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Huge Metal Fans - http://blog.rocketboom.com/post...

July 9, 2008 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Shane Grant, Brian Zalewski, vanz and 23 other people liked this

...and...GROAN. - BISQ

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Hahaha! This would look great in a shirt! - Jonas

Old one, but a classic =) - DAVE ID

A guy I used to know had a huge fan autographed by Steve Vai - dario

jonas - threadless.com sells a shirt with that exact design :) - Brett Kelly

Metal fans should check out this. http://www.adultswim.com/video... - Evan Ryan.

sip - Merry Land

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No Matter How Hard You Try, It Is Impossible To Fax A Cat #shareit

April 19, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Ahmet Yükseltürk, selimovski, Joan Miro and 739 other people liked this

LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

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That poor cat looks so confused. - Georgie Bestie

but it's so warm on top of the scanner! - DJF

Time for a cat scan! - Jemm

Iz I the right way up for printing? - Vicky

This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws. - Soup in a TARDIS

LOL, Soup! - Kol Tregaskes

that is one adorable kitten! - Anna Lynn M.

<3 - Furkan Tunalı

Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out... - Greg Lato

Kitty!!!! - Janice

keep trying! - Morgan

FEED ME A CAT - tehKenny

Kol, it is NOT impossible. And that's all I'm saying. - Steven Perez

Push harder - Josh Haley

LOL@Jemm - AJ Batac :)

آخی - یک بابک

Hehe, Steven. I won't ask. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Gosh, just noticed this post has nearly 150 likes! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

1 closer....hilarious! - Jeffrey Marsh

There we go 150 likes. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

I'm in ur faxx masheen -- sendin de faxxez.... - Stephanie Segel

thanks, i needed a laugh - chaz2b

FAXCAT IS NOT AMUSED - Karl Knechtel

iz dat some copycat? - bora "head" basman

LOL, now nearly 200 likes! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Thats no fax machine, thats my new patented kitty juicer! - Threepwood

Just one more like... please. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

it's over two huuunddreeeed - bora "head" basman

MOAR! - Pat Hawks

I need 9 copies please ! - Faraz Mullick

A cute cat :) - Mohammad Abdurraafay

Haha, Faráz. - Kol Tregaskes

Next target, 250 likes. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Friendfeed loev faxcat :o - Karl Knechtel

;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Pussy by fax. What will they think of next? - Mattb4rd

X)) - Neya

OMGosh, next up is the 300 likes mark. Anyone care to join in? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Honestly, i'm not generally a fan of the Cat memes... But that is classic. - Alistair (alpinefolk)

You know this is the 7th most liked entry on FriendFeed ever: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... !!! - Kol Tregaskes

Kol, this thread is pure genius. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

But only almost 50 comments.. :) - Simon Wicks

Simon, there's not much to comment regarding the picture :) But meta-comments are more than appropriate! - Ivan Zuzak

Simon, yeah we need 1500+ comments now, who wants to start? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

there we go then for the 1500+!! - Jaap Willem

1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers. - Simon Wicks

Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

OK, now it's the 4th: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - it's gonna take a huge effort to break the record of 452+ likes here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... - Kol Tregaskes

OK, now this is the 3rd most liked entry: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... :-D Crazy! - Kol Tregaskes

Too bad I am fresh out of likes of I would do it again. - Jason (not an Argonaut)

I'm using this photo in the latest chapter of can haz murder - anna sauce

Hehe, Anna. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

One more for 350 likes, LOL. This is mental! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Come on, 350 cats for a cat getting crushed? You guys are mean. :-P - Richard A.

I'd like again if I could :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

bump - Simon Wicks

Richard, LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

Awesomely funny! - Martha

Next target: 400 likes? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

theres one more for you Kol - Toby Graham

Toby, you're very kind. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Cute *_* - Sybelle

Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

Just 6 more likes for the 400 then I'll leave you alone. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

can you spare a cat 6 likes? - Jason (not an Argonaut)

sweet - Eric Hofmann

Haha, Jason, wow 406 likes, madness! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Madness? THIS. IS. FAX CAT. - Mike Nayyar

Well 452 likes is the record, hmm I think that is pushing it. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Awesome. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

this is underfaksink at its worzt - pb:

Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" .. - pb:

Ah, OK, Petr. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :] - pb:

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

OMGosh, just 23 more likes to beat this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

433 Like ! Wow ! - Like

Freemor, yes very cute! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

cute~ - Chan Pen

that's why is called a cat scan and not a cat fax. - Phil Maxwell

oh ... a scan. not fax?! .... it looked to me like she was faxink - pb:

Just 5 more likes needed. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Fax, Petr. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test) - Iphigenie

Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes). - Roberto Bonini

I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little - SteVe C

Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

They fax much better if you flatten them first. What? - The original Kevin

LOL, Kevin. - Kol Tregaskes

i can also imagine the cat going there cause it is snug and warm - Iphigenie

Ey, it would be a tad warm on there, especially after a long working day. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Caption which needs to be said aloud: Uh Ohz, I'm totally FAXED! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Hehe, Shawn. 10 more for the big 5-0-0. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Countdown! 8 more now! - Mike Nayyar

bump for more likes - Josh Haley

bump - Roberto Bonini

One more!! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I took mine away, too much pressure. - SteVe C

Wow, there we go, 500 likes!! Thank you all!! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

I think Fax Kitty deserves a prize for that. - Georgie Bestie

меня, признаться, подзаебал этот кот - Парадокс Смейла

Kendra, absolutely. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all! - Kol Tregaskes

did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician) - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

wish I could double like! - metalerik

Wish I could just like it at all. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

This is also still on the Best of page. That must be the longest running best of post? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

But it's a cat being crushed... - Richard A.

برای چی این همه لایک خورده؟؟؟؟؟ - نصرآبادی

Hehe, Richard. - Kol Tregaskes

copy cat - gibilix

518 like! most liked post? - Lu Tao

ay yerim yaa çok tatlı kedicikk :)) - Arzu

Lu, yeah but a long way now. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

*bump* - Andre

Blew past 500 likes - LIKE!!!!! - Roberto Bonini

OMGosh, nearly heading to 550!! - Kol Tregaskes

So we know how many people use this site. - Richard A.

So that's what Paws Printing means. - Jack&Cleo

Richard, we getting there. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Jack, hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

this thread is making history. - vijay

Indeed .. this is a most epic thread - Mattb4rd

Hehe. 9 more for 550! - Kol Tregaskes

8... - The Real sofarsoShawn

7. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Actually only 5...cuz "You, Earl E Morningwood, yasin ghasemi and... 542 liked this" - The Real sofarsoShawn

Who wants to bet how many likes this thead is going to get??? - Roberto Bonini

Gosh, no idea. - Kol Tregaskes

take some bets then come back in a year to check? - Iphigenie

:) - SokooteDel

Holy smokes .. this pussy cat is approaching 600 likes! - Mattb4rd

552 now, so there are some unlikes going on, hehe, oh well. Still an amazing amount of likes. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

560! - The Real sofarsoShawn

And back down to 559. Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

And how could anyone not love kitties after seeing this photo? - Susan Beebe

I liked it without reading this discussion - evidentially we have a lot of people who like the idea of faxing a cat! - Rich

Rich, yes, worrying, hehe. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

564! - The Real sofarsoShawn

I think we'll have to recruit more ffeeps before this record will ever be broken - Jason (not an Argonaut)

maybe a good way to clone cats :) - Roberto

Hehe, Roberto. - Kol Tregaskes

This surely couldn't hit 600 likes, could it!? - Kol Tregaskes

It could! Keep bumping it up! - imabonehead

It will :) - Roberto Bonini

My next cat post: http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-fun... - Kol Tregaskes

Wow, not even 600 Likes? Feh. ;-) - j1m

No yet. Close though. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Stuck on 581. - Kol Tregaskes

One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-) - John Collis

Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John. - Kol Tregaskes

ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی - Maryaminaa

11 more to 600. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

داداش كوتاه بيا، مي خواي ركورد بزني!؟ - Exir

هستم بره این کامنتتو ترجمه کنه اکسیر ! :))) داره از فضولی میمیره الان ! :D - Shayan

Hehe, 6 more likes. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Need 1 more like, by my calculation, to get to 600 - Josh Haley

Another unlike then, back down to 598. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

it's 598+3, at the moment ;-) - Andre

There we go, 601!! Wow, can't believe it. :-D Thanks everyone!! - Kol Tregaskes

3 people un liked :( - Roberto Bonini

I think there have been made unlikes over the last week, oh well. - Kol Tregaskes

too many likes, the kitteh is burning up..stop the madness...;) - Jason (not an Argonaut)

Haha, Jason. - Kol Tregaskes

614!!!!! - The Real sofarsoShawn

Whoa! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

man! ..Kol is gaining ... and I saw that pic one day before Kol posted it :X ..and i let it go! :[)] - pb:

