But no one makes love like Neil Patrick Harris is dancing? FAIL!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
My brother in law in the Philippines can't be dissuaded from naming his son Elmo. I hope that unborn boy is ready to be tormented for the rest of his life. Why do parents do that to their kids?
- Bradley Farless
You know, in my heart I hope that people like NPH who seem just so damn awesome on the screen are just as cool in real life. Anyone met the fellow in person?
- Adam Lasnik
I'm sure he's a decent guy. Never met him, though.
- Josh Haley
But he sure can dance, just look at him go!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Love him when he's unicorn watching.
- Gabrielle V
Okay, I swear I am not just pimpin' good swing music, but I was looking at this GIF and listening to this song - http://lala.com/zPe9 ("Billie's Bounce" performed live by Buddy Rich) - and it matches! :o
- Adam Lasnik
Gross. I just unliked to be contrary. Yet another reason why I pulled back from FriendFeed. And why getting swallowed up by Facebook, the great leveler, couldn't make more sense.
- Rick Powell
That's right, all you horrible time-wasters you! Get back to talking about kernels and APIs! Have you no Protestant work-ethic? /sarcasm
- Neal Jansons
"The half-smoke is Washington D.C.'s signature street food, but nearly impossible to find outside of the D.C. area. By some definitions, it's not technically a hot dog. Otherwise, it has all the traits of a historically significant, regional variation of tubular meat—in this case, a mildly smoked, natural casing beef and pork sausage—on a bun.The meat is coarsely ground and spicier than a standard frankfurter. At Ben's Chili Bowl, a D.C. landmark and the most well-known place for a half-smoke, they are grilled on a flat top to a dark crispy char (not unlike the Chicago "Char Dog") and covered in homemade chili, onions, and mustard, served on a hot dog bun. The half-smoke has some really powerful flavors—the combination of the charred spicy sausage, mustard and slow-cooked chili is really incredible, and a big surprise if you're expecting something like a regular old chili dog."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Barry - is it like a cross between a smoked sausage and a hot dog?
- Katy S
It's not the dog so much as the fixings (at least to me). I used to get 'em with saur kraut (sp), chili and extra onion, maybe a dash o' cheese and some mustard. They were reasonable back in the days when I was at school, filling and sinfully good. But I've had 'em with regular dogs, smoked sausage (which I'm thinking most people would say is the most authentic), even turkey sausage.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
"A new magnificent 800-million-pixel panorama of the entire sky has been unveiled online today. It was stitched together from 1,200 photos by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory from viewing sites in Chile."
- Benjamin Golub
from Bookmarklet
You're not going to see anything like this in the Northern Hemisphere. This is only the night sky for those south of the equator. But it is cool.
- Nina Jansen
hmmm didn't supply a link in the article! Ahh its the Daily Mail, to explain to non-UK-ites, the Daily Mail is the UK equivalent of Fox News.
- Toby Graham
Many people above the median income in the U.S. are against progressive taxation due to a feeling that they are forced to contribute more than their share.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
that makes more sense - thank you daniel
- @CrystalinaB
If you really enjoy a feeling of smugness at the expense of your coworkers comfort while drinking coffee, I guess this mug is for you.
- Phil G
I guess I'm just lucky to not have any co-workers, then, aren't I Phil?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Perhaps, but does not having coworkers affect the smugness level at all?
- Phil G
The thing with progressive taxation- for poorer families, it's a decision of health care or pay taxes, for middle-income, it's more, get a new car or pay taxes.
- anna sauce
I haven't purchased a Hybrid yet, so, I guess I still have a ways to go.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Smugness gets a bad rap. There's a problem with this mug though Mark. Bush & Cheney should be on it too.
- Cristo
I have a fine collection of Bush/Cheney mugs. One of my favorites is "Four More Wars!"
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
"Don't share my wealth. Share my work ethic"
- Craig Eddy
Craig, you're claiming poor people don't work hard? Ask my grandfather who had 2 jobs, and my uncle who also maintained 2 jobs for approx. 15 years. I've been solidly middle class my professional life with a single job.
