Heavy pc and crt, ok, but the subwoofer too? You know how heavy those things are? This would work in space maybe.
- Josh Haley
And I wonder where it's getting powered from. Is there an extension cord behind him, or maybe he's got a generator attached to his feet?
- Costa Walcott
But which way would it point? Or should there be two, one aimed at his face, and one on the visor of his hat, to see what he can see?
- Ladybug Heather
It's a 'Trojan Horse'!! The hollowed out tower contains 8 Macbook Airs, 25 iPhones, a G1™[product placement by Google] and a handful of Newtons - just waiting to be deployed!
- Micah Wittman
There is a distinct lack of cup holder.
- Rochelle
True... where does the Mountain Dew go? Or coffee or Jolt Cola or whatever caffeinated substance he drinks?
- Ladybug Heather
Rochelle: thats what the CD Drive tray is for.
- Roberto Bonini
The Great Google Wave invite thread. Anyone who wants an invite post your Gmail address here and anyone who has invites available please use to invite the people on this list. There are also a bunch of requests in the Invites group here: http://friendfeed.com/invites
I have a few but holding them for a few people who have already asked me. I'm at kolint [at] googlewave [dot] com btw. A pain I know but if you can, could you update your comment when you have an account or just delete your comment. Ta! :-) EDIT: Try this site for invites: http://googlewaveinvites.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Are people on this list getting invites or at least been told they have an invite on the way? You might have to be patient, it could take a long time for one to come through.
- Kol Tregaskes
Adam, yep agree. Maybe because I did that (month ago though) helped me get mine through from Vijay so quickly!
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol, the invitation process seems to be based on nominations. For example, everytime someone nominates/invites you, you get bumped up the queue for an account until you're at the top and you get sent an invite by the team
- Ysabel Legaspi
Ysabel, ah I see, So lots of people must have nominated me. Darn, so a few users I have nominated could be waiting a looooong time. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
if that voting system is right I'm very annoyed. I asked for an invite months ago, now all the numpties are all over it I'm not going to get a look in. It's like I've been sat at the front of a shop queue and everyone's just walking right past me into the shop. I am British but I detest both queuing and waiting, so this is pretty tough going
- Toby Graham
Like most other people, yesterday I wasn't aware of that I «needed» a Google Wave invitation this badly...but now I am!!! quackofdawn at gmail dot com
- Quackofdawn
Please I want a invite :( jesi.nieves at gmail
- Jesi
from iPod
neternity@gmail.com and i promise to send a wave of 100,901 twitter followers to your doorstep each of whom will have averaged 1 tweet in their existence - this might not get me an invite but surely it will get some notice - must have that something special - my google wave invite special sauce ingredient is twitter juice PS Not to be construed as an offer, not valid in any of the 53 US states, do not try this at home, caution: contents are hot.
- Ross Button
Anyone have already a wave invite?. I'm a developers anxious to take a look at wave. jmiguel.rodriguez at gmail.com . Thank you very much in advanced!
- jmiguel rodriguez
trentono gmail com...thanks in advance, mysterious stranger...
- Trent Olson
lol at this point i gotta think that by the time an invite makes it this far down the list i may already be at the top of the official invite list but doesn't hurt to try right? marco [dot] nunez @ gmail - thanks!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I'm also trying. As Marco said, it doesn't hurt :) iamclem at gmail. thanks!
- Clément Simon
Hello, I would love to have a google wave invite too. ilteris@gmail.com thanks!
- ilteris
Oops! You said gmail address: marybaumcreative (at) gmail. Although I run marybaum@marybaum.com through gmail servers too.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from email
louisrbourque@gmail.com - an invite would be greatly appreciated, and I'll pass it on! Thanks
- Louis Bourque
from iPod
can you send me invite for google wave to i.igors (at) gmail (dot) com
- Igor Krstev
If any kind soul has an invite to spare, it would be gratefully received and shared on once GOOG get around to inviting me in. :-) The key piece of information belatedly being andy.bold@gmail.com kthxbai
- Andy Bold
Looking for one myself at alexscrivener (at) gmail (dot) com
- Alex Scrivener
I'd love an invite. I was sort of expecting to get one from Google, as I have been in all of their other betas, but to no avail :( carlton.prest@gmail.com
- Carlton Prest
Plesae send an invite! jwatson820@gmail.com
- Jonna Watson
damn, the pretty please guy will get one for sure, that steve guy @hotmail.com is likely last on the list - but we all will get one if that scobilizer guy notices that we are all here and asking and so cul cuz we are all on friendfeed - maybe if we twitter too it might help - hello google !!!!
- Ross Button
how do we know which ones are sent? I'm just doing my own thread.
