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We have received numerous reports of excessive FriendFeed posts showing up in Facebook this evening. While we are not 100% sure, it appears to be an issue on Facebook's end due to ignoring application settings. We have disabled all FriendFeed updates to Facebook until we are sure the problem is resolved.
sohbetchat, Chatsohbet, "Serhat Ozan" and 61 other people liked this
See http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... for more information - it seems to also have impacted Twitter's Facebook app. Again, we are not sure if it is a problem on our end or not, but we are investigating now.
- Bret Taylor
Thanks Bret! FWIW when I checked the FF app settings in FB they were not the same options as I saw when I first set the app up.
- FFing Enigma
my freindfeed application is not working on facebook, and fr rest of..
- Madhav Tripathi
Click. Flip a switch and that's it. You guys rule.
- Pete D
Thanks, Bret. I've disabled it on my FB page and hope that cures what ails me. Appreciate the FF peeps being on top of it.
- Derrick
Yet another reason I'm happy I don't have a FaceBook. :P
- Trey Crossan
Good thing I only posted once to Twitter tonight. The duplication only happened once. Thanks for letting me know.
- Louis Gray
Yay for communicative admins!
- Brett Kelly
from iPhone
*looks at own FB account* HOLY SHIT, WTF?!?
- Joe The Sausage
Yep, I have drug references now due to not having context. Thanks alot FB. Thanks alot.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I had the same with Twitter
- Mo Kargas
Thanks Bret!
- Andrew C (✓)
No problem, if I knew it was on your end, I wouldn't have cared, but thanks for letting me know about the situation. I was confused because it happened right as I was trying out a new twitter game. This was compounded by the fact that the game has no controls for turning off public messages. I'll bet they plan to add them later, but right now they want everyone to hear about it. It’s a...
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- Michael Fidler
Is it fixed? I'm afraid to go look:)
- Michael Fidler
So, is it fixed?Every tweet, every everything is showing up as individual news feed posts for all my friends, this is too much and I'm likely to piss them all off. Options ... 1.Stop tweeting etc. 2.Ditch the FF Facebook application. Hmmm, it's a no brainer. Anyone got any updates on this?
- Michael M Bailey
Ralph Macchio is 50 years old today. Yeah... you're officially old.
matmazelange, Stephen Mack, Jordi Soler and 50 other people liked this
:(
- Stephen Mack
What the?
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
Don't toy with me, Batac. Do'h.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
I'm fine with this.
- Akiva
Eddie Murphy is 50 years old this year too.
- Andrew C (✓)
At least I'm not as old as the Karate Kid :-P
- Eivind
I would like to see Karate Kid versus Dr. Dolittle. :P
- imabonehead
Noooooooo!!!!!!
- wensleydalelass
Darn
- Pete Gilbert
DAMN. Now I feel old!
- Jenny R
FYI - for those of you still using FriendFeed to catch up on shared items from Google Reader, you can expect that those shared items will soon stop flowing as a result of upcoming changes to the product. I know the network here has changed a great deal in the last few years, but I figured it made sense to mention it as a public service.
clooney, Gordon Saunders, Anders Fernstedt and 28 other people liked this
*stinkeye*
- Rodfather
LOL
- Spidra Webster
I knew it would happen GP, integrating reader into the stream, and yeah >.> stank eye
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
I knew this was coming, but to see it so baldly laid out here? Well. It smarts somewhat. Good job I can still #lazyweb the news by checking out google+
- WoH: Minding her Steves
And everybody in the world knows my position on Google Reader and FriendFeed and Google Reader shared items ... but all will be well. The Twitter account @lgstream will go away too.
- Louis Gray
Most of the non-human feeds I pay attention to are direct RSS feeds coming in here. It'll suck not noticing GReader shares from LG. I still use GReader and sharing is convenient. I guess I'll have to use the bookmarklet more.
- Rodfather
Google Reader will no longer produce RSS feeds for shared items? Why?
- Benjamin Golub
Also what about PubSubHubbub?
- Benjamin Golub
Ben, the upcoming changes to Reader remove social friending/following and shared links. More soon. And I don't see any reason PSHB would affected.
- Louis Gray
Well PSHB is the vehicle on which we consume Google Reader shares. All the comments only mention the RSS feeds going away so I thought I'd check.
- Benjamin Golub
+1 will replace the share/share w/note function, Ben. So PSHB wouldn't find anything.
- Louis Gray
It could be a fiery week for you guys when these changes roll out...;)...as you are well aware the GReader community is a small but very passionate one. All the GR old timers are very wary. Either way it's kind of exciting for me that GReader isn't being forgotten, which is a good sign in itself.
- Phil Ashman
Phil, I am the community and an old timer. It's my grenade to jump on, for better or for worse.
- Louis Gray
Noted.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Phil, I'm a GReadr fanboy, so I'll be missing these share features. I can see the reason behind them too. Everything will be Google+ soon. We (us FriendFeeders) just need groups on G+ and better search features then it's got most of what FriendFeed has. I can't see G+ being an aggregator though. So if that's important then stick with FF. Personally I'm quite happy with my imports on G+....
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- Kol Tregaskes
'Sin City 2' Will Pay Tribute To Brittany Murphy, says Rosario Dawson - http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010...
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""I’m even more inspired to get it done now," she added. With the actors, filmmakers and fans all on board for the long-delayed, much-discussed potential sequel to Robert Rodriguez's 2005 adaptation of Frank Miller's celebrated comic book noir, the sticking points likely involve studio dollars and scheduling. Particularly for Rodriguez, who just came off "Machete" and is currently in the midst of "Spy Kids 4," and constantly mentioned in the continuing "Deadpool" discussions. Nevertheless, he has insisted that it will never be too late for a "Sin City 2." "No, never, but I just don't want to wait that long," he said. "I know Frank doesn't want to wait that long.""
- RAPatton
These are all done in Pencil.
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Brent - Yes I am, Jeff (Team マクダジ ), Behnam B and 269 other people liked this
Impressive
- M F
Great work!
- Neya
I'm sorry but this is unbelievable:) I'll give credit to the artist upon more convincing proof! The photogenic look of the tiger and lion really helps the artist's case though:)
- Roney Smith
I'm with Roney... I find this hard to believe... or maybe I'm just jealous that I can't even get stick people right!
- Jasmin Smith
I don't believe it. Too amazing.
- Rah-PM 2012
I'm with Rah
- Shey
Only the lion looks like its drawn
- embee
The bear and rhino look drawn, too.
- Chris Charabaruk
very very talented. Wow they look like B&W pics you know photography.
- Gabriella Sannino
These are amazing, were they done by you?
- Angelo Rodrigues
Nice photographs
- Rafael Robayna
@michael, if they weren't drawn by you, at least tell us who the artist is and the link
- LouCypher
Link please?
- Jason Wehmhoener
wow
- Carolyn Chan
being slightly skeptical, i'm going to say these were done with pencil by a printer of some sorts... #justsayin
- Enrique Gutierrez
they're beautiful, but skeptical as well
- Jennifer Van Grove
Would need to see higher quality images to see if they are pencil or not - too many jpg artifacts to tell.
- Luke Addison
from twhirl
Stupefied.
- Parth Awasthi
Wow!! Yeah it's pretty amazing what they can draw with a pencil nowadays, deviantART has lots of great pencil art.
- Kol Tregaskes
Michael, who is the artist?
- Kol Tregaskes
wow, cool!
- Sarah Perez
I'm really happy everyone liked these. They're my most liked entry to date, Thanks! There also seems to be some question about whether these are actually Pencil Drawings.I can assure you that they are.When I get home, I should have the links. I have more drawings, too.
- Michael Fidler
from fftogo
O_O WOW...Stunning
- Anna Haro
Wow, these are stunning!!
- Susan Beebe
Yes, especially the tiger. Reminds me of that "Tiger, tiger burning bright."
- Melanie Reed
Alright, Mike - I believe you. These are awesome. Good job!
- Enrique Gutierrez
HOLY CRAP.
- Chieze Okoye
no way!
- Mister Groonk
Thanks Enrique, I'll post some more soon. They are a little more obvious than these ones. As Luke points out; without being able to look closely it's impossible to tell. He's right; but up close it's more obvious. I'll upload the originals to Picasa later, and then you'll be able to zoom in with any photo viewer and see for yourselves. I can't believe how many people liked these. A few people have reposted them already. Thanks!
- Michael Fidler
Absolutely awesome, Michael. You are extremely talented. Everyone should repost these pix and help to make you famous. You should be doing this full time - you obviously have some passion for this. Bravo.
- Chris Loft
These are really beautiful, Michael. Do you sell them?
