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I'm live now interviewing "Occult America" author Mitch Horowitz on Copper Robot. Join us! SL: http://slurl.com/secondl... Web: http://copperrobot.com/video/
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Fantastic show tonight!! On the Copper Robot. Mitch Horowitz was excellent. Grats @mitchwagner
- joshua fouts
Thanks, Joshua - and thanks for coming.
- Mitch Wagner
from email
Dr. Kush | The New Yorker - http://www.newyorker.com/reporti...
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Thoughtful (long!) exploration by David Samuels of the culture - and business - springing up around marijuana decriminalization. Much of the focus is on the particularly open culture in Venice, California (where I live.)
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
I'm immune.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Haha Brian I thought you would. <bad 80s commercial>COME ON MAN TRYYYY IT, you'll like it. ALL THE COOL KIDS DO IT...</bad 80s commercial> (but seriously it is a great article - even just for the pure anthropology of it)
- Anthony Citrano
I fully support full legalization of pot, but I have no interest in partaking.
- Tad
i found this article fascinating.
- joshua fouts
Tad what's weird to me is how many people assume a connection. Just because one favors decrim, doesn't mean they're interested. For example I do not favor criminalization of tobacco nor of beer, or even red wine in a box, but have zero interest in either.
- Anthony Citrano
I'm with Tad. However, Anthony, I think ANY wine in a box should be illegal just because it's so gross.
- Rochelle
@Rochelle - haha, well, here's hoping we don't start criminalizing gross things. Our legislators would be awfully busy (finally!) ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Anthony, isn't that what the law against gay marriage is all about? *ZANG*
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Rochelle - Actually there are some arguments for Wine-in-a-Box - http://tinyurl.com/5ram95
- Victor Ryden
Wine in a box illegal, but not shrimp?
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Shrimp come in boxes?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't know much about wine, I'm a vodka guy mostly. But there are not only ecological arguments for wine in a box, but I've read and heard that there are actually good wines in boxes these days. But if I need an intoxicant with a berry bouquet, I think I'll take some blueberry kush. ;)
- Anthony Citrano
It's true that in wine in a box isn't anywhere near as shitty as it used to be. I just have trouble finding a straw that's long enough and strong enough to stick in the thing so I can drink from it.
- abacab
bumping based on our recent convo here: http://friendfeed.com/acitran...
- Anthony Citrano
yes, i remember reading about this back then. i think i may have posted this as well
- Cee Bee
Love me some DJ Krush
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Thank you to all the FF'ers who added me on FB. Don't know what came over me last night, but it was fun!
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http://friendfeed.com/petegil... Pete Gilbert
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/susanbe... Susan Beebe
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/mitchel... Mitchell Tsai
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/ajkohn AJ Kohn
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/misterjt Jason Toney
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/koltreg... Kol Tregaskes
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/chrisbr... Chris Brogan
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/trentono Trent Olson
- Pete Delucchi
haven't ignored you btw Pete - just tend to get quite a few so end up adding them all in one go once a week
- Zee.
http://friendfeed.com/parthaw... Parth Awasthi
- Pete Delucchi
Zee, no rush; I feel like publicly thanking these people is kind of my penance for the meme
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/dottze Saju M.
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/tudor Tudor Bosman
- Pete Delucchi
Geez, I'm justing noticing, it's almost all dudes. :(
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/sjheil Steven Heil
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/joshhal... John Haley http://friendfeed.com/bhc3 Hutch Carpenter http://friendfeed.com/gapingv... Hugh MacLeod http://friendfeed.com/nbr Nathan http://friendfeed.com/rogerben Roger Benningfield http://friendfeed.com/claynew... Clay Newton http://friendfeed.com/kcfansb... Scott Dunn http://friendfeed.com/barrywy... Barry Wynn http://friendfeed.com/paulall... Paul Allison http://friendfeed.com/morganb Morgan http://friendfeed.com/joffi Michael W. May
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/reechard Richard Walker http://friendfeed.com/jasonw22 Jason Wehmhoener http://friendfeed.com/girl2fa... Michelle Miller http://friendfeed.com/charlie... Charlie Anzman http://friendfeed.com/arsepoe... Ayşe E. http://friendfeed.com/louisgr... Louis Gray http://friendfeed.com/markwil... Mark Wilson http://friendfeed.com/bcgstan... Graham Stanley...
more...