- Raphael, Raphael
I've been too busy to get on FF the last few days....figures something important happening and I missed it! I knew about Google Wave but didn't know there would be a thread to post a request. In any case, better late than never, I'd love an invite at madeliene2007 at gmail.com. :)
- Bonnie Foster
I've been on Twitter all day trying to get one, I'd love it if my day can end by me finally getting an invitation :) I'll be sure to send some invites to other people in this thread! andryou@gmail.com
- andryou
re.renus@gmail.com somebody please send me a invitation... ^_^ : )
- Emad
wimmulder@gmail.com. Am really excited to try this out for a collaborative research project I'm working on. Hoping someone has an invite to spare!
- Wim Mulder
giuliocc@gmail.com . Keen to see if we can shake M$'s cage about messaging and collaboration.
- Giulio Campobassi
Would love an invite - jonathonc at gmail.com
- Jonathon
VitaArdiyana (at) gmail (dot) com, Thanks before Kol. I will delete my comment when i have my google wave account.
- Vimala Vita
Just digging into the comments now but let me begin by saying that you did an incredible job with this thread Kol, 473 (474 after I post) comments!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Google Wave : Could anyone invite me ? : jean.charles.blondeau[at]gmail.com Thanks
- Jean-Charles
System Messages Invite Status: 17559 invite requests in the system. 7 invites confirmed as received by requester. 199 invites claimed as sent from giver.
- oliv21
How does anyone know if someone has already been invited? You could go back and edit your comment when you receive an invitation, but since that takes days, it could be ages before you know.
- marziah
I've not even had a nomination, RK. At google dot com I'm suezanne , in the event anyone wants to make a nomination. I've asked before on friendfeed. It's kind of humiliating to beg.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
i have decided that if i do indeed get an invite, i will decline, forward my gmail account to windows live and put ie back as my default browser and i will bing it
- Ross Button
@Ross: why punish yourself for something you didn't do? :)
- François Dongier
I just want some google love; just like the rest of us do; but n,o they wave at us as they have their private, invite only party; thumb to nose, fingers a waving - that's the google wave; we need a tshirt
- Ross Button
al86shaw@gmail.com :) Not expecting anything, but thanks anyway!
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
Send to me plz ,,, mxina.com {a} gmail {dot} com
- Mohammad Sharifi
Has anyone received their invite? I haven't yet.
- Rodrigo
from email
I'd love an invite to Google Wave pls. non-geeky bf got one before me! that's just not cricket.. hehe :) icetigerza (at) gmail
- Kim
Hello, if there's any invite left, you'll make me more than happy ;-) matthieu.beauval [at] gmail [dot] com, thank you !
- matthieu beauval
If there are still invites left daryl@learnscape.com.au
- Daryl Hunt on FF
Of all the people posting here the chances of me getting an invite are slim but I'm still willing to try. If someone wants to shoot an invite over to jcallahan126@gmail.com I'd REALLY appreciate it.
- John
from iPhone
Aww Did I miss the Wave of invites? Come on Kol... Hook me up! :)
- Walt Ruppar
It looks like it, although you might be able to use the hyperlink on the front of the Wave homepage to request an invitation, if it's still available.
- Tyson Key
Google Wave Anybody? I needz one plz... walt {dot} ruppar {at} gmail [dot] com
- Walt Ruppar
from iPhone
I'll give this a try: j.linkola at gmail - anyone have invites left?
- Jussi Linkola
Anyone can provide a Google Wave invite? bmtrocks@gmail.com
- Brian
Hi guys I realy Waiting impatiently, but still have no invite... can anybody sent me invite please please simplisityzehra@gmail.com thanks in advance
- Zehra
firatdemirel at gmail.com just needs an invite for Gwave. Thanks.
- Fırat DEMİREL
Does anyone have an invite to share? Can you send it to v9y.rec at gmail.com please? Thanks.
- Vinay | विनय
Can somebody send an ivitation to terror@gmail.com . Thanks in advance.
- Yiğit
Please send an invitation to me at trivedi.knz@gmail.com. I got tired waiting.
- Kandarp Trivedi
I'll be glad to invite others on this thread once I get mine. Thanks in advance.. Keep the thread alive.
- Kandarp Trivedi
rodgerdb@gmail.com ha oh man am I late to this thread =( Here's to hoping!
- Rodger Ballard
really need one, would be so grateful thacker90184@gmail.com
- brandon
I want Google Wave invite too, please sent it to: ric4p5 {at} gmail [dot] com Thanks
- jose manuel
If anyone has invites, could I have one please? tekked - gmail.com
- TechKid
allanbesselink<at>gmail<dot>com ... please!