- Shannon Jiménez
Chris, I would love to say they're mine, but it's not true. I've had them for a while, but I'll find the artists names. It will just require a little backtracking. Besides, they deserve the credit; all I did was find them:-)
- Michael Fidler
Cut the bullshit! :) Photos are very good.
- Burçak Çubukçu
I draw alot in pencil, but they are amazing, the best for me is the girl, that is the most photo-like one. :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
I agree Rob, the girl is amazing. My favorite by far! Wait until you see it close up! It's really had to tell, even up close!
- Michael Fidler
Burçak Çubukçu If these were photographs, they would be very good. As Pencil Drawings,(which they are), they're amazing.
- Michael Fidler
Wow, amazingly realistic
- Threepwood
@Michael Fidler did you draw them? How can you so sure?
- Burçak Çubukçu
That is my pencil drawing :) http://picasaweb.google.com/Burcak...
- Burçak Çubukçu
dont look like it
- Prakash
@ Michael Fidler don't push so hard :)
- Burçak Çubukçu
@Burçak Çubukçu I can't tell if your serious now or just kidding around. I hope your just having fun! If you are serious, I've never given you a reason to question my integrity, nor do I ever intend to. However, the second set is up now, so judge them for yourself, but don't judge me! http://ff.im/1BJh5 BTW, I messed up and reposted the shot of the women again. Oh well. Hope you like them:-)
- Michael Fidler
@Michael: try deviantART, not Picasa, to submit your artworks
- LouCypher
WOW "I can't believe it's in pencil"
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
LouCypher, I know it well, but I don't see why I would want to do that. I hope everyone knows by now that they're not mine? I'm sorry, but I can't say it any clearer than that.
- Michael Fidler
nah, i don't believe it is done in pencil. i am sure it is photoshopped :)
- hasin hayder
These would be great even for photos.
- Sullivan
i'm not able to comprehend
- Varun Shenoy
More comments here: http://www.bannination.com/comment...
- donato
I'm finding this both interesting and humorous at the same time. There's a separate message board where this post is being discussed and it has another forty comments on it already. I think its great how this has created some lively discussion, considering that when I posted this I was doubtful if anyone would even like it. When I went to sleep last night there was only had 3 or 4 likes...
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- Michael Fidler
Very interesting. I would like to see them up close and in person...just to make sure. Bill said it's real and possible. Your 2nd set of picts look like pencil. Nice work in finding these!
- LaFern Cusack
Kol, I can't thank you enough! Kol found another post which helps to prove that these are done in pencil. I had my doubts about a few of them because I collected them from several different sites over time, but the site Kol found has done a great job pulling together an impressive collection of these drawings and more. Take a look - http://www.flickzzz.com/2009...
- Michael Fidler
Actually there are more than what this site shows. There's an entire set with the cats(little cats), which I have, and there's a new portrait set.
- Michael Fidler
Found your post here, Michael. :-) I tried my best to find the artists.
- Kol Tregaskes
Amazing and very very very good.... Very impressive ...
- Linda Zeek-Bobinski
fake. http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2009... Even if your not claiming to be the artist, these are photographs, well except the woman, thats pencil
- james foor
Yeah we know, thanks though, James. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Excellent pictures - how long did it take you to scan the photographs into Photoshop and then edit them? The only pencil that has come into contact with these "drawings" is the Photoshop pencil. A tip - stop trying to fool people into thinking you are a "real" artist, because all you are doing is cheapening proper artist's works whom have spent hours creating real pictures as opposed to a few minutes on a graphics editing package.
- The Wimp
A bell does ring here. And I am remembering why I was so attracted to the tiger...and the lion for that matter. These are exact replicas of prints I had in our bedroom when I lived in Dallas. I had bought the prints (in color) at a department store,
- Melanie Reed
Actually, I have learned quite a bit about these drawing since I made this post. Not only have I discovered all of the artists, but I've learned more about how they are created. They are always copied from a photograph or painting, but usually a photograph. It is extremely time consuming and detail orientated work. There are many other artists besides the ones featured here who practice...
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- Michael Fidler
Most of them have portfolio's on deviantart.com and their work is truly amazing even if they are copies of other artists work. I suppose with this level of detail, they have to start with something. Nevertheless, I'm still in awe of their talent. Melanie, the animal prints you refer to are from a very well renowned photographer. The originals are B&W I'll look it up later but I do have...
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- Michael Fidler
wow; they're unbelieavably beautiful.
- liladreams
Has anyone ever corrected the record and pointed out, with the exception of the Charlize Theron drawing, that these are indeed photos by Alexander Von Reiswitz?
- erik weisz
Erik, thank you for bringing this up again, but I think I already mentioned something about this in my prior comment. However, since it appears that you only signed up to friendfeed to leave a single comment, (ok, why?) I will try to summarize what I wrote previously. In brief, I learned after doing a little research that all photo-realistic drawings like the ones that I shared here,...
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- Michael Fidler
Awesome
- الکامپ
I can assure you that what are claimed to be drawings of animals, in your post here, are photos. I used a website to that allows you to do an comparison of the Von Reiswitz photos and the images you have posted here. There are no differences. Every hair matches up. As a pencil artist myself I can tell you that it's pretty much impossible to get that kind of accuracy and have it look...
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- erik weisz
but... it has to be real, i saw it on the internet
- Iphigenie
Eric, it doesn't matter to me if you just joined, and I apologize if I made you think otherwise. If you have any questions regarding friendfeed, please feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them. At this point, I would be happy if we could find someone who is an image analysis expert, and finally point this thing to rest. Every time that I look into this, all I find is a...
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- Michael Fidler
the site spammed above must all be done in pencil too, right, thats why you posted it?
- Iphigenie
I'm amazed that people are still posting these photographs of animals and calling them pencil drawings. This is at least the third case I can remember (and there are probably more) of this happening. The myth about them being drawings was debunked long ago. It's also funny that whenever they get posted the person posting them doesn't make it clear that they aren't the artist, exactly as you have done.
- canadianmaple09
@canadianmaple09 I posted these back in March, 2009 when I was beginning to use FF regularly. I ran them through TinEye hoping to find their source, but it returned no results. When I ran through again yesterday, TinEye returned over four pages of results. If I had it to do over again, would I? Yes
- Michael Fidler
The people you refer do don't join "just to slam" someone, they are concerned members of the online art community that want to see real art appreciated and fake art or photos being passed off as drawings revealed for what they really are. Artists such as Brian Duey, Armin Mersmann, Paul Lung, Zindy Nielsen,and many others do not receive the appreciation they deserve because of scams like this.
- canadianmaple09
canadianmaple09, the worthiness of your motives notwithstanding (and they are worthy, definitely) you could definitely have approached Michael completely differently by say, giving him the benefit of the doubt rather than attacking in a highly accusatory tone.
- Chieze Okoye
When you've seen these same pictures posted multiple times by people that just find them on the internet and claim they are pencil drawings, when it has already been established on multiple occasions that they are not, the "benefit of the doubt" approach seems a little too generous. People post these images and claim they're drawings to get views for their own site or blog or page or whatever it is they post it on. It's wrong and it needs to be stopped.
- canadianmaple09
I can understand that, but you should also keep in mind that everyone is not as well-versed in the issue as you are. All I'm saying is that you would probably be more effective in this case if you weren't setting this up as a us-vs.-them, "must destroy with the validity my argument!" attitude when talking to a guy who's been actively having a discussion on the issue in what seems to me (having been around when he first posted the images and the follow up thread and what not) to be good faith.
- Chieze Okoye
Look at his first comment here. People clearly thought he drew them. He doesn't set the record straight. He also claims that they "are actually pencil drawings" and that "I have more drawings too." Later he claims that you need to look at them closer to see they are drawings and that he will "post the originals". Once again, this makes it sound like they are his. This follows the same...
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- canadianmaple09
Greg and Chieze, thanks for your support. I really appreciate it. @canadianmaoles09, for what it’s worth, I share your concerns about giving proper attribution when sharing also. However, I admit that I'm more conscious of it now than I was at the time of this post. Nevertheless, I have never taken credit for anybody's work here other than my own!
- Michael Fidler
BTW, I didn't realize it before, but I just noticed that you're new here too. I hope you like it so far and spend more time here. IMO, friendfeed is still the best thing around!
- Michael Fidler
I would probably qualify as an image analysis expert, but there's no way to prove that online. One thing we can do is look at color. Even though the images are black and white,they're actually RGB images, meaning they contain cyan magenta and yellow. If you look at the image of the rhino you have posted then look at the photo of the rhino at the photographer's site you can see they both...
