"A community of ‘candid’ photographers of men in public situations (all of whom have paid for their accounts in good faith) has been displaced and silenced on photo-sharing site Flickr in less than a fortnight. Four prominent photostreams as well as countless photos vanished from July 6th 2009 to July 13th 2009 without warning or right to appeal. At least one site had over a million hits in less than a year. Flickr has stubbornly refused to give a reason for its recent axe-grinding mission against these sites, but one user was given the reason ‘voyeur content’ after more than 8 days of asking for a reason yet that particular site contained pictures of men in public which is legal. Flickr has refused to expand on the reason it gave, but cited its ambiguous and open-ended ‘Don’t be creepy’ clause in its Terms of Service asjustification for terminating at least one photostream. Flickr has also silenced debate about the issue on its Help Forum. When confronted with whether or nor the...
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- Thomas Hawk
Good! Flickr is out of control. They should not be allowed to delete a paying customer's photo or photostream without notifying the customer of the "problem" and giving them a chance to correct/explain the situation. It's just bad business. Flickr is a great site, but the negatives are slowly chipping away at the positives.
- Rob LaRosa
Yeah, Flickr is pretty out of control. I think I'll be letting my membership expire and using only Pbase from now on.
- Todd Walker
Wow. How do I move all of my photos from flickr? I suppose I'll have to find somewhere new to put them.
- joey
I think it sort of sucks that I post a link to blog specifically about account deletions to a Flickr Help forum thread specifically account deletions and get banned from the public forum. The Flickr is Fascist blog is not mine, I was merely reporting on it.
- Thomas Hawk
Looks like it's time to abandon Flickr to Mussolini. And then kick it in the head.
- James (!?)
Uh oh. You've been put on the naughty step.
- Simon Wicks
Seems like the more we rely on web services the more of our rights we inadvertently give up. With web services being bought, sold, discontinued, or the arbitrary rules that they invoke, we are more and more at the mercy of whim of the site owner. It seems like it is time for some sort of universal user bill of rights that defines a minimum level of service we should expect and defines guidelines for disputes between users and service providers.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Well Thomas, as the CEO of a competitor to Flickr, it was only a matter of time before they tired of your "crusades" and troublemaking. (regardless of how worthwhile they are, and they are)
- Robert Kenney
I have kept my photos on Flickr, because that is where my family goes to, but I also have them on Zooomr, really not happy with Flickr
- Kim Landwehr
This is clearly a signal that Flickr is on the move. To be spun-off, sold, etc. As part of preparations for this, they have been given a mandate to clean-up the site of "less desirable" content to make it more marketable to a buyer.
- Robert Kenney
What are the best alternatives to Flickr?
- Johnny
Johnny, that depends on what you want from the site. If you want a community, then Flickr is probably the best. If you just want a place to host your photos or sell your work. there are plenty of other options. Here are several that come to mind. Zooomr, Smugmug, Picassa, Snapfish.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Robert Kenney: Thomas has been a critic of flickr, but he's also an advocate and user of flickr, in addition to being a competitor. The photo sharing biz is funny that way.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
i also don't like the fact that Flickr staff refers to me as "abusive" before kicking me out of the forum. My criticism has always been respectful. Simply because someone criticizes you does not make them "abusive" that's such a loaded almost libelous term. I resent that Flickr would call me abusive and then lock me out of the forum where I can't defend myself against that accusation.
- Thomas Hawk
Flickr is not a democracy, as they remind all of us again and again.
- Robert Kenney
Robert, but users should be able to expect a certain level of civility and recourse that you expect, (and is often required by law) when doing business with a brick and mortar establishment.
- Jeff P. Henderson
the anti flickr blog by the way has moved and I honestly have absolutely zero to do with this new anti flickr blog. I was simply reporting on it after the authors of the blog (who I do not know who they are) pointed it out to me. http://saynotoflickr.blogspot.com
- Thomas Hawk
I've been arguing against arbitrary account deletions and censorship there pretty passionately for a while. Especially lately as the account deletions seem to have escalated (and especially anything associated with or male gay related). I suppose they don't like being criticized for their deletion decisions, but personally I think labeling me as "abusive" for it and censoring me is yet another bad tact for them to take.
- Thomas Hawk
don't like flickr's problems? put your pix somewhere else. It's a website, not a national government; it's not fascist.
