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Love the tux! - Mike Fruchter

I can see the Louis sense of humor coming through - anna

Louis, now that you have twins, I bet you can't imagine just having one, eh? My daughter is scared to death of having twins. I'll have to show her these pictures. :) - Dawn

Just too cute for words. Love them all dressed up. I'm bummed I can't see the dress up shoes though. Little baby shoes are darling. - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

Does he actually sit there so sweetly and let you drape noodles on his noggin? Also, I love the recurring bow-tie theme. So courtly for a young man! - colleen wainwright

Colleen, he let me put the string cheese on his head with no problems. Matthew is very mellow. :) And pea, if you want to see baby shoes, try here: http://friendfeed.com/louisgr... - Louis Gray

I especially love the photos of the twins walking all over you. - Maggie

Awesome photos! - Trish R

amazing - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

Wonderful! - Anika Malone

Nawce! Happy 4th, Carlitos! :-)) - Anna Haro

Thanks! it was my daughter's first real show. we camped out at a friend of a friend's front yard right across the street from the park that held the display. we got lucky. getting into the park was impossible. - Carlos Ayala

Now those are some gorgeous pictures. - Sean

@Carlos where were you for these? we were at miami springs... heh - /Users/mjc

@mjc Dewey Boster park in Orange Ctiy / Deltona Fl. - Carlos Ayala

ah. visiting? or was I just confused in thinking you lived in miami... - /Users/mjc

no, i live in the next town over approx. 5 minutes or less from my house. - Carlos Ayala

ah. yeah I dunno where I pulled "carlos lives in miami" from then. - /Users/mjc

@Carlos: for future reference... which type of lens did you use to take these? - Harold

@Harold this series was shot using a Sigma 17-70mm on a canon xti. this is basically my walk around lens. - Carlos Ayala

@Carlos... thanks - Harold

Beautiful photos! - Abby Martin

Very cool - M F

Hi Sarah! We tried to get Audrey to play the piano at my parents' house this weekend but the sounds scared her and she cried. :/ - Rochelle

both! - pea ♥ fierce as a woozle

She seems more interested in BasketBall than Piano. - Matt

How about an AudioBoo clip :-) - Don Bonaddio

Reminds me of a line from a John Hiatt song: "She is beautiful, she is small/She don't want to play basketball" - Joe Bonner via fftogo

This is what Sarah and I were doing after escaping from sacrament meeting. She got fidgety, so we wandered around the church. Some of you can no doubt relate. - Louis Gray

both, definitely!! or defiantly? - Carlos Ayala

Sarah looks like she's choosing both, so I'll leave it in her soon-to-be capable hands! - MiniMage (FakeLifePerson)

Why does she have to choose? She can have it all, baby! LOL - Sheryl

That's a child prodigy in the making! - Mike Fruchter

I like drew's answer. - Alex Scoble

That looks like the Relief Society room. We usually just go out to the car and sleep when that happens. :-) - Jesse Stay

Both. I just turned 20 and wish I learned piano growing up, if only just to be the groundwork to my current musical talents. At the same time, I was never huge on basketball growing up, even though I played, yet I have been playing every day the past week with friends. - Daniel Zarick

Louis, if we ever move out there Rebecca will be happy to teach the Twins piano - she is now going on child #3 of ours at the piano. I can't say the same for basketball though unfortunately. - Jesse Stay

In 10 years -- as you're trying to sleep -- would you rather hear the bouncing of a basketball or piano music? - Robert DeBord

I <3 FriendFeed Real-Time search - it lets me see Twitter Fail, as it happens - Jesse Stay

Thanks for the heads up. BTW, here is the retweet from the SPAM account: RT @SPAM If someone you just KNOW isn't a spammer is suspended right now, their account is prob contaminated and we're fixing it. - RAD Moose

I'm glad about the real spammos being zapped, but sure is odd they have to temporarily suspend bona fide accounts in droves!!! Thanks for staying on top of this Jesse. Where is Mashable when we need them?? Nothing from Pete et al yet... - Mari Smith

Hopefully it will get rid of all those Kathy34982s and Elisa9867s - Carlton

they're suspending legit accts, but the bots and spammers aren't getting banned the way they need to. - Dawn S. Lambe

I have gotten a lot of spam followers in the past few weeks. - John

My account was suspended for some reason. Awhile ago I had some duplicate posts due to wayward drupal module however for some reason it was suspended in the last 4 hours. I was using twollow and was following "online marketing" so that I could learn more from people discussing online marketing. Could this have caused it? I sent in a support request so we will see what happens. - Brian Kenyon via iPod

FYI I'm going to update the post but that message from @spam is from May 30 - it appears that Twitter does not yet know about this one - Jesse Stay via iPhone

I got suspended and I am not spam! A lot of good Tweets are getting suspended. - Kimber Scott

Un-oh. Why do they say they are doing it? - Francine Hardaway

4chan is currently to blame, they were trying to get on the top of trending topics (and succeeded) - /Users/mjc

