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I liked it, so I finally put a ring on it. - http://pikchur.com/Fz2
Paul, Renchin(Reina)Wang, Victor Ganata and 139 other people liked this
Congratulations!! (if I am interpreting this correctly)
- joey
Yeah. LOL. I just made it official, like in the Thriller video...except that I didn't turn into a werewolf and chase her through the woods....
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Congrats!!
- Chrimmus Tad
Congratulations Sheen.
- Tsega Dinka
congrats
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Congratulations to you both!
- WorldofHiglet
Congrats!!!
- RAPatton
from iPhone
Very good, my dear Rah!
- Derrick
Super wonderful congrats to you both!!1
- Helen Sventitsky
Congrats, Rah!
- Pete Delucchi
Congrats to both of you, Rah!
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
Congratulations!
- Spidra Webster
Congratulations!!!
- Michael Fidler
Congratulations, Rah!
- Micah Wittman
Congrats Rahsheen!
- Hutch Carpenter
Congrats to both of you!
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Way to go Rah! Congratulations!
- Steve
Nice work.
- Louis Gray
Awesome... don't know her from Eve... But from what I've gleaned from you online. She's got a good guy. Congrats!
- SAM
Congrats!
- imabonehead
congrats then :)
- webosapien (Burcu Tüzün)
Congratulations man :)
- LANjackal
Congratulations, Rah! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations!
- Anne Bouey
Congratulations! ^__^
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
"it" ? ;) Congratulations though !
- Thomas Bøhm
*wonders if he should put on leotards, a metallic hand and run up the wall...* Congrats man!
- Johnny Worthington
Congrats man!!!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Congratulations!! :)
- Emma
Congrats!
- Laura Lou Who
ویدا بیا برات حلقه ازدواج خریده دوستت :))
- Mil∂d
congratulations to you and, um, "it" ;)
- Call me Bronco
Congrats!
- jbrotherlove
Congratulations, dude!
- Daniel B. Honigman
Woohoo! Congratulations!
- Ladybug Heather
Congratulations !!!
- Eric Logan
yay!
- esther ♥ ♫
Congrats!
- Shevonne
Congratulations! :)
- JA Castillo
Congrats. :)
- Kevin Winn
Congrats!
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
میلاد :)))))))))))) انگشترش رو دوست نداشتم نامزدی رو به هم زدم :دی
- Viva Vida
Oh that's awesome!! Congrats!
- Nurse Katie
Congrats!
- anna sauce
buahahaa!! you stoopid.
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
Yay! Congratulations!!
- Yolanda
Congrats, happy for you Rahsheen!!!
- YoYo_P
Congrats, Rahsheen!!!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from iPhone
Congrats :)
- Rodfather
Not fair that the lady gets to wear a fancy ring before we even do the church thing. What's the point of being engaged if you can't flaunt it? LOL. Thanks everyone :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Woot! Congrats. :)
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
from iPhone
Congrats! That's fantastic news...!
- sean808080
Congratulations! Welcome to the ranks of those of us promised and intended to the love of our lives =) Aloha!
- Arleen Anderson
woohoo! congrats!
- Leslie Poston
Congrats, Young Sheen!
- Bryan R. Adams
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :)
- Susan Beebe
congrats and good luck! :)
- Tim Hoeck
Alright, Rah! Happiest best wishes to you both!
- Ayşe E.
Congrats!
- xero
Congratulations, Rahsheen and Trail!
- Admiral Anika
Congrats Rah!
- Justin Korn
woooooo hooooo!
- metalerik
CONGRATS MAN!
- AJ Batac
So very nice. Congratulations!
- Martha
Hey, I just now saw this! Congrats to both!!!
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Congrats!
- Nicholas James
Congratulations!!
- Erica Thompson Briggs
CONGRATS!!!
- David Cook
Congratulations!!
- Harold
Congratulations, Rahsheen! I had a similar thought for Harold when he gave me my ring: "Gee, kind of unfair the guy doesn't get to wear something too until the wedding."
- Kamilah Gill
Congratulations!
- Tracy Benham
Way to go... May you have a wonderful life together.
- Mitchell Tsai
bump.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
bump^2
- imabonehead
A Possible Answer to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? - http://www.wooliebees.com/saveyou...
Dave Q, Maggie, Bruce Johnson and 5 other people liked this
There are ghosts in my Gmail theme. - http://skitch.com/cgranie...
Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie), Simon Wicks, Lim Chee Aun and 27 other people liked this
If you use the Gmail theme "Tea House" you may not have noticed that, late at night, the ghosts come out to play. Have you found any other easter eggs in Gmail's themes?
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
from Bookmarklet
Whoa. I use that theme on one of my accounts, but I never use that account at night.
- Admiral Anika
haha. Love Easter Eggs. Thanks for pointing that out. Like Anika I never use that account at night. BUT I do like how the solar system rotates on my Gmail Theme throughout the day. Very fine. :)
- Melanie Reed
LoL
- TheHenry
Awesome find Alessandro. Thanks.
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
I'm watching. Right now, the little fox is having dinner. :)
- Admiral Anika
Apparently, it happens at 3:14am
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
from IM
Okay then. I'll have to live with the screen shot. :)
- Admiral Anika
@Anika, check out Alessandro's link. It has a bunch of additional info on Google's theme easter eggs - and pics!
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
coool
- Zafarali
That's supposed to happen as well in the same iGoogle theme but I have the impression that that only works in America as I have never managed to see that in the iGoogle page, which is pretty disappointing. The rest of the world do like those Eastern Eggs in the Google themes, not that I have waited at night to see it (I'm lying on this) but if you, for whatever reason (playing Sudoku), are still up you should be able to watch and enjoy it in the same way as an American. Shame on you Larry and Sergey. ;)
- Cibeles
I use this theme, and i have never noticed. :)
- Simon Wicks
In Singapore, I can also see some. Like in the Phantasea theme, usually water is deep blue, but when getting late (2200pm i guess), it will become purple. and deep in the night( 3 or 4 AM, not sure, because usually never bother to look at clock at that time) it will be like bloody red.
