Ross and Dan made this video to illustrate the advanced technology we use behind the scenes at FriendFeed. (Ross and Dan, you are amazing - I can't believe how awesome this thing turned out)
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
How very creative. This is very fluid and cool.
- Louis Gray
OK, not exactly what I was expecting, but very cool.
- Kevin Arth
Anyone have the video somewhere other than Youtube? it's banned here in Turkey and I can't wait until we get home (next month) to watch it!!
- Chris Myles
Bret, this video should be titled: A Love Song for FriendFeed ! Great vid (and music) !
- Ahsan Ali
This is superb. I just showed it to my 5 year old son who enjoys Lego and has already taken some great photos, including one or two of his toys. So now he has the seed of the idea that, in time, he could take multiple stills and put them together to make moving pictures. Thank you very much for posting it and giving me and him that opportunity. Maybe, he might use FriendFeed one day too!
- John W Lewis
I think they need to make a full stop-motion version of the Matrix in legos. Now THAT would be awesome. I wonder what bullet-time looks like in LEGO?
- Bret Taylor
i'd pay to see the stop animation lego matrix, but not the sequels
- patrick
"Equipment Generously Provided By Casey Muller" - hahaha!! THIS IS AWESOMESAUCE!!! I love the creative energy and vibe in this video... LOTS of work went into that one! Thanks guys!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Genius, how much time did that all take?
- Wayne Hornsey
Chris Myles: if you want ot - DM me an address and I'll mail you a copy.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
jnman, google's translation service has it's limitations. I don't know what is different about that particular comment, though. This is anecdotal, but I would roughly estimate that 20% of the posts I've tried google translate responds with at least some null translation results.
- Micah
Thank you Micah! Josh just showed me how to do it. I didn't know you had to open an individual post by clicking the time. I'm tech challenged. :)
- Trish Haley
Trish, thank you for the honesty. Ahhhh, _documentation_ so often an afterthought *scolds self*. Actually, if someone wants to pitch in help make a tutorial, please let me know. I'm working on a full set of pre-loaded configurations for each support translation language ~ maybe it will get released tonight (hard not to be in all the great conversations, though - that's the rub :D
- Micah
Thanks, chrisofspades. I've been meaning to ask how the activity on ffThreadKiller is lately? If ya-all haven't checked it out yet head over to http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
- Micah
Micah - tried out the bookmarklet on safari :))) Awesome. interesting how much better the translation is that the google.com/translate .(google.com version doesn't seem to do transliterated text. - the version your script accesses is getting a fair amount of it.)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
activity waned. and I've been waffling on some back-end decisions that's preventing me from updating it.
- chrisofspades
from email
Rob, cool. That's an interesting comparison.
- Micah
chrisofspades, yeah, I guess for a lot of people the statistic is interesting initially, but doesn't have legs. Have you considered expanding what statistics it gathers? You've already worked out how it spiders, what other calculations are feasible? I've seen a lot of requests for date range searching. Maybe some slice of data related to the timestamp.
- Micah
date range searching would be sweet chrisofspades! if there's anything I can do to help please let me know! test maybe?
- metalerik
"Sun Tattoo is a soft stencil which can be used for making the tattoo pattern on the skin by sunshine. It’s better to use it with sunless tanning cream." ~~~~ ehhhhhhh o_O
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from Bookmarklet
So when you get skin cancer, it's in a pretty shape? Mmhmm....
- Will Higgins™
Will: Melanoma shaped flowers. Beautiful.
- Manuel Mas
Did anyone else notice that is not a before and after pic? Also, my mom and I totally thought of this on a small scale, like temporary tattoo kinda things.
- <3Heather<3
@Geoff Sometimes I have an overwhelming compulsion to vote up comments (too much StackOverflow) ... Couch ... <chuckle>
- Tom Horn
My brothers and I tried sun stenciling ourselves when we were kids. Despite our pale Irish skin cancer-prone complexions.
- Spidra Webster
If you're someone who tans well and you can keep the paper close to your skin, it turns out well. If you're like me and go directly from pale to pink, which then fades to more freckles, not so much.
- Spidra Webster
No way it would turn out that well defined.
