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Ami Japanese (2/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"Went for lunch, sat outside for some lunchtime rolls. The service was fine, but the sushi was sub-par. I don't eat in Westwood much, but this wouldn't pass for edible on the East side. Too much mayo…"
- Eric Schlissel
Toast goes in the toaster.
Laura B., Jim Addz No Value, Rochelle and 23 other people liked this
No. Toast comes OUT of the toaster. Bread goes in. :-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
Wrong! Bread that is destined for the toaster actually exists in a pre-toasted state and thus: toast goes in the toaster.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Who's to say which bread is pre-destined, though? (This is a weird conversation.)
- Lisa L. Seifert
@lisa Presbyterians believe the toast is pre-destined other believe the bread has a choice to make once inside the toaster.
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
"Who's to say which bread is pre-destined" - the bread gods?
- Brian Sullivan
Let's ask Louis
- Steven Hodson
This is the deepest conversation on FF EVER.
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Louis is a bread god?
- Brian Sullivan
Toast that comes out of the toaster was clearly destined to become toast because that is what it has become. We cannot look at a piece of bread and know that it was meant to be toast until it has become toast but once it has become toast we can say, 'Ah, yes, this slice of bread has become toast and thus it clearly has existed in a pre-toasted state up until now.' And thus: toast goes in the toaster.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This flies in the face of Schroedinger's Toast Theory which suggests that bread placed into a toaster exists both in a toasted and untoasted state that can not be determined until the damn thing pops up. It's one of the most delicious smelling theory in all of science.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I have had too much wine to follow this any further
- Brian Sullivan
Does your cat put jam on his toast?
- David Billingham
but then you should have said "Pre-toast goes in the toaster."
- edythe
:-D But Akiva, if I'm following you correctly, you might as well say excrement comes out of the toaster, because the toast "was clearly destined" to be eaten and subsequently excreted. You could go a step farther and say the nitrogen from the excrement goes into the ground, where it is taken up by more wheat, to make more toast, to become more excrement. Thus the universe is excrement in a constant state of becoming itself.
- Karim
Maybe it's not that "shit happens" so much as "shit is happening."
- Karim
The toast is not toast. There is no toast. There is no bread. There are only crumbs. All else is illusion.
- Roger Benningfield
you can say that again.
- edythe
@Brian Actually, I think Loic Le Meur is the supreme bread being (if I dream tonight about Loic teaching me to bake bread, I will have to stay off all social media for a week).
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Roger, that is very close to being a Crumbist heresy!
- Karim
Edythe:The toast is not toast. There is no toast. There is no bread. There are only crumbs. All else is illusion.
- Roger Benningfield
if (empty $toaster) { $toaster += $bread; while ($bread != $toast) ... }
- Tim Hoeck
from NoiseRiver
roger, i actually meant karim, but i'll take what i can get. :)
- edythe
Edythe: Thank you for confirming that I am, indeed, the Mr. Pibb to everyone else's Dr. Pepper.
- Roger Benningfield
lol awwww Roger, that is not what she meant... :-D Besides, I heard Pibb recently got his doctoral degree...
- Karim
i think they have something called Mr. Pibb Extra now.
- edythe
of course, it goes without saying that the water in the Mr. Pibb, extra or otherwise, was always destined to be Mr. Pibb, and therefore should be more accurately referred to as "water ingredient for Mr. Pibb". And the same goes for water ingredient for Dr. Pepper.
- Trent Olson
Karim, if you place a slice of bread into your toaster and then out pops excrement, I'd contact the manufacturer immediately and lodge a formal complaint. That toaster is a little TOO efficient.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, i think your comment has a typo...don't you mean to say "and then out *poops* excrement"? makes much more sense...
- Trent Olson
OMG you guys! Y'all have brought tears to my eyes.
- Yolanda
Hey... that rhymes! I wish there was a way to favorite a conversation here.
- Yolanda
Wow. This just kept going after I signed off last night. You guys crack me up. For shizzle.
- Lisa L. Seifert
[curtsy]
- Akiva Moskovitz
Are you wearing a skirt?? ;-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!
- Alex Scoble
NO WAY DO ANYBODY ELS NO BOUT DIS DISKOVERIE O_O
- Danny Minick
Erp. It's back.
- Lisa L. Seifert
I cannot believe that despite the name-dropping in this thread, that nobody actually asked me. I would clearly have illustrated how Akiva is wrong - again.
- Louis Gray
This is the one thing that I am definitely not wrong about.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This still cracks me up. Also, I miss Karim.
- Yolanda
I don't have a toaster, yet I can make toast. How is this possible?
