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Tudor Bosman
FreeBSD / ZFS box is up!
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Now installing Samba and MediaTomb. - Tudor Bosman
Yay! Now clean up the office. :) - Jeanette Bosman
I'm doing the same thing this weekend. - Scott Ludwig
Does it have a time-slider equivalent? The integration into nautilus is a nice touch in opensolaris. - Eric Borisch
s/MediaTomb/Firefly/ as I wanted something that iTunes recognizes. - Tudor Bosman
8.94T: 5 * 2TB drives (- 40GB reserved for the root fs), raidz1. - Tudor Bosman
@Tudor What is Firefly? Got a link? - EricaJoy
http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/ although the site seems down at the moment. Search for "Firefly media server" (formerly known as mt-daapd) - Tudor Bosman
sweeet - Logan Lindquist
Also, I love the FreeBSD ports collection (which Gentoo tried to imitate). cd /usr/ports/devel/git; make install will fetch git, build it, and install it, and automatically deal with any dependencies as they arrive. - Tudor Bosman
Another option is pkg_add -r git which will install a binary package compiled with default options, and resolve dependencies. - Scott Ludwig from iPhone
Okay, nested dependencies work just fine until you find a package that depends on TeX. Why does my little storage box need latex and amstex and mkfontdir and dvips and...? - Tudor Bosman
Because you need PDFs of the documentation, of course! - Eric Borisch
In many languages, apparently. /usr/ports/print/latex-cjk/scripts/installt1enc.sh arb5sung arb5sung.ttf Bg5 Generating Type 1 subfonts arb5sung from arb5sung.ttf [Bg5 planes: 1-55]: - Tudor Bosman
This is apparently all caused by updating the freebsd-doc-en package, which regenerates all forms of documentation from scratch. - Tudor Bosman
One of my disks appears bad, hopefully it's the cable.ad8: FAILURE - READ_DMA48 timed out LBA=766744255 - Tudor Bosman
Yep, RMAing now. - Tudor Bosman
Two more disks are showing read errors, including the boot disk. This is not good at all. Maybe WD actually qualifies RAID-level drives, and rebrands the crappy ones (with bad sectors which auto-remap) as consumer-level. With auto-remapping turned off, errors start creeping in within days. - Tudor Bosman
I'll investigate this more, of course, by mounting the bad disks into a different machine and looking at SMART output, but so far it smells of a bad batch of drives. - Tudor Bosman
How hot are they getting? (It's in the SMART data) ... We had a fan go out on a drive tower (and the 'dead fan' alarm didn't sound -- wonderful) and we smoked at least three drives before figuring out what was going on. - Eric Borisch
Eric: While trying to stress the disks with a few dd commands running in parallel, I can't get them to heat up above 26 degrees Celsius. I'd say that cooling inside my box works well. The two newly failed disks have 5 UNCorrectable sectors each -- and that's just because the SMART buffer only remembers the last 5 errors. - Tudor Bosman
Maybe I just got a bad batch, but at this point I would recommend against using WD20EADS drives for anything. - Tudor Bosman
yeah, the EADS aren't so good. The ABYS series have been super reliable in comparison, but I don't think they go up to that many TB. - Private Sanjeev
incidentally the drives are physically different (the mechanicals are more vibration-resistant on enterprise drives), so WD doesn't just rebrand flaky drives. - Private Sanjeev
Any opinions on the new, 4-platter WD RE4 RAID edition drives? They're 2TB, expensive as hell, but there may be deals to be had. Alternatively, the Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB. - Tudor Bosman
I have a bunch of EADS drives (4x1TB, 4x1.5TB) and I haven't seen any problems. Might just be a bad batch. - Joe Beda ()
Currently leading the pack: Hitachi 7K2000. - Tudor Bosman
I only have experience with ABYS and EADS in production :(. - Private Sanjeev
I have 24 A7K1000s that have been going great for over a year. (Knocks on wood) - Eric Borisch
Okay, I ordered 5 7K2000s. Let's see how this goes. - Tudor Bosman
The box is back up with the 5 Hitachi 7K2000 drives. I copied all the data over again, and "zpool scrub" now completes without errors. I'll update this post after 2 or 3 days of burn-in. - Tudor Bosman
Hint: Read the man page. The "--batch" option to portupgrade is supremely useful. portupgrade -vaP --batch: upgrade all installed FreeBSD packages, prefer to use precompiled packages if available (-P), don't ask questions (use default configuration options). - Tudor Bosman
A few scrubs later, still zero errors, and normal smartctl output. I now deem the box ready for production use (that is, the main storage device in the Bosman household). - Tudor Bosman
Does anybody sell a BSD/ZFS raid box that is all ready to go? - Peng-Toh
For small boxes, you could consider a self-contained box like a MSI Wind PC ($139). - Scott Ludwig from iPhone
I mean something that comes with all software (BSD/ZFS) installed, an UI and no "hacking" required. Something for a non-techie. - Peng-Toh
my EADS results: 2/6 failed so far (free RMA replacement). no data loss though. - Michael Herf
Tudor: FWIW, random activity is much more stressful (and power consuming = heat producing) than the contiguous reads/writes you get from dd. Try bonnie++ or iozone if you'd like to really hit the system. Glad to hear you're up and running - ZFS is fantastic stuff. - Eric Borisch
Michael: Yes, I had 3 out of 5 EADS drives fail within a week. I returned all 5 and got Hitachi 7K2000. - Tudor Bosman
Clare Dibble
Wow! We're still struggling to get a few bites of purees in. :) - Rochelle
Thomas definitely wouldn't have been able to tackle pizza crust at Spencer's age, but now that he's got a pretty good set of baby teeth (central & lateral incisors and first molars), he does pretty well with most things especially pizza crust and bagels. - April Buchheit
Spencer also really likes cherry tomatoes, though we don't have any pictures of him eating those. - Robert Felty
That baby is so Fedibblety! He's all Clariscious and Robtastic. - Bethany
Terribly cute :) I love the little wrinkles on the bridge of his nose! - Jeanette Bosman
:) - winckel
EricaJoy
Where is a good place to buy bulk stickers with a custom shape?
