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Who knew getting an MRI was SO EXPENSIVE? Thankful that my ins. covers most of it, but I'm still paying over $200/per. My brain is a lemon.
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That is freaking truth. Not the lemon part. The cost part.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
The first Acura NSX I ever saw had a personalized plate that said "MRI4U2"
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Unfortunately we can't return our brains for better models. Too bad. ... MRI tests are way expensive, even compared to other testing.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I had a CT Scan and a Bone Scan earlier this year. The HMO group pre-paid all but $135 which was sent to the main HMO to pay. So far, no bill for me (other than the premiums Ack!).
- George Brickner
i think MRI's cost $1500
- echostreamer
If life gives you lemons, squeeze your head and make lemonade...
- Thomas
from FreshFeed
I think mine was 7K before ins
- Steve Mott
Think of it like you're commissioning uh...a series of portraits of your brain. It's art. Or something.
- Amy
If you're watching TV and you honestly believe that one of the characters is based on you, it might be time for a trip to the psychiatrist. - http://tumblelog.sarahlane.com/post...
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I think that Sarah Lane character is based on me. A thinner, prettier and more female version of me.
- Ghworg
I'm pretty sure Captain Awesome on Chuck is based on me
- Alan Simpson
I haven't had that feeling since I watched the Goonies and saw Sloth...
- Thomas
I'm not taking a stab at anyone. I liked what Eric said, that's it!
- Sarah Lane
Fortunately, no TV characters are based on me.
- George Brickner
Take Away a Woman's Driver's License & Watch Her CREATE MEDIA! - http://www.sarahlane.com/blog...
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It's been a while since I rode Chicago's transit, like 1992. Video cameras were pretty large back then. BTW, it looks like the weather has turned cold in SF.
- George Brickner
Are you using the iPhone for video or do you have a pocket camcorder?
- Thomas
Holy shit I just found Comcast's On-Demand 2009 HD Yule Log. 48-min loop. $5 says @leolaporte had something to do with this.
Jay, Fee501st, George Brickner and 2 other people liked this
Bit expensive, but cheaper than a blu-ray disc, I guess. :P
- Phillip Stewart
If you watch it on an older plasma TV you could get the authentic fireplace feel...
- Thomas
Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person? That’s the advice I would give to women: Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn’t know. And, more important, how does he... - http://tumblelog.sarahlane.com/post...
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No, nice guys finish last.
- Jerry Perez
Nice guys get "noticed" last, but in the long run, they come out on top.
- Chad McCoskey
from iPhone
Best then to be a cute nice guy.
- aldenoneil
don't they have clapping emoticons??????
- ffcode
easy to say. hard to do when you're ugly and a jerk. : )
- Jerry Perez
I know. I'm screwed...
- Thomas
I've seen your YouTube submission, Jerry. Don't sell yourself short. You could very well be a jerk, though.
- aldenoneil
i am with Jerry but it is good to read it and her advice to the women i wonder how good this lady (Sarah Lane) is. i don't usually listen to celebrities but you surprised me
- ffcode
The quotation's actually from Michelle Obama, ffcode.
- aldenoneil
There is evidence to support the jerk theory. Just ask my offline friends.
- Jerry Perez
Does Michelle count as a celebrity?
- Jerry Perez
Yes, and maybe I misunderstood ffcode's comment.
- aldenoneil
this goes to my tumblr log too
- ffcode
That's pretty good advice
- Amy
Is it too late for a "That's What She Said" comment in response to Chad??
- Jerry Perez
I'm definitely not cute. Molly (the cat) at age 11 is still pretty cute. The late Basil (the cat) started losing his cute at age 17 when his condition started to deteriorate.
- George Brickner
Getting proper healthcare is utterly baffling. It really is. - http://www.sarahlane.com/blog...
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I've been exploring the world of healthcare lately. Since my insurance is an HMO, they approve everything before I get it. So my Doctor gives me a note (called a referral) to get healthcare. The note is faxed from my healthcare group to my doctor's office. They either fax, mail or hand it to me. Then I make an appointment with the healthcare provider on the note. Fun.
- George Brickner
The healthcare is good, the insurance process is disastrous.
- Dave Friedel
So happy you got your drug approved. Good luck with your treatments.