Petr, who's he? - Kol Tregaskes

omg, this post passed 600 likes! - imabonehead

@Kol ..well the man .. Mr Photographer .. ok .. let me go there .. - pb:

I see. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

631 likes, amazing stuff. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Day 11 and this thing's still going! - Phil Maxwell

Why fax yourself when you can get famous via FriendFeed? :-) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

whereas a cat *scan* is totally feasible - Megan Craig

Kol, congratulations, you won the Friendfeed Award for the most likes entry! - Jérôme

Kol is this from your rival: Squashy Cat Photography? - The Real sofarsoShawn

Haha, Shawn. Have you really bumped this one again? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

LOL I was actually looking at best of month and I thought I'm going to be clever :-) - The Real sofarsoShawn

this makes me laugh every darn time I see it - Stephanie•CogSciLibrarian

Who is this NShawnFW? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

kitties do like to find new spots to nap :) - Maryam

LOL, now over 650 likes. - Kol Tregaskes

این هنوز در نیومده از لای این دستگاه؟ - Maryaminaa

Wow. this is good..... pleased, Kol? - Roberto Bonini

Pleased? About the number of likes? I'm happy regardless. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

So do we think it will go to 700 likes? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

what do you mean by "it" ? say "he" or "she". :) - Maryaminaa

Haha, I was referring to the entry. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

lol - Maryaminaa

I see someone already posted 'Copy Cat' !! LOL Great picture - Kevin J Hatton

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

O HAI! I IZ WATIN FR COOPONZ, KTHXBYE. - WYRD 101

Neksnapper 3000 Kitten Eradicator - Kills Kittehs Dead - Mattb4rd

Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

10 more likes for 700! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

7 more by my count! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Oops, yes you're right, Bec. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Isn't it illegal to fax a pussy? - aerobroken

It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or... - The Real sofarsoShawn

OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Wow, not so bad huh? \u) - Zu from AOD

Before faxing it, you have to flatten it out a bit. You're going at it all wrong! :-) - Rick Cogley

Must try this at home! - Anthony K. Valley ©

Bumping some old great posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Now THAT is a classic! - Allan Besselink

you have to flatten it first!!! ;) - Neda S.

This is very good humor! - TrafficBug

Hey, we've hit the 700-like mark. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

just a couple thousand to go - Jason (not an Argonaut)

LOL - Smeerch

__awesome__ - scotu ._.,

and it got resurrected once again! - Iphigenie

I managed to do it once, but I don't think I'm going to do it again. The results were a little fuzzy. - Seth Greenblatt

Bump. - Kol Tregaskes

ahahahahaha salaaa baaaaaakkkkkk - missipipi

I'm so glad this thread has been revived. The cat in the fax machine never fails to delight. - Michelle Jones

aha! 700 kişi zorla kapağın altına tepilen kediyi beğenmiş - Siminya

I've heard of cheap paper but this is ridiculous!! - Neda S.

Copy the cat - Alyn William

And there I was thinking this was the most liked post on FriendFeed. Darn, just 3rd. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Just 100 more likes to go. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Missed this the first time around. - John (bird whisperer)

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

Wow, over 700 likes. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

715 likes and counting. - Kol Tregaskes

Fax Yeah! - Playing Well with Others

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

who revived that one? - Iphigenie

Me, sorry. - Kol Tregaskes

Just 40 more likes. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

all right let's do it... - Iphigenie

Love this one! - Fossil Huntress

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

#aaaf - Ali Oz

Melissa

Derrick joins a mariachi band - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

April 28, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

adam, Roberto Bonini, Rob Michael (Atmos Trio) and 101 other people liked this

We arrived early and decided to walk around the block... and so we happened upon a mariachi band practicing across the street :) - Melissa

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ssooooooo cute! - Shevonne

Derrick El Bravo! - Carlos Ayala

Does this mean that Derrick will start hanging around and be really really irritating until we pay him money to go away? :) - John E. Bredehoft

absolutely perfect. - Vicarbott

Derrick's guitar is bigger than everyone else's. #doubleentendre - Shey

aye carumba! - RAPatton

*dead* - Derrick

Love this! - Michelle M

next time wear the proper costume or they might kick you out. i don't care how bueno your guitarron is. - grant fox

which one's derrick? - Cee Bee

Cee Bee, the cute one. - Derrick

lol!!!!!! This just made my day. - Carmen wBabby

HELL YES - Josh Haley

This is so awesome - Rodfather

Mel, I love how they would pose for you. I know how you shoot and you like to get natural shots, but everytime you picked up your camera, they got all single file line status for you. :) - Derrick

that is why I love the mariachi. Ole! - Melissa

Jose' Feliciano, look out!!!!! - Ms_Krista

Heart - Yolanda

Ok, I have a request: El Cascabel. GREAT Mariachi song! - Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart

GREATEST.PHOTO.EVER... - Johnny

Derrick is clearly my muse. - Melissa

So, when are you going to Guadalajara for your big break, Derrick? :D - Steven Perez

Arriba! - mikepk

Every time this pops up, it makes me smile. - joey

awesome! - BEX

"Yeah, so we're in the studio now, laying down some tracks. They wanna get Diddy in on it, but I'm hoping we can work with Reznor, cause he seems like a cool guy..." - Derrick

Diddy, Reznor, Derrick & Mariachi... I'll take it on vinyl! - Jason Wehmhoener

That is so totally full of win that it makes me "SQUEEEE"! - Lindsay

Ay Papi...this pic is awesome. I'm going to go make myself a margarita in honor of it. - Mark Krynsky

:-D - Dobromir Hadzhiev

BUMP. - mjc

Hmmm...I look tall. - Derrick

Listening to the Ffundercats 27 podcast now. Glad this picture was featured. - John E. Bredehoft

Wow. my photo was featured on a podcast and no one even told me? - Melissa

Pssst! Hey Melissa! We were talkin' about you! http://friendfeed.com/joshhal... AND http://friendfeed.com/joshhal... - Josh Haley

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo! - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

After reading Derrick's Thanksgiving 2010 post to his mom, I realized that she never got to learn about his performing career. - John E. Bredehoft

Smiling all over again. - ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)

I look tall. - Derrick

Bajo Sexto WIN! - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Your guitar is colossal - Mo Kargas

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Loobia Polo with Salad Shirazi

April 14, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Zahra HB, شیطان شاخ دار دم دار, عزت and 28 other people liked this

I love that certain foods are constants in almost any culture =) - FFing Enigma

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I don't even know what that is but it looks great. - Akiva

oh it tastes divine too ... - Selma

This is cooked rice with green beans and salad ... find the recipe here: http://www.persiancity.com/recipes... - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ from IM

and the salad: http://www.iranchamber.com/recipes... - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ from IM

ایقدر بدم میاد به این میگن سالاد شیرازی. چه ربطی داره به شیراز؟ - رامین

D/\\/IIID, thank you for the salad recipe. It's what caught my eye because it looks very much like the pico de gallo I make, The recipe confirms that aside from the mint it's almost identical. For some reason it makes me smile to know that tasty food is often replicated around the world in slightly different incarnations. - FFing Enigma

@Tina: I agree, Germans have a similar salad but they also add pieces of feta cheese to it. - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

=P~ لوبیا پلو با سالاد شیرازی - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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شخم - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

رونوشت به مهديه :دی - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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شخم - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

لوبیا پلو رو باید با ماست خورد - Hadi

موافقم اما با سالاد شیرازی هم خوبه - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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Persian dishes

April 14, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

Armin™ 3.0, بوف_کور, هاله and 25 other people liked this

a copy to Selma :D - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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چه کردی امشب دل مارا خون کردی - Ali Atashin

Ali: :))))))))) - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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Selma :D - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

:)))))) - Selma

. - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

=P~ - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

April 30, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

shamim, joupy, Mahdieh and 7 other people liked this

شخم - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

You have been posting a whole patisserie tonight :) - M F

:D - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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Ancient World Screensaver, Photos of Ancient World – National Geographic - http://photography.nationalgeo...

April 28, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

ممد, peiman, saeedeh and 2 other people liked this

"The ancient past comes to life in this screensaver gallery featuring Egyptian ruins, Maya relics, and views of Machu Picchu, Stonehenge, and the Great Wall of China." - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ from Bookmarklet

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Tah-Chin

April 14, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

رضاراز, Mahdieh, Saop and 8 other people liked this

داوود شروع نکن ها ...باز من رژیم گرفتم تو میخوای کار بدی دستم ... بگذر پسرم ...ول کن خوب 0.0 - Selma

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@selma =)))))))))))) - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ from IM

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اين دفعه شكمم سيره :) - saeedeh

فردا زودتر شخم می زنم سعیده :دی - ◄ 道 ► D/\\/|I|D ッ

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Mark Trapp

The Economics of Star Trek - http://locustsandhoney.blogspot.com/2009...

