I'm already running it as a dev. I must say, as much as I think push notifications are a poor stop gap to backgrounding, I was still giddy when I got my first AIM notification ;-)
- Richard Goodwin
Apple is contributing $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that would define marriage as only between a man and a woman. The company's announcement today came as the fight over Prop. 8 grows hotly contested, with recent polls showing the race tightening.
- Leo Laporte
You won't see any new Apple products in my house. That is low. A private company supporting a political cause, that a majority of Americans disagree with. That was a dumb move. You've lost mine, and many others' business, Apple.
- Kevin Porter
from twhirl
I will keep my iPod nano, thank you, and likely buy another. However, I think it would make more sense is Steve put the money up himself and not directly involve the company.
- Shawn Poulson
Kevin, you sound like a homophobic person. -1 Way to go Apple. +1 for you. :)
- Mol, Time Warping
Molly, I'm not homophobic. I am a supporter of the sacredness of marriage. Marriage was ment to be for a man and a woman only, not a man and man or a woman and woman. It is not right, nor is it naturally given to us.
- Kevin Porter
from twhirl
@Kevin, you're confusing different types/meanings of "marriage." Religious marriage is not the same as legal or social/cultural marriage. Religious marriage is (and should continue to remain) separate from legal marriage. (Though they're usually held simultaneously). Forcing others to adhere to your opinion is what's not right.
- Tanath
Hey Kevin - I am so thankful of Apple. My civil rights are being stripped away by people like you who use nonsensical talking points. It is disgusting that people who live in another state are pouring millions of dollars into Prop 8. The love between a man and a man and a woman and a woman, is not second class. We will not sit in the back of the bus anymore!
- PC Easy
from twhirl
Since I just got marrried recently to my partner of 16.5 years (straight), I think my gay and lesbian friends and a gay relative deserve the same right. We had a civil ceremony, and the day we got married, we were very touched by the gay and lesbian couples marrying at the same time. I hope and pray these people's marriages will not be voided on Nov. 4th. They deserve the same rights that my husband and I have enjoyed.
- Cathryn Hrudicka
civil rights are what laws give you! or am I wrong?
- directeur
Why shouldn't Apple contribute...we talk about corporations acting ecologically friendly why shouldn't they act morally as well. Apple is saying they have a valued segment of employees that will be negatively affected by others who are trying to take the current rights they hold away. Standing up for your the civil rights of your employees is admirable and Apple will continue to be a company I support.
- Sidney
"morally" ? you must be kidding. This "morally" adjective is also used by the ones against it. Business is one thing, social life-style is another. All this is marketing, and a cheap one ; 100.000 for such advertising, now this is "marketing"
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Kevin: your bigotry and old ideas are not well thought out. Personally I wish our society would separate the legal rights of marriage from the religious/cultural implications of same. I don't really care what you want to do in your own church, but when it comes to legal rights everyone should be treated equally. Kevin: you sound like those who argued against civil rights in the 50s/60s. Amazing that such ideas still exist in modern society.
- Robert Scoble
I see it as Apple supporting the civil rights of its gay and lesbian employees. If you don't like gay marriage, don't enter into one.
- Michael Markman
Markman: So since I do support gay marriage then I should enter into one? :-) Someone had to say it!
- Stephen Foskett
Kevin: Your feed has some old status updates where you support the Presidential candidate who dumped his sick wife to marry a younger, richer woman that he had an affair with. Now that you've decided to vigorously support the sanctity of marriage, shouldn't you be advocating the candidate who has stuck with one wife his entire life?
- Bruce Lewis
But if gays get civil rights, soon everyone will want them...
- Indio Apache
from twhirl
100k? that's like 1k to a company like apple....
- Patricia
Bad move, Bruce, now the McPalin campaign will spend millions trying to accuse Obama of multiple secret infidelities that began before he entered kindergarten! (I had to edit that; it could take a really sick turn)
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
While I personally support "No on 8," and I appreciate Apple's donation, I have to admit I get a bit queasy when corporations can donate such huge amounts to political causes. It has the capability of putting their interests so far ahead of everyone else's, and that could easily be abused (and has, I might add).
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Ain't that McCain's October Surprise? Some woman that'll claim she's Obama's babymomma?