- Steve de Mena
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Everything OK? It's like your digital life is flashing before our eyes... :)
- Thomas
No worries, just a long-overdue project!
- Sarah Lane
OK, good - just checking :)
- Thomas
You look the same as 17, and I'm not just complimenting you. Good genes you got.
- Dave Friedel
NYE, 1999 http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Lovely sunset. I spent New Years Eve, 1999 at work, babysitting the IT infrastructure along with several hundred of my fellow employees. Since nothing melted down, we had food and some non-alcoholic champagne to celebrate around 2:00 AM.
- George Brickner
Cuddle party! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Sorry Sarah.....;lol....total cuddle
- Bill Heslin
I mean, I know people say this and blah blah, but these two cats are the most lovable creatures I ever could have picked. They're best buds too!
- Sarah Lane
The cat on the left looks to be saying "What are you looking at?"
- George Brickner
Hey @vimeo, I just wrote world's wittiest video descrip. using your Desktop app & it didn't carry over to the video page. I WILL END YOU.
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Are you turning green and going around shouting "Sarah smash!"?
- Thomas
I haven't yet, but I plan to today. On the street. On the bus. Wherever it'll upset people the most.
- Sarah Lane
Make sure you leap around - parkour-style - while you're at it...
- Thomas
I think there should be some explosions going on too, you know, for dramatic effect.
- Amy
We can add in some effects in post. Sarah, you *are* going to have someone film this, right..?
- Thomas
this is a current tech test. - http://current.com/items...
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Current Tech Loves You! Love Me Back. Now. - http://current.com/items...
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Time for another giveaway on the 'ol Facebook page! http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2009...
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I have a feeling I'm going to win a prize.
- Dave Friedel
you wish :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I swear, it's like the force. I can sense I am going to win something great.
- Dave Friedel
It's possible, Dave. She could be doing all this as a ruse to get your address so she can exact revenge for the cat-lady costume. Don't open the box if ticks... :)
- Thomas
1/10000 chance of winning. I like those odds :)
- Sylvain Nadeau
I'm telling ya, I'm going to win. It is going to be huge.
- Dave Friedel
"Friends and Family of Veronica are not not eligible, void where prohibited, many will enter few will win" There always fine print ;)!
- Fee501st
Dave: Were you wafting your hands around and wearing a robe while you wrote that? Coz I don't think Jedi mind tricks will work in this situation...
- Amy
Amy: LOL. but it would be impressive if it did :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I have foreseen it. I shall win a grand prize and be the envy of all my friends.
- Dave Friedel
Oh Mystic Dave, what do you forsee in my future?
- Amy
That you will not be winning the contest. ;P
- Dave Friedel
I kinda pictured lots of muppets in her future :)
- Carlos Urrutia
lol! I was looking for a bit of a broader prediction there
- Amy
And the moral of the story is.... WATCH MORE MOTHEREFFING ANIMAL PLANET. http://animal.discovery.com/inverte...
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Charming little buggers, aren't they...
- Thomas
What's nice is in the video clips about it, nobody's cured or gets better, the dumb host just talks about how deadly and awful it is. I shouldn't even have watched.
- Sarah Lane
So, is this little bugger the cause of your health issues?
- George Brickner
Twitter! - http://swordandlaser.com/...
George Brickner, Carlos Urrutia, Helen Sventitsky and 2 other people liked this
Well, that took awhile :)
- jcunwired
Woohoo! Follower #3!
- jcunwired
wait? i'm follower #1? cool.
- Carlos Urrutia
Also, new temporary template for the site/
- Veronica
In the spirit of things...#18. Is the Wordpress site a replacement for the Ning one?
- Amy
çok tatlısın
- kemal
No, we've always had the wordpress site and the ning page. the wordpress blog is where we publish the podcast.
- Veronica
*facepalm* Sorry, I only just read the comment about the new template. Jeez! Yet more proof the rule should be 'coffee BEFORE internet' in the morning.
- Amy
Bad Amy, no Tim Tams for you this day!
- Carlos Urrutia
droid ringtone - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Dan Hsiao, Mona Nomura, Eric Geller and 13 other people liked this
I like that ... I just like saying that ... DROID .DROID
- johnpiercy
where can I get that ?
- johnpiercy
I found thanks ....
