Feature Request: When people "Reshare" a link on FF, instead of saying "Reshared" it should say "Reshared by _______" or "via _______" so the original poster gets auto credit. Very obvious must-need/no-reason-not-to-add-that-I-can-see type of feature
Yeah, the Star Wars prequels really were poor films. Something like "Children of Men" is much better film making, and without all the spaceships and crap. Special Effects films are kind of like hair bands and heavy metal guitar solos. They replace the art with the machinery of artifice.
- Dean Terry
So good. they should have done this to him after the first three (made).
- Morgan
My theory on the prequel v original= the orginal trilogy was so open ended - it expanded the mind into this universe beyond imagination. Even in the first one - Obi Wan discusses The Clone Wars with little or no "dumbing down." A real conversation - like explaining to a teen ager old WW2 or Vietnam stories. But in the prequels - everything was dumbed down, explained - that massive universe from the first three was shrunk down and tied up all nice and neat. The mystery died - and so did the luster....
- George Smith
Many bothans died to bring us these photos
- Josh Haley
I'm not sick of Star Wars...how could you ever get sick of that? I'm sick of the crapified versions of Star Wars that Lucas foisted on us in the last 10 years in order to sell merchandise.
- Alex Scoble
that Indiana movie wasn't good either. I did REALLY like "The Phantom Menace" though,,, but his batting average is not what it used to be.
- Noah David Simon
I can't wait for the day that the Internet will be just as pretty. :)
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Didn't I see this on an episode of Dr. Who recently?
- Her Lindsay-ness
reminds me of when I was a kid and decided I was going to read all the fiction books in the library. So I checked out the first five books. Nope don't remember a one.
- R. Ferguson
Ruth, you have no idea how glad I am to know that I'm *not* the only kid who tried to read the library!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
The Seattle Central Library was my favorite thing to shoot in Seattle on my recent trip. I *love* beautifully designed libraries.
- Thomas Hawk
I'd like to have every room setup as a library, I love the big old houses with the fireplaces and libraries seems very Vincent Price. My 2 favorites that I've been to ar the Biltmore Estate and JP Morgan Musuem
- clarke thomas
from twhirl
there is something romantic and powerful about beautiful libraries. To me they're the real world treasure chests of endless possibility.
- Morgan
Whoaa..... lock me in with some food, a bed & bathroom, then throw away the key. Thanks.
- Louie
I love libraries, this is a treasure.
- susan mernit
Incredible, thanks for sharing. +1 Czar.
- Aaron Krug
Oh, God. I am in love. Well done, Czar.
- Steven Perez
Gosh! Beautiful analog storage devices
- Chris Loft
I'm oddly pleased that almost 90 people have marked this as a like. Says something about the FF community if you ask me (which of course you didn't).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
This is a great list to use to add places in the world to my map of things that I still need to shoot. So many beautiful libraries.
- Thomas Hawk
Whoaa! Nice finding, Derek. Thanks for sharing.
- LouCypher
I've actually been to quite a few of these all across Europe, and they're even more awesome (and smell FANTASTIC) in person. Some are considerably smaller than the photos make them appear, which is always interesting (kinda like the church in the wedding scene in The Sound of Music...it's seems huge on film, but it's really this dinky little chapel filmed wide and high). Really great to be reminded of those visits. Thanks for posting this. :)
- abacab
This is an awesome set of photos. Proud to see my alma mater's Riggs Library included in the list.
- Ryan Kuder
at one point in my life, i moved the entire collection of books at the Peabody in Baltimore. not necessarily a fun job but it is exciting knowing that the collection will more than likely sit where i put it for the next twenty years.
- Nathan Eckenrode
I think you just brought down blip.fm
- Kamath (नमः)
It's up? I'm listening to some Miss Janet "Got till its Gone"♬♫
- Mona Nomura
ok, i'm officially a Mona fanboi now - i tried to stay off the wagon but just.can't.do.it.
- Morgan
hmmmmm it's not uploading =( @Morgan, ludicrious! no such thing as 'fanboi' or 'wagon', since there wasn't one to begin with =\
- Mona Nomura
@Mona - you're like the FF queen! everyone <3's you! it was a compliment :P
- Morgan
....i don't take compliments well, get flustered, then say really dumb things, when i could've plain and simply said "thank you" but like um... ya... i...get..like..... case in point UGH =|
- Mona Nomura
oh, tahnk you. i forgot ot say that =(
- Mona Nomura
no worries just keep dropping 90's hip hop science! :D
- Morgan
the wedding picture. the guy on the horse statue in the water fountain. omg. hilarious.
- Christine Lu
Sorry - Tad's been busy CODING. I only photobomb any photos lindsay's trying to take... and i do that all the time until she punches me... and then a couple times more.