- Kloan Zh
Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid - http://science.slashdot.org/story...
Dave Q, Laurentiu, İbrahim Uzun [ j ] and 23 other people liked this
What was I saying?
- Leo Laporte
ruh roh
- Garmon Estes
is this really news?
- paul kinsey
For many it seems to be a bit longer lasting...
- Brian Kelley
from PeopleBrowsr
Brian: Hopefully not more than four hours.
- Eric Geller
That's because all the blood goes somewhere else...
- David Semeria
doesn't surprise me one bit
- Bryce Campbell
+1 Eric
- Herb Hernandez
Nope.
- Zachary TG
Dang
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
true
- echostreamer
Just cut to the chase. When you meet a pretty lady, just buy her a car on the spot and skip all the whining.
- Stan Augustyniewicz
I love how research dollars are being spent to confirm things everyone already knows. Next up: New Study Confirms Scientists Crave Validaton... Aren't there diseases to cure and stuff?
- Shannon Paul
from FreshFeed
Well, that explains a lot ... I married one 46 years ago! Now I have a comeback!!
- Don Smith
Bah! I knew it all along. I can't talk in the presence of an attractive woman.
- Faraz Mullick
No surprise there!
- Riel Roussopoulos
Wow Don! I m in a soup if it gonna take that long... ;)
- Rahul Deodhar
Temporarily?
- tom murphy
YikeBike - The world's first super light electric folding bike. | Urban Freedom - http://yikebike.com/
Dave Q, Fergal Barry, François Dongier and 3 other people liked this
I want!!!
- Leo Laporte
Check out what the singer of the jingle in the video does with a loaf of bread in her music video - http://www.herasings.com/videos...
- abbad0n
RE: YikeBike folding electric bike. Really like idea…it doesn't look safe. Need to be sold on safety.
- Fergal Barry
How do you like this e-mail signature? Every employee. Every e-mail. Think this company gets social media?
Nicholas James, dennisfa, Dave Q and 125 other people liked this
Disclaimer: Emulex is a client of Paladin Advisors Group, where I am GM of New Media (or whatever title I have these days)
- Louis Gray
All those links in every e-mail are clickable, by the way. The B is for the main blog page.
- Louis Gray
what's the last logo? oh... heh.
- Jim Is Not Smart
You can see all these logos on their Web site in the bottom right corner as well: http://www.emulex.com/
- Louis Gray
Including replies? because I really can't stand full signatures on email replies. If there's a lot of back and forth, the signature just adds clutter and gets in the way of the content. I like it on the first email in the exchange and then a perhaps a shortened version thereafter.
- pea
Pea, I think that depends on the user's Outlook settings. It is optional.
- Louis Gray
But in terms of getting the message across that this company is connected, yes, this setup certainly makes that very clear.
- pea
Oh if only Gmail allowed some HTMLy signatures! :(
- Travis Koger
GMail receives the sig just fine. Tested there and .Mac and Outlook.
- Louis Gray
So in other words, they don't "get" e-mail? :)
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
If I saw an email signature like this, I'd click on all of the links just to see how active they are. Some people have all these accounts but aren't active, so what's the point? But of course this doesn't apply to you Louis. I'm just saying in general.
- Violet Mae Lim
Violet, these are active. I promise. :)
- Louis Gray
If that company were REALLY into Social Media, it would have just one link, to your Google Profile: http://www.google.com/profile... ;-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert, why show favoritism to Google? There's little actual social happening there so far.
- LogEx
But why make them click twice? That would just annoy me. EDIT: Also, I could maybe understand if the company didn't have its own site, but it does, why send them away from their own home on the web and give Google all that traffic?
- pea
Logical: I'm just having some fun with Louis. I personally hate tons of icons on things. So complicated. How do I pick? ;-)
- Robert Scoble
At some point, will you discuss the Paladin Advisor's Group more fully?
- DGentry
Louis: Looks nice! Looks better than my typical signature where I just have a link to my website and then a link to http://www.travishartwell.net/blog... that lists on my online accounts.
- Travis B. Hartwell
snazzy!
- Mark Essel
Robert has a free pass to tease or criticize anything I do. It's 100% fair game. I think Google Profiles aren't known well for folks to click through to yet. That said, Robert, bring it on. Here's the company's profile: http://www.google.com/profile...
- Louis Gray
And DGentry, yes, we can talk about Paladin soon. Promise.
- Louis Gray
Louis, I'm curious about the rationale for putting the Twitter link above the company website in the Google Profile?
- LogEx
LE: None. That's been fixed. :) Probably not thinking too much about it.
- Louis Gray
Logical: Twitter is the new website.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, now I know you're joking!
- LogEx
Logical: actually I was joking about the Google Profile thing, not kidding about the Twitter thing.
- Robert Scoble
Robert... after all you've said about Twitter and the fragility of SNS relative to your own brand?
- LogEx
Yeah, but where's your email address? LOL
- David Libby
Didn't you hear....E-Mail is Dead!
- Owen Greaves
I wish gMail supported HTML signatures. Been wanting to do something like this for years.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
you can do html in gmail, with a firefox plugin Blank Canvas http://blankcanvasweb.com/pages...
- Robert Higgins
Yes, e-mail is dead. It is also required in order to create an account on how many Web sites!?! I think I was required to link my OpenID account to an e-mail address. So much for Identitiy 2.0....
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Looks sharp imho.
- Rob Schieber
what, no My Space link?
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Louis - I like the links on the home page, but EVERY employee gets that? I can tell you that lots of storage people are going to be scared by all of the "interwebs" stuff. I <3 the Emulex guys and know they're trying to update their image, but I'd think that most of them have bigger issues that learning to explain what FriendFeed and SlideShare are when people look at them funny.
- Stuart Miniman
Stu, I think I should use the word "optional". It's optional to everyone and every e-mail. And it's fine if some conservative industries aren't ready yet. It's time to shake it up.
