"Ms. Yang and Mr. Muller met in May 2008 while working at FriendFeed, a startup social networking Web site in Mountain View, Calif." / Congratulations, guys!
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Wow, in the NY Times!!! Congratulations!!!! :)
- niniane
The first and only FriendFeed wedding!
- Sheila Taylor
There have been other FriendFeed weddings, but no double-FriendFeed weddings! And yup, this'll be the last one (unless Prop 8 falls and there are a couple other big surprises!).
- Kevin Fox
"Using ultrasound to examine the vessels leading in and out of the brain, Dr. Zamboni made a startling find: In more than 90 per cent of people with multiple sclerosis, including his spouse, the veins draining blood from the brain were malformed or blocked. In people without MS, they were not. He hypothesized that iron was damaging the blood vessels and allowing the heavy metal, along with other unwelcome cells, to cross the crucial brain-blood barrier. (The barrier keeps blood and cerebrospinal fluid separate. In MS, immune cells cross the blood-brain barrier, where they destroy myelin, a crucial sheathing on nerves.) More striking still was that, when Dr. Zamboni performed a simple operation to unclog veins and get blood flowing normally again, many of the symptoms of MS disappeared. The procedure is similar to angioplasty, in which a catheter is threaded into the groin and up into the arteries, where a balloon is inflated to clear the blockages. His wife, who had the surgery three years ago, has not had an attack since."
- bob
from Bookmarklet
I've never taken it yet either. Never had a reason to go out there.
- ronin
from iPhone
Oh, I didn't have a reason either. I just wanted to take the tram.
- Andrew C
from Android
Then I went to Queens for a silly reason, but chanced across 'American poutine'. Well, they didn't call it that, but it was fries, gravy, and mozzarella cheese.
- Andrew C
from Android
On less populated routes, you could have tow-ropes and skateboards...
- ⓞnor
from Android
Today, we’re happy to introduce both Google Location History and Google Location Alerts (beta) to let you do even more with Latitude. - http://anaulin.tumblr.com/post...
^^^^^^^^ and how they will deal with countries where legal system doesn't necessarily always act in civilized way but Google has tangible activities/assets/interests - like Russia or China?
- A.T.
I guess if someone has to hide something, they will not use this feature or use the 'delete' functionality before a subpoena will yield anything useful. But yeah, living in a country whose legal system allows for subpoenas (in civilized or non-civilized ways) can be dangerous. The US system I find already bad enough no need to look somewhere else.
- Henner Zeller
There is more to it. It could very well be that subpoenas are not the most dangerous beast in this can of worms. Imagine how much simpler and most important *cheaper* is to steal a password, then to maintain 24/7 surveillance. For instance, think private investigators and divorces.
- ǝuǝƃnǝ
Have been reading "everyware" by Adam greenfield - everyone interested in the issues and possibilities and the importance of being informed and involved should read it. I saw Adam at the Futuresonic conference and I was very impressed about his knowledge but mostly his human understanding of things. http://speedbird.wordpress.com/
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I mean, the whole idea of "technology can be used against you" is as stale as possible. Yes it can, and WILL. As will everything you say or do, if and when a reckoning comes. It's not the technology or technology provider fault, though.
- Michael Bravo
"It is worth noting that he possibly does have softer feelings towards at least one Smurf, his daughter/creation Sassette who refers to him as "pappy Gargamel.""
- ana
from Bookmarklet
I'll start. I'm enjoying playing with my Pogoplug, which turns any USB hard drive into a network hard drive that you can access from the web anywhere in the world. pogoplug.com
- Matt Cutts
It has to Iphone 3G[S] which is my first video camera.
- ashish
Me too, Stelian: My HTC Magic is so much geek-a-liciousness: rooting, hacking customizing..
- J. David Goodman
Bought the iPhone 3GS 2 days ago, trying to organize the homescreens now. (Also: the move from iPod Touch to iPhone is actually a bit scary.)
- Gustav Holmström
Depends. My heartrate/stopwatch is winning me back. I wish it had GPS and a pedometer.
- Admiral Anika
Holy mackerel, Matt!! Your head is shiny! My current favorite gadget is the Blackberry 8900+Google Voice. I feel sorry for those poor iPhone users ;)
- Ron's Home And Hardware
Blackberry 8900, although I cannot wait for the 9700, T-Mobile needs a 3G Blackberry device like yesterday :)
- Nithin Jawali
@Stelian: To use it with the operator I prefer here in Sweden, I have to jailbreak and unlock it. And its always scary to see if you made all settings right, and don't pay per MB of data you use, or roams of another network etc.
