Oh arrgh, this be pleasin' to me eye
- Paul Roberts
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- Kate Foy
President Barack Obama "meets" with speechwriter Cody Keenan, who dressed as a pirate for an Oval Office photo taken for use in the President's humorous speech to the White House Correspondents Association dinner May 9, 2009. "But as I said during the campaign, we can't just talk to our friends. As hard as it is, we also have to talk to our enemies, and I've begun to do exactly that," the President said in his speech.
- teh Dork Knight
Which just proves one thing Barack Hussein Obama is a Motherfucking Ninja.
- teh Dork Knight
I love the face she's making. I look forward to the future months where we can all debate on who she looks like. Congrats!!! Send my love to Rochelle too. I hope she's getting good rest.
- Tiffany
We can't debate who she looks like without pics of Akiva. Ergo, she has to look like Rochelle by default.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
What a beautiful baby! Welcome to the world, Audrey!
- Lis Miller
so beautiful! she looks just like Rochelle!
- Jasmin Smith
OMG so THAT is how to get Jas to log onto FriendFeed - pop out babies. ;) I am can't stop staring at Babby... she is so pretty.
- Mona Nomura
Wow!! She is GORGEOUS, Akiva!!! You and Rochelle did good! :):):)
- Her Lindsay-ness
HELLO WORLD! Congratulations Akiva and Rochelle.. best to all three of you! 15 GOTO 30 30 INPUT "HOW MANY MORE CHILDREN DO YOU WANT?", NUMCHILD 40 FOR I = 1 TO NUMCHILD 50 T = TIMER 55 IF TIMER < T + 23328000 THEN GOTO 60 60 INPUT "WHAT IS THE CHILDS NAME?", NAME$ 60 PRINT "HELLO ";NAME$ 70 NEXT I 80 END
- Tim Hoeck
sorry i'm late!....HI AUDREY!!!!!! Welcome to the world cutie pie! Oh man whatta a stunner! Akiva, you're in trouble! When you get back and stabilize hit me in DM's please...i have a secret to share with you. Thanx! See ya later Miss Audrey!!
- Carlos Ayala
no mention of Rochelle, sorry....GREAT JOB MOM!
- Carlos Ayala
She will pee and poop.. She'll vomit all over the place... She'll stay out past her curfew.. She'll date the rebellious kid.. she'll be the rebellious kid.. She'll smoke and drink and ? before she's ready... She's pretty now... and she'll be pretty then.. AND, I'll take her to her first gay bar! - Congrats you two! You've brought HELL ON EARTH! and she's cute..
- Kyle Johnson
It's a proud moment in a father's life when his daughter makes the most popular entry on FriendFeed ever. Audrey pwned Robert Scoble!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
There's a bug in there. Where's the if statement immediately inside the if still_not_Crashed condition that checks "If(bootLog.BootsSinceLastCrash >2), throw new BSOD();".
- Kamath (नमः)
funny - but i've never had a problem with Vista - in fact I'm a Mac owner who LOVES vista. take that
- andy brudtkuhl
@Phil It's not the products that are hated, it's the rabid fanbois/gurz. I like some of the products, and own several, as well.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Or be a real rebel and join the other 90% of real rebels
- Christopher Harley
Phil, Apple haters? This is the result of blind Apple Fanboys even defending shit against anyone. But it's not the products at most. It's the behavior of Apple, just like you see in AppStore, iTunes/iPod (yeah still no official sync without iTunes), or lately the attack on the Palm Pre. I had 5 Macs / MacBooks Pro, and I got disappointed not only by the community and their idiocy, but from Apple too. Every Time sooner or later. Apple is a company that have a church that want to be a company.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
Guys, think. That's like saying you hate Jesus because of those f'ing Christians. Products are loved and hated, I understand that. It's a Ford v. Chevy thing for hillbillies. For geeks it's Mac v. MS, Linus, Atari, Whatever. Apple is like Porche or Lamborghini, a niche company for folks willing to pay more. That creates Attitude, you take time to design, you make people pay for the cachet. If you hate them because in comparison to Apple you are a schlub, I understand. But they kick butt.