- Louis Gray
Is it using Wisestamp? Very nice. FYI - Wisestamp is free, works w/ Gmail, Posterous, even the links.
- Liza
Is this seriously your sig for emails? Bit busy don't you think? Wouldn't a push to their website that has the actual list be a better use of that space? Also with email clients that don't do HTML its going to be lost.
- CW™
It's a bit much
- Rodfather
The nice thing about Wisestamp is you can delete the icons in gmail, if it is going to someone who you think has no idea what Slideshare is. Otherwise, wd be a pain.
- Liza
In my training of employees on how to do a Email Signature, (where the corp hasn't stated a standard) is to plan for plain text clients. Have your information there. Do one font only and stick to that. Nothing fancy in the font either. Get the information there so that the recipients can contact you or get more information about you. Company Logo's are only if you really need them. Key thing is to provide a sort of Business Card (information how to get a hold of you) at the bottom of emails.
- CW™
I tend to fall into the plain text camp. my signature is as follows: " -- 505.652.2878 http://sarahvela.net @orchid8 everywhere"
- Call me Bronco
Yeah, I like simple signatures.
- Andrew C
All the hyperlinks scream I'm spam & it will likely be treated as such by many mail programs.
- Rick Frank
Rick, very good feedback. It will be considered.
- Louis Gray
Too much. Too busy. I'd get rid of the office line, the link to lousgray.com, and definitely the emulex logo. Anyway that's just my opinion :)
- Eric Florenzano
They get it better than I do. I have to admit, I do not recognize all of those icons as they do!
- Randy Rambo
check out http://www.socialmediav.com they have a killer signature widget, both for personal and corporate brands! :)
- sera aktüre
Office and mobile phone? You need Google voice. I was able to get a cool number, (areacode) 4 Julio F
- Julio F ~ @SocialJulio
Just a simple link to a homepage should be enough, small description about what you do, and phone numbers if you're into that kind of thing.
- Peter Stuifzand
Too many links in an email signature can cause the email to be flagged as spam. you need to test it out before using it. never can be 100% certain...
- Mike Nencetti
Are those custom icons, or something pulled from the web?
- Spencer
How does that degrade? Are there alt tags? Does the text/alternative or text/plain part properly remove the HTML and still preserve the pertinent information? Accessibility is just as if not more important than having something flashy IMHO. (Disclaimer: I use a text MUA and you'll get me to accept HTML mail sometime shortly after the sun suffers hydrogen exhaustion...)
- matthew john ernisse
yes but what's it mean? More is not bettter.
- Jeremiah Owyang
Personally, it seems way too cluttered to me. I would rather just have a link to a page on the company's website that lists all of their various connections. I'm almost as jaded to those icons as I am to banner ads. If I want to know about the company I will be looking at their website first, then their blog, then whatever other services interest me, but I'll always go to their website first. If that's not impressive then it doesn't really matter what they're doing in other spaces.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
they get it, but is it necessary? agree with others here that it's cluttered and sorta cliche already.
- Bill Kinney
Looks good to me. Simple. IMO, I would (1) bump name size +2 pts (2) maybe italicize title or choose different font, so it will jump out at you, but not as much as name (3) remove "www." from website. (4) I haven't seen this in real-life to look at overall point sizes. Often people's business cards need ALL pts sizes +2 to +4. As my 72-yr old Dad always reminds me, older people can't...
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- Mitchell Tsai
Simple and To The Point!!! The Purple " B" Logo...What Brand is That???
- @CtrlFollow
I had same question - never seen it!
- Susan Beebe
@louis - how'd you create a company google profile?
- andy brudtkuhl
Andy, A Google profile is just assigned to a GMail account. So if you create a centralized GMail account, you can make a company profile. This one, for example, is emulexinc@gmail.com. More on the strategy here: http://www.louisgray.com/live...
- Louis Gray
I think if they are all business related and it is for marketing- why not. There is another app nomee.com that does a card also. It is flash based so won't work on the iphone
- Kathleen Cercone
Note to self: Don't 'friend' your boss on FB and then bitch about your job.
Hanna Bretzke, Alfredo, Nick Mutton and 243 other people liked this
Owned.
- Johnny
El. Oh. El. You gotta be some sort of stupid to friend your boss before your probation period is up. Fired in front of friends and family? PRICELESS.
- Admiral Anika
She's a f*ing idiot. A similar thing happened to a friend of mine at an ad agency, who accidentally texted "my boss is a fucking cunt" ... to her boss. She didn't get fired or reprimanded, but she freaked out about it.
- LANjackal
It floors me how much people openly vent about their jobs on public feeds like FriendFeed. Even if your boss isn't a direct contact, how are people so sure that a boss or co-worker won't stumble across it?
- Mike Doeff
from iPhone
If I have complaints about work, I try to mask them as much as possible or make them more about me personally than the job itself. At the same time, I really try to stay mum about any job I have..
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Mike and how are you so sure that other people don't know who you are talking about? There's a person here on FriendFeed who complains about their coworker. Even though I live in a different city, I know that coworker.
- Admiral Anika
It also doesn't matter if anyone sees it when you write it, because The Google sees it and records it for anyone looking for it years from now.
- Trish R
Maybe the more general rule that comes into play here is to never say anything about someone you wouldn't tell them to their face.
- Ken Sheppardson
Well said Ken.
- Benjamin Taylor
What an idiot... When people claim we don't need guidelines for employees using social media, I just have to point out cases of extreme stupidity like this...
- Badger Gravling
Ouch! Hope she learned the lesson. And +1 Ken, this is the simplest rule not to forget at any point.
- lelapin
this is huge!
- Loic Le Meur
OH those lessons learned the hard way.
- anna sauce
Why friend your boss in the first place, especially if all you do is complain about the job?
- Adrian McMillan
Ouch… :P
- Daniel Schildt
Well someone has to make room for other people! From the sounds of it, she was probably already canned anyway.
- Robert Fisher
Well that was a bit dumb. The thing about social media is it's just so much a part of our lives. We are encouraged to pour our views and feelings into it but we have to remember who is going to be reading it. In the end we have to censor ourselves so as a result our lifestream is a watered down stream. There are no directors cuts.