March 29, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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From the Zeray Gazette: "James R. Rummel points out that in the Star Trek universe, there is no money: That always struck me as being exceedingly odd, particularly when I noticed that people were serving drinks in the space station saloons, and generally doing scut work. What motivated these people to get out of bed and work as servants every day, anyway? Where did the ambition to excel and become a starship captain come from? Why would anyone put on a red shirt and accompany the bridge crew as part of an away team?" - Mark Trapp from Bookmarklet

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I always figured that banking systems had reached the point that everyone was embedded with a chip or something so that whenever they bought something, the vendor automatically recognized them and their financial arrangements and charged them without any sort of physical monetary transaction needing to take place. - Jandy

Jandy, to get all Trekkie nerd on you, it's established explicitly that there is no money in Star Trek: that, after World War III and the Eugenics Wars, it was done away with due to a new social understanding of the greater good. I forget if it's canon or not that it was around the same time the replicator was invented (thus eliminating scarcity). - Mark Trapp

Thanks for the clarification! I've only seen some of TOS and DS9, so I guess I didn't know that. Interesting. - Jandy

...this future history always messes me up - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Can I mute this thread? - Richard A.

From the post: "If members of a society can have any common object in unlimited quantities due to replicator technology, or experience anything ordinary in a holodeck, they will begin to crave the uncommon and extraordinary -- and will be willing to work to earn the money (or credits) necessary to purchase them." - John E. Bredehoft

Before the world had a money economy it had barter. Before inter-tribal barter there was intra-tribal reciprocity (people divided up jobs and helped each other). - Bill Romanos

After watching Star Trek for so many years, I think there's something to what you quoted, John, as well as a more socialistic economy: everyone does what they need to do because if nobody did, we'd all be screwed. So, in a way, it's an indirect barter system: I tend bar for you and you make my clothes. That, along with centralized planning, probably goes a long way towards handling any... more... - Mark Trapp

Heck, Star Trek is probably the most down-to-earth thought experiment into the end game of dialectical materialism. Proletariat Vulcans of the galaxy, unite! - Mark Trapp

"an understanding of the social contract that's more or less repulsive now " Can someone explain me what's so repulsive about this? I'm trying to live this way (that is, helping others to the best of my ability), and not think about money. In fact, I don't earn any money now. - Meryn Stol

*sniff* I miss the old days when the future was supposed to be so equal! Are you now, or have you ever been, a proletariat vulcan of the galaxy....? - WoH: Minding her Steves

They named names! And planets! - Mark Trapp

Is it conceivable that there is a detail of the Star Trek universe that was not fully thought through by its all-knowing Creator? - Tim Ostler

meryn: I don't think mark was saying he finds it repulsive, just that society quite often forsakes it for selfish intentions, hence society finds it repulsive. You often find it's argued against whenever the subject of those who posess riches either not getting as much or getting more of it taken away from them to fund safety nets and things like common healthcare. - alphaxion

Zapp Brannigan: "What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?" I think that says it all. - WoH: Minding her Steves

Alphaxion: I see that I wasn't entirely clear in my question. I wondered why it's found repulsive by some. I've proposed a "moneyless" economy as a starting point for thinking about a solution to our current economic crisis , but this immediately received much resistance. I'm not "repulsed" by a money economy, but I'm not repulsed by the idea of a moneyless economy either. The question is what would work better. There are big downsides to using money. - Meryn Stol

To my point, I give you this essay: http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire... Those damn commies! "The primary goal of this document is to show that the writers and producers of Star Trek are promoting the values and ideals of communism. I should note that this has not always been the case; the TOS Federation was clearly a free market, and I can only imagine that some... more... - Mark Trapp

I've often wondered what would happen to our economy now if nearly free energy suddenly became available. The economy mostly boils down to labor+energy and if energy were free, what would happen? - mikepk

It's interesting, Mike, that in the Star Trek universe, energy is the one thing that *isn't* in seemingly unlimited supply: many an episode used "we need more dilithium crystals to power the warp core" as a plot device, maximum warp is never sustained due to the amount of energy it consumers, and as pointed out earlier, one of the limiting factors of the replicator technology is energy consumption. - Mark Trapp

Besides all the other reasons you guys pointed out, I always thought this was because they had found (or given by the Vulcans) ways to generate almost unlimited amounts of energy, which would make money unnecessary. It all comes down to energy, doesn't it? - Alejandro

that's on a ship, Mark. I don't think it's the same on earth. - Alejandro

I don't think the issue is the finite amount of energy we have on earth. Price of energy reflects the price of "producing" this energy, which is a combination of the labor costs and the capital costs. The capital costs (like oil rigs to get the oil out of the ground, refineries, offices for the oil companies, etc) also reflect labor costs. We never actually pay nature a dime. So what we're paying for is the "service" for getting the oil out of the ground. - Meryn Stol

The main issue that for most people nowadays (at least I'm afraid this is the case) the "good life" consists of a continued vacation instead of contributing at least a few hours a day to the common good. We need to pay people because work is presumably something you'd rather not do. - Meryn Stol

The starship is run in a militaristic fashion. I assume that if ensign red-shirt doesn't do as he is told by Picard, he gets thrown into the brig for insubordination. However, if that's what motivates people to do their jobs, it's a harsher world than I thought. - Morton Fox

I'm crossing into dangerous territory about my Trekkiocity, but one other thing to throw into the mix is: replicators use goo packs, essentially a mixture of nanobots and organic materials, to create whatever you need. These goo packs are finite in nature (although the materials they create are recycled) and in some cases are rationed. So in a sense, they're like canteen privileges. - Mark Trapp

Morton, I think that works for Starfleet, but it doesn't explain everything else. Unless you also posit that everyone has a specific function, and it'd be illegal not to perform that function; however, the United Federation of Planets is portrayed as a free society. - Mark Trapp

Certainthe Ferengi are commerce minded. Hpowever, the Klingons and the Romulans ( to name a few) seem to be command oriented sovient style societies. - Roberto Bonini

Most of the characters we saw on TNG had interesting, intrinsically rewarding work. @Meryn, I'd say that many, if not most, people like to have some form of activity in the long run, even if only to organize their lives. For example, in the real world, the majority of retired people I know fill their lives with volunteer work and/or the pursuit of hobbies. The tricky part is finding enough people to do the tedious stuff. - Rebecca Lasley

"The tricky part is finding enough people to do the tedious stuff." Yup, that's the hardest part. I do think we can do lots more on "work design", work more on automation and mechanization (thinking about these things is a lot nicer than doing the tedious work itself) and also I think that a lot of tedious stuff simply wouldn't have to be done. Lots of consumption is fueled by advertising. - Meryn Stol

Also, working as a craftsman is a lot more satisfying than being an anonymous drone in a factory. Economies could work on a much smaller scale. - Meryn Stol

To quote Office Space, "Peter Gibbons: Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you'd do if you had a million dollars and you didn't have to work. And invariably what you'd say was supposed to be your career. So, if you wanted to fix old cars then you're supposed to be an auto mechanic. / Samir: So what did you say? / Peter Gibbons: I never had an answer. I guess that's... more... - Mark Trapp

I do believe we'll always be left with some "chores" to do. We could either try to distribute them fairly (everyone a few hours of chores each week) or we could explicitly assign status for people doing the "grunt work". Personally I think that current pay-scales need need to be virtually reserved. Doing only knowledge work is a luxury compared to hard manual labor. - Meryn Stol

there is always a scarcity of services, and knowledge - Mike Chelen

that and the oldest currency is that of the swapping of goods. You live in an area where you can't grow a specific plant, you trade items for it with those who can grow it. This scales up to various goods people can create that others can't. It eventually becomes the scarcity of serfices, goods and knowledge mentioned above. - alphaxion

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Iranian Recipes: Sholeh Zard - http://www.iranchamber.com/recipes...

