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Robert Scoble posted a message
“You never hear about Microsoft Dynamics on Twitter or FriendFeed, but when I was in China last week I was watching an entire supply chain switch to it.”
3 minutes ago - Link
They picked it because all their developers are .NET ones (PCH in Shenzhen). Big buck deal for Microsoft. - Robert Scoble
Now is that saying something about Twitter/FriendFeed or about Microsoft Dynamics? =) - RAD Moose
RAD: talking about enterprise software isn't as interesting as cat photos. - Robert Scoble
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Jess Lee posted a link
Big 3 Bailout - Average Wages for Detroit vs Japanese Transplants
17 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
"For Detroit, [bankruptcy] means release from ruinous wage deals with their astronomical benefits (the hourly cost of a Big Three worker: $73; of an American worker for Toyota: $48), massive pension obligations, and unworkable work rules such as “job banks,” a euphemism for paying vast numbers of employees not to work." - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet
Like for the overall idea, not for the political name calling etc. - Erica Baker
I don't know precisely how the proposed bailout is structured yet, but it definitely gives me a scary, icky feeling at first glance. And while I do think that labor costs are *part* of US automakers' problems, it's obvious that they're far from the whole story. - Joel Webber
It's also worth noting that the article's author is Charles Krauthammer, who's hardly a useful source of unbiased information. Some of the commenters go so far as to suggest that US automakers would be fine if it weren't for CAFE standards, which is pretty absurd given that they also apply to companies that are doing just fine. - Joel Webber
Agree with Joel - Krauthammer is very partisan so I expect he gave us the reasons why his point of view is right. - Bindu Reddy
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Bret Taylor posted a link
12 minutes ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Coach Jim Harbaugh reaffirmed his commitment to Stanford on Monday, saying he's close to a contract extension with the school and doesn't anticipate talking to an NFL team after the season. But is Toby Gerhart in the Cardinal's future? The star running back hasn't ruled out the possibility that he might leave after this season — though he has two years of eligibility remaining — if he were chosen high in the baseball draft in June." - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet
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Friendfeed上说中文: potatohai posted a message
http://jingjia.baidu.com/quest... 百度竞价官方说明”
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看上去真象广东某地某特殊行业的营销短信 Orz - Neo Lee
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Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message on Twitter
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Robert Scoble updated their status message on Gmail/Google Talk
“Back home in Half Moon Bay, working on expenses, getting over jet lag”
20 minutes ago - Link
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Apps: Alexander Kohlhofer posted a link
Share any point in time across time zones with easy to use permanent urls.
October 27 at 3:51 am - Link
permatime.com :) - Alexander Kohlhofer
i love you. - Zee from WeDoCreative
Nice idea. I've sorta gotten to used to doing the math and saying GMT +- etc, though. (get off my lawn) - Michael W. May
So had we - and we hated every minute of it. - Alexander Kohlhofer
oh - and I love you, too :) - Alexander Kohlhofer
Nice and simple although you could already do this by inviting people to a meeting in, for example, Outlook. It doesn't do recurring appointments, as far as I could tell. Recurrence is where you need something like this. - Jim Hawkins
we have just rolled out a nice update.. New features, more locations, better interface... - Alexander Kohlhofer
I'm not sure how this works... so I set up several timezones and I want to link to that configuration so I can check times later... where is the url/link for me to do that? Or am I using it wrong? - Lindsay Donaghe
oh... hmm, maybe I get it now... so it's not for you to check what time it is now, but for you to mark a particular point in time. That's cool, but I'd like to be able to set up my timezones so that I can come to the home page (or a url permalink) that shows the current time so I can tell if, say, it's too late in the evening to call my Grandmother who lives 2 timezones away. - Lindsay Donaghe
it remembers your settings automatically (for your computer). If somebody sends you a link it will display that time in your time zones. If you sent a link from yours it will be shown to them in their time zones. - Alexander Kohlhofer
yeah, definitely with you there Lindsay...i actually asked everyone if they knew anything like that a while back and there were a few suggestions..see here: http://friendfeed.com/e/854434... - Zee from WeDoCreative
