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This is why you're fat. -Chocolate Covered Bacon Maple Donut Bar - http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/post...
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- Derrick
:)
- Jimminy
Ewwwwww.
- Alix Whitmire
*barf*
- WorldofHiglet
Yuck :&
- fatima
Someone had to say this. "fuck"
- Ozgur Demir
Was just poking around Hulu again. I see no reason to use it. Multi-day delays, only able to keep five episodes, no way to catch up with a show you've missed from the first episode of the season. And to think they wanted to charge for it? Laughable.
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Inconsistent selection of older shows. Rules that change for the shows.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
Torrents are still the easiest and best option. Whatever happened to Hulu trying to be a game changer?
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
Ok. Besides Torrents, where else can you watch all this crap? Most people don't get torrents and, even before torrents, there have always been ways that the more digitally inclined could find whatever they wanted to watch. For the average person, Hulu is a godsend and probably worth paying for.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
I just realized why they should charge for it. It's to help support the economy, and fend off economic ripples, of the nation, if they don't it begins to hurt initial providers(e.g. broadcast, cable, satellite companies) which have less to put into video production, which effects actors, writers, directors. I don't want to pay for it anymore than anyone else, but they have to push people back to the mainstream sources.
- Jimminy
Hulu is still by far the best legal (and non-tech-savvy) option - full-length streaming embeddable episodes. I agree they have a long way to go with getting the content providers to actually provide all their content, but they've done a much better job of making what they can get accessible, usable, and aesthetically-pleasing than anyone else.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
The contract varies by show/producer so some shows have entire season/s up. It really depends. I don't own a Tivo and since having to put my house on sale I no longer have a TV. So Hulu is great for me. And has fewer commercials than broadcast TV. I can't take the risk of torrenting.
- Spidra Webster
Continuous play of a show where I have missed a few episodes keeps me returning. Some shows don't have an 8 day delay, and since I don't get to visit my DVR as often anymore, there are a few shows I watch on Hulu exclusively. I also don't want to download all the shows I watch, my computer is already taxed enough.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
I agree that for what it is and for the average, non-tech-savvy user, it's the best out there and that it's made a lot of great strides. But I feel like I still have to jump through so many hoops to see the shows I want, and because I missed the first five episodes of Lie To Me season 2, I have to pay more money beside what I pay for cable currently to catch up.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
for catching up with whole seasons or old shows torrents are still more reliable, yet there are some shows on hulu that include full seasons, such as spaced http://www.hulu.com/spaced or wkrp http://www.hulu.com/wkrp-in... for someone watching a current series, only the last few eps are important
- Mike Chelen
By the time I decide I'm interested in Spaced, they'll stop hosting it because the rules have changed. Here's a better rule they could implement for tv seasons. Keep only the most recent season and when it's over start expiring the old episodes. Already, that's a big improvement and it doesn't punish someone like me who doesn't have a lot of time to watch every show I want to watch.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
I think the 8-day delay is really stupid. The one-day delay doesn't bother me. And the five-episode cap is a pain when I get far behind (I'm watching Community, Parks & Rec, and Bones on hulu because of Thursday's overly packed schedule, and I've missed a few of each because of they expire before I have time to get to them). And of course, before someone else says it, the...
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- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
They still have the georestrictions?! :(
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
I'm not trying to say Hulu is useless. But for me, I just can't use it. Best I've got with my busy schedule is buying episodes when I can afford them, try to get home early enough for the tv airtimes or use the torrents, which is dangerous and supports no one. I want to support good content.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
it's better to watch a show by torrent than miss it entirely, the point of art is to be perceived
- Mike Chelen
Use Hulu's subscription function. I wasn't using it for a long time but now that I am I find I miss far less.
- Spidra Webster
I am rather sick and tired of my friend blowing me off for her boyfriend and justifying it with something stupid. I get it, she likes being with him....but stop all the damn lies about WHY!!!
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And also... Dont tell me I would do the same thing. Granted, depending on the situation, yes.. I might. but YOU dont know that.
- Marissa
She'd say the same thing.
- Jimminy
your wit which is usually greatly appreciated has worn thin in this thread, I am too angry to laugh. sorry, I will laugh tomorrow though, alright?
- Marissa
I understand how much it sucks, sorry that those 5 words upset you.
- Jimminy
they didnt. but had you kept going with it, i would have gotten upset. which is why i gave a warning =]
- Marissa
Which captain of the starship Enterprise would be the perfect match for WorldOfHiglet? [for reference: Pike(1), Kirk(1), Harriman, Picard, Garrett, Archer, Pike(2), or Kirk(2)]
Mona Nomura, Nurse Katie, Shawn Whitmire and 4 other people liked this
Picard.
- Christopher Harley
Kirk 1
- Morgan Haley
Kirk 1
- Mary Carmen
I'd fuck Shatner.
- Jimminy
Kirk 2.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Sisko
- aden
Sisko wasn't captain of the Enterprise, was he?
- Glen Mistletoe
Captain Benjamin Sisko
- Todd Hoff
Picard, always and forever.
- pea
well, they all have their good points....
- WorldofHiglet
Well no but...okay Picard :b
- aden
Captain GEEK CHECK!
- Morgan Haley
Picard
- Elena
PIKE!
- CW™
Pike, or Pike(2)?
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Pike 2
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Pike 2 was obviously better, but Pike 1 could beep like no one else.
- CW™
Kirk 1...no one does a karate chop better.
- Alex Scoble
Picard. Wait, this is who we'd do, right?
- Thursday Lo :)
Rachel Garrett.
- Joe Pierce
Clarified and extended list of Enterprise captains.
- Glen Mistletoe
What happened to John Harriman?
- Shawn Whitmire
Kirk(1) > Picard > Janeway > Kirk(2), Sisko > Pike(2) > Pike(1) > Archer
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Sheesh. Added Harriman. I am obviously not geek enough.
- Glen Mistletoe
Why isn't Cisco on the list if Janeway is? She was never Capt. of the Enterprise either. Lt. Castillo could be on the list since he did take command of the Enterprise after his captain died.
- Joe Pierce
Glen, let me know when the thread has deteriorated to point where my Stubing and Kangaroo suggestions can be added again.
- Christopher Harley
DO NOT QUESTION MY AUTHORITAH!
- Glen Mistletoe
If Stubing and Kangaroo are added, what about Harkness?
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
The Bridges of Madison County rings a bell but I'm sure I've never seen it.
- Christopher Harley
Well now you've changed the question and made us all look foolish!
- WorldofHiglet
Moi?
- Glen Mistletoe
:P
- WorldofHiglet
I'M GOIN' KANGAROO! THANKS, GLEN!