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Rice pudding! Again, tasty foods know no bounds... - FFing Enigma

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I believe it! The rice pudding I make is similar, only no rosewater and includes an egg. I do tend to add cinnamon and nuts to mine, though, so perhaps I should try this version. - FFing Enigma

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Zehnchu

Has anyone stopped to think about what those"save the earth people/tree huger's/hippies" types drive? The VW bus and bugs one of the worst polluting vehicles. give's new meaning to "Save the Earth suck more carbon"

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Well unfortunately, those tree huggers and hippies can't afford newer, better cars because they don't make much being activists. However, their carbon footprint overall is so vastly reduced, that them driving a VW bus doesn't bring them anywhere near to the gross polluter status that most Americans exhibit with their lifestyles. I can buy myself a Smartcar, but until I start living completely off the grid, I'm still a gross polluter. - Hookuh Tinypants

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Reminds me of Al Gore, he flies a huge jet and his mansion uses up tons of energy. - Ken

And that is why people with my background, knowledge base, and experience have guaranteed job security. Because of idiots like Al Gore, self-righteous Al Gore-loving Dems, the entire Republican party, and the uninformed masses. I will be paid to educate the public, combat the media, and guide the green movement into a position of actually knowing these things and making the smart... more... - Hookuh Tinypants

lovely generalizations - Cee Bee

Buying a Smartcar won't reduce your emissions. The gas mileage on those things sucks for as lightweight as they are. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I realize that. However, the Smartcar is still a viable counter to an old VW van. - Hookuh Tinypants

I always though "those granola-eating, save the earth, hippies" all lived in California (or Oregon) and drive a Prius...(please read sarcasm) - Kelly W.

It's hard to avoid generalizations when dealing with managing natural resources and the environment. There are so many misinformed people these days, and politicians and the media seem keen to keep it that way. I have to remain so unerringly neutral most of the time that it's frustrating. Especially when I see people make the statement that Zehn make. No, I don't really think all... more... - Hookuh Tinypants

A Prius is a much better counter to an old VW van. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yessir. *salutes* I shall remember that next time I have to hear this tired old line. - Hookuh Tinypants

@Amanda: brilliant stuff. a lot of environmental hand-waving can get you a Nobel PEACE prize--something that struck me as odd, but whatever--not to mention the $1M purse that goes along with the medal. I saw 'An Inconvenient Truth' when it first came out and left the theater shaking my head at the audacity of his allegations, but people bought into it! He wouldn't have gotten nearly the amount of attention he did if oil prices didn't escalate like they did. (cont.) - grant fox

Yep, I'm in the 1% crowd that doesn't even own a car.. AND a Republican. :-) - Ken

all that being said, I don't think Gore is an idiot; he is just pandering to a growing group within the population that is misinformed either by choice or design. there needs to be a compromise from both sides, that's what eventually is going to happen, and the world will be better off for it. - grant fox

I agree, grant, Al Gore is a lot of things, idiot is definitely not one of them. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I consider Gore an idiot not because of his film but because of how huge a hypocrite he's been. He presents us with this film, and all this data, and asks us to think about the environment...and then he does little to show us that he's walking the talk. Perhaps "idiot" is too strong a word, but there it is. I can't unsay what I've already said. - Hookuh Tinypants

if you think of environmentalism as a religion and accept that there are radicals in every religion, then you just write it off as par for the course and move on. it's when the radicals get listened to by the masses that you have to worry; the Taliban, Hitler, etc. But doesn't that usually happen under extreme circumstances? This is how I've concluded that although I get annoyed by the "tree-huggers" because of their inability to listen to me as much as they want me to listen to them, (cont.) - grant fox

they might represent a serious problem at the core and that I shouldn't so easily dismiss their cries. - grant fox

@grant: Very true. As someone once said, "The extreme always seems to make an impression." Unfortunately the radicals do kind of numb people to their cause by just becoming nuisances. It's like how nobody really flinches anymore when Berkely comes up with a wacky new law. We just shrug and chuckle and go "Oh, it's Berkeley." Unfortunately their core reasoning gets lost as a result. My... more... - Hookuh Tinypants

well said Amanda, I'm with you. I want Berkeley to do what they do, although I don't always agree with them. Every side needs to be heard and represented. it's just frustrating to me that in the western world one side is only getting heard via the media. i'm not asking people to bathe in oil, but please consider the many benefits delivered by having it in our lives. our modern society was built on petroleum, we'll find a way past it most likely in the next century only because it's running out. - grant fox

Let's hug, grant. I like you. :D It's optimism like yours that keeps me going for one more day. - Hookuh Tinypants

Amanda you shouldn't get frustrated with me :P, just blame Davis I do....They aren't the only ones I take notice of. Those so called peaceful protests that some how end up causing millions of dollars of damage. The auto ceo's flying in on jets. Some of those peta people who save the animals and some times burn down building. Davis who did Radiation testing on thousands of dogs and then buried them in the creek ( you know which one). Or wasting tax payers money to build a tunnel for frogs that don't use it. - Zehnchu

OMG I'd forgotten about the fucking frogs. That was ridiculous. I love Davis. I really do. it's a lovely town and I've spent a lot of time there over the years, since my family first moved to Dixon actually. And they have the best food co-op I've been to ever. But the notions they get up to are just painful and ridiculous and while well-meaning, they are very questionable in their... more... - Hookuh Tinypants

And they definitely don't practice adaptive management, so instead of adjusting the process and trying again, they just leave these ridiculous things in place. More punchlines ensue. It's sad. It's too good a town to be so sideways. - Hookuh Tinypants

You're not looking at this issue historically. At the time bugs came out, everyone had huge gas-hogging cars. The bugs were small. that's when the stickers came out. Now, it's just anachronistic. - anna sauce

Holy shit, this thread is a serious blast from the past... - Hookuh Tinypants

Jenny Morman

human chocolate heart - http://szymon.tumblr.com/post...

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thats a bit unusual - Bill Rawlinson

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hahahaha nice Dave :) - Jenny Morman

there's a gummi heart on thinkgeek.com too. squishable. http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffein... - Imabug

I think I like the gummi heart better even though it is super creepy! - Jenny Morman

I can't imagine myself biting into it ... - Ahsan Ali

<3 - Micah

But does it have a gooey red filling? ;-) - Sam Grover

I hope it's solid chocolate and not a a hollow gesture. - Dawn

doctor gf would like this - Will Higgins™

chocolate is the way to a man's heart! - Headstone Hollow

Louis Gray

StumbleUpon’s Ebay Spinoff Valuation: $29 Million - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...

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I'm a little confused... But I do love stumble! I really should start using it again. I wish that FriendFeed would automatically Stumble my likes for me... - LarchOye

I agree Louis. I love SU and would love to have it available in FF. - Molly

I just started using SU again and am hoping they will now restore what they almost did just right before eBay bought them. I wish there were a way to automagically sync all my FriendFeed, Twitter and cliKball folks and add them at SU too. I'm with Molly - maybe we could have that available here too. Then the question is what to share where. For those who don't know I am GrowMap everywhere so I'm easy to find. - Internet Strategist

Our Anime: directeur

First question, first. What are your favorite ones? :)

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The Avatar -- does that count? - Shey

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one of my favorites; Spirited Away - miocaro

chobits. - tehKenny

Shey, sure! tehKenny heard good things about this one, I think it'll be my next :) - directeur

Ebru +1. Spirited Away - Oguz Serdar

Spirited Away and Metropolis are quite nice.. also My Neighbor Totoro is kinda cute ^__^ - Neya

For coolness: Trigun. For cool story: Ninja Scroll. For sweet story with some depth, Onegai Sensei. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

azumanga daioh - tehKenny

As for Shows: Inuyasha, Serial Experiment: Lain, Dual, Lupin the Third, Wolf's Rain, and Ghost in the Shell. Movies: Miyazaki has never disappointed me. Really enjoy Tales of Earthsea and Princess Mononoke. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

Mahoraba! and Toradora! I loved 'em. Also Kimengumi is so silly :) - directeur

Lain, I loved it in fact James! - directeur

Bubblegum Crisis, Akira, Ranma 1/2, Big O, Last Exile, Rahxephon, Full Metal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yay! for Ranma 1/2! :) - directeur

Akira - MugeCerman

Fist of the North Star is way up there in my book; Hellsing series; Ghost in the Shell; Akira; Ninja Scroll; Vampire Hunter D; Cowboy Bebop; Jin-Roh; Grave of the Fireflies made me cry (allegedly--not confirmed); Princess Mononoke; Steamboy; there's more but I can't think of them right now - grant fox

There's no question, Berserk is far and away my favorite. - Eric Florenzano

How did I forget FLCL? Thanks Haggis. - Jimminy, CoG of FF

Haven't been watching much of anime but I like Appleseed, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Rozen Maiden. - Daniel Schildt

Kenshin, Naruto, Bleach, Negima, Detective Conan, Haruhi, Elfen Lied, Full Metal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Air Gear, One Piece, Evangelion, Inuyasha, Initial D, ...... too many to mention here, really. Avatar doesn't count as anime, although it's cool - LouCypher

Legend of the Overfiend. Gundam (pick one, any one). Lain. - Alexander Williams

Captain Tsubasa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... duh! - directeur

Samurai Champloo, Trigun, Death Note, Full Metal Alchemist, Naruto (just because it doesn't end. Actually I hate it) - denizoktar

Actually I hate it :D btw, I love GTO too! - directeur

Cowboy Bebop, Genshiken, Bleach, Graves of the Fireflies, Paranoid, Trigun - Kim Landwehr