Update again - I guess it must store those in cookies... looks like they were there when I came back to the page. So in that case a couple of feature suggestions, be able to choose different configs (say I have AZ, Central and Pacific because that's where my family lives, but another one for AZ, London, Sydney and Dallas where my business contacts are...). Also, be able to add a note or description to the zone so it would say "Central - Dad, Grandma, Uncle Norm" or something and be easy to spot... - Lindsay Donaghe
if you go to permatime.com it does just that. It shows you the current time across all your time zones :) - Alexander Kohlhofer
true - if you save the create permatime url as a bookmark...it's a great way to quickly go and insert any time in a particular place... - Zee from WeDoCreative
Any chance for those other suggestions, Alexander? - Lindsay Donaghe
Allowing custom labels is definitely on our list. I am not so sure about some more clock like features as there are plenty of good world time clocks out there. Permatime is all about sharing points in time - a definitive need with no good solution - till now ;) - Alexander Kohlhofer
We added custom labels a little while back. We have just added drag and drop, and easier date entry for the week ahead. For the keen or geekily-inclined, there's an indication how to construct your own permatime urls at http://permatime.com/about - Tim Diggins
Nice idea, not-so-good implementation. I tried about 5 different variations of input for Seattle, neither worked. Finally I had to google the official name of the time zone "Pacific Standard Time" and entered it. It should be easier than that. - andrei_c
Thank you! I have teams EVERYWHERE ... so need this...thanks! - Susan Beebe
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Robert Scoble posted four messages on Twitter
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Jess Lee posted a link
Turbaconducken (Turducken Wrapped in Bacon)
17 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Turbaconducken. That’s right — a chicken stuffed in duck stuffed in a turkey, all wrapped in bacon. Otherwise known as a bacon-wrapped turducken." D: - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet
mmmm....bacon - Paul
The amazing part is that the chicken *and* the duck *and* the turkey are wrapped in separate layers of bacon. Also amazing is that an entire site is dedicated to "Daily Updates on the World of Sweet, Sweet Bacon" - Bill Strathearn
I have to say that is some seriously unattractive food, regardless of how good it might taste. I'd love to see a professional chef try to dress that thing up... - Kamilah Gill
That's just wrong. - Mo Kargas
10 bird roast from posh british chef hugh fearnley-whittingstall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Alex Gawley
@Alex: Wow. I didn't think the turbaconducken could be topped, but 9 birds stuffed into a turkey definitely wins. - Jess Lee
I also read it as bad German transliteration, something “turboconductive”, or maybe Italian, “turba con ducken”. - John Lam
wow, that's all kinds of bad. i bet it tastes fantastic though - Cee Bee
تقدیم به بانو گیلاسی :) - mhmazidi
Is it Bacon season again already? - Kevin Fox
Bacon season never ends, Kevin. ;) - Jared Smith
ایییییییششششش این چیه !!!!!!! باز شروع کردی هاااااااااااااا /: - gili
I'd just like to see bacon DNA spliced into each of the constituent poultry. - Richard Chen
it's a meal, playing a meal, disguised as another meal - ♫ Rahsheen™
That could work - Josh Haley
heart attack meatball! - Susan Beebe
GOTTDAMN. - Derrick
Oh my hell! Has anyone shown this to Paula Deen? - Cyndy
I'm a vegetarian now, that's just uhm nasty - Gordon Swaby
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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter
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Apps: Carlos Granier-Phelps posted a link
Vocito (Voe-kee-toe)*
1 hour ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
Google Mac GrandCentral thingamajig - Carlos Granier-Phelps via Bookmarklet
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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter
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Apps: Carlos Granier-Phelps posted a link
ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall: Free for a Day
1 hour ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
"In celebration of the 15th year anniversary of ZoneAlarm’s firewall applications, you can download Zone Alarm Pro anytime today and until 6am PDT tomorrow." - Carlos Granier-Phelps via Bookmarklet
It's on my laptop now. - Charles LePage
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Apps: SnakeDoc posted a link
17 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
seems to be TinyURL+. I will give it a try. - SnakeDoc via Bookmarklet
Looks a lot like the bookmarklet of tweetburner.com, which also has stats and adds friendfeed support. - Tobias Verhoog
