikini models needed for the Apple iPhone conference at the Moscone Center on Monday June 8th. 2 shifts available - 8:30am to 10:30am and 4:00pm to 6:00pm You can work either shift or both shifts - we prefer if you can work both. Please email bikini photos and contact info to apply.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Somebody should send this person some bikini photos. It doesn't specify gender! Guys, get your speedos!
- Dread Pirate PJ
Very cool, one of the sample games from my book, is going to be submitted to iPhone App Store tomorrow. My co-author and game developer mentions the book in the game about screen and will mention it in the App Store page.
LonelyBob liked this
My co-author is Aaron Fothergill. Aaron and his brother Adam, of Strange Flavor, made Flick Sports Fishing, one of the top 20 best selling apps on the App Store. They also made Plank and Slotz Car Racing. All 3 games are published by Freeverse.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Aaron and Adam also developed Warpack: Grunts, one of the games being demoed at the LAUNCH party at WWDC next Wednesday. Aaron wrote me to tell me he used the techniques from his chapter in the book in developing Warpack: Grunts. I thought that was very interesting.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Can't get off computer. If I wake up with "asdfjkl;" on my forehead, I promise to take pictures. And sorry for the excessive Tweeting.
Tony C, David Cook, Yolanda and 4 other people liked this
Good night, Mona!
- Dread Pirate PJ
I'm still awake watching Akiva and Rochelle banter :)
- Mona Nomura
Either you have a weird forehead or a weird keyboard. I want to know where g & h went.
- Akiva Moskovitz
That was really funny :-)
- Dread Pirate PJ
I just have a really big head.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
G'Night Dear. :)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
What were we bantering about?
- Rochelle
Al Dente: Birthday Trifle is My New Birthday Cake - http://www.aldenteblog.com/2009...
Bibi, Emma, LB - not a snow bunneh and 10 other people liked this
"In the great pie vs. cake debate, I'm firmly on the cake side. There's no pie in this world that tastes better than a good chocolate cake. And unless you're weird like my father, you don't celebrate your special day with birthday pie. I've had a cake on my birthday every year for as long as I can remember. Until this year. This year my wife made me a birthday trifle. What I love about the trifle is that it's like a cake, but without all the rules. You just layer in whatever you like, scoop it out, and eat it out of a bowl. You could put in cake whole or broken up. Is the cake too dry? Who cares! The other stuff will moisten it up. You don't have to even have to worry about structural integrity. Your cake could topple or fall apart when you cut it, but as long as your trifle bowl holds everything, you're in super-sweet heaven. This particular trifle didn't even contain cake. It had layers of Oreos, brownies, chocolate pudding, banana pudding, and Cool Whip. And therein lies the beauty of the trifle--no recipe required. You only need an ingredient list."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
Ooooh, that looks great.
- Dread Pirate PJ
never had trifle but this look delicious!
- Anna Lynn M.
Yeah looks good before you dig into it & taste great but fails on presentation after that.
- Mrsth
Wow, I'd like to jump in and drown in that!
- Myrna
yum! my mom and (increasingly so) sister make the most amazing trifle....love it!
- Jeffrey Marsh
National Fist Bump Day - About - http://www.nationalfistbumpday.com/
Andrew C, \(*_*)/, Mark Krynsky and 13 other people liked this
"Obama's use of the fist bump instantly encapsulated what he, and the growing movement of change-seeking Americans, were all about: it was something new, something clean, and something that was wholly about respect. Nearly a year later, a group of like-minded people have gotten together to commemorate Obama's grand gesture, but also to take the fist bump to a higher level, one above partisan politics and social divides. For one day we are calling for Americans, and perhaps even all global citizens, to put aside their differences -- be they class, race, religion or values -- and show their respect with a little bump. Sometimes all the world needs is a little human touch, a little flesh on flesh action, and a little understanding. So this Wednesday, June 3rd, show the world some love and bump it!"
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Oh, that's so great. Totally gonna join in the celebration June 3rd, even if only to piss conservatives off.
- Dread Pirate PJ
I got your nose! No, I got YOUR nose!
