I don't know all that much about it, actually. I got a message on LinkedIn from a recruiter asking me if I knew anyone that had a fairly niche-y skill set since I was in the Greenville area. I responded that *I* did but might not have the length of experience the client required and offered a suggestion of where he could advertise the position. Apparently that was enough to get him to actually look at my profile and he'd like to talk to me about it...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Good luck! I hope that once you talk with the recruiter, you both find that you're a good fit!
- vicster is...
If it's the position I think it is, I know it's something I can do. I just have to get my foot in the door and prove it.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Good luck with the interview tomorrow. Hopefully, it will result in an early Christmas present!
- Anne Bouey
I hope so Anne! Turns out my dad's pre-test interview for therapy got shifted back tomorrow morning so I have to do that first. If I wind up playing phone tag with the gent about the job again, I'm going to offer to meet up with him over lunch. Nothing like tasty noms to put someone in the hiring mood!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Hope this goes well - fingers are still crossed!
- WorldofHiglet
Well, I played phone tag with the gent earlier today but just got done with a 27 minute phone conversation with him. He seemed intrigued (and specifically complimented my phone demeanor) and is sending me more information about the position. I'm not exactly qualified for it per se, but I know it's something I can do well. My job at this point is to make myself look like an undiscovered gem *shines her facets*
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Sounds promising - I really hope they snap you up. And, if I may say so, your facets are looking particularly alluring today....
- WorldofHiglet
You've been discovered now; he just doesn't know what kind of gem he's found yet. Shine!
- Anne Bouey
It is wall powered so it includes a hefty A/C adapter (which goes into wall) so that it doesn't draw the power from the PC's PSU. So A/C from wall->hub then usb from pc->usb on hub.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Excellent suggestion. Love the face you're making there hehehe. 7 ports! Very good then.. got only 4 ports and switchin' USB devices can be a pain.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
I got one of those last week. So far, so good.
- Mistletoe Glen
All you have to do is take some photos – which you never delete from your camera – so when someone finds your camera at the bottom of the gorilla pit they are able to locate you and return the lost property to its rightful owner. http://www.andrewmcdonald.net.au/a-picto...
I like how everything is clear and readable except the email address.
- Alex Scrivener
LOL That's funny, but yeah...what's with the email address being so small?
- Admiral Anika
At any rate, I had a video I made with all my info on it. I accidentally took it off my chip, but I'm positive I copied it to my camera. Unfortunately, I don't know how to access my camera's memory and the cord has been lost. One of these days, I'll RTFM. =)
- Admiral Anika
I like how the facial expressions match the whiteboard :-)
- Rene Wirtz
lol that was awesome as hell. I'm definitely planning to do it.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I'd just leave only one pic with my email
- Itachi
The other pics build empathy, encouraging a border-line thief to return the camera. Otherwise you may as well stick a label on the case and be done with it.
- Alex Scrivener
Does anyone else want to make out with this guy for being SO DAMN AWESOME? Srsly, total panty-dropper this one was.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
wow, this is very close to being the most popular thing I have ever posted to Friendfeed. Just goes to show, um, something. Always use pictures?
- Alex Scrivener
I'm the opposite. I tend to ignore posts with photos (unless the post itself is just a photo). Why? The image usually detracts from the text and people spend time talking about the picture and making it clear they didn't bother to read the text or link.
- Admiral Anika
=/ (not about the original post. I already expressed how much I love it)
- Kamilah Gill
Or you could just put an address sticker on the camera...
- Alix Whitmire
No, the pictures try to build an emotional connection with the finder. It helps convince a not-so-honest person to return the camera rather than just keep it. It won't stop a real thief, but it could tip the odds in his favor. A sticker can't do that.
- Alex Scrivener
There should be a place in your camera for email address, like cell phones have "Home" so when you lose it, someone can call you. Hmmmm.
- anna sauce
I wouldn't ever think to go through pics, but if I found a lost cam (or phone or whatever) with an address clearly visible on it, I'd pop it in the mail, or call/email someone, no problem. Same holds true for some lost and found places. They might call you if there's easy contact info, but I don't see them taking the time to flip through photos to figure out how. Maybe do both?
- Alix Whitmire
I was putting a README.txt file on my USB sticks with contact info if it got lost. This is way better! Now take this board with your contact info.... smile, no! put a sad face.... and you're done!
- Nenad Nikolic
This is now far and away the most popular thing I have ever posted. Even got a FFundercats Best of the Week!