- Brad Connell
hey, i'm Martyyyy on Realpics. about it being a story, some dude asked her for nudes, and she said no. and he called her a pussy if i remember correctly. so she defended herself by saying she used to be a stripper, and then the rest of it is right in front of you.
- Martyyyy
It's pretty retired to lunch into a asspletive attack when you bearly read end rite OMFG ... poor thing has a future full of *facepalm* ahead of her!
- Richard Walker
One of the latest comments from her Profile "Hey RDS, hows that hooked on phonics coming along? Clearly not working, inquire about a refund."
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Duuuuuude how in the world did you find this Jimminy?!
- Mona Nomura
Mona, search was working pretty well at the time, can't remember what I was looking for though. Edit: I searched for "pussy comments:jimminy" trying to find a post from a week or two ago where I posted "P is for pussy, that's good enough for me." Didn't find it though. Embarrassed.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
"Our lives, the amount of sleep we get, and how well we actually rest during those nighttime hours may change drastically over time. However, one sleep researcher says that our body position in bed could say something about who we are, not just what else is happening in our lives. Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, says that a study of 1,000 Brits revealed that the six most common sleeping positions are indicative of personality types. If this sounds ridiculous (and honestly, I'd love to see information on this study and the analysis fleshed out further than any of the reports I could find), consider that Idzikowski says it comes down to body language."
- Katy S
from Bookmarklet
What's the one where you sleep in the middle of the bed with your face on your husband's pillow and pull all the sheets over to your side?
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
only Soldier and Starfish are possible when you're hooked up to a CPAP machine for the duration. before that, i was doing the Freefaller 90% of the time.
- Joe The Sausage
Also, what's the one where your daughter climbs into your bed because of the thunder and you wake up with her foot in your armpit?
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
Oh Ha3rvey - I think it's similar to the one where the dogs barks at 5 am until you roll over and give her the warm spot. That and even though she is small managing to take up 2/3 of the bed.
- Jason
Adrian, I'm a freefall foetus too. Can I join the band? I'll play the triangle or cymbals.
- Marie
from FreshFeed
I've had to train myself into Soldier since becoming disabled. But I'm naturally a Foetus and I really miss being able to sleep that way.
- Spidra Webster
So what do you call the position where you sleep on your side with one leg bent and the other one straight, one arm crossed over your chest and the other shoved under your pillow?
- April
They don't have my position (constantly thrashing about)
- Wirehead
from Android
April, I dunno, but that sounds like a prominent one in my rotation, which seems to include all of the above during the night. I don't even want to know what that says about my personality. o_O
- Lix
This chart was. All I could think about last night! Every time I woke up I analyze my poition. Yearner with my arms tucked or Fetus with straight legs.
- Jason
from iPhone
I don't really think the positions mean anything any more than dreams mean something, but the chart is interesting.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
I'm a yearner foetus with occasional single leg sticking out of the bed too.
- Mark H
I'm closest to the foetus. Though my hips haven't been the same since I was pregnant with Josiah, so my bottom leg is usually out straight.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
I'm somewhere in between the foetus and the yearner. What does that tell me about my personality? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks for sharing this, this is very pertinent information for everyone..... :->
- Harold Cabezas
Also, here are ~50 people at FriendFeed with cool pics (remember to check their likes & comments) http://ff.im/Bd3Lhttp://ff.im/BqOL This page was motivated by Thomas Hawk's "What is your most viewed set on Flickr? Mine is my my 10 faves or more set" discussion (5/24/08) http://friendfeed.com/e... I finally made myself a "Picture Rooms" list. :-)
- Mitchell Tsai
These pancakes look delicious, they remind me of chocolate in pita bread :-)
- Majento
Susan - OMG, I know! I love looking at it. My second favorite is the Penzey's catalog for all of those wonderful descriptions of spices and their origins.
- Katy S
I make awesome pancakes, if I may say so myself. From scratch, from memory. Pancake mix is dumb.
- Wirehead
I don't agree with the notion that life on Earth originated on Mars (or any other planet). I think it started and evolved from chemical reactions right here. Still, love this graphic out of context.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
there is still a chance that it was carried here from other sources (comets from other systems etc). The only thing we can say is that it's here :)
- alphaxion
It's so awesome, but it still makes me a little sad it's commercial.