- Jim Addz No Value
Yolanda, me, too. He was the best drive-by commenter in his class.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I also miss Karim. *sigh*
- Lisa L. Seifert
If toast goes in the toaster, then a wife goes down the altar. Since I do not believe a pre-vows bride is a wife, I cannot agree that bread that has yet to be toasted is toast. [edit: also, if a toaster malfunctions and does not do any toasting, you don't have toast]
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
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This is the other issue with 10.6.
- Eric Schlissel
Los Angeles - Have You Played Atari Today? Bringing the Original 2600 out of Storage - LA Daily - LA Weekly - http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily...
I have mine in my closet, who wants to play?
- Eric Schlissel
It's the Grilled Cheese Invitational! - http://www.grilledcheeseinvita...
NTS: Go here.
- Eric Schlissel
Things I Ate in Milwaukee | Serious Eats - http://www.seriouseats.com/2009...
Note to self: go to Usinger's next month
- Eric Schlissel
Discovering the Fifth Taste at Umami Burger in Los Angeles | A Hamburger Today - http://aht.seriouseats.com/archive...
Hey, thats near the office
- Eric Schlissel
Facebook vs. Twitter: How will you stream your world? - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17...
For me, the answer for the foreseeable future is both.
- Eric Schlissel
Two Boots Echo Park / 1818 West Sunset Blvd / 213-413-2668 - http://www.twoboots.com/TW2008...
NY Pizza in my hood? Srsly?
- Eric Schlissel
I&8217;m in second place! Just two days left! | Mostly Related. - http://www.mostlyrelated.com/2009...
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Guy tries to win contest, has nothing better to do.
- Eric Schlissel
Help me smash an online contest and win appliances for my kitchen and perhaps a cookie for you! | Mostly Related. - http://www.mostlyrelated.com/2009...
Really!
- Eric Schlissel
Neighborhoods - Mapping L.A. - Data Desk - Los Angeles Times - http://projects.latimes.com/mapping...
Apparently I live in Hollywood Hills West
- Eric Schlissel
StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide - Save Money, Eat Better, Help The Environment - http://www.stilltasty.com/
Can I still eat that?
- Eric Schlissel
smarthistory - http://smarthistory.org/
Art History Conversation
- Eric Schlissel
Re: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to be more iPhone OS-like - http://venturebeat.com/2009...
"Great article, MG. I think you meant cell tower triangulation, as opposed to WiFi triangulation, in the original iPhones. Perhaps they'll geolocate IPs in 10.6?"
- Eric Schlissel
Restaurant Aoi (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"There was a long line at the KogiBBQ truck (http://kogibbq.com/) at the Downtown LA Artwalk last night, so we had to go somewhere else to eat. There was a line at Daikokuya too (and it was cold) so we…"
- Eric Schlissel
Have 10 invites for Socialthing.
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tosh54 at gmail.com thank you!
- Peter Hoffmann
Peter, just sent. Enjoy!
- Ro (Lilyhill)
please and thank you, ceciliaw1223 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com
- cecilia
On the way, Celia!
- Ro (Lilyhill)
Thanks!!! I believe I also have 10 invites for Socialthing now, if anyone is interested.
- cecilia
Can I trouble you for one? :) Stellina at me dot com. Thank you so much.
- Stellina
Ow can I have one? deks (@)deksdaka.com
- Deks Daka
If there are any left, I'm edwardsmark@gmail.com. Thanks in advance.
- Mark Edwards
Deks and Mark, both just sent. Stellina too.
- Ro (Lilyhill)
I would also like an invite, if any left, please! Please send to matt at matthooper.net. Thankyou so much :)
- Matt Hooper
still hoping for an invite, here, please! Thanks :) matt at matthooper.net
- Matt Hooper
Sorry, Matt, just saw this. On it's way.
- Ro (Lilyhill)
No problems at all, Ro. Received! Much obliged.
- Matt Hooper
Might I have a socialthing invite? mkoeneker@gmail.com Thanks in advance. By the way, what are folks thoughts on the service?
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Mathew, just sent.
- Ro (Lilyhill)
Thank you my dear! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
would love one! eric at ericschlissel dot com Thanks!
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Thanks to Ro, I now have a couple of invites.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Eric, I sent you one
- Stepan Mazurov
Would love one too. Thanks!
- Wilhelm Bauer
Wilhelm - send me the email address you'd like it sent to
- Ro (Lilyhill)
Ro I'll take one, please if you still have. My name here at Friendfeed [at] gmail.
- TDavid
TDavid and EcoAussie I sent u both an invite.
