"From flickr. I guess they could also be considered homemade Hydrox cookies. I've never been a fan of Oreos, but these wouldn't last long in my house." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet
Just what's missing with my coffee here, they look fantastic - Mo Kargas
A warm Oreo dipped in Milk sounds great. If you work at an Oreo plant post on this thread. Do they let you eat them straight off the production line? - Franklin Pettit
A friend of mine interviewed at a honey bun plant. The employees could go down to the plant floor and get a warm honey bun anytime they wanted. - Franklin Pettit
Another I'm sharing with the Foods room. yummy for my tummy. ETA - nevermind... :) - Yolanda
If I worked at a place like that, it just wouldn't be good. Warm Oreos...yum. - JMS
What Michael said. There is nothing like sweet tea. - Harvey Simmons
They seem to like it COLD here, ewwwww ;) - Sally Church
Nope, love my coffee though. for me tea is a particular time or feeling. - Rob Diana
That would be tea colored sugar water. Just the thought makes my teeth fall out. :-) - JMS
Hmm... well, since I have the urge now, I better make some Earl Grey before it gets too hot and humid - Michael W. May via twhirl
I enjoy a nice cuppa as much as the next guy, but when it's 103 outside, bring on the ice. In my own defense, I am a regulation southerner, barefoot and everything. - Harvey Simmons
I have a funny story about the differences in American's view of tea. When I was about 6, we lived in the Netherlands for 2 years and our neighbor was from Scotland. My mother cooked dinner for him and his wife and made sweet iced tea. He took one drink, made his horrible face, and said "I'm sorry, but what is this bloody mess?" - Trish Robinson
That is the face I make when I am silly enough to try iced coffee yet again - Michael W. May via twhirl
I'm from the South, so sweet tea is definitely a favorite, but I also love PG Tips w/ a bit of soy milk... The South definitely has more than just sweet tea, if you're in polite company ;) - Jason Carreira
Iced or hot, I like them both. It's cold enough in our building to enjoy hot even in summer. - JMS
Most of the Brits I know are of the same opinion, that Americans haven't quite grasped the concept of tea. It seems like an insignificant point, but is actually an important indicator of the cultural difference. I vaguely remember reading about some European general who came to America during the Revolutionary War, and he was stunned that you couldn't tell American soldiers to just do something, you had to explain WHY they should do it. - Karim
This translates into perhaps less decorum, more mockery of established order, and less understanding of the "proper" ways to do things, such as make tea. (Americans have been known to put milk in the cup AFTERWARDS!) The flip side is, of course, rock music and moon landings. :-) - Karim
@Karim "the "proper" ways to do things" depends in which culture u r in. In japan nobody uses milk in their tea. The tea ceromny is most elobrate of tea thingys :)- - Peter Dawson
I'm content with my iced moca coffee. Thanks though. - David Cook
Karim, milk does go in after ;) and then only in certain types of tea. Oh and I'm not British - Aussie convict here mate. Take directions from some Pommie bastard? Not bloody likely cobber! Yet can still make a decent cuppa :-) - Patricia Hanrahan
LOL ++1 Foster's Lager for Patricia !! - Peter Dawson
Fosters?!?! Strewth mate, that stuff is cats' wee. Be chundering all night on that :-) - Patricia Hanrahan
seems that accent is certainly comeing fr an irish type of convict !! - Peter Dawson
Southern Sweet Tea on a hot fourth of july nothing like it. - Franklin Pettit
and of course this is suppose to be where all the poor people can get their internet from ... or at least that is what I have been told - still haven't seen it happen in our town - Steven Hodson
It is a lot cheaper to check out a book at a library than buy it on Amazon.com. - Michael Tefft
Yes. I just went to the library last weekend. Free books, dvds, internet, Wifi magazines. I can't read anything long form on a screen. - Jason Kaneshiro
100% YES. It's about local community and access to information. Books may wither and die, but libraries will always live on. I spent 3 days working from the downtown San Francisco library on the 5th floor in the study rooms, which were just perfect. Free wifi and quiet place to work. Can't beat it. Plus I happen to technically be a librarian with my MLIS degree from UW. Cataloging FTW! - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
My town's library has great internet and lots of terminals, which I hardly ever see anyone using. - Morton Fox
Yes. I try to take my kids to the library at least once a week. Public libraries can be an important public space and community center. Plus, like others have said, I don't want to buy every book I read, and I do read a lot of books (Luddite, I know). But mainly I think public libraries are an important bastion against the relentless privatization of everything (no more public phones because everyone has a cell phone; no more libraries because everyone has a Kindle, or whatever). - nathan
Just as a contrary example, the terminals whenever I go to the libraries near us are always packed. Lots of people using the free Wifi with their laptops, too. - Jason Kaneshiro
@Morton, yep I was pretty satirical in my reply :)- - Peter Dawson
YES! Libraries now let you renew and reserve books online. Libraries ROCK - Mona N