- Alex Scrivener
SCAM ALERT! Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven't heard about it. This will only become more commonplace as the Christmas shopping season begins.
A 'heads up' for those men who may be regular Home Depot, or Costco customers. This one caught me by surprise. Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends.
- Mistletoe Glen
Here's how the scam works: Two seriously good-looking, 20-something girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into your vehicle. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look. When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and instead ask you for a...
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- Mistletoe Glen
I had my wallet stolen on the 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th, 17th, 20th, 24th, three times last Monday and very likely again this upcoming weekend. Tell your friends to be careful. What a horrible way to take advantage of older men! Warn your friends to be vigilant. Fred Meyer has wallets on sale for $2.99 each. I found cheaper ones for $1.99 at Wal-Mart and bought them out.
- Mistletoe Glen
Also, you never will get to eat at McDonalds. I've already lost 11 pounds just running back and forth to Home Depot, and Costco
- Mistletoe Glen
everyone has to be on the alert at ALL times
- VAL D. Zone
I'm downloading a phone app right now so I can know the locations to, ummmm... watch out for. Yeah, that's the ticket.
- Chrimmus Tad
*wondering if I can get any of my FF crushes to perpetrate this scam on me* Wait, what?
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
two girls actually tried this on me at a bar once... they took off running and i ended up catching them down the block around the corner... when i got my wallet back they got good smack on the bottom!
- Chris Heath
Way to step it up, there CW! Thanks! Thanks, joey. I really like this pic, too. :)
- Josh Haley
btw, Trish is still asleep. She and I (mostly she) were up almost all night with sick baby Zoe, who wouldn't stop crying. Trish is the best. THE BEST, I TELL YA!
- Josh Haley
Happy 15th Josh and Trish. You guys are the best couple I know (other than Mom and Dad....and Tom and Katie....and Ren and Stimpy). Congrats to you both! Good job raising 4 great kids too!
- Morgan Haley
well, 3rd best actually, when you count dad and the groom....well, maybe 5th best when you throw in some of the other guys....but i was skinny and had long hair, which was nich.
- Morgan Haley
or nice, if you are a stickler for spelling....
- Morgan Haley
and isn't it quicker to type '2' thank <3'?
- Morgan Haley
I'm awake! Laughs and good times, indeed... Zoe seems fine this morning with none of the tearful monster in sight. Thanks for all the congrats. Josh is still cute after 15 years and will be in 15 more. I love you, Honey!
- Trish Haley
from iPhone
Josh - what's that stuff on your head? :-)
- Morgan Haley
Caption this photo time! Josh: Dude, take the picture....Trish: I need to make toffee brittle and send some to Morgan! Happy 15th you kids!
- Morgan Haley
Dude, you were kind of a badass back in the day with your Hawaiian print and Jurassic Park cup. What happened? ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Still got the Hawaiian print and the movie-themed cups.
- Josh Haley
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! We're only a couple of years behind you (our 13th was last month). We'll catch up eventually, though. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
You two are such an amazing couple -- and who in the world is that smokin' hot dude on the left! ;)
- Mona Nomura
Ha! That's the dude I had to fight and kill to win over Trish. ;) Thanks, Mona
- Josh Haley
You and Trish give me hope that there is such a thing as happily ever afters :) All you need is a sense of humor and tons of love. Thanks for sharing your lives with us and happy anniversary!
- Mona Nomura
what's amazing is that they really are happy. like clams. like really happy clams. and it's pure joy silly happiness. this couple, along with their wonderful 4 kids, are proof that this world isn't doomed yet. i am lucky to be linked to these clowns. keep it up josh and trish. show the world that it really will be ok in the end. much love. and tell the kids that uncle morgan says 'shut up!'.
- Morgan Haley
Everyone has hope. And Lennon was right: All You Need is Love! (And persistence and a minivan and ear-plugs and a huge grocery budget...etc.)
- Josh Haley
By Josh's response........... I feel like I have been lead astray by this translation site...
- Johnny Worthington
No, it's all good. You said "Bottoms up" which I will admit, I don't hear very often even in English. But `okole is an automatic laugh word for me, since it means BUTT, BOTTOM, REAR, ASS. *giggle*
- Josh Haley
To Josh-n-Trish, Happy Anniversary, you crazy kids! <3
- Micah Wittman
We are having Sonic blasts now. It's cold enough that the perishables in the back will last. FYI Morgan, the ingredients for toffee butter crunch are in the back, too. You deserve a million bucks, but you'll have to settle for yummy candy. Thanks all!