Whoa, so weird. I am looking for the exact same thing! I have a couple of links, will post them in a moment. - Jeanette Bosman
First one: http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin... not custom, but carries a nice assortment of interesting shapes (all laser/inkjet compatible) - Jeanette Bosman
True custom: http://www.rippedsheets.com/ haven't tried them yet, but it seems promising! - Jeanette Bosman
Thanks Jeanette! I have these two im looking at but they don't do custom shapes: http://www.lightninglabels.com/ & http://customizedstickers.com/ - EricaJoy from IM
Jeanette Bosman
lost :(
My G1. I'm pretty sure it's gone for good... I'm imagining it somewhere, stuffed in a bag filled with trash, all alone, with a dead battery. So sad. Am I crazy for being so upset about this? - Jeanette Bosman
Not crazy at all, Jeanette. I hate losing stuff myself. I thought I've lost Camilla's ipod a couple of times and it feels terrible. And I can't even imagine losing my iPhone (which has a lot of important information). I'd be totally clueless. - April Buchheit
:( - Anne Bouey
Bindu Reddy
One of the best birthdays so far... Dinner and Cocktails at Cyrus last night, Stayed over in Healdsburg, hung out at Stinson beach. Will go dancing/listen to live music later tonite. Thanks all for the wishes.
How did you like Cyrus? - Tudor Bosman
I thought the cocktails were great. The best I have ever had. The food was OK. They seemed to be too focused on emphasizing certain flavors. I wasn't extremely impressed. - Bindu Reddy
Love Miley, but prefer her older stuff: Hannah Montana... - sofarsoShawn
Happy birthday :) - Daryl Hunt on FF
Happy Birthday Bindu! - Jeanette Bosman
I'm late, but happy birthday! - Spidra Webster
Happy Birthday!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Hope you had a wonderful birthday! - Laura Lou Who
Hey, happy birthday! Hope you had a nice one... - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Hope you had a good one! - Admiral Anika
Belated "happy!" - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Tudor Bosman
I actually kind of like the new, oak-less look of California Ave. in Palo Alto.
Really? I'm at Printers Cafe and I was just saying to myself how barren California Ave. looks. I miss the trees. - April Buchheit from iPhone
Pave the earth. - Paul Buchheit
You know what would look really cool? Cement trees. :P - Jeanette Bosman
Jeanette Bosman
I just dropped dinner on the floor, and all over my feet. It was hot, and squishy.
Do you have to stand still while Tudor eats it? - Cristo
Bummer. - Anne Bouey
Wait, why is Tudor liking this? Did he have something to do with your dropping dinner on the floor? Did he not like what you prepared and is now breathing a sigh of relief that he doesn't have to eat it anymore? Inquiring minds want to know. :) - April Buchheit
Hah, no, he was eating dinner at work tonight. So this was just lonely dinner-for-one. I like to think that his "like" was sort of a virtual sympathy hug. But I will give him a punch, just to be on the safe side. - Jeanette Bosman
You go, girl! :) - April Buchheit
Josh Haley
Cake Fail Fail
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Is a failed fail a win? - Kevin L
I'd guess it's on purpose. - Tudor Bosman
Kevin, yes. Tudor, your faith in humanity is greater than mine. - Josh Haley
I bet it still tastes the same. - Greg Guitarbuster
Haha that is full of fail awesomeness! - (jeff)isageek from email
The real fail is when everyone eats it and their teeth turn black! - Jeanette Bosman
The Fellow of the International Institute of Arts and Letters wants their cake back. - Micah Wittman
Also, you can't have your Fail and eat it too. :) - Micah Wittman
April Buchheit
Tonight's menu: Sirloin tip roast and potatoes. I'm going at this alone (sans recipe), so wish me luck.
Sounds good! Best of luck! - Laura Lou Who
Sounds great!! Good luck!! - Rachel Lea Fox
It turned out okay. I guess I should've double checked what the internal temp should be because I let it cook a little too long and it turned out more well done than I would've liked. I just went by my meat thermometer's suggestion for beef, which is 160 degrees, but I guess that was too conservative (or liberal - depending on how you see it) of a internal temp goal. - April Buchheit
If I can add my humble suggestion, I usually take a roast out when it is about 7-10 degrees shy of where I want it to end up. The internal temperature of a piece of meat (or anything really) continues to rise for ten to fifteen minutes after being removed from the oven. Then just let the roast rest for 10-15 before slicing. - Jeanette Bosman
Rachel Lea Fox
Cuties! - Katy S
it's too bad these came through out of order. :( - Rachel Lea Fox
5, 1, 4, 2, 3 ? - Jeanette Bosman
You got it Jeanette! - Rachel Lea Fox
Unless Boomer was getting OUT of the trash can tail first! Which would be horribly cute too. - Jeanette Bosman
*lol* totally. I just wish that the iphone would have put them in order is all. - Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel Lea Fox
Bergan Turbo Track Teaches Our Foster Kittens To Be Cute #foxfosterkittens - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Pssst, video cameras don't work so well in portrait mode... awesome video though; where do you buy this track? - Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
So cute! Our girls would love this - though it looks like it takes up a lot of space. Where did you get it? - Jeanette Bosman
You guys should try putting a couple of real mice in there. I'm sure your kitties would go absolutely bonkers! :) - April Buchheit
Jeanette doesn't let me buy mice to test and train our cats' hunting abilities. :( - Tudor Bosman
Dean, I know... but I didn't have time to flip it in iMovie before the deadline for the competition. This video was for a competition that the Bergan Turbo Track is having. I'm hoping to win $1,000 for the shelter, but I got in right at the end so I couldn't go for most views, instead I'm trying for staff pick/Awesome uses for the track. - Rachel Lea Fox
I got these at Petco and Petsmart, but buy it at Petsmart it's cheaper. All the pieces come apart and you can put them back together however you want. This is 2 full sets plus 2 extra straight a ways. Also buying full kits are cheaper than their mini extension packs. One kit at Petsmart is $19.95, and as you can see the kitties love it. The big kitties too even though I didn't tape them here. - Rachel Lea Fox