- Stepan Mazurov
Thank you Stepan, got it.
- TDavid
People! Japanese people DO NOT make sushi at home. 1. it's too much effort and 2. it tastes better in restaurants. Don't ask how to make it!
Nick Austad, Russellreno, Todd Jordan and 17 other people liked this
Japanese people only cook PB&J at home. Then they cut it into little bits and eat with chopsticks. And they only drink sake from big giant porcelain urns.
- Chrimmus Tad
It's also a very rare treat for most Japanese people
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Used to be, Eric.. like in the 80's LOL
- Mona Nomura
Unless you're a sushi chef. I lost my first girlfriend in college to a sushi chef. How do you compete with a guy who wakes up at 5 am to search out amazing food?
- Mitchell Tsai
no diggity.
- Zee.
it's cheaper in restaurants too. try Sushiland :) although it's not as authentic.
- ~C4Chaos
i'm black and my husband's romanian/hungarian, but we used to have nigiri sushi at home and just the rice alone is time consuming. we thought, 'no way in hell are people in japan doing this every night', so now we have sashimi and other regular japanese foods all the time.
- Admiral Anika
but are born with ninja skills. watch out!
- Rodfather
wait a min.... i've made sushi and it wasn't all that hard. (but of course it was veggie... no fancy rare fish)
- Ňicķ
Sushi at home = Do Not Want! The only thing we make at home are 1. oinari (tofu pocket sushit) 2. temaki (handrolls) 3. battera (saba pressed sushi) NO California rolls!
- Mona Nomura
My mom likes to make cut rolls. I like to eat sashimi fresh from the grocery store. Sushi is too much work.
- Mitchell Tsai
tamaki isn't sushi? (in the broad american sense of the word)
- Ňicķ
Temaki or handrolls we do at home, are not the temakis you see at sushi restaurants. We actually have 'temaki' parties, where the neta (sashimi), nori (seaweed), shari (sushi rice), are out on a table and we all make our own :)
- Mona Nomura
Spam (with scrambled egg) musubi ftw.
- Arlan Koizumi
I've made some good sushi at home but only because I love "cooking" and I love sushi.. just to try... but yeah, my pathetic efforts have never come remotely close to the great sushi restaurant experience.
- Anthony Citrano
We have the temaki parties as well. This probably looks like the ones you have too: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Barron Fujimoto
This is what I've always thought 'home' sushi was. Inari and futomaki. Has egg, mushroom, cucumber, and other ingredients. Still takes time to make. The brown, scrotum looking thing is inari. Called them footballs as kids. http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Rodfather
ah well Mona, i guess that's what i was talking about. I think in general, most americans would consider that (handrolls) as sushi (in the gringo sense of the word) and would love for you to show them how to do just that much... not necessarily "real" sushi
- Ňicķ
We do sushi at home. Well, vegetarian sushi. It's often easier than eating out with food-allergic kids.
- Cyndy
Not do... did... it's too much work... @Cyndy thought it wasn't too much work because I had to do all the prep and she got to come in and just do the rolling / eating.
- Jason Carreira
It is WAY too much effort. And it doesn't taste the same at home
- Mona Nomura
Australian sushi rolls are so simple and easy to make at home - and very cheap when you are on that 'killer' budget
- Chris Loft
What in the Sam's Hill are Australian Sushi Rolls, dare I ask
- Mona Nomura
And oddly enough, my caucasian father used to make sushi all the time when I lived there.
- Nick Austad
from twhirl
Temaki parties sound like a hell of a lot of fun. Hmm... *plans next dinner party*
- Stellina
Stellina: They most definitely are! I don't know where you live, but Japanese supermarkets sell a lot of fresh sashimi :)
- Mona Nomura
It doesn't seem like sashimi would be that hard to make.. or nigiri for that matter... sashimi is all about having a good piece of fish and cutting it well, right? We have "sashimi grade" fish at our grocery store... I've been tempted to try it. The first sushi I had that I actually liked was some fresh salmon and tuna that a friend cut into cubes for me. I had had a bad first experience with sushi years before but that made me decide I loved it.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Well it takes YEARS to perfect the kniving skills to properly cut the fish, years to learn how to properly cook and flavor the rice, and nigiri making? Takes at least 3-5 years to perfect. It's an art, a profession, a craft, in my culture :)
- Mona Nomura
From having been at various times heavily into temari, kumihimo, seed-bead work and Aikido, I've noticed that almost everything the Japanese do is turned into a craft at least and an Art at most. The attention to detail is astounding and so is the (traditional) amount of repetition and honing needed to consider yourself graduated to any recognized level of expertise. It's an endearing if intimidating quality of the culture.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
i wouldn't suggest anyone try to make sushi rice at home. that's labor intensive and my husband decided to do it while i pregnant, which meant the mirin smells killed me, ergo i almost had to kill 'him'. thankfully, after a small island's worth of rice he gave up.