- Christopher Harley
FCC develops strategy for rural broadband | Politics and Law - CNET News - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
Kol Tregaskes liked this
"Copps identified several issues in this report that must be overcome to get broadband deployed in rural areas. These issues include technological challenges, lack of data about where broadband is available and who is accessing it, and high network costs. Despite these challenges, Copps said that the U.S. government must pour resources into solving these problems just as it did when building the U.S. Postal Service, the railroads, the nationwide electrical grid, the interstate highway system, and even the Internet backbone."
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
The first step to get broadband deployed in rural areas is to stop the stupid posturing as if talking got anything accomplished and fuckin' do it. It's been like two decades of this useless shit. Stupid career politicians. ;-)
- Dread Pirate PJ
Flickchart - The Princess Bride vs. Forrest Gump - http://www.flickchart.com/Splash...
Susan Beebe, Alfredo, Tom Wade and 12 other people liked this
I'm leaning towards Gump, but it's a toughie...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from Bookmarklet
Mash them together - Forest Gump is the Dread Pirate Roberts... and Jenny is the princess.
- Uncle CW™
I gotta go with Princess Bride. I'm not looking forward to explaining the scene with Forrest's mom and the principal to my kids.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Ok wow, I tried to see a trailer for Almost Famous and it made me watch an Ashton Kutcher ad first. I respect the site's need to monetize but watching an ad before seeing a trailer is kind silly.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Princess Bride is one of my ATFs.
- LogEx
I'm from Alabama, my folks lived in small towns, and I attended the University of Alabama.... I'm predisposed to liking Gump. Btw two Robin Wright Penn classics!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Princess Bride, not even a question.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Forrest Gump, sir. No question. Jandy is wrong and needs more training.
- Louis Gray
Forrest Gump over the Princess Bride? (Or most anything else, really...) NOPE. Sorry, Louis.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I do not think it means what you think it means.
- zephyrlily
My previous statement doesn't quite relate here the same way, but still Princess Bride no question.
- Tony, Paradox of FF
Gump for me. I have a certain predisposition, too, though, since my wife and I saw it at the theater on our first date. (We weren't married at the time.)
- Jeremy Thompson
@Daniel - Actually, the trailer ad isn't making us any money at all, and it wasn't our decision to put the ad there. Not a fan myself. It was done recently by our trailer provider, and it's all the more reason to reconsider our options -- especially since some of the trailers are downright weird (e.g. not trailers *at all*, or ripped from VHS, etc.). Thinking of keeping it simple and going YouTube, which would also be easy to throw on the iPhone site.
- Jeremy Thompson
Princess Bride all the way. Forrest Gump is just too damn long to watch over and over again.
- Victor Ganata
Oh, you're using VideoDetective for trailers? (Just clicked one for the first time from the rating page - I like the lightbox effect!) I've started using TrailerAddict a lot - won't help for iPhone, but the quality is really good. Not sure how comprehensive they are on older stuff, though.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Princess Bride. Not even close. (Inconceivable!)
- Ayşe E.
Princess Bride wins against every movie except Empire Strikes Back
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Jandy - Yep. We checked out TrailerAddict in the past a few times. I don't remember what the final verdict was, but I think it probably came down to quantity against VideoDetective. We're seeing that quality and quantity are at odds as usual, though, so we'll reevaluate them all again soon.
- Jeremy Thompson
Princess Bride for me.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks for the explanation Jeremy - it was a very jarring surprise.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
for replay value: Princess Bride hands down!
- timepilot
This is even a question? Inconceivable.
- Joe Pierce
Princess Bride
- RAPatton
Princess Bride no question
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Oh man, this is a tough one, even for me. I mean, how would you vote if your name was Shrimp Boat Captain Gump?
- Dread Pirate PJ
I'm gonna say it's 51/49 Princess Bride, because my friends and I don't find ourselves quoting Forrest Gump nearly as often as the Princess Bride, both in quantity of quotes as well as times quoted. There just aren't as many FG quotes, but they're jewels. But I personally love both movies a lot.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Caramel Frappuccino's don't count as 'coffee' right? RIGHT?
Alex Scoble liked this
If there's more caramel than coffee, I'd say it doesn't count.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Open Source Mac - Free Mac software, all open-source, all OS X. - http://www.opensourcemac.org/
good resource page
- mike "glemak" dunn
from Bookmarklet
nice icons too ;)
- mike "glemak" dunn
Thanks!
- Dread Pirate PJ
spoiler: lost season 5ive finale analysis - science behind "the incident, parts 1 & 2" - popular mechanics - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science...