Jeanette, since you can configure as you like, it takes up as much space a you want it too. And you could stick to one kit instead of two, I just go a little crazy when something lets me build things and I want to keep building!! - Rachel Lea Fox
April, the cats might love it, but I would not be too fond of the real mice. The one expeirence Nym had with catching a real mouse she didn't' know what to do with it, she just held it there. She is too pampered for real mice. She did have fun with it though. Tudor, I don't think that the fake mice train them well for real mice, like I said, ours don't know what to do with them once... more... - Rachel Lea Fox
Gah, its even cheaper on Amazon, $16.87 and if you have prime you are golden. http://www.amazon.com/Bergan-... - Rachel Lea Fox
Jeanette Bosman
Mermaid problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Mermaid problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Mermaid problem is an observation occasionally mentioned in literature, concerning the difficulty of having sexual intercourse with a mermaid." - Jeanette Bosman from Bookmarklet
A French idiom, finir en queue de poisson (to end with the tail of a fish), makes reference to this difficulty; it refers to a promising start that ends in disappointment. - Private Sanjeev
Interestingly this was not always an issue. In the past it was not uncommon for a mermaid (actually a medieval siren or melusine) to be portrayed as having a split tail, with a vagina located (or merely implied to be) between the two parts. H. P. Lovecraft's short story "Dagon"[4] and the logo of the American coffee chain Starbucks are examples of this. In the original version of the... more... - Private Sanjeev
Rachel Lea Fox
Beginning Harvest - minus two tomatos we ate last night. I was a little late in my planting for this area but it's starting to come in now!!
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Wow Rachel - those are awesomely huge! - Mona Nomura
Thanks Mona! The cucumber is rather huge. I kept telling Kevin we should pick it. I hope it doesn't lose flavor as this size. But its all Kevin's, I won't touch the thing. The Zucchini are big but I've seen bigger. The fat ends will become zucchini bread and I think I'll saute the thinner ends with dinner some night. I have at least one more growing away outside. The tomato is... more... - Rachel Lea Fox
omg, I can't believe no one has said it yet: THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!! - Jeanette Bosman
*lol* Jeanette! - Rachel Lea Fox
Those are great! I ended up with 26 cups of shredded zucchini last night (I had about 5 monster zucchinis and a couple little ones). Lots of zucchini bread for me :) - Lyndsey McGrath
The perfect time for the Spinal Tap zucchini scene. Start watching around 4:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Robert Felty
Nice! Looks like its time for zucchini bread and pancakes. I really wish I had the time to make the pancakes right now. One of my favorite foods! - Melanie Reed
Tudor Bosman
SLU's departure lounge is only slightly larger than our living room
... and has way more people and way fewer cats. - Tudor Bosman
but the same number of rabbits. - Jeanette Bosman
Tudor Bosman
SLU - BGI flight rescheduled / cancelled because the flight attendant is sick. We had to get off the plane and now we have to go through the security checkpoint again.
dislike. also, quite annoyed. - Jeanette Bosman
"An update will be given in about 30 minutes"; the flight was supposed to depart 25 minutes ago. - Tudor Bosman
but at least there's (unreliable, slow) free wifi in the airport. - Tudor Bosman
Could be worse. You could be spending the night in a Denver airport hotel. ;) - Cristo
Ugh! Is it the swine flu? - April Buchheit
:( - Anne Bouey
Jess Lee
What do people think of harem pants? - http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban...
What do people think of harem pants?
None for me. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
No. Same goes for capri pants most of the time. - Kamilah Gill
agree, no. and my 60+y/o mom wears capris. - mjc
Not even if I was thin. - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Only certain women and girls can wear them, scarey when the wrong ones do - Kim Landwehr from iPhone
I should probably disclose that I bought this pair. I'm wondering whether to return them or not. They're super comfy! - Jess Lee
No - BeeLing
Jess, there are ways to make them work. Look in some fashion books if necessary. They're just really not for me personally. - Kamilah Gill
Isn't there a saying that if you can wear these and look good, you can probably wear anything and look good? - Andrew C
MC Hammer pants. - anna sauce
Very handy when one is kidnapped and placed in a harem - Renee Hendricks
I like the texture. - Daniel Dulitz
this would not be a good look for me. yet another fashion for bony boy-looking girls. - Paula W
i like them and see a lot of girls rocking the genie look right now. granted, i live in a fashion forward city so what works here might not work elsewhere. - jack
I think they are hideous - Eta
I have the legs for it! lol - Kevin J Hatton
If my Dad were alive, he'd call them "poop-catchers". - Mellissa Claus
super no - cysko
I love them actually... they are super comfy. I don't own any though - Bindu Reddy
That picture is not a pic of harem pants. - Spidra Webster
They're like tightened-up harem pants... what would you call them, Spidra? They're not just capris. - Kamilah Gill
I couldn't wear them (I think) but I think they would look great on you. With some strappy and maybe even studded high heel sandals, and a flowy trapeze tank. When it gets colder, add some funky colored tights and a boxy jacket or sweater shawl. - Jeanette Bosman
Reminds me of MC Hammer pants! Jess, I think you could pull it off.... - Karen Padham Taylor
I am wearing them right now actually. - Jess Lee
The ones depicted? I'd call them knickers. Although not in the UK. - Spidra Webster
Yup, I'm wearing the exact same black ones as shown in the photo. The green version shows the drape more clearly -- http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban... - Jess Lee
I think they look fabulous on some girls (stylish, skinny) but I think the look is hard to pull off. - Jennie Lin
Yup. Like most styles, they look good on certain bodies and less good on others. - Spidra Webster