- Parvez Halim
Absolutely priceless!
- Robert Couture
Oh and I forgot the LOL.
- Parvez Halim
this is something that may occur very often. More than we think!
- Rui
@Rui I remember a colleague of mine did a similar thing. Luckily they got away with a written warning and no pay rise for that year.
- Parvez Halim
HUGE!
- Nathan Guetta
Interestingly, every time I consider complaining about my job via any social media platform, I stop and think "how can I make my job better? how can I improve myself?" and then end up writing about that instead. It has made me a much happier person. Really.
- mike fabio
OMG ! this is awesome
- Franck Nouyrigat
OUCH!
- Retno Nindya
.. and that's why I'm private. I'm pretty good about not talking about work, but never know when I may say something completely stupid
- Rodfather
I think there is a serious point here: Your on-line social network pals will be supportive of you regardless of whether you are right or wrong. That's what friends are for, kind of. All the boss does is let in a bit of reality.
- sjjh
Maybe she wanted to be fired by her boss? Just questioning...
- Torsten Eckert
Splendid. Too bad the story isn't real. OR IS IT...?
- Francesco Balducci
I do so love the false sense of anonymity the Internet instills in people.
- matthew john ernisse
haha!
- orionstarr
Where did you get this? I'm trying to verify that it is actually a real event. Looks too 'perfect' and to generate this much hype I believe it is just two friends that wanted to laugh about how stupid the world is...
- Brian J. Reeves
April - you can't imagine how many people e-mailed me screenshots of this :)
- Charlie Anzman
I wish I was here in order to press the "Like" button.
- Clément Cailly
social media and your boss don't mix well :)
- Dave Q
Zing!
- Nick Mutton
The Ultimate Conference T-Shirt
Scott Kingery, Dave Q, holly and 2 other people liked this
http://www.gnomedex.com/ - If I'm not wearing a t-shirt, I'm usually wishing I was wearing a t-shirt. I love t-shirts. For my annual tech conference headed into its ninth year (Gnomedex), we're producing a very special t-shirt in conjunction with <a href="http://go.tagjag.com/jinx">J!NX</a>! This is going to be a special edition t-shirt which all conference attendees will receive - but even if you're not coming to Gnomedex, you'll be able to order the t-shirt online. Soon thereafter, I'll be working on a special LIMITED EDITION SIGNATURE SERIES of t-shirts with J!NX - yes, with my signature. :) Stay tuned!
- l0ckergn0me
Incredible Japanese Wiener Art - http://www.japanprobe.com/...
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Dave Q, Michal Cierniak, Elsa Chang and 10 other people liked this
"The wiener artwork is created by Mrs. Soejima, a grocery store worker who promotes the sale of wieners. Her wiener animals are perfect for moms looking to make cute bento lunches for their kids, so Soejima’s area of the store is very popular."
- Jess Lee
from Bookmarklet
Wow. I thought I was really doing something when I used to make the octopi (?) for my kids.
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
That's a wiener?! Wow!
- sofarsoShawn
didn't you know that wieners aren't allowed on the main feed? LOL
- BEX
Lego food - http://naurunappula.com/z...
Dave Q, Nia, TheHenry and 13 other people liked this
"When you eat it, you'll shit bricks"
- Jemm
from Bookmarklet
YouTube - Sour 'Hibi no neiro' (video music youtube design webcam art inspiration cool fun viral movie pv film funny videos videoclip awesome trends creativity collaboration musicvideo clipe videoclipe \xe9\x9f\xb3\xe6\xa5\xbd crowdsourcing video, collaborative analog *best adobesystems) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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KFC Tortures Chickens - http://dragyoutohell.com/blog...
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Dave Q, (jeff)isageek, Diego Barros and 14 other people liked this
heh
- Jeremy Zawodny
dude with the sign looks hungry
- Tyler Gillies
classic!
- Shannon
Derrick eats chicken.
- Derrick
OM NOM NOM NOM!
- Gabe
don't forget the cows! and they do add beef to their chicken.
- rob friedman
13 Story Building in Shanghai Falls Over Spontaneously - http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy...
Mitchell Tsai, Cibeles, Mitch and 148 other people liked this
When I saw the headline a little bit ago, I thought it was like the building in Brooklyn that just collapsed. These photos...wow. It just decided to have a lie down. I hope no one was hurt.
- Admiral Anika
I believe that I am flabbergasted.
- Aaron Hood
That's horrible. It's like there was no foundation.
- τorƍue
o_O
- Parth Awasthi
Any structural engineers in the house? How is that possible. I'm not an engineer but I've built legos and logs and what not, and simply can't imagine what could do that short of an explosion (gas main?) or an earthquake.
- Adrian
Wow. (edit: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories... )
- Andrew C
Thanks, Andrew. That article is very informative.
- Admiral Anika
Aha! Sinkhole / erosion was my third guess. If something doesn't give underneath or energy is applied in a direction (earthquake, explosion, Godzilla, etc.) its simply can't topple over.
- Adrian
Unfortunately, a migrant worker was killed in the collapsed building when he planned to jumped out of the window. More horribly, the buildings beside the apartment are slanting to the ground, which could be seen by the naked eyes, though the state media denied it.
- xiawinter
ビルが横たわるように倒れてる事故写真。直接的にはショッキングなものじゃないけど、よく考えるとエライ恐ろしい。
- Sakurai.Catshop
u can find more photo here at http://bbs.sh.liba.com/t_13_42...
- Paul
Adrian, There are many reasons why a building like this could fall over. If the foundation of the building was not sound or was sitting on unstable earth. If the structure was inadequately designed, the lower floors could collapse under the load from the upper floors. Luckily the building was under construction and no one was living in it yet. I wouldn't want to be living in any of the adjacent buildings until they figure out what caused the failure.
- Jeff P. Henderson
From one of the other comments, it sounds like the buildings were built on unstable ground or their foundations were not designed correctly for the location.