- <3Heather<3
I love these sorts of creative things!
- Rick Cogley
I always wish they'd show what these things look like from something other than the exactly perfect perspective. Because to most people passing by these would look totally different.
- Brian Johns
These never get old. Thanks for sharing. :)
- Kevin Winn
There's a new group around here, Water the Future and I wonder if they thought about their acronym or if it's just something to make me chuckle every time I see it.
- Heather Solos
extra extra like. and want. actually these are easy enough, you can get them custom made at office supply stores. talk about an awesome stocking stuffer. who wouldn't love this?
- Que Sarah Sarah
Emma: I've decided to make the "Double Chocolate And Pear Cakes" you posted early this week. The fine sea salt for this recipe was not available. I will definitely save you some, lol ;)))
- Brandon
کارهات خوبند شاندیز فقط باید اون شیوه طراحی خودت رو پیدا کنی و مطمئنن میتونی, فقط هر روز طراحی فراموش نشه! بهترین استاد هم فقط کار دیدنِ! فقط کار طراحی و تصویر سازی خوب ببین و آنالیزشون کن, اساسا رو کارت تاثیر مثبت میزاره! ایول :)
- Nima Nilian ☆彡
نه نیما / ما با برنامه هایی مثل اسکچ اپ یا رویت یا اتو کد ساختمان رو سه بعدی می زنمی و رندر می کنیم توی خود برنامه یا با فوتو شاپ چون این حالتی که بابی کار می کنه بیشتر توی همون مایه های تصویر سازی و اینا هست :) برای همین پرسپکتیو من پیشرفت نمی کنه چون هر زاویه ای بخوام راحت می چرخونم و اسکرین شات می گیرم
- Shandiz
این اسکچ اپ چطوریه؟ من دارمش اما نصبش نکردم هنوز
- Nima Nilian ☆彡
خب آره میدونم شیوه کارتون تو رشته معماری فرق داره! برای این گفتم که اگر وقت داشتی تصویرسازی هم کار کنی مطمئنن رو کارت تاثیر میزاره
- Nima Nilian ☆彡
خیلی خیلی راحته :) استفاده اش کن / برای مراحل اولیه طراحی خوبه
- Shandiz
"A new magnificent 800-million-pixel panorama of the entire sky has been unveiled online today. It was stitched together from 1,200 photos by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory from viewing sites in Chile."
- Benjamin Golub
from Bookmarklet
You're not going to see anything like this in the Northern Hemisphere. This is only the night sky for those south of the equator. But it is cool.
- Nina Jansen
hmmm didn't supply a link in the article! Ahh its the Daily Mail, to explain to non-UK-ites, the Daily Mail is the UK equivalent of Fox News.
- Toby Graham
"Wouldn't it be fantastic if instead of Disney's wussification of Marvel's characters, the tables were turned and instead Marvel turned the Disney princesses into Skrull invaders and zombies like this Dark Little Mermaid?"
- RAPatton
a css tool I'd like is to take inline CSS and export it to a new file. Not only could I use it to help clean clients code it would make the net a better place.
- Toby Graham
Hmm, I'd recommend doing this by hand still. These do not always refactor properly.
- Mo Kargas
"As promised, we’ve got a look at the Batwoman feature from DETECTIVE COMICS #857, as Batwoman faces off against Alice in an attempt to stop the villainess from unleashing a toxic death cloud over all of Gotham. But Alice has more up her sleeve than just poison, and Batwoman’s life will never ever be the same again. What more do you need? Oh, right. Artwork. Well, here you go. From the team of Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III, DETECTIVE COMICS #857 hits 9/23."
- RAPatton
I just love J.H. Williams III work on this title, and find the little touches like the adornment of the splash page with the Batwoman logo on the 3rd and 4th page divine
- RAPatton
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- Stefano
from Bookmarklet
Nice strategy. I myself have been using a similar strategy, i.e., using a formula that generates site-specific passwords instead of hard to memorize unique-passwords.
- Pandu ● IT Optimizer
from fftogo