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- erik weisz
Also noticed that Doc Holliday as portrayed by Val Kilmer in the movie Tombstone resembles the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta.
Jordi Soler, Kol Tregaskes, Iván Abrego and 8 other people liked this
Holy I-never-noticed-that-archetype-at-play, Batman!
- Marianne
Yeah. Good call, D.
- Brent
I kinda wanna watch V now... and Tombstone only for Val Kilmer, but I don't have Tombstone.
- Michael W. May
I loved V for Vendetta. People didn't really like it; I saw it in a nearly empty theater towards the end of it's run. I'm nearly finished with Tombstone. I liked it enough, but it will likely grow on me.
- Derrick
I loved V for Vendetta.
- Brent
I loved V for Vendetta as well, don't think it would have been the same without the actors they had. "I'm your huckleberry" :).
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
Kilmer's Doc is one my favourite characters in movies... the rest of that movie is okay, "liked it enough" is a good phrase. V for Vendetta is a top 10 for me all around (never knew the graphic novel existed and have not seen it since)
- Michael W. May
I have to say Kurt Russel's showdown with B.B. Thornton in the casino was one of the most intimidating scenes from a movie, ever, has to be one of my top 10 best scenes, ever. ever.
- Scott (Honey Boo-Boo!)
If you use Chrome Extensions, name an extension that doesn't get the love it deserves.
Jordi Soler, S of 2C, Kol Tregaskes and 2 other people liked this
I like the RTM extension for gmail: https://chrome.google.com/extensi...
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
I don't know about who gets what love but I use Speed Dial, Bubble Translate, FriendFeed Bookmarklet and RSS Subscription Extension (by Google), Google Dictionary (by Google), Lite Weather. I have others loaded but find them not as useful (or at least seldom used).
- Brian Sullivan
I'm not using Buzz much these days, so buzzSawChrome http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... , http://www.google.com/buzz... isn't even getting my love lately. :)
- Micah
invisible hand. great for shopping
- G Dub of the Carolinas
Send Using Gmail and chromed bird
- cdogzilla | downgraded
installed all of these, going to take them for a test drive.
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
Speed Dial https://chrome.google.com/extensi...
- AJ Batac :)
Gmail checker plus is awesome, although I'm not sure it qualifies as unnder-loved.
- Vicarbott
;) ^--- that's my extension, btw. I'm working on a major update right now. watch for it.
- Friendfeed's Francisco
In the end I don't want to show that Twitter or FriendFeed or Facebook are bringing me traffic. I want to show that actual people are.
Mark Davidson, Jordi Soler, Louis Gray and Bryce Roney liked this
That's something that MyBlogLog was trying to do before Yahoo started slowly killing it off.
- Bryce Roney
Agreed. I was just thinking that. My last post, no secret why, has driven traffic from Twitter. But which people? You? Robert? Someone else?
- Louis Gray
Louis, yeah - it was your post that inspired this thought. I want to own my identity, not Twitter - others should be able to see the traffic I bring them through Twitter/Facebook/FriendFeed.
- Jesse Stay
Something like this might help also: http://twittercounter.com/pages...
- Bryce Roney
Even if you looked at who RTed it wouldn't tell you unless you were using bit.ly or something else.
- WoH: Minding her Steves
I also agree. That's what I liked about MyBlogLog. I could indentify my readers one-on-one. Much more important to me than just having traffic stats. It gave me the opportunity to connect with my frequent readers. Allowed me an easy way to get to know them better and of course to reciprocate.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
There's still BlogCatalog though.
- Robert Sanchez Jr
Will @tweetmeme show me which Twitter users brought the most traffic to my blog for 2009? How can I do that?
Jordi Soler and Louis Gray liked this
It cannot. All bit.ly URLs are consolidated, etc.
- Louis Gray
Hmmm...gets ideas...
- Jesse Stay
rsslounge aggregator is a free web based rss feed reader - http://rsslounge.aditu.de/
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Pico Seno, Roberto Bonini, Andrew Terry and 4 other people liked this
Better then GReader?
- Kol Tregaskes
I thikn it organizes better than GReader, havent had time to check it though...
- TrafficBug
HAPPY NEW YEAR FriendFeed friends!! :)
FF88, Robyn Hawk, Neda S. and 41 other people liked this
なんだろう。この鳥はFriendfeedのマスコットキャラか？
- Sakurai.Catshop
Thanks FriendFeed for all the fun!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Happy New Year
- M F
Happy New Year Susan
- just ZONED
Happy New Year!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
A Happu new yaer, and thnaks for a lot of meeting people on frinedfeed.
- Sakurai.Catshop
Happy New Year to you guys too!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Many more to you Susan!
- Charlie Anzman
Happy New Year!
- Lix
Happy New Year, Susan! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
thanks everyone for the kind HNY wishes!! :)
- Susan Beebe
quack! that bloody duck! :P
- Terry O'Fee
Happy new year!
- TrafficBug
新年快乐
- کاوشگر
Happy New Year everyone!!
hollyrae, Sertac, ☆ Mellyboo ☆ and 82 other people liked this
It's already 2010 in a few places and just 40mins to go in Sydney. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy New Year!
- Iván Abrego
Soon they can tell, if the next year is an improvement over this one :)
- Jemm
You can watch Sydney live here http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera...
- M F
in about 22 minutes
- M F
18mins.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy New Year to you also Kol :)
- Tim Tunnicliff
from email
8 minutes live from Sydney :) http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera...
- M F
5...
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy New Year!!
- ciw
Happy New Year, Sydney!
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy New Year Kol, 9 more hours left for us :)
- Citronella
4 hours to go here in Indonesia ;)
- ciw
Oops forgot to mention, that snapshot was from Sydney Harbor
- Tim Tunnicliff
from email
Snapshot of the live video feed posted (Thanks for posting that feed btw, fireworks were beautiful!! http://twitpic.com/w0x5q
- Tim Tunnicliff
from email
Next big city is Tokyo in exactly one hour, there is a HD live cam here. http://www.earthcam.com/japan...
- M F
Here's a good New Year's Eve countdown app: http://www.timeanddate.com/counter...
- Kol Tregaskes
Just under 10 hours to go. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy New Year!
- Michael Fidler
Godt nyttår!
- Eivind
Coming up is Hong Kong in 47 minutes this is a webcam http://www.camvista.com/watch-l...
- M F
There should also be Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Manila etc but I cannot find any working live cameras.
- M F
Happy New Year Kol
- just ZONED
Happy New Year : )
- liladreams
Happy New Year!
- keiko-san
Happy Year-E-newal!
- Steve Cleary
Who's already in 2010? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, best wishes for a happy and peaceful New Year!
- Andrew Terry
11 hours left in 2009 were I'm at. Happy New Decade everyone!
- scherbi: bottom dweller
Happy New Year!!!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
5 and a half hours to go for the UK.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy 2010 :)
- zephyrlily
1 hour to go in the UK. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Paris in a minute http://www.paris-live.com/paris_w...
- M F
Happy New Year !!!
- Nir Ben Yona
Cheers! :))
- Ale♪nastrorosa
Happy New Year, Kol. :)
- Lix
Happy New Year
- echostreamer
18 minutes to go
- M F
HAPPY NEW YEAR, UK!!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Who is next?
- Kol Tregaskes
Brazil I believe
- M F
It looks like there is a part of Greenland that is -1 GMT.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy New Year, Kol!
- Maitani
Now it's Brazil next. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy new year! Best wishes for the coming months. :)
- Cheryl Jones
Well that's my lot I'm off to bed, good night all and a Happy New Year everyone!
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy New Year Kol.
- Carolyn Chan
Happy New Year!
- Ruchira S. Datta
Happy New Year
- ★ Soner Gönül
Happy New Year, Kol, FriendFeeders, all Social Media believers!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Happy New Year and may it be the best for you, your family and friends bring you the most and best!
- Tom Awtry
Everyone in the World should be in 2010 now, so it's the last "Happy New Year!!" Watch out for that duck on FF. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Solo para esto querria un blog de Tumblr - Para compartir este tipo de cosas: El Apocalipsis con botas altas http://io9.com/5436189...
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soytarımartı, redrospect, birikiüç and 16 other people liked this
daha da, daha da....
- sahip
sahip, avatarına bayıldım :)
- Esra Öndev
rica ederim canım. ihmal etme, çok güzel film :)
- Esra Öndev
hele bir dear prudence sahnesi vardır ki filmde, tadından yenmez. sahi o şarkının da paylaşmasını arzu ederdim.
- sahip
3 şarkı engeli var biliyosun, zaten bunları da çok zor seçtim.. bıraksalar rahat 10-15 şarkı yüklerdim :D
- Esra Öndev
haa, bilmiyordum.