- johnpiercy
lol, it works quite well actually... Although, it could get old REALLY quickly if he calls you a lot :)
- Amy
Look for Apple to come out with their own signature ringtone/alert for the next iPhone update.
- Jason Wong
I've got a droid right now and I love that sound, anyone know how I can get that off of there
- Brian Tiede
Get rooted your device and ssh into it, so you can browse files
- Ozkan Altuner
I probably won't do that because it's a review unit, but thanks anyway.
- Brian Tiede
I keep waiting for the rest of the song, a la Daft Punk.
- aldenoneil
with the magic of garage band and an input cable I now have that sound as well
- Brian Tiede
Brian, on the blog post I wrote I link to the wav file.
- Veronica
I like to sneak this onto my friends iphone without them knowing it, would freak them out!
- Fee501st
I'm hoping to have mine in my hands real soon! :-)
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Trying Veronica
- Ozkan Altuner
from iPhone
V, yeah it would be nice to be able to make a custom sms tone just like i can make a custom ringtone... please shout it from the rooftops if you do figure that one out
- Chris Heath
Hah, sounds good :)
- Ozkan Altuner
Sweet, made it on the front page of the science and technology section of youtube today!
- Veronica
Oh AT&T.
- Kevin Fox
Super cute, Veronica!
- Mona Nomura
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Nope, not buying into all this slutty/sexy Halloween BS. Just a small-town 12 yr old, livin in her lonely world. http://twitpic.com/npjwh
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Kol Tregaskes, J. Abdul-Qahhar, Gordon Saunders and 15 other people liked this
So is someone else going as Chris Hansen...? :)
- Thomas
+1 Thomas
- Jerry Perez
I know I'm dumb, but no idea who Chris Hansen is.
- Sarah Lane
People, I was 12 once. I wore this outfit on game days. I am older than that now, and it still fits and I feel like a metabolic warrior. Good grief with the pedo commentary!
- Sarah Lane
Sarah, they're MALE, they clearly have no understanding of how this is a good thing. :) Also: *thumbs up*
- Amy
12? You look sixteen at least.
- George Brickner
You need a midnight train going an-e-where?
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Clap your hands everybody, everybody clap your hands! We're THS goin all the way, the best in the land! http://twitpic.com/nsplp
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Go team
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Give me a T, Give me a W, Give me a I, Give me a F! Go TWIF!
- Fee501st
Now *that* is a brave post. You're so good to your fans.
- Dave Friedel
Yay team...
- Thomas
the hold steady is a great band.
- rob
You broke the Pep-O-Meter
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
It appears I either have neurocysticercosis, or ganglioglioma. Either way, brain tumors are reserved for mother effing pimps like me.
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which one it is, I hope you get better soon!
- Fee501st
:( At least you're closer to knowing what it is now, I guess
- Amy
You're closer to an answer and they both sound treatable (based on initial feverish Googling). Hang in there.
- Thomas
Aww.. It's hard to be a pimp.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Well at least it's not lupus, hope you get better soon.
- Jimminy
Tumors are lame, but your attitude is freaking awesome!
- Friday Lo is Friday!
Can we get a #blamesarahstumor ?
- Rochelle
Wish that eveything will be allright, our prays are we you
- Robert Martin
I pray that things will get better. Love your positive attitude.
- Jerry Perez
Prayers b with u
- LANjackal
Hoping, wishing and praying for you Ms. Sarah... :)
- JA Castillo
Praying your days get better soon
- Eric Logan
:(, but love your great attitude
- chaz2b
keep that great attitude and positive out look. prayers and hopes kid.
- echostreamer
All the best and a mountain of hope for a full recovery. You're a treacherous ball of steel. Knock it out.
- Dave Friedel
thanks guys. xo
- Sarah Lane
Let us know if there's anything we can do. I'm totally willing to donate one of Dave's kidneys if it'll help...
- Thomas
Gee thanks. Think maybe you should ask me about that first? I might be using it... wait... yup, I'm using it right now.
- Dave Friedel
Yeah, but both? C'mon, Dave - be a team player...
- Thomas
Don't be selfish Dave.
- Jerry Perez
Yeah, but she may not need an extra kidney. I mean, just leaving a perfectly good kidney laying around the cottage?? Nobody wants that... except maybe Colleen who will hook a 12 monitor gaming computer up to it... but still....