- Allan Besselink
I'll wager that some of the folks on this list have received their invite by now, or no longer want one - I have 16 invitations at this instant. It's probably easier for me if you DM.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
fifiquimbo(at)gmail(dot)com. I would love one, thanks!
- Fifi Quimbo
I have 8 invites to Google Wave, if someone is interested, please DM with e-mail address. Ciao, Andrea
- Andrea Romoli
totally got a cool idea for new schwag... two items: for new Moms, a friend feed shirt with slots for easy feeding of infants... and for new Pops like Louis, nipple with bottle attachment inserts with one nipple coming out of the first f and the second nipple coming out of the second d... saweet!
- Rob Reed
FF schwag and twins! best picture of the day!
- Sarah Perez
Mega awesome ;) Congratulations to you and your family, like the Friendfeed t-shirt ;)
- Mario Olckers
Tiny... little... eentsy... lumps of yum. There, my estrogen has officially shown itself.
- Carla Thompson
No way - they have FF onesies??? How do I get my hands on one of those?
- Jesse Stay
The Gray family Babies!!!! Sarah and Mathew look sooo cute in your arms! and sooo tiny my goodness!!... still LOL @ Rob's wacky comment..whoa!
- Susan Beebe
Dear Leo, I love you to death, however, please let your darling daughter know Monaco is not an island off the coast of France and yes, Monte Carlo is the capitol. My daughter is the same age and we are starting to shop college's as well. I wish you the best of luck finding a school that suits her well. I was an exchange student as well and found it the best experience ever!
- Jennifer Ragde
Okay, now my computer politically correct daughter is telling me this was not the correct way to state my opinion as I should have commented on the photograph. I'm really sorry, I love to listen to your broadcasts, but I really am computer retarded so please forgive me if I have transgressed in any manner. I can't even upload photographs without her help! Really, you don't look dapper,...
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- Jennifer Ragde
I do believe Steve Jobs was in the process of creating the Macintosh then? This is '70s right?
- Danny Minick
LOL Jennifer and +1 for your daughter. :)
- Josh Haley
Leo, you were one hot stack if pancakes back in the day!!
- Erik Boles
Not to nitpick or anything, but Monaco is the name of the state and the capital city. Monte Carlo is just one of city's administrative areas :)
- Dorian
It's 1985 or 1986. I was 28 or 29. And an utter dork.
- Leo Laporte
Okay. Leo you rock! Let me get that out of the way. But you look like Susan Boyle in this photo. Sorry, someone had to throw it out there. ;-)
- Oracio
LEO: if this was a family photo I think it might make it on to the hilarious site that aggregates awkward family photos: http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/ must check this out! :)
- Mike Bracco
Not a family photo - it's a work photo. That's from KLOK-FM San Francisco.
- Leo Laporte
Leo: I know, I was just saying if it was :)
- Mike Bracco
What's that funny lookin thing in the background?
- Daniel James
Daniel.. I think that is what was known as a monochrome display. They were all the rage back then apparently.
- Rhys Amos
Your hair wasn't even real back then! :P
- Kreg Steppe
Dear Dorian, I stand corrected. I was just stunned that someone thought Monaco was an island. When I was in high school (when Dinosaurs roamed the earth, ha ha!), we had to memorize the world in geography. I guess times have changed.
- Jennifer Ragde
LOL, I took all those old photos of me and hid them deep!
- Lillian Banchik
You must have respect for wives. That they could see anything other than the geeks we looked like in those days makes you believe in clairvoyance. Of course now you would qualify as a silver fox.
- JR Holmes
from Nambu
You looked smart and confident :) Great photo! Thanks for sharing!
- mahjongmi
I don't believe that this is a realy photo. If this were a real photo of a cat, there would be a funny misspelled caption explaining what the cat was doing or thinking.
- Gabe
NSN still has aplenty of sales opportunities
- A.T.
Saying "But we have a great network, which is more important than phones!" is like saying "But we have a great interstate highway system" in the 12th century. (copied from a comment on Robert Scoble's recent entry)
- Tyler Hayes
I wonder why coloring resembles election maps? because blue represents you-know-what? or because Verizon appeals to Middle America from their southenish roots?
- A.T.
Because both election maps and ATT's coverage map are basically maps of population density. In this case red > blue, no question.
- j1m
Mad Dog Palin--The scariest thing about John McCain's running mate isn't how unqualified she is - it's what her candidacy says about America : Rolling Stone - http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...
WOW...This is not just another article digging at palin - it is THE article digging at palin and her 'cultural' significance.
- Anna Haro
from Bookmarklet
"The great insight of the Palin VP choice is that huge chunks of American voters no longer even demand that their candidates actually have policy positions; they simply consume them as media entertainment, rooting for or against them according to the reflexive prejudices of their demographic, as they would for reality-show contestants or sitcom characters. Hicks root for hicks, moms for moms, born-agains for born-agains."