Rachel Lea Fox
Name That Foster Kitten Season 2 - Meet Boomer (aka Boomerang). Our grey & white boy is a real sweetheart. He aspires to be a lap kitten, but sometimes must rocket from lap to attack and back again. He has some odd eating habits (likes everyone else's food only), and is curious, contemplative and cute. #foxfosterkitten
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VOTING ENDS FRIDAY THE 14TH AROUND 4:30ISH!! Names must be adoptable names, which means not really strange or obscure/in jokes (that can't also make sense to other people). Names can be people names or not as long at its cute. Something that is fun to say or rolls off the tongue easy is also good. We will take brainstorming suggestions for the next 24 hours and then voting on Thursday, not sure yet what the end time will be. - Rachel Lea Fox
Jim Bob, that's always an appropriate name for a lesser life form. - Christian (Simply X)
I am going to suggest Lego. - Rachel Lea Fox
Aww, I like Lego! - joey
KHAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!! - Jeanette Bosman
I love grey's I want one, so how about Gandalf - Toby Graham
Hmm. That's neat markings. Panda? - anna sauce
For some reason he strikes me as an Edward - anna sauce
For some reason I thought of Maxwell, or Ping, like a horse I used to know that would startle at anything and go rocketing off, but calm down a couple seconds later. - Heather
Oh, Ping is cute. I can see him being a Ping. - joey
I third Ping! - Felicia Yue
I adopted a cat years ago called "Mr. Personality". - Robert Miller
Scratchy - James Tenniswood
Putter - Mitch
But I also really like Lego - Mitch
awww~ he's sooo cute. ^^ how bout fliskers? ^^ ..short for flitterwhiskers~ ^_^ - janella francisco
Zipper - Bash
Flitter - Mo Kargas
yeah lots of options already. Heather, he doesn't really startle, he just wants to attack one of the other kittens, but he also wants to be on my lap and he can't figure out how to have both at the same time so he rockets off, gets someone and then comes running right back. It might also be because he is a little chicken and the four of them have truly developed a game much like tag... more... - Rachel Lea Fox
Aww, this is the guy that I want. :) - Alex Scoble
Mistoffelees - ronin
The second photo above was from over the weekend when he would only eat gruel (kitten formula with wet kitten food mixed) as he wasn't totally weaned. He got done eating with a goatee of gruel hanging from his chin. I had to get a photo before he licked it away. - Rachel Lea Fox
Oh, I want this kitten! I have currently named him Musfhaff (because I must have!) - Janet
How about Domino? - Ragani Harris
Domino is good - Kevin J Hatton
Wants to attack at any time? Patton or Rommel ;) - Neal Krummell
Iago - Andrew Leyden
Harley - Yolanda
"Streak" - i luv his markings, the streak across his snout is cute ! [edit to support my choice] "narrow irregular line, stripe, smear; rapid movement or something that moves very quickly; trace, small amount; layer, stratum; unbroken series of events; spell or run (of luck, misfortune, etc.) - Peter Dawson
Spike (from gremlins) aw - anna sauce
Nami is Japanese for 'wave' and the white bit on his nose looks like a cresting wave to me. :-) - Kevin Fox
Looks like a Mike to me. - Tom Landini
He looks a lot like a kitten we just got, but ours is black on top and white on underside. We thought about naming ours :Oreo," but had to give him a cajun name cause he's a transplant from Louisiana to Texas. So we named our Boudreaux. But you may like Oreo, if his gray is dark enough. - Katy Barrilleaux
Janet, do you live in the bay area? If you are interested I can add you to my list of people who are interested in one of them and give you more information as soon as I figure it all out. The kittens need to stay here at least a month before they can be adopted, but we can talk if you are interested. - Rachel Lea Fox
He looks like a Shmootz to me (I probably spelled that wrong.) He looks like he has a little shmootz on his chin and could use a napkin. - Marci Golub
Thanks Ben :) - Marci Golub
awwwwwwwww - mjc
boomerang? (re: lap to attack and back) - mjc
Boomer for short? - Marci Golub
*lol* mjc and Marci!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Sorry, on the east coast but like Marci's name, it is used as PA word Dutch for something gooey/wet/dirty :) - Janet
Yeah, I have to agree, "schmutz" does not have a good connotation in my understanding (as someone who grew up in the east coast hearing that). "You have a little schmutz on your shirt. You might want to clean that off before you go to the interview." - Ragani Harris
yoda. or t-bone :P - Emily
Spencer - Alex Scoble
Jester - G. Sigh from iPhone
Only a couple of hours left to put your name ideas in!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone
"Kitty" - Brian Johns
Wilhelm von Kaiserkat - Glen Mistletoe
Felix - Kristine Gray
Felix! That's brilliant! - anna sauce
My gray and white cat's name is Puddy and he won't eat until the other two cats are finished. (Puddy is short for Puddin'head.) - Kimber Scott
There was a lady that lived across the street from me that had a kitty with the same facial markings as yours, I never knew its name but I always called it; "Pugsley" - Scratch5150
My adoptee, RubyRoo, was 6 when I got her a few months ago. She spent the first few days in the closet and wouldn't come out (except for critical bodily functions!) Now, she curls up next to me in bed, rolls over to let me rub her tummy whenever I pass by, and almost lets me hold her (for a minute or so, tops!) We're making progress. My vote is for the name: Rupert. (I don't know why.) - Mark "DerBingle" J
Mark, that is awesome! And really fast progress for an adult cat. Congrats to you and RubyRoo!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Rupert! I have to say the Victorian names are working- something about the coloring, like he's in black & white tails or something. - anna sauce
He does look dressed up. I thought of Tux, but it's kind of cheesy. Victorian names are way cooler. - Heather
ok going fwd - new direct for the kitty's :)- my name theme now is going to be greek. So here goes -'Vasilios -With royal blood, regal" ! - Peter Dawson
I'm totally behind on getting the poll up, but its up now!! Go vote to name this guy: http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll... Poll will be up until about 4:30 on Friday the 14th! - Rachel Lea Fox