- Victor Ganata
Victor: if they had something like that they would have already pulled it. The early voting is locking in the vote every day (you should see the lines all over the country). McCain's campaign is in dire trouble and they needed to pull something like that a week ago, not next week.
- Robert Scoble
If the LDS as a Church (aka religious corporation) can donate why can't Apple?
- Sidney
aka Taylor: not to mention that LDS isn't even located inside California. Apple is and its employees are totally affected when they lose their rights due to a church trying to take away legal rights.
- Robert Scoble
If the prop passes it only puts off the inevitable. Freedom always wins out in the long run.
- Internet's Tad
Most homosexual people i know own at least one apple product (a macbook in most cases). that's because apple's are not asw ugly as the rest of the "techie things". I am not gay, and i personally like the old IBM thinkpad design. so fo Apple such a move is quite logical, and, it will generate a tremendous ROI! as for Kevin - mate, don't show too much of your (nothing personal) ignorant views. it's actually a fact that homosexuality is normal for most animals. agree or disagree, but we are animals as well
- Kirill Bolgarov
what a sad f'in country America is that this is even necessary. Just pathetic.
- Maverick
Robert and aka, to clarify: The LDS church is not donating for Yes on 8. They are encouraging their members to support the multi-faith group "Protect Marriage" that supports Prop 8. I would be more careful in terms of how that is portrayed, though the misunderstanding is easy.
- Louis Gray
Louis: ABC news radio was reporting today that 30 to 40% of the Yes on 8 ad money came from the LDS church. In any case, that's hardly any different. This is an issue that in 50 to 100 years your organization will end up apologizing for, just like churches have had to apologize for being on the wrong line of justice and decency before.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, yes, the link shows 30-40% of the ad money has come from church members. The church has itself not donated.
- Louis Gray
I'm sorry to say this, but this ignorance makes me really sad. It's the 21st century and people hate homosexuals. It's sad that homosexuals can't get the same rights as hetro married couples. I'm sick of people going, "Oh It's immoral." People don't choose to be gay, yeah, people LOVE getting discriminated and attacked. Oh yeah, I'd so love that.
- Mol, Time Warping
Louis: interesting that you make a distinction between an organization and its members. I do not. They are one and the same, particularly when leaders of that organization are encouraging the members to do something specific.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, also, this pro-8 campaign was actually instigated by the Catholic church, and the LDS church jumped on after being approached by the Catholic church if I read right. http://www.sltrib.com/ci_1079... It's not to be ignored though that a large percentage of the LDS Church members are in support of it regardless.
- Jesse Stay
Several churches (including my own, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) have voiced long-standing opposition to gay marriage. While these churches may not themselves be directly donating, they are certainly contributing in kind (see the LCMS page I stumbled upon earlier).
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
That having been said, I do differentiate between an organization and its members. Not every person who walks into an LDS or whatever church agrees with its teachings (most notably pro-choice Catholics, and Quakers such as Nixon who fought in World War II). There are probably many Apple and Google employees who support Proposition 8. McCain has voted against Republicans, and Obama has probably voted against Democrats. Few organizations if any reflect their members 100%.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Several churches (including my own, the United Church of Canada) have voiced support for same-gender marriage. My husband and I first applied for a marriage license about 20 years ago, and we had to wait a while to get it. ;) As for Kevin's comments, they remind me of a cartoon I saw in the paper, which depicts two couples, drinks in hand, chatting at a party, with one of them saying: "Gay marriage makes a mockery of all three of my marriages."
- Jerome
YAY, is it as fast as everyone's saying?
- Mona Nomura
It is no longer delayed while typing and switching screens, yes.
- Adam Turetzky
Mine has been updating for hours. I guess I'll have to go to sleep and hope it comes up by morning. Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
things seem to be smoother and more stable. It's going to take a couple days to see if the keyboard lag and memory leaks are truly gone.
- Dave Senior
Mine went smoothly too. But I'm not really noticing any increases in speed. The Contacts app still hangs for several seconds when it is started. We'll see if stability has improved or if the zany audio bugs are fixed.
- Mark Jaquith
from twhirl
Robert, I wonder why yours is taking so long! My ipod touch was busy backing itself up for about 2 hours. Once it was done, the installation ran and it quickly restarted itself.