Elfen Lied, Serial Experiments: Lain, Ergo Proxy, Ghost in the Shell, Blood+ and Gun X Sword are some of my favourites. FLCL, Trigun and Death Note are neat too, but not really favs. I'm sure I forgot some. - Daniel Bruce

Kenshin, Hikaru No Go, Record of Lodoss, Naruto, Death Note - Alan Le

Dragon Ball Z, Astro Boy, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop ^^ - Jay

Memories, Katsuhiro Otomo - miocaro

ikki tousen, ikki tousen, ikki tousen!!!!! - D. Eda Goze

Serial Experiments: Lain always listed first. Cowboy Bebop, first series of Gunslinger Girl, Gate Keepers 21 (despite the really annoying girl), and good ole Star Blazers. - Michael W. May

ROBOTECH, STAR BLAZERS, GATCHAMAN, LAST EXILE, GUNDAM WING, and AKIRA. - Steven Perez

favorites? that's difficult. I'll pick Ergo Proxy for now - Toni @ NavinoT

Samurai Champloo, Bleach, and definitely Karas. - Mladen Srdić

Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Anything by Miyazaki (especially Grave of the Fireflies), Astroboy, Full Metal Alchemist, Evangelion, Death Note - I'll shut up now ;o) - Seth Greenblatt

Appleseed - AJ Batac :)

I haven't seen too many, but of those I have: Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Ghost in the Shell, Howl's Moving Castle. Mostly in that order, I think. - Jandy

drive by comment (more later bc I'm at work): Shey +1 love Avatar. - metalerik

Death Note, Neon Genesis would have to be my top 2 pick. - David Adam

Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, Spirited Away - Michael Fidler

Love Hina, Inu -Yasha, Rurouni Kenshin, Lain, Avatar... - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Honey and Clover, Clannad, Welcome to the NHK, Genshiken - directeur

Bubblegum Crisis, Crusher Joe, Samurai Champloo, Akira, Ghost in a Shell… too many… Oh Miyazaki stuff of course - Remo

I have many favourites. samurai X, trigun, kyo( not teh movie but the comic), avatar, bleach............ - maria niayu

Morton Fox

Smellr: It's like Flickr, but for your nose - http://www.smellr.com/#

April 2, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Your smell. Deeply personal yet very social, it says so much about you. And now there's a social network for your nose, a friendspace for your fragrance, a place to share your opinions on perfumes and vote for your favorite smells. We call it smellr and it's online now." - Morton Fox from Bookmarklet

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WTF is this shit? - tehKenny

Is it compatible with Apple's iSmell? - stretta from twhirl

OMG. HAHAHAHA. - adf

O M G just what i needed. hahahah - kaieteur

If this would make me as cool as Robert, then it'd be the first time I'd wear a fragrance! - Meryn Stol

Oh I now see the other ads. I don't care about those guys. I mean how to show you *really* don't get it - with your perfume. :D - Meryn Stol

Genius... but where's "Megalomania" by Steve Jobs? :-) - Andrew Terry

Oh yes I'd wear Steve's fragrance on occasion too. :) - Meryn Stol

or, "Dogmatique" by.... Oh, no, I couldn't possibly say. - Andrew Terry

Peter Shankman is winning! http://smellr.wufoo.com/reports... - AJ Batac :)

From the facial expressions smell not so good. - JCunwired

hahaha so funny! - Jorg Jansen

BUMP - Josh Haley

is that scoble??? - Rob Sellen :o)

If I wore this would I be a Social Media Expert too? Besides smelling sooo dreamy... - The Real sofarsoShawn

Hey - where's mine? - iTad

Bret Taylor to Bret's feed, FriendFeed News

As a part of our redesign launch, you can post to FriendFeed by emailing share@friendfeed.com, and you can get your feed delivered via email (you can even comment by replying to the messages). See more here: http://friendfeed.com/share...

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You can post to a room by emailing <groupname>@friendfeed.com and direct message by emailing <username>@friendfeed.com - Bret Taylor

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like - AmirAli + i

That's cool. - Andrew Smith

did i just notice the new bookmarklet too? - patrick

brilliant! - Edward Zwart

Awesome! - Anthony K. Valley ©

Hehehe... Nice :D - Johnny

You can add email addresses to your account from your settings: http://friendfeed.com/... - Bret Taylor

You can post from any email address associated with your account. Email notifications will go to your primary address. - Tudor Bosman

Currently, we support automatic posting (without going through an "approve" page) for Gmail, Yahoo, and MSN/Hotmail/Live.com. We will add more email providers in the future, and we will also have a technical document on what an ISP needs to do in order to get added. - Tudor Bosman

I thought a saw a "hello world" yesterday that got deleted rather quickly :) - Frankie Warren

Isn't this a huge spam vector? All I have to know is someone's email address to mail from and I can send stuff to FF? - Brian Sullivan

Brian: we use a number of methods including SPF to verify that emails came from the actual owner of the email address. If we can't verify, we make the entry go through an approval step before it is posted. - Bret Taylor from email

What Bret said; that's why we only support a few email providers right now. - Tudor Bosman from email

You should add more Twitter sharing options, so that I can have emailed-posts automatically tweeted. (like by emailing twitter@friendfeed.com). Then FF can become a replacement for services like twitpic - Daniel Sims

So I could get spammed just by needing to approve posts that didn't come from me? - Brian Sullivan

I don't see any way to turn it off for my account - does such a feature exist? - Brian Sullivan

I just tried to send an email to a private group from a different email account and the request to approve it was sent back to the email address from which I sent the direct message. Is this the intended behavior? - Shakeel Mahate

Shakeel: Yes. In order to approve the post, you have to log in to FriendFeed if you aren't logged in already. - Tudor Bosman

Brian: as Shakeel noted, the approval request will be sent to the email address that was used to post. If someone is trying to spam, they will receive the approval request, not you. In order to approve, though, they would have to log in to FriendFeed, so they can only impersonate you if they know your FriendFeed password. - Tudor Bosman

Wow this is awesome. - Mona Nomura

It is sent to the address that the user claimed does it not ? If they claimed to be me I would get the request? Spam may be an over statement -- but it certainly could be annoying. - Brian Sullivan

Curious if setting the reply to different than the from will have effect on this? registered with yahoo, but yahoo sends out all mail with gmail as reply to... - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Brian, that is correct. We will address this issue if it becomes a real problem; we do have some spam-prevention measures in place. - Tudor Bosman

Rob: you need to associate with your account the address that you send from (that is, the address in the From: header). - Tudor Bosman

Tudor, I think your solution is brilliant, thank you. - Shakeel Mahate

And an IM bot - that would make my work interface a breeze - Nicholas Paul Gordon from Nambu

Nicholas: The IM bot is there. Just set it up and use it :-) I'm getting some notices now....going to test sends in a sec - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Tudor: thanks for the clarification - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Nicholas: we have been supporting IM notifications and replies by IM for a while now. Is this not working for you? See http://friendfeed.com/setting... - Tudor Bosman

Tudor: I'm not seeing IM notifications on "comments on posts I commented on" (and maybe same for posts I liked - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Rob: we just added that feature last night, so yeah, it's possible that there are some bugs. Looking into it. - Tudor Bosman

Thanks Tudor. I'll be keeping an eye out for it...I've only got those set (but I did get blasted before I turned off the "Home Feed" notifications - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

pretty cool - Shevonne

If you're not using Gmail, Yahoo, or whatever, do you have to approve each time you post something? - Tom Landini

this is a gr8 feature.. - Amit

Tom: yes, for now, but stay tuned for improvements. - Tudor Bosman

Thanks Tudor. - Tom Landini

Not seeing IM posts to @me going thru. :( This makes me a sad panda. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Added another mail to stream via cellphone, but confirmation reply never came in, a bug maybe? - Nir Ben Yona

great stuff! i mean ..stuFF .... thanks! ..you are the befft ! .. and will be even beffer .. Im quite sure about that .. LoFFe all the new ffeatures. ! ......... do you think to enable also x@ff.im? it might be handy, save typing - pb:

AND you guys successfully omitted email signatures from DMs and posts! - Mona Nomura

is that new Mona? The last DM I sent via email included my signature. (was a few days ago) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

is there email notifications for groups?? i know you can post to groups via email, but i dont see the way to turn on emails out of groups. - Frankie Warren

So that means no more using the remote key in the email address? That's SWEET. - Jandy

Frankie—Not yet. For now you can add the groups you'd like to receive notifications for to a friend list and enable email notifications for that list. - Dan Hsiao

Dan: Thanks for the work around... I hope a more intuitive method eventually shows up :) - Frankie Warren

Sweet! - TheHenry

Hey everyone reading this on Twitter - come join the party on Friendfeed :) - Phill Price