- Internet's Tad
Dude, so what'll happen if photobombers take a group picture? Imagine me, you, Chris P in a picture together? Wow. Terrible.
- Mona Nomura
my favourite is the one with the toilet paper in the foreground -- if you've already got a roll of tp in the frame, why not photobomb it?
- Trent Olson
It's probably property of the stock photo agency and/or photographer.
- Daniel Schildt
Daniel: There are so many 1,000s of copies of this picture online though (TinEye had 47 pages. I've never seen so many before)... I'm not sure if it comes from Stock Photos because I don't know the webshots.com site. Webshots seems to be a really annoyingly-designed site.
- Mitchell Tsai
Not surprised there are lots of copies. That is freaking gorgeous.
- Her Lindsay-ness
Lindsay: Yup. Sometimes I wonder why I can't take pictures like the gorgeous ones on the internet...lots of learning to do. :-) They're inspiring.
- Mitchell Tsai
Simple goodness: Put chicken breasts in glass baking dish. Pour about half a bottle of ponzu sauce over chicken. Cover dish with tinfoil. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Nom.
It's great by itself but would be awesome in a salad with mandarin oranges and a light vinagrette. Maybe some dried cranberries in there too... or sun-dried tomatoes. And with a little feta sprinkled on...
- Her Lindsay-ness
Ok, now I'm hungry. Another simple goodness: In a zip lock bag: Chicken + grated ginger, garlic, soy sauce, a little lemon, ketchup, oyster sauce, and Japanese Wooster (don't know how to spell it) sauce. Marinate 30 minutes and bake. YUM
- Mona Nomura
do the same, 'cept use half a bottle of italian dressing, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, grated parm, and marinated olives. nom!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Italian dressing is the best staple marinade ever. My "always perfect steak recipe": In a square glass baking dish lay out 2 steaks, put steak salt on both sides (not a lot, rub in a bit). Douse in Worcestershire sauce (both sides, rub in a bit). Pour about half a bottle of Italian dressing (enough to almost cover, spread some on top of the parts that aren't). Broil for about 15 minutes, turn over and broil for another 15 minutes or until you like it. It always turns out flavorful and juicy.
- Her Lindsay-ness
@Mona - I've never seen Japanese Worcestershire sauce... is it much different than the non-Japanese kind?
- Her Lindsay-ness
MUST.FIND.COOKING/RECIPE.ROOM!!! Lindsay: I gotta try that steak recipe!
- Louie
I will have to try this with some chicken thighs after I get back from our mini-vacation. All the cool kids are eating chicken thighs these days. Maybe that was just me. :)
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Neato! I tried to make one of these "by hand" a log time ago when I went up to Seattle frequently that had all my favorite restaurants within walking distance of the office. It was cool but a lot of work. This makes it easy.
- Her Lindsay-ness
from Bookmarklet
This is pretty cool. Like the article pointed out, there are often times where a paper map is more useful/convenient.
- Louie
That really gets on my nerves too. I saw that a lot in Mississippi - signs would say things like: Smith Family "Reunion." And I'd wonder what does that mean? It's just kinda sorta like a reunion? Or one like: Lambda Alpha Sorority "Inc" - what the heck are those quotes for? What is an incorporated sorority anyways?
- Internet's Tad
No passive aggressive notes room on FF yet? C'mon people!
- Pete Delucchi
My favorite passive aggressive sign at work: "Please do not leave dirty dishes in the sink, especially dishes from the Cafe which are not supposed to leave the Cafe anyway."
- Michael Hocter
Thats older than a the oldest Twinkie, but just as good. ;P
- Andrew Baron
I was taught when you ever see quotation marks in the middle of a sentence like that, you can replace the marks by just saying "so-called" instead. So: Please so-called do not use staples for posting.
- Pete Delucchi
I want to give this person a metal. (Please note: That was a "joke.")
- Bill Barol
although I am definitely "not" ^^ passive aggressive, I have to admit that I once wrote notes like this when I was living in a commune. But I "never" used quotation marks like "this". "Very" funny ;-) http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/ rocks.
- ※Fu※
Not to mentions "these" are not quotation marks even. “These” are real quotation marks.
- Tsega Dinka
omg I totally say "quote foo" all the time to emphasize - or more often make light of - a topic of discussion as in "that's a great quote strategy." a lot of the time I even do the air quotes thing with my hands, sometimes instead of saying "quote." :\
- Jon Price
@Jon .. and yer still alive .. amazing :)
- Steven Hodson
i love the penciled in arrows pointing to the quotes just in case you didn't "get it"
- Morgan
@jon but do you say "quote blah blah blah unquote" or "quote unquote blah blah blah"??
- Morgan
@Morgan, right?! Also, some highlighter action would be great!