- anna sauce
I'm sure you're employees will find this mug most inspiring, Mark.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Dis-like. But I'm sticking with you, Mark. I can forgive some little differences of opinion like this.
- Kamilah Gill
I'm really not a fan of people who discount how hard the working poor work.
- Andrew C
Neither am I, Andrew. In fact, I'm a big fan. It's the non-working ones that have an attitude of entitlement with which I have the issue.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
That's not what the cup says, though... It's hard to work such subtlety into a slogan, though, I know.
- Kamilah Gill
Kamilah is correct. The mug actually says "Because everyone else deserves what you've worked hard for." I apologize for the error and any misconception it may have caused.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
@anna, I didn't say anything about poor people. Seems to me I was talking about lazy people.
- Craig Eddy
I think I'll just help myself to your slogan, there.
- Alex Scrivener
I'm all in favor of cutting the the tax rate for everyone to 10%. Just eliminate every single corporate loophole, tax break and subsidy, too. Something tells me the "free marketers" out there wouldn't like that very much.
- Kevin Pedraja
Kevin I'd love it! 10 % flat tax with no deductions would be awesome!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I'll sign up for 10%. I don't get any meaningful deductions, other than state tax payments deducted from federal.
- Cristo
I might go for a flat tax if it was something like X% of every dollar above $Y. The problem with a pure flat tax is that poverty-line families are already spending all of their money on necessities whereas upper- and middle-class families can adjust their elastic spending on luxuries to match economic conditions.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Precisely, Daniel. Ultimately a flat tax is punitive to the lowest wage earners. But again, my issue is with the attitude of entitlement that seems to be the new fad, nothing more.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I would be ok with X% of $ > Y where Y is the poverty line or so. Deductions are usually blunt policy tools and/or subsides and pork. Kill them all.
- Alex Scrivener
I agree with the sentiment on the mug without irony.
- Patrick
Yes what Daniel said- the % is more precious to the poor, than to the rich, despite that it's flat
- anna sauce
Does anybody on this thread, that desires a flat tax, or that agrees with the slogan on the mug, actually know someone who benefits from the tax structure currently, aka. someone on welfore and/or very poor?
- anna sauce
I do, anna. An acquaintance of mine rents a few properties under Section 8.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
If you're going to have a flat tax, you should have a tax-free threshold.
- Bryce Roney
from iPod
Just to be clear, I'm not trying to be regressive. 0% tax for people below a certain income level and 10% for everyone else is fine. My belief is that while the system is allegedly progressive now, there are so many loopholes and breaks, not to mentions subsidies (which fall outside the tax system), that corporations and wealthy individuals don't pay anywhere near their ostensible marginal tax rates.
- Kevin Pedraja
Plus outright evasion, aided and abetted by a Bush White House that IIRC directed the IRS to focus more on middle-class tax cheats than top-end tax cheats.
- Andrew C
Does anyone know any of these loopholes for individuals? I don't seem to be getting any of them.
- Cristo
Did you ever read David Cay Johnston's series in the NYT? Or his book?
- Andrew C
Andrew, I'm not sure if your answer was for me, but I haven't read David Cay Johnston's series in the NYT or his book. Are there some choice examples FOR INDIVIDUALS you can recall, because I could use some help. Also, I've never met this Blackstone individual you refer to, but he sounds like a nice guy.
- Cristo
Another outrageous tax loophole is for hedge fund managers (each one of whom is an "INDIVIDUAL"). They're paid a service fee - a percentage of total assets if I understand correctly - but managed to get their income (incorrectly, IMO) taxed as investment income.
- Andrew C
Andrew, I'm aware of that loophole. Unfortunately, I'm not a hedge fund manager. And I do agree that their fees should be treated as income.
- Cristo
Well, I didn't realize you were asking for loopholes _you_ could use. If there were any, it'd probably be because you were/are super-rich and in that case your accountants/lawyers should already know about them.
- Andrew C
I thought I made it clear I was asking advice for _me_. Anway, my accountant is very conservative. :)
- Cristo
I honestly thought you were sarcastically referring to how the loopholes are primarily for the super-rich.