I voted! - Kevin Fox
I voted too! - Martha
my vote is in :) - Lyndsey McGrath
Thank you Kevin, Martha & Lyndsey!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Me, too! My vote has been counted. - Anne Bouey
Dude, totally Rupert. Or Rasputin. - Kate Schmidt
yay Anne! Kate, did you vote for Rupert in the poll? - Rachel Lea Fox
Rupert! so cute. - anna sauce
I voted for Rupert :) He seems like he needs a Victorian-y name. - joey
voted for my idea, natch. Boomer :P - mjc from IM
PLS VOTE FOR "Patton" - GENERAL PATTON :)- - Peter Dawson
And so begins the campaigning for names. Awesome! Names on he poll are: Harley, Domino, Patton, Lego, Boomer (aka Boomerang), Rupert and Nami. Though I'm sorry Kevin, but I think we shouldn't go with Nami since the other grey one is now named Nonny. We can save Nami for another time. Voting till around 4:30 today. He is the last kitten without a name!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Cat without a name? Makes me think of the old 'spaghetti' westerns......Clint! Hey how about that? - Kevin J Hatton
Kevin, that is a great one, but brainstorming is closed and we are voting at the poll right now. I will add that to the list for possibles with the next set of kittens though. Poll is here: http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll... - Rachel Lea Fox
I would like to vote Boomer.........please - Kevin J Hatton
I see Lego is in the lead. I have pledged my vote! - Kevin J Hatton
Wow, I see Boomer is now in the lead. - Rachel Lea Fox
Too bad they have to be common names. With that diamond shape at the mouth/nose, I think he should be Cardinal Richelieu! - Spidra Webster
rupert - Marg Uerite
cute Spidra. Yeah, they don't have to be perfectly common kittens with cute names get more attention. - Rachel Lea Fox
Only about an hour left to vote! - Rachel Lea Fox
Based on the current results, I'd say the poll is faulty. (Because my choice is not winning) - Brian Johns
Sparky, other than your suggested kitty, what is your choice? - Rachel Lea Fox
I liked Patton the best, but chose Lego because it had the best combination of "how much I like it" and "chances of winning". - Brian Johns
because nobody wants to vote for a loser, right??? :-) - Brian Johns
You know, it's a check box so you could vote for all you like. I'm not exactly sure when it will turn of, time zone settings are screwy there, but people might be able to get a last minute vote in. - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone
Nevermind it closed when it was supossed to. Boomer wins!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone
Hi Boomer! - joey
Boomer says Thank you to mjc and Marci Golub for his awesome name idea! And thank you to everyone who voted!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Boomer is always a good name for a cat. - Moved to Facebook
I agree Tony! It totally fits him. - Rachel Lea Fox
Glad boomer won :) he's a cutie regardless - mjc
Rachel Lea Fox
Indiana clinging to me for safety at the vet.
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Aww. I hope this was just a check up! - joey
Awww, Betty and Suzi send their sympathies! - Jeanette Bosman
Yup, just a check up. She was just extra pathetic and clingy today! - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone
Indy is all nice and healthy except she has to lose weight! Like person, like kitty!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Bret Taylor
This was the alternative photo for the blog post. I think it is awesome, but I was in the minority :)
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I like how Jeanette is FriendFeed. :) - EricaJoy
wow where is my comment!! - abdellah
I have to say... very cool picture ... that is funny. - Marika Dye
abdellah: no homophobic comments on my posts. I delete them. - Bret Taylor
oh god!! it wasn't homophobic - abdellah
@abdellah It seemed that way. - EricaJoy
I think abdellah's original comment was asking why the couple WASN'T same-sex. - Brian Chang
so please take note of the following, first it wasn't intended to be homophobic I was just to make a point that not all couple are hetero, second point accusing my comment beeing homophobic without refrefing to me in dm or something else is abusive. - abdellah
can't we all just get along - Gabe Diaz
@brian you get it, but what can I say, I think that some jump to earlier to conclusion, @bret hope that as you deleted my comment you will edit or delete your owns refering to me as some one who make homophob comment thank you. - abdellah
Hide. Its a stupid effin pic anyway. - jcunwired
haha, cute picture!! it's complicated! - Susan Beebe
misunderstanding much? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I agree, it is awesome! (not biased, whatsoever) - Jeanette Bosman
@Erica!! really all what I saay was "why the pic wasn't a pic of a homo couple a man and man) damn FF is too masculin to be shown as women that all, for me there is nothing homophob in my sentence, but accusing me beeing homophob is really sad. but now I have to ask a question is it homophob to replace the pic above by a pic showing a homo couple, this is really sad, for me it is the... more... - abdellah
abdellah, if you don't mind my asking, is English your first language? I think part of what may have caused the misunderstanding is that, at least in the parts of the United States where I have lived, the term "homo" is almost always used in a derogatory sense. - Brian Chang
ha ok, yes english is my 2 language, homo is a french terms= gay, there is nothing degratory in saying homosexual. - abdellah
Told you it was a misunderstanding...LOL - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
awesome bret! luv it! - Jason Pollock
I've been dying for FB to drink some of the FF cool aid!! Let's hope the integration or technology transfer goes smoothly. Can't wait to see what comes out of it. I think it is a testament to the FB team that they saw and appreciated the same power off FF we all did. - Phil Ashman
Jeanette Bosman
DeSuck Mode :(
Seriously! - Paul Buchheit
Sorry Jeanette. Would it help if I let you borrow my iTunes library? It has all the songs. :) - Louis Gray
We actually planned our honeymoon around this concert! Yes, I am that much of a fan. - Jeanette Bosman
Tell Tudor that means he has to take you on another honeymoon of a length of your choosing. - Louis Gray