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Apps: SnakeDoc posted a link
17 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
not sure if this has been posted - but today only....I use Comodo [ the free version ] myself + Threatfire for the heuristics engine experience - just out of curiosity. - SnakeDoc via Bookmarklet
I love free shit! I use Comodo on my VMWare XP - Outsanity
I only hope that they have stopped using undocumented Windows API's to make their product work. They use to be one of the worse culprits of BSODs that I had ever seen - Steven Hodson
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Apps: LouCypher posted a link
Fashion Your Firefox
6 hours ago - Link
Mozilla today released Fashion Your Firefox®, a new Web application that enables Firefox users to customize their browser based on their interests and online activities. With Fashion Your Firefox, add-ons that fit people’s online lifestyles are organized in easy to discover ways and are available for installation in just a few easy clicks. [via http://www.mozilla.com/press/m...] - LouCypher
Something else to slow it down! - orionstarr
Firefox Barbie! - abacab
Okay I installed some.. what can you tell me about last fm? - orionstarr
It would be nice if you could save a package of you own, so the next you install FF somewhere you'd be able to install all of the addons in one go. - Tobias Verhoog
How about the Gloss Edition of Flock? http://browser.flock.com/gloss... - Jon Price
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Apps: ♫ Rahsheen™ posted a link
Twidget [Desktop Tool] [Twitter Tool] | Social Web Tools
2 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
"A free Mac dashboard widget for that allows you to update your Twitter status. Includes numerous features such as: Displaying the 20 most recent public or friends timeline; Auto-refreshing the timeline display; One-click timeline refreshing; Provides links to reply and direct message Twitter contacts; Recognizes replies & auto-links them to follow conversations." - ♫ Rahsheen™ via Bookmarklet
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Kevin Fox posted a message
“Idea: Experienced players should offer guided tours of Call of Duty levels, introducing newer players to common tactics, killzones, and advanced strategies. I could totally see players paypal-ing $5 for an hour session in a private game room with 10 other students, while a drill sergeant runs folks...”
7 hours ago - Link
...through sniping exercises and claymore-avoidance skills. - Kevin Fox
Anyone know if this kind of thing already exists? With 90,000 players on Call of Duty at any given time, this seems like a worthwhile market for building a team of instructors. - Kevin Fox
I gotta get back into that game -- it was awesome - Shey
wow that's so nerdy. it could help though. i used to get frustrated as hell always getting shot down on cod 4 all the time when i first began - Cee Bee
But if there was this, there wouldn't be any more n00bs for the experienced players to pwn. - Wizetux
Nice to see that *something* exists in this space, though group instruction would still be awesome, and seriously: a short in-game video of them coaching would instil a *lot* more confidence than the cheezy self-portrait thumbnails. - Kevin Fox
$5? I'd probably pay that for certain games. Especially CoD4. - Cyrus Lendvay
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Cee Bee posted a message
“cowboy hat cakes”
cowboy hat cakes
cowboy hat cakes
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3 hours ago - Link
Filed away just in case. - Christopher Harley
haha...oh wow, my step-dad would love this! ...he thinks he's John Wayne :/ - Anna Haro
uuuuuuuuuuummmmmmm =P~ - D/\\/IIID
I love cowboys, cake, and cowboys hats. Win all the way round. - Derrick
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Mona N. posted a link
LEGO-JAMES -mobile child tracking device. WANT
5 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
His legs are dangling! - Mona N.
I might have to get it for my seven-year old son - Shevonne Polastre
Looks like the man is leading the child onto a train track - Joe Dawson (beta)
Um, is it going to work in a subway? - Glen Campbell
Maybe it needs the energy of a high-voltage subway track to work. I guess the man acts as electrical conductor. *shrug* - Jemm
Sounds like a great thing, technology really going at astounding paces. Hmm ... certainly something to ponder. - Ray Marr
Since my daughter splits time with her mom and me, I would love this! I could send her little notes all the time. - Clay Newton
I would love to know when this becomes available so i could get it for my girls. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
I think I could use this with my wife! Joking aside, would something like this even work underground? (Like in the subway as the picture suggests?) - thepete
Forgot to mention: WANT. - thepete
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Robert Scoble posted a message
“Just landed in San Francisco and Twitter is down. Blame Scoble.”