"The two-hour finale of the fifth—and next-to-last—season of Lost, "The Incident," gave some big twists to contemplate for the next nine months (and if you haven't seen the finale, stop reading now!)."
- mike "glemak" dunn
from Bookmarklet
Neat! Thanks for the link!
- Dread Pirate PJ
Facebooking while out sick gets employee fired - http://news.cnet.com/8301-10...
Kol Tregaskes, Darren Heydon, Bindu Reddy and 15 other people liked this
Yikes!
- Mona Nomura
Yikes? Don't call in sick if you are not sick. Problem solved.
- Sparky
I'd Facebook even if I'm sick. I'd probably work, too. The only reason I'd stay home is so I don't spread my germs.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Ha ha ha. Hi Mona!
- Dread Pirate PJ
from feedalizr
urm, except being sick doesn't (and shouldn't) preclude people from being able to USE THE INTERNET TO DO PERSONAL STUFF.
- Chieze Okoye
Yeah, I'm with Mona. I try to work from home when I can while sick. Such is life on a small team.
- Jared Smith
Read the article--it makes a little more sense. (...a little--very little)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
agree with Scott. But still...wow!
- Janet
She specifically said she couldn't use a computer, so that's not surprising.
- jojo, adventurer
I FB too when I'm out sick! Too harsh firing her. I'm a webdev so a certain amt of online use is to be expected of me :p
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
What's up, PJ! And even if she couldn't look at the monitor, there's Facebook mobile!
- Mona Nomura
Gimme an effing break. This is stupid. Either that or I'm missing half of the article. So, she can't look at a computer, but she looks at her iPhone and that's the same thing? Pffffffffft!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
She was lying in bed and using her iPhone while sick.. ya lame.
- Rodfather
"The unnamed woman said she had to be away from her monitor lying in the dark, but was then seen to be active on Facebook."
- John E. Bredehoft
Well, guess the next time I have a migraine and am home from work, I won't update my status on the FB iPhone app to reflect that :P
- Jennifer Dittrich
I think it would be more reasonable to specify "I can't sit in front of a monitor, but I can use my iPhone if you need to reach me" if you have to specify any such thing. Then you've left the specific out you need to continue your online activity while seeming a responsible employee who has made him/herself available in cases of dire need. Or you could be even more sensible and simply not say you can't sit in front of a monitor.
- jojo, adventurer
Yea this is crazy! Sign of the times.
- orionstarr
Megan Fox in a corset
John Graham, Jamelle, Mathew A. Koeneker and 9 other people liked this
There really is something quite fetching about a decently fitted corset.
- matthew john ernisse
Ha ha, old man, you're so busted!
- Dread Pirate PJ
from feedalizr
Wow. So many people are such good tippers. I'm seeing avg. 15-20%. When I get bad service, I give tip to mgr to dist. amongst busboy/kitchen
Kol Tregaskes, Alix Whitmire, Morton Fox and 4 other people liked this
really? I never thought of that... It's amazing that there's THAT MUCH bad service at restaurants these days...
- LarchOye
There is. Especially in SF and NYC. The servers can be snooty.
- Mona Nomura
WTH, you working for tips, Mona?
- Dread Pirate PJ
I did pizza delivery for a few years so I usually tip at least 20%. Unless the service is horrible then it's nothing and I get a different waitperson if I even bother to go back.
- Rob Haas
PJ - this is from convos we had earlier about service and tipping. Some people say 15% regardless. I tip very well when service is good. When service is bad, I don't give jack. Not even a penny.
- Mona Nomura
I like your idea to tip the kitchen staff if the wait staff were the source of the bad service. But sometimes it's hard to tell, like when the food is late or cold or just plain wrong.
- Dread Pirate PJ
Oh, I send it back - by asking politely. If the server gives me attitude, no tip for you asshole!
- Mona Nomura
hmm...that's like reverse Soup Nazi treatment.
- imabonehead
I suspect some of the poor service is because some of these people have failed at everything else, too, and waiting tables is the next thing at which to flop.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
If I'm paying for food and the food is cold, there is no way I'll suck it up, eat it, AND pay tip? You have to be kidding me. I only experienced issues a few times in all my years of dining out. (with sending back food)
- Mona Nomura
Untitled - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Mona Nomura liked this
PJ! :)
- Mona Nomura
Hi Mona! How are you?