- Anna Haro
The truly disgusting thing about Sarah Palin isn't that she's totally unqualified, or a religious zealot, or married to a secessionist, or unable to educate her own daughter about sex, or a fake conservative who raised taxes and horked up earmark millions every chance she got. No, the most disgusting thing about her is what she says about us: that you can ram us in the ass for eight...
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- Anna Haro
"Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a while, and considering the bad news and what it might mean, and making the occasional tough choice, and soberly taking stock of what your real interests are."
- Anna Haro
See, I believe that as a citizen you have the responsibility to pay attention to the people who will represent you and the laws they enact in your name. But with poor reporting and politicians doing so much behind closed doors, there's a dumbing down of American culture that's acceptable. How many people have you talked to who seem to have an opinion they want to spout on politics and in the same breath state proudly, "Politics bores me." or even worse, "All politicians are the same."?
- Admiral Anika
"And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she's a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed Middle American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant-size bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the Sizzlin' Picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her."
- Trish R
And unfortunately, most of it is true (or at least I agree with it).
- Trish R
Wow, that's a hell of a picture. After reading the first two paragraphs, all I could think was how badly Matt Taibbi wants to be Hunter S. Thompson.
- Carla Thompson
Personally, I like Rolling Stone articles. But a word of caution.. they are always unapologetically extremely left-leaning.
- Phil G
hahaha...Carla, I thought the same thing.
- Anna Haro
The ironic thing is that the media is the primary cause of all this. Reducing politicians statements to sound bites where a few words from a larger speach can be spun one way or another. Politicians don't have to have grand ideas or positions, they just stick to hot button issues that play well on TV. Couple that with lobbyists and special interest groups to give them butt loads of...
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- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Of course J Phil. It's one perspective, one article, out of MANY.
- Anna Haro
I honestly don't know what the terms "left" and "right" mean anymore in American politics. I try to figure out who has the best command of the facts and who is making the most sense. This article makes a great deal of sense. (If I must define myself politically with a label, it would be "progressive libertarian.")
- Sean McBride
"Here's what Sarah Palin represents: being a fat fucking pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortgages in Kansas." - wow...harsh.
- Chris Hollander
Very interesting read, though disturbing. I put my money on McCain/Palin winning the election.
- Peter
I don't think I'd talk with him too much at a party. ;)
- Yolanda
Classic: "After eight years of unprecedented corruption, incompetence, waste and greed, the party of Karl Rove understood that 50 million Americans would not demand solutions to any of these problems so long as they were given a new, new thing to beat their meat over."
- Raoul Pop
Oh wow, a coworker informed me about this article a few days ago!!
- Terence
Taibbi *nails it* w/ the consumption of candidates as media entertainment. Infotainment has utterly corrupted news such that they are largely indistinguishable now. A huge disservice to the populace. And, of course, it results in this insane Reality TV show in front of us.
- Ayşe E.
wow..such poignant words. The article still resonating even after reading it through.
- Alan Le
Why is the entire country not going, "WTF? You can't find a person more qualified in the entire Republican party? REALLY?!?!" Her selection was condescending to our entire citizenry, and everyone seems to be rolling with it.
- Robert Fischer
Why aren't more Republican women outraged that the party thinks so little of women that when they feel the need to add a vagina to the ticket, they don't give a damn about whether she's actually qualified?
- Trish R
why aren't they more outraged? because they're living vicariously via the pit bull. they see her and say, 'she's just like me'. but prettier and i bet you they aren't willing to admit that. so they over-identify with her and i'm left saying, 'yea, but i wouldn't vote you president of a committee of 2.'
- Admiral Anika
Liked only because of the picture, not because I have any interest in US politics. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
"But watching Palin's speech, I had no doubt that I was witnessing a historic, iconic performance. The candidate sauntered to the lectern with the assurance of a sleepwalker — and immediately launched into a symphony of snorting and sneering remarks, taking time out in between the superior invective to present herself as just a humble gal with a beefcake husband and a brood of healthy,...
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- Roberto Bonini
"The rest of Palin's speech was the same dog-whistle crap Republicans have been railing about for decades. Palin's crack about a mayor being "like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities" testified to the Republicans' apparent belief that they can win elections till the end of time running against the Sixties. (They're probably right.)"
- Roberto Bonini
dear god, if you exist and hear prayers, please please, let there be some notion of civility return to this country in my lifetime. a man.
- Nathan Eckenrode
Mine is *this big* [stretching out his arms....]
- Magnus Nystedt
Kamilah: sorry, but I'm having too much fun in Indy to care. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert, I'm glad you are enjoying our Circle City! ;) Did you drive around it at night? Take Maryam on a carriage ride?