I love books, the feel of the paper, the original source, the typography. It's the struggle I have with the Kindle, I want the portability, but like music- vinyl was far superior than compressed mp3's, we have taken too many steps backwards sacrificing quality for convenience. May we never lose the love of Books. - Nice Fish Films
Yes. I think they are an extremely important part of our society and community and will be around for years to come (as long as the government doesn't start asking this question) - Justin Korn
Definitely. I use the public library all the time, for books, magazines, DVDs and they have free meeting rooms as well. - Trish Robinson
Just visit a real good library, reserve some books from 16th century, thumb through the parchment. No comparison to a pdf file. But for new books, at least for books that you want to search for information, you're right. My notebook is my library. - benedikt
the internet is great and all but i use the library for music and movie but mostly for audiobooks since until they make them REASONABLE I'm paying that much. I however have stopped going as much due to podcasts but good books and podcasts are two different things. - Cecil Sandus
If libraries were private we'd know right away by looking at the profit/loss statements. Obviously profits would indicate sufficient demand exists over the costs involved. Losses would mean the opposite. Since governments don't calculate, we can expect libraries to be around a lot longer then they should be. - Chris Rossini
I went to the library twice this week to use their computers. - Russellreno
absolutely we need libraries as there is a wealth of information which is only available in the printed-dead tree version. i worked for a number of years moving library's collections- some of these collections are extremely important to maintain. artifacts like leonardo's codex, the original manuscript of tom sawyer deserve to be preserved in a library collection. - Nathan Eckenrode
@Chris I don't agree. Libraries are also about conserving printed cultural heritage. And at the moment there is a strong debate about the concept of a library 2.0 and what this could mean. In my opinion librarians belong to the few professions that really have a grasp of web 2.0. - benedikt
Commenting mostly so my librarian friends will jump all over this. - Jason Toney
Why does everyone ON the internet think everyone ELSE is on the internet and has a computer too? On my street there's only about 6 or 7 homes out of 40 that have computers with internet connections. Wardriving in this neighborhood puts about 1 wifi hotspot on each block if you're lucky. - Adam Turetzky
Um. Yes. We do. I'd be out of a job if we didn't :P Libraries offer so much more than books. Will gather thoughts (rants) together and comment in detail later :-) - Patricia Hanrahan
Throwing some thoughts around on this topic for a future blog post. I love hearing both sides of the coin, thank you all for commenting. - Mike Fruchter
yes, some people can't afford to shop at Borders :-) - Duncan Riley
Absolutely!!! Even with so many resources available via Internet, I still use public libraries nearly every week and periodically use university libraries. I've been fortunate to live in LA & Bay Area last decade plus which have wonderful libraries & resources (great online subscription databases too, can access some from home w/library card). These libraries are heavily used too. Plus, there's the social aspect - kids' story hours, meeting spaces for groups, classes, language tables/classes, etc. - Casey
Libraries will always exist, but nothing will stop them from evolving. - possible248
I was a bit surprised by news someone posted earlier this week mentioning library closures in areas I would have thought to be more supportive. I would think such news (and results) would have negative impact on housing values. I certainly wouldn't want to buy a home in an area that didn't value libraries and their benefits. Would just be a clear indicator to me that I probably wouldn't have much in common on a number of levels with the residents there. - Casey
Oh, and contrary to impression one might have re: such heavy library use, I still spend thousands annually at my local independent bookstores and Amazon (was probably in the first cohort of customers offered free Amazon Prime trial). Guess I'm just an info and ideas junkie. - Casey
Absolutely, positively 100% yes, particularly for children, but also for those on the other side of the digital divide. - AJ Kohn
@Chris Rossini Personally I don't agree with the idea that the value of any institution can be measured in purely financial terms, even theoretically. To me, one of the important things about a library, besides being a repository of information and cultural heritage, is that it's one of the few places left where the public can gather without being expected to spend money on something. - nathan
we could just have big banks of computers for free, and also have some sort of independent library site with servers - Neal Jansons via twhirl
free WIFI spots with comfort are a great public idea... and a library is a shelter. also I'm not sure the publishing industry is ready to give up on paper. - Noah David Simon
@Noah David: I'm not sure if the industry will even be asked. - benedikt
We need libraries but very different to the ones we have today. They should reflect the changing way society consumes content. - Jim Yiapanis
“Despite Shey and Louis Gray talking about writing posts in 20 minutes it always takes me longer. I usually work on posts for days even weeks sometimes.”