I leave for a few hours and FF Co. goes and WINs all over the place. Can't leave you alone for a second :) - grant fox

Mona, Rob: we tweaked the email signature detection code a bit, and should get rid of the default signatures from iPhone, Blackberry, and WinMo phones, as well as small variations (HI MONA). If you want to ensure that your signature gets dropped, configure the signature to include "-- " (two dashes and a space) on a line by itself before the actual signature text. - Tudor Bosman

Bret, it looks good, liking the new email and IM features. I've still got a huge suggestions and bug list. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Grant, I went off to watch a rare bit of TV then come back to all this! LOL. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

The notifications rock ! Great work ! - Ahsan Ali

wow, this is very impressive - Peter Efland

I could not post via email, because I guess I never confirmed my email address. I updated my email with the same one and clicked on the link that was subsequently sent to me. Now posts via email work. - Chip Ramsey

Is old interface via mail2ff going anywhere? I'd like to continue authorizing my posts with remotekey. - Alex Kapranoff

Alex: mail2ff will continue to work - Bret Taylor

Ryo -- is your gmail address in your ff list of email addresses? - Brian Sullivan

Ryo: That may be the same thing that was happening to me. Did you try to add the same email address again? It should fire a confirmation email that provides a link. After I clicked the link, I was then able to send posts via my email. - Chip Ramsey

Ryo: BTW, I'm also on gmail and everything works fine now, so gmail itself probably is not the problem. - Chip Ramsey

Nice... I will update my contact list asap! Feature heaven...mmmm - Susan Beebe

Any word on getting other mail addresses to only need authorization once? Have to approve my emails from my cell phone every time is a royal pita!! Pretty please make att.net a single-authorization mail????? Especially since it's an authorized address!! - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

I'm with Rudi. I'm also with ATT.net so will wait for solutions. Molly - Molly from email

So should we replace the old <username>+plaza360demos@mail2ff.com with share@friendfeed.com ? - scott willeke

Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Annie Are You OK? So, Annie Are You OK Are You OK, Annie

April 30, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Alien Ant Farm rocks this song - RAPatton

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havent heard that one. link plz - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

k found it. AAF: http://www.last.fm/music... and the original: http://www.last.fm/music... - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

Love the Alien Ant Farm version - Just Katie

multi+ for AAF version - caj needs a haircut

:D - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

bump cuz he's gone =( - Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど

*hugs* Alfredo - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

wtf -- AAF comments should be removed, total joke - Christopher Galtenberg

iPhone: Devon Campbell

Review: Incase Power Slider battery backup case - http://arstechnica.com/journal...

January 1, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"The accessory market has responded to Apple's challenge of getting an entire day's use out of the iPhone 3G with a range of external batteries. Some function as "dongles" that attach to the bottom, while others are built into protective cases that, upon first glance, look as though their designers were drawing blueprints while under the influence. Incase's Power Slider is neither of these things." - Devon Campbell from Bookmarklet

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sexy! Best one yet, props to the team who came up with this :-) - vijay

Looks stunning. This would make a nice case, let alone that it's a battery back up as well. Nice! - Fox Tucker

$99 they say but it adds .4 inches to the width. - Amani

Looks great! Am I just seeing things or is that a standard USB B port at the bottom as well? Useful for just charging with more available cables and other secondary charging sources. Amazing if it enables syncing via that port as well! - Jamie Dool

@Jamie I believe the port either charges the battery or syncs. There is a button on the case that you hold for a few seconds. After that, the data is passed through. - Devon Campbell

I held it today at the Apple store in SF. It's extremely light and has a good fit and finish but it does add a noticeable thickness to the phone that I'm not sure I want in my standard front pocket carrying location. - Jamie Dool

Just bought it and LOVE it. Don't mind the thickness. Much better than carrying around a dead brick! - Ryan Brack

I could NOT use my iPhone without this; otherwise, with all of my "pushing" and surfing and music-ing, my phone did not last past 5PM, and that is no exaggeration. Thus, when I saw this and some positive reviews, it was a no-brainer. Now, I run my phone in the same way I did before but with the brightness cranked to the top, the wireless on at all times and at 5PM I'm usually still at 100% battery. Fantastic product (although I did see some pictures of new, thinner ones out or coming out...)! - Brandon Blattner

I wonder when the new thin ones will come out. I just got a case today but I would spring for the newer thin ones. Any idea? - Amani

Just picked up one of these today as a result of needing to go to the genius bar for something else... can't wait for it to finish charging!!! - JR

Tested the device on the 3GS and it works fine. Actually it will work on all three generations. Prior to OS 3.0, I used to get a message on the 2G when connected 'not made for this device' or something, but haven't seen it again since upgrading to 3.0. However it doesn't really fit the 2G design, as it is really made for the 3G/3GS forma factor, but it will work in a pinch! - JR

Ozer Wrzl (EN)

Sarah Jessica Parker looks like Dee Snider - http://images.google.com/images...

February 25, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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vijay

why twitter's more popular than FriendFeed? answer: Twitter gets you attention even with 0 community participation. Not the same with FF. Simple.

March 30, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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but I'm just as unpopular on twitter as I am on FF :( - grant fox

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LOL Grant :D Same as I. Give it some time. :) - vijay

I looked. - Mona Nomura

Thanks. Was it good for you too? - vijay

In what way does twitter do anything to give yourself a feeling of getting attention without community participation? - Sue - Friendfeed is best

Yeah, i don't know if it's attention really, more like attachment. I see Twitter as a steppingstone channel to FF. Eventually, everyone will be here, primarily, or a place like it. - Thom Kennon

Suezanne (and others who have the same question),on twitter if you have good content people will find you (via RT. And you get notified when people reshare your tweets so you know your stuff gets around unlike on FF). On FF, um... good luck with that. - vijay

Ofcourse, I don't care about twitter since I'm not on the internet for "attention". I'm here for "conversation" which is why you can see my massive comment + like count on my FF profile : ) - vijay

I guess I'm not understanding what you mean by community involvement then. People finding your comments seems like community involvement, as does retweeting. - Sue - Friendfeed is best

there's a misunderstanding. To be clear, I can keep pushing tweets and get tons of followers and retweets WITHOUT interacting with *any* of my followers on twitter. On FF, to get attention to one's stuff one has to get out and interact with others for them to pay attention to one's feed. - vijay

And of course, FF is logically more rewarding. - Mo Kargas

depends on what "reward" the person is looking for. I have seen tons of bloggers on FF complain that twitter gives them better ROI. For bloggers it's all about traffic. And twitter gets them that with the least amount of effort. - vijay

To be clear, I'm not particularly a fan of twitter. It's just that I saw many pose this question around March; I thought about it and posted my thoughts on it. That's all. - vijay

I'd agree w/ vijay. the more time I spend on FF, the more value I get. however, I don't have that much time to devote to FF's conversations on a consistent basis. for now, Twitter is still more rewarding to me. - jbrotherlove

Amani

Mac and cheese ftw!!!

April 12, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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And done right, too. - Anika

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Oh heavenly crispy edges! - Jeanine W.

This was a rousing success at my Potluck Easter dinner (as were the crab cakes). Don't tell anyone this was my first time EVER making Mac & Cheese. I have to thank mom for the perfect recipe. No one even knew!!! - Amani

Well that's good to know. Congrats! - Anika

Anika - I'm thinking potluck for the next LA FF meetup!! - Amani

That sounds like a great plan. I was thinking of having a BBQ in a couple of weeks. You'll have to bring this. - Anika

yep. i think Mark was thinking about a pool party as well. perhaps we can combine our ideas. - Amani from IM

Bumping this b/c Anika is throwing down the gauntlet and I am ANSWERING !!!! - Amani

if we do a socal meetup in june i think we should have a mac-n-cheese-off to determine who makes the best. - Marie

LOL You can't handle MY mac! BRING. IT. ON. - Anika

Derrick

I don't watch American Idol, but I'm trying to understand the appeal. Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Taylor Hicks have all lost their record deals. Does anyone care about these people once the show is over?