- Andrew C
No, I'm just mad that I'm not getting in on the action. Actually, that's not true. I don't mind paying my fair share as long as it's reasonable.
- Cristo
I have a question about the healthcare reform plan. If the public option is approved, why wouldn't small biz owners drop their existing insurance program and switch to the public option (cheaper)? Other than competition for employees, I haven't found a compelling answer. Just looking for an answer, not a debate on the pros/cons of HC reform.
"I'm not sure where the spark came from, but sometime last week I set forth on a mission to create a meatball sub. I figured this would be laughably easy. From what I could tell, there were only four elements: meatballs, sauce, bun, and cheese. But most recipes waste well over 12 ingredients on meatballs alone, which put them out of the Dinner Tonight territory before I even began. My goal then became to make a tasty meatball sub in less than an hour using as few ingredients as possible. And I needed to make the meatballs from scratch. For help I consulted the Joy of Cooking, which cut down the meatball ingredients without compromising loads of flavor. The sauce stumped me for a while—until I just picked up a freshly made batch from my local market. I'd suggest using your favorite simple tomato sauce. The meatballs are the real star. Though I had to cut back on a few ingredients, the sub sure didn't taste like scrimping was involved. It's a mammoth sandwich, nearly impossible to...
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- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
I have this protest going against doing direct posts to Twitter. I am basically only speaking when spoken to. So, I won't start a post that doesn't begin with @... The problem is, for the life of me I can't remember the logic behind this protest. It sucks to get old.
Weekend torture!!! I haven't had anything to eat this morning.... ahhhhhh! ;)
- Brandon
HAHA ... Brandon, you know me...I like to be consistent and torture you on a regular basis!! ;p Hey you, *smiles* enjoy whatever you decide to eat this morning!! ;)))
- Emma
"Ok, so I’ve seen a lot of amazingly cute panda things, but this literally made me giddy when I saw it. I’ve never seen anything like it and I really want to try out the recipe. The original recipe is from an Asian website called Taro Taro, luckily for those of us who can’t read the site, wlteef.blogspot.com was kind enough to post a translation. The recipe is after the cut!"
- Cee Bee
from Bookmarklet
Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Lucasfilm and LEGO entered into a partnership to feed the world’s astonishing appetite for Star Wars-themed LEGO bricks. When that deal, brokered around the release of The Phantom Menace, came to light, it felt like a natural to many — a match made in collector and kid heaven. But it’s doubtful anyone would have predicted a future filled with smash hit videogames, animated shorts and now, a book dedicated to LEGO Star Wars.
- Johnny Worthington
from Bookmarklet
Ok, I have 5,061 subscribers. Seems crazy high for the engagement I see on my stream. Let's see how many of you actually exist around these parts: Comment plz! (Remember when I got called out a few months ago for not participating enough on FF? It worked!)
but I'm not a subscriber :) You can't really know, because as people comment this entry, all their followers get the "friend of a friend" item in their feed. Go figure who among those participants are subscribed to you.
- Jérôme Flipo
Sarrita - You do realize you're going to pull more than just your subscribers right? We're blasting this out to all our friends of friends too.
- Matthew DeVries
I have to admit, it's pretty fun to watch you guys comment in real-time. Good thing I have nothing else to do all day. Matthew DeV- yeah, I know, not a perfect system. I guess my point is that FF sub numbers are misleading, there are a lot of DOA accounts!!
- Sarah Lane
Loved you on AOTS1000. How was the Chalula?
- GMar
I feel Marty thinks TWiF is getting to be a real pain in the butt. Maybe you could all convince Leo to move it to San Fran? I'm sure he'd get even better guests/hosts to move to a 24/7 format...?
- Jude
Hello Sarah. I think yours was the first feed I subscribed to when I joined FF.
- Thomas
just so we're clear on this... i'm not commenting because you asked... i'm commenting because i want to
- Chris Heath
Matthew DeV- I'll pass along! Jude- hmm, I'll think about that one. Chris H- FINE! BE THAT WAY!