- Melanie Reed
Robert: could take mean Surf pics with that baby!
- Geer
heh-heh. You know your lens is big when it makes your 5D look like a little point and shoot. Nice shots with it, Robert.
- John Lutz
Huh, Robert? I didn't quite catch your meaning there. You mean you don't care how long you'll be here? Or you don't care what I said? :(
- Kamilah Gill
“Jim Nicholson could've just handed over the cash. Instead, he gave the would-be robber a run for his money -- and paid for it. The 30-year-old bank teller said the suspect, dressed in black and wearing sunglasses, walked up to his counter at the Key Bank branch in suburban Seattle, Washington, demanding he fill the man's bag with cash. [Nicholson said,] ‘So I grabbed the bag ... I threw it on the floor... lunged at the robber, chased him down the street, pinned him down and waited for the police.’ That was Tuesday of last week. He lost his job Thursday. Why? ‘Policy violation,’ Nicholson said. ‘Basically, we are supposed to comply with any robber that would come in. We're supposed to just give him the money and let him go -- and obviously I did not do that.’”
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
I hope someone gives him a better job because of this.
- Cristo
@Cristo: I do too, but I wonder. People are sheep - frightened ones.
- Anthony Citrano
true, but what about the bank that gets sued because the teller tries the same thing and gets injured or killed? if the bank doesn't have a policy in place to comply with the robbery then the suit would probably have some merit, no?
- Chris Heath
@Chris: Setting aside that there's no sensible liability in that scenario, the “what if we get sued” question has become all too often the go-to position for the easily frightened. I say: there's right and there's wrong; so what if you get sued.
- Anthony Citrano
Don't you need the right "shape" to get the wink? I've seen too many tight jeans that would have to be called bug eyes (instead of winkers)!
- Chris Myles
I'm torn between 2 totally inappropriate comments... #1: Brown eyes are not supposed to wink. #2: Asses should not stare back. It confuses the men.
- Paul Robinson
Look in my eyes - tell me what you see.
- Desirade
“As perplexing as the current legal environment is for medical marijuana patients, one thing is quite clear: despite administration statements, little has changed with regard to federal enforcement of marijuana laws, even in states where it has been decriminalized.” #drugpolicy
- Anthony Citrano
@Alex: a lot of things are SOP which are also insane.
- Anthony Citrano
Hm, crickets on states rights indignation.
- Todd Hoff
Madness. Makes you think the reassurances were simply a feint.
- Jason Wehmhoener
WTF?!?! I thought Obama promised they would not go after the dispensaries!!! We were better off with Bush in charge. ><
- pitlord
@Anthony, I agree, I just wanted to point out that dogs tend to get killed any time cops show up anywhere. They are like exterminators for pets. @Todd, let me take this opportunity to be more vocal in my support of federalism, as well as legalization.
- Alex Scrivener
@Jason: not quite; DEA still entirely run by Bush appointees who are (to put it mildly) still quite happy doing their own thing. I tried to allude to that in the article without being too shrieky. @Todd: exactly, although there are many very thoughtful states-rights conservatives who are pro-decrim. @pitlord: get serious and get a clue. @Alex: 10-4, but the sad/annoying part of that...
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- Anthony Citrano
Ya'll are right and I just don't know why but it does seem to be SOP to shoot the dog whether or not it can be tranquilized or not. Just as bad as Vick in my opinion.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
@Mathew: I want to be fair about this, and say that while I absolutely totally disagree with the existence of the DEA, the DEA is not completely absent intelligent professionals. But it is run (mostly) by militant ideologues from a bygone era. They are not all bad people, either. But they are wrong and their core function is discordant with the founding principles of the American...
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- Anthony Citrano
I am afraid you are right. It still makes my blood boil. I had some friends in a former life and while I might not have agreed with much that they were guilty of; their dog was an innocent. Roscoe a beautiful, well-healed German Short Hair Retriever was executed in cold blood much the same way back in the mid 90's to demonstrate a point the officer was quoted to say.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
@Mathew: there's word the shooter made a similar remark at this bust, too. I'm working on more details for a follow-up piece.
- Anthony Citrano
@anthony get your own clue, this Obama administration is a disaster. The DEA did nothing to stop the dispensaries under Bush. Now they are breaking down doors and shooting dogs. Obama is in charge of the DEA and this is Obama's responsibility.
- pitlord
@pitlord: you have some reading to do. I look forward to your refreshed perspective.
- Anthony Citrano
Anthony, our country is embroiled in a drug war on our southern border with thousands of casualties that the media is virtually ignoring, yet the DEA somehow, under Barack H. Obama, has time to make commando style raids on little mom and pop herb stores in Los Angeles, CA and you're going to blame George W. Bush? 0.0
- pitlord
@pitlord: your myopic POV that All Bad Things can be blamed on the President reflects both an unhealhy obsession and a total lack of understanding about how US government works.