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/angelam... Angela Maiers http://friendfeed.com/eclipse... Lindsey Smith http://friendfeed.com/corieal... Corie Allison http://friendfeed.com/jduff John http://friendfeed.com/trouble... Adam Turetzky http://friendfeed.com/joedaws... Joe Dawson http://friendfeed.com/shey Shey http://friendfeed.com/gordons... Gordon Swaby http://friendfeed.com/beatech... Carol Broos http://friendfeed.com/amyers Aaron Myers http://friendfeed.com/akvalley Anthony K. Valley
- Pete Delucchi
Some women on FriendFeed & Facebook: Veronica Belmont, Orli Yakuel, Svetlana Gladkova, Susan Beebe, Sally Church, Sarah Perez, Mona Nomura, Ginger Makela Riker, Anna Haro, Corvida Raven, Maryam Scoble, Lindsey Smith, Corie Allison Jones. Currently FriendFeed (85%) is much more male-heavy than Facebook for me.
- Mitchell Tsai
holy wow pete lol
- Mona Nomura
People like you Pete! :-) "Pete is now friends with Ayse E., Louis Gray, Parth Awasthi, Mark Wilson, Michelle Marie Miller and 30 others." - 10:29am. Have you tried adding Nexus? You can see how all your friends connect to each other (and see the groups they have in common). It's a good way to find groups to join. http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Mitchell Tsai
http://friendfeed.com/lostmoya David Young http://friendfeed.com/parisle... MG Siegler http://friendfeed.com/mavaro Madeleine Van Rossem http://friendfeed.com/iainbak... Iain Baker http://friendfeed.com/rizzn Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins http://friendfeed.com/danvanm... Daniel http://friendfeed.com/kentnic... Kent Nichols http://friendfeed.com/cerveau Misha http://friendfeed.com/outsani... Outsanity http://friendfeed.com/kbondel... Kevin Bondelli http://friendfeed.com/danlieb... Dan Liebke
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/technos... Aaron Brazell; and of course the two FriendFeeders that were already linked to me: http://friendfeed.com/annaharo Anna Haro and http://friendfeed.com/monasfe... Mona N.; Thanks everyone for participating in my own little social experiment on the web. Mix a little OCD and GTD and look at what happens.
- Pete Delucchi
http://friendfeed.com/rahsheen Rahsheen Porter http://friendfeed.com/mokargas Mo Kargas http://friendfeed.com/secrets... Adam Helweh http://friendfeed.com/baardoa Baard Overgaard Hansen http://friendfeed.com/jworthi... John Worthington http://friendfeed.com/vincent Vincent X http://friendfeed.com/mahdieb... Mahdi Ebrahimi http://friendfeed.com/queenof... Erin Kotecki Vest
- Pete Delucchi
Thanks, Pete! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Who will Barack Obama's CTO be? John Thompson, CEO of Symantec, looks a lot better than most of the other rumors.
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http://www.google.com/search... has info on John Thompson.
- Robert Scoble
One negative? He was a large supporter of Barack's.
- Robert Scoble
I still like Larry Lessig, too.
- Robert Scoble
What about JSB? http://www.johnseelybrown.com/
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Lessig would be good... While I'm dreaming I'd also like Jesus H. Christ as Secretary of State.
- tehKenny, Dork
Lessig is over hyped...He seems like he has something too hide...not a fan.
- Steven (optionshiftk)
The Social Life of Information is one of my favorite books ever, but would prefer a more business-experienced person such as Robert's recommendation.
- Craig Eddy
Craig: I think that you need someone who is good in front of audiences, well connected with the tech industry, who understands law and how government works, and who can geek out and give Obama good advice. It'll be interesting to see who he picks, I hear that they might announce it at any time.