- Anna Haro
@Anna highlighter is a must here! someone clearly dropped the ball... :)
- Morgan
@Mike - The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks is one of my favorite websites!
- Corie
a word-nerdy friend of mine has that on his bumper.
- Madsimian
man, we need so many signs like this at my job for a variety of other errors (e.g. "anniversary's" instead of anniversaries. I even put a post-it with "ies" over the "y's" and they still didn't change it). it drives me *nuts*. I work with such slow people.
- Kamilah Gill
I wish I could admit to the situation I was in when I first saw Awesometown but it was the perfect introduction. My friends and I still quote it constantly.
- Akiva Moskovitz
"Liked" just for the flower pics. I swear.
- Internet's Tad
Wow, thank you for turning me on to Flickr user Dark Daze!!
- Louie
Tad, I am faving a lot of flower pics lately. Sunflowers especially. Something about sunflowers -- it's almost an instant fave reaction when I see one.
- Michael Hocter
There is so much awesome in that listing of images. I wish I had 1/10 the photographic creativity of those people.
- Louie
For the egg on the right, yeah, I feel the same way about poached eggs.
- Mo Kargas
Some of them are amazing, but I am disappointed that many of them are heavily manipulated. Regardless, I am just getting into photography, and maybe I'll snap a kick-ass picture.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
@Louie: I'd settle for 1% of the creativity of this post. Some of them left my mind blown.
- Zach Underwood
some of those smoking-related ones are really great (esp the smokers in the grave).
- Danielle
I think, according to the picture, you're supposed to clap to encourage the device to produce the bacon. Just make sure to catch it before it hits the floor!
- Internet's Tad
Okay, I'm sick of all the bacon stuff, but this really did make me LOL!
- Louie
I will have a 12-year old moment and cross-off the '-on' so it says PUSH BUTT RECEIVE BACON cuz that's how I rol--- er, nevermind that last part.
- Eric Rice
Tad: No, he or she is trying to wipe-off the first drops of the burning hot oil. It's futile.
- Chris Baskind
Eric, that might invite receiving the bacon in an undesired orifice.
- Internet's Tad
Holy crap - I sure hope Lindsay's happy now. She's in the other room giggling like a little girl.
- Internet's Tad
Lindsay omg i love you. i can't stop staring at this
- Mona Nomura
hover over my name (damnit, it's a tad cut off)------->
- Mona Nomura
It's funny that so many of you haven't seen this. I've seen this in men's rooms tons of times. Maybe girls don't deface their restroom accessories. That said, it doesn't take away from this image's pure unadulterated awesomeness.
- Internet's Tad
Mona - Sacrilage (or some other accusation). Bring back the older profile pic - it was, ugh, way better.
- Yuvi
Tad: I've seen the image plenty of times, but not with a bacon makeover. lol
- Louie
i don't care if it's old, i'm Lindsay's best friend for life. Hey -can I come over?
- Mona Nomura
It's a long drive, but sure. I seem to remember you offering to clean and cook too. :D We'll pay in bacon.
- Internet's Tad
I had bacon and shrimp for dinner (seriously... this new diet is kinda strange). But I won't be making any more bacon until Wednesday. I'll make you some if you come over, Mona.
- Her Lindsay-ness
And of course I'll be bringing some... bacon! :) -starts packing bags-
- Mona Nomura
@Mona - Please tell me that the "going over" thing is a joke and you two live on the opposite sides of the world.
- Yuvi
Mona is probably within a 2 or 3 day drive from here. Or a 3 hour flight. And Mona - we can get the GOOD bacon from Whole Foods. ;)
- Internet's Tad
@Tad - Thankfully - I was getting a bit envious ;)
- Yuvi
Whole Foods? EF that rip off excuse for a supermarket. I'll bring you some fresh bacon with my ninja skills. HIYYYYYY-YA ....o wait, that's Street Fighter. Nevermind
- Mona Nomura
Mona, please record a song about how you feel about Bacon and post the video here on FriendFeed.
- Internet's Tad
Hah! do it! That would be worth it's weight in bacon!
- Her Lindsay-ness
LOL when I get a FF shirt, I'll post one up on my Seesmic
- Mona Nomura
for Mona? how about push button abortions? oh no wait... I'm conservative. I'm against that,... I guess. darn
- Noah David Simon
I think Mona should start her own startup called BaconFeed.com :P
- imabonehead
darn, spewing my coffee out all over keyboard .. great wit !! white shirt ruined .. :(-
- Peter Dawson
After work, stopped by my favorite Scrapbook store! Here's the summer bbq display. Everything is made of ribbons, paper, and glue! - http://brightkite.com/objects...