- Anthony Citrano
from BuddyFeed
yeah anthony, but when you point the finger you only have one finger to point ;) /s
- Chris Heath
"FOR years, Herenstraat and Prinsenstraat, contiguous narrow streets near the tip of Amsterdam’s downtown canal belt, formed a sleepy corridor with little action but mom-and-pop shops. Just two blocks long and linked by a footbridge, the skinny district they form is lined with elegant canal houses that are home to well-to-do families. But recently, as the nearby Nine Streets shopping district grew, and the adjacent Jordaan neighborhood became increasingly trendy, the quaint streets of Herenstraat and Prinsenstraat began to buzz with new energy. Trendy bars and innovative restaurants have opened. And a steady march of independent boutiques is turning the area into one of the city’s coolest retail strips."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Sometime next year, the city plans to give the corridor a pedestrian-friendly facelift to enhance Herenstraat-Prinsenstraat’s appeal. There will be “less parking space and wider and slightly higher sidewalks,” said Ton Boon, a spokesman for the Centrum borough. The Amsterdammertjes, the city’s iconic XXX-marked poles (referring to the city’s coat of arms), he added, will also be removed to extend the sidewalks.
- Derrick
Funny, I noticed the same change during my last trip to Amsterdam, back in Nov. 08. Tasca Bellota is great!
- Rubin Sfadj
I think Amsterdam is my next trip. I mean vacation.
- Amy℠
Have been here a couple of times, very nice streets. You almost miss it if you haven't heard or read about it somewhere.
- The Comic Project
I'm very much loving Regator. Woke up and opened it first...then went to my feeds. Regator's better and the sharing features are great. Hoping to see them implement more in future.
- Corvida
from Bookmarklet
Glad you're loving it! We've been getting a lot of really positive/useful feedback and as a result we've got some stuff in the works that should make the app even more fun and useful.
- Scott Lockhart
But... You miss the best fun! Ignoring app invites
- Kristian Salonen
Actually, it would be nice if you could configure FB to only allow for things you approve of. For example, I don't want quizzes or pokes...
- Scott Paley
John: I'm just kidding (mostly) about the superpokes. The real advantage of deleting most people is your news feed gets enjoyable again!
- Robert Scoble
Robert: How many FB friends are you down to?
- Scott Paley
Scoble: If you delete everyone, who do you get yours news from?
- Manuel Mas
Isn't it better to just read a list of the people you care about it?
- Manuel Mas
I went and did some Spring-cleaning there when everyone decided the sky was falling here. Deleted a dozen or so apps, and clicked Hide->Hide [app-name] on a few that my friends were still using. Now I have a stream over there that has almost nothing but my friends posts, links, photos and comments. It's a bit like FriendFeed, except people I actually know from offline use it.
- Edward Coffey
If you used the Fan Page like FriendFeed, then it's pretty close, except for RT updates. But regular guys can't friend your user page unless you return the friend acceptance. And I see that you really don't want all that noise from listeners. So you need to use the Fan Page instead of your personal page for public conversations. The ability to choose your subscriptions, independently...
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- Keith Rowland
it's funny Scoble has gone from adding everybody to being a social network of one
- Bastard Operator From FF
Manuel: I'm not actually deleting everyone, but it sure seems that way. Already I've deleted manually about 9,000 people. Not a fun job at all.
- Robert Scoble
My mom told me that geeks are antisocial ;-)
- Sebastian
people are going to start saying "Robert doesn't want to be friends with me anymore." :(
- John Wang
John: yeah, except FriendFeed is going to remain my place to interact with a large number of people. Twitter is going to stay clean. Facebook is for people I've hung out with in real life.
- Robert Scoble
So everything ends up in FriendFeed. IOW all the other services are obsolete. Right?
- Sebastian
I only use Facebook for close friends, and it works pretty well for that.
- Rob Fisher
OK Robert, so should we not bother with your Facebook Fan Page? You just using FB for your personal friends?
- Keith Rowland
I'm down to 2450 friends and still deleting. So I've deleted more than half (and I already went through 5,500 who couldn't get into my friend account and deleted most of those too).
- Robert Scoble
You're deleting these from your personal FB account, not your fan page?
- Keith Rowland
The page I see for RS on FB has over 10,000 fans.
- Keith Rowland
None of the people I know on Facebook is also on Friendfeed, it is like two completely different worlds
- Asgeir
Asgeir, yeah me too, it seems all my family and church friends are non-geeks. Which means of course I'm the go to guy when technology fails.