- Robert Scoble
Vint Cerf (Who this past week green-lighted over 900 people on Facebook and has a shiny Barack button on his page)?
- Charlie Anzman
Vint would be great.
- Robert Scoble
Craig: Experience does not mean skill. I think we have had enough of this notion. Let's get someone who has a fresh outlook, not a stale, stagnant one.
- Steven (optionshiftk)
Esther Dyson says we need a CIO rather than CTO. I agree because the issue is management, investment and resource allocation rather than pure technology.
- Michael Krigsman
Michael: I agree with that.
- Robert Scoble
On Dave Farber's mailing list, the speculation is about Jobs, Cerf and Vivek Kundra, DC's CTO.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Agreed re Vint Robert. I have to wonder (with all do respect) if the younger Friendfeeders know who he is (beyond what they can find on Wikipedia)....
- Charlie Anzman
I also wonder about the logic of an attorney as CTO. In any case, the US doesn't need help with technology, but rather with innovation. They are completely independent issues.
- Michael Krigsman
I'm leaning toward Vivek Kundra for US CTO
- dougcoleman
Warren Buffett is brilliant and would inspire confidence
- Warner Carter
Warren would be a super lame choice as CTO. He hates tech.
- Robert Scoble
Buffet is a great investor, but he'd acknowledge that he's not fit to be CTO of the US. My favorite candidate:John Seely Brown. Vint would be great, too. Jobs -- no way. He'd want to take over for Obama on everything!
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
I know this is hersey (especially on FF), but I'm thinking we don't really need a CTO.
- Kevin Gamble
I'm going to push for Richard Stallman and then be totally outraged by whoever Obama's more moderate choice will be. Seriously though.. Maybe Nicholas Negroponte?
- James Little
We definitely need a strong CTO... tech / green are HOT markets for growth!!
- Susan Beebe
How about Mitch Kapor? http://bit.ly/G79X
- Len Edgerly
+1 Aaron - very true indeed! (excited to finally get to meet you Thursday 1/8 for SMC Rochester meetup!)
- Susan Beebe
What happened to Eric Schmidt rumour?
- Bankwatch
Eric Schmidt said he wouldn't accept if offered. http://www.reuters.com/article...
- Richard Akerman
'Canceled' both Warcraft accounts to go prepaid (since I only play one MMO). Blizzard doesn't delete characters or items, so the account is forever in stasis and can be used when played with pre-paid timecodes/game cards.
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It's weird going back to see old characters. I went back to play Dark Age of Camelot one time and it brought back a lot of memories.
- Rodfather
Confirmed: Obama Is Campaigning on Xbox 360! - GigaOM - http://gigaom.com/2008...
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Any word in PS3? I don't have access to that particular console workstation at the moment
- Eric Rice
from Bookmarklet
Let them eat cake.
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You have cake?!?
- Steven Perez
I want cake!
- Justin Korn
mmmm, cake.
- Shawna Benson
Private Tad has dishonored himself and dishonored the platoon. I have tried to help him. But I have failed. I have failed because YOU have not helped me. YOU people, have not given Private Tad the proper motivation! So, from now on, whenever Private Tad fucks up, I will not punish him! I will punish all of YOU! And the way I see it ladies, you owe me for ONE PIECE OF CAKE! NOW, GET DOWN ON YOUR FACES!
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
There is no cake. :( The cake is a lie.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
No cake. But.... :-(
- Mathew A. Koeneker
lol Capn! on our faces???
- Kim
Did somebody say cake?!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
+1 classic quote. But I fear there will be no revolution this time...
- ※Fu※
this is the middle-ages version of "I can haz cheeseburger"
- Kim
all the rules and regs, I have to comply and have a screen saver after 30 min or in trouble, how come the finance lot get away with it?
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MUST SEE! Raw Debate Footage **UNCUT** (McCain Profanity) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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It seems as though McCain said way more than people thought. Pardon my language but in this video, it sounds like he said "bullshit" twice, "no shit", "scumbag" and "ass". Pretty crazy! Reminds me of Full Metal Jacket!