- Chieze Okoye
Most of the time those being deleted have no platform to object and so they turn to the only public avenue that they know the help forum. I like sticking up for the little guy, especially when he/she's in the right. It is frustrating though feeling like you are banging your head against the wall with Flickr who just seem frankly not to care one bit about the criticism or even ever address their censorship choosing to simply lock any thread objecting to it.
- Thomas Hawk
no, Chieze, it's not just a "website," any more than FriendFeed is just a "website." It's a community. That's always been what's made it special. It's just too bad that those overseeing the community don't feel that they need to have respect for it.
- Thomas Hawk
My contention is that Friendfeed *is* just a website, though. It's kinda nice when they get stuff right, and kinda bad when they get stuff wrong, but at the end of the day, it's just a tool. Is your tool breaking or acting up? Try to fix it within your capacity (writing blogs sometimes works when you're not part of the development itself, but bandying about hyperbole like calling a website fascist usually doesn't) or just move to the next tool that will work reliably the way you want.
- Chieze Okoye
There's a huge audience that you only reach through Flickr. There's no "next tool" to reach that many.
- Bruce Lewis
Chieze, I didn't call Flickr fascist. I simply reported on the fact that *somebody else* started a blog called that. I pretty much report on everything that's related to flickr that I come across. I'm not sure why I should have been banned simply for reporting on it. We'll have to disagree on both Flickr and FriendFeed merely being "websites." I hold to my contention that they are far, far, more than just "websites," that they are very significant hubs for communities, both of them in fact.
- Thomas Hawk
The thing that bugs me most about the way Flickr deals with things is that they delete and/or block, giving the accused no avenue for recourse. If they want to accuse me of having photos on the site that aren't mine, that's fine, but don't take down the evidence. They should have to leave the pics up there and prove to me that they are right. How could I do that after my pictures have...
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- Kenton
Oh, Thomas, I realize that you weren't calling it fascist, I didn't mean to make it seem like I was conflating you with this blog's behavior. Sorry about that. We will have to agree to disagree about the tool/website thing, I guess. I'm not an avid Flickr user, so I don't have that passion (but I am an avid Friendfeeder, at least by my personal standards, and I still think the way I do...
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- Chieze Okoye
Also, @Bruce, at this point, no one should be surprised with Flickr's behavior. Yes there's great audience, but it's not like there NO OTHER photo sharing site that has a community of people you can connect with. Continuing my tool metaphor, it would be like if you had the world's best hammer, but that hammer had poisonous spikes on the handle. For some people who need it or really want...
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- Chieze Okoye
Chieze, I'm well aware there are other photo sharing sites. I run one. But for photographers with a professional interest in getting noticed, Flickr is not optional.
- Bruce Lewis
Saying there are options to Flickr is like saying there are options to Windows. Sure, technically there are but not may people use them.
- ChiliMac
Yeah, Flickr isn't optional if you want to build a brand/reputation or just get noticed. Which sucks, because I'd have dumped my account there in protest a while ago if that wasn't the case. What's idiotic is that I can't even fathom a reason for these absurd censorship policies. How difficult can it be to implement an holding pen for violating accounts and a review process before they pull that delete trigger?
- Eric P
posted your blog post separately See-ming. http://friendfeed.com/thomash... Ironicly, posting about this "Flickr is Fascist" blog is what got me indefinitely banned from the Flickr Help forum. I think that they are pretty pissed off about it. At least pissed off enough to ban me over merely mentioning it publicly.
- Thomas Hawk
@TH Thanks! I was not going to post it until I realize recently that it is happening to a lot of my gay friends - including some who cannot post to my groups anymore because they are having the same problem, which is very sad.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
As someone who has, quite unfairly, had their name featured several times in the Flickr is Fascist Blog, and who knows who the perpetrator is I can understand why Flickr would want to protect it’s users in this way. The person behind it not only has a malicious personal vendetta against certain people on the site but also promotes the censorship, deletion and suspension of other peoples...
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- david Martyn
Fresh (http://www.ironicsoftware.com/fresh...) is a similar app and feels a little more intuitive. At a keyboard-click, it shows you the most recent files you worked on, also allowing you to keep a drawer of your favourite apps and files below it.
- Vincent van Wylick
"The virtual gifts market is reportedly worth $1bn and with the holiday season approaching one UK start-up is bringing the idea to the iPhone. Little World Gifts is an iPhone/iPod Touch app that allows users to send each other virtual gifts."