April 13, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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I dont care even when it is on. ;) - Shevonne

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Or is it just indicative of the ongoing loss of business in the music industry? - Derrick

Wasn't Carrie Underwood an Idol winner too? - FFing Enigma

The only one who has really made something of herself was the first winner Kelly Clarkson. All the other ones seem to have never really made it, so I am not sure if it is indicative of what is going on in the music industry. Well..Fantasia is doing The Color Purple. - Shevonne

I know that the American Idol concert series makes a lot of money every time it rolls around. Probably the fact that the whole process is documented, people burn through the appeal of these singers before they ever press an album. - Mike Nayyar

Isn't it primarily for fleeting entertainment for the viewers; ratings for the TV networks, and money in the pockets of the promoters? Anyway, since when did major record labels ever give a crap about the artists? That leads back to the whole RIAA thing suing illegal downloaders and pretending they're protecting artists... - Ian May

The novelty seems to wear off pretty fast after the show ends. I've never watched it, but I can't see anyone really wanting to check out one of the singers after the hype goes away. - James Ferguson

I dont watch Derrick. The only thing on tv worth watching is the Tudors! - Erin @queenofspain

Those were the lean years :-) - Todd Hoff

thank god. I thought I was the only one who didn't get the appeal of it. My sis still raves about it but someday she'll come around. I think. - vijay

Joni Mitchell sang about "the star-making machinery" and it's true. Most artists are only good for a few years, then they renegotiate their deals so they get a better cut and those who were feeding off of their talent, move on to a more profitable sucker. You need to stroke and stoke those screaming fans. - Phil Boiarski

I think it just goes to show how fickle the music buying public is. However, how many seasons have there been? 7? If you get a Carrie Underwood and a Kelly Clarkson out of every 4 or 5 shows you're doing pretty well compared to the standard music business. - Kenton

I enjoy it while it's on, but they generally do a much better job of promoting the show than of promoting the singers that emerge from the show. And the first album (the "Idol" album) is almost always dreck. Even Kelly's first one wasn't that good - it was the second one that gave her staying power. Carrie's also done well, by staying in the country niche and doing it well (I guess, I'm not a country fan). - Jandy

I stopped watching it 2 years back. After they dodged Bo Brice and then Chris Daughtry which are both very talented I saw that it was just cliquish and like high school. And not for true talent! I thought they had even canceled AI but I guess it is still on. :( - aerobroken

@aerobroken I forgot about Daughtry, he's becoming pretty popular and seems to be on the verge of hitting it big. - Kenton

The appeal I'd hazard is largely due to America's obsession with celebrity being the next big thing: getting your 15 minutes, almost everyone wants it, Ive never watched it starting from season 1 - The Real sofarsoShawn

Interesting that some 35 million people watch every week, and the ratio of successful careers after the show is virtually nil. At first I thought people just wanted to watch the gawd-awful audition process, but people watch right up until the very end. - Derrick

there was a FF post a few weeks back about artists that would never make it on American Idol, with most of the artists being some of our most treasured musicians (Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, et al.). I think American Idol is a perversion of the American Dream, plastic-wrapped for your viewing convenience and pleasure. rags-to-riches gone mad. - grant fox

and I heard a statistic that more people voted on American Idol than for president of the US. - grant fox

*bump* - Derrick

Grant - that is so sad. - anna sauce

Derrick that's like saying the Pinto, AMC Pacer, and the Yugo suck as cars so why should anyone be interested in cars? Daughtry, Clarkson, and Underwood are all doing well. A lot of fine crooners were on this year and someone will take off. That's why I watch. To see people overcome and do something good, possibly even great. - Todd Hoff

There have been a lot of careers launched via Idol. Kelly Clarkson = international hit. Carrie Underwood = sells millions of albums every time she sneezes, has a bundle of Grammys and CMA awards. Chris Daughtry = 4x platinum. Kelly Pickler = quite successful in countryland. (A whole batch of Idols have actually charted in the country world, where being wholesome, attractive, and... more... - Roger Benningfield

Roger, I'm not saying people haven't been successful post-Idol, what I'm saying is that the media has portrayed these current two finalists in this big last show sing-off right down to the wire. Hell, I own a Kelly Clarkson CD (and it gets a lot of play because I think it's a good album, frankly). I know Carrie U., Daughtry, etc. have done well, but it seems to me that...well, for example, the dude that won last year, where is he? Is that David Cook (I don't even know his name)? - Derrick

I suppose. Out of all the people who've ever appeared on Idol (full disclosure: I stopped watching it a while ago, although I'm aware of it's popularity), I've only bought the Clarkson CD. And I'm not arguing with these people's success. I just know people are die hard fans of the show, yet when the people release music, they have yet to buy a CD. But that might just be the blight of the music industry over all. - Derrick

I've never watched the show and have no interest in it. The whole premise of reality television bothers me. Basically the networks get mass viewership for little in the way of production value. I suppose Idol is a bit of an exception. The judges surely aren't doing it for free. And a lot goes into the music and sets and such. But the "talent" gets nothing. They're basically working for... more... - MoTO Bott

I think less than 10% of the people interested in the show are actually interested in the careers of the winners. The appeal, I am guessing, is based off of seeing something new, watching it develop, and judging it to be good or bad. - Brendan Clancy

1UP Brendan. I dare say that most people are even more smitten with the tryout portion of the show where the painfully clueless seem to make fools of themselves. - Derrick

Derrick, I actually love that part! Think its hysterical... not hysterical enough to DVR or anything, but still. - Brendan Clancy

+Shevonne. - Anna Lynn M.

Zee.

Sorry, another animated gif, but this is too funny… - http://www.zee.me/blog...

April 8, 2009 from Zee Slash Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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i genuinely don't like animated gifs guys...but come on, this is hilarious.. - Zee.

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newb - Simon Wicks

i just love the way he claps before hand with such enthusiasm...then bang! - Zee.

GEE! I remember that. - Valley

lmfao.... OUCH!! what a dickhead! - Rob Sellen :o)

Lol thanks Meric... - Zee.

Is that Joey from Friends on the left? - Simon Wicks

like and then hide... so I don't keep watching it. :) - mikepk

did he win? - Rob Sellen :o)

Just what _the hell_ was he hoping to do, and did he swallow anything .. like his tongue, or some teeth, perhaps? So many questions... - Wayne Smallman

What is the white object comes out from his head? - Alp

Funny, but it's a good thing FF is real-time now, so this GIF will soon disappear from view. - Grey Drane

Classic clip from 'So You Think You Can Dance'. Good times. - Quinton

unless people keep post on it ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

you can just hide it of course Grey - Zee.

ouch - Nathan Chase

OUCH!!! - YoYo_P

If i remember correctly, the dude got back up and continued dancing. - Valley

can't stop watching. - Vicarbott

Make it go away !!! - Dave Ploch

hide guys hide! - Zee.

ups.. - Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)

Painful.. for him and for us to watch - especially in a continuous loop. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

funny tho - Rob Sellen :o)

oh my word that hurts - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

Offff... - Burak Budak

I'm not sure funny is the word..... - nsnadell

definition of: "face-plant" - .LAG liked that

This could be a good analogy for the new FF look. based on all the howling that has been going on. uh AKA Face Feed :D - Tony C (Unrated) from fftogo

This guy is somewhere trying to live this down. It ain't happening soon. - Valley

omg that's horrific - stanleyyork

its on his head... a hat? - Rob Sellen :o)

Least he got straight back up and carried on! Props to him. - Simon Wicks

What happened to him? - Yalçın Erdemir

Oops - Vicey

well done - Opensource Obscure

OUCH. - Ron Bailey

My guess is that he had never actually tried to do that flip before. He was just so full of himself he figured he could. Looks easy, right? - iTad

ROFL I mean I'm really ROFLing right now - Dobromir Hadzhiev

After watching the full video, I'm not sure he had ever tried to dance before. His facial expressions look totally pained. - iTad

I'm going to have to hide this as it is too painful a reminder of my own pathetic attempts at dancing... - Andrew Leyden

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! - Randy

OUCH! - AJ Batac :)

omg - Kate

What is that on his head? Was he wearing a yamukkah? - Nicholas Kreidberg

LOL look at the judges faces!!!! - Anthony Farrior

lol - Filip Visnjic

ouch!! I can't stop watching this, lol! - Gabe Diaz

Thanks, Meric. Salah is now my favorite word for today. - Yolanda

Classic - Bwana ☠

That was epic. - Andru Edwards

wow! WE HAVE A WINNAH! - vijay

That was the winner from "So You Think You Can SLAM Dance?" ;) - Jericho

OUCH! The So You Think You Can Dance auditions are always good for at least a couple of these. :) I need to find out when that's starting up again...or I could just calculate based on how many more weeks of American Idol there are, I guess. - Jandy

lmao!!! knew that would pop up sometime!!! - Rob Sellen :o)

gahh. how did that not break his neck? >.< gads - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

bet there is a dent on that floor.... - Rob Sellen :o)

WTF was he thinking about...gah - Rah-PM 2012

your ffeed is awesome...I guess pic would fit this! ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I can't look away... but I keep cringing every time the face meets the floor. - Joshua Schnell

"meet the floor" ??? wtf? his face gatecrashed the floor lol ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

yeeeeeha... :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

:) Yeah, i think so Cagatay...there's a video link somewhere in the comments. He's safe and sound - Zee.