- Keith Rowland
Keith, same here :) Every time I am visiting family or a friend there is usually something that needs fixing
- Asgeir
I'm a huge Facebook fan for keeping in touch with friends & family. It's good for that.
- Alex Knight
Robert you got the personal profile page locked up pretty good, can't even get to it, just reverts back to my home page.
- Keith Rowland
Keith: according to my settings it's open to everyone. All settings set to as open as possible. Weird.
- Robert Scoble
Now it's working, I swear it didn't :-)
- Keith Rowland
It comes up fine now, so I'll leave you to your pruning process. I'm not a personal friend, so I'll just watch the Fan Page. BTW, loved the impromptu interview with Paul, thanks for that! I feel a little safer investing time here on FF.
- Keith Rowland
I'll do the same to see if I begin to like it too.
- Caio Cesar
Robert, you could just delete all your game apps... Which of course, you already know. I can see the benefit of deleting people from your Twitter account, but since FB is a closed system, I don't see the benefit of deleting people from your Facebook.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Robert's new answer to everything is delete delete delete.
- Rob Cairns
Ughh, are you sure you're not on FriendFeed's payroll, what happened to your "Roach Motel" analysis we all know Facebook sucks.
- sofarsoShawn
sofarsoShawn: Facebook still sucks for people like me who want to be totally public but they are opening up. That has nothing to do with my shift in how I am approaching these things, though.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Oh great the FaceBook unfollowing saga begins Maybe they will ave to sell to shut you up LOL
- RetiredTeacherD
Scoble so by deleting everyone and isolating yourself in a social network is the answer? NO. Could you please explain where your approach comes from, I'm confused or are you just joking?
- sofarsoShawn
I'm a fan of the "add 98% of your friends to a list and then disallow that list from seeing frickin' anything" approach.
- Brett Kelly
from iPhone
Brett, can you use lists to affect the visibility of newsfeed items? I thought I saw something in the RWW facebook guide that said you could only use them to control the visibility of parts of your profile. Maybe I just got the wrong impression. I'm going to have to explore Facebook someday.
- Bruce Lewis
FB has gone bad I'd rather goto brightkite
- Ray H
I have never accepted a friend request from stranger on my Facebook right from the beginning i made the account. FB is for my relatives only. Friendfeed is more open,, in fact i have no "real" friend here. i like it;p
- zʍıɔ
First Twitter, then Facebook. The great Robert Scoble unfollow saga continues... Me, I've been accepting friend requests from FF people (I always request they tell me they're from FF so I know). I have 4 separate groups for friends, FF people, and both sides of my family. But I'm nowhere near overwhelmed...
- Dennis Jernberg
I don't presume to add someone in Facebook (or LinkedIn) that I don't know IRL unless the person specifically encourages people to add him/her on that service. For example, Chris Brogan and I are linked on LinkedIn, but I'd never presume to ask him for a recommendation.
- John E. Bredehoft
So it's the return of the Great Unfollow.
- Morton Fox
Doing that on FriendFeed. Sick of the self important, self promoting spammers here.
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
You can block apps like superpoke from contacting you... That doesn't bother me too much. It's the quiz app that can't be blocked, because it's really an app generator. Every new quiz becomes its own facebook app automatically, and you can't block them all. Annoying, that is...
- Otto
from iPhone
It's more than deleting everyone, deleting all the FB features would help too. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
why do u think so ? facebook is so enjoyable . the more the merior ;) just try to like it the way it is
- Viva Vida
Lists (feed) filter the noise and deliver specific news on family, co-workers, industry contacts, vendors, etc
- Susan Beebe
Robert, is Facebook having connection problems this morning?
- Shari Weiss
You may look back on this purging of human capital as the darkest day of your social life. How many people did you alienate in one day? Must be a record of some kind! Congratulations! Sorry you will no longer be privy to my astute insights back at the mothership. It would have been better to be more selective to begin with, but alas, you were bombarded with requests. The price of fame, I suppose. Cheers!
- david beckwith
Social media without people....hmmmmm this is a different concept or approch and I wonder what the benefits are. Anyone care to share?
- Jeunelle Foster
Jeunelle. No spam. No noise. No trolls. No SEO experts. Lots of benefits!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Ahhh well in that case I'm all for it, besides the people that I have in my friendlist now at FB I can't stand. lol :)
- Jeunelle Foster
I'm still trying to find my one home on the web. Sometimes it's FB, sometimes it's Twitter, sometimes it's FF.
- Adam
Exactly why can't someone create 1 with the positive benefits of all 3?
- Jeunelle Foster
Instead of having to go to the 50 or so social networks I'm a member of, I want those networks to come to me. I want a single page (my blog or home page) I can host myself, working in both directions. Yes, I can pull things, using rss feeds or widgets, and I can push things, using services such as ping.fm, but I want all that to happen "at home". I want things people post elsewhere,...