- Gustav Holmström
iPhone 3GS - I dumped a BB Bold and I am so happy now!
- Giorgio
@Gustav: Ahh, I know what you mean. I had to do the same here in Switzerland with my 3G. However, you're scared only the first time you do it :-)
- Stelian Iancu
@Stelian: Nah, scared the first days, and really scared to call and check the balance.
- Gustav Holmström
My IronKey. Hands-down.-- find out about it at ironkey.com
- Chris Arkwright
Lovin' my Slacker G2! Cancelled XM subscription months ago and this little G2 is far more enjoyable than any of the satellite radios (and service) I've had over the years.
- Aaron Katz
I've been really enjoying my new Nike+ app with running sensor that syncs with iPhone 3Gs/iTunes. I've been running alot listening to RAGE and tracking all my data. Pretty cool technology that I am benefiting from healthwise.
- Jason Cronkhite
from iPhone
Palm Pre - AKA pocketable Linux server with EVDO, WiFi, Bluetooth, touchscreen, keyboard, and a camera.
- Ken Sheppardson
Favorite is, ofcourse, my lowly Sony Ericsson W580i with the gifted Noise Cancelling Earbuds :D
- Yuvi
cell phone jammer for all you people with no manners!
- Drew
Pogoplug as well but soon it will be my new Drobo NAS!
- Lester Greenberg
the google flashing pin. It's hypnotic.
- gareth【ツ】
HTC Hero - I have had it for about a week by now, once you get rid of all the HTC Sence widgets it runs like a charm:-)
- Jonas Andreasson
from Android
Currently it's my feet. Low tech discovers enabling me to walk/run home all of a sudden. Oh, and iPhone app. Runkeeper to make sure I remember it too :)
- (unknown)
extended thoughts on Inform 7 and why existing languages don't work well for IF [via]
- Andy Baio
This is interesting, I'll have to read it more closely later. His criticisms of rule based languages in general mirror my own -- not sure about his proposed precedence system (but then, neither is he), but it's an interesting idea. Wasn't there some wacky language where you would use actual charts to describe the interactions between rules?
- ⓞnor
the hard problem of coding up systems with many exceptional cases that he describes reminds me of trying to write elegant code for arbitrary business logic, and for GUIs
- Karl Rosaen
We got a NY Times article! :D "The fashion magazines Vogue, InStyle and Lucky may rule the newsstand racks. But online, they are also-rans, overlooked by the fashion-conscious in favor of Polyvore, an upstart Web site far from Fifth Avenue."
- Jess Lee
from Bookmarklet
We just got a copy of the physical paper. It's on page 1 of the Business section! :D
- Jess Lee
LATimes, NYTimes, world domination cannot be far behind.
- Steve C
"It could also give buyers information about trends in real-time, faster than monthly magazines, said Jess Lee, Polyvore’s product manager." - you got quoted - nice!
- Wang Yip
That's very cool, Jess: congrats! Made me go give Polyvore a spin as well =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Brain-dead quests, arbitrary achievements, pointless upgrades, autoplay, and story grinding. Five of my least favorite game mechanics, exposed by parody games.
- Rob Shillingsburg
This has been quite a real gem. Put in words (and not many at that) some of what my friends and I have been bickering about lately. Great find!
- Federico Figueredo
"Co-founder Elad Gil says that TownMe is still in “very, very early stages”, so there are still many features to come, but the core of the site seems to be in place, with local reviews and guides available for plenty of restaurants and events like San Francisco’s street fairs"
- Simon
from Bookmarklet
That barn has a gambrel roof, fwiw
- j1m
from Android
Hmm.. a gold painted bell tower dome reminds me of a University. The teet shaped dome in the distance is probably for a sports field. I'm going to go with a University, but I don't know which one
- Bill Strathearn
Did you recognize it, or was there something that gave it away? I'm not sure how I could have solved that. I figured it was in the northeast somewhere by the vegetation, and yeah a university makes sense, but that leaves a lot of ground...
- ⓞnor
I didn't recognize it, but assumed it had to be a university in the northeast. first thought was umass amherst, led me to http://www.skypic.com/college..., then tried uconn, there is an aerial photo of the dome there. looks like a beautiful campus
- David Vasileff
Given the success of "Where am I" posts from friendfeeders, I'm imagining that FriendFeed can double as a poor-man's GPS device in a pinch. Been wandering around SF and find yourself in an unsavory section of town without a friendly face to ask directions of? Just take a photo, upload it to FF with the title "Where am I?" and let the real-time feedback guide you safely back to your car or residence!
- Bill Strathearn
@Bill, general lol at the dinner table
- j1m
from Android