- sahip
Şuan Goldmaxde 80. defa seretmekteyim. Strawberry fields foreveeer.
- Masis
:) o sahne ve şarkı çok fenadır :/
- Esra Öndev
:) yok canım yapma.. finali düşünüp gülümsemeyi teklif ediyorum :) fonda da all you need is love.
- Esra Öndev
begen cok begen.
- Fulya
iyi dinlemeler fulya :)
- Esra Öndev
esra; bu filmden niye benim haberim yok:( bi patates daa alman gerekcek:) müzikleri güzelmiş çok...
- primavera
maverai, sana tiii ne zaman söylemiştim. dvd sini gösterip bak harika bir filmdir demiştim, unutmuşsun valla.. neyse veririm bi ara ;)
- Esra Öndev
sukru rica ederim..
- Esra Öndev
işte hafıza balık olunca hatırlamio dabi... bide teeeii ne zaman olmuş; ondandır... sen getircem demişsindir o zamanda; soora senin balık devreye giriyo tabii:)))
- primavera
harikaa, en sevdiğim filmlerdendir.
- florl
St.Elmo's Fire (1985) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Jordi Soler and mohammadk liked this
I like Kevin. He is a nice guy...right?
- keiko-san
Google Street view :)
sevde, Ali Bahşişoğlu, guruvan (Rob Nelson) and 9 other people liked this
"Cannon see him!" :D
- System Enginari
http://maps.google.com/maps... aradım buldum. :D
- Nucro
maksimum zumu yapın.
- Nucro
aramızda kıç fetişisti olanlar var galiba :)
- Burak Kartal [ Mackrulz ]
mackrulz ahsndn0oqwdqwdş qdwq
- Nucro
Ha muerto Kim Peek, el savant que inspiró Rain Man - http://www.fogonazos.es/2009...
Jordi Soler liked this
AWESOME! All my favorite Internet memes are in this pic!
Blackstare, Michael W. May, joneilortiz and 49 other people liked this
LOL @Pedo
- rowlikeagirl
Don't forget chutulu. :)
- AJ Batac :)
And the Three Wolf Moon T-shirt.
- Neal Krummell
Find the FUUUUUUUU
- AJ Batac :)
Hah. The first thing I looked for was good ol' Pedobear. I felt a moment of panic when I could not see him but then bam! There he was. And all is right with the world again.
- Akiva
*CUE CSI MIAMI INTRO* YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
- AJ Batac :)
I like the "please do not feed the trolls" and evolution fish.
- John (bird whisperer)
Bora, it's Reddit http://www.reddit.com
- AJ Batac :)
all that i've found is HL,House and gmail-kill me :(
- morose
The guy with the cane and the crowbar is House, I'm pretty sure. Happy to see bacon make an appearance. :)
- Curdy G
The other guy is Horatio Caine in a classic put on sunglasses moment
- Rasmus Lauridsen
mmmm Bacon
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Wow, I don't know at least 10 of these memes.
- Andrew C (✓)
Someone explain to me that frog?
- AJ Batac :)
and what about the "learn how to (p)eel a banana" brochure?!?
- Ludwig tdc
Luigi, it was a popular youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch...)
- AJ Batac :)
The banana peeling is a guy who made a video about how to peel a banana like a monkey - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Rasmus Lauridsen
The 'More You Know' jingle should be playing on repeat in this post.
- Akiva
@AJ @Rasmus my life will never be the same again! thank you guys, I'm gonna post it right now ;-) lol
- Ludwig tdc
I don't know the majority of them. Which would make me feel pretty square except I remember tons of memes that aren't on here.
- Spidra Webster
So does anyone know how to create the creepy reddit stare emote depicted on that guy's head bag? I need to have that one available for an easy cut/paste.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
My favorite is missing. Just damn. :-(
- Dave Roth
I see no cheezburgers or lolcatz. Fail!
- Curdy G
Curtiss, look at the ceiling cat.
- AJ Batac :)
At the risk of asking a stupid question... what's an "internet meme"?
- Philippe
Here you go, Philippe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- AJ Batac :)
Got it now! Thanks, AJ!
- Philippe
AJ - Ceiling cat is supposed to be white. I thought the thing sticking its head out of the ceiling was supposed to be the Firefox or something (as it looks more like a fox than a cat). You could be right, though
- Curdy G
Curtiss, original ceiling cat I think wasn't white.
- AJ Batac :)
AJ, it's Hypno Toad, a television star in Futurama.
- Vezquex
Thanks Raphael. Didn't know that. ;)
- AJ Batac :)
Great !
- ★ Soner Gönül
Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, FriendFeed Feedback, FriendFeed Talk, FriendFeed Announcements, The Facebook Experience
FriendFeed will now update your Facebook status when you update your FriendFeed status (or statuses pulled into FriendFeed from other networks like Twitter)! - http://www.facebook.com/apps...
ravi karandeekar, Terry Johnson, Alex Scrivener and 24 other people liked this
There seem to be no official news so I've posted this as I've just found it on Facebook. Is this a good or bad thing? If I didn't want this but still wanted FB to import my FF posts what would I do? Basically I'm after a filter of what is imported from FriendFeed to FB. I'd like to filter out @replies and certain services. I don't want GReader posts being imported from FF to FB, can I filter these without affecting FF or GReader?
- Kol Tregaskes
Quote from the comments: "The reason for this change is the old Facebook API methods the application used are being deprecated very soon: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index... If you don't want FriendFeed updating your status please uninstall the application or revoke permissions at: http://www.facebook.com/editapp..."
- Kol Tregaskes
i've been doing this from my FF settings for a awhile.
- Thom Kennon
No, it's been importing the status updates but they've not been turned into FB status updates. That is the difference. Bill, works fine see here: http://www.facebook.com/koltreg...
- Kol Tregaskes
Actually it appears to be a half-worked job. The imported status updates from Twitter via FF in FB still have the FF icon and it seems that is putting people off. The imports need to be turned into proper native FB updates. These imported updates could also be in people's filters.
- Kol Tregaskes
Do. Not. Want.... I stopped Twitter updating my FB status because my FB friends complained I was making their streams too noisy. I want to cross-post my FF stream into my FB stream, but now there doesn't seem to be a way to prevent FF from making a status updates without disabling the whole app...
- Andrew Terry
What the heck is a FriendFeed status?
- Michael R. Bernstein
Starting a thread, no more, no less.
- Richard A.
I'd rather continue to syndicate into FB from here using the feed. I like the idea that each one is a little advertising link for my FB peeps to click and find out about Friendfeed,
- Thom Kennon
Michael, anything that is a status update, such as Twitter and Gtalk. if you post a tweet and it comes into FF it will then go into FB as a 'FB status update' but it's not a native FB entry and still had the FF icon which is annoying. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol: the FriendFeed icon is there because the story (or status update) was created via the FriendFeed application. There is no way for us or you to remove that icon. It is for all intents and purposes a "native" FB entry
- Benjamin Golub
I love that the friendFeed team is still working on updates. Any chance you can make it on a "per-update" basis though? For instance, I don't like Twitter going to Facebook, but I may not mind others. Or, at a minimum, I'd love to check a box on my Friendfeed status and have it go to Facebook instead of Twitter.
- Jesse Stay
I've noticed one slight difference between application posts and native (link) posts.. The "view in applicationx" replaces the share button, which makes sharing an application posted link a multi-step process!!
- Chris Myles
Benjamin, so will these updates appear on the status updates filter: http://www.facebook.com/home...? I can't see any atm. Also, I'm still after filtering out each service from FriendFeed in FB, e.g. Google Reader, etc. and also @replies. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol: the status update filter I don't think will work on them. But the app filter does: http://www.facebook.com/home...
- Benjamin Golub
Benjamin, yeah already have that filter. This is what I mean but it not being a true FB status update. If people filter on status updates they won't see the imported FF updates.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks for all comments! Yes, I definitely do not like the same things, posted simultaneously, from 1 person, to all accounts. May be I am ancient,hm :(
- Slavomira Vladimirova
What Andrew Terry said.
- Anthony Citrano
My facebook people and my friendfeed people get completely different input from me. Totally different audiences.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
m9m .. I agree!! My friends would be overwhelmed by my geekness!!
- Chris Myles
I wish this had an off switch, or at least would only pick things up with some hashtag.
- Chris Granade
That would certainly help.. or by allowing you to share only a group feed so you can configure it automatically based on services and via the bookmarklet/status TO: values. (i.e. cmyles-facebook).
- Chris Myles
FB ha comprado FF/ FB bought FF / FB a acheté FF alors....