- Trish Haley
from iPhone
Who said the FriendFeed team wasn't working on new updates to FriendFeed?
- Jesse Stay
Hey Benjamin, do these go out as actual status updates on Facebook, or do they just get added to the stream (via stream.publish)? I think that makes a big difference on whether I install this or not (I removed Twitter awhile back because it was overwhelming my friends). Another option, which I know isn't available via the API yet, would be to set a preference on which friends or friend lists see the status updates. Then it wouldn't matter.
- Jesse Stay
stream.publish is used for all the API calls. Status updates (FriendFeed entries not made via the bookmarklet, Twitter entries, Google Talk, etc.) become status updates on Facebook. Things that aren't status updates (Google Reader shares, the bookmarklet, etc.) also use stream.publish but without the "message" parameter, just a link attachment (and thus aren't status updates on Facebook). Anything with images will have media attached as well
- Benjamin Golub
For make benefit glorious facebookistan.
- EricaJoy
Benjamin, any plans to enable the bookmarklet to update the Facebook status?
- Louis Gray
Louis: since the bookmarklet implies you are sharing a link, no. It still will be published to Facebook, just not as a status update :)
- Benjamin Golub
Sorry :). The "message" part of a status update is supposed to be the user's words. Most of the time when you are using the bookmarklet it's just the page's title. A work around is to just visit friendfeed.com and copy/paste the URL along with whatever you want as your status. That will become a Facebook status update.
- Benjamin Golub
I wish FriendFeed had a backwards compatible way for me to upload photos and share them. Their photo uploader thingy won't work through a proxy, so I can't share photos here. :(
- Otto
Something I am confused about is exactly which services will and will not be status updates. There are some that I would prefer not to become facebook status updates and some I am cool with. I am not cool with my twitter @replies becoming status updates, nor am I cool with things like Disqus or Backtype becoming one. Do you plan on adding some sort of preferences for users to be able to fine tune this?
- April Russo (app103)
agree with april would love to see some way that my @reply messages on twitter do not become my status messages on facebook
- (jeff)isageek
April: basically things that don't have a link (unless the link is *in* the message) are status updates. For example if you typed "check this out" and put a link in the box and hit post that is a status update. But if you shared using Google Reader or have a feed setup to pull in your blog posts those are not status updates.
- Benjamin Golub
OK, got it. Still would like to see some preferences similar to what is currently available for posting updates to twitter, to fine tune this and filter out @replies. I am likely to make all my friends and family on facebook quite angry if they start seeing all the fragmented conversations from twitter.
- April Russo (app103)
Sorry for Cross-Post but Ben seems active in answering here. So, currently today I have FriendFeed posts in a Tab and a Box in FB but not update my status info or post on my wall. Do I understand correct that I will no longer be able to sync in this way? That's truly a shame if that is the case, I do not want to flood my friends in FB with the stuff I post elsewhere, it's not fair to them.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Dude, I found that one out the hard way a couple weeks ago. It's total poo. Even after I removed my FB data from my FriendFeed, everything I did on the Internet kept dumping into my Facebook news feed. Acquisition fail?
- Jolie O'Dell
Avast! Torn from slumber at the ungodly hour of 1:30am for reasons unknown. Heartfelt greatings to you dear friends before my attempted decent back into dreams... I pray you will exist in them :D
Sleep is a waste of time and unproductive.
- Louis Gray
You took your time telling him that, Louis! He's probably succumbed to weakness again by now!
- WorldofHiglet
I get that when I drink caffeine late in the day/evening. Don't have any real problem falling asleep...well, unless I drink a *ton*... but I don't seem to sleep as deeply. So after those first deep cycles and I get into REM or whatever they call it, bam... I'm up.
- Ken Sheppardson
"And when I say that “we” have a hit on our hands, I’m really giving you way too much credit, because let’s be honest, the success of iPhone has nothing to do with you. In fact, iPhone is a smash hit in spite of your network, not because of it. That’s how good we are here at Apple — we’re so good that even you and your team of Bell System frigtards can’t stop us. You know what it’s like being your business partner? It’s like trying to swim the English Channel with a boat anchor tied to my legs. And yes, in case you’re not following me, in that analogy, you, my friend, are the fucking boat anchor."