- Admiral Anika
Today is the last of my 30 Days with no Fast Food. I am going to celebrate by eating a Quizno's sandwich tomorrow. Broccoli and Cheese Soup FTW!
·[▪_▪]·, Russellreno and Alex Scoble liked this
On a side note, I feel better than I have in years, and have resolved to only eat from healthy places. No more Taco Bell/Cabana, McDonalds, Jack in the Box. I don't miss them now, so I won't miss them ever again.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Wait, Taco Bell isn't healthy? :o
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
So really, is your celebration meal realy a win?
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
If you cut out fast food for a few weeks and then eat some, you will get sick. doesn't that worry anyone except me? I had a Baconator a couple days ago and thought I was gonna die..LOL
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
is chick fil a Fast Food?
- Chrimmus Tad
I think Chic Fil A is probably a lesser evil. Definitely not the worst you can do
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@Eric sure it is.. It was difficult driving by Whataburger, but I resisted. The purpose of the 30 Days was to test my discipline and to see if I could cut something like that out of my life. I think I did well. I just really like Quizno's. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
@Tad I considered anything with a Drive-Thru "fast food", however Chick-Fil-A is a hell of a lot healthier than most burger places. I think that place is on the "OK" list.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
If Chick Fil A is on the OK list then I haven't had Fast Food for months and months! :D
- Chrimmus Tad
LOL, I said it was "OK".. It's still fast food, but I'll give you that one. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
how is quiznos Fast food? damnit.
- Caroline
Make sure you get bacon!
- Mona Nomura
@Caroline It's borderline, only because of the pre-processed cheeses and such. I only lumped it in because Subway (comparable market) has some locations with a Drive-Thru.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
What are songs about robots and/or cyborgs and/or androids? All i can think of is Mr. Roboto...
Chris Loft, Chris Baskind, Steve Spalding and 11 other people liked this
I too am interested in this. Apart from Mr Roboto and the Transformers theme I can't think of any!
- Mo Kargas
Check out Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" album and of course Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage" :)
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Flight of the Conchords - Robots *edit* The Laziest Men on Mars - Invasion of the Gabber Robots and The Terrible Secret of Space (both internet/gaming classics), nearly anything by Jonathan Coulton
- Michael W. May
Funky Town makes me think about robots
- Josh Haley
Isn't every song by daft punk ultimately about robots?
- Jason Toney
also, Jimmy eat world's Robot Factory, Calexico's Attack El Robot! Attack!, and Nada Surf's Robot (hold on while I dig through my iTunes.
- Jason Toney
Guided by Voices has Gold Star for Robot Boy and while not really about robots, Prefuse 73 believes that "Robot Snares Got No Cadence or Balance"
- Jason Toney
Come on! Radiohead's Paranoid Android! http://www.last.fm/music...
- AJ Kohn
"Robot Trouble" by Barcelona; "Robotron 2000" by Freezepop
- Karim
"Robot Parade" http://listen.grooveshark.com/song... "Robot Rock" http://listen.grooveshark.com/song... "Robots" http://listen.grooveshark.com/song... "The Robots" http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...
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"We're in Business (Never trust robots)" http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Fa La La La Lindsay
"The Terrible Secret of Space" http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash... One of my ALL TIME favorite internet memes, btw.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
The Body Electric by Rush *outing myself as a high school Rush fan*
- Tödd Nëmët
Almost forgot Iron Man by Black Sabbath. Alan Parsons Project had an album called I Robot--not sure if it had any robot songs, tho
- Tödd Nëmët
Kraftwerk has written a lot of songs about technology, including The Robots, It's More Fun To Compute and others
- Alex Scoble
@Lindsay - Terrible Secret of Space...WOW that was bizarre! Reminded me of the two parties of government fighting over control.
- Josh Haley
Was trying to remember the Flaming Lips song about Robots (use of capitalization on purpose, they will rule so trying to suck up now.) I Googled it and look what I found http://www.ugo.com/ugo... Top 10 songs about Robots!
- michael sean wright
@Josh - I love it! That's been one of my favorites for years.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
More an A.I. than robot/cyborg/android but entertaining: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal... (click the Watch this Movie link). If you haven't played Portal you might not get it. :)
- Fa La La La Lindsay
"Who's Johnny" was from Short Circuit, right?