We leave for the real honeymoon on Friday, so I guess I can't complain too much. I was so looking forward to seeing them in concert, though. - Jeanette Bosman
enjoy the silence... - Roland Eberle
Set your Tivo/DVR for this Saturday 3:30-5:00pm on "FUSE" network (comcast 476) for "Depeche Mode 101" a D.A. Pennebaker documentary of the bands 1988 world tour...I caught some of it earlier today and it had some pretty good moments. - Roland Eberle
Bummer it got cancelled. - Anne Bouey
Rachel Lea Fox
Name That Kitten - We are starting with our little black & white girl. Expand to see 7 pics. She's a medium long haired little fluff ball. She's already a lap kitten and likes to cuddle with me and attack anything that moves. Brainstorming closed, & Voting closed. Her name is Moxie!! Should I do it again for one of the boys? #foxfosterkittens
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She is first to give an audible purr and is an absolute sweetie! Names must be adoptable names, which means not really strange or obscure/in jokes (that can't also make sense to other people). Names can be people names or not as long at its cute. Something that is fun to say or rolls off the tongue easy is also good. - Rachel Lea Fox
Aww...such a cutey! I'm thinking Penguin...even if she's not wearing multicolored stripey socks - Alex Scoble
Sasha comes to mind - April Buchheit
or how about Bianca? - April Buchheit
I like Penguin! It can always be shortened to Penny. - vicster needs a nap
But Penny doesn't even sound like it's short for Penguin. Besides, Penguin doesn't make a very good female kitten name (imho). - April Buchheit
It sounds like she's got a sassy personality so she's got to have a name that reflects that. - April Buchheit
Caprice. We just rescued a kitten, and my daughter came up with that name for ... him. Poor kitty's going to get beaten up on the playground. - DGentry
Matilda! - Kristine Gray
Napkin - Glen Mistletoe
Passion, for she is fierce and loving - Mo Kargas
"Dammit", cuz when she does crazy stuff, the name rolls right off the tongue. "Get over here, dammit!" "Dammit! What's wrong with you?!" - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Kevin is currently being kitty playground. As some of the names come in I was reading them to him. As I said "Bit" to him, one of the kittens play bit him. I'm not sure Kevin is going to go for that name. ;-) - Rachel Lea Fox
I kinda like Checkers, but maybe that's not girly enough. Nathan likes Felicity. - Georgia Diehl
Felicity is a good choice! - Anne Bouey
Felicity isn't a sassy enough name imo :) - April Buchheit
Josie comes to mind, too. :) - April Buchheit
Yet another one: Sabrina - April Buchheit
About 5 or so years ago, I decided that if I were ever to adopt a kitty, I'd name her Camilla (because I've always liked that name). I ended up having a baby girl though. :) She's a long-haired little ball of energy. She's a lap child only with me and likes to cuddle. She verbally attacks anything that moves (meaning, she'll barrage a total stranger with her constant stream of consciousness). She is first to give an audible scream and is an absolute sweetie! :) - April Buchheit
April, that is awesome! - Rachel Lea Fox
I was all set to update and say that this little girl is the only one of the four that is not a toe biter. Then she bit my toe. She was cute while she did it though! And she has total trust, she will lay back and just topple right off my lap. About half the time I manage to catch her, the other half, well.... - Rachel Lea Fox
In light of the toe biting... Sarah or Dutchess comes to mind! - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
I nominate the name Clue for the black kitty. Why? A small glimpse into how my brain works: Hmm cat appears to have blue eyes > Blues Clues > too long, shorten > Blue? > Too common > Clues? > Single cat requires singular > Clue! - EricaJoy
Isn't that Periwinkle? - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Little Boots? (White Paws inspired) - Kevin J Hatton
@Johnny Maybe! Winkle is a cute name too. :) - EricaJoy
She reminds me of Bette Davis - anna sauce
Chamekko the neko. - Rick Cogley from iPhone
Ganache - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Awww She's the sweetest. Looks like Figaro from Pinocchio! - Ilana Gurman
Figaro is a good one................... - Kevin J Hatton
I don't know why, but she looks like a Scarlett to me :) - Jeanette Bosman
I have two - I like Clue, I think it's funky and clever. Also, she just so precious, I think that would be a good name - Precious - Bette Cooper
Call her Katy, As in I kissed a cat and I liked it. ;) - Moved to Facebook
I really loved the name of our old cat that went missing last year: Morpheus. Ok, so it's a little odd, but somehow the "King of Dream/Sleep" seems appropriate for a cat. And no, it's *not* a Matrix reference. - Joel Webber
pretty common but Whiskers because her white whiskers show up so well on her black body. - metalerik
Considered something a bit different? How about Aiko, I'm told it means "Little Loved One" in Japanese. Or Aisha, 'Life' in Arabic. - Mo Kargas
Aiko's good. "Ochame" means someone who is a bit capricious and a bit playful and mischievous. Chamekko is a nick-namey play on that. Neko is cat. So, chamekko the neko. Could be a little unwieldy to say, though :-p - Rick Cogley
Or if you like anime, how about "Jiji", the name of Miyazaki Hayao's Kiki's Delivery Service? (majo no takkyubin). - Rick Cogley
You have to admit that is a pretty kitty. As soon as Piglet who is currently at 19+ years old finally gives up her spot as queen of the lap. I am going to need a new kitty. - Moved to Facebook from fftogo
OMG, Jeanette! I totally thought of Scarlett, too! - April Buchheit
"socks", "nocturne", "maxi" - Snipergirl
VERY important question here... I just realised that I CANNOT FIND AN UMBILICUS ON CATS (i have 2). wtf/ they are mammals, they MUST have them! - Snipergirl
Not really sure UMBILICUS would work as a name for cat anyway ;) - Moved to Facebook from fftogo
"Freida" for the cute 'stache - Felicia Yue
I thought of Tuxey (since she's a tuxedo kitty) or Socks. [Does anyone remember Beverly Cleary's book Socks? I loved that...] Or Naiad or Nereid for those gorgeous blue eyes; those are Greek nymphs for streams or the sea. - Ladybug Heather
"Hati" and "Skoll" (in Norse Mythology, the wolves that chase the sun and moon across the sky). - Chieze Okoye