- Dread Pirate PJ
imabonehead and mjc liked this
do you mean to say you weren't a coder up until now? ;)
- Daniel Bruce
Apparently not, that statement is not even valid Objective C. :-)
- Dread Pirate PJ
:p Hi guys! :)
- directeur
I think he's trying to add his name to all of our nicknames.
- Raphael, Raphael
very geeky ;)
- imabonehead
Just hangin' out on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Nicholas Kreidberg, Akiva Moskovitz, Phil G and 14 other people liked this
posted cause i like the title
- Tad
ahhh
- Outsanity
clicked 'cause I wanted to see her tits.
- Adam Turetzky
Hangin' out, eh? More like bustin' out! ;-)
- Dread Pirate PJ
Oh dear - guys, if you keep commenting like that I'm gonna hafta post another pic or two for Derrick...
- Tad
*arms wide open*
- Derrick
Wow - this was from a LONG time ago. You doing a vanity search there Derrick?
- Tad
The photo you were looking for has been deleted. -- totally Tad's doing! LOL
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Haha...Flickr flash mob FTW!
- Mark Krynsky
Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...
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This is the context in which the "pirates" have emerged. Somalian fishermen took speedboats to try to dissuade the dumpers and trawlers, or at least levy a "tax" on them. They call themselves the Volunteer Coastguard of Somalia - and ordinary Somalis agree. The independent Somalian news site WardheerNews found 70 per cent "strongly supported the piracy as a form of national defence".
- Tac Anderson
This is the context in which this article was written: Some journalists are real humanitarians. But some are real scum.
- Dread Pirate PJ
from feedalizr
Time Warner - Official Statement to Rochester NY re TWC's shelving of tiered pricing plan #stopthecap - Thanks! @JeffTWC @EricMassa - http://a.longreply.com/120178#
Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF liked this
"Time Warner Cable Charts a New Course on Consumption Based Billing Measurement Tools to be Made Available (New York, NY) -- Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) today announced it would alter plans to test Consumption Based Billing, shelving the trials while the customer education process continues. Time Warner Cable Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt said, “It is clear from the public response over the last two weeks that there is a great deal of misunderstanding about our plans to roll out additional tests on consumption based billing. As a result, we will not proceed with implementation of additional tests until further consultation with our customers and other interested parties, ensuring that community needs are being met. While we continue to believe that consumption based billing may be the best pricing plan for consumers, we want to do everything we can to inform our customers of our plans and have the benefit of their views as part of our testing process.” ..."
- Susan Beebe
from Bookmarklet
"customer education process"? TW, which part of who got educated by whom are you having trouble understanding?
- Dread Pirate PJ
from feedalizr
Holy Sh!t - Nokia's Net Plunges 90% - http://digg.com/busines...
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Apple's Q4 report is Wednesday IIRC. Let's see what they report
- Dread Pirate PJ
from feedalizr
RT @stormwynd: Apparently the bandwith caps by Time Warner for Rochester aren't happening now. SCORE! :) #stopthecap
Dread Pirate PJ liked this
Woo hoo!
- Dread Pirate PJ
from feedalizr
Dobromir Hadzhiev, mjc and AJ Batac liked this
Pirates of Silicon Valley
- Hao Chen
Live Free or Die Hard wasn't bad
- Hao Chen
Yeah, it was horrible.
- Matti Leppänen
+1 Pirates of Silicon Valley
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Sneakers wasn't half bad, and Hackers is good in that "horrible B-movie from MST3K that makes you laugh so much" way
- Dread Pirate PJ
Haven't seen Sneakers, Hackers is brilliant. How 'bout Swordfish? ;)
- Daniel Bruce
Thanks a lot, Daniel. I had successfully blocked Swordfish from my mind, and it's rushed all the way back into my skull in one split second. Ouch. ;-)
- Dread Pirate PJ
Glad to help =D
- Daniel Bruce
+1 Hao. PoSV was a lot of fun.
- Bill Sodeman
War Games. Tron
- Rodfather
The Matrix. No idea why, but whenever i think of hardcore coding, I think of that movie.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
+1 WarGames
- Nathan Chase
tron, classic. +1 matrix and +2 wargames
- Hao Chen
swordfish
- AJ Batac
there's only one Matrix
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Sneakers
- Jemm
If Twitter is Netscape, who is Microsoft?