- Phil Boiarski
What? Mac vs Atari? There's no vs...Atari FTMFW!
- Mo Kargas
I wonder if 7-Eleven sells 'Apple flavored Haterade'?
- Morgan Haley
Heh, does anyone else find it ironic that Apple supposedly make some of the best performing Windows machines?
- Tyson Key
they never perform better than my windows machines :P And not only can I make a better performing windows machine but it costs about 50% of the price of an Apple too ;P
- alphaxion
I work on both systems, side by side in a production environment. I keep the Mac even though management has tried to take it twice because I maintain it unlike the Windows machine which requires a whole frickin MIS department. I have a top of the line Dell, new every year and I get it maxxed out. All the business side gets done there or I would never touch it. It's down and up and crashes and I won't even go there. Whatever experience you have, I've been in this sort of situation since 1990.
- Phil Boiarski
Lindsey. That's the most computer I can get for the budget. I can't exactly build one and the guys who keep it running tell me, I don't tell them. My point was more that ROI, which is what I have to show in my budget every time I justify the new Mac, clearly shows much more "up" time, even when I had a fancy Silicon Graphics machine. I am like a convert. I loves me some Macintosh.
- Phil Boiarski
Caption This: "Hello. Um, Mr. Gere sir? I found this orange thing during my last, well, 'spelunking' trip, and thought it might belong to you."
- Morgan Haley
L4S: think of the horrors this little pomster fella has seen. The poor innocent guy, wakes up one morning, all fuzzy and cute. Then he's thrown in to a roller coaster world of drug abuse, sex slavery and basic cable tv watching. I shudder to think about what his dark, beady eyes have seen. He's probably seen C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate...
- Morgan Haley
I finally had an opportunity to use the Richard Gere Ass Gerbil story and core Bladerunner quotes in one social situation!! FINALLY! WOW, that took like almost 10-11 years to come along! I win the grand prize! Yay me!
- Morgan Haley
"Paperwhite studio wants you to depart from the cliche Valentines sentiment and find out the real things we use as a measuring stick for love. Help us fill in the blank."
- Jonathan Kong
"Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain. - Leonardo Da Vinci"
- Seth Greenblatt
from Bookmarklet
I'm only asking because I have my hand in the container looking for buttered popcorn and toasted marshmallow. What's your favorite and most hated Jelly Belly flavor. I dislike any coffee flavored.
Most liked...Pear and black licorice. Not a big fan of the cotton candy or popcorn...and -100 point for calling Jelly Bellys jelly beans, Tyson.
- Alex Scoble
I don't like any of them. They all feel? taste like? wax to me.
- Derrick
Loved: Cheesecake, mango, kiwi, pear & peach. Hated: licorice, banana, coffee, grape, and lemon. I just remembered that I have a neglected box just 4 feet away from me. Oh yes, I can only eat the two you mentioned, if I have cheesecake & pear, otherwise, I can't hang.
- Anika
"Mike & Ikes" are pretty good (I like the cherry flavour ones)
- Tyson Key
There's something wrong with your tastebuds if a Jelly Belly tastes like wax. And calling a Ferrari a car is an insult to a Ferrari. Just like calling a Jelly Belly a jelly bean is an insult to Jelly Bellys...they are far superior.
- Alex Scoble
Not a big fan of the vomit flavor. I quite like watermelon, tangerine, juicy pear, licorice.
- Jeremy Brooks
Are you looking for those because you like them or hate them? I can't stand either of the two named flavors. I, uh, like the red and blue ones, though.
- Jordan Hofker
My favorite is Dr Pepper, and I hate popcorn and coffee.
- Bryan Clark
My favorites are cherry and popcorn. I hate cinnamon and black licorice.
- Beau "Slick Foot" Liening
Has anyone tried JBs? They're like M&Ms with Jelly Belly flavores
- Robert Hafer
I LOVE the most hated. popcorn, marshmallow, peanut butter, licorice. I HATE coffee, tutti-fruitie and strawberry daiquiri. Anika - we are taste bud twins (never tried cheesecake) Robert - what the heck is a JBs?