- ladeloslibros
Movie Review -
Avatar (Fox) - A New Eden, Both Cosmic and Cinematic - NYTimes.com - http://movies.nytimes.com/2009...
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"With “Avatar” James Cameron has turned one man’s dream of the movies into a trippy joy ride about the end of life — our moviegoing life included — as we know it. Several decades in the dreaming and four years in the actual making, the movie is a song to the natural world that was largely produced with software, an Emersonian exploration of the invisible world of the spirit filled with Cameronian rock ’em, sock ’em pulpy action. Created to conquer hearts, minds, history books and box-office records, the movie — one of the most expensive in history, the jungle drums thump — is glorious and goofy and blissfully deranged."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"Mr. Cameron has said that he started thinking about the alien universe that became Pandora and its galactic environs in “Avatar” back in the 1970s. He wrote a treatment in 1996, but the technologies he needed to turn his ideas into images didn’t exist until recently. New digital technologies gave him the necessary tools, including performance capture, which translates an actor’s...
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- RAPatton
"If the story of a paradise found and potentially lost feels resonant, it’s because “Avatar” is as much about our Earth as the universe that Mr. Cameron has invented. But the movie’s truer meaning is in the audacity of its filmmaking. Few films return us to the lost world of our first cinematic experiences, to that magical moment when movies really were bigger than life (instead of...
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- RAPatton
It seems there are never any discussions on FriendFeed. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
Friendfeed's Francisco, david beckwith, Penguin and 46 other people liked this
Unfortunately, discussions here have gone south... Vocal users have moved to twitter, but there discussions are lost. And then, there's facebook -IFAIC, I try to keep it "private"...
- Panayotis Vryonis
There was an article about how FF's quality has gotten better recently. I don't see it either, which brings a tear to my eye. We had some great, deep discussions on topics over here. That was Friendfeed to me, it was deeper engagement.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
And I can't give Scoble all the credit but clearly he was part of that...
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Where DID Scoble go?!... things have gotten awful quiet.
- Thom Kennon
He fell in love with Twitter Lists and gave up on FF after Facebook acquired...
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
*wonders if he has transformed into chopped liver*
- Morgan
dave - everyone moved to social median
- Allen Stern
Dave, Jesse blogged this http://friendfeed.com/jessest... + http://friendfeed.com/jessest... . DeWitt is back http://friendfeed.com/dewitt... and Glen http://friendfeed.com/dewitt... is going strong. Also, Itachi (mohomed) has a good points.
- Micah
Maybe we just aren't talking about what you want to see? Your FriendFeed != My FriendFeed :)
- Johnny
Once again, the color of the speech bubbles are very telling here. Morgan, Micah, Johnny, Allen have blue. People I'm subscribed to. Names I recognize. The rest of you? White. What are you guys subscribed to, exactly?
- Rah-PM 2012
the italian section of friendfeed is quite vocal...
- Alb.
The problem is Dave that many of the tech influentials, CEOs, programmers, journalists, etc spend their time elsewhere now. There are conversations but they are dramatically different than what were happening six months ago.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
I think Itachi said it best earlier. The influentials and the like were the common glue (or routers so to speak) that joined various circles together. The routers are now gone, so now we are left with disconnected LANs. Each hold their value to that island but there much fewer bridges any more at least for the technical community.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
There are still some very interesting conversations that happen here - you just have to be subscribed to the right people. Follow some of the OpenID guys (Micah mentioned a few) - there is still a lot of conversation in that area that goes on here. It's a great conversations medium, much better than Twitter.
- Jesse Stay
Entries on my home feed with 3 or more comments: http://friendfeed.com/search.... You're welcome to modify the number to come up with your own definition of "discussion"
- Benjamin Golub
my FF has slowed down recently - people I used to have regular discussions with are either not as active, or not at the same time I am... as a result I use it less, and it probably trickles like that
- Iphigenie
I think those people who formed a unique community on FriendFeed are noticing less of a change because their community is staying here. Those whose community exists outside of FriendFeed and merely uses FriendFeed as one channel of communication may find more volatility because it's easy to shift to the latest thing. Dave, as someone deep in the tech industry filled with early adopters (and early abandoners) your FriendFeed may be more adversely affected than others like myself.
- Kevin Fox
Dave subscribes to only 122 people -- maybe he needs to broaden his horizons?
- Brian Sullivan
My feed has never been busier, and I'm getting new subs every day. Of course, I'm not very techy so if you are, our paths might not cross.
- Derrick
Building on Benjamin Golub's search: here's the same thing, but for friends of Dave Winer: http://friendfeed.com/search... Looks like a bunch of discussions, several in the last couple of hours.
- Mark Trapp
I think everyone nailed it on this one... FF is no longer the holy land of social media zealot discussion, but has retained a very real connectivity to it surrounding non-tech and some-what tech individuals. IMO, Scoble and the like are not the celebs of current FF, but true wonderful characters like Derrick are becoming them in their absence. If left alone long enough this place could really be cool.
- SAM
Not all discussions are in the main feed either. There's a ton of active groups.
- Rodfather
Kevin should win an award or something for clarity of thought. And to throw in my two cents behind many of the others here, my feed is nuts. I often have to rely on a subset list along with RSS notices just to keep up. Also, unlike the last few months, I'm starting to see a lot of new subs recently. My guess is that FriendFeed is not dead; it was just tired after a long squawk. Seems to be perking up quite nicely now.
- Akiva
Oh, and for one, I would like to see more tech-oriented discussions here. Sure, I'm all about the hyper-hangout that FriendFeed has become but I also miss the hardcore geek-outs that used to occur here. And I just seriously can't get my head around people having the same quality discussions about tech on Twitter that we used to have here.
- Akiva
I actually think the conversation streams and peeps have diversified from more hardcore tech to more cultural, art, cooking! not a bad thing. just a different tone and nature of the conversations. i still like that quote from a FF denizen who said "Facebook is where i hang out with people i already know. FriendFeed is where I hang out with people I'm getting to know." Speaking of FB -...
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- Thom Kennon
I also appreciate the fact that a large majority of users are having discussions in languages OTHER than English.
- Johnny
It's an elegant social network for a more civilized age.
- Goran Zec
Johnny, why?
- Akiva
Because it counters the thinking (or lack of thinking) of a few social media experts that places like FriendFeed and Twitter and other social networks only exists in western, English speaking countries...
- Johnny
Not everyone has an iPhone, not everyone can watch Hulu, not everyone can play Foursquare, not everyone has unlimited (uncapped) bandwidth, not everyone wants to know the news the second it happens, not everyone cares who someone reads and not everyone wants to talk tech 24/7. I like it outside the bubble :)
- Johnny
Maybe I do need to follow more people, but with the same number of followers there used to always be something interesting in FF to read about and comment on.
- Dave Winer
I also love the non-English. gives the place both a global feel - and reality. I have peeps, clients, etc. around the world and FriendFeed is our agreed great leveler.
- Thom Kennon
People you used to follow here have moved on to Twitter. Not many techies around these days. This leaves the rest, regular guys talking about regular stuff. But maybe this kind of discussions don't interest you.
- Jordi Soler
It's like a garden, if you don't tend to the garden bed, weeds will grow. If you don't prune your roses, you just have dead twigs.
- Johnny
Jordi there are still a lot of Techies - follow Dewitt Clinton, myself, Chris Messina, Dave Recordon even some times participates. Then there's Paul, Bret, Benjamin, Kevin, etc. of the FF Team. Cristo's a techie. I could go on and on...
- Jesse Stay
In fact I probably participate with more techies than non on here.
- Jesse Stay
There are a ton of conversations here and some are tons more interesting than others. This one is interesting. The question is though if you are not having a conversation here - where are you hanging out lately?
- Dan owns Comicsforge.com
Dave, I've been following you since at least 1995, and long before Friendfeed and Twitter. It was because of you that I heard about and joined Friendfeed and I regret the fact that it's lost its momentum since being absorbed into Facebook. There is still no substitute for what FF used to be. But the circus has left town now and there is no way of bringing it back. FF will continue and...
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- Tim Ostler
@Jesse: Perhaps I don't follow the right people then. Anyway, it was not a complaint, it was just a theory of what has happened to Friendfeed recently. More international content (myself) and more "social" posts. Which does not mean that there aren't any techies left. I'll follow your recommendations, thanks!
- Jordi Soler
I blame Facebook for all problems related to any lack of participation over here (j/k)
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Discussions are not missing. They're just harder to find.