Thomas Power, оно нативное, Peter Renshaw and 16 other people liked this
Google.
- Robert Scoble
Facebook?
- Jeremy Brooks
yeap ! Google !
- Rocky
Google
- Trad Robinson
IBM?
- Steven (optionshiftk)
still Microsoft?
- Matsis
Facebook
- Louis Simoneau
AOL?
- Charles Fenwick
If we're talking about the web browser space as the metaphor basis, then we're looking for an established behemoth who is second to market. So for microblogging it could be Google, or Microsoft. But if we're talking about search then the metaphor doesn't hold because Netscape wasn't trying to overpower Microsoft's browser.
- Kevin Fox
Geocities
- Johnny Worthington
Kevin, Scoble knows I think it's Google cause we talked on the phone about this today. I think Microsoft lost its ego when Gates left the building. They'll do fine without another bout with the DOJ. Google however won't go gracefully, and Twitter is leaving too many openings for them not to take a shot at them. Question is do they know how to do an Embrace and Extend? I think they do if they listen to Vic G. Joe Beda probably has a clue too. But then Facebook has the old Firefox team, they're really smart.
- Dave Winer
But I think for Facebook to produce a Twitter, they'd confuse the hell out of their users, and they have so many more users than Twitter, they can't really afford to do that. Where Google starts off with 0 users in this space. They can do whatever they want without disrupting any of their users.
- Dave Winer
And don't forget Charles Simonyi is a space cadet now. Literally! :-)
- Dave Winer
If Google is really concentrating on Android, Latitude and other location-based stuff, then maybe it doesn't need to be a Microsoft-style market-dominating 700 tonne gorilla if it can monetize those services via advertising. Just in the same way that the TV networks made tonnes of money in their day without any one company dominating the marketplace. What's the point in 90% market share if you're not making a profit from it?
- James
But Dave, Facebook already is Twitter-like. What do people do on Twitter? They update their status, they post links to stuff they read, they post links to vids and music they like (or don't), they have conversations. Gasp! That sounds just like FB. Sure, there's all this other shit you can do on FB, but that's cuz it has a broader view than "what are you doing right now and say it in 140 characters." So if Twitter is Netscape, FB is its MS.
- Dread Pirate PJ
And if I may add... who will acquire MagPie - twitter or Google? http://twitter.com/davewin...
- Ankush Narula
But then if Microsoft is Google - who is Google?
- Nicholas James
Nicholas, excellent question. If history repeats, we won't know for a while. Twitter's challenge is to escape the mediocrity of being a tech wunderkind, and mature quickly enough to be excellent as Google was when they came on the scene.
- Dave Winer
SkypeBook
- Bob DeAmbra
facebook, which ironically microsoft has invested heavily in
- Peter Warnock
Is this question a result of Twitter having a great idea, some buzz and an early lead but ultimately not executing well and not being ruthless enough?
- Paul M. Watson
Facebook for sure.
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
My first thought was MySpace.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Friendfeed is Twitter and Twitter is Microsoft
- Steve Gillmor
facebook, no question
- kosmar
Funny, nobody mentions News Corp. Never ignore the gorilla in the dark corners.
- Shoq
Steve, what FriendFeed features do you think Twtr/Doug Bowman couldn't implement in 3 weeks, if market or vision warranted? I can't find any.
- Shoq
Twitter *ISN'T* Netscape. It's either AOL or MySpace. But I think FaceBook is Twitter's biggest rival now. Twitter is becoming a cesspool of banality and irrelevant babble.
- Chuck Shotton
to me, the only guess is friendfeed. i believe that twitter's reign will be pretty short
- Kirill Bolgarov
To answer this question there has to be a good guy and a bad guy. So I pick Facebook.
- Kevin Gamble
Microsoft is Mosaic :)
- CantorJF
twitter is not netscape - netscape was based on quality tech from its earliest days and when they had issues they improved them iteratively - twitter is nothing like netscape in this regard...
- mike "glemak" dunn
FriendFeed is Microsoft to your Twitter is Netscape.
- Diego Barros
Bigfoot is the rest of us. Anyone can set up a status feed or micro-blog. Big or small.
- tom murphy
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