Harry Myhre

maybe a good idea - Thierry R. Andriamirado

what the hell, no, we really don't need YET ANOTHER microsoftian way of learning to think the way microsoft does. ruby and python are two languages that actually try to do something interesting and are readable by nonprogrammers. - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

*sigh* here's a prediction.. in 5 years we'll alll be "fixing" applications written by non-programmers in this language - Sean Reiser

Cute! - Rochelle

Leo, shouldn't you be sleeping? - John Denver

How are you going to do the radio show afterwards? - Chacha via twhirl

Don't Worry Leo! Ill happily be coding my clone of Twitter while watching you - Chacha

Well.. since I couldn't give a rat's a** about the iphone I guess some of my time just freed up. :) - Jeff Jones

Good luck staying alive - maxim shevertalov via twhirl

Good luck Leo! - Mark

Break a leg Leo! - Michael Nally via twhirl

Since we are all waiting for the new iPhone the only news story on Friday will be some guy waiting in line to buy a Blackberry. - Bob

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave."--Benjamin Franklin - Jacob

Oh boy! - Pedro Fonseca via twhirl

24 hours sitting down? Guard against DVT Get up and walk around @ least every 2 hours. http://www.ehealthmd.com/libra... Good Luck, Leo. - Cory Brown

Friend import next please and then it might be useful - sam sethi via Alert Thingy

http://www.scripting.com/daven... - Dave Winer

sam, I think the point is that if Twitter et al implement Open Microblogging, importing won't be necessary - klecu

It needs some "recommended friends" to avoid looking really lame to newbies. - Robert Scoble

Robert, you just want to get recommended there too. Come on, admit it. - klecu

klecu: nice try, but I've been talking about this before I was on recommended systems here: http://thenextweb.org/2008/04/... - Robert Scoble

I'm still trying to figure out a reason to use identi.ca. Playing around with it. We'll see. - Dennis Jackson

I don't understand why it was launched WITHOUT a Replies tab in the first place... - Mark Douglass

I agree with Dennis Jackson, minus the "playing around with it" part. - ChaCha Fance

Yes, it lacks some basic features, especially if people are looking at it who are coming from twitter. Not having replies really annoys me, enough not to use it. - jjprojects

GOOD, that is an essential feature... neat to see it growing so quickly - not only with users, but also features - Susan Beebe

big feature - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Yep - looks like identi.ca has been built correctly so far too. It *appears* to be scaleing up nicely after a few slow days early on. - Jonathan Beckett

@critics: Identi.ca is worth supporting, because it is open source. The very reason means that it has the potential of attracting third-party developers that create plug-ins, improve the platform or simply host their own Identi.ca-installations. That's a huge thing. Think about Firefox: It is based on Mozilla/Netscape's code, which was created. AOL didn't do anything with it, but others came and created Firefox (and Flock, Sunbird, Songbird, etc.) because it is open. That's Identi.ca's biggest feature. - sebmos

Next step must be API. - Sergey Petrenko

sebmos: I'm still learning about Identi.ca. Your comment kind of pushed me back on the site to research it a bit. I can see this going somewhere. :) - Dennis Jackson

Replies tab on Indenti.ca is big. I'd also like to be able to export my subscription lists. Edit/delete would be nice too. - Jeff Evans

Nice to see this feature already. I was talking to the dev yesterday and was asking if I can jump in and provide a solution for it. Cool to see that the guy already did it himself :-). - Alex Popescu via feedalizr

Mark Douglass - Twitter launched without a replies function as well, you know. And it took a lot longer than a few days for it to arrive. - Earle Martin