Wow, this went crazy while I was asleep. I definitely have a few favorites so far but I haven't even read the whole list yet. I'm thinking later this afternoon I'll narrow the list and put it up for voting. I'll let you know before I stop taking suggestions. So if you have any more ideas you have at least 3 or so hours to add them in. This is so awesome!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Zoey - anna sauce
Bo Diddles, Boris, Serena, Pogo - Zach Landes
anna mobsauce, we just had a Zoey in July! - Rachel Lea Fox
Sassafras (Sassy) - Anne Bouey
Snuggles ! - Peter Dawson
I don't know why, but those little neat white paws and clean black fur make me think Audrey Hepburn. - Alessandra Novak
So - I guess "absolutely the cutest thing in the world" is probably out? doesn't exactly roll off the tongue...hmmm, Shadow? - Robyn Hawk
I'd like to suggest a theme. Name them all after the members of ABBA: Agnetha, Björn, Benny, Anni-Frid - Maggie
Princess Buttercup! Or, Daphne. - Sarah Lane
Daphne is a nice name. so is Phoebe - Moved to Facebook from fftogo
I like Daphne, too! - April Buchheit
I just want to call her "mine" - Bash
We can probably work that out if you want Bash. - Rachel Lea Fox
My Sebastian and I lost our Sabrina last year (heart disease) and we're ready for another ball of snuggles...definitely interested. - Bash
I like the name Shelby :) - Lyndsey McGrath
Shelby is pretty cute - anna sauce
sooty is one my two girls like - Pamela harnden
Sorry I fell behind on this. Working on it now!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Thank you everyone for all your awesome answers. Kevin and I have narrowed down the list to our favorite adoptable names and then made a poll so if you want to you can now vote on which names you like best. I've set the cut off for tomorrow (Tuesday the 11th) at 4:30pm. Enjoy: http://friendfeed.com/kitteh... - Rachel Lea Fox
Kitteh! - Danny Minick
Update, voting link in header... go vote! - Rachel Lea Fox
Voted. - Rick Cogley
Voted for 'Moxie' :)) - Ronald
yay people voting!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
voted for Audrey because I love Audrey Hepburn AND the comedy duo that go by that name, here in Japan. - Rick Cogley
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet - Geoff Schultz
Voting for naming the kitten closes in 2.5 hours!! Vote using the Poll Daddy link in the post above!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Sugarplum! - Nia from fftogo
My suggestion doesn't seem to be listed on the poll. This smells like ballot fraud to me. - Geoff Schultz
How do we go about adopting one of your ladies? - anna sauce
Geoff, your suggestion came after we closed brainstorming (closed last night) and even then we had to narrow down the suggestions to our top favorites since we got so many amazing ones. - Rachel Lea Fox
anna, for now keep in contact with me. This is a new shelter for me, so I don't really know their process, but it's in my manual and I will look it up. They have to stay with me for at least a month as they are way too young for the operations yet. As they get closer to 2lbs which is around 8 weeks (they are about 4 weeks now) then we can begin the process if there are interested people. I will make sure to get you all the information. - Rachel Lea Fox
coolio! - anna sauce
me too! - Bash
anna and Bash, I have you both on my kitten info list! - Rachel Lea Fox
Moxie it is!! Thank you to everyone, and thank you to Nathalie for coming up with Moxie. The other girl already has a name (Denali) but do I do this again for the boys? - Rachel Lea Fox
Yes, do it again! - Anne Bouey
YES! Name the boys Hati and Skoll! - Chieze Okoye
Chieze, I thought about putting Hati on the list, but we had so many already. Its definitely one that I will keep on a list for another kitten in the future, but I don't think I want to use it on a boy. - Rachel Lea Fox
Nice, I made the list, hehe. 8^) - Chieze Okoye
Rachel Lea Fox
Never underestimate the kittens!! First case of escaped kittens with this batch. *lol*
it won't be the last... - Rachel Lea Fox
Um, one or more of the kittens might "escape" this evening. And I will know nothing about it... nope... nothing. - Jeanette Bosman
*lol* - Rachel Lea Fox
EricaJoy
Erica has a question for you. True or False: When you were 16 you were impossibly in love with someone you barely knew.
True for me. - EricaJoy
False. Not "barely". :) - Louis Gray
Nope. Because I knew there was no hope for me. - Spidra Webster
True. A few someones! - Rochelle
@spidra I was wonderfully naive as a teen. I had no idea there was no hope for me (which led to a lot of angst). - EricaJoy from IM
I went back & forth between feeling bad no one was interested to just turning that part of myself off. Abandoning hope protected me. For a while. But I don't recommend it long term. Human beings need hope. - Spidra Webster
TRUE! Many, many, many times over... - Jeanette Bosman
False. - Brett Kelly from iPhone
16? False. Pretty sure it was just comic books, cars, football, and sci-fi. - ha3rvey (doesn't dance)
true - Josh Haley
False for me. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)
True. - Mona Nomura
I don't know if it was exactly 16, but it was in that general area. - Rachel Lea Fox
Destiny, really. - Ben Hanten
I was in love with someone I knew all too well. Sigh... let's not talk about it though. :( - Adrian
True. Sigh. - Ladybug Heather
Wish I could say true, but I fell in love with my first love at 15 and spent 4 1/2 years with him. He didn't treat me very nicely. =( - Shevonne
False - Mo Kargas
Hell yeah! - outofmyarse
17, and I married her - RAPatton from iPod
When I was 16 no. When I was 17, yes. But, that went to hell when I was 18 and now I've been with the real love of my life for almost 4 years. - Mathew™ one of a kind
Seriously - Kelly Mitchell
True. - Michael W. May
Rachel Lea Fox
This was playtime right after dinner late last night. Last feeding before we get to sleep. They now consider me one of them, or the mommy or something to that effect and have no reservations around me. They also think that I am their jungle gym and I have the scratches to prove it. Too too cute though! And they are starting to learn (after this video) to climb up on my lap and not up my sides. - Rachel Lea Fox
So sweet! I can't wait to meet them :) - Jeanette Bosman
Melody Lan
Hamburger cupcake and fries at Chelsea Piers - http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2009...