- Jody Reale
Still Alive by Johnathon Coulton
- Alex Scoble
Stepfather Factory by El-P
- Carlos Ayala
"I Robot" by Alan Parsons Project: http://www.amazon.com/I-Robot...
- Nine
Also, "Marvin I love you" http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_de.... And "I love my computer" by Bad Religion. Are Friends Electric by Gary Numan. Where would I be without IBM by Information Society. "Yeah, I'm In Love With An Android" by Say Hi To Your Mom
- Nine
@Ninth - hell yes! Love the reversal of the perceived beat at the beginning into pure funky awesomeness!
- Josh Haley
Bjork - All is Full of love You gotta see the video http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Josh Haley
Robotron 2000 by Freezepop (great fan video) http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- cmiper
From iTunes: Mogwai - Robot Chant; M83 - Cyborg; Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Majestique
- Ayşe E.
Robotboy by Robyn: http://www.last.fm/music...
- David Young
Robot Rock by daft punk?
- Geoff Schultz
search for Sheldon Allman
- Steve Spalding
"I Love You Miss Robot" by The Buggles. Fantastic use of Vocoder
- Dave Roth
thank you so much, everyone!
- edythe
http://myspace.com/cyborgt... - http://worldtv/cyborgtv - music that cyborgs can dream to or http://myspace.com/franksi... - Frank the singing robot - be his friend and he will teach you how to sing
- Chris Loft
http://myspace.com/cyborgt... music cyborgs can dream to -http://myspace.com/franksi... Frank the singing robot needs friend
- Chris Loft
"None of Them Knew They Were Robots" by Mr. Bungle
- Timothy Griffin
Ex just informed me he didn't set up the unlimited text messaging. So all the twitter texts during blogher? 868 of them?! $175.
I will not text a response although I'm tempted to
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Lovely...
- Helen Sventitsky
from twhirl
Tonight's challenge - name a 1970s dramatic TV show that HASN'T been made into a movie.
RAPatton, edythe, Alex Scoble and 3 other people liked this
Is a "Cannon" movie out yet?
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
White Shadow
- Jason Toney
Emergency
- Cyndy
Fantasy Island!
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Ironside, Mannix, Streets of SFO, Kojak, Rockford Files, Family, Police Story, Quincy ME, Columbo, all primetime emmy finalists.
- Dave Martin
ROFL on Cannon
- Mark Forman
Paper Chase began as a movie. Streets of SFO is in production. A Kojak movie would rock. :-)
- Chris Baskind
For a lot of these potential movies (Kojak included), casting would be key.
- Ontario Emperor
Kojack
- Adam Turetzky
Emergency! Station 51 KMG365.
- Jim Stanger
Kojack was done with Vic Rayme
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
The Waltons, Barreta, Kojak... I just had this conversation with a friend. Many others here nailed the other shows discussed.
- Jim Goldstein
from twhirl
Lou Grant
- Michael W. May
Alias Smith & Jones :)
- Iain Baker
Baretta
- Mister Groonk
from twhirl
Barney Miller
- Mister Groonk
from twhirl
Barney Miller... I loved that show.
- Michael W. May
Rockford Files. James Garner FTW!
- Steve Isaacs
Hawaii 5-0. Book 'em Danno! Adam-12. Chico and the man. Little House on the Prairie.
- Michael Wenthold
BJ and the Bear
- Thomas Hawk
How about "Movin' On"? anybody remember that one?
- Kenneth LeFebvre
Happy Days. I can't imagine who you'd re-cast as the Fonz for a movie though. But one can imagine a pretty sweet shark jumping scene with a Hollywood sized budget...
- Eric P
Rescue 9-1-1, 1-ADAM-12, Solid Gold - HA!
- Josh Haley
If you're gonna do Solid Gold, might as well do the Gong Show - with a CIA subplot.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Not a drama, but we've never had a Partridge Family movie.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Hill Street Blues
- Phil G
The Sweeney.
- Pete Gilbert
i second the love of barney miller.
- edythe
salvage one
- RAPatton
There was TV in the 70s?? j/k :P
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Was The Prisoner made into a movie?
- Phil G
The Prisoner was 60s, methinks, but yes, it is being made now, or at least it is in pre-production. Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel are cast: http://blogs.amctv.com/the-pri...
- Michael W. May
Chopper Squad.
- Slappy Line
How come the Gourds aren't more famous?
They were briefly mistaken for Phish when they recorded their Gin & Juice cover
- Eric Schlissel
Wow, the cell phone popcorn trick was a viral video marketing campaign. http://urbanlegends.about.com/b...