So if we wildly extrapolate identi.ca's usability increase, it could potentially surpass Twitter in 3 months and Friendfeed in 6. The question then is: will users migrate and become critical mass on the new service? By now we know that critical mass is more important than QoS, as evidenced by the bird and the whale. - micronauta

http://identi.ca/your_nickname... --- for output of your identi.ca subscriptions -- thanks evan - Jeff Evans

this is so effing awesome! - Sarah Perez

(s_dance) - Hao Chen

identi.ca is irrelevant. It's a step backwards from FriendFeed. - Thomas Hawk

Whoa, that must of been some seriously shitty software before now, but still shitty I see? - Andrew Baron

This still is not the distributed version you wanted Dave. And I -with all the respect I owe to its makers- don't think that it will success if all the twitter crowd come in. I hope I'm wrong - directeur via NoiseRiver

I think Replies is a setup in the right direction. In fact. it might be the main step. Awesome. - Andrew Ruess via twhirl

For me, it's still just idont.ca.re - Alan Le

Agree with Alan Le. identi.ca doesn't seem like much of an upgrade. It's a distraction from a better solution - getting everyone over to FriendFeed. - Jon Galloway

Yep, i'm with Jon there... I really don't see the fuss Identi.ca . Why are we getting excited over replies...ridiculous. - Zee from WeDoCreative

omg, i just gained 5LBs reading that. and now i'm hungry again. - Christine Lu

LOL - Harry Myhre

swap turkey with chicken, and I'll agree with you. I always loves me a healthy dose of Jalapenos :-) - Duncan Riley

Might have to find somebody to make me a Reuben for lunch today! - sage brennan

though I love turkey sandwiches, I have to go with chicken pad thai from my favorite place in brooklyn :) - gregory

we should set up a 'foodie love' room - LOL - Harry Myhre

damn. i should've taken a picture of said turky sub with jalapenos but i ate it too fast. usually take pix of my food. heh. http://flickr.com/photos/chris... - Christine Lu

@Christine Lu nice collection of food shots, did you eat that whole cupcake tower? - gregory

passed that cupcake tower while walking around old town pasadena. lucky for my waistline that day, refrained from jumping into it and inhaling a few of them. heh. - Christine Lu

Holy shit. - Vincent X

You wouldn't like Veronica when she's angry... - Michelle Marie Miller

they need to bring She-Hulk back. maybe a fantastic four movie like in the comic book - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ

she-zilla - Vincent Guerrero

Veronica the Orion Slave Girl is a better fantasy - Robert Hafer

http://www.last.fm/music/Elvis... - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ

VERONICA SMASH!!! - Jon Totton

Oh man. Hardcore. - jonn

Good lord, what did Patrick do? - Brooks Guthrie via twhirl

I believe MWM speaks for us all. - ha3rvey

The Bride of Hulk - Harry Myhre

Yikes! - Charlie Anzman

Explanation: "In January 2007, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught. The photogenic comet was so bright that it even remained visible though the din of Earthly flashes. Comet McNaught has now returned to the outer Solar System and is now only visible with a large telescope. The above image is actually a three photograph panorama digitally processed to reduce red reflections from the exploding firework." - Andrew Baron

wow indeed - Michael W. May via twhirl

مثل ساحل لاست میمونه :دی - Mil∂d

wow, Greattttttt - Zahra HB

That is an amazing image - Kreg Steppe

It's worth being subscribed to friendfeed for that photo alone. I wouldn't have found it if you hadn't been a friend of Scobleizer. - James Robertson

Dude. - l0ckergn0me

So becoming my wallpaper. - Ben Parr

Very nice wallpaper for dual monitors setups! - Éric Senterre

What a spectacular photo !!!!! - Nellie Root

echoing what james robertson said......worth being here for that photo alone. amazing. - carlotta fancypants

I am setting this up as a dual monitor type display between my two work systems! - Joe Dawson (beta)

that is unbelievable. astoundingly awesome - Paul Rj Muller

Wow! That's amazing! - Marcus Beagley

That is gorgeous! Check this out: http://www.jeffmccord.org/when... - Jeff McCord via twhirl

thanks for sharing, great photo - sean percival

Amazing! - Jiri Fencl via Alert Thingy

Incredible! Thanks Andrew for finding such a beautiful shot. Lovely to wake to up to such beauty on FriendFeed... - Mitchell Tsai