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- Irma Vermaat
I leave the games up & ignore my 812 pending requests. Sometimes it is cool to throw sheep or play tic-tac-toe with an old college classmate (who's now a history professor), and an occassional event is cool (although nowhere near as nice as tribe.net). It's REALLY easy to ignore requests.
- Mitchell Tsai
Bruce - You can include/exclude individual people from your News Feed. Works very well for prolific people who post stuff that doesn't interest me 99% of the time. Possible strategy (which I don't use) (1) friend everyone who asks (2) put "followers" in a "don't appear on my NewsFeed" group. I like to see everyone on my NewsFeed. How else will I get to know new people?
- Mitchell Tsai
I make everything on my page public - except my home phone (friends only). Luckily, I don't have a boss or corporation or sticky political situation to navigate. I consider anything Facebook/FriendFeed-private-room/LinkedIn/web potentially public info. Anything private should be over the phone or in person (and even the phone is scanned for keywords). Even an e-mail that says "let's...
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- Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell, that sounds useful, but what I really was curious about was restricting visibility of my own items. On FriendFeed I put tech stuff on my home feed for public consumption, but family doings are in a private group. I'd like to use FB the same way if possible. As for getting to know new people, on FF I have a "followers" group that I check every so often, while keeping the noise level on my home feed tolerable.
- Bruce Lewis
Bruce - Sound like the two users (if you don't get caught by Facebook) approach is cool - It's been proposed as "alternate personas" (maybe Bruce Lewis & Bruce X Lewis) - one of my friends Brian Tung also went as Byron Tung (tribute to Byron the writer). A fan page is another possibility, but not everyone at Facebook has fan pages, so it doesn't work as well as FriendFeed's one-directional links.
- Mitchell Tsai
I made a "Chat" group, and only added a few friends that I don't mind chatting with. Then, I configured chat to only show that list....the upside? Everyone else sees me as offline. Simple but effective!
- shaun mclane
I merely created a second "personal" profile. That way I can keep my 5000 followers. Only actual friends will be added to my personal profile. Is that a violation of the terms of service?
- Leo Laporte
Delete everyone, and block the annoying applications from appearing in your news stream. Agreed.
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Even better: Come to FF and complain about how terrible it is to have your news stream flooded with stuff from friends. So terrible.
- Fleagle
"At a Barney Frank town hall meeting in Dartmouth, MA, a constituent asks, "Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?" Frank responds: "On what planet do you spend most of your time?" He then calls her approach "vile, contemptible nonsense." He closes by saying: "Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table.""
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
And they wonder why the public is so angry at them. If you're going to belittle your constituents for having an opinion that you don't like you don't deserve to represent them. ><
- pitlord
pitlord, that's an opinion? Or just some kind of primal grunt?
- Jason Wehmhoener
Barney Frank is my new manlove. That was hilarious!
- Kyle Wegner
Pitlord, my opinion is that the moon is made of cheese. Ready to have a 1/2 hour conversation convincing me it's not?
- anna sauce
I love it when people use words like "Nazi" which they clearly don't understand and then other people defend their right to an "opinion." Good times.
- Kevin Pedraja
Yep, the truth hurts doesn't it? Obamacare is very much like Hitler's T-4 program.
- pitlord
My current haircut is very much like skinhead. Or a cancer patient. Thankfully, I'm neither and people do not label me such.
- Michael W. May
Of course, not everything Hitler did was necessarily bad, and not everything Hitler did was related to Nazism. Calling the health care reform proposals "Nazi policy" is indeed vile, contemptible nonsense, to which I would add ignorant and willfully uninformed.
- Ladybug Heather
Except it's nothing like the T-4 program. The moon is cheese, indeed.
- Rob Haas
from iPhone
Claiming Obamacare - BTW, that name alone is going to sink Republicans for decades if it passes - consider how even the right wing of the GOP takes care not to attack Medicare - is "very much like" Nazi euthanasia programs demonstrates your disconnect from reality, pitlord.
- Andrew C
Funny that everyone likes to hold Nazi euthenasia programs- but California had its very own euthenasia programs against Native Americans circa 1940s. Oh, and we had internment camps, too. I wonder if it's just not as colorful to accuse Obama of being Californian.
- anna sauce
Quite frankly David/pitlord, stating that he's belittling them is pure crap. Case in point - I had the opportunity to listen to Dubya live speechify an airplane hangar full of soldiers. He lit into the mayor of Tacoma about the state of the roads there, and he did so in an amusing way, but his message was clear, nonetheless. My political differences with Dubya didn't change the truth of...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)