- Martin Bryant
from Bookmarklet
That's because everyone ran to Greader which has a long way to go before it can live up to FF. Conversations on there are way too hard. Worse than Twitter.
- Kimber Scott
If I ran the world...this would get you a 6 month prison sentence.....
- Stephanie Segel
Our local SCCA chapter has several loaner helmets painted that color. Thefts went down dramatically compared to when they were just black.
- dthree
I'm not so sure. I once saw an old VW bug with a "Girl Power" bumper sticker being driven around by some skin head looking dudes.
- Kevykev
Except that for a thief to steal this, they would have it stripped back and turned into a real Ferrari in around 30 minutes flat (including travel time) so I don't think it would be that much of a deterrent. ;)
- Travis Koger
"I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken. Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken. The way Apple runs the App Store has harmed their reputation with programmers more than anything else they've ever done. Their reputation with programmers used to be great. It used to be the most common complaint you heard about Apple was that their fans admired them too uncritically. The App Store has changed that. Now a lot of programmers have started to see Apple as evil. How much of the goodwill Apple once had with programmers have they lost over the App Store? A third? Half? And that's just so far. The App Store is an ongoing karma leak."
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Even as an end-user, Apple's approval process for the App Store seems heavy-handed and censorious. It makes me like them less.
- Spidra Webster
From the OP: "with fussy tastes and a rigidly enforced house style." - fussy tastes is spot on, but rigidly enforced house style doesn't quite describe the most irritating thing: unpredictable criteria/enforcement.
- Micah Wittman
Paul B, what's you take on the other Paul's statement: "I think the reason Google embraced "Don't be evil" so eagerly was not so much to impress the outside world as to innoculate themselves against arrogance." ?
- Micah Wittman
Is the App Store approval process cumbersome? Sure. Is it completely and totally broken, no. There are over 100,000 applications, LOTS of developers, and because one or two vocal development groups "pull out" it doesn't mean it's doomed. Apple has not "harmed their reputation with developers", I AM an iPhone Application Developer, I've actually SUBMITTED an application (have you Paul?),...
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- Rob Pickering
Rob, Paul Graham, who wrote the essay (not to be confused with Paul Buchheit, who shared it here), advises startups that publish iPhone apps, notably Dropbox.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Tough challenge, dealing with the "community," while enforcing strict standards. I'm glad they're holding the app-dev's to a high standard. One big security hole due to a lax in rules just to be "nice" and iPhone AND Apple's rep turns to applesauce. Seems they need about twice the personnel to get through all the work. Again, tough challenge.
- John Coonen
"Programmers don't use launch-fast-and-iterate out of laziness. They use it because it yields the best results." -- well said
- ǝuǝƃnǝ
Security holes aren't due to lax rules. It takes a broken sandbox. You don't need app approvals to maintain a sandbox.
- Peng-Toh
It's analogous to Yahoo trying to maintain curated links versus Google's pagerank. It doesn't really work past a certain level of scale.
- Todd Hoff
Graham describes Android as an orphan; I don't think that's the case. It's being actively updated, and evangelized for use in all kinds of devices (not just phones). If anything, I think Google considers Android more strategic than they let on.
- Kevin Shaum
Another word and the forces will abolish all forms of Cilantro on this planet called Earth, message received from Planet Janet
- Janet
Message to Planet Janet: you know you love it with cilantro, baby.
- Steven Perez
Now see this is the interesting thing: if anybody posts, then you have to. So if everybody keeps posting, you'll just have to keep up with us. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
- CAJ, somewhere else
I CAN ATTEST THAT PEA IS, IN FACT, ALL SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE. Argue that, and let's see how mean you really wanna be. In the meantime, my head hurts so discuss this amongst yourselves. You can summarize it for me later.
- pea
Debating tip: never try to get in the last word. Always give your opponent the opportunity to get in the last word. By some sort of mysterious karmic law, your persuasiveness will improve immeasurably. :)
- Sean McBride
Steven Perez isn't a Bunneh!!! As long as he doesn't respond.
- Jimminy Fuller
This is a point that can never be proved, nor disproved until all but one of us are dead.
- Slappy Line
So... it's kind of like a "tontine" but with a pretty weak payoff?
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Hmmm, actually, it only needs to continue until Steven Perez is dead (of very old age, i of course hope). Our victory is guaranteed. Of course, if friendfeed gets eaten by fb, it's just going to be a race to get the last comment in before the site goes down.