- Jeff P. Henderson
"About 130 nearby households were evacuated and inspectors were examining the foundations of seven other identical buildings in the "Lotus Riverside" compound, saying they appeared to be intact Saturday evening, the report said. The incident was a new blow for Chinese property developers, who have been severely hit by a sagging market amid the global financial crisis. Those who bought...
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- Jeff P. Henderson
The pilings sticking out from the bottom of the toppled building do not look very substantial nor do they look like they were very deep into the ground.
- Jeff P. Henderson
"Concerns over poor construction and low-quality materials have plagued China's construction industry as the country rapidly builds up its cities and infrastructure needed to maintain its growing economy. Anger over poor construction boiled over during after last year's earthquake in central China after about 7,000 schools collapsed and relatives of dead children spoke out against graft they believed led to shoddy construction. " http://news.my.msn.com/regiona...
- Jeff P. Henderson
Here's more photos: http://zonaeuropa.com/200906c... I see no re bar in the pilings that are sticking out of the bottom of the building. Definitely inadequate if not shoddy construction.
- Jeff P. Henderson
很大原因可能是因为河堤渗水，导致基础松懈，所以基础才会连根拔起。
- Aang
Thank you Jess, for bringing this to the attention of English speakers.
- Dallas Cao
This is why purchasing power parity adjustment of Chinese GDP is such nonsense. Shoddy construction of buildings and infrastructure in China is the norm. While not this bad, typically buildings through out the country will never last as long as a european or north american equivalents.
- Gersham Meharg
That's the secret of the double number of GDP growth for the past years, they built something that didn't last long, soon they rebuild it and then the number were double counted.
- Paul
This is nuts. I almost didn't believe it, but then I found pics from several different angles. This shoddy workmanship in China really needs to stop. It's just getting ludicrous now. Why are so many people there so keen on saving a yuan that they don't care if people get hurt or killed in the process? I know we have similarly unscrupulous businesses in the US, but they seem to take it to a much worse level in China. Perhaps because looser regulations and corruption allows people to get away with things.
- Kamilah Gill
God has been busy blessing America, and then who has time to save our chinese people?
- Paul
Is it my impression or is the 'foundation' completely clean? No stretched/torn steel supports etc?!
- Adrian Scicluna
inşaat müh. arkadaşlara tez konusu..
- Profesyonel Öğrenci
this is like a nightmare, which I had, come true, ... where Im in a house that starts to shake back & forth and then turns over .. that is where I wake up.
- Dickbuttkick
now u can see how it looks like after you woke up :) i can see that there is a big need of urban housing in china but to risk the lives of many people is just irresponsible. its houses...they are build to stay for some time i guess. they should spend a little more time to make it right
- Chris Hofmann
Wow, I know where that is. Nothing like taking the time to properly scope out a location before building a high-rise on it.
- Darren
Looks like the foundation only went about 6 feet into the ground. Hell, many two-story homes in the US go down that deep. So the fact that this is a 13 story building with such a shallow foundation, it isn't surprising that it just fell over. A stiff breeze could have knocked that building over.
- Jason Huebel
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp... - "They also took samples of concrete and reinforcing steel bars from the collapsed 13-floor building" - so apparently there was some amount of steel in there somewhere...
- Andrew C
whoa!!
- Susan Beebe
Wow!
- Rachel Lea Fox
First look at this image, thinking -unreal (photoshop, Second Life ??) Image that pushes the envelope of actuality. Unreal city.
- Brad Kligerman
wow
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
fell like a deck of cards ... literally
- Nitin Nanivadekar
监理呢 没自杀吗
- 佛陀
@佛陀 原因还没调查清楚呢，基础的问题是肯定的了，无非是地址勘有问题、设计有问题还是施工有问题的区别。当然新闻说的“民工误操作导致”的结果是相当可笑的，那样以后别上访了，随便发个消息说打算“误操作”一下，比恐怖分子还牛逼呢
- yagami
我早上听说 那里是不能建房的 是河坝 。。。
- 佛陀
理论上说没有什么地方不能建房，看你基础怎么处理了。海上都能建石油钻探平台，在河边建个房子有什么问题呢？：）再说每个楼的施工都要经过钻探、设计、施工图审查、结构论证、现场监理等多个论证、监管环节，怎么一出事就有专家来搞马后炮呢，嘿嘿。
- yagami
今天听说房子本身的质量还是不错的，各位可以看看图片上，房子整栋倒下，上面的玻璃很多都没碎：））））
- K.D.
主要是地基的问题, 虽然, 地基也是房子质量的一部分, 所以只能说, 上部分的质量还不错, 地基水分太大了......
- Roamlog
@K.D. 就像某些XX的现状一样，群众再团结，根基不稳，一样会倾覆的。
- yagami
其实，具体是什么原因，我觉得很难查出来了。做地勘和详堪的设计院现在肯定抓狂了。因为，开发商只要有合法的手续，出问题不是设计就是施工，这些都是外包的单位。只是这个开发商铁定要破产了。
- Aang
我觉得也不是质量问题。还是地勘没做好。但如果是地质多变，也确实是很难判断到底是什么原因。
- Aang
早上看到新闻说，现在政府不让退房款，要等最终调查报告出来；只是业主们已经炸开锅了...
- K.D.
恩，现在关键是没有可信的论证....
- K.D.
照理说地质勘探的人都很清楚这种冲击平原上加上河边的地址状况很复杂（一般打到中风化层的话可能会很深），应该都不会马虎大意的，详勘阶段应该是按建筑平面甚至桩点去布点详勘了，所以会很谨慎，加上我国的结构设计都比较保守，所以我感觉还是施工的问题。管桩强度不够，或者长度达不到设计要求，是很要命的。
- yagami
你不会是说, 有人动了地基的设计图纸?
- Roamlog
不管论证结果怎样,心理上那其他几栋就绝对不安全了,不是不相信科学 要我肯定都不会住, 肯定睡不着心想万一睡着睡着就塌掉了呢...