Michael, I'm wondering if it happened for some reason due to that. Maybe Twitter got trigger happy to kill the attack. - Jesse Stay

Doesn't necessarily make sense. If the problem is the gorilla anatomy thing, wouldn't they just go after those accounts? - John E. Bredehoft via fftogo

John, has Twitter ever made sense? - Jesse Stay

"There seems to be a wave of suspensions going around Twitter today, and it’s turning quickly into an echo chamber of confusion and frustration. We’ve received several tips (the first one being from Mashable guest writer Matt Singley) that a range of users are being taken down, including some with large followings such as @marismith and the LA Times Top of the Ticket account." http://mashable.com/2009... - Kimber Scott

Kimber, check out the comments on my post - you'll see there are many more. Also check out the real-time stream and you'll see people complain real-time. - Jesse Stay

They suspend @marismith but not @GangbangGirl @cumcandy & @kellikanyon. That's rich - Peggy Dolane

Yes, Jesse, I saw the stream and the other comments. My Twitter account is working again. Thank goodness. - Kimber Scott via email

I didn't get suspended. Glad in a way, but not sure I care about it. I don't bother with twitter much anymore. I'm mainly here on friendfeed now. - Jannifer Stoddard

I like it here on FriendFeed. I like the features and the fact you can have a real conversation. Besides, I feel very distrustful of Twitter now. - Kimber Scott via email

I'm an HPC... sadly it means I'm outdated the moment I'm created ;) - alphaxion

I'm a netbook - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

I'm a ZX Spectrum 48K - Martin Bryant

I'm a Commodore 64 Laptop! http://ff.im/4NQS9 - Tim Hoeck

I'm an old keyboard that's been kicked to the curb down by the river. - imabonehead

Commodore 64 FTW! Although I refuse to admit I'm a machine. Even though under some definitions, I am one. But I am my own user! - Victor Ganata

I'm a ramdisk. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

I'm a SPARCstation. - DGentry

I'm an abacus. What are you people talking about? - Brett Kelly via iPhone

I'm Blue Gene II - angrykeyboarder™ (Scott)

I'm 90% Mac, 9% netbook and 1% PC. - Joey Gibson

I'm a server with several VMs running atop a hypervisor - LANjackal

I'm an iPhone, cuz I roll in people's pockets. Er, wait. - David Chartier via iPhone

I'm an IBM electric typewriter. - Chris Charabaruk '_'

I'm a Mac with integration ability. :) That, or a TI-83. - Heather

I'm a mechanical typewriter. - Mellissa Doyle

I'm an old Street Fighter II arcade system cause I enjoy young teenage boys giving me quarters to handle my joystick in a rough manner... - Johnny Worthington via iPhone

50% PC (work), 35% iPhone, 15% Mac. Most of what I can do on either computer, I can do on my iPhone, particularly in terms of content consumption. - Brett Kelly via iPhone

i'm an S/390 with a cooling problem. - Dead Silence

I'm an abacus. Way too older :( - Burcu Dogan

Johnny.... o_O - Alix Whitmire ☂

I'm a veggie burger. - Mike Reynolds

1000111001010011? - ☠ Tyler Gillies ☠

I'm post digital. - Thom Kennon

is "post digital" analog? - ☠ Tyler Gillies ☠

it's more "postlog"... - Thom Kennon

Postlog? After you've been to the bathroom? - Mellissa Doyle

I'm Rodfather. Devices are tools. Y'all are tools ;) - Rodfather

@Johnny 1UP - /Users/mjc

People are tools - ☠ Tyler Gillies ☠

Tweet Deck currently - David Damore

Tweetie. TweetDeck would be great if it didn't crash non-stop. - Robert DeBord

WOW Carlos, AMAZING stuff here -- best firework captures I've seen in a while! - Nicholas Kreidberg

Very nice, Carlos! - Scotty Perkins

Great Fireworks pictures:) - Rob Cairns

great shots - (jeff)isageek

I agree...if the device is that beautiful and at that price point, it's too hard to pass up. - Craig Eddy

Definitely. Its a beautiful piece of equipment. I dont have a netbook or a laptop. Just my trusty EEEbox which doesnt take up any space, but there is times, id like to still be on the sofa and check something quickly or surf while im waiting for a program to come on, or the girlfriend to bring me my dinner. :) - Giraffes Up in The Air

This is nice. @dezertsnow, check this out. Do you wanna? ",) - jan geronimo

yeah it looks nice in that picture but what is it ? from what i have read so far its just a browser on a touch screen . No OS, No storage, has anyone seen this thing running yet? how will it be better than a netbook? or even an ipod touch? - tony bland