- Sarah Lane
Well I'm not hanging on every word, but I enjoy your stuff.
- Chris Menning
I am alive and well, how are you doing?
- Gary Oswald
Thanks Sarah. You have a standing invitation to be on our show and just chat about whatever happens on FriendFeed, tech, etc. DM me if you are interested and we will make it happen. (also we have a room/group on FF http://friendfeed.com/ffunder... )
- Josh Haley
FFundercats: Diggnation minus the cult of personality?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Daniel - there's a live thread (Real time FTW) with the podcast, and direct interaction with that thread. I usually have Friday plans, but when I don't it's a supremely fun time.
- Matthew DeVries
Hurrah! Nice to see you posting here, even if it isn't for anything interesting.
- Kenton
Hullo there...you are still in my main feed... :)
- JA Castillo
John W- oh, I'm sure they exist somewhere, just wondering if it's here, too. ;) Chris M- casual enjoyment is enough for me! Kenton- oh please, this is riveting stuff! (I'm subscribing left and right due to this conversation, so thanks for speaking up and helping me find you!)
- Sarah Lane
Yes, I remember when you got called out a few months back for not participating. It was me that called you out. I refer to that, now deleted post, as "The Emperor's New Clothes" post. After I was condemned for daring to ask why cewebrity accounts on FriendFeed were given such an inordinate amount of attention considering there's no reciprocation on the part of the poster, my question...
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- Christopher Harley
Sarah - I've enjoyed your posts as I see them float down the stream :)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Mike N- it counts for a sub from me! Although the first thing I saw was a post about your laptop, your mom, and porn. Let's see how this relationship goes. :)
- Sarah Lane
Yet another try at creating the longest thread on FF? ;)
- Holger Eilhard
I'm listening, but I don't know what to say.
- Donald Forth
Well, this is certainly a nice hefty thread... but I think I've made the point that clearly the large majority of my followers aren't actually paying attention (for example, my BFF Kim Kardashian). :)
- Sarah Lane
She is just jealous that you get to hang with Martin on Fridays.
- Eric Geller
made the best of day.... who the hell are you?
- Noah David Simon
Sarah Lane is the wife of Leo Laporte of Twit Live. Her son is Kevin Rose of Digg fame. And she is only 30.
- Mark
...and I'm supposed to know that? how can her son be of Digg if she is 30?
- Noah David Simon
Only if you've used the internet for more than 8 minutes in the last decade.
- Matthew DeVries
twif rocks, U & sargent are halarious. ive been watching since techTv days. Martin's cadillac RIP
- echostreamer
all I know is this woman has issues that people are following her... and I wasn't following her till she had issues. what a paradox! ....wait a minute... she sounds like a feminist!
- Noah David Simon
If that's all you know, then that's all you read, but there's more to know and you've just decided not to assimilate it. Say Luh Vee.
- Matthew DeVries
martins lobster tweet was hilarious and so was your calling him out. Also "who Tila Tiquilla?" was great line. been watching since techtv. follow me if you'd like on FF and Twitter @echostreamers
- echostreamer
love to listen to your on Twit network. Since I installed FF on computer, I see your streams more. usually I click on links that people post if it seems interesting to me. usually don't comment though. keep it up!
- kent williams
Hello.You've been on my favorites list for a while now. I'm just sparatic about my interaction, and often get distracted by stuff like Sims 3 and WoW when at the computer.
- Tony, Paradox of FF
after looking at the bios in this thread, if every1 in this thread started a tech company together, im pretty sure it would replace google tomorow. im not sure i am even qualified to be in this conversation
- echostreamer
Ok, now I *have* to go participate in a Current TV happy hour. Boo hoo, unlucky me. Will check back later. Thx to everybody who reached out so far. It's great to have those of you not already on my radar, on my radar. :)
- Sarah Lane
How will I explain this to my grand children?
- barce
from iPhone
You're going to have to try a lot harder to get rid of us.
- Gus Cuddy
from iPod
I think it's safe to say that this was a success
- Steve Poland
Gus- I don't want to get rid of you! Silly Gus.