8 hours ago - Link
it's funnier when other people say it :) - Christopher Galtenberg
Hey Robert broke twitter ... no wait, it's just twitter's way of saying, "Welcome Home"~!! - Susan Beebe
What's Alex done to Twitter? Alex? Robert is saying you broke twitter..... - WorldofHiglet
I really don't think it's your fault..... this time. :) - JCLeftie
Awesome blog title -> "Twitter went down as soon as Robert Scoble landed in SF" - AJ Batac
Yeah. Nice work Scoble ;) I bet you brought some Chinese twitter virus back home - Dennis Bjørn Petersen via twhirl
And, being that you're Scoble, you're still able to Tweet about it. - DocileWalnut
Another Blame Scoble meme? - Roberto Bonini
It went down right as I ran my auto-follow script for SocialToo - it's probably my fault ;-) - Jesse Stay
Googel reader having problems as well... you must not have read all your feeds and now they have an out of memory error - Ian D. Nock via twhirl
See I cannot even type properly.. must be Scoble - Ian D. Nock via twhirl
Ian, funny thing - I did just finish reading my feeds. I think it's actually me taking down the internet this time. ;-) - Jesse Stay via twhirl
Could be worse. You could have left another iPhone in the Taxi - Charlie Anzman
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Marshall Kirkpatrick posted three messages on Twitter
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Cee Bee posted a link
Secret high tech employed to prevent presidential assassination
21 hours ago - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Barack Obama has received more assassination threats than any president-elect in U.S. history. While Obama's Secret Service protection has obviously been flawless thus far, according to some speculative reports, any would-be assailants might be in for some major pain or instant discovery, thanks to some outlandish technology. This must mean that new tank-like presidential limo is just the beginning of the presidential shield of protection. - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet
The methods and gadgets used by the Secret Service are highly classified, but writers and researchers are speculating that one of the secret devices could be a rifle-sized weapon using the military's "active denial system" that beams sound waves directly into an assassin's skull. That's gotta hurt, at least disabling the killer long enough for agents to quickly move the president out of harm's way. Other reports have the Secret Service using special terahertz scanners that can see through clothing, spotting a concealed weapon from a distance. There's also talk of sophisticated radio jammers that could disable any remote-controlled bombs. - Cee Bee
terahertz scanners are no match for my flux capacitor! - Daniel J. Pritchett via fftogo
Dude, frickin lasers - Eric @ CS Techcast
Wow. I wonder if they're even bringing the real Obama out. Maybe there's a dupe. - ♫ Rahsheen™
I look forward to our first twin President. - abacab
AK 47 :D - zos
I have full confidence in the Secret Service's ability to protect President-elect Obama and his family. They're definitely going to need it. Sadly there are a lot of folks out there who would like to see him go down. - Daryl Burns
If they're all about protecting the President, then why do they wear such dark shades? - Jackye Chan
it's like in poker --- so others won't see what you're up to or about to do. plus maybe they have x ray vision enabled in those sunglasses already - Cee Bee
my step-father was very pissed W didn't receive any attempts on his life. - jlt
It's just a special force field that manifests itself due to his firm belief in socialism as a way of life. Lenin had a similar force field--it's what kept his body fresh in that glass case for so long in Red Square. - thepete
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Mona N. posted a message on Twitter
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Marshall Kirkpatrick stumbled upon a site on StumbleUpon
3 hours ago - Link
Incredible story of a man, a sub and hours without peeing. - Marshall Kirkpatrick
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Mona N. posted a message
“OMG Custom Made Mini Figs FTW!”
OMG Custom Made Mini Figs FTW!
OMG Custom Made Mini Figs FTW!
OMG Custom Made Mini Figs FTW!
yesterday at 6:24 pm - Link
Awesome! Guys, we need to all kick in on custom FFundercats Mini Figs! How cool would that be? - Ladybug Heather
OMG I want it ALL - Mona N. via IM
sweetness! - (jeff)isageek
This is For Mona : 日本最高だ - J.D.
I would be a very happy camper if I could get one of those. - Jamelle
I want one SO bad!! - Mona N. via IM
OMG! - little Angel
Mona, seriously, I <3 you soooooo bad... :) - Johnny Worthington
Yes, Yes this is twisted... You are the best, Mona! - ChangeForge | Ken Stewart
Worthington: Dude, FIVE HOURS!! I LOVE YOU and I LOVE YOU GUYS SOOOOO ultra much!! - Mona N. via IM
I know it's ended, but theres a few online - Mo Kargas
I want Joker. Like HELLA bad! - Mona N. via IM
These are awesome! - Mark Martinez
excellent! haha - Enrique Gutierrez via twhirl
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