Oldie but a goodie! - Steve Rubel

Breathtaking. - James Mowery via twhirl

Amazing. Thanks - Parvez Halim

Wow ... this is incredible - Nick O'Neill

Mind-blowing! - David Fendley

this is really kewl...!! - Peter Dawson

Wow - Aaron Myers

very hip, I've seen this photo before (might have been on APOD) - mikepk

sometimes good photography gives me goosebumps! - Phillip Jeffrey

great image - Pete Delucchi

incredible image - johnpiercy via twhirl

Wow, 153 people 'liked this" so far and almost 30 comments. - Andrew Baron

Absolutely incredible shot! Then again some of the best shots on the web come from NASA, National Geographic, Discovery and, of course, Hawk :) - Charlie Anzman

Not to be too cynical but that shot seems to good to be true -- I wonder if there is more processing going on than the text seems to admit. - Brian Sullivan

I'm enamored with that lightning. - Jason Toney

ahhh good one - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I'm going to side with Brian here. What is right: Comet McNaught was that bright in WA (I use to live there), but I checked my attempted pics, they predate this by over a week. I'm sure the comet was only that bright for less than a week. Second, the main Australia Day fireworks occur in Perth City...which isn't near a beach . Maybe it's Leighton Beach with Fremantle to the left...but it doesn't seem right. I did check the weather records though, there was a storm that night, and it's in the right direction - Duncan Riley

I do hope it is real though...and I forgot how wonderful the environment there is - Duncan Riley

Now the wallpaper on my iMac - Adam Helweh

Duncan, last year both Fremantle and I believe Hillarys held their own fireworks for Australia Day. I myself was trying to guess the location this morning. Being a regular on Leighton beach though it doesn't look familiar so I was thinking it may have been taken to the north of Hillarys. It also made me very nostalgic for Perth :) - Penny

wow, just wow - Mark Douglass

Amazing shot! - Timo Heuer

Unbelievable! - fbrunel

This is for sure a record post for me! 333 people liked this! - Andrew Baron

Congrats Andrew... this is truly a unique share!! thanks! :o) - Susan Beebe

Though I like the picture, I do agree with Brian Sullivan :( - directeur via NoiseRiver

Crazy looking - didn't even notice the comet until reading the site... - George Smith

Kick ass photo. - David Risley

smoke on the water - Harry Myhre

At 302 likes, the #1 most liked post of all time on FriendFeed. Antti Kemppainen Photography - Here's Antti's original picture http://jkemppainen.com/antti/i... Antti's e-mail is kemppaisantti@gmail.com, and you can scroll through Antti's other photos. - Mitchell Tsai

just incredible! - Geoff K

An absolutely stunning shot. - Brandon Wood

Still lovin this shot days later. :D - Andrew Baron

amazing. I guess the timing for this shot couldn't be better - Dan V

I forget which Greek philosopher said it, but "Right timing is everything is most important." - Scott Kitchen

THATs GREAT.THATs GREAT.THATs GREAT.THATs GREAT. - DSaad69

Well, bloggers hate you too, old man! - Dillon K. Hoops

Long thread on this over here: http://friendfeed.com/e/708f2a... - Ken Sheppardson

He was obviously joking - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

How do you link to a discussion Ken? - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

Oh, I see, the more dropdown - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

These kids today with their blargs! Off my lawn, ya darn kids! - Leon

Bjorn - so? in this day and age where anything a candidate says can be used against them or taken out of context, they need to watch what they say. - Veronica

One short clip taken out of context. Good fuel for the haters in the world. - William Beem

I don't hate McCain, actually. There are worse options out there than McCain. But saying you hate an extremely vocal community isn't good campaigning. - Veronica