- Christopher Harley
What about Jellico? He was Captain of the Enterprise for about a week. Or two episodes...
- Shawn Whitmire
too geeky for me
- Glen Mistletoe
"too geeky for me"????
- WorldofHiglet
I know... cant help it
- Shawn Whitmire
Technically Spock was in command of the Enterprise in Star Trek II... Kirk assumed command later in the movie.
- Shawn Whitmire
See? that's what I mean…
- Glen Mistletoe
Han Solo
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Dammit, Andrea, stop that! Don't make me come back there.
- Glen Mistletoe
An ewok!
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I've heard of moving the goalposts, Glen, but you surely win the biscuit in the 'how many times can I change my original question' contest.
- WorldofHiglet
And - Wesley (when he's all growed up)
- WorldofHiglet
Change? What? *innocence*
- Glen Mistletoe
Yep. You're fooling no-one. NO-ONE I TELL YOU!
- WorldofHiglet
I have no idea what you're talking about
- Glen Mistletoe
is it just me, or is friendfeed search failing for you too? i'm not getting any response, not even a service unavailable (maybe i'm not waiting long enough, but it's taking forever to search so i just give up) ... google (and Popeye!) here i come...
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Failing here too.
- Greg Guitarbuster
it is working intermittently for me
- Mike Chelen
yep. same problem. send 'em an email. don't bother with the feedback room.
- Jim Hearts FF
it is
- Shevonne
intermitten failures, I get a good response once every 5-10 calls.
- Jimminy
I tried most general search and it worked. Any more specific ones (like "search my friends for ...") takes a minute or so to show Service Unavailable message. Retries sometimes help. Does search attempts warm up caches? And one of the subsequent requests just fit in request timeout? Is that all that bad with hardware resources at FriendFeed? Is that the way service is dying?
- Myroslav Opyr
not working for me neither.
- denizoktar
[Still] Down for me too
- Ken Sheppardson
Has everyone here sent in a 'bug' report yet? http://friendfeed.com/about...
- Chris Heath
Not functioning either for me, I did put in a "bug" report and provided information found here as well as my own. Thank you #Chris for the quick link in the thread.
- H0llywoodWh0re
woah... it seems to be back up... and live again too... anyone else confirm?
- Chris Heath
Flickr: Your Photostream - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Derrick, Iván Abrego, Rodfather and 12 other people liked this
my final cereal box
- Andrizzle Gizzle
from Bookmarklet
So the big printer at school is broken and I had to print at home which means you can see the edges and stuff because I could only print standard size. However printing them at all is supposedly going to get extra credit.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I ended up doing this reddish brown because my teacher complained that the purple didn't look close enough to the original, he actually popped off at me that I didn't understand the assignment, almost got hisself hurt
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I think it looks great (the back just made me LOL)
- Jennifer Dittrich
OK...did you really draw that crazy-ass "where is waldo" like maze on the back?!
- JA Castillo
Oh, wow. I thought that was real.
- Rochelle
No I did not draw the back, it's from the back of a box of Honey Smacks, I just changed all the text and the colors.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Looks great!
- Admiral Anika
Thanks Rochelle that is basically the best compliment I could hope to receive on it :) :)
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I love it!
- Christopher Harley
Excellent, Andrea!
- WorldofHiglet
Well, either way...this is cool as all get out! Awesome job, Andrea! :)
- JA Castillo
very neato!
- Lindsay
I thought it was real too. He so looks like he'd make an appearance on "Venture Brothers."
- Ciaoenrico
Thanks, I was going to create a similar game to the one that is on the back but figured I would end up using more time and effort than the grade would reflect.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
I'd Like to make a cereal box slip out of it, any thought about flattening all the images together, so they could be folded into a box?
- Jimminy
Jimminy yes I could in theory and I would have if our large format printer had not been broken at school, I could maybe make one for you next week after school is out if you have a way to print it
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Our school printer broke like a month ago and the repair people just shrugged like WELL I GUESS NO ONE CAN PRINT ANYTHING ANYMORE I MEAN WHY WOULD THE GRAPHIC DESIGN DEPARTMENT NEED TO PRINT STUFF
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Yeah, I don't have access to a plotter now that I moved so I guess it would be pointless.
- Jimminy
I've been a googlin' but I'm still confused. Can someone 'splain to me the different badges and what they're worth, gearwise? Is an heirloom item as good as a "purple"? I' found the badge exchanger NPC and think I might have messed up.
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An heirloom item is tradeable for a piece of Tier gear, either T9 or T10 I'd imagine. Some gear pieces require both badges and heirloom items. This is how I understand it.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Aren't heirloom items the ones you can give to your alts at whatever level and it auto-specs according to their level (and usually looks pretty darn cool too)?
- Lindsay
They bind on account, so they can be transferred between alts on the same server, and are equivalent to Blue items. http://www.wowwiki.com/Heirloo...
- Jimminy
The badge systems confuse me too. As far as I can tell, pretty much the only things that drop now are Emblems of Triumph, for Tier 9s, and Emblems of Frost (for, I assume, Tier 10s?) If you want Tier 7s or 8s, you can trade Emblems of Triumph in for Emblems of Heroism or Emblems of Conquest.
- Victor Ganata
Yeah, each tier of content had a specific badge; emblems of heroism, then emblems of valor, then emblems of conquest, then emblems of triumph, and now emblems of frost. When a new content patch comes out, they add a new tier, and the previous highest tier becomes much, much easier to get: that is, when you do heroics, you generally get the second highest tier's badge so you can buy the...
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- Mark Trapp
In 3.3, most of your gear will be purchased with Emblems of Triumph; beyond a few quests and the single daily, you won't get very many Emblems of Frost. Depending on how much you do heroics and how long 3.3 lasts, you'll probably save enough Emblems of Frost up for maybe one or two pieces of frost gear before 3.4 or 4.0 hits or you start raiding Icecrown.
- Mark Trapp
Heh, you think there will be a 3.4? Arthas comes back from the dead? His defeat at Icecrown Citadel was merely a setback? :D
- Victor Ganata
The average lifespan of a content patch is 3-5 months, and they always release a pre-expansion patch (2.0, 3.0, eventually 4.0) a month or two before an expansion drops. So, if there isn't a 3.4, that means Cataclysm comes out this spring, which I think is unlikely. In TBC, the Black Temple was supposed to be the end of the expansion (what's more badass than Illidan?), but since Wotlk...
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- Mark Trapp
Well, there were about 7 months between 2.4 and 3.0. July 2010 is still too soon, maybe?