So was the earthquake in CA two weeks ago
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
what you mean, you still haven't felt it?
- Andy Sternberg
from twhirl
Gmail Fail - But everyone's limited have raised to 7GB !!
(jeff)isageek, Kevykev, ~C4Chaos and 5 other people liked this
"You are currently using 1111 MB (15%) of your 7021 MB."
- Peter Dawson
Post you stat's pls
- Peter Dawson
"You are currently using 339 MB (4%) of your 7021 MB."
- Nathaniel Payne
"You are currently using 597 MB (8%) of your 7021 MB"
- Mike Doeff
Gmail space has been growing constantly for a while now. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007...
- Vincent X
"You are currently using 1019 MB (14%) of your 7021 MB"
- fbrunel
You are currently using 730 MB (10%) of your 7021 MB.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I only have 7017 MB :(
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
"You are currently using 257 MB (3%) of your 7021 MB."
- Corie
@Eric, whats your ccTLD ?
- Peter Dawson
.com I'm using gmail for domains though
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
confirmed, my non gmail for domains accounts shows 7021
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
@Eric, ok its not a DC , then its the domain meta data that chews into your account balance
- Peter Dawson
1730/7021
- Morgan
You are currently using 172 MB (2%) of your 7021 MB.
- Alix Whitmire
You are currently using 355 MB (5%) of your 7021 MB.
- Yolanda
You are currently using 1086 MB (15%) of your 7021 MB.
- Mona Nomura
You are currently using 151 MB (2%) of your 7021 MB
- Steve Lowe
You are currently using 997 MB (14%) of your 7021 MB.
- Morton Fox
You are currently using 818 MB (11%) of your 7021 MB.
- johnpiercy
You are currently using 337 MB (4%) of your 7021 MB.
- richrecruiter
You are currently using 7372 MB (105%) of your 7021 MB
- Chris Baskind
very cool.
- Zee.
You are currently using 2989 MB (42%) of your 7021 MB.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
You are currently using 1480 MB (21%) of your 7021 MB.
- Jasmin Smith
You are currently using 1049 MB (14%) of your 7021 MB.
- Ian May
I thought it was about 7GB yesterday...
- Ian May
You are currently using 81 MB (1%) of your 7022 MB - HAHA I win at sucking! (or I just have no friends)
- Johnny Worthington
67% of 7022 MB
- Pierre-Philippe Martin
from twhirl
I'm using 11% of 7022MB. Almost a gig in my box. Gotta work on getting that up :P
- Brandon Titus
My Gmail asceticism: You are currently using 42 MB (0%) of your 7019 MB
- Igor Poltavskiy
Spam filters also seem to be working better. I hardly have about 40 emails (overnite) in spam folder. Signs of better times ?
- Peter Dawson
im at 7023. maybe it should crash more if we are gonna get new stuff and more storage after :)
- (jeff)isageek
Fake boob giveaways in Vegas are the new black apparently: http://dailyfiasco.com/2008...
Sure beats an iPod
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Name the douchier look: a) wearing Croc sandals or b) wearing a Bluetooth headset all the time - even when you aren't on the phone. Discus!
embee, Tamar Weinberg, Johnny Worthington and 2 other people liked this
there are people who think wearing a bluetooth makes them look cool?
- Bren -- feeling merry
definitely the Bluetooth look. Complete and total fail
- Morgan
This made my head explode.
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
I wear Crocs constantly, so I am going to have to go with (b)
- Nathan Rein
A A and uh A. I would rather see people with bluetooth on their heads then those damn crocs.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
lol
- Mona Nomura
from fftogo
Ugh, I hate Crocs...
- Michael Forian
Definitely the Crocs!!! UGH!!!!!!! I don't care how comfortable they are -- they're just plain ugly.
- Corie
Crocs... with socks
- Johnny Worthington
capris pants for men
- johnpiercy
Yeah, crocs are ugly. Really ugly. But constant bluetoothing makes you look pompous. Whereas you have to have a completely non-existant self-image to wear crocs. So I'm going with the constant bluetooth headset because of the scale of the douchiness.
- Andrew
Crocs are fugly as all get out. Hence my post on stupid sexy crocs... With that said, hubs has a pair b/c they don't aggravate his back: he calls them his special shoes. Bluetooth sets drive me nuts b/c I can never tell if the person talking to themselves in the grocery store is crazy, self-important, or both.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
+1 JohnW
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Fanny packs. You might think this could possibly not be true - why would a guy wear a fanny pack? Why would ANYONE wear a fanny pack? Trust me when I say that I saw a guy in his late 20s wearing a fanny pack just last week. Wonders never cease.