- Dave Friedel
Embrace the joy of giving, Dave...
- Thomas
Fine. But I'm keeping my remaining lung.
- Dave Friedel
Deal. And if she can't use your kidney she can sell it - maybe get Mad Men on DVD or something...
- Thomas
( PS- For context, this is a continuation of http://ff.im/8WkWA )
- Dave Friedel
Sarah, much love to you. I read up on those conditions. The neurocysticercosis just sounds.... ewwww. I hope the doctors take care of it and you heal up quickly. This kinda stuff weighing on ones mind can be hard to handle sometime.Think positive and focus on healing!
- Jim Bednarz
Eeek ... good thoughts your way.
- Kalidor
Best wishes and hope to you, Sarah. xx
- Andrew Terry
Best wishes from here as well
- Charlie Anzman
We love you!
- Veronica
Damn... That kid from Kindergarten Cop was right? :-(
- Otto
Truly wish you all the best!
- Charles Alden
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Sarah!
- George Brickner
May G-d grant that you merit a complete and speedy recovery to full health.
- David C. Cooper
I have my in-school RN wifey looking that neurocysticercosis up. Sounds nasty. I had a tumor on my head when I was 25 if that makes you feel better. I am still irritating people, even today!
- Wilson Hines
Why is it impossible to buy an mp3 of Bob Seger's R&R Never Forgets? I've tried iTunes, Amazon, Spotify. Only dumb live perfs & covers. WTF?
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Got it!
- Sarah Lane
Very cool.
- Thomas
I went looking for some Bob Seger music on iTunes and Amazon but couldn't find any. Then one day, the album with 'Night Moves' appeared and I bought the song. After a while, I went back to get another song and the album was gone. Perhaps Seger doesn't like downloadable music?
- George Brickner
I was gonna sing it for you. ;)
- Josh Haley
My NASA vid is out! http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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George Brickner, Eric @ CS Techcast, WorldofHiglet and 6 other people liked this
That was sooo cool! =)
- Dani Figueiredo
Brilliantly written (and acted).
- Spidra Webster
I can't believe you got to meet Sean Astin's recorded voice! Was his recorded voice cool?
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
Loved it!!
- darkhearth
Very funny! Plus science! And Sean Astin's voice! (I felt sorry for 'Flunky'!)
- WorldofHiglet
Featured on a CNN article today about Twitter alongside @dooce @adventuregirl @BJMendelson & @jdickerson: http://www.cnn.com/2009...
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Also, that is a smokin' hot picture of Heather!
- Veronica
I love that the sample tweet they used was your "drunken" tweet... :)
- Thomas
Very cool Veronica! But Hipster Interests? ;)
- Fee501st
Also we heard of you ;)
- Fee501st
yup :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I don't know what "hipster interests" mean, unless they're talking about drinking.
- Veronica
yea me either!
- Fee501st
Wait, who's this "Veronica" person? According to CNN, I've never heard of her. I can tell by her sample tweet that she may have a drinking problem, though...
- Thomas
I should probably stop cultivating that.
- Veronica
It's not a "problem" if you are having fun ;)
- Fee501st
It's not a "problem" if they haven't found you drunk in a ditch :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Though that would make an awesome profile pic...
- Thomas
Gin is not hipster. It is, however, magically delicious.
- Otto
She would never live that down.
- Carlos Urrutia
They took *that* tweet for the article? Oy veh.
- Dave Friedel
It's CNN - did you expect any different...?
- Thomas
It's not that, it's just not a typical tweet from V. A gaming or tech tweet would have been more 'her'.
- Dave Friedel
Could have been worse - they could have found the cat lady picture to use for the article...
- Thomas
Don't tempt fate Dave :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I bet CNN picks her up one day. She's better than most of their anchors.
- Dave Friedel
I never heard of those other four people.
- George Brickner
lol, Veronica - the most famous alcoholic you've never heard of on twitter. I'd go with: 'it's not a "problem" if there's no photographic evidence of you drunk in a ditch'
- Amy
LOL
- Thomas
Veronica, will you still talk to me when you are hanging out with Blitzer and Amanpour as a big time CNN anchor?
- Dave Friedel
She talks to you now? :P
- Thomas
Ahem, Dave, you might want to rephrase that to sound slightly less needy
- Amy
When did that happen? :p
- Carlos Urrutia
LOL.