- Victor Ganata
I think October 2010 - January 2011 is more likely. Wotlk came out in November 2008, and TBC came out in January 2006. Considering the scope of Cataclysm, I'd think it would take as long as those expansions, if not longer. One thing they could do instead of filler content is do a technical patch, like they did for 2.2 (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchno...). They added the ill-fated built-in voice chat and a bunch of bug fixes/tweaks.
- Mark Trapp
I could see that. Maybe a patch for more cross-server features?
- Victor Ganata
I was confused looking at all the items last night as well...I decided to trade 10 of the badges I had the most of (22 left now) for 5750 Sons of Paininthrear honor and save the rest. lol
- Christian (Simply X)
Last night I had a reaaaaaaaaaaaly scary dream involving a golf club, the giant from harry potter, and facebook.
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You were married to the giant. He cheated with 11 women on FB, so you hit him in the head with a golf club?
- Jimminy
No. The giant was a ghost, who talked to me through FB... . possessed me and made me kill someone with a golf club. =/
- Marissa
So you were married to Tiger Woods?
- Jimminy
Marissa is #13
- Morgan Haley
hahaha no... I wasnt married to anyone
- Marissa
Another regional accent question: "sear-up" vs. "sir-up"
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Sir-up. Georgia.
- Laura Lou Who
I say both
- aden
"seairauxpe"
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
si-rrup. or 'chumley'. england
- Pete, Enabling Force
my father, born and raised in eastern NC, says sir-up. but i say sear-up.
- edythe
I say sir-up or sear-ip.
- Jimminy
sirp. one syllable.
- holly
(not really. sir-up)
- holly
mom is from Brooklyn, dad is from Kansas...SEE-RUP.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I think I say both.
- Spidra Webster
Sir-up, but said so it's almost one syllable.
- Derrick
1UP HOLLY.
- Derrick
My son calls it "pancakeceratops", so I don't even know how i used to say it, besides *GAG*. =)
- Admiral Anika
Holly, I actually know some people who say "sirp" as one syllable, but they're from my hometown. As everybody knows, we're all a little crazy. I even know one person who says "sirps" like it's plural.
- ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les)
that's how a bunch of my family says it, D. :)
- holly
Sear-up
- Alex Scoble
I think that I say it as sir-up (California)
- Chieze Okoye
sir-up in Alberta
- Kenton
It took me a minute to even figure out what word you were going for. Usually sir-up. Missouri. But like Derrick, the syllables aren't particularly distinct.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Sir-up in Seattle.
- Rochelle
It's more of a sur-up. Edited to Add: I'm from Indiana
- Katy S
Sir up
- Morgan Haley
I'm like Katy. Illinois born and bred.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
sear-up. Long Island, NY
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
Sear-up. Grew up on Long Island, NY & all around the Midwest.
- josh neff, geek at large
Sir-up. Georgia.
- Carmen
it's sear-up in jersey :)
- dr. princess ninja val
sih-rup
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Sir-up in Florida.
- Alix Whitmire
Hrm....Sear-up. I'm from Brooklyn, NY living in GA. You might catch me saying Surrrp depending on who is around. Or Sissurp if I'm kickin it with Weezy.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
sir-up. New York/Massachusetts.
- Call me Bronco
Sear-up. The Ghetto/USA
- nakachi
Sear-up, NY, STRONG ISLAND
- Mary Carmen
Sear-up, NJ
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
sir-up, Mich
- Michael W. May
Sear-up, Philly.
- Cheryl
sear-up, East Coast Canada.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Sir-up, southeastern Ohio
- Michael Hocter
sear-up, New York, NY and "upstate" NY
- Jeffrey Canton
Sir-up, Idaho/New Mexico.
- Jenny R.
Sear-up, Central FL. But from now I'm saying pancakeceratops!
- Thursday Lo :)
My pudding experiment. This is whip cream made with strawberry Kool-Aid for flavoring. In a moment of inspiration I imagined the Kool-Aid as a perky pudding picker upper. Man it sucked.
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that is scarey
- VAL D. Zone
thats true RAP
- VAL D. Zone
It was so much better in my mind. I still think there's room for flavored whip cream. I often use cocoa powder or vanilla powder, but I was going for something punchier. I'm thinking cayenne pepper next time.
- Todd Hoff
perhaps the kool aid is too sweet...........try some of those flavored syrups.
- VAL D. Zone
Whip in pineapple juice, I made a real simple pineapple and coconut frosting about a month ago whipping in pineapple juice and coconut flakes, had a nice texture and citrus flavor.
- Jimminy
They actually make strawberry flavored whippets (although that's irrelevant if you're whipping by hand).
- Thursday Lo :)
November numbers are out on Compete.com. Friendfeed lost another 20% of its audience month-to-month. Sad.
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It's here: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/friendf...
- Jorge Escobar
My core friends are still very much active, I guess because we're all die-hard fans.
- Jorge Escobar
still here
- Mike Nencetti
quality > quantity
- Mike Nencetti
@Mike, agree.
- Jorge Escobar
Twitter was down 2% and has been flat since June - so much for "mainstream"...?
- Stuart Miniman
Unfortunately to survive long term FF has to grow in numbers/users -- since it is not growing it will not survive regardless of the usefulness and quality of the remaining posts/users.
- Brian Sullivan
@Brian absolutely. At this rate we might not have FF by Q2 '10
- Jorge Escobar
:( This isn't good. Why is FF so neglected?? I know they sold out to FB, but still... There is no substitute!
- Kamilah Gill
Kamilah, NONE. Absolutely none. It's a unique thing these guys created.
- Jorge Escobar
I think there is no doubt that Facebook's plan is to let FF whither and die. Former FF owners/developers/employees can protest all they like that FF is being supported and will carry on but without a plan to grow users death and a quick death is the inevitable end. There is no money and no effort being put into growth. All the people left (the die-harders -- and I include myself in that group) are on a sinking ship.
- Brian Sullivan
:(
- VAL D. Zone
I put some thoughts here http://jungleg.com/2009...
- Jorge Escobar
Can't we just go the way of Usenet? The more users we lose the less it costs to support us.
- Jimminy
Compete is US-only (click the ? by "Unique Visitors" and scroll down). That amplifies the Silicon Valley buzz factor.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Alex has asked me to handle the game for this upcoming week, because he will be involved with wedding stuff this weekend. Since I know he might not be around to get a vote in, and also to provide more time for the rest of us, I'll accept absentee & preemptive votes for the week 44(Dec. 14-18).
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DO ANYBODY NO HOW TO pronounce Foyer: foy-ay or foy-Ur?
Foy Yay
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
Lobby
- Johnny Worthington
Johnny, you have a lobby in your house?
- Jimminy
It came up at dinner tonight and I've been taught to say Foy-ay(foy-yay) while I was designing buildings, but my uncle was kind of persistent that it was Foy-ur.