- Andrew Baron
Agreed, Andrew! The BBC feed I was watching was obviously tampered with, as I never picked up on these. Outrageous.
- Matt Harwood
is this for real? did somebody whip this up for fun?
- Susan Beebe
Susan, ur joking...of course...
- Zee.
That doesn't sound real. Someone dubbed it in, and did a really poor job of it, too.
- Raoul Pop
You think so, Raoul?
- Ernie
actually not very clever at all.
- Nathan Eckenrode
Its a Full Metal Jacket mashup
- Andrew Baron
I did the bitch-lips on this one
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
The more I watch and listen to this, the more I can't believe it. :D
- Andrew Baron
Those mics were live. You could hear him rustling papers throughout the debate. You would have caught him blurting out such words. I call BS.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
@Vincent X, Nice, thanks for posting the Full Metal Jacket video, its a pretty amazing scene!
- Andrew Baron
I want a president who isn't afraid to say those things, though. :) You know, someone who tells whiners to "shut the fuck up" every once in a while?
- l0ckergn0me
@l0ckergn0me, lets just hope whoever it is doesn't have the nuclear codes in his hand when he starts losing his shit. :P
- Andrew Baron
Chris, like someone who will say "Chill the fuck out, I got this?"
- Kevin Bondelli
I can't believe some people.
- Chris Menning
I guess that's what people have been saying to the FCC for years. This would probably constitute a major fine. Many others have paid more for saying less.
- Andrew Baron
Also, obviously it's cool to say sh*t behind closed doors, or informally like this, but not when you are in the middle of a formal debate on national TV, running for president of the US, trying to set a good example for all the families out there that have young kids who have decided not to have foul language in their homes.
- Andrew Baron
Prayer flags - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Someone went to Disney's Animal Kingdom :D
- Tink *~*~*
shhhh
- Eric Rice
Exploring The Ancient Jordan’s City of Petra
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"The City of Petra was hidden in the mountains of Jordan for thousands of years when a young Swiss explorer Johan Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered it in 1812.Temples, tombs, monasteries and other buildings are all carved out of the sandstone cliffs, which also gives it the name the “rose red city.” UNESCO has described it as “one of the most precious cultural properties of man’s cultural heritage.”
- Carlos Ayala
ooOOooo!
- Carmen - Happy 2010!
There are some things you see in life that truly humble you. This place is definitely one of them.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
freakin' cool. The Museum of Civilization here had an exhibit on Petra and it was also frick'n cool. http://www.theworldly.org/Article...
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
I was there in March! http://eurekadejavu.blogspot.com/2008...
- joshua fouts
can you feel my envy joshua?
- Carlos Ayala
I feel it! You simply, MUST go! And go soon!
- joshua fouts
joshua, i'm jealous too. ever since the 3rd indiana jones, i've wanted to visit this place. just astounding.
- Admiral Anika
Faboo: That sequence in Indy 3 is amazing.
- Roberto Bonini
Pencil Art: Creepy or Cool? - http://mocoloco.com/art...
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Defintely creepy...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
way cool.
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
these are incredible.
- Carlos Ayala
They're creepy!
- Mona Nomura
cool as shit
- Carmen - Happy 2010!
looks like a happy Sarlacc
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Freakin' CREEPY! *sob...someone hold me*
- Far
Cool!
- Jaemi Kehoe
Someone need holding? lol
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
This is just WAY creepy.
- Mona Nomura
makes me itchy :(
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Mona, I'm disappointed. I worked a Star Wars reference in and you didn't notice :)
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
You did? Edit: I just expanded and it TOTALLY looks like a sarlacc!! That's the first thing that came to mind in lieu of a sea anemone (sp?)
- Mona Nomura
This ain't creepy! It's damn cool!
- Michael Forian
No worries Mona - C-3PO: "You will therefore be taken to the Dune Sea and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlacc."
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Cool. Most def.
- ♥patricia♥
For understanding, I thank. But point out, I must, only the wise quote droids. hehehe. hmmmmmmm... - ears point down - ;)
- Mona Nomura
That is amazing!