- Dave Friedel
I really, really, REALLY do not enjoy it when people use their cell phones as boomboxes on public transportation.
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Nothing like hearing music threw tinnie treble!
- Fee501st
Could be worse. They could be surfing this site: http://www.lazylaces.com/56Kmode...
- Thomas
^ aww, i miss that sound, but not the speed!
- Fee501st
Dunno, it might get old after a while if you looped that sound. I agree about the speed thing, though - was thinking the same thing last week when I was downloading the win7 ISO's...
- Thomas
Thomas: Now, THERE is an idea :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I wholeheartedly agree. Maybe they haven't heard of a great little invention called headphones. :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Dave: lol! where are the Vulcans when you need them? :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Get one of the Hak.5 guys to build you a portable cell phone jammer. Of course, the FCC may frown upon that.
- George Brickner
I was on the TalkRadar podcast this week! And, um... I cursed a lot. So don't listen with your kids, m'kay? http://www.gamesradar.com/f...
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You swore outside of FriendFeed, I'm shocked! That's dispicable! lol
- Amy
What else would you expect from Vampironica...
- Thomas
yes, a dark day in deed. :)
- Carlos Urrutia
They really had to convince me. PEER PRESSURE! And beer.
- Veronica
I say it was the beer :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Yes we love cursing! LOL
- Michael King
Damn straight!
- Thomas
I'll just say "earmuffs" to the kid and we're all good.
- Fleagle
I'm carefully cultivating my bad girl image.
- Veronica
You need a biker jacket then you're pretty much there
- Amy
More like Bad ass girl image, dont mess with V!
- Fee501st
Dunno. I think less people would mess with her if she dressed like a mime...
- Thomas
Are you KIDDING? Have you ever seen a bad-ass mime?!
- Amy
Think about it - who else is that silent ALL THE TIME. Ninjas. That's what mime's are - French ninjas...
- Thomas
But don't the French just put their weapons down and give up?
- Carlos Urrutia
Not convinced. (Although, easy halloween costume.)
- Amy
They do that so the mime-ninjas can work in the shadows. See? It all fits...
- Thomas
Then they have to be imported from Japan then.
- Carlos Urrutia
Yeah, I've never met a french guy who does any kind of martial art - or miming for that matter
- Amy
They've hidden it so well...
- Thomas
Thomas, so you're suggesting Veronica should aspire to be a swearing, drunken...MIME ARTIST to complete the transformation?
- Amy
I never said it would be easy...
- Thomas
There is something seriously wrong with that image of Veronica.
- Carlos Urrutia
Naww, you don't say! :P
- Amy
Yeah, i think it would be better if she was a Vampire-Ninja instead.
- Carlos Urrutia
On another note, Veronica, you SERIOUSLY need to go to Italy! Rome is freaking ah-maz-ing!
- Amy
I like cursing. Oh and ur hair looks nice in your new picture.
- Dave Friedel
What is "Taco Belmont" ?
- Dave Friedel
Veronica's custom taco?
- Carlos Urrutia
Oh guys! Just no!
- Amy
Yeah, I'm just going to leave that one alone...
- Thomas
what?
- Carlos Urrutia
It's in the ID3 tags on the podcast file.
- Dave Friedel
I DID listen to it :)
- Amy
I listened to part of it so far. Was that a dig at me? :P
- Dave Friedel
lol, no, I just meant 'I know'
- Amy
Veronica's avatar just scared me.
- Dave Friedel
A dig at you? Whatchu talkin' bout, Friedel?
- Veronica
AHhhhh! Don't frighten me like that.
- Dave Friedel
You and your creepy avatar with glowing eyes... bbrrrruhhh...
- Dave Friedel
Finally got to listen to it, Awesome show! No wonder you needed beers that was a long podcast!
- Fee501st
Yes, Amy and I are in a constant state of 'snark' so I can't even tell anymore.
- Dave Friedel
That was my 'late-night snark', it's a bit more confusing that the standard variety
- Amy
Amy, we can just chalk it up to a language barrier issue... :)
- Thomas
lol, yeah, I'll do some 'late-night snark' language-course material for you.
- Amy
Sinuses... killing me... slowly....
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killing me... softly... ?