- Louis Gray
Jason, it's worth a good hard think and discussion. Posting translated text is a thornier issue (thinking form the POV of the tool maker). It commits to record an imperfect source, with any successive translations further degrading the signal (copy of a copy). Maybe I'm overly concerned about it, but like I said - needs more discussion. Thanks for getting the ball rolling :)
- Micah
@kr8tr tried to hold a 30 min real-time Q&A yesterday via Twitter on "What's it like to be Scoble's boss". I bailed because little way to follow. Twitter search on "@kr8tr" kind of worked but you had to keep refreshing. Google search a little better. But it would have been ideal had he announced it on Twitter (where everybody is) and then pointed to Friendfeed for the Q&A. Not sure there's a better platform for that kind of rt discussion.
- Nick in Manila
Another prob with Twitter in above context is everyone is using different Twitter apps that regurgitate the firehose at different rates so some people see comments much later that others. On Friendfeed, the sequence is at least consistent across participants.
- Nick in Manila
Dave, you might need to broaden your interests.
- zeroinfluencer
Nick: I agree. One little datapoint, though. Since Facebook bought FriendFeed I've gained 14,000 followers on Twitter. That is more followers than all but five people on FriendFeed have. The reason Twitter is popular is, well, it's popular. I'm sad that FriendFeed lost out, but it did. Oh, and Facebook has similar threading to FriendFeed only you have to refresh the page to see new...
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- Robert Scoble
Robert, with the 14,000 new followers, is that a spike or did it follow natural upward trends?
- Johnny
Johnny: it's definitely going up faster lately due to new list feature.
- Robert Scoble
So do we assume conversations are "dying"? (Hate the word, every once in a while something "dies" in the internet...)
- Jordi Soler
For each of us it depends who we are following and who is following us, and whether people with interests in discussing certain things overlap in time sufficiently with you to get a conversation going - I guess I need to change my follow profile
- Iphigenie
:D
- ★ Soner Gönül
Vincent you got me there. Of course I knew there would be 33 likes and a zillion comments on this when I posted it. I am such an unreasonable person and you could see that! Your mother must be so proud of her little Vincent. :-)
- Dave Winer
thats why i am out of here and spending my time in boredom ,reading or sleeping
- ffcode
Vincent, the reason there is so much activity on this thread is because the topic is Friendfeed, specifically lack of activity on Friendfeed. People will flock to a topic if they can prove it wrong.
- Jason Williams
from iPhone
I wasn't saying there aren't conversations to be found but I'm talking about his experience. He wasn't seeing any interactions on his posts until he posted about FF. Make your own conclusions.
- Jason Williams
Dave has obviously not visited the Life Scientists room :)
- Deepak Singh
it's a hard sell when you can't engage with your own content, for sure. I'm trying to be better at adding commentary as to why I thought it important enough to (re)post what I (re)post rather than leave it to a bunch of bots to aggregate/shovel it out.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
But he did start a conversation, it's just that it was about Friendfeed so others joined in. Go look at best of day at any time and you'll find multiple items about Friendfeed. It doesn't bode well for a service if the most popular activity on that service is about said service. If you looked at Twitter and saw half of the trending topics looking like (Twitter fail, twitter is dead,...
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- Jason Williams
Jason, I don't comment on my own posts. That's the second time you said it, and you're wrong. I hooked up my Disqus feed to FF so you're seeing my comments there echoed here. Stop being such a wiseass, you're not half as smart as you think you are.
- Dave Winer
I don't expect anything -- I asked a question.
- Dave Winer
I think Friendfeed is evolving into something quite different of what some people predicted a while back. But it's not dying, no way.
- Jordi Soler
Jordi, what is your definition of dying? Is it different than people leaving en mass (with the exception of non-english speaking countries) and the talent behind the service bought up by a mega-site all the while people arguing weather the service is viable/dying?
- Jason Williams
Good point. Dying as in "Geocities dying". But I see people talking about many things everyday. Just not the same topics there used to be.
- Jordi Soler
OK wait, Dave. First you claim that there are no discussions on FF. Then you say you don't comment on your own posts. The way I was brought up was that a discussion is when you say something, then other people respond, then you respond back, and so on. FF, like most anything else in life, is what you make it. If you don't interact with people here, then you have little basis for complaining (sorry, _observing_) that there are never any discussions here.
- vicster
vicster++
- Rah-PM 2012
I don't understand why people think the convo on friendfeed has gone down hill. It is the same if not better then it was before. If you don't like the discussions from the people you are following then find some new people to follow.
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
i dunno about other people, but my FF is jumping so fast lately that i can barely keep up...and now it's mostly things i DO want to read about.
- Joe The Sausage
vicster+++ I just skimmed, but this dude sounds like he hasn't been skiing for three years and says "how come no one ever skies anymore?" If you came to the FF mountain once in a while, you'd see my crazy ass every freaking day. I use FF more now than I ever have, more than I ever dreamed I'd enjoy. Now maybe you think the mountain has been taken over by hooligans, and that may be a fair point, but the caliber and content of my discussions do not make them non-discussions.
- Lo the Baker
My conclusion, based on this thread, is that there is indeed some discussing going on on FF. Mostly of the "Neener neener" variety. :-)
- Dave Winer
You can't base your conclusion on one thread of conversation with a topic like this. Why don't go and look for other people to follow and you'll see some activity.
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
@Dave: "Neener neener" is the response your comments require lately.
- Joe The Sausage
Of course you don't see any conversations taking place...you aren't even subscribed to me.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
+1 Alex, the Scoble of FF.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
When I said "Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?" I was (in case it wasn't totally obvious) looking for suggestions not lectures. I'm now following Alex Scoble. I check FF many times each day.
- Dave Winer
Woo! I finally hit the big time! Seriously, though...thanks for the subscription, Dave. Much appreciated.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
If the FriendFeed community were not so oversensitive, one of the 100 comments above would have answered Dave's question by pointing him to the advanced search form, specifically the "at least _ comments" field and the saved search feature. Then he could quickly find discussions on his favorite topics every visit.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Bruce: That was the 23rd comment, from Benjamin Golub. How more/less oversensitive does that make us? ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
Good point, Ken. I searched for "advanced", "comments" and one other term, but didn't find that one. It makes the community 34.7% less oversensitive.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Sweet.
- Ken Sheppardson
Friendfeed and Twitter lack the depth and breadth of Facebook, no matter which way you slice it. Gather the best minds of our generation, in many fields and areas, on Facebook, and you will not have to complain. Friendfeed and Twitter are, however, useful as secondary feeds into Facebook.
- david beckwith
FriendFeed still saves my stuff, unlike Facebook where my posts are lost in the ether, but I do miss the more active FriendFeed of times past. I think once "best of" became a standard feature, FriendFeed shifted to more family, personal life, etc... discussions rather than "tech" stuff (for better or for worse). Even for techies, new/lost jobs, new/old romances, etc... generated more feedback & discussion than most tech topics.
- Mitchell Tsai
codepo8: A single sperm has 37.5MB of DNA information in it. That means that a normal ejaculation represents a data transfer of 1,587.5TB! - http://twitter.com/codepo8...
Ivan Dyachkoff, сиэрем г-спода моего, Боря and 9 other people liked this
There's a joke about hard drives, streams or interfaces in there somewhere...
- Andrew Terry
Giggity.
- Otto
To paraphrase a Bill Hicks joke, I've left entire hard drives filled with data in a tube sock.
- James Ferguson
#Opinion -- What is so hard to understand regarding the differences between a #personal site and a #business site, honestly! -- If you want to reflect low class and drive away viewers (who could have been clients that offered a good review) simply try your luck at an animated background. -- Shivers at my hate for childish animated backgrounds!
Renee Hendricks, Jordi Soler and Jimminy, CoG of FF liked this
→ Perhaps I'm missing something, but in my web #design classes we were told to #never use an animated background but a clean design, We were taught that while we may "like" such the objective in a website is for our viewers thus the viewer must be maintained with respect. -- I tend to think this information is correct as looking at a animated background yield #headaches, #eye problems/flashes, and in some times (very rare) we learned that this may even go as far as to evoke a seizure. -- Animated backgrounds have no place on a #business website at any level.
- Hollywood Amanda
→ I'm currently working on my #business site and I would never dream of coding the background to render an animation; I want to keep my viewers, traffic, and maintain that I keep my dignity so that I do not appear as if I am a toddler with a new toy. -- I value my creditability and my name (I didn't build it up to kill it w/ poor skill). -- It just annoys me that people think this is okay for #business (it may be different for #personal, I wouldn't do it).
- Hollywood Amanda
→ I was also reading an accredited article, regarding business, it stated that when one finds layout and/or background that fits the #professional guidelines; one should stick to both layout and background to respect viewers. -- So one should not change such evey 10 minutes or every week. Some viewers do well with change and others no too much. However, after a few months of having one...