Veronica, true, but still I think it's an important thing for us to look at things critically and not be mislead by headlines that don't tell the whole story - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

Why would he, even jokingly, say he "hates the bloggers" if he didn't in some way believe that to be true? It's like an offhand comment, like he thinks no one would even care enough to be bothered by it. So flippant. - Veronica

@Veronica It's impossible to "watch what you say". Everything and anything can be taken out of context to be used against you. - Shey

"I hate such and such" is not a statement that can be taken out of context, imho. - Veronica

It's a short clip designed to highlight ONE comment. What was the context for the conversation? It doesn't matter to the people who are trying to find ways to hate on a man. My guess it's people who do stuff like that who were the topic of his conversation. - William Beem

It was definitely a joke, but bloggers are very easily irritated, so maybe it wasn't the best move. I don't think it will hurt him too bad though. - Harrison Hoffman

We're ornery like that. - Veronica

Just being a devils advocate here, but what if I was recorded saying "I am about to say something I don't mean: 'I hate such and such" and the only thing you saw was the last part of the statement. Don't get me wrong, I am going to vote for Obama, but it seems like he said something trying to be funny that was meant to be taken lighthearted. No reason to see everything the guy says as pure evil. - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

@Veronica ??? What? It doesn't matter what he said. They took it out of the original context. Even then it was obvious he was making a joke. - Shey

the head of the library association said this like 2 years ago and it did not go well for him. - Stefan Hayden

ty shey - it was a joke people - I realize that given his previous regrettable statements about his tech illiteracy that this is the worst joke he could have made in the eyes of this community but for goodness sakes. Between rising energy costs, our economy, the war, Iran, N Korea - we have PLENTY of things that need serious debate right now - do we really need to take a joke and accuse McCain (as I saw on another thread) of jking this way bcause he is agnst the rights of indviuals to freely exprss thmslvs? - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Stefan, I remember that and I haven't renewed my ALA membership since (I have a library science degree). - ♜ Bjorn Tipling

[Posted this in the parallel conversation over on Scoble's link to the same story. Sigh. I hate FriendFeed] Just dug up this from his Liberty University commencement address back in 2006. Summary: He really does hate bloggers ;-) http://kshep.posterous.com/mcc... - Ken Sheppardson

Well, do you expect anything less from John McCain? Does he know what a blog or blogger is? I mean, he doesn't use a computer much (but then again neither does Richard Branson - so maybe we should not hold that against McCain).... hmm ... But then ... Richard Branson isn't running for US President.... it's OK if he doesn't use a computer - he prob doesn't need to ... but McCain ... he doesn't need a computer either .. but he does need to understand people who do - because a lot of people do. - Marshall Sponder

I'm not particularly fond of McCain, but it sounds like he was just making a joke. He did the melodramatic, exasperated sign when he said it. I'm sure there's some grain of truth to it, but people are acting he's brought out legislation to ban blogging or something. Blogging is protected speech. McCain can't do anything about that. - Jason Huebel

It's a rotten thing to say, but he seemed to connect with those people when he said it. There's a large group of people who are actively shunning new media. Afraid of change, as usual. - David

Has he started up an enemies list yet? - Harry Myhre

He probably thinks bloggers are people from Holland who wear wodden shoes. - Harry Myhre

McCain hates bloggers and Obama hates America. It's lose-lose. - Jim the Tolerable

I had forgotten - Paul Newman was on Nixon's enemies list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N... - Harry Myhre

Does John McCain even know what a blogger is or does? - Soso Sazesh

i hate to defend the old man, but doesn't it seem like he was trying to get a laugh? albeit a cheap one. - robert steburg

thats ok, I hate McCain so we're equal - Danilo da Silva via twhirl

I imagine the majority of the population saying "bloggers, is that some new kind of terrorist?" so I don't think it will hurt him much. That, and from my informal online research, most bloggers hated the GOP nominee before McCain's name filled in the blank. - Robert Hafer