- MG Siegler
Is that your "bad mood" profile pic? :)
- Thomas
Vampira Veronica!
- Veronica
Vampira, eh? You sure it's sinuses and not the fact that your still up and the sun's out...?
- Thomas
thats a cool pic.
- Carlos Urrutia
I guess they can't kill me... because I'm ALREADY DEAD!
- Veronica
at least you know have your Halloween costume :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I take it you ran out of Ron Howards...
- Thomas
Amy keeps eating them.
- Carlos Urrutia
Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words.
- Fleagle
Kill your sinuses first.
- George Brickner
Dead people don't need to breathe, didn't you get the memo? Your sinuses evidently did. Breakdown of communication there. :)
- Amy
Carlos: I resent this idea that I can't share the Rons. I'm not THAT greedy!
- Amy
Amy: Apparently she isn't getting enough of them. I mean, look at her avatars complexion. She's going goth. Obviously its because you've had too many Rons.
- Carlos Urrutia
I'm a Scottish geek! I need a booster, man! I'm practically blue!
- Amy
Yeah, but couldn't you just bathe in their blood like normal people? You just *had* to eat them...
- Thomas
I told you, blood makes me faint! Besides, they taste good with BBQ sauce...
- Amy
Yeah, but you took too many from her stock of Rons.
- Carlos Urrutia
It's fine, Dave's off cloning some more!
- Amy
just make sure they are Rons and not Fonzies or Chachies.
- Carlos Urrutia
Hey, do I look like Dave's boss? Dave knows what he's doing...kinda.
- Amy
Hey, this is what happens when you snack on someone else's ingredients stock.
- Carlos Urrutia
File this under "Best Footer on a Website Ever" - http://www.newtoyork.com/
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OMG thats awesome! I haven't laugh that hard today!
- Fee501st
I whole heartedly agree! and so true...
- Gary Oswald
"You're an asshole and your browser is an asshole" Best line ever!
- Fee501st
Wow! The whole rant could have stopped at "...best experience possible." But the brutal honesty afterwards? Wow!
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
Who still uses IE6? I've always wondered that...
- Thomas
lol
- Carlos Urrutia
Corporate users who have no choice may still be on 6.
- Dave Friedel
they have a choice: resign
- Mark
Yeah, give up benefits, have the house foreclosed on... but use Firefox! LOL.
- Dave Friedel
If I recall I think IE6 is without tabs? Imagine the horror, seriously.
- Mark
In some cases, internal applications were written to work with crappy IE5 or 6, and don't work right with anything newer. Some companies hold back upgrades due to the cost of modernizing the applications. My personal favorite is Firefox, but it doesn't work with Active Directory security for internal apps on a Microsoft network.
- Dave Friedel
Yeah, that's the excuse we were always fed in web scripting classes - that they haven't moved due to internal websites and whatnot - but ffs, seriously IE 7 came out 3 years ago!
- Amy
Yep. That's life in large companies. Unfortunately they have the money to employ lots of people... and to put off updating their internal apps. See they don't care that you can't surf some site on the net. Unfortunately it encourages some office workers not to bother upgrading at home either and just be indifferent to browser version. Another argument for Cloud computing.
- Dave Friedel
It also implies that they haven't updated their pcs in FOREVER. These people work in Hell.
- Amy
A little harsh , but true and funny .
- Lisa zahara Hopkins
I've been in the position of trying to justify a six figure upgrade to a set of applications because they only worked on very old versions of IE. Without showing how it makes the company money, saying "people can't see some sites on the Internet" isn't enough to get approval for that much money to be spent on salaries vs other development. This is why I watch Revision3, to know there is a better world outside of multimillion dollar corporate hell.
- Dave Friedel
Excellento - loved the Miles Davis' covers too - our university seems to be locked into IE6 - it's like going back to the dark ages . . .
- Chris Loft
Ha!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I know someone who still uses IE6. He upgraded to IE7 and now wants to go back to IE6. Poor deluded guy.
- George Brickner
I gotta be honest, I'm a little hurt. I still use IE6...because I have to because my work won't upgrade because they've put to much money into systems that work with IE6 and I'm stuck with this piece of junk! It makes me cry. :(
- ChiliMac
The madness won't stop until MS stops supporting 6. I hope that happens sooner rather than later.