- Slappy Line
It's okay, he's got a Catch-22 now. Steven Perez isn't a Bunneh, so long as he doesn't respond. And we all know he refutes his Bunneh status.
- Jimminy Fuller
It was real hawt in the town that night! IF I EDIT 18 hours later like now - is your last still last if comments are disabled? A hawt question.
- L Stephen Cleary
Steven is a Bunneh!!! He responded when I said he wasn't. Bunneh's can win if they want.
- Jimminy Fuller
Steven, I'm sure that not even you would resort to cheating to get the last word. I vote we just find the comment limit. It's gonna be a number ending in '0'
- Slappy Line
You did see where I said that I like my food scared and running, yeah? Mmmmm, ferret-ka-bobs ...
- Steven Perez
from IM
I do indeed see where this is headed, and no sir, I don't like it. *calls upon the forces of Voltron
- Tsali, The Native of FF
from IM
Sadly, the only Voltron to heed your call is the vehicle Voltron. And I disabled that yo-yo by pulling out the sparks plugs in the car feet.
- Steven Perez
from IM
And what is yo-yo code for in that last statement?
- pea
It's an old Navajo word for "punk-ass bitch".
- Steven Perez
from IM
very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy very busy
- Steven Perez
from IM
VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY
- Steven Perez
from IM
I think friendfeed only put the extra "Add comment" link at the bottom of threads because of this specific thread. It took me a full 20 seconds to scroll from one end of it to the other.
- Slappy Line
hmm... 800+ comments on this thread, and this is my first, and probably last comment on this thread. I wonder should I read all the comments, or just post?
- Mike Nencetti
Are you guys still trying to win?
- Steven Perez
from IM
23 years from now, Steven will still check his MSGoogle MyFriendFace feed every morning so he can respond to this post with 3,137,783 comments...
- Joe
from iPod
After half a month there must have been moment you thought it would not be a real big deal if you eventually should NOT have the last word, I suppose?
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Now that you've nearly reached 1100 comments, I realized that I hadn't officially "liked" this yet! Error rectified, though you're clearly a comment whore, you show great panache while doing so!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Ohhh, you mean that place, which is totally faked by a #viciousbunneh who was in cahoots with the government in taking all the alfalfa plants into an underground hidden bunker.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
I will allow you to have the last word. But to take that last word you are surrendering your honor to a den of sightless whores.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Eventually, the whole thread will go backwards to the beginning.
- WorldofHiglet
That sounds like more fun than I imagine you wanted it to.
- Steven Perez
from IM
It was a test. Honor is pride. A den of sightless whores is merely an event that you will carry forever. You have attained the 7th level of enlightenment.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Considering that this thread has only been around since August, and has been shut down for the last two months, that's not too bad.
- Steven Perez
from IM
2012 is just the begining of the 13th Baktun, the long cont calendar doesn't actually run out until sometimes after 4772, that is of course if you stick with only Baktuns and don't use the other 4 higher counts, I just think FF will end in 4217 on planet Tersanzar :)
- Tsali, The Native of FF
Ah, right thread. In that thread, it's asked what you think you smell like. In this thread, I told you what I think you smell like.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I think this has lasted long enough. We already know what has to be the last word, it's already in the original quote. I will put it as the closing comment. I think we will all feel relieved we can now carry on to do greater things. For ourselves, our loved ones and the world.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
E.g. I used to think my.yahoo was good, but they went and messed it up so switched to iGoogle. At one time Yahoo! Groups was good, but it's not been updated in years.
- Cristo
As an account for Y! Pipes, Flickr, and Delicious.
- Itachi
But is Flickr best of breed, or is SmugMug? Is Delicious more useful than FriendFeed? BTW, it's interesting that most of the tech you mentioned is acquired.
- Cristo
What Mohamed said. Also useful are YUI and YQL (which were not acquired). Flickr is different than SmugMug, and I think it's "best of breed" for social networking around photography.
- Jason Wehmhoener
You could certainly debate whether YUI or YQL are "best of breed", but they are high quality code. Also, pipes was in-house.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Sometimes ,I find yahoo answers useful but best of breed?
- ashish
Jason, I guess I was thinking of consumer apps. I agree Flickr is best at social photo, but I'm not sure that will survive. Too many people using Facebook now, and the prosumers and pros use SmugMug.