Not every post I do takes such a short time. The one I just did was closer to 45 minutes. There's nothing wrong with letting it sit while you get more data. - Louis Gray
@Louis - I just wanted to comment that I think it is great you produce such quality so quickly. Did it take any practice or was it just natural to write that fast? - Franklin Pettit
Franklin, they might take 20mins to write, but I can assure you that the prep time can be a lot longer than that. I might only take <20mins, but I can often be reading or playing with the product for a significant time prior to the actual post - Duncan Riley
Thats a good point Duncan the research time is outside of actual writing time. - Franklin Pettit
For me that was a one time event -- I had the post in my head and wanted to write it during my lunch break since I was gonna be busy that night. +1 Duncan. - Shey
I tend to write quickly, but Duncan is right in that there is time in thinking and gathering data. I just did an interview with Eric, the CEO of Gnip, which was 20-30 minutes in itself, and then making sure I got quotes right and links, etc. Also, articles that have more screenshots or are reviews can take longer. The 20 minute ones are more pontificating or observations than thorough product analysis. - Louis Gray
Loius, Shey, Duncan- , but then again, it depends on what type of blogger one is and their style of blogging. Redmonk was one of the first Analyst who described my style well as an " seeing the emergence of thlinking? thought/linking and embedding." details here http://www.redmonk.com/jgovern... - Peter Dawson
and just to set the prospective.. that post was framed way back in 2005 !! - Peter Dawson
I am actually working on a post that I've been writing for several days now. The thing is that I wonder whether or not the blog post will actually be read by people and considered good writing. I'm still not satisfied with it. - possible248
I have several posts already in the making -- starting out with just jot notes in my FriendFeed room. That way when I'm ready to write, I have all the points I want to make and I can communicate my message with a logical flow. However, not all of those ideas get published for one reason or another. - Shey
Well, that's how most of them are anyway. The Frienderati post was one where I had the points in my head, whereas my rants, I write on the fly. - Shey
If I get on a rant, I tend to write and post pretty quick, but I learned long ago, to be sure to re-read it, as ranting can sometimes sure look silly the next day... - Ian May
“So I have worked quite a while on a blog post. Is it a waste to release it over the weekend? Do you release quality content on the weekend or do you wait until Monday? What do you think?”
When I say quality content I just mean I think it is quality content the blogosphere will ultimately decide. - Franklin Pettit
I write and post when I want, regardless of the blogosphere. If I miss days then so be it. - LPH
I tend to side with LPH to some extent, but in terms of weekends it can be an easier time to gain attention for your content because there's naturally less of it around. I tend to do well on US Sundays because it's my Monday and I write like any normal day. - Duncan Riley
Funny, I always wait until the following Monday or even Tuesday to post things written on the weekend. Mainly because I rarely read my feeds during those days. Also, I find that waiting a couple of days helps with any rewrites that should be done before it is published. - James Hull
http://www.joedawsons.com/feed... I have a lot of images of my family adventures which get uploaded so I wouldn't subscribe if you don't want that fed into GReader! - Joe Dawson
This is my going to bed mark so I know where to start adding feeds in the morning. keep em coming, and anyone reading this, feel free to add as many people as you like - Duncan Riley
Well, it's not all of your friend's friends' activity, but if you click on "See both" under discussion on your friend's profile page, you'll see everything your friend thought was interesting from his or her friends. - Mark Trapp
It would be cool to aggregate all my friends' discussion entries on to one page. Wait..that would be the Friends tab... - Hao Chen
Not sure if this was clear. I want to see only Friend of a Friend Stuff on a per user basis. It would though be great to have a separate Friend of Friends Tab showing all the FOAF stuff in one place. - Franklin Pettit
This is crap. Cycling is more than hard to be a fan of. I think I am done. - Franklin Pettit via Bookmarklet
they should flip the rules- and allow drugs in cycling- in fact have a segment before the race showing everyone lined up to get their shots. - Nathan Eckenrode
I am not sure what the answer to drugs is. But they can not solve their problems. They have been struggling with this for close to a decade. They have had more than enough time to figure it out. Plus I am not sure that their test are always conclusive. I still am not convinced Floyd Landis did anything wrong a few years ago. - Franklin Pettit
Don't know what the answer is honestly. A friend suggested to have 2 Tours, one where you could take any drugs you wanted, and one where you can't (don't know how that is going to ban the cheaters tough), but something has to happen at some point. I'm loosing interest in cycling every day... - Marc Dierens
it is a problem in all sports at all levels unfortunately - its a follow the money and glory issue, sacrificing tomorrow's health for today's success - mike "glemak" dunn
This is crap. What a freaking ridiculous sport. I have tried to be a fan. The Tour de France is an amazing event. This freaking drama is ridiculous. First the best riders don't get to participate in Astana and now the most exciting thing about this years tour Ricco is gone. I am finished with cycling. Geez! - Franklin Pettit