- 麦克.疯
应该很快会有结果的。上海我不知道，广州的基础都有桩检测这一项，是必须做的，而且检测得还挺正规，一些主要的数据都有，如果监管和检测的资料齐全，加上现场再抽检的话，不难查出原因。我只是觉得到现在还遮遮掩掩没公布开发商，有点可疑。
- yagami
我觉得,在这个条目下用中文进行讨论感觉怪怪的..., 还有, 回复太多了, 翻起来真痛苦..
- Roamlog
没关系，大家都会用翻译脚本的....:)))
- K.D.
楼主应该看得懂，希望不会介意：）
- yagami
@佛陀 你说的我都相信，这行确实不清不楚的，但是在基础和主要结构问题上，一般没人敢马虎的，不知道这个项目怎么搞的，业内都很震精啊。
- yagami
Would be cool if Friendfeed could convert posts to my chosen language and visa versa. I'd sure like to be able to read and respond to these posts!
- Jeff P. Henderson
@Jeff P. Henderson Try this bookmark http://wittman.org/project...
- K.D.
我觉得我跟佛陀、老巫师等几个人，专门去毁人家非中文的帖子，都快“毁人不倦”了…… -__-!
- yagami
你们应该做“ff说中文”的亲善大使，专门去促进ff的国际交流...
- K.D.
上面还有日文，再次鄙视一下，ff不提供折叠功能。 ff doesn't support folding ,shame of that.
- xiawinter
ls的这个肯定会有人回应：））））
- K.D.
@K.D. Thanks! Very Cool! I figured something like this existed.
- Jeff P. Henderson
@Jeff You are welcome!!!
- K.D.
听到这个新闻，第一感觉就是整栋楼倒下，玻璃窗都没烂，太震憾了！
- Hobbes
ls 不厚道....
- K.D.
确实不厚道，不把人民群众生命财产放在眼里啊。
- yagami
是啊，我们在这里盖楼不也不亦乐乎...
- K.D.
Look at the bottom line, are those building supposed to stand on 30cm bases?
- Burcu Dogan
现有的去彻查不太可能，将来建的能吸取教训，真的把人民群众生命财产当回事，就谢天谢地了。
- yagami
FF is so amazing that it collects users' comments from all over the world with different language, so how do you English-speaking guys read Chinese ? I suppose most of Chinese users read English with no difficulty.
- xiawinter
其实我主要还是觉得是地质的问题。你说常理下，施工队是有可能在监理检查后，撤掉一些基础钢筋的，毕竟赚黑钱都是这个手法。但是中国的结构设计一般是比较保守的。而且，上部主体倒下的时候是基本是完整的，其实，反而显得质量貌似不错。毕竟，如果要偷工减料，钢筋含量、混凝土标号才是最关键的大头。管仝深度一般都不会有问题，毕竟还有个监理呀。如果真是桩基础深度不够，那只怕设计院难逃干系。设计的时候，确实是有可能因为开发商要求做结构优化，而“优化”掉一些东西的……至于是什么很难说得清楚。反正这次肯定要抓一拨人的。
- Aang
Everybody is welcome to join the group "Say Chinese in FF" if you have interest in Chinese language or information,which has more than 1000 members--http://friendfeed.com/chinese...
- kelvin
@xiawinter 读中文有2个办法呀，1是学中文，2是用：http://translation.babylon.com/#
- Aang
@Aang 实际在基础施工的时候，有些情况是可以少打桩的，比如说比设计深度提前遇到中风化层，这种情况一般是勘探比较粗，或者没按建筑平面布置详勘的情况会发生。多年以来做来做去就有施工单位会报告“提前打到持力层”，桩打不下去了，这样就省了长度和机械的费用。我也相信打了8米报告说打了12米的现象也不是少数行为。
- yagami
I am very curious, the buildings is slowly going down or a sudden fall? If it is the latter, not less likely to break the glass, especially the top floor. ----- 我是很好奇, 那個樓是慢慢倒下去的 還是轟一下子倒下去? 如果是後者, 玻璃不太可能不破的, 尤其是最上面的樓層.
- JohnDu™
#FF中文用户观光团 我觉得，还有一种可能，就是，这房子在欲学MJ做45度倾斜，结果没斜好，倒了。
- Aang
@JohnDu™ 是轰然倒塌的。这座楼房的玻璃质量很好---it's a sudden fall. We have top-quality glasses here in China, welcome to place PO :)))))) #FF中文用户观光团
- K.D.
@K.D. glad to hear that. :)
- JohnDu™
OMG
- `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN
So it was tired and wanted to lay down and take a nap. Who can blame them?
- Gabe
wow!
- Micah Wittman
from iPhone
kinda reminds you how WTC 9/11 towers fell, doennit ? :/
- Petr Buben
not at all....9/11 towers was an explosion....this was a building cleanly breaking from foundation and toppling over
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
from IM
true - 9/11 was an explosion .. nanothermite .. they found it too - http://ae911truth.org
- Petr Buben
@özge nedir bunun olayı ing bilmeyenler için bi açarmısın
- Profesyonel Öğrenci
http://translate.google.com/transla... Makes this page mostly legible.
- Tanath
The moral of this story... the foundation is the most important part of a building - and your life as well.
- Jim Turner
Ketchup and Mustard Dispenser Are Grosser than Gross #wow - http://gizmodo.com/5302619...
HealingBrush, Jason, Mark "DerBingle" J and 91 other people liked this
no.
- Derrick
WANT
- Shevonne
ROFLMAO I need those!
- Admiral Anika
Oh no! Great find Shevonne LOL
- BEX
I have to get these for the dining hall. The students will love these. Not sure our associates will like all the cleaning up afterwards they will have to do though :)
- Bill Heslin
That's awesome.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I'll pass, thanks.
- Shawn Whitmire
خاک عاااالم!
- آرامش مطلوب
Eww.
- Alix Whitmire
yes!
- Pete Delucchi
hehe - it's a pity they didn't demo it with some Sweet Relish!
- WorldofHiglet
Uh... ok.