- Cristo
Flickr certainly has plenty of users, but AFAIK Yahoo has never made a profit from it. I used to wonder if Yahoo would survive, but they do still sell a lot of ads. I guess Yahoo Frontpage is "best of breed" as it is the highest trafficked page on the internet. That will likely keep them floating at least as long as AOL.
- Jason Wehmhoener
ashish, I don't trust the answers on Yahoo! Answers, but maybe that's not fair because I don't trust any of the answer sites.
- Cristo
As far as I'm concerned now, Yahoo! is AOL. They could merge and it would still be the same. The only difference is I actually use AIM, mostly because it's built into iChat.
- Cristo
YUI is awesome. Y! Pipes is also awesome. YQL is awesome, but I haven't tried it yet. None were acquired. Y! Answers is sometimes useful/amusing.
- Itachi
YUI, Y! Pipes, and YQL are all frameworks right? They're not consumer facing. Sorry, I should have been more specific in my original post.
- Cristo
Yahoo is like a person stuck in quicksand !
- ashish
It always frustrated me when I worked there that the business acumen does not live up to the technical ability.
- Jason Wehmhoener
But hey, you know, those guys were in a dorm room when the whole thing started. What a ride, eh?
- Jason Wehmhoener
Well, they survived and prospered for 15+ years in a fast moving industry. I give them lots of credit for that. I once had an interviewer from Frontline ask me on camera why they were so successful and our startup was struggling in '94. Ouch. :)
- Cristo
There's all that other pretty new stuff like meme.yahoo.com omg.yahoo.com and others, but I really don't care at all for them
- Itachi
ouch! in '94 I was still in the process of dropping out of my freshman year in college.
- Jason Wehmhoener
We somewhat wildly underestimated the timeframe for widespread wireless infrastructure and devices. ;)
- Cristo
"We test a lot of software around here, on the web, on our desktop and on our phones. It's a great job to have, but only so much of what we test really sticks and becomes a part of our daily routines. Every once in awhile we like to compare lists in our team chat room and then share them with you. Here are the latest tools and services we've come to love, maybe you'd like to give them a try too."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
Have always liked Seesmic Web. Not too many bells and whistles you don't need.
- rowlikeagirl
The Seesmic interface looks appealing. What I am going to need is a way to group people whom I follow on twitter based on how often they tweet, not based on userids.
- TrafficBug
Seesmic Web is good but I prefer Seesmic Desktop (to Matthew's distaste ;-)).
- Kol Tregaskes
@shey: this is totally the most awesome thing you've ever shared here on FF, ever. it's a significant, seminal moment. let us recognize.
- .LAG liked that
For Halloween, Tam O’Shanter by Robert Burns (via MarkDayComedy)
For Halloween, the classic poem Tam O’Shanter by Robert Burns. It’s in old Scot’s dialect. You can read it, and a plain-English translation here. - http://pascal.tumblr.com/post...
There's a street near my house that does this huge haunted house thing. Since we can't afford to buy candy for trick-or-treaters this year, I'm going to do that instead. Should be fun.
- Admiral Anika
We tend you have fireworks displays or big bonfires. :-) Here in Edenbridge we usually have a massive Guy in the shape of the disliked celebrity of the time. Last year is was Jonathan Ross and Russel Brand: http://www.edenbridgetown.com/bonfire...
- Kol Tregaskes
That's great.. We need a holiday to mock h8'd celebrities here in Canada!
- Brodie Beta
Absolutely. We had Tony Blair one year, I was very happy when he went up in flames (his Guy I mean :-)).
- Kol Tregaskes
You set them on fire ?! OMG. That's awesome. I say we make the date Dec 1st in Canada. We can begin our first with the burning of the Celine Dion doll.
- Brodie Beta
Hehe. Do Canadians really not like Celine Dion that much? I thought they didn't like Alanis Morrissette or Avril Lavigne more? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Gosh, that was terrible grammar. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Oh No. They do like her... but I don't.
- Brodie Beta
Ah, hehe. I've liked a few of her previous albums, yes it's a guilty pleasure, but I've not liked any of her recent stuff.
- Kol Tregaskes
Hopefully the going to Jerome, AZ with Mr and my teen girls. Should be FUN and it's one of the few places hosting an all ages dance. Plus, Mr and I can wander over to The Spirit Room for the bands! Jerome was a ghost town and likes to claim hauntings :)
- R1CC1
I'm not saying she doesn't have a great voice. I just really h8 her music. I just sent out info about your holiday on Twitter =) Too cool !