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- Hollywood Amanda
"The iPhone Goes to War - NYTimes.com" ( http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009... )
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You know what would be awesome? If Google made an Android virtual machine so people could download it as an app and give the UI a try, see what apps are out there, and gain some confidence before making the jump. Remove the zero-sum risk from the decision.
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Bonus points for making a version that plays well in browsers.
- Kevin Fox
I've thought that *Apple* is really the one who needs to do this! Better yet, run iPhoneOS in an VM in the cloud, and use a remote display protocol to show apps in *flash* on non-Apple operating systems. Anyway, the Android devkit includes a full emulator, so this is clearly possible.
- Steve and 3 other people
Is the dev environment also open source? Seems like someone could rip out the emulator.
- Kevin Fox
It's freely available, and I think it runs QEMU for emulation. So yeah, I presume it is. http://developer.android.com/sdk...
- Steve and 3 other people
Kevin there are stuff like http://www.android-x86.org/ Is this similar to what you are saying?
- Eren Emre Kanal
Is there anything in particular you want to know? You should just d/l the SDK and run the market. :)
- Steve and 3 other people
Yah, just run the emulator.
- Hayes Haugen
Poll Reveals Havoc of Unemployment on Workers and Family - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
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"More than half of the nation’s unemployed workers have borrowed money from friends or relatives since losing their jobs. An equal number have cut back on doctor visits or medical treatments because they are out of work. Almost half have suffered from depression or anxiety. About 4 in 10 parents have noticed behavioral changes in their children that they attribute to their difficulties in finding work. Joblessness has wreaked financial and emotional havoc on the lives of many of those out of work, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll of unemployed adults, causing major life changes, mental health issues and trouble maintaining even basic necessities. The results of the poll, which surveyed 708 unemployed adults from Dec. 5 to Dec. 10 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points, help to lay bare the depth of the trauma experienced by millions across the country who are out of work as the jobless rate hovers at 10 percent and, in particular, as the ranks of the long-term unemployed soar."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"But the impact on their lives was not limited to the difficulty in paying bills. Almost half said unemployment had led to more conflicts or arguments with family members and friends; 55 percent have suffered from insomnia. “Everything gets touched,” said Colleen Klemm, 51, of North Lake, Wis., who lost her job as a manager at a landscaping company last November. “All your relationships...
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- RAPatton
Erasing fear memories - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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"A drug free, non-invasive method for semi-permanently blocking the return of fear memories in humans is reported in this week's Nature. The finding may have important implications for the clinical treatment of fear-related disorders."
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
RadioLab did a program a few years ago about the research by this NYU team. Found the link: http://www.wnyc.org/shows....
- ✔ ǝuǝƃnǝ
Do guys ever like "regular" girls? Or do they always have to be tarted and slutted out to hell? I like looking at nice guys, but they can be in sweater vests and bowties, not waxed, shiny, and in speedos.
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LOL!
- Ange Recchia/angesbiz
The way I hear it, a lot of guys do. The way it has worked out in my life, not many guys do.
- Spidra Webster
I like "regular" girls...but then again, not everybody has the same definition for "regular"
- Beau Liening
I married a regular girl.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I like.
- Michael W. May
If she isn't dressed like a Rockette I'm not interested!
- Joe "Brrzzzzzzt" Pierce
I don't do tarted and slutted in the real world (my 365 pictures don't count)
- Nathalie
I do I do
- Eric
To quote Eek-A-Mouse... I like dem all. But there has to be a hook, you know? Not necessarily physical either.
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
It also depends on whether we're talking "like" as in "got a chance with X" or "like" as in "X is hot"
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
I like regular girls
- Mo Kargas
I do. Maybe I'm jaded from growing up in SoCal. I've always been around those "Hawt Chicks" who, well, *yawn* THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME TO ME. Give me character or unconventional beauty any day!
- Anna Haro
i was attracted to (and still am attracted to) a "normal" girl. she dresses like a guy most of the time (occasionally will wear a 3/4 length skirt or dress) and i think i've seen my wife in full makeup TWICE in 13+ years since we first met. sometimes she wears lipstick if there's a party, otherwise the overwhelming majority of the time she's got nothing on her face. i don't think she's...
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- Joe The Sausage
i have always found 'regular' girls in 'everyday attire to be attractive. Anyway, the looks don't necessarily match personality or sexual prowess
- Ian May
@Jason: the nerdy girls ARE the hotties! (i married a mathematician.)
- Joe The Sausage
I find emotional warmth attractive, above all. I have to admit, I like a gal who is down-to-earth but, when necessary, can really turn herself out (I have a glam side, too).
- Brent
Tina Fey?
- Brent
I think Tina Fey is adorable.
- Derrick
:)
- Bren
hoho, I like how Anna blames it on SoCal. =)
- Andrew C (✓)
That's my experience, Andrew. :-) I grew up in an area where all the girls wanted/tried to look like Pamela Anderson. NO THANKS.
- Anna Haro
I married a librarian, endogamy FTW! Sneak-up hot is so much more fun than self-regarding know-i'm-hot.
- Pete
Indeed not, Sarah, though in my experience the two sets are pretty close. Then again, I haven't been to an AALL conference...
- Pete
And this ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is why I love Derrick so.
- MoTO Bott
I like 'normal' women, but my definition of 'normal' is other peoples' 'weird', or maybe just 'different'. And DERRICK! Don't say you don't like the tarts, I can't count how many times I've seen some oiled-up superhunk* scroll down c/o your feed. You know I aint lyin! *Other then Derricks self portraits.
- Will Higgins™
I'm a jeans, t-shirt, no make-up & ponytail kinda girl, and I'm married, so that means at least one guy does ;o)
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
slutted, definitely, tarted optional.
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
I wouldn't use "regular" to describe myself, but I definitely don't tart or slut more than 1x per 5 years. There are guys who are into that, but in my experience it's a minority of guys. That works, really, because it seems like the majority of women wear makeup, etc.
- Lo the Baker
I think most men have a knee-jerk (and I'm using the word "knee" here *very* loosely) response to "tarted up" women, where we are reacting to the symbols and signifiers of "sexy." rather than to the person herself (hence "sex object" and all that). When it comes to "regular" girls, tastes diverge a bit, but I think all but the most deluded and juvenile men also find a certain large segment of the "regular" female population attractive, too.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Also, Derrick, lemme remind you of some of your previous posts here: the women on FF who get comments on their photos ranging from appreciative to Neanderthal are almost never looking phony, dressed to kill, etc. They are just looking pretty or confident or vulnerable or kind or some other "normal" thing that men respond to (appropriately or not).
- Your Neighbor Steve
Great Feed. I think regular girls are the best..
- ★ Soner Gönül
Also, D., I too would rather appreciate Josh in his vest and bow tie than oiled up in a Speedo.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Hmm. 'Librarians of South Beach; sign, signifier, signiFIED! A post-structural dis-course on sexuality and attraction'
- Pete
Josh, you in a speedo would not be as scary and some speedos I've seen.
- DJF
I love Tina Fey, but when she plays me in the movie of my life, I am going to tell her to gain 30 lbs.
- laura x
did somebody say Speedos?!?!
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
The best looking girls wake up looking that way.
- Brad Greer
laura: In Tina Fey's defense, it's possible that she doesn't really have a choice. My wife (yes, a librarian; yes, smarter than I am; yes, doesn't own high heels) is 5'10" or 5'11" and weighs 115lb--because that's how her metabolism works. [Addendum: I don't follow celebrity news much OR read the NYTimes, so didn't realize that Fey admitted losing 30lbs deliberately--see laura x below.]
- Walt Crawford
What Brad said! Some of the best looking women I have seen have little to no make-up or other enhancements. Keep it simple stupid... ;)
- JA Castillo
Walt, she's said publicly that she lost 30lbs in order to get on TV: http://www.nytimes.com/2001....
- laura x
OK, then I withdraw my comment. That's unfortunate. (Not that overly-thin women don't get grumbled at a lot as well...)
- Walt Crawford
I like all kinds of girls - but I'll look faster at the tarty ones.
- Ciaoenrico
I try to avoid grumbling about size in general. I just want everyone to be able to eat well.
- laura x
D. <333333333333333333333
- Ayşe E.
Hell NO, all girl's grody!!!
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
:) @ laura x
- just ZONED
*rubs cooties on Shawn*
- Ayşe E.
like regular.........
- just ZONED
A woman who looks like a stripper is probably going to catch my eye, but that's about it and only temporary. We had a party once where we had strippers. I got to film them "backstage" and just kinda hang out with a bunch of naked women. It was pretty awesome, but as we got to talking, I started to forget to stare at their junk.