- Jimminy
fwa'je
- Eivind
Does CGI Ruin Movies? - Avatar - io9 - http://io9.com/5411842...
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"Today's big budget movies have the technology to create worlds and characters unlike anything we've ever seen before... but is that really a good thing? What if CGI just distracts from all the important things about moviemaking?"
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
"More worryingly, CGI has given free rein to the worst, most-OCD elements of moviemakers' imaginations. Whereas, before, worldbuilding would have meant coming up with the strongest stories and performances in order to pull audiences in, now both of those seem to often take backseats to the spectacle of the spectacle itself (Think of this summer's Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen,...
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- Steven Perez
yes, it makes everything look like a video game. go back to miniatures already! digital image compositing doesn't have the same issues.
- Joe Silence is not dead
2 of my favorite Science fiction films are pre-CGI. 2001: A Space Odyssey and Enemy Mine are both amazing.
- Jimminy
Tron would be kinda crappy without it.
- Rodfather
TRON, at least, has a story.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Pfft. Not that Fantastic Four had much of a chance to be good anyways, but I felt putting Chiklis in a suit vs using CGI was a bad decision. And on the pro-CGI side, what about Gollum? Or the Burly Brawl in Matrix 2 (which, granted, had not-very-convincing skin shading)?
- Andrew C
Again: it's all about a story. When you substitute CGI for story, you make a bad movie.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I thought Forrest Gump was one of the earlier films that made good use of it. You can't tell it's there.
- Rodfather
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within actually did a decent job with full character animation that didn't seem overly fake. Most of the background art was done large scale Matte paintings. Story was only so-so.
- Jimminy
Rodfather: ZODIAC, too.
- Steven Perez
It's just a tool like any other. The real measure of a filmmaker is in the story and how it comes together. That's why Transformers sucks, but plenty of CG-enhanced movies do not. Plus there's some things that simply can't be done without CG
- Mo Kargas
I actually felt FF:TSW had subpar animation. The big, fast stuff looked fine. The fine detail stuff that was hand animated looked fine. But all the medium stuff was clearly mocap and looked mocappy - in general, I think w/mocap that the motion just doesn't look right, perhaps due to limitations of mocap at the time.
- Andrew C
I also felt the CGI Spider-Man in the first movie felt wrong (not weighty enough) but among my friends this was not the common opinion. Even so, SM2 had much more believable CGI for my taste.
- Andrew C
Andrew, I'll agree with what you said, it was decent for a CG film at the time, the one thing that always caught my eye about FF:TSW was the attention to detail in the texture maps, the faces have noticeable pores, and hair animations where superb. It does have the mo-cap issues and the occasional facial glitch.
- Jimminy
Jimminy, yeah, that stuff was outstanding -- I just have a bias towards motion instead of top rendering quality. =)
- Andrew C
"More worryingly, CGI has given free rein to the worst, most-OCD elements of moviemakers' imaginations. Whereas, before, worldbuilding would have meant coming up with the strongest stories and performances in order to pull audiences in, now both of those seem to often take backseats to the spectacle of the spectacle itself (Think of this summer's Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen,...
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- Steven Perez
Movies are gradually moving away from storytelling and becoming pure entertainment for the masses. Which takes us back to books. All those bad CGI movies are laying the foundations for a book renaissance.
- Amit Morson
Limitation breeds creativity.
- aldenoneil
@Amit: enter Apple tablet... oh wait that would be like CGI books. :D
- Adrian
CGI is wonderful, but not when its use comes at the expense of having interesting characters and telling a compelling story.
- vicster
Hmm, I think that Cameron putting that type of work in is actually Tolkien-esque. We'll see if it pays off. (I agree with the thrust of this posting, though)
- Chieze Okoye
BTW... anyone been to Toys-R-Us lately? It's been Avatarized.
- Adrian
Like many new technologies, it's overused until it finds it's right place. Hopefully it will happen soon.
- Amit Morson
Adrian, likes it's been Nemoized and e-wallized and doraized and ...
- Amit Morson
... and Haloized and Gears of Warizized and...
- Adrian
"Movies are gradually moving away from storytelling and becoming pure entertainment for the masses. " ... what? Seriously? Spectacle has been part of movies since forever.
- Andrew C
Andrew, not really, check the history of film making. This is like saying that high Broadway is the same as some of the sleazy Las Vegas shows.
- Amit Morson
The history of filmmaking - like Ben Hur & other historical epics? Or did you mean the 70s disaster flicks? Horror B-movies? All were about the spectacle, really.
- Andrew C
Are you bookmarking things for any particular future use...or do you just like bookmarks? Will you ever look at them? #realitycheck
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I bookmark for reference in the future, one reason I wish stumbleupon had a good search engine.
- Jimminy
For the both reasons.
- sistema428
I bookmark things for reference, but I probably don't refer back to many of the things I bookmark. I also use them for blog posts. When I write my weekly link posts, I pull a lot of the material out of recent bookmarks.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I don't bookmark much any more, unless I do it on Delicious for the purpose of sharing. If I find a page that has info I think I want to see or refer to again, I stick the content itself, along with a copy of the original page, in Surfulater. (I got my own private searchable, editable, copy of the internet going on, and I don't have to worry about dead links) http://www.surfulater.com/
- April Russo (app103)
Whether or not you like my politics, and let's be honest here that the vast majority of you don't, you have to admit I am pretty accurate at my predictions.
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Yep, you are a regular Nostradamus...Then again your predictions are kind of vague. I mean anyone can predict that a politician will break a campaign promise...And yeah, you might have said that the economy was in the tank, but did you predict that the DOW would hit 10500 after going down to 6700? No, but I know people who did.
- Alex Scoble
I predict that the world will end!
- Mo Kargas
I predict that you will eat within the next month.
- Admiral Anika
i predict the Earth will get along fine without us.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I predict that at least one prediction on this thread will be wrong.
- Alex Scoble
i predict a riot!! *dances*
- Terry O'Fee
i predict i will sprout wings and fly back to New Zealand without the aid of an aircraft.
- Joe Silence is not dead
wow, Alex! O_o
- Joe Silence is not dead
So you predicted the economy would look like a train wreck before it actually started happening? (As in about 2 years ago?)
- Mark Jepsen
I did Mark, January 2008, I saw the job market collapse for sure, and the National Debt expanding outside the realm of repair within the next few years. I pegged it at 5-10 years at the time for the next bubble, Higher Education, which my analysis of was utterly flawed but I still see it happening.