- Corie
I vote for the bluetooth. when mine broke 2 years ago I didn't even care... I felt like a total douche using it in public... and that was when they were still "cool"
- Jasmin Smith
Corie, you witnessed a neo-ironic hipster fannypack sighting. Quite Williamsburg.
- Steve Isaacs
I do both. I also wear socks with sandals.
- Leo Laporte
Matt, that's funny. And sad because I see guys like that EVERYWHERE.
- Corie
Crocs. Oh, crocs, how I hate thee....
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
Steve, while that is true, I was actually talking about a guy here in Miami. Think typical Miami guy -- Latin, cheesy, with big muscles. A trainer, of course. Gaaaayyyyy!!
- Corie
Gotta go with the Crocs. No pair of rubber shoes are worth $30, and at least the Bluetooth serves a true purpose at some point while wearing it.
- ::Kristen::
oh Corie- I stand corrected. Indeed that was some kind of time-machine fashion victim sighting. As usual, when Miami is concerned, all bets are off.
- Steve Isaacs
gosh, not much love for Crocs here tonight, hm. Maybe I shoulda kept my mouth shut
- Nathan Rein
The Bluetooth, no question.
- Julian
crocs=no clue, Bluetooth=douchebag, db>no clue so Bluetooth wins
- Morgan
also, a little piece of me just died when Leo said crocs/sandles with socks. My idols are crumbling.
- Morgan
Steve, I didn't get a close enough look but he was probably wearing multiple chains around his neck. lol. But speaking of hipsters, I was watching Breaking Away yesterday and Mike (Dennis Quaid) had on some nice, short, cutoff jean shorts. Hipster standard issue!!!!
- Corie
Fugliness winner to the crocs; douchiness maximus to the bluetoothaholic.
- Pete Delucchi
- the ever present bluetooth in ear look is the douchiest. Crocs + Jorts would beat it out though.
- JA Castillo
Bluetooth headset. Sorry, but crocs are cool, light and protect your toesies. You can't make me give them up!!!!
- WorldofHiglet
BTW - Sorry for the typo in "Discus" - I know it's "Discuss", but either Disqus.com or the Olympics got me all confusicated. ;)
- Steve Isaacs
It's got to be the crocs. The headset lot are just in their own Doctor Who fantasy!
- Vicky
It depends on WHICH Bluetooth headset. ;)
- Tamar Weinberg
Tamar: Um, no, I don't think so. Any or all of them that make you look like Lobot from The Empire Strikes Back. (http://www.starwars.com/databan...)
- Steve Isaacs
Crocs at the seaside, or in your garden = fine. Crocs in the Real World = Bent as all get out. Bluetooth thingy worn as accessory = punishable by death
- Michael Moran
My wife eventually wore me down until I agreed to wear crocs, now I hate to wear anything else. Soooo, I'm going with bluetooth! :)
- cjmart
Why do the words "fanny pack" keep me giggling?;)
- Vicky
Which social systems have you given up on? - http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r...
Daniel Schildt, Nikpay, Carrie and 10 other people liked this
None yet...
- Håkan Dahlström
the telephone
- Morgan
All of them. Moving to a cave.
- Dave Wirsching
from twhirl
Plurk
- Jeff (the マクダジ of FF)
Most of them except for FriendFeed, Twitter, and SocialMedian.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Orkut. Shittiest of the lot.
- Yuvi
Plurk (I have a placeholder account, though) & MySpace (never used, never will). The jury's still out on Orkut... Leaning towards giving up on it, too; though I'd much rather use it than Facebook, nobody else here in the U.S. does.
- Voyagerfan5761
from twhirl
Home Owners Association
- Josh Haley
Social Security.
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
@Yuvi, just this Saturday I was driving in Palo Alto and a nice Audi pulled into the Fry's parking lot. The license plate read: "ORKUT". I bet somebody here knows whose car that was.
- Louis Gray
@Louis: The owner of Orkut (pre-Google)? Not that I know who that is...
- Voyagerfan5761
from twhirl
@Louis Gray - Orkut is perhaps the perfect example of a place that stinks because of the people, spurred on by it's feature set. No status message feature? No problem! People will just use their last name to set their Status Message in ASCII art!
- Yuvi
i can't attest as to whether he has an eponymous vehicle registration as well as an eponymous social network :)
- Alex Gawley
Well, color me ignorant. I thought Orkut was something Google acquired. @Alex: Thanks!
- Voyagerfan5761
from twhirl
@Voyagerfan - Orkut was something built in some Googler's 20% time, isn't it? Written in ASP.NET.... ;)
- Yuvi
Orkut is the #1 social network for Brazilian pedophiles!