- Rah-PM 2012
I personally prefer regular girls. Yeah sure a lot of slutty girls look good, but at the end of the day I find myself looking more at a regular girl with some nice curves.
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
I don't know any regular girls. All the women I know are amazing in a lot of different ways.
- DJF
i thought you guys all liked regular girls who "tarted up" for you at home? or if you know that librarian is "tarted up" underneath...?
- Lisa
I don't know if I like this anti-tarty vein. And whoever was commenting on women's photos on FF and the response they got, um, you're wrong. The "myspace photo" is alive and well on FF. You got it with "vulnerable" doe eyes through teh eyebrows cleavage shots. lol. Do you think the anti-tart sentiment isn't about high maintenance women, but more about a fear of women's sexuality?
- anna sauce
To clarify- men feel safe when women hide their sexiness underneath a cardigan and horned-rim glasses?
- anna sauce
I really doubt it, anna. Men feel safe when women hide their intelligence behind pancake makeup and fuck me pumps is more like it.
- Spidra Webster
Of course there are exceptions. And probably more here on FF than other places. But as a generalization? yeah.
- Spidra Webster
I wonder if you take a hot woman, who is a librarian, and shows off her curves. Would you guys not be interested because... she has a healthy sense of her own worth? LOL.
- anna sauce
I mean, some people are just hot, and not slutty per se, but defnitely have a rack, etc. Like Selma Hayek. Would anyone tell her to take out her contacts and put on a cardigan, so they can marry her... lol. We're putting too much stock in looks.
- anna sauce
It's interesting how many people (mostly guys) say here (and in other similar threads) that they're into women who are smart, practical, and "normal", and not so into the major makeup, flirty, "tarted up" type. However, when a picture is posted here that is like there, there is no shortage of drooling in the comments.
- Rochelle
What's the adage... you f** your mistress, you marry your wife?
- anna sauce
Few things turn me on more than witty repartee, like I'm in a 30s screwball comedy or something.
- Brent
Rochelle: On the other hand, there's a whole bunch of us out here who you've never see drool over any picture in the comments, whether it's a "hot" woman or otherwise. Out of a million people on FF, I'm certainly ready to believe there are thousands of "guys" looking for hot pictures to drool over and also thousands of men who prefer women in all their complexities.
- Walt Crawford
Like I said, a "slut" or hot chick or whatever might catch my eye just like an expensive sports car might catch my eye...but that doesn't mean I really want one.
- Rah-PM 2012
Walt, I'm talking about people I interact with on FF and posts I've seen show up in my feed. I've never encountered you before on FF, so I have no idea what your commenting history is.
- Rochelle
Coming from Montreal, people would often rave about how beautiful Montreal women are... but I've also heard it said that your 'average' Montreal girl (whatever that is) knows how to dress in a way that flatters their particular body type.
- Brent
I find a woman beautiful based on a range of factors and I do not prejudge them into categories like 'hot girl' and 'normal'.
- Johnny
Derrick... I can appreciate a well groomed man as well...
- Johnny
Of which you are, JW.
- Derrick
Oh yes, there are men that like intelligent women. Then you end up as the *tech-support gal* .. :)
- Citronella
The thing about "hot" girls is that you can invest hundreds of hours in knowing how to look good to please others (and I'm drawing a distinction from ladies who do it for themselves, like many FF women), but you're still going to be old someday anyway. If you invest that time in knowing stuff, or being entertaining, you'll be the hot one with time.
- Lo the Baker
Yes I prefer girls with a healthy dose of fiber.
- Rodfather
This is a tricky question, actually. Obviously, I see where D is going, but I would argue that a girl not being tarted up does not make her "regular." Many of ff's most spectacularly crush-worthy ladies are not tarted up at all, and many of the guys on here notice quite often how fabulous these "regular" girls are. :)
- Bren
Normal isn't my thing.
- Jonathan Hardesty
from Android
Whatever they're wearing, I like intensity in a guy... probably why I like hanging around poets and Highlanders so much.
- Brent
I much prefer "regular" girls. I can't stand gigantic fake boobs, I'm not one for women with tattoos and trout pouts make my dick run for cover.
- Joey Gibson
Trout pouts? lol
- Brent
Sure, some guys like regular girls. No, plain janes do not get more action nor asked on more dates. (Simple answer). And for some women (whom i admire) the makeup application that makes them look dynamite takes mere minutes, and they can hold a conversation quite easily - so equating makeup/tarted (?) with shallow is just an easy out. tarted up doesnt cancel out your worth as an intelligent human, for either sex. So, ernk to the turn this convo has taken.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
I like regular girls. I like slutty girls. but most of all, I like punk rock girls. they punk rock my world.
- Morgan
Im not a tart - I have neither the figure, the wardrobe nor the makeup skills to enhance my looks. But I dont trash those who do. I consider myself pretty regular - plain and chunky, on the higher side of smart. I just think this question (Do guys ever like regular girls") is too much like "do guys ever like chocolate?". The answer is some of them, some of the time, and it all depends on the chocolate.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Indeed.
- Pete
Jason: *BLOCKED*
- Bren
I like a variety. Give me "vanilla", give me fetish and everything in between.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
lol I also notice tHat in the spectrum of tart vs regular, we've conveniently left out the ugly girl, for whom the only real answer is to have an awesome personality that overrides face (or interesting text that overrides posted pictures).
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Warmaiden: I agree with you. However, I have seen photos of you wearing make-up, and you've mentioned buying lingerie...
- Brent
Dear godz. I like flesh, curves, handles, niches, painted, tanned, alabaster white, smart, simple, ditzy, high heels, bare feet, short skirts, amish dresses, burkas with hint of slutty eye, short, tall, wide, thin, tarty, virginal, ad infintum. But, there has to be some beauty there. Turn-offs - cankles, dirty feet, underarm hair, bad complexions, body odor, or the idea that sex (or our...
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- W!cKeD Eye in the Sky
T. brent - this is true. I suppose i didnt think that rated on the Tart Scale :)
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Wicked: equal opportunity lech ;)
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
:)
- Brent
I love that this thread has over 100 comments. :-)
- Anna Haro
I LOVE my "regular" girl. :)
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
I LOVE sweater vests and bowties :-)
- Anna Haro
"burkas with hint of slutty eye" lol
- anna sauce
Loveth this threadeth
- anna sauce
*picks up sweater vest and bowtie on the way home* :)
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
And do you tell me of a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blow to hear As will a chesnut in a farmer's fire?
- Brent
You know what? I wanted to like this thread. But you're all playing so facilely with stereotypes that don't mean jack shit that it's a pointless conversation. I'm a "regular girl", and a "slut" and a "tart", and a "librarian" -- what the HELL are you actually talking about, other than objectifying women while pretending to be enlightened about it?
- Jenica
1UP Jenica.
- Derrick
Nice work Jenica. File this under "threads I wish I hadn't posted in"
- Your Neighbor Steve
I prefer to subjectify women. That is to say: SUBJECT THEM TO MY AWESOMENESS WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Akiva
I agree that words have a lot of baggage associated with them, but it'd be pretty hard to have this conversation without words. Is there another word besides "tart" that more adequately expresses the nuances that you feel should be included in such a discussion? Or is it just flat out wrong to talk about women period? (please read that in a non-confrontational tone, I don't mean to fight, just curious & happy to be ignored)
- Lo the Baker
"other than objectifying women while pretending to be enlightened about it" - Whedonification, or see also Sorkinification.
- Andrew C (✓)
Jenica, what do you find attractive in men? And don't answer with anything that would objectify them.
- Kenton
I don't like "normal" anything.
- Steven Perez
ha ha ha!
- Anna Lynn M.
I kinda want to quote Zapp Brannigan here...
- Andrew C (✓)
Hmmm. Being one who's in an open relationship, and a Kink? I get to deal with all types from all walks in many situations. I'm pretty desensitized to a lot of "normal" turn-ons, so someone who tries to stand out will get my attention - so will someone who tries to blend in. That's why I appreciate the entire spectrum. And yes! I love women who want me to objectify them, literally!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
I feel quite okay with the comments I've made on this thread.
- Brent
Wait, what's this about Neff in an oily Speedo???
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Holy naughty Batman! My boyfriend just passed my workplace, and stopped to make out with me behind the building for a while. The probability that we'll end up back together down the line just increased to 96%.
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LOL you said "boyfriend", not ex ... I think a change of plans may be in order for you :)
- LANjackal
Well, we're still living together so until I leave it seems silly to try to break up. We're doing a last hurrah/enjoy it while it lasts sort of thing. Having more fun than in the last year, year and a half.
- Lo the Baker
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