- Daynah
Daynah: I don't know I hope it isn't deleting my calendar info again.:-)
- Robert Scoble
My update went smooth, no problems that I've noticed since. @Mark_Jaquith I also had annoying latency with the Contacts, both the home page button and the regular (via phone app) one, but it doesn't seem to be so sluggish now.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Okay that's the /i sorted how about /m? It was looking really good at first but then the style sheet came in and it changed to be a lot larger and too wide. Back to fftogo.com
- John Cooper
If it gets more people to wear condoms, I'm all for it.
- xero
Lil Wayne... the man, the myth... the linguist.
- rykos
from twhirl
Lil Wayne also sez: "Gangstas and pimps, Love lobsters and shrimps, Kool-Aid and chicken, Flashy things and women. " - These are a few of his favourite things.
- Johnny Worthington
I actually thought you meant to type "weird" cause in my head that made more sense.
- Ryan Cates
He drinks cough syrup all day, babbles incoherently on a mic, and people eat it up like he's the best rapper ever. It's amazing.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
I've been listening to Lil' Wayne on mixtapes for 4 years now, and have loved all of his mixtape material leading up to his latest album, which I find to be too "mainstream." I think he's got a lot of lyrical talent, and has clearly aligned himself with decent production. I'm not saying he's better than 2pac/Biggie and is the best that ever lived, but I believe his current reign is more deserved than 50's. Oh, and I would have never expected Leo of all people to tweet his lyrics! Good on you Leo!!
- Granteezy
Not gonna lie, the man says some awesome stuff. I hadn't realized 50 was that important as a rapper...HAH. I avoid radio/videos though, so what do I know...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Favorite rapper. 2nd best to Jay-Z. He says things that are just...GENIUS! Love him.
- Corvida
So many nuggets of knowledge built into Tha Carter III, Leo. This is one of many, my friend.
- Liz
That's a misquote. It's really: "Safe sex is great sex, better wear a latex / 'cause you don't want that late text, that "I think I'm late" text"
- Hashim Warren
One for true techies: "I got game like EA, but I wanna let you play."
- Sean Quinn
from twhirl
@brian norwood - Leo got the line wrong...Hashim corrected him. It makes plenty of sense and it's promoting safe sex. Not sure why that's worth ignoring?
- Angel Smith
Yeah, I mean. Sometimes I do feel like kicking Wayne in the chest...watch him fall into a bottomless pit...but that's just me :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
It's just depressing how much money he'll make from this...
- Brooks Guthrie
from twhirl
ACtUALlY liL WAYNE SAYZ 'SAfE SEX iS GREAt SEX; bETteR WEAR A lAtEX kCAUSE YUh dONT WANt tHAt lATE tEXT tHAT i THiNK iM lATE tEXT !!' dUhh ACtUALlY liSTEN tO thE lYRiCS. ANd YES liL WAYNE iS thE bOMb LiKE tiCk tiCk(=
- Dawny
lmfaooo u don't know what your talkin about. i agree with dawny. that is what he says
- gef
damn if yall gonna make fun at least quote the lyrics correctly......
- tae chills
Grant: i put it on approval only and i'm getting 300-400 folks asking to be on after each email. so, i guess the 1,000 limit is over. hard to say no to folks
- Jason Calacanis
Bwana I have used Jing since it came out beta I really like it - although getting used to the menu (the 3/4 yellow circle at the top of my screen) was a bit awkward at first now I look for it and use it almost constantly to record videos or take screen shots
- Kevin Tunis
I hid the dot. I'm a keyboard shortcut guy, so I went with the old cntrl+shift+p
- Bwana ☠
I didn't really like the dot, either - PrintScreen for me.
- David Worrell
It's pretty cool but it minimized a game at a crucial moment to tell me there was an update available. Other than that...
- sergiooo
I just watched the video tour, this sounds very interesting, gonna try it now.
- Oli Kenobi
You know, I installed it yesterday and now I haven't had any use for it yet.
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Geoduck is an official mascot for the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington - which also has a (very appropriate) motto: "Let It All Hang Out" http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008... so-o-o-o-o... who wins competition for college mascot deserving public attention? ;)
- A.T.
darkroastedblend.com is VERY good visual resource for personal entertainment ;) *cough* *cough* *cough*
- A.T.