- Sarah Lane
Of course you don't. Heh. Naw, just kiddin. And you don't know how many times I've been called Silly Gus. I think it has a certain ring to it.
- Gus Cuddy
from iPod
I'm not in your stream, your not in my stream, and still everything is lively.
- Amit Morson
I am not a subscriber, nor do I have any idea what your normal content is like, but I can imagine that some percentage of your subscribers did so purely because your avatar is an attractive woman (and you have a females name). I'm not saying this to belittle your contributions; just sharing an observation of male behavior. -- huh, I just went and looked at your profile (I had never heard of you). I'll add your celebrity status as another reason people might follow without planning on engaging.
- Bill Rawlinson
Hello. I'm not a subscriber, but since someone I follow commented, I felt the need to say "Hi" too. Hello from Washington, DC. The only times I comment on FriendFeed are: 1) it's funny, 2) it's about dogs, 3) it's about cutting-edge tech. Since you called out the "lurkers" on FF, I'm here. ;)
- ıɯoʎıʞ & uǝʞ
Whew! Just catching up on all your lovely comments. Thanks everyone! Now, we're only missing about 4,600 folks. Send out the search party! Kidding, kidding.... I was just really curious as to who was actually around and paying attention. >^__^< <----- my first ASCII cat ever
- Sarah Lane
Thomas, http://friendfeed.com/sarahla... or http://friendfeed.com/sarahla... will have comment boxes at the bottom always so you don't even need to click - opening the entry/item in it's own window is the key (clicking the timestamp like josh haley said will do that) then if you want the clean embed version you just add ?embed=1 to the url, or click the timestamp again - it's that simple
- Chris Heath
The only way to follow someone is if you follow fewer than 5,061 'people'
- Terris Linenbach
Hello from Cambridgeshire, Englandshire. Now, where do I put the stamp on this thing?
- Ben Aldhouse
Terris- no, that's the number of people subscribed to me... I can't imagine following 5,061 people! Think of the real-time scrolling! Aaaah!
- Sarah Lane
Well, it *was* the number of people subscribed to me. A few more now.. hi everyone!
- Sarah Lane
Tell us about the beginning of this FF post grandpa! Well kids, when I was a young man, Sarah Lane posted a question about having five thousand followers... (long old man story) ... and the post survives to this day, in the year 2074. Back when this thread started, the machines hadn't taken over yet...
- Dave Friedel
Hey there from the back woods of British Columbia
- Trent Shields
hey, i'm Martyyyy on Realpics. about it being a story, some dude asked her for nudes, and she said no. and he called her a pussy if i remember correctly. so she defended herself by saying she used to be a stripper, and then the rest of it is right in front of you.
- Martyyyy
It's pretty retired to lunch into a asspletive attack when you bearly read end rite OMFG ... poor thing has a future full of *facepalm* ahead of her!
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
"HIV has been one of the worst killers of the past few decades worldwide — but now it may yield a cure for cancer. Scientists in Korea have been using the virus to cure lung cancer (in mice, at least.) South Korean scientist Myung-Haing Cho modified a lentivirus, a genus in the Retroviridae family which includes most mammal immunodeficiency viruses, to deliver to lung-cancer tumors a gene, which inhibits cancer cells from reproducing in mice's lungs. Their method of choice? A nasal spray. They had various cancer-ridden mice sniff the modified lentivirus twice a week for a month, and they found that the modified virus completely halted the progression of the lung cancer without harm to the non-cancerous tissue. In some cases, existing cancer cells even died off without further therapy."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
It seems like either way the persons going too die, unless they have control over the virus.
- Matt Ruiz
If they can engineer the virus just enough, then the virus might be treatable. Otherwise, like it says in the article, I AM LEGEND. Yikes.
- Steven Perez
been waiting for this for a long time. Now you can seamlessly browse Cooliris in a browser tab enabling you to cmd-click / ctl-click images and have them load in background tabs to fave/comment/etc later. This new release is really great news.