- Brodie Beta
Halloween I'm cross bike racing http://www.rollapaluza.com/... no plans for Guy Fawkes, have missed it 8 years in a row since I moved to UK
- Yant
going out trick or treat'n with my friend & his kids, seeing that i dont have any, then off to a rocky horror show where the still perform the act under the screen, ;)
- chaz2b
Brodie, some of her stuff is too much, for sure. Yeah just seen the tweet, hehe, thanks. :-) Start a petition! ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Friends, music, fun... still no costume plan tho. Pressure's on
- Holly Rae
wife and kids and i, assuming none of us is ill anymore, are going over to my parents' haus to hand out candy and scare the pudding out of trick-or-treaters. i will be looping the Nirvana versus Rick Astley mashup interspersed with some of Arch Oboler's Drop Dead! album over a borrowed small PA system.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
i should probly snag some of the creepier kilowatt-power moonflower lights from a DJ friend of mine to project onto the treetops.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Pig Roast at my brother's new place. Should be awesome.
- Alex Scrivener
Not much, probably just stopping at home, and having a quiet night.
- Tyson Key
Halloween's our first wedding anniversary. There's a bottle of Krug sitting in the fridge. Nuff said.
- Mark H
Well, I *was* looking forward to seeing the trick 'r treaters who risk knocking on the door of Doctor Zombie (that's me, by the way! I have lights and bats and everything!), but it turns out that some a-hole has arranged for the local Guy Fawkes/Fireworks display to take place on the 31st, too. We live in a small town, so this pretty much ensures that most people will watching that, rather than trick or treating.. :-(
- Andrew Terry
Kol, you don't call it Guy Fawkes' Day over there? It was a big holiday in my college dorm, I never heard it called Bonfire Night. Of course, in college every night was bonfire night...
- Lo
Dressing up in one of a few costumes. I have a large trunk full of them and generally decide on the night. Definitely hitting the dance floor and having a carefree night. Kol, go out and play. How could you stay in on Bonfire Night? Dancing is good for the soul. xo
- Fossil Huntress
Google Voice is a great way to manage phone hell by giving you a single phone number that automatically rings your mobile, home, work and other phones based on your choice of rules and settings (who’s calling, when, etc.). But people are still stuck with their legacy phone numbers, and moving completely away from them is difficult.
- Jackie Ng
"What was once the worst fear of every paranoid person out there may well become reality soon enough for the US military. In 2008, the Army awarded a $4 million contract to a team of scientists from three American universities. The goal of the project is the development of helmets that will read and transmit soldiers’ thoughts to each other without the need for vocal interaction – sort of like a radio without a microphone. It may sound like science fiction, but crazily enough, it’s entirely possible. Brain-computer interaction is currently being developed to help paraplegics type, and there is even a commercially available gaming headset controlled by brain waves."
- Kimber Scott
from Bookmarklet
Yo, @Jesse, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but I just got to say that Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!
- Mike Fruchter
Yesterday Flickr rolled out the latest feature to their service, what they are calling "People in Photos." Essentially the site now allows you to tag other Flickr members in photos and then those photos appear on their profile page. The other person is also notified (the first time only) when they are tagged by flickrmail. You can tag people in your own photos or in other photos unless they are blocking you on Flickr. If you do not like a photo that you are in where you are tagged you can remove your people tag and/or block the person who has tagged you to prevent them from tagging you in the future. Along with the new feature they also redesigned the Flickr profile page to both include photos that you are in and your most recent favorites. As it stands right now both of these two new sections show the most recent photos you've either faved or been tagged in. Since you might prefer some photographs of you over other photographs of you on your profile page, it would seem that some sort...
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- Thomas Hawk
Jimminy, I think there's another photo out there somewhere where I actually bombed (bunny ears and all) at the same event with Daynah. :-) (Sorry Daynah!) This one was by accident.
- Jesse Stay
haha.. is there? Do you know who took the photo?
- Daynah
Daynah, I can't remember - it was you and 2 of your friends. I stood behind with a really silly face and bunny ears over you. I wish I could find it too. :-)
- Jesse Stay
"The watermelon baby! (4 pics) » Izismile.com - In fun we trust! Pictures, photos, videos, flash, games, celebs, hot stuff"
- Kimber Scott
from Bookmarklet
I can't believe nobody liked this watermelon baby!
- Kimber Scott