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
"While I’m ranting, let me ask you something, Randall. At the risk of sounding like Glenn Beck Jr. — what the fuck has gone wrong with our country? Used to be, we were innovators. We were leaders. We were builders. We were engineers. We were the best and brightest. We were the kind of guys who, if they were running the biggest mobile network in the U.S., would say it’s not enough to be...
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- Paul Buchheit
"See, when you run the numbers what you find is that we’re actually better off running a shitty network than making the investment to build a good one. It’s just numbers, Steve. You can’t charge enough to get a return on the investment." I just couldn't find the words to explain this to the guy who came to my door trying to sell me some AT&T crap a few weeks ago.
- Gabe
I think it's just niche humor, and overplayed. But this one is pretty funny for the strip. There's a really funny site called xkcd explained... http://xkcdexplained.com/ ... they catch the weird subtexts.
- anna sauce
"It appears that the Author has been contemplating adulthood and the responsibilities involved with supporting a family. We may see a lot more of these in the near future, followed by the abrupt cancelation of the comic."
- anna sauce
haha...nice! Thanks for the link! :)
- JA Castillo
I have that (the why so serious) as my tone when I get paged.
- Scott
Finally listened to it, some scenes were good, but I missed some parts so I suppose some would lose attention in key scenes, the end part was nice, Joker pending. The clown c******** idea was clever too.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
I'm with Jason on Bale, what was happening, him with that distorted voice made him Batman instead of the other way around.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
I didn't like CB's voice as Batman. Throttle back on the Pro Tools.
- Derrick
+100 Derrick. They made the voice so raspy that it was an annoyance. Batman shouldn't sound like he's smoked 6 packs a day for 30 years.
- Jason Huebel
UGh, NO. Gyllenhaal face looks like a a perma mugshot - bowoww (she always looks like she's frowning) ~ compared to the models Bale was with she had NO chance, it wasn't convincing & she had such a crude/rough acting style whereas Holmes' is your archetypal good girl/beautiful sweetheart.
- sofarsoShawn
You obviously /haven't/ seen Secretary.
- Jason Huebel
To be honest, TDK is possibly one of Gyllenhaal's worst performances. She's incredible in Secretary and Sherrybaby, and steals the show in most of her other movies from Donnie Darko on through. She just kind of phoned it in for TDK, though.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Agreeing with Jandy. A movie like TDK is SO not about her character, and she knew that.
- Derrick
She was just a third wheel in TDK. She was just there to give Two-Face and Batman a reason to hate the Joker even more.
- Jason Huebel
Yeah I usually don't have a problem with her/or her movies, but she just seemed to have been miscast in this role. "Phoned it in" lol I like that, it was a stale performance, it didn't resonate, and that's why she came off as a third wheel when really she's an essential character in driving the plot.
- sofarsoShawn
I wish she hadn't taken it, to be honest. I don't think Holmes was any better, really, but at least with Holmes Batman Begins isn't the one dark spot on her resume, you know? [To be fair, I actually like Holmes more than I should - and she was very good in GO. And in Thank You For Smoking, actually. But then you've got, like, Abandon, and I rest my case.]
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Don't Drink, Don't Smoke, What do you do? I go to tge gym, break my shoe laces, forcing me to abandon this morning's cardio, shifting to a heavy lifting workout all while listening to a genius list seeded by Adam Ant's Goody Two Shoes
"A dozen years later, James Cameron has proven his point: He is king of the world. As commander-in-chief of an army of visual-effects technicians, creature designers, motion-capture mavens, stunt performers, dancers, actors and music and sound magicians, he brings science-fiction movies into the 21st century with the jaw-dropping wonder that is "Avatar." And he did it almost from scratch. There is no underlying novel or myth to generate his story. He certainly draws deeply on Westerns, going back to "The Vanishing American" and, in particular, "Dances With Wolves." And the American tragedy in Vietnam informs much of his story. But then all great stories build on the past ( "Avatar" premiered Thursday in London). After writing this story many years ago, he discovered that the technology he needed to make it happen did not exist. So, he went out and created it in collaboration with the best effects minds in the business. This is motion capture brought to a new high where every detail of...
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- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"As with everything in "Avatar," Cameron has coolly thought things through. With every visual tool he can muster, he takes viewers through the battle like a master tactician, demonstrating how every turn in the fight, every valiant death or cowardly act, changes its course. The screen is alive with more action and the soundtrack pops with more robust music than any dozen sci-fi...
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- RAPatton
"The only question is: How will Cameron ever top this?"
- RAPatton