Tony, the post should explain. It's a Web tablet. No hard drive. No keyboard. No apps to slow it down. Just a browser. Supports Flash, unlike the iPhone. - Louis Gray

yeah thanks Louis i got that, i'm just eager to know more. - tony bland

It's only a rough 3D rendering. Long way to go baby. - ĐS†Λ

if they manage to produce a product that looks like the render and also is cheap then it will do well. however if apple join the party all bets are off. Also the render looks little like a large iphone/touch so they need to get to market first. - Darren Stuart

I just don't know anyone who DOESN'T want one of these. - Jolie O'Dell

very cool... I'm amazed they followed through, should be nice! - Tim Hoeck

Total cloud computing. No apps or storage to slow it down. I assume since it boots from the web, that no internet, no go (may be a big downside). I wish I had one of these a few years ago on my travels. Very keen to see when it comes out. - Alistair

that's a good point Alistair with out an internet connection this thing is just an expensive tray, cant see this beating netbooks or iphones any time soon. - tony bland

Good Blog Thanks. - John D Reasor

It still has some computing power built into it. I'm sure it'll be hackable for other uses. I'm sure Arrington will decry that, too. - Darren Landrum

Interesting NY Times coverage (showing NY Times being displayed) - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009... - this is something that it seems inconcievable for Arrington to pull off on his own - no doubt he needs powerful partners (or purchasers) -- could it be that the Times is involved? - Brian Sullivan

@ Brian Sullivan I think you may have something there, though it wouldn't be necessary. It is probably sufficent to get the NYT to do a story by just showing their webpage on the CrunchPad Demo. - Phil Boiarski

The only reason this doesn't flat out kick the kindles ass from here to the VFW at the edge of town is the lack of eInk. Because the eInk only needs power when it changes it's sick on battery life. Like years or something between charges. - Matthew DeVries

I think Tablet Computing is the future, but this device seems really crippled. - Tad, Anti-Immanentizer

I don't disagree with that Tad, but isn't this just an eBook reader with some tablety potential? I don't think it's going for a tablet price point. - Matthew DeVries

It's not an eBook reader, though. It's just a web browser. You won't be buying books and reading them on this or even viewing your PDFs on it. - Tad, Anti-Immanentizer

Yeah, you're right Tad. I was going off an old article I read where this was supposed to go after the Kindle, not the fabled apple tablet or the Android tablets that are in the pipe. - Matthew DeVries

I do think, though, that the upcoming tablet computers WILL be used as e-readers. But e-reading will just be a small bit of what they'll be used for. - Tad, Anti-Immanentizer

cool pic. you live on an estate? - BEX

Estate? HAHA. No. We rent my in-law's house that's on just under an acre of land. - Jason Huebel

I'll post a panorama of the house shortly. BRB. :-) - Jason Huebel

It came out good! I was just making one too, but with regular shots. Same concept. Auto Stitch is great though - Michael Fidler

The panorama above was with my back to the house. Here's the house: http://friendfeed.com/jhuebel... - Jason Huebel

It's a wonderful program and it can generation panoramas from dozens of photos and they dont have to be all lined up, you can even do grid. Here are some inspiring ones - http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Mark Interrante

I've been using Hugin ( http://www.wireheadarts.com/blog... ) Same algorithm, more tweakibility - Wirehead

I must buy this app. - Mike Fruchter

Looks pretty cool - /Users/mitch/

I heard Leo talking about this app the other day. One tip he gave for using any panoramic app is to try to rote the camera, not yourself. IOW, If you are holding the camera at arm's length, try to just rotate the camera, instead of you turning. This will reduce the amount of parallax shifts. At some point you have to get out of the way, but a tripod will yield better results. - Joey Gibson

idk if I'd pay for a mobile app that does what a free app on my PC can easily do ... - LANjackal

Well if you are away for a computer and want to post a wide shot, this does the trick. I used it quite a bit today. - Jason Huebel via iPhone

Great app, just bought it and tested it out. Looking forward to using this. http://friendfeed.com/fruchte... - Mike Fruchter

Only the one about gorillas is mystifying to me. - Stephen Mack via iPhone

this came across from @streko bit.ly/53RIJI - sam via twhirl

Stephen, much of what I have seen is very racist. Some of the avatars have swastikas. Kid you not. - Louis Gray

Looks like someone's gotten a bot to manipulate the system. - Jesse Stay

As Sam already pointed out above, @streko tweeted a link that explains what has happened: http://bit.ly/11pumZ - Gordon Saunders

I don't get it, what tool are you using? I'm seeing Miley Cyrus as the top trender - Matthew DeVries

Matthew, it looks like it's fixed now. Check out the link from Gordon for a screenshot from earlier. - Rochelle

Which one? No reply necessary. - Michael Fidler

I've come to mostly ignore the trending topics. They are very rarely the "trending" topic of the people I follow, and even more rarely a topic that I even care to divulge into. - Daniel Zarick

Louis, I saw that too. More colossal immaturity from 4chan. - Stephen Mack via iPhone

There has to be a better mechanism put into in place for the trending topics, it's way to easy to game. - Mike Fruchter