- ChiliMac
All-around showoff/badass @jayadelson just snapped his fingers & booked a hard-to-book neurologist for me. That's some CEO shit right there.
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Hope your appointment goes well.
- Thomas
thank you... still keeping today's appt because i'm having some medicine side effects, but next week i'm seeing someone recommended as one of the best in the bay for my particular case. Go Jay!!
- Sarah Lane
Very cool. Hopefully you'll be med-free and drinking again in no time... :)
- Thomas
So, did things turn out well after new MRI?
- Jerry Perez
I have a followup appt with my doctor today to discuss MRI results. Fingers crossed!!
- Sarah Lane
Good luck!
- Thomas
Good luck :)
- Mike
Afterward are you tuning into Leo's Windows 7 house party? The install might still be going on by then...:)
- Thomas
Good luck.
- Jerry Perez
Best of wishes (as always of course)
- Chris Heath
Pink is the new STFU - http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2009...
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I didn't know Newegg was that cheesy :( saddens me
- Fee501st
V, is it more the pink or the kitchen and bath items that bother you?
- Thomas
Ugh, and I'm confident that my sister would definitely want some of this for Christmas. Have I taught her nothing?
- Jerry Perez
I'm going to go out on a limb here in guessing that the marketing department at newegg is mostly guys...
- Thomas
It's a combination of the products and the total lack of imagination this list shows.
- Veronica
You could probably make a killing as a marketing consultant for some of these tech companies...
- Thomas
Sadly, I know quite a few women who actually LIKE pink products, but it's the assumption that 'pink = brilliant gift' that irritates me. Imagine how ridiculous it would be if all gifts for guys were blue.
- Amy
Depends on the shade... :P
- Thomas
Would it be politically incorrect to say the same thing about (Product) RED?
- Jason Wong
Is (Product) RED aimed at a specific gender though?
- Amy
yea, Red is almost universal! Here is gift list i made, that any Geek lady might enjoy http://secure.newegg.com/WishLis...
- Fee501st
What would you add?
- Fee501st
hot pink is the colour my bedroom. along with black. And I'm a dude.
- Pedro Marques
Fee: I'd add a kindle, some speakers, RAM, a new external HDD, one of those ps3 keypad keyboard thingies, a shiny new monitor, and if there really must be a kitchen appliace then an espresso machine would be nice. Oh, sorry, it's not MY Christmas list?
- Amy
You know what this means, V - you need to come out with your own line of gadgets as a counter to this...
- Thomas
yea that make a good blog post!
- Fee501st
The V(tm) World of Warcraft keyboard, for example. You could even have it crash WoW when it detects the player logging in as Alliance (or at least skip every other keystroke)...
- Thomas
I dont think Veronica would even let an Alliance even use her branded Keyboard, you would need proof that you are not Alliance when you try to buy it.
- Fee501st
If I had my way all gadgets would be black or midnight blue.
- Carlos Urrutia
Pink is the new lemon.
- Dave Friedel
Lemon would be an improvement in my book. :P You know what it is, we buy pink things for little girls and to offer exclusively pink gadgets as gifts for women implies the same kind of 'Aww, look, it's her first camera. Don't drop it, now' mentality. It's totally condescending. Well, that's how it appears to me anyway.
- Amy
Gender roles are introduced to a child from the time they are born.
- Dave Friedel
Don't get her that pink knife... she will use it on you!!!!
- David Eckard
Pink is the new godawful yellow. #9bb16d
- Dave Friedel
OK, fair point, you wouldn't get very far with a product in THAT colour! :)
- Amy
speaking of pink http://bit.ly/diP1g muahahahaha!
- Carlos Urrutia
That video made me pick up a pencil... and slowly jam in my eye.
- Dave Friedel
One-eyed, one-lunged, Dave, you're not doing too well there.
- Amy
He hates symmetry, apparently...
- Thomas
Maybe he balanced it by taking out the eye on the side with the lung?
- Carlos Urrutia
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If he's going that route better deal with that extraneous kidney and ear...
- Thomas
And Veronica wonders why she can't lewave us alone for a few hours.
- Carlos Urrutia
from Android
Oh, come on, we're totally trustworthy
- Amy
Completely.
- Thomas
O:)
- Carlos Urrutia
You people are insane. Oh wait, so am I.
- Dave Friedel
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