- Jimminy
Mark, I can't say I *know* your politics. I'd say a primer is in order. Though I suspect you and I may not be too far apart philosophically, our "politics" may diverge. *shrugs*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I never predicted well on the stock market, that's for certain. I did, however, foresee prolonged high unemployment after the economy bottomed, US Military presence in Pakistan and a burgeoning disappointment with Obama once the euphoria had subsided. All here on Friendfeed. Perhaps I should have qualified my bragging with 'political.'
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I did.
- Mahmood Padura
And Barry, my politics are hard right: leave me alone and I'll leave you alone. Live my life with as little impact on yours as possible.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I wouldn't characterize that as "hard right." But whatever...
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I predict Michael Bay will make another movie that has explosions and will suck.
- Steven Perez
That said. Mark, I'd still rather have Obama riding herd on this mess than imagine what this place would look like with a McCain/Palin White House in charge.
- Steven Perez
Barry I call it that because I expect everyone else to do the same and become particularly annoyed when I am inconvenienced with another's problems. In fact, I see it as rude to expect me to take care of you. Different if you ask nicely.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Steven... between the two I agree. But I maintain that neither of the two choices were the right choice, only the lesser of two bad choices.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Which is how life often is, Mark. There's no such thing as "without compromise".
- Alex Scoble
As far as you and me bruh, it's a distinction without a difference. What you explicityly say, I imply. And I'm prolly a little more willing to take care of the stupid and ungrateful... I may clarify in a post later. And hell bruh when you reach my age (which I guess is in the neighborhood of yours... forgive me if I assume too much) *everything* annoys you.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
As for forcing you to take care of people, you have no choice in the matter. Either the government does it, or you will be forced to deal with it through increased fees. Choose wisely.
- Alex Scoble
I did, Alex. Income this year is $0.00. And due to dual citizenship all use taxes are reimbursable..
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
MVB, for what it's worth, expanded that thought here: http://wynn.vox.com/library...
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Dude your mind shows through - that is enough - you have lived well and you are completely comfortable being you. Politics - hell I don't even like my own politics yours fit you just fine.
- ThatDBD
My Child is Not Doing Well in School - http://dcfemella.com/blog...
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My kids have different personalities and taste. Ever since they were little, Cebastian preferred things you would usually consider “boy stuff,” while Isabelle preferred things that you would think “girl stuff.” However, with this difference comes another one. Learning. I know that I shouldn’t compare my children, but I am doing it out of [...]
- Shevonne
People learn differently. I am extremely visual. A good teacher will recognize which method is appropriate for a student and tailor parts of the lesson delivery.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
You're right. I felt awful yesterday when went to this group I have the kids in. The boys who in my daughter's grade were reading with no issues, while she was struggling. =( I feel like I am doing something wrong.
- Shevonne
I understand why you feel that way. Through observation you should be able to see how she interacts on her own with learning toys. That's how best to present new material to her. Absolutey not a gender thing.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
BTW I use the same techniques now to quickly understand how to sell to people.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
Thanks Mark <3
- Shevonne
Shevonne, you named your kids after Belle and Sebastian?
- Michael R. Bernstein
@Michael No. :)
- Shevonne
Shevonne, I would continue what you're doing, and a tutor might be a good idea. I don't know how old she is, but I was retarded as a child except in mathematics, I was unable to read until about 2nd grade(7-8) with the help of special ed which involved 1-on-1 and Small Group interaction 3-4 students for the teacher. This helped me build my basic phonetic and comprehension skills, which...
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- Jimminy
@Jimminy She's six and in first grade. Your story makes me feel a WHOLE lot better. I know she is bright. I just need to find the best way to teach her.
- Shevonne
I'm sure she'll be fine, especially with you there to help her and she sounds very bright and ambitious. It sounds like you've found a set of ways to help her learn, and there is always room to add more or more efficient ways later.
- Jimminy
Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway | Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
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Meh... It's a streetlight.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
It's the Snailsignal!
- Spidra Webster
rofl
- Michael W. May
Since it's Norway, my bet will be a troll revolt.
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Simply a laser light show or something of that nature, really not sure what the fuss is about.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
It's a failed rocket launch from a Russian submarine.
- Eivind
Railgun!
- Mo Kargas
Mo: EXACTLY! It totally looks like the rail gun from Quake! :)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
HAARP?
- Schadenfreude
The spiral definitely looks gaseous. I'm interested in the blue trail
- Mo Kargas
We've created a "Black Hole" at Cern!
- Bluesun 2600
Or maybe it's a worm hole for time travel.
- Bluesun 2600
weather balloon.
- Jim Hearts FF
Video of this is trippy http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Bluesun 2600
I agree with Bluesun it's residue from the LHC, that would be the shit.
- Jimminy
Swamp gas.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
Damn it! in the past ten minutes, I have gotten the same forward from six different people "I OWN U!! TODAY IS CLAIM A SEXY BITCH DAY ;)..."
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1. stop sending me forwards
- Marissa
2. you do not own me
- Marissa
3. stop sending me forwards that say you own me
- Marissa
4. I am not a sexy bitch
- Marissa
5. I'm not sending this back to you
- Marissa
Sounds like six certain people needz to get slapped.
- Beau Liening
sounds like it
- Marissa
You're a Sexy Lady!
- Jimminy
True, but you do not get to claim or own me lol
- Marissa
If you had a theme song(s), what would it be?
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Whatever Lola Wants =P
- Shevonne
I Can See Clearly Now.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Indestructible - Disturbed....you're a robot, yes? I'm picturing lots LAZERZ firing everywhere ;) edit: I read this as if *I*, as in *you*, Mo Kargas
- Schadenfreude
A Love Supreme
- Derrick
November Rain
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Funny, I was just playing that, Mohomed ;D
- Mo Kargas
@Jeremy November Rain? It's so sad. =(
- Shevonne
Unchained- Van Halen
- Steve
Don't know why this comes to mind...but Peter Pumpkinhead - XTC
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
Great, I can read robots' minds. On my resume.
- Schadenfreude
Right now : NIN "Only" ; normally it would vary.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
@Shevonne - That used to be how things was, man. They're better now, but I still can relate to it quite a bit.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
I have a hard time deciding which one mine would be. Metallica - Fuel, Nightwish - Planet Hell, Juno Reactor - Navras and Chevelle - Saturdays are all good choices
- Mo Kargas
Bubba of Arizona: I haven't heard that song in almost a decade !
- Mo Kargas
For myself, maybe Monty Python's Look on the Brighside of Life or Odysee by Scarf; radio edit of course. Maybe Disappear by Bullet For My Valentine. My December by Linkin Park is on the list as well. Hard to choose
- Schadenfreude
Either "More Than A Feeling" by Boston or "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream. Has to have a wicked guitar riff for sure.