- @CrystalinaB
JBs are a little larger than a M&M and the candy shell is flavored. Like chocolate and Jelly Bellies together.
- Robert Hafer
Yum Robert. I'll keep my eye out for them. They must be in selective stores only because I've never come across them as much as I'm in a candy aisle.
- @CrystalinaB
FINALLY. So annoyed at the duplicate contacts for different emails for the same person.
- Anika
sunnova!!! I just manually did this with about 25 contacts a couple of weeks ago. GRRRRRR this would have been so useful.
- Neil Bernhart
Oh, Neil. I know what you mean. I merged a few of my email accounts into a few more. One account, I merged 4 email accounts and did it manually too. 623 contacts. It took me 6 days. When I got to my other gmail account, I started and then decided there must be an app, so it's been 2 months and I've only merged 7 contacts so far on that one.
- Anika
Gmail address book has always annoyed me. Hopefully this will make it a bit better
- Peter Efland
"A New Yorker would have to make $123,322 a year to have the same standard of living as someone making $50,000 in Houston. In Manhattan, a $60,000 salary is equivalent to someone making $26,092 in Atlanta. You knew it was expensive to live in Manhattan, but Queens? The report tagged Queens the fifth most expensive urban area in the country. The average monthly rent in New York is $2,801, 53% higher than San Francisco, the second most expensive city in the country."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
So true - didn't think I could have sticker shock coming from the SF Bay Area but I did. Big time.
- Maria Niles
Ouch!!! I wonder how other cities compare like Chicago. Chicago is pretty expensive but by no means as expensive as NY. I think San Francisco has to be #2 for the most expensive, right?
- Grant Gochnauer
28oo is average. Average. 2800 in LA would get you an awful lot.
- Jason Toney
Ya if I wasn't dating I would be eating cup-o-noodels everyday.
- Mona Nomura
Mona, if I weren't married, I would buy you Cup O Noodles on our dates.
- Louis Gray
This is what I've been saying all along. And these same middle-class New Yorkers get shut out of economic stimulus tax rebates every time because they're over the $75K income cap.
- Morton Fox
I would love to see a study like this done in some pockets of LA.
- Brandon
Crybabies. Go build your own log cabin in Wyoming. Oh yeah, homesteading ended 150 years ago along with this failed pre-industrial capitalist robber-baron model. http://tr.im/plusplus
- michael silverton
i think the average is so high because high-end rents in NYC are REALLY REALLY high. chelsea is $4K easily. but you can move to the bronx, brooklyn, queens, or even the sketchier parts of manhattan and find apartments south of $2Gs. (can you tell i check apartment listings in NY like once a week?)
- tiffany
and the NYC to houston or NYC to atlanta comparisons are only sort of fair. yes, it takes less $$ to live outside of NYC, but you also earn much less. yeah, housing in ATL, for example, is dirt-ass-cheap. but the costs of other things -- clothing, groceries, attractions, a halfway-decent restaurant -- aren't so far apart. and quality? yeah right. the restaurants, arts scene, etc. in those cities pale in comparison.
- tiffany
@tiff, I check NYC apartment listings too! Glad it's not just me.
- Andrew C
It gets even worse if you do rent per sq. foot. Those places are TINY!
- Jeanine W.
2Gs for rent I just cannot even process. I know I'm in North Cack, but I could have 3 homes w/1500 sf for that.
- Ms_Krista
Sounds like Vancouver. To qualify for a mortgage on a 600 sq foot condo in an up and coming but marginal neighborhood, a person needs to have a household income of $133k.
- cecily
But that's a ridiculous condo bubble - rents in Vancouver are a little more reasonable.
- Andrew C
one other point. middle-class seems to be defined here as "homeowner." it's hard to buy in NYC for less than $500k. hell... it's hard to buy for less than $500k in the suburbs of NY.
- tiffany
But if you - like most of these people - owe $3M on a home worth $2M, you're not a homeowner at all. Bugs me how that word is thrown around.
- Anthony Citrano
Check out this related discussion about bank executives in NYC having hardships when being asked to live on $500k a year: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Tamar Weinberg
Ha, and I consider Houston expensive. God, I love San Antonio.