Hamburger cupcake and fries at Chelsea Piers
I'm not sure I like this. If something looks like a burger, wouldn't you rather it taste like one too? - Melody Lan from Bookmarklet
It's really creative and fun to look at but I think it'd be really bizarre to eat it. - Dan Hsiao
So the burger part is really a cupcake... but it's served up with real fries? Or are the fries actually cupcake as well? Cupcake seems like it'd go poorly with actual fries. EDIT: Just looked at the closeup. Looks like the fries are cupcake as well. That's slightly less bizarre... but still I think it'd confuse my brain too much. - Brian Chang
Very cool :) I would totally eat it. Of course, I'd stare at it first for a few minutes, take some pictures, marvel at the artistry/skill, then - NOM - Jeanette Bosman
EricaJoy
"How Did You Do That Cute Smiley Face????" [Lol] - http://jezebel.com/5330779...
I think this is my mother masquerading as someone elses mom. - EricaJoy
That could SO be my mom too! :) - Jeanette Bosman
Jess Lee
heehee - Jeanette Bosman
excuse me, does it look like a cat? :-P - Dominic Yang
Btw, this is a reference to a strange NSFW 4chan meme called "A cat is fine too". - Jess Lee
Could you explain that meme for us? - Andrew C
You can also just see the original "A cat is fine too" manga that the meme is based on. http://kurogane.animeblogger.net/2006... - Jess Lee
Oh man, my poor innocent brain. - Andrew C
Jess is my only connection to all these fascinating things in the world. <bows/> - Daniel Dulitz from iPhone
That comic has to be one of the weirdest things I have ever seen. Even now, the internet amazes me still. - Bret Taylor
Jeanette Bosman
In Napa Valley for two more days. Getting *slightly* bored. Suggestions?
Six Flags Animal Kingdom in Vallejo. Roller coasters and animals! - Kevin Fox
Hang out with the rest of my family? You'll be more than *slightly* bored then. =) - Jim Norris
Oh Jim! So mean!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Have you been to the Oxbow? There's lots of great food. - Kate Schmidt
Go to Bouchon for a meal! My favorite french restaurant! http://www.lovetoeatandtravel.com/site... - Rachel Lea Fox
We've eaten at so many yummy restaurants since we arrived, so I don't know how much more we can cram in before we leave - but I'm willing to bear what I can for the sake of stimulating the economy. - Jeanette Bosman
Hit the hot springs resorts around Calistoga. - Spidra Webster
Hike in Bothe Napa Valley State Park, between St Helena and Calistoga. Beautiful. - Sheila Taylor
Any interest in automobile racing?-- when I was there last fall I dropped into Infineon Raceway and watched some testing sessions. - Brian Sullivan
I don't have any specific recomendations, but http://71miles.com/ might help. - Michael R. Bernstein
I've heard they have some vineyards there... - Akiva Moskovitz
Have you considered a dental emergency? - ⓞnor
Dentistry is SO boring. I might as well have dinner with Jim's family. - Jeanette Bosman
Kayaking on the Napa River? - Anne Bouey
I'm not sure Jim's family would be an improvement over the dentist; after all, his dad is in the business of putting people to sleep! - Anne Bouey
Castello di Amorosa, Mumm Napa (fine art photography collection), The Hess Collection (art collection and winery), Old Faithful geyser, di Rosa Preserve (if here Tuesday), Petrified Forest, Bale Grist Mill at Bothe State Park, Skyline Wilderness Park, Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (hike to top of Mt. St. Helena), Napa Valley Museum, Napa River Adventures - Anne Bouey
go to Point Reyes on the way back for great views of the shore, trekking through the park, seals, wild elk. It's very windy, but worth it. - Sarah Miller from iPhone
While you're still there - an olive oil tasting at Round Hill may be a nice break from wine. - Sarah Miller from iPhone
Thanks all! We're checking out many of these options. - Jeanette Bosman
Tudor Bosman
Unexpected detour on our Napa Valley mini-honeymoon: I need a dentist, preferably today, as I lost an old filling. Any suggestions?
It is apparently quite difficult to find a dentist's office that is open on Saturday, and they make it clear that the after-hours emergency number is for current patients only. The pain isn't too bad, and I can still eat and drink, so I guess I'll wait until I get back in the Bay Area. - Tudor Bosman
Fortunately, there is a large decanter of sherry in our room to help dull the pain! - Jeanette Bosman
Yes. doing that now. - Tudor Bosman
Jeanette Bosman
Just NAILED the design for our wedding invitations, and it feels SO GOOD!
I've been fiddling with the design for months and tonight, after working on it for eight hours straight, THERE, in the middle of the screen, was DESIGN NIRVANA! - Jeanette Bosman
It's like that feeling you're supposed to get when you try on THE dress for your wedding, only I didn't get that feeling until just now. I got chills and teared up; I feel like such a dweeb. - Jeanette Bosman
And it is beautiful! So creative! - Anne Bouey
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