- Andrew Smith
Give Me Your Love - Curtis Mayfield
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
"My Life" - Billy Joel.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
This is tough, but "Forever Young" by Youth Group springs to mind ... there must be more though :)
- Penny
Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin ...although after a day of walking around with that, I would need a new song that talked about doing myself in.
- SAM
'Shut the Fuck Up' by Cake
- Morgan Haley
"Yoo Hoo" by Imperial Teen
- Mary Carmen
@MC - you officially rock the house.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
What I wish? She's a Little Lighthouse What I get? At Seventeen
- Spidra Webster
"The Game" by Echo & the Bunnymen.
- josh neff, geek at large
Killer Queen by Queen - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Katy S
John Williams, Theme from Superman
- Steven Perez
Thanks, Jeremy!
- Mary Carmen
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Jimminy
my song is http://lala.com/znzn - please note the mid song drama
- Holly Rae, FFer
Not available internationally :( FAIL
- Mo Kargas
Pink Floyd - Nobody Home
- Joe Silence is not dead
"All My Friends" by LCD Soundsystem
- T. Brent, technopeasant
Mo, me fail? :(
- Holly Rae, FFer
No, the Lala service
- Mo Kargas
The theme song to Banana Man!
- Jay
Ah. Ok, sorry. :)
- Holly Rae, FFer
Right now, it's "Keep Breathing" by Ingrid Michaelson. Tomorrow...who knows.
- Cassandra
Dominator by Human Resource
- AJ Kohn
Bad To The Bone
- Alex Scoble
Brick House
- Admiral Anika
Extraordinary Machine
- Call me Bronco
on good days "Hot Girls in Good Moods" by Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites
- holly
La Grange
- Glen Mistletoe
Rack'em Up by Jonny Lang http://listen.grooveshark.com/#...
- WarLord
Rasputin by Boney M.
- Adrian
I'm going to go with two that pretty much describe my life and emotions in my opinion: Saves the Day "Under the Boards" and Angels and Airwaves "The Adventure".
- Mathew™ one of a kind
4'33" by John Cage
- dthree
Right now I'm going to go with; "The Imperial March" from SW
- Grant Bierman
"Release" by Pearl Jam (for the moment)
- Bren, Not Grinchy
It would probably be a Weird Al song. All the stuff bouncing around inside my head makes about as much sense. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Life is a Highway (the original Tom Cochrane version of course)
- Micah Wittman
the Montage song from Team America.
- Joe Pierce
You Don't Know Me
- Rodfather
Always a Woman - Billy Joel.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
today my theme is probably hard core techno( from terminator?), but usually it could be itzy witzy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini (bombalurina) xoxo
- anjelina
TMNT :)
- ★ Soner Gönül
Mehbe TIme to Pretend by MGMT
- Schadenfreude
"Tiger" by Paula Cole. (Alternating with "Me" by Paula Cole, depending on my day)
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I have a few options depending on my mood. Sympathy for the Devil: Rolling Stones; Why Did You Do It?: Stretch; The Godfather Love Theme: Nino Rota; Goldfinger: Shirley Bassey.
- Parth Awasthi
I want to ride my Bicycle - Queen
- johnpiercy
"Nobody Loves Me But My Mama, And She Could Be Lying Too."
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Music Non Stop by Kent, Missing by Everything but the girl, Supergirl by Reamonn
- Ezgi Ceren I.
Actually, I think this theme is more my speed: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Steven Perez
Hehe, mighty mouse
- Mo Kargas
You Can't Always Get What You Want.....followed by Right Here Right Now by Jesus Jones and then Bounder...
- VAL D. Zone
^_o
- Mo Kargas
no?
- pea
I had you down for http://www.youtube.com/watch... :D hahaha
- Mo Kargas
"The Seeker" by The Who (OK, maybe not so much the bit about Bob Dylan and Timothy Leary...)
- vicster
FF is the s**t, people. That's all there is to it.
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Yes, it is.
- Laura Lou Who
It's also dead according to the big guys.
- Jimminy
Who are you gonna listen to? The big guys or a bunch of librarians??!?! (edit: I'm siding with the librarians. That wasn't very clear)
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
nosFFeratu!
- Pete, Enabling Force
they've been wrong before.
- Jim Hearts FF
LOL... nice, Pete.
- Jim Hearts FF
salt?
- Mike Nencetti
yes, the people of friendfeed are the salt of the earth, Mike, but you knew that.
- Jim Hearts FF
Yes we ff'ers preserve social media, keep it from spoiling :)
- Mike Nencetti
I concur
- aden
I haven't used it much yet....what's so good about it? :-)
- Josh Nankivel
Wait, I thought s**t meant slut. My bad.
- Laura Lou Who
It's that too.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Or are we the snot?
- Laura Lou Who
I thought I was a booger? (I crack me up)
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
spit, peepz, spit.
- Jim Hearts FF
If FF is a booger, I'd pick you all. :)
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
awww... now yer makin meh haz a cry!
- Jim Hearts FF
Bubba would pick you. then flick you over to me. I'd catch you in my mouth, chew you up with my back teeth, and then spend the rest of the day licking you out of the dental work with my tongue. That's how much I like FF and all of you. Yes. That much.
- Morgan Haley
You're very right. FF is The Poo. And I wish all the people who keep asking if it's dead or dying or losing activity would shush already.
- pea
Gosh, Morgan. I had no idea you felt that way. (And now I'm really grossed out. :P )
- Laura Lou Who
Seriously, FF has caused me to tear up today at how generous people are and how much people on here care for each other.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Oooo Jim said a wordy dirty!
- Carmen
since when is silt a dirty word... well, actually, it is.
- Jim Hearts FF
I think you're the soot, too, Jim. :) <-- Oh looky, I have a dirty mouth too!
- Carmen
Thanks, Carmen. Just as long as you don't call me "the suit." I was one of them once. Never goin' back!
- Jim Hearts FF
still licking
- Morgan Haley
Who wants to explain this lovely piece o' clipart to me?
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If you don't stop blowing hot air, I'm going pay your forehead a greeting with my foot.
- Jimminy
Wow! How Dada!
- josh neff, geek at large
Paid in Foot?
- Admiral Anika
Auto-liked for Dada
- Thursday Lo :)
Just got majorly ripped off by one of those discount airline ticket websites. I give them 3 hours to respond, then I start naming names.
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Orbitz or Hotwire, I've seen quite a few people have issues with these. Kayak and Expedia I didn't see too many upset customers from them, while I worked at the airport.
- Jimminy
Do you have a best friend?
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Does Bacon count?
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Yes.
- Alex Scoble
Yes.
- Mary Carmen
Yes. I actually have several.
- Sparky
Yep! I have 2. Sadly, they both live far away.
- Admiral Anika
I have two! I'm lucky like that.
