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Russia: Poland risks NUCLEAR attack because of US missiles
August 15 at 1:26 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
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LivePlace shows off graphics in the cloud : [Jason Preston]
August 15 at 9:18 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Wow! 3D world, completely rendered server-side. Beautiful! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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August 15 at 7:22 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"I love to take a bath in a casket..." Hah! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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Dave Winer posted a message
“BofA bill pay is the most aggravating piece of software ever”
August 13 at 8:46 pm - Link
I manage three accounts through their website, and for two of them I can find the automatic payments I have set up and change them, but for the other, nothing I click on gets me the list much less lets me change them. Makes me wish Google would do online banking, I'd switch in a heartbeat. - Dave Winer
Would you trust Google with your financial/banking info, though? I'd have to think about it a little bit first. Is that too much information in one spot? - Rick Castello
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I worked for BoA for years doing UX stuff ... the multi-account aspect of Bill Pay is definitely one of the more challenging pieces of it. That said, I think it's a bit over the top to call it the *most* aggravating piece of software ever ;) - Clay Newton
After I solve this problem it'll probably seem silly. But tomorrow I'm going to call their tech support people, and if I remember correctly that'll take five calls, each time explaining who I am and then being told how I didn't get it right (they have names for every kind of customer that make no sense to this customer). I want to just change one number. And feeling so out of control with my own money is pretty aggravating. - Dave Winer
I use BofA bill pay all the time and haven't found any issues with it. It's fairly fast-moving, the UI is decent, and I haven't encountered any errors or noticeable bugs. - Nathaniel Payne
If you want to stay sane, I would try to avoid the tech support... I seriously would try to help, but I have avoided the multi-account thing myself! Good luck and I hope you work it out. - Clay Newton
Go to Citibank. Much easier. - Andy Wibbels
Bravos, Dave! Chase keeps telling me at sign in that they don't recognize my computer. They require me to get a code via email or phone. Enter the code and password and I'm in. Here's the thing, my signs on are 90% from the same computer, the same ip, the same freakin browser. Tech support once told me "Yeah, but you are not signing in 100% of the time from the same computer" - Dave Martin
Need a Citibank or Wachovia app on my iPhone. =) - Ernie Oporto
Get out of BoA as soon as possible. Was a damn nightmare when I actively used them. They nearly destroyed my credit rating due to an error in their system. - James Mowery via twhirl
Well, I called them at 7AM, and it was a bit of a struggle, but they showed me how to do it. I wrote down the instructions and put it in a place where I will trip over them next time this happens. Whew! - Dave Winer
Totally agree. I despise their online experience. AND California and WA. are not linked too. It's like two completely separate banks. BofA is up there on my list of most hated companies I seem to HAVE to do business with... - Ryan
I think it sucks that BofA charges non BofA customers the highest ATM useage fees I've seen regularly. Yesterday they charged me $3 to use the ATM. I'd think I was in a casino or something. These days I avoid BofA ATMs whenever I can. Other banks seem to charge less more like $1.50 to $2. If I have a choice in ATMs I'll always avoid BofA if possible. - Thomas Hawk
I've used their bill pay exclusively for years and haven't had any issues. My biggest complaint is that I can't set when I want to mail the check. Rather I only have the option of when I want it to "arrive." - Bill Sanders
Just posted on this topic: http://bit.ly/26R8Qi - Dave Winer
sheesh, thomas, use a bofa debit card overseas, 3% of the purchase, off the top, atm, 1% ... they are crooks, my local bank has much better service and rates - gregory lent
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August 11 at 6:12 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
*swoon* x 100 - Mo Kargas
Main Link: http://www.linkinn.com/_Her_ey... - Mahdi Ebrahimi
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The Tire-Gauge Solution: No Joke - TIME
August 7 at 12:50 pm - Link
My least favorite part about politics - that well-crafted spin often defeats wisdom, intelligence, math, and science, because the majority of Americans are STUPID. - Rick Castello
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Obama's response to Repubs making fun of his tire pressure comments
Obama's response to Repubs making fun of his tire pressure comments
August 7 at 12:30 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Classic: "They need to do their homework - it's like they take pride in being ignorant!" - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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The Tire-Gauge Solution: No Joke - TIME
August 7 at 12:15 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
My least favorite part about politics - that well-crafted spin often defeats wisdom, intelligence, math, and science, because the majority of Americans are STUPID. - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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Total solar eclipse of 2008 - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Total solar eclipse of 2008 - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Total solar eclipse of 2008 - The Big Picture - Boston.com
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August 6 at 5:27 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
On August 1st, 2008, starting in the morning, over northern Canada, observers on Earth could watch this years only total solar eclipse. While a partial eclipse could be seen over a larger area, the shadow of totality passed over Greenland, Norway and Russia, then evaporated into the night sky over China. Here you will find a collection of photographs of this eclipse, and people here on Earth, taking it all in. - Mahdi Ebrahimi via Bookmarklet
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Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
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Ha! - Steve Rubel via Bookmarklet
Bwa Ha Ha! I love it! - Mark Dykeman
Ya know, he created Superman. - Haggis (Sean)
Gore-El? - Andy Roth
Looks like he's putting his kid on the bbq. - Barak B
That belly deserves it's own credits - Michael W. May (Joffi) via twhirl
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iPhone SIM DUN Access Solved!