Tried it last night and it was hit or miss. Not sure I understand how to word search phrases though as long ones seemed to choke. I'll have to try it out a little more. The UI is rather uninspiring though.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I searched for my name and multiple results for James Dean came up. Go figure!
- Randy Meeker
from twhirl
We’ll be back soon... Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now. The search engine is momentarily unavailable as we add more capacity. Thanks for your patience. - Sadly I dont think it is positive interest at this point from what I have read.
- Socom
you know what's crazy - these videos rock more than about 98% of the videos created online :)
- Allen Stern
Thanks Allen. It's having ZERO guile that does it. She just thinks it's fun. Doesn't care about an audience. Doesn't care about any list. Just likes making videos. She wanted to make another one before bed, but she was wiped after missing her nap. :)
- Cyndy
Okay in my defense, the name Pete connotates male but I should not have jumped to that conclusion. I thought "he" seemed awfully feminine. ; ) Hey, mine will be three in September! The 14th.
- Carla Thompson
Ohh that is so awesome. I want one of Metroid. Yes. Yes I do.
- Candace
OMG Metroid! You play Metroid too?! I love love LOVE the original GB version in 8bit haha
- Mona Nomura
JUSTIN BAILEY! I'm a *huge* Metroid fan. Actually...let me find the print I have hanging in my room. ah! Here. This is actually a print I have hanging up. http://tinyurl.com/5kbnjs
- Candace
@Mona, that cake gives me nightmares. @Candace that was the biggest shocker when I was little... SAMUS IS A GIRL!!!
- Louie
DUDE CANDACE THAT IS RAD but the newer metroids (games in general) are like WAY too much for me... i get motion sickness playing haha I'm an 8bit kinda girl.. my fingers still hit the down keypad twice to turn Samus into a sticky ball.. Now you have to hit all the different colors plus up down up down A B start... o wait....
- Mona Nomura
I am not a huge FPS fan but I love Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. It's really an awesome game. Getting Samus into a morph ball isn't that hard and, controlling her with the Wii mote is really great for an FPS. It's actually an amazing game..you should try it. I got the Game Boy version of Metroid Fusion which I play on the DS too. ..oh and that's the code for Contra I think >.<
- Candace
i don't have a Wii =( Can I come over and play?
- Mona Nomura
Sure. I don't think Brad will mind at all. I'm slowly converting him from tech geek to gaming geek :P
- Candace
Candace: THAT is what's up! Dude, beer + video game + FF + thrid wheel (me). what could be better?! @Raymond: everything Wii is always sold out, wtf!
- Mona Nomura
What could be better? Following up Metroid marathon with Monty Python's flying circus. >.<
- Candace
Am I the only one who thinks that those big N dudes were all on a trip when they invented their mushroom kingdom? Just take a look at Mario Party - Riding around the world on a giant space turtle? Suuuure! Only major boobage is better :P Honestly, once that thought occurred it put all those games on a whole new level!
- Michael Leuker
loving the photo cuteness of this whimsical cake
- susan mernit
...btw please excuse all my old Tweets spamming your feeds. I blocked that "You" person so hopefully all my older crap won't magically appear. ugh
- Mona Nomura
from Bookmarklet
That model 100 (the one the guy has on the plane) seemed really cool 25 years ago -- kinda like a computing version of Flock of Seagulls.
- Dave Pelland
I love the pic where the guy has 20lbs of hardware on his bed. Very ergonomic.
- Jonathon
for the guy on the bed: "yeah kids! see? you can touch a key, and it shows up on this screen! Neat!" because... that's all it could do
- anna sauce
*sigh* These pictures take me back to when I was a little kid, messing around on my dad's Commodore VIC-20. Typing takes forever when you're just a little kid and learned the alphabet not too long ago. Haha
- Louie
I love how pictures trigger nostalgia and how everyone shares their stories :) BTW I'm investing in the IBM clicker keyboard :)
- Mona Nomura
love how the guy using the DEC is typing away, staring at the printer...
- Jericho
Uuuuuuuugh the 80's I feel so lucky I was too young to remember them.
- Geoff Schultz
VIC-20! Oh wow, I'd completely forgotten that thing. With the whopping 5 KBytes of memory.
- DGentry
Don't hate on the 8bit and floppys Geoff!
- Mona Nomura
...and we had to be veeeeeery careful to avoid touching the middle hahaha
- Mona Nomura
Now, I feel old ... luckily it will only last an hour or so
- Charlie Anzman
Wow, these pics are strangely old now... crap! I am geeky geezer!! ha, ha!!
- Susan Beebe
We had a Vic-20. I once spent many hours typing in one of those programs in the back of the book, only to run out of memory with just a few lines to go. I was so mad!
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
from NoiseRiver
Those are great! Brings back memories of what I wished for when I was 12 years old.
- Mike Reynolds