- Bren, Not Grinchy
yep!
- Sardar Mohkim Khan
Yes; just wish he lived closer
- JA Castillo
yes, i married her 11 years ago.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I did. :-(
- Trish R
No. I used to, but he ditched me about 8 months ago. Currently accepting applications for replacement. Have lots of really good friends, tho, which is nice (really nice, I love them all), but I miss having the bubble of it.
- Sarah G.
I guess so, I used to have a true one in high school, but then he just left one day and I haven't heard from him since. I have some that I consider really close friends, but no one I think I can put at best friend.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Want one but haven't had one since the early '90s.
- Spidra Webster
Yes.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
*sniff* I have two, but they're about to be really far away
- Thursday Lo :)
Yes, a couple.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
not really. my old one got tired of me and i sort of hate saying my partner is my best friend even though it's probably accurate.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
Yes.
- Jim Hearts FF
Akiva!
- Rochelle
I have in the past, but right now, there isn't one person in particular that I'd call my *best* friend. I have a lot of very very good friends, though.
- josh neff, geek at large
I don't think I do. I have a lot of friends whom I love dearly -- a lot of them through FF, etc. -- but no one is at the top of that list. I don't know if they makes me sad or not.
- Derrick
Ummm yeah - been married 13.5 years! :D
- Internet's Tad
Yeah Niels, he's been there always. Even if I'm crap at picking up the phone and calling he never ever lets me know. He just knows that that's me so he is there. He was there when my mother had cancer. When I went into the dumps for a bit, he pulled me up and helped me find a job and get going again. I really don't deserve such a great friend but I am super happy that I do have him.
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Yes. My husband is truly my best friend. But I'll fill out an app to be Sarah's new female best friend.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Yes
- Steve
yes
- VAL D. Zone
my wife
- Bill Kinney
Used to.
- Clark Baumgartner 蔵明 馬武刀
from iPhone
Two - one I've known since we were 5, the other since high school.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
from fftogo
Yes, two, and both live so far away from me, it's almost unbearable sometimes.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I have two, neither of them live in Texas. It sucks
- aden
Definitely, my partner is my best friend.
- Sam Carlson
Now, I want a best friend! I feel incomplete. :(
- Derrick
yes. and i have a partner who is a close runner-up. bff and i have known each other since we were 12.
- tiffany
I sure do... Two actually
- Marissa
2 :)
- Michael W. May
Does my fiance count?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
My husband.
- Judy Jones
Yep - we've been best friends since early high school.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I guess not. A lot of lifelong friends though.
- Rodfather
I have one person I think I'd classify as a best friend outside of a relationship. My best friend Jameel has had the title since he moved in next door to me when I was 6 years old. We've been like peas and carrots for thirty years. Crazy. I still speak with him at least once a week.
- Cheryl
Yep.
- Laura Lou Who
hee! peas and carrots. me and my homie are more like PB&J or ham and cheese :-)
- tiffany
yup
- AJ Batac
No, I have a few
- Shevonne
Okay maybe peas and carrots is little tame. We're more like...like...hot apple pie and ice cream? Cookies and cream? Chocolate cookies and milk? Great...now I'm hungry.
- Cheryl
My wife.
- Mark H
Not anymore.
- cecily
I used to.
- Kol Tregaskes
Maybe two
- maxilprof
Jesus, the gardener. of souls.
- Morgan Haley
Yep, maybe, I don't know. Do the ones in my head count?
- Jimminy
I don't know if I have a best friend or not. There's one guy that knows everything about me and my past, but he lives in Berlin most of the time. Then there's another guy that knows almost everything about me and my past, and we hang out a lot.
- Morgan Haley
So I guess it would depend on the definition really. does a best friend need to know EVERYthing about me and my past?
- Morgan Haley
I married mine.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
No. My daughter has a problem understanding that. All people have best friends, she says.
- Baard @ Pixum
complicated... I have 3 very good friends from childhood on, but I won´t consider them as "best friends". there´s always someone closer for a period of 2 or 3 years. usually my life changes then, and I exchange my whole little universe and the bestest friend with it. (somehow creepy, I know..)
- esther ♥ ♫
@Baard, Freya seems like your best friend to me :)
- Michael W. May
No.
- Nine
no, not anymore. some close friends, but not any one best friend.
- holly
Yes.
- Melanie Reed
if I enumerated all my friends (all 4 of them), and ranked them in some order, one of them would be better than the others. In that sense, yes, I have a best friend ;) In the colloquial "bff" sense, I don't really think so.
- DJF
First name "Tiny," second name "pants," although she goes by many other names. :)
- Jenny R.
Akiva!
- Akiva Moskovitz
but of course
- L Stephen Cleary
Yes.
- Jason Huebel
...with benefits.
- sofarsoShawn
Yep.
- Alix Whitmire
No.
- Mo Kargas
My wife is my best friend in general. I don't have any really close best guy friends anymore.
- Give 'Em DBizness
No, I have a Hetero Lifemate though.
- Rob Haas
I said "yes" before, but I have to admit I haven't had a best friend since I moved back from NYC. Rob mentions having a "hetero lifemate" and I suppose that's what Paul was. *feeling lonely*
- Jason Huebel
Of Course..!
- ★ Soner Gönül
Yes, though he's currently living on the East Coast. My second best friend lives there as well.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
oh! I totally have a best friend! a couple of them! there's my girl Elizabeth back on the east coast. and there's my friend Chris (with whom I have been friends with since 1st grade!)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
How does Twitter make money? Not how will they, how right now? Is it all just VC?
I think it's all VC, except for the little bit Microsoft and Google paid to access the Firehose(speculated), and they've partnered with Microsoft on an http://exectweets.com/, which I believe they get a cut of(looking it up).
- Jimminy
Certain partners, in addition to Microsoft and Google, also pay for special API access.
- Louis Gray
State your name, rank, and intention.
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Glenn, peon, sleep
- Glenn Slaven
Mary Carmen, Empress of the Known Universe, mischief
- Mary Carmen
Junebug, village idiot, laughter.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Bren, something in the middle, shred.
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
Joey, Rank 6, getting warm.
- joey
Mo, Overlord of the Robot Imperium, galactic domination
- Mo Kargas
Val /zone/ to go
- VAL D. Zone
pea, cornerless, my intentions today are the same as yesterday's. to take over the world.
- pea
Parth, The Last King of Men, Continuity of all things human. edit: and I'm standing behind Pea.
- Parth Awasthi
Morgan, tax paying citizen since 1982, serve proudly under Mo Kargas, leader of the galaxy. (I was going to say 'global domination', but what good would that be?)