- Rob H.
Gee! Time magazine just DISCOVERED this? Anyway, this is why pop music sucks these days, IMO. I'd rather hear a bum note here and there, than deal with a souless performance that can't be duplicated live, anyway. Kanye West on SNL recently proves my point, although I really did like that song he did.
- Helen Sventitsky
from Bookmarklet
I love to find live stuff (comparatively easy these days) before committing listening time to a band I haven't heard. Production is why.
- Michael W. May
I don't know, Helen. Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak was one of the most brilliant uses of auto tune I can think of. The whole theme of the album was Kanye's feeling brittle, artificial, and distorted over the death of his mom and the breakup of his engagement, and he used the auto tune to bring those emotions to his music. With T-Pain I believe it's just a gimmick, and I'm no Kanye fan girl, but I don't think he belongs in the same category as T-Pain and Cher.
- cecily
Mike, a good live band trumps any studio recording. Cecily, I don't think he belongs there either, but did you see him try to sing without autotune on SNL? I realize he was going for an effect on this recording, but with out it, he's a, er, better rapper than singer. Just sayin'. :) Spidra, if they sound anything like what you've put out on your videos, I have no doubt they will be nothing less than awesome! :D Karim, LOL!!!
- Helen Sventitsky
Auto-Tune just needs to go away. It's tired, played out, and I'm ready for whatever's next. And I like Kanye enough, 808's and Heartbreak is nice, but I still play the hell out of the first album than I do anything else.
- Derrick
That's the thing. A lot of these singers signed today need more than just a few notes nudged into place (like Taylor Swift - ughs!!). So when you see someone like Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland actually completely nail a performance (as she did on the Grammies this evening), you realize how much talent is lacking that there would be a need for software has to exist. Otherwise, yeah, it NEEDS to go away.
- Helen Sventitsky
T-Pain uses auto-tune because he likes how it sounds as an effect. He is actually a brilliant artist (rapper, singer, writer, producer) but you'd never know unless you got the album. Kanye is a rapper, why the hell did he use auto-tune to sing on his whole entire album? Diddy is coming out with one, too. It's gettin ridiculous, but we can't blame the tool because some choose to abuse it because SOMEONE keeps buying the crap.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
that's not real music. come on people....
- Terry O'Fee
I think it's ok for an artist to use auto-tune, but when they become auto-tune...well...that's just retarded.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
I think Kayne West (and many other rappers) use auto-tune because they are incapable of delivering even a monotone rap in tune: Too busy shopping for "bling" to be bothered with all of that.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I'm sorry - I like 808s and Heartbreak. *ducks*
- Shawn Farner
they're performers—i don't care what 'tools' they use to deliver a great performance: i just care that they deliver that great performance. when i'm listening to pop music, i'm well aware that most of the time i'm not observing Juillard-trained artists performing opera, so what's the big deal? most of them are here-today, gone-later-today anyway. the ones with real talent tend to last.
- .LAG liked that
Is it just me, or is pop music getting stupider by the day...eh, I'm getting old...
- Helen Sventitsky
I guess my beef with kanye is that...well, he wasn't pop before..was he? I could swear he was a rapper/producer. Some of his tracks are still hot, but I'm not feelin' the entire album.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
it doesnt really matter, anyway. real artists get the chance to release their music without having to worry about the record labels anymore. they've given up and its rather pathetic to see the same dross over and over again.
- Terry O'Fee
@helen: aren't you a songwriter? who writes these pop songs? and who buys them?
- .LAG liked that
Britney Spears, or those stupid One Hit Wonder "winners" of X Pop Factor Idol, or what ever today's "talent contest" flavour is...
- Tyson Key
I don't see anything bad in this. The end result counts, like with photographs and movies. Also, I prefer music produced/mixed in studios compared to that played live. The music quality is much better and without all the mistakes that hurt the ears.
- Jemm
I also prefer produced/mixed music. Except for certain things, live performances (and recordings of them) just don't sound "right" to my ears.
- Tyson Key
I'm a big fan of live recordings of my favorite artists. I like the spontaneity, the energy, and the chance to hear variations from the canonical version. Also, Rick Rubin's right to say indiscriminate use of AutoTune is a crutch that detracts from even produced music (where otherwise, the solution would be to do another take).