- Jason Carreira
yes, @Yuvi, WTF exactly is Orkut? Between that and GoogleLively, they're treading dangerously to Yahoo! lameness circa '95.
- Admiral Anika
@Faboo - Orkut is the only critical-massed Social Network that is lamer than MySpace. Even though it lacks MySpace's customizablity. Does that say something?
- Yuvi
Given up on: linkedin (am a member but never use it, can't remember when logged in last), plaxo pulse, orkut, mybloglog.
- Jason Goldberg
mybloglog is teh suck only because it's impossible to find your friends. i know tons of people who use it, but the search feature is useless.
- Admiral Anika
+1 for Morgan - the home phone. I only have a cell. Plaxo Pulse for sure. Orkut, Friendster and I'm at 80% having given up on MySpace. I'm just not there at all. I've pretty much abandoned my profile and only log in when one of *those* people email me or comment.
- Sarah Perez
back when i worked at t-mobile in 2003 this one very smart guy used to talk about the day when no one had a land line. many thought he was a crazy dreamer. he was not.
- Jason Goldberg
Pownce.
- Zee.
oh & Virb basically. I just don't understand why they haven't made more of an effort with it - i was a real fan & loyal for a long while.
- Zee.
Pownce and Plurk and Digg
- Candace
twitter, jaiku, orkut, plurk, pownce, brightkite, second brain....oh man...there's just too many!
- Susan Beebe
funny so many of you have given up on Plurk. I get more feedback & visitors from plurk than twitter & friendfeed combined
- Zee.
jaiku, plurk, pownce, brightkite, second brain...
- Todd Jordan
Woot for Sarah! :)
- Morgan
I kinda try to revisit them ... a second chance ... but agree with Susan .. can easily get spread too thin. Think my Karma on Plurk is probably -50 by now
- Charlie Anzman
Twitter. Can't really say I "gave up" others, since I never used them much. I'm close to giving up Reddit.
- Chris Baskind
Mine come and go. I always leave for awhile and come back.
- Carrie
I think my Tumblr and Posterous are pretty weak. I'm visiting MySpace very rarely. I use Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook, SocialMedian, DIGG mostly. Plurk just annoyed me, and Stumble Upon is cool, but I forget about it sometimes. I'm about to try SocialThing, maybe that will help get my online self in motion.
- Sean Hanna
from twhirl
Loads for me. I'm always signing up for things. Let's have a think...Mixx, Twitter, Facebook, Wakoopa, Flixter, Stumbleupon, Socialthing, Traineo, Magnolia, Librarything, Favorit, Socialmedian, to name but a few.
- Chris Nixon
Somehow, the "$1.15 Only Store" Doesn't Have the Same Ring - http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2008...
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(in my old voice) I remember when 99 cents used to be 99 cents...
- Ontario Emperor
well said... er, yeah... ;)
- Michael W. May
"grew slightly more slowly than anticipated" -- surprising
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Too bad that blog doesnt have an rss feed...
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Franklin Avenue must have an RSS feed. I subscribe to it via Google Reader.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
They've already implemented one cost-cutting move, apparently. Some say they've reduced the sizes of the items they sell at 99 cents (eg from 12 oz to 10 oz).
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Simple solution: "The Euro Only Store"
- Anthony Citrano
I'm beginning to think I should have horded all those Canadian coins over the years in Mich. The Looney is looking good.
- Michael W. May
Mexican pesos may end up looking good...
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
I've just broken 32k followers on Twitter and will be giving away a $3k ticket to techcrunch to one of them.
Bastian liked this
How should I give away the ticket? best response to my tweet? expert they like best and why--in 140 characters?
- Jason Calacanis
how about first to reply to this :) ?
- Jeff (the マクダジ of FF)
what's TechCrunch?
- Marc Canter
@Marc. It's a cereal for geeks ;)
- Jeff (the マクダジ of FF)
What if I say nice things about you?
- Dave Peck
Tickets to his house?
- Charlie Anzman
or the second? (edit: Damn FF auto-refresh!)
- Andy DeSoto
Give it to the first person who replies to this thread whose name begins with 'A' and ends with 'kiva Moskovitz'. That sounds fair.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Expert I like best? Ray Kurzweil, as he spans "big picture" trend and details in computing, robotics, genetics, and nanotech. Gives me hope.
- John McCrea
Using FF to talk about Twitter? :D
- Rachel R.
Most creative mashup of Jason Sound bites :)
- Fred Grott
How about the best idea for a Mahalo promotion? This idea should count :)
- Eric Schlissel
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