OMG - Jigar Mehta

ouch - Matt Bebich

Already saw that thing... but still find it hilarious! - François Lamontagne

This one kills me every time I see it http://jcunwired.enjoysthin.gs/33342 - JCunwired

I bet he couldn't do it again.. ;o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Makes it look like he never practiced at all! At least he'll get his 15 minutes of fame, though I'm imagining he didn't want that kind. - Michael Turner

Trying to figure out how to get animated gifs in my feed so I can get rid of all those pesky followers. - Hayes Haugen

Nothing better then an animated faceplant - Will Higgins™

OW! - imabonehead

we wondered when you would turn up and tell us what it was like "imabonehead" :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Really can't stop watching! - Ninh Nguyen

...it still hurts to watch! poor guy. - .LAG liked that

omg lmao should we laugh at this..............HELL YEAH LMFAO - eric

Oooosshhh - Moses Kpetigo

he fucked up - Amir

It was not funny the first five times I saw it. Then I started to giggle. Now I can't stop watching it. - Niklas Morberg

Was that a Yarmulkah or Keffiyah that fell off? - Bec Rowe @d0tski

OUCH!!! How unfortunate! - David Cook

can't stop watching it.. LMAO.. - Can Koklu

I hate watching these videos because I keep wondering what happened after, what was the damage!!.. Damn it there is no point in watching if you dont know the result. - denizoktar

Oohh dear - Moses Kpetigo

Just seeing this one makes me feel like I should spit teeth out :-o - Seth Greenblatt

Just ran across the full video today. Looks like he walked away just fine: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Ken Sheppardson

lol, this wont die. - Zee.

d a m n - Derrick

BAM! - Chris Charabaruk

Boy, that looks painful. - LaShea Miller

not the best to start off the morning, actually it is if behind the display :-D - Dobromir Hadzhiev

that hurt me si i know he was a hurting - Monique

Is that a yarmulke that flew off? - Mattb4rd

Ok, finally laying down a comment on this on. To bookmark. - Micah

Stealing this as we speak!!! - Amani

Steven Perez

FUCK YEAH CILANTRO - http://fuckyeahcilantro.tumblr.com/post...

May 4, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"as a white-ass whitey whose culinary cultural heritage is basically limited to Butter and Cheese and More Butter, let me be the first to thank asians for filling me with shame [cue self-flagellation]" - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

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CORIANDER - Michael R. Bernstein

NOPE. - Steven Perez from IM

YEP. - Michael R. Bernstein

Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Movies, entertainment

12 Awesome 80s Movies That Are Perfect | All Top Movies - http://alltopmovies.com/awesome...

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"The 80’s were a decade of decadence, with everything being bigger, crazier, and more over the top. It was the beginning of the age of insanity, and yet somehow, out of the midst of all of the big crazy hair and drug use and Reaganomics, a few gems that could withstand the test of time were born. Even if the hair and clothes change, some things just stay perfect. With that we present…" - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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Agree on this list? - Kol Tregaskes

no goonies? Beverly Hills Cop? Ghostbusters? Terminator? Mind you, there are too many 80's movies to ever come up with a list as short as 12 :P - alphaxion

the 80's were great for all! ..what about music? In those movies have to be "Trainspotting" THE 80's movie :) - xavi

I'm skeptical. Gotta leave for work now, but I'll check out the list soon and get back with my verdict. And xavi, what are you talking about? Trainspotting is 1995. - Jandy

I haven't seen a few of the movies, but judging by the ones I have seen. Yes. The list is acceptable. - Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce

I suppose it's acceptable. Of them all, I only really love The Princess Bride and Die Hard. I like Ferris Bueller and Bill & Ted well enough. Top Gun and The Thing are all right. And the others I haven't seen. Nope, not an '80s convert yet. - Jandy

I can't believe they have missed out the Goonies! :-( Explorers too. Love that, like the in-space version of Goonies. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

and no Karate Kid? - chrisofspades

Indiana Jones? Back to The Future? Aliens? Blade Runner? Predator? - Kol Tregaskes

What are the parameters for the list? Where's Risky Business? Where's Fast Times at Ridgemont High. - Bryan R. Adams

There are a couple of Star Wars movies too but I can easily give them a miss. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Agree on Lost Boys and Princess Bride. Die Hard was OK but that's really it for me. - Kol Tregaskes

Why do lists of "awesome 80s movies" always seem like "guilty pleasure movies" to me? - Jandy

Inclusion of "Transformers", "GI Joe" and "Coming to America" tanks its credibility. - Ken Sheppardson

xavi, you're not even close there, Trainspotting is 1996: http://www.imdb.com/title... - Kol Tregaskes

Ken, agree. Very odd choices to me. I mean 'Coming to America'? Are you sure!? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

E.T. (1982) - Ken Sheppardson

Kol and Ken, yall just lost some credibility with me. Coming to America is a classic! - chrisofspades from IM

Chris, happy to lose credibility, thought that was a pretty awful Eddie Murphy comedy. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

OK, I guess maybe we could cut it some slack because it's "12... That Are Perfect" and not "The 12 Most Perfect..." - Ken Sheppardson

come on Kol...the barbershop scenes? Randy Watson? Soul-Glo!!!?!!?! that movie is pure gold. - chrisofspades

Coming to America is flat out an awesome movie. - Bryan R. Adams

Maybe this is a dumb question, but why "Coming to America" over "Trading Places"? IMO it's not even Christmas without "Trading Places". - Andrew C (✓)

scrooged! it's the quintesential christmas movie :) - alphaxion

Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

you know there's a karate kid and weekend at Bernies remakes in the works? The karate kid remake will be called "kungfu kid" and have Jackie Chan as Mr Miagi - alphaxion

Piaw Na

Kindle DX a massive boon to travelers - http://piaw.blogspot.com/2009...

May 6, 2009 from Piaw's Blog - Comment - Like - Share

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Get a Sony Reader. And give me a break, I know you still have a US credit card. Just have it shipped to me or Ovidiu @ the office and we'll ship it to Singapore for you. :-) - Piaw Na

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No, I had mine shipped to my office, and my home address is my mom's. :-) - Piaw Na

Heh. Mac users complaining about something that's too expensive. I can slap an Apple logo on it if you like. :-) - Piaw Na

nice affiliate link Piaw :) - mjc

Yes there is, but the Kindle DX screen is heck bigger, and usable in direct sunlight, and doesn't cause eyestrain. But maybe there'll be a 10" Ipod HD soon. It'll cost $1000, but it'll have an Apple logo so you'll buy it. :-) - Piaw Na

I think Apple has an easier job distributing the ipods. - Piaw Na

Rah-PM 2012

and you don't know what you got till it's gone #friendfeed

May 8, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Don't it always seem to go...? ;) - Mona Nomura

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They paved paradise and put up a 140 character limit. - Mark Traphagen

Janet (Q-tip remix) > Counting Crows. ;) - Mona Nomura

That's the one I was thinking of :) - Rah-PM 2012

What?! Joni Mitchell never lies! - Victor Ganata

The last thing I need in my head is Cinderella. - Michael McKean

AMEN! - BEX

i first thought this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - grant fox

Ack Grant! I will now need to listen to three hours of Led Zeppelin to cleanse my mind of that. - Mark Traphagen

Mark, it could have been worse: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - caj needs a haircut

Y'know, I don't think I'm even going to click that link ;-) - Mark Traphagen

<whistles innocently> What? - caj needs a haircut

Carlos Ayala

The Most Dangerous Roads In The World

May 8, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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i guess the 101 doesn't make the cut. - grant fox

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nope, not for me - BEX

scary stuff. is there a link to a page with these locations, accident rates, etc.? - Bora Zivkovic

here ya go Bora, its the best i can do: http://www.dirjournal.com/info... - Carlos Ayala

thank you. I know the Croatian coastal roads - the so-called Adriatic 'magistrala'. I have witnessed several deadly wrecks there, just visiting the coast for the summer when I was a kid. Definitely deserves its deadly reputation. But the other roads look even scarier. No way I'd drive on any of them! - Bora Zivkovic

Rishabh Mishra (p248)

In Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451," a dystopian society forbids too much thinking because it makes people upset. There is a small grain of truth to this. Discussions of morality often create emotionally-charged conversations.

May 8, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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Does this mean that it is my duty to annoy this world? - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

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It is never one's duty to annoy. Well, unless it's a covert psychological warfare thing. But normally, deliberately annoying others is completely worthless and in fact counter-productive. By annoying, you bring up every mental defense your opponent has. That of course is merely a quibble of semantics. - i80and

So, i80and, I should limit the number of my emotionally-charged morality discussions? - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

Not the number; the intent. You argue to convince, not to annoy. Unless you like wasting your time, that is. Annoyance may be a side-effect, but it should be minimized as much as possible. It only gets in the way. - i80and

If one doesn't eventually shut his piehole regarding morality, annoyance is guaranteed. Though I would take an opportunity to reduce said annoyance. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

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