- Andrew C
most of the time you can judge the quality of a band by their live performance.
- Terry O'Fee
.LAG, I discussed this issue with friends who know people who write for the pop market. The explicit purpose of all pop music these days is to help sell radio commerical time and promote the artist's albums. The catchier the tune, the better the sales for the conglomerates involved. By it's very definition, pop music has to appeal to the lowest common denominator in order for it to be heard. I understand it's always been this way, although I think it's worse now than it ever was.
- Helen Sventitsky
Then again, I'm probably just having a "get off my lawn moment" right now.
- Helen Sventitsky
You're definitely having a 'get off my lawn' moment, but that's OK. :)
- cecily
I finally replaced Trillian Pro with this.. it has gotten stable enough.. there are still some features I miss, but it does the job.
- Tim Hoeck
Digsby is brilliant, I swapped from Trillian to this a while back and not looked back.
- Kol Tregaskes
I've been waiting for a Mac version for ages too. They've said from the get go that it's on the way, but i don't believe them anymore :(
- Chris Dahl
They need to support more then Twitter in able to say they support social networks .. more like social network . .don't like the way it looks anyway
- John Blanton
from twhirl
Does it do Novell Messenger? Both Trillian and Adium.
- Kenley Neufeld
Digsby's quite cool but I still prefer Pidgin because I don't manage my social networks and GMail in my messenger
- Dennis R.
Okay, I'm gonna be the voice of dissension here and tell you that I hope Digsby never gets released for Mac OS X. It looks like dog shit on Windows (and please, don't bring up the craptacular skins). I don't think design is a part of their ethos. There's little wrong with Adium, or Pidgin / Miranda for Windows.
- l0ckergn0me
All Adium needs to add is facebook/myspace and then video chat and it will be the MAC answer to Digsby.
- Amani
Amani, (1) It's Mac OS X, not MAC. It's never been MAC, and it'll never be MAC. (2) Adium already does Facebook and MySpace. Where have you been?
- l0ckergn0me
Nice. But I don't use it. I won't give all my IM passwords (ans so my Google Account Password, too). That's what you do. All data will be store under your account on their servers. Don't see the need for that.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
@ l0ckergn0me I don't agree with you, Digsby is good looking and you can download skins if you want. It has better design then MSN Messenger like a example. And I don't understand why you have to swear like that just for one program :P lol
- Kristian Salonen
Ryo, first look at their privacy policy, the benefit of storing the passes an the servers is, that as soon as you install and login to digsby on another computer all your accounts are connected without having to set them up again and again. I like that feature.
- Dennis R.
from twhirl
Please don't fight with my post, Haha! I didn't want to start a war!
- Didier Lahely
@l0ckergn0me: "it looks like shit, and don't give me anything about skins!" uh what? Isn't that the whole point of skins?
- Chieze Okoye
Chieze: yep ;) And I don't think that always beauty is important.
- Kristian Salonen
I Liked It For AIM But everything else sucks
- nfan12
I keep hearing good things about Digsby, so I'm anxiously awaiting a Mac version
- Seth Greenblatt
@lockergn0me - you knew what I mean by MAC. LOL. How does Adium do Facebook and MySpace? I don't think I knew that. Are you sure?? Tell me how ... :)
- Amani
They do the Facebook chat shit and the MySpace IM
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Yep. I found it. Feel foolish. You can't be on Adium and in facebook at the same time though. Messes up.
- Amani
I tweeted about Digsby in March last year - I like it a lot... It's a great IM tool that does IM, email, facebook, etc.. NOT just IM...very cool! Digsby was created by local students here in Rochester, NY!! http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Susan Beebe
Dennis, but nontheless they save you password. It's not likely for a IM-Client to save your passwords on a company server. Yes, it's nice if you can switch from Computer to computer (theoretically). But I use only my own. I don't need this function, and I don't want to store my Google Account Password on another companys server ever. PLus at installation they will install a lot of crap. Not trustworthy.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
Digsby tries to install CRAPWARE - I know of no other way of telling you that this is just shit, wrapped in shit.