I'm sorry but the banana slug has to be a huge FAIL -- sorry :(
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
i actually post from there allll the time ;) thanks for the tip, silpol! @Shey: I've had friends turn down UCSC because of the mascot LOL
- Mona Nomura
Stanford is 'Cardinal' the color, a deeper shade of red, not 'Cardinals' the bird. Because we're named after a pigment that would be a pretty hard mascot to create, so the tree comes from the great redwood that's on the official school seal... and the tree's not ghetto...not at what tuition on The Farm runs these days. decidedly upscale. lol
- .LAG liked that
Dude, I'm sorry. But your mascot is all sortsa ugly. Seriously. And for a school filled with smart people, why in the Sam's hill would they choose a pigment for a mascot? Baffling!
- Mona Nomura
Ya, it looks like Cpt. Crunch.... =|
- Mona Nomura
but see, that's what people don't understand about the Stanford mascot, the Stanford Cheerleaders, and the Stanford Band: take whatever idea you have of a mascot, a cheerleader, or a marching band... and we're the exact opposite. our mascot is the anti-mascot... and judging from your reaction, it's working. the joke's on you for taking it seriously, because we sure don't.
- .LAG liked that
.LAG, I didn't mean to offend you... I was just teasing :\
- Mona Nomura
Mona ... no offense taken... should have added LOL at the end... seriously, we made as much fun of the mascot and the band when we were students as anyone outside the school ever did, probably more, because we know who's behind the suit. that's why its so funny to me to hear folks rip our mascot... that's why it exists: to get ripped! Is it ugly? Absolutely. Is it silly? Definitely? Is it lame? Without a doubt, by design! Seriously LOL
- .LAG liked that
phew.. sometimes you can't tell on the internet haha I have friends who went to Stanford and I make fun of them all the time, hey. At least you don't have an unofficial one like Dartmouth. When I saw Keggy the Keg I LOL'd.
- Mona Nomura
I like the Slug. The tree has gotta go, though.
- Bill Sodeman
Each Stanford mascot designs his/her own tree costume and also has to perform a stunt. A previous winner ate the heads off of 2 live snakes. There was an interesting article on SI about the selection process
- Grant
If those outfits are avail, I'd like to wear them at Burning Man.
- Sam Lawrence
from twhirl
the banana slug will fucking maul everyone
- The Millionizer
"Favtape is a new mashup that mixes Pandora, Last.fm, Seeqpod, and Slinkset to offer full playback of your favorite songs on demand, without any limitations."
- tech.newsjunk.com
THANK YOU for demonstrating that my family isn't the only one to do that! I ended up spending hours with that on one tab and familysearch.org on another filling in gaps.
- Jay Wiegmann
My family has about 1200 people entered into the site. About 850 of them are still alive.
- Sam Pullara
I too have a family full of Geni lovers, works very well
- Phill Price
All it takes is for one or more Genealogy obsessed relatives to get wind of it and you are set. I started with about 80 and we now have over 900.
- Peter Kelley
I use Geni too. An amazing site indeed. Now have my entire family mapped out.
- Nick Humphries
this is pretty awesome and especially useful. Right now, we're all geographically separated so this is a nice project to pass around the family.
- George Aranjuez
from twhirl
I tried to get everyone to use it, but alas, everyone in my family is afraid they'll be found on there somehow and their identity will be stolen. If MY identity hasn't been stolen yet I'm pretty sure there's won't be.
- Lisa McMillan
from NoiseRiver
My family got started a while ago but we stopped adding to it recently. Thanks for the reminder that it's out there. I'll get excited about it again.
- Lisa L. Seifert
I liked geni.com very much but couldn't much buy-in/participation with my family.
- Cornelius Toole
How does this differ from ancestry.com?
- ComicList
That is true, Geni is a well done piece of website. B4 that I thought I had a small family...
- Jean-François Amadei
from twhirl
Thanks for showing me that link. I've got my family on it now!
- Joe Storm
Little boy in his bedroom, playing w/ his Twinkle. Dad walks in, says, "Keep doing that & you'll go blind." Little boy says, "Dad, I'm over here."
- Dean Barnett
Well, my iPhone 3g's GPS doesnt work, and it wont do it cell towers either. So, I'm lost.. :(
- Simon Wicks
Can't really use it yet because I'm actually getting an Edge signal from a cell tower about 20 miles away which messes with the location map (it's on the other side of the Bay).
- Andrew Leyden
It is pretty cool actually. Even on Edge it at least gets me in the right city.
- Dave Rutter