- Michael McKean
hee hee hee
- Andrew C
crazy!!!
- Jo Aan
oh my goodness. these are so awesome... i'd feel awkward owning a pair with no kids around though.
- tiffany
Must have!
- Beau Liening
No.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
gross :P
- martha
the mayo one is NSFW
- Head Ov Metal
Why couldn't condiments have been this fun when I was 9?
- Mike Lewis
its funny lukin gross wierd disgstin,i min u cud go on nd on!
- Jo Aan
اه چندش
- آسویه
Love 'em!
- Jenny Morman
haha ew!
- Anamarie
Michael Jackson Grammys '88-Way You Make Me Feel & MITM - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Dave Q, chrisofspades, Alfredo and 2 other people liked this
The business card scanning service I used is http://www.cloudcontacts.com -- freaking awesome service. Joins cards to social networks.
Svetlana Gladkova, Rob Diana, Dave Q and 10 other people liked this
Allen Stern does a great job with this. I am a satisfied customer.
- Louis Gray
Still need to do mine...maybe I'll get a CloudContacts.com t-shirt so I can wear it on photo shoots
- Jesse Stay
I'm not sure how cheap a personal assistant/employee you need to break the cost of $3 a card, but my kids are cheaper :) I saw this first from Tim Ferriss. I hate to admit I read him, but he's one of the best sources for "get your life done w/ less hassle," out there. Cheesy? Yes. Great guy to watch? Afraid so. Not big on engaging folks like Robert here.
- Jason Nunnelley
thanks very much - jesse as soon as i make shirts, you will be the first to get one - and you will have to send me the SM/DQ in return :)
- Allen Stern
I wonder if there's a cool iPhone app to do this. Snap. Drap objects to identify name, company, position, phones, etc. Save. :)
- Dave Q
How to Make a Baby - http://www.otherthings.com/howtoba...
Dave Q, Michael Muller, Misha and 11 other people liked this
"We made this video using a technique called "pixilation", which is a fancy term for stop-motion animation done with real people instead of puppets. We shot it, frame by frame ... over a period of nine months."
- Laurence Gonsalves
Is that how it's done?
- Paul Buchheit
So that's how babby is formed!
- Gabe
Nice. That looks like quite a bit of work fo a 20 second video
- Robert Felty
You mean, I did it all wrong?!
- April Buchheit
Aha, monetizing the offspring before it's even born, let Stella know what harsh world she's been brought into.
- ianf ⌘
I think a Mac app that is not talked about enough but should be is Curio. It's a jack of all trades app that isn't a category leader in anything but whose true strength lies in it's versatility to do a bunch of things well - from mindmapping to brainstorming to general creative idea collection. I am a huge fan -...
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Looks like link got cut off, it is: http://www.zengobi.com/product...
- Mike Bracco
At $99, is this better than open source XMind? http://ff.im/2UpXW
- Christopher Harley
@Christopher - haven't tried that program..I'll definitely check it out...but yes, Curio is pretty steep in terms of price.
- Mike Bracco
Mike, don't you think that this jackery of all trades might be the factor that speaks against it? If there's anything that computing history teaches us, it is that simple, instantly-graspable functionality trumps complex learning curve any day. Add to it the steep-price sticker, and there you have it – a niche product going nowhere fast (because it'll almost never attract enough of a critical mass of users to become mainstream..)
- ianf ⌘
I agree...the whole project management aspect to the program is a complete feature set I don't use and could really go without. However, it is liberating to have an app that is so flexible. If I'm creating a mindmap in OmniFocus (which I love), I might also want to create a list or record a video about something or drop some pictures in. Curio handles that perfectly. I do agree also that the price would need to change to become more mainstream.
- Mike Bracco
It's goal is not to output a certain type of document (like a mindmap or a list or something like that). It's to coalesce random thoughts and ideas and make sense of them. THEN at that point, once sense is made, you can migrate to a more specialized app to create whatever the final product is. Trying to hand jam those random thoughts into an app that is only focused on one thing just doesn't make sense - at least to me. :)
- Mike Bracco
In this day and age of (practically) free software, it is indeed strange that a company doesn't build a product in such a way that the basic functionality is free (while acting like a live ad for itself), while enhanced functionality has to be purchased separately. But then perhaps their product would never be used beyond that free-basic level.
- ianf ⌘
I do like the free + pay for more features model. Evernote does this perfectly. Even companies like Adobe are starting to do it...they offer a version of Photoshop Express free as a web app I believe. I think that the move to cloud computing will accelerate this type of business model as users might be less willing to pay for an app they access online.
- Mike Bracco
I may be seriously off the mark here, but I think that in-itself-interesting applications of that magnitude, functionality- and targetwise, are doomed to fail simply because they create walled-off gardens of knowledge. That, and the fact that in order to use them effectively, one has to adopt their syntax of categorization and grading. Without having looked at this, or any other...
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- ianf ⌘
In terms of this specific app, it's pretty much anything in and anything out. Curio's docs are also saved as packaged directories so any file you bring into a document is simply located within the packaged file. I am a huge proponent of data portability and think anyone who lives in their own sandbox is doomed. However, another side to me feels that standards and always having to be...
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- Mike Bracco
Mike, my walled-garden metaphor was not on this physical data format level (that goes without saying), but more general: I simply cannot conceive of it being of much use, if, in order to gain additional insight into my own thoughts and actions(?), I'd have to kowtow to some mindless mindmapper app crap out there (rhymes, too!)
- ianf ⌘
I gotcha :) yeah I am a big fan of mindmaps and think they are a great tool in the world of schools that teach you like robots to make lists since your 5 years old. Humans learn by association - that is what mindmapping is about...lists are terrible at associative learning. It's kind of a corny video but check out http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Mike Bracco
This is kind of perennial pet peeve of mine, but, to make this instantly grokkable, I'll speak in terms of a (future/ imaginary) iTouch-like device that'd be my primary terminal, store and gateway to the digital world: everything that comes its way, whether by email, IM, or when browsing the web (etc) gets indexed and mapped in the background (to a selectively deep, but pretty-granular...