July 21 at 10:19 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Freaking awesome - nearly there - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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iToner - Make your own iPhone ringtones!
July 11 at 10:36 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
$15 shareware, but much better than $2 per limited songs from Apple... - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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July 3 at 11:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Pretty spiffy - shrinks Firefox tab widths down to the size of the favicon. - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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Capture power with your curtains - CNN.com
July 3 at 9:47 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Flexible solar textiles - WAY cool! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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GOOD Magazine | Blog - Breaking News About Mars!
June 26 at 2:07 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Mmmmm. Chocolate! - Rick Castello via Bookmarklet
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“Holy crap... Just heard from NASA folks that they have their first analysis of the soil dug up by Phoenix on Mars shows it is fertile for life not a million years ago, but NOW... In other words, if you put some Mars soil in a pot and put a seed in, a plant would grow... Interesting...”
June 26 at 12:59 pm - Link
Do you have a source for this yet? Or is this breaking? - Mark Trapp
Link to another post: http://friendfeed.com/e/fb96d2... - Jordan Hofker
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@Mark... Just an E-mail from one of my NASA contacts, but I see the news is out on the wires as well and that aforementioned feed.... - Chris Reed
I want my killer tomatoes and I want them NOW! - Kevin D. White
Far out. Huge headlines coming! - Charlie Anzman
what should we grow first? - Alan Cheslow
nice - Mitchell Tsai
Yea, they called it "friendly" soil! you could grow Asparagus...but the environment is too hostile for growth, despite the pH 8 soil!! wow....wow ... wow! Check out this tweet --> http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix... - Susan Beebe
in other articles they are calling it 'asparagus soil' because the minerals and pH would grow some great spears! - Nancy Babyak via twhirl
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AFL-CIO Endorses Barack
June 26 at 12:50 pm - Link
Unions suck - Jeff Quinton
If it were not for unions, many people would still have feudal working conditions—read the history of the U.S. from a worker's POV and you may change your mind. - Cathryn Hrudicka
Unions may have had their place at one time, but generally now they're nothing but corrupt bureaucracies themselves. - Jeff Quinton
It's a Union - dang - and there I thought the Australian Football League (www.afl.com.au) had taken a side (it's the world's greatest game!) - Aussie -> - Craig Thomler
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Apple's Mysterious Shipment
May 24 at 11:30 am - Link
I'm going to put that picture in a frame, you know. "Here's when you were on the boat coming to Mommy, little iPhone." - Cyndy
Dang, I'm so excited. The atmosphere is always so electric before a Mac conference. Dear Mr. Jobs, I have the money, do you have the stuff? - Geoff Schultz
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Barack The Vote: Baratunde Thurston posted a link
Is Barack Obama a Muslim?
May 23 at 3:44 pm - Link
please share this website with all those doubters. it offers a very concise answer - Baratunde Thurston
Karoli blogged it - http://tinyurl.com/5nx5l2 - Michael W. May (Joffi)
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Steve Ballmer Gets Egged in Hungary
May 19 at 12:01 pm - Link
i shouldn't like it because it is kind of low to throw eggs at people (i would never do it), but it is kind of funny. - Chris Harris
Though I would like to see egg on the face of Steve Ballmer and Microsoft, this act should be condemned. Violence, in any form, should be condemned. Microsoft's and Ballmer's butt should be kicked on the business and technological innovation turf. This is insane. - Krishnan Hussein Subraman
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“cant believe twitter is down AGAIN!”
May 19 at 1:48 pm - Link
More like "wow, twitter was up for a day over the weekend." - Trevor Lee
Maybe it's an odd marketing move? - Kevin Severud
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But then I suppose that would require a business model... - Kevin Severud
It's like a freaky girlfriend who flakes out simply so you miss her. - Trevor Lee
count on it happening weekly from here on out - Jason Kaneshiro
I am slowly giving up on twitter. Waiting for a Firefox plugin for Friendfeed like Twitterfox. - Krishnan Hussein Subraman
Hmmm I don't like Twitter being down again. Oh well, at least I have more time now so I can actually work. - Rosana Kooymans
why do you seem so surprised and disappointed? Twitter has scorched their public trust; customers are no longer in shock - they are used to regular outages and spotty service (that you can count on) - Susan Beebe
I have to concur with Susan on this one. - Mathew A. Koeneker
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Kevin Fox posted a message
“Anyone here used both a Kindle and Sony Reader a fair amount? Any comparisons to share?”
May 18 at 1:48 pm - Link
I haven't used either, but I can heartily recommend the GamePark GP2X-F200 - Slippy Lane
I've thought of getting the Reader, and I already have a Kindle. I've heard rumors the next Kindle will be more like the Reader, so I'm waiting for that. Other than industrial design, my biggest feature wish is a comprehensive set of travel guides. - Chris White
I have a Kindle and have not used a Sony Reader, but I can tell you the wireless is a key feature. - Scott Ludwig
I've been reading ebooks on an old Sony PDA for a while now, but I'm looking forward to the iPhone 2.0 which is IMHO a better size and weight for reading ebooks than either the Kindle or Sony, which are a bit too bulky and heavy - especially for curling up in bed or slipping into a pocket. It'll have wireless like the Kindle, but for the same price (or less) it'll also do phone and music and movies and apps... - Rick Castello
Kindle FTW. - The Dude Abides
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