- l0ckergn0me
i installed digsby a few weeks ago, but vetoed all the so-called crapware installs -- thanks lOcknergn0me for that word -- but i've yet to launch it since I already use Thwirl. I think the existence of the c-ware made me wary.
- .LAG liked that
I'll stick to TweetDeck until the Mac version comes out. Then we'll see.
- Don Faulkner
Ryo, I understand your doubts about storing your IM passwords on another company's server but on the other hand people provide ie their twitter password to lots of different web services or grant access to facebook through the api. But I agree that it should not be necessary rather than optional.
- Dennis R.
from twhirl
They need one of these signs in front of the Safeway near my house. Apparently the RED CURB isn't enough of a giveaway that there is no parking allowed directly in front of the store!
- Jeff P. Henderson
1. Begin with a traditional firm handshake 2. Keeping your hand clasped with your buddy, wrap the left arm around the shoulder of your friend. 3. Slap your friend’s back two times. The back slap is key. Somehow hitting your fellow man makes the hug more manly. 4. Release embrace.
- Alfredo
Yeah, that's how guys hug, hugging + hitting :p As a girl I was told to hug guys with one arm around the shoulder area and one arm around the torso and not both arms around the neck which is teh "boyfriend" hug
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
I've known women who have told me that when guys hug them and their hand touches their bra it makes them uncomfortable. so, i always try to make sure my hand doesn't go there.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
@alfredo, sometimes you can even skip #2. just give the pound, and then lean in a little. minimal contact.
- chrisofspades
i dont hug guys. am i missing something?
- Chris Hofmann
I'm not even going to say anything for fear of screwing up the curve.
- Derrick
I huge guys all the time, but almost always described in the first comment.
- Rodfather
I like to keep my emotional distance, so I only give one back slap
- Richard Lawler
Rod, I love secure straight guys who hug guys like me cause well...you're straight. It's a freakin' hug, not a marriage proposal (thanks Prop 8!) *shrug*
- Derrick
Why are straight American guys so uptight about hugging on another? Sad. I'm not a hugger, but that's because I just like touching people.
- Anika
lol im not uptight just because i dont feel the urge to hug guys :P
- Chris Hofmann
why dont you give me a "good" reason why i should hug a guy if i dont feel it? to impress girls?....weeeell
- Chris Hofmann
Watch any football (soccer) match and learn...
- Mike Cornell
I'm the middle child so much of that fits but because of family dynamics, I can also relate to the first child characteristics as well.
- ♥patricia♥
I always wondered if the dynamic is different depending on the genders as well. For me, we are all women. In the middle of two women is hard. My sisters don't even talk anymore.
- Shevonne
My niece Meaghan, second of four, has actually voiced understanding of being neglected since she is one of the middle children. I love the sarcasm!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
okay, that's creepy. i'm an only child, an "intensified" first born. i am doomed. but on the positive side i am likely to compulsively organize your closet for you, so there's that.
- Marie is organized.
i'm the middle child of three boys, all born almost exactly three years apart. article says of mids: "A middle child can be: a loner, quiet and shy, sociable, outgoing, friendly, laid-back, a peacemaker, aggressive, very competitive, or not at all. (Basically unpredictable.)" Wow! this article has me pegged. I'm ALL those things. .LOLz
- .LAG liked that
It was suggested by friend on Kwippy.com that I run in 2012, so long as I pick a "hottie like Sarah". I said that I would tap Mona and our campaign slogans would be "OMG KITTENS!" and the crowd would chant "O RLY" and we would yell back "YA RLY!" and every time we were attack in an ad our response would simply be "SRSLY? LOL!".
- Neal Jansons
oh, I do agree with Mahdi too, love isn't temporary madness but sometimes it has temporary madness :)
- saeedeh
nazli you say love isn't real object or is a devilish object?
- saeedeh
love is good, and non-love is evil ; love is constructive and non-love is destructive ; non-love makes cosmical disbalance and love brings cosmical balance back ; love actually makes us not to reject someone for something we don't love on that person.
- Mahdi Ebrahimi