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- ianf ⌘
Google Talk Hidden Emoticons http://www.gtricks.com/2008...
Patrik Johansson, Jason Toney, AJ Kohn and 64 other people liked this
Gtalk emoticons should be universal!
- Mona Nomura
Cool pages...
- Mitchell Tsai
Cowbell!
- Jemm
found the Skype emoticons chatting w/ my boss one day... http://www.skype.com/intl...
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
That's great!
- Rick Cogley
Gtalk smilies RULE!
- Mona Nomura
oooh >>>> thanks
- tariq ez alden
My pleasure! Sharing is caring. ;)
- Mona Nomura
Piggie!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Very cool, thanks Mona! :)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
skype ones are good too
- cysko
awesome, just what I was looking for :)
- Rohit
Oh, they forgot my favorite! :(|) try it!
- Jérôme Flipo
Hmmm 87,845 are following me on Twitter. 20,079 of those are on friendfeed. I assume the other 67,000 are bots cause they don't listen. :-)
Monique, Adam Turetzky, Justin Beausoleil and 4 other people liked this
That ratio sounds about right :-)
- Brian
Giraffe - http://www.lolitas.se/index...
Emma, Dave Q, Roberto Bonini and 11 other people liked this
lol, love it
- Darren Heydon
i got some treats like that from students when i taught. :) very sweet. i i usually gave them bonus points...which helped them very little since all the tests i saw like this were generally 0s. :|
- edythe
I really miss teaching, for reasons like this only
- Darren Heydon
My differential equations professor gave us a bonus question asking what music we were listening to lately. It was nice after some semi-brutal exams (though it counted for little) and gave him some good recommendations.
- joey
@joey :)
- Darren Heydon
The "hello" totally sells it.
- Andrew C
LOL
- Roberto Bonini
What ever you do, do not park here - http://www.inquisitr.com/23188...
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Noteboek on Vimeo -- coolest video I've seen in a long time. Thanks Jared Spool for sharing this! - http://vimeo.com/4116727...
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Really excellent.
- Michelle McCormack
White Stripes!!
- Michelle McCormack
That is one impressive notebook. Crazy dutch.
- Mitch
Amazing! I am envious of this person's creativity. :)
- Cheryl Jones
I want one. For real.
- phil baumann
As I watched, I was hoping the system time would update, but it never did.
- Robert Peña
Take on Me Noteboek: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- David Newman
If only my notebook started as fast or shutdown as quick!
- Shivanand Velmurugan
I like the face scan! :)
- dafire
very clever!
- Kevin Eklund
Cool!
- Tony C
Wow. This one merits a triple-like button.
- Eric Johnson
The Open Company - Running your business as if it were an Open Source Project. - http://e-texteditor.com/blog...
Anthony Citrano and Dave Q liked this
"The Open Source movement has shown that loose groups of people, each working of their own accord on whatever they feel is important or interesting, can create great software. Not only has this worked for small hobby projects, but also for huge well known projects such as Linux, Firefox and OpenOffice."
- Edmund Tay
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125 More Excellent Blogger Templates (The Best Yet!) - http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2008...
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"If you are looking for a fresh and beautiful design to complement your Blogger blog, here is a treat in store for you!"
- Edmund Tay
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Do You PHP? - http://www.oracle.com/technol...
Dave Q liked this
"PHP's creator offers his thoughts on the PHP phenomenon, what has shaped and motivated the language, and where the PHP movement is heading"
- Edmund Tay
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50+ Cool Laptop Sleeves and Bags You Can Actually Buy - http://www.hongkiat.com/blog...
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"There are a lot of really nice sleek and cool laptop sleeves and bag out there, and chances are one must be perfect for your machine. If you want to be slightly different from the rest of the crowd, we want to show you some laptop sleeves and bag we thought really nice and purchasable."
- Edmund Tay
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Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades - The Onion - http://www.theonion.com/content...
David Foucher, Irrational homeophobe, Niranjan Tulpule and 38 other people liked this
"Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the other guy came out with a three-blade razor. Were we scared? Hell, no. Because we hit back with a little thing called the Mach3Turbo. That's three blades and an aloe strip. For moisture. But you know what happened next? Shut up, I'm telling you what happened—the bastards went to four blades. Now we're standing around with our cocks in our hands, selling three blades and a strip. Moisture or no, suddenly we're the chumps. Well, fuck it. We're going to five blades."
- Ana
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One of my all time favorites!
- Rob Shillingsburg
Yet another Onion article that actually came true!
- Chrimmus Tad
This was actually a Saturday Night Live commercial from the 70's. "The increasing number of blades on a razor -- and the higher prices that come with each new iteration -- has been fodder for parody for years. The first broadcast of Saturday Night Live in 1975 included a mock commercial of a three-blade razor, with the tagline, "Because you'll believe anything." http://online.wsj.com/article...
- Robert Felty
SNL script for "triple-trac" [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75...]. note that the caveman in the opening is hoping-to-be-senator-from-Minnesota, Al Franken.
- MikeAmundsen
As Rob said, one fo my all-time favorites. When I go down the razor aisle at the store, I often mutter quietly "fuck it, we're going to five blades". Not once have I been thrown out of the store!
- Brian Johns
5 ...screw that, I want the 15 blade quintippio is this spoof ad :) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Nick
All time favorite!
- Sam Grover
The other alternative is to go old school with a straight razor- http://www.motherearthnews.com/Hands-O...
- Robert Felty
Set Up a Computer for Kids with Qimo - Live CD - http://lifehacker.com/5182339...
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"Looking for a simple way for a young child to use your computer without messing everything up? Qimo is a lightweight, kid-focused Ubuntu distribution you can install or boot from a CD or thumb drive."
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The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/3261363
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Part of media design student Jonathan Jarvis's thesis work, this 11 min 10 sec animated video is a pretty good summary of the sub-prime mortgage mess. It's engaging and simple, without sacrificing the content
- Bill Dunphy
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