- Morgan Haley
Mark, very rank, I have no intention whatsoever.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I need to change my intention....I now intend to serve under Her Royal Highness, Mary Carmen, Empress of the Known Universe. Long live Her Highness!
- Morgan Haley
*disdain*
- Mo Kargas
The Doctor... doctor... fun. Wait, I mean Penguin. She of the Stripey Socks...... Still "fun". :)
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
Jeremy, design honcho, a size 36 waist.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Tiberius, sociopath in chief, nihilistic endeavors.
- Schadenfreude
You all are awesome, but Penguin won, and is my favorite person of the day.... Also, I see we have quite a few here with domination aspirations. Have you ever thought about teaming up?
- Joe Pierce
Absolute Power is hard to share. And it corrupts absolutely.
- Schadenfreude
There is no I in team.
- Mary Carmen
But there is a ME!i in team. woot!
- pea
Fulaan, but it ROCKS absolutely too!
- Morgan Haley
Mo: don't worry. Secretly we will undermine the power of the empress and raise you to your rightful position of power! Supreme Master of All You Survey!
- Morgan Haley
IM RIGHT HERE YOU GUYS!
- Mary Carmen
Wren, Semper Eadem, I'd tell you, but it's naughty and would just make me giggle too much to get it out...
- Bette Cooper
Aden, leftenant of late to the party/son and heir of nothing in particular, I'd tell you but then I would have to kill you.
- aden
the doctor, doctor, fun..
- Terry O'Fee
damn! didnt open the comments. i lose ;)
- Terry O'Fee
Steven Perez, Winter God, SNOW
- Steven Perez
Steven Perez, Time Lord, fun
- Steven Perez
Steven Perez, bunneh, snuggles
- Steven Perez
Steven Perez, Avatar of the Cilantro Gods, CILANTRO
- Steven Perez
Haggis, Ninja, Flipping Out
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Jimminy, Cricket, To Be Others' Conscience
- Jimminy
csw, BOFH, subterranean beer
- Clayton Wheeler
Joh...I mean Joe Pierce , Time Lord, become the master of all matter
- Joe Pierce
Roger, Victor, Clearance.
- Micah Wittman
I like how I always help ppl out 2 make them feel better, but when I'm down those ppl apparently don't care. Thx a lot.
Alex Scoble and Jimminy liked this
Dude, I didn't know you were down.
- Jimminy
Fair weather friends suck.
- Alex Scoble
Contemplating a brief bout of insanity: I have never heard a song by Lady GaGa before. Do I want to? Hard to say.
Amber, Random Time Lord, aden and Rob Haas liked this
Your Puh-Puh-Poker Face is no good, or are you serious.
- Jimminy
Doooo eeeet!
- WorldofHiglet
heh - good one, Jimminy
- WorldofHiglet
Listening now ...
- Steven Perez
Of course you want to.
- Bryce Roney
I actually find Poker Face to be good coding music.
- Bryce Roney
Final verdict: nope. Not for me. #backtotheoldfolkshomeforme
- Steven Perez
Pffft
- WorldofHiglet
The album edits of her songs are trash. I enjoy her acoustic/live performances much more.
- EricaJoy
I watched the video for "Bad Romance" a few days ago which was my first exposure aurally or visually. I concluded I'm not the target audience, but if I were the type to go to clubs I might enjoy it when that song came on.
- s t e v e
Cheerwine - I'll have to be on the lookout for this when I'm back in an area that sells it. It's mostly in the southeast US and in areas with a high concentration of young hipsters (NYC, LA, Portland, OR, etc.) At least we have Vernors up here. UPDATE: I found some here in Indianapolis! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Jason Huebel, Tsali, The Native of FF, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and 6 other people liked this
From http://www.cheerwinefinder.com/ "Cheerwine has been found in the following states: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia"
- Kamilah Gill
from Bookmarklet
We have it in abundance in Atlanta:)
- Roney Smith
I'm sure, Roney. I lived there for several months. Wish I'd been aware of it back then. How does it taste?
- Kamilah Gill
Heard of it, but have never seen it in the flesh. I think they had it in Austin.
- Derrick
We had it in the college dorm cafeteria in Lincoln, NE.
- Jordan Hofker
Derrick, cheerwinefinder.com claims it's in southern California somewhere. If you really want to try it out, you could check that site. Jordan, you might want to add that sighting to that website. They didn't get Nebraska yet.
- Kamilah Gill
I'm only 30 miles away from the factory, apparently I've heard thy have other flavors, or they used too.
- Jimminy
Jason, I may have missed the earlier conversation. I'd love to get a list of remaining regional sodas. They do fascinate me a little bit.
- Kamilah Gill
I know that there's a soda store somewhere in LA that sells all kinds of crazy sodas, Derrick. Heard about them on NPR or some such.
- Alex Scoble
Honestly though, I didn't really enjoy the flavor when I had it. I do like crowd-sourcing, so I added it to the site. :-)
- Jordan Hofker
Jordan, I'm sure someone out there will really appreciate that :)
- Kamilah Gill
My favorite BBQ joint serves Cheerwine here! Love it! http://twitpic.com/rurgr
- JA Castillo
Hold up! I *have* seen that glass bottle before! :O I think it's at Locally Grown Gardens. I might have a trip to make today. (I haven't announced yet that I'm on vacation this week. Ahhh.)
- Kamilah Gill
Meh. Not a fan, but I can get it here (middle GA). Feel free to come visit!
- Laura Lou Who
Found it! :) http://friendfeed.com/kmeelah...
- Kamilah Gill
Ohhhhh...I dig Cheerwine. :D Two stores in my town carry it.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
The Cheerwine wasn't bad. Kind of tastes like a cherry popsicle.
- Kamilah Gill
It comes and goes in the Kentucky area every so many years. I <3 it.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
I've never seen it. :(
- Alix Whitmire
Check http://cheerwinefinder.com, Alix. Maybe someone found some near you.
- Kamilah Gill
Tight jeans, double D's, makin me go *whistles*
Ned Garcia-Mathews, Steven Perez and Jimminy liked this
stuck in my head
- Marissa
*drops pants*
- Jimminy
I thought I told you to put them back on!
- Marissa
Uh... *rolls eyes coyly* ... I didn't think you meant it?
- Jimminy
well.... pull up your pants, silly boy. its cold outside
- Marissa
But I'm inside, beside the fireplace, it feels good.
- Jimminy
lucky you
- Marissa
You can come in by the fire, also. But you have been warned that all pants must drop at the threshold.
- Jimminy
aw =[
- Marissa
If you come in though, we can have breakfast. ;)
- Jimminy
i'm down for breakfast
- Marissa
Woohoo, Sausage, biscuits & gravy, and eggs. mmm
- Jimminy
lol sounds good
- Marissa
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