- Thomas Hawk
LOL, they don't have a version that works with 3.5 currently that I can find. So you have to wait a little longer on that. I love the app though, and was so excited to see this.
- Jimminy
Humm. Seems that its only works in browser view, if you hit the fullscreen view and do the command click it closes out and goes back to normal. Still opens the tab behind though. So, almost there for me :)
- Simon Wicks
and i just realised you said browse in a browser tab... Silly me :(
- Simon Wicks
BTW, Thomas...have you used the Slideshow on Flickr to browse contacts? I would do that and fav from it.
- Kreg Steppe
I have Kreg, this is far better than Slideshow. The ability to increase both size and speed with the mouse is massive. I've seen nothing on the web more visually enticing for photos than Cooliris.
- Thomas Hawk
Kreg, I'll have to see if I can get it to update then.
- Jimminy
I agree Thomas. I have used Coloris in the past. I love it...and it is more useful now.
- Kreg Steppe
from email
Thanks for the info. I had it once but didn't find it useful, the new version looks much more useful. About the hyperlink: if it takes you to a page that tries to get you to use cooliris than it best be used in moderation. When photoplow started up and encouraged chatters to post comments to photos with the line "seen in a discussion on photoplow" there were spam complaints in the help...
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- Theresa
Yeah, I hear you Theresa, but browsing a pool/set/etc using it is just so damn beautiful and now that they've got the cmd/click piece down it makes it fully operable as a way to both browse photos and interact. It might be hard for me to resist posting links to great sets/pools/etc. with it. Here's another GREAT view, the DMU saved photos pool: http://www.cooliris.com/tab...
- Thomas Hawk
I tried it once before and found its operation kind of clunky, even though it is very visually appealing. I'll have to give the new version another try.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
John the new version feels smooth as a silk.
- Thomas Hawk
This is a step in the right direction. It's still a bit clunky on my iMac Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz.
- Chris Luckhardt
I love this app, It makes looking at images much more fun :)
- Matthew Marley
Now if I could just get it to default back to fullscreen instead of a tab, I'd be real happy. Been using Cooliris for a long time. Changed the way I browse the web.
- mike fabio
Thx for this, cooliris is a wonderful tool!
- timepilot
i used cooliris back in the day, but i think ill need to install this again...
- Cassidy
Thanks for posting, Thomas! Good to have you back on Cooliris - we hope we can keep rolling out releases that you and everyone else will love :) And for those of you who may have been experience FF3.5 compatibility problems with Cooliris, please go back to our site and download Cooliris again. That should take care of any problems.
- Cooliris
For pages that have 2 Media RSS feeds, Cooliris 1.9 would find the one with id="gallery". That feature was handy because you could have one blog-style feed with media and another slideshow-optimized feed. The feature is missing in 1.10 and 1.11. Will it return in a future release?
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
I must be missing something... how do i integrate flickr into cooliris? as in, how do i view a photostream or set?
- thekillingjoke
Bruce, not sure at the moment, but we'll be keeping that in mind. I'll submit it as a feature request!
- Cooliris
I absolutely LOVE Cool Iris -- secret: make your PowerPoint slides image files and zip thru your preso with Cool Iris and watch your audience's jaws drop on the conf. rm table :)
- Susan Beebe
Impressive. Great way to view photos on Facebook too.
- Mike Doeff
They still haven't implemented the one or two features which I consider most important. 1. The ability to Fav (on Flickr) a photo without leaving the Cooliris interface. 2. The ability to comment on a photo (on Flickr) without having to leave the Cooliris interface. Having to bounce in and out of Cooliris, even if just between browser tabs is very disruptive.
- TranceMist
TranceMist, hear you loud and clear - will also add to feature request. We love your feedback/ideas about Cooliris so keep it coming! :)
- Cooliris
Is there a way to make Cooliris open a picture in a new tab just by control clicking the main picture? The only way I can get the new tab feature to work is to control click on the tiny arrow at lower right...
- Sam Posten
Sam - yes, clicking the arrow icon is still the way to launch Cooliris. We'll look into the ctrl click you suggested!
- Cooliris