- Fancy Fembot
just weird.
- lisa-k
Pretty to look at, but not for touching...
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
this would be great for office wars
- imabonehead
youch, looks painful
- Pete Delucchi
@Mona :-)
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Cool.
- Jonathon
Creepool !
- JazJaz
creepy!
- Parth Awasthi
Cool!
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
تقديم به مداد رنگي :)
- mhmazidi
Totally, TOTALLY cool. That's gorgeous!
- Ladybug Heather
Cool!
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Coool, like, sea-urchin cool
- Slappy Line
I want to try drawing with one!
- Zestyn Zee
Cory Doctorow poolside - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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down and out actually
- Eric Rice
Exploring The Ghost Town of Rhyolite
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"Located in the Bullfrog Hills, Nevada, Rhyolite is a ghost town which came into existence as the result of a gold rush that began in 1904.Rhyolite had its peak population from 1905 to 1910, when decreased gold production led to a decline that culminated in its abandonment by 1919. Rhyolite has a number of crumbling, old buildings. But before you reach them, you’ll probably be distracted by a collection of odd outdoor art projects."
- Carlos Ayala
I JUST GOT THE CHILLS CARLOS!!!!
- Mona Nomura
yeah i want to go here so bad. it has been added to my cross country list.
- Carlos Ayala
I'll meet up with you and go if you go, Carlos.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Advocates Demand Congress Put Bailout Details on Internet | Threat Level from Wired.com - http://blog.wired.com/27bstro...
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PublicMarkup.org -- Sunlight Foundation's Miller says show all your cards.
- Andy Sternberg
from Bookmarklet
Would that they would actually honor such a request
- joshua fouts
no kidding. If Obama is true to his transparency bit, he'd push for it. i'm skeptical
- Andy Sternberg
Financial industry FAIL - http://www.cosmictap.com/senator...
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that's awesome -- I hope the other side says, "WTF?!"
- Pete Delucchi
Love the real life fail
- James Tenniswood
we can call it failspace.
- Anthony Citrano
Love it:)
- Roney Smith
I wonder what percentage of people don't care about the current financial turmoil...
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Thinks: Well, 50% of the population have less than average intelligence...
- Stuart Woodward
Actually, 50% of the population have less than median intelligence, if there were such a measure
- Dennis E. Hamilton
from twhirl
I'd think it'd be pretty close to the percentage of poor people.
- ronin
I'd think the opposite, saeba. Poor people are getting the squeeze and this certainly won't help. The rich are much more able to ride out these sorts of things. Now the poor might not understand exactly what is happening, but they will care that they are making less money than they were 2 years ago.
- Alex Scoble
probably the difference of 300 mil Americans & sum of registered voters ... less than 100 mil American voters where 30% is reliably Rep or Dem - a little over 60 mil Americans CARE - How many holders of US Treasuries? Broken down by country? Care?
- Scott Moskowitz
@Alex I think the poor figure that they're already poor, what else is new? They're already used to fighting to eke out an existence day in and day out. Sure they may have to struggle a bit more but it's not something that they're not used to doing. The middle class, on the other hand, is gonna get hammered. And who said the rich can't be affected ;-p: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- ronin
I am creating a very small list of "tech news" people on FriendFeed. They have dramatically less noise to me than everyone else.
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Scoble filtering noise? I need to lie down and catch my breath
- Michael Markman
I was trying to create a tech news only list. Care to share yours, or is that too personal?
- Dennis Jackson
Every time you talk about FF lists and noise, it makes everyone wonder what list they're on or if they're important enough...
- Ben Parr
So if I post a few LOLCATS does that negate my core of interesting tech news? It's too bad FF can't filter topics without completely ignoring people.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Except people here don't generally post tech news or fluff exclusively. This is a fail. Everyone off that list might as well be a fake follow, and you probably shouldn't brag about your following/follower numbers anymore, either.
- abacab
Ben: I'd rather not post the list. You can tell who is on it, though, by following my "Likes."
- Robert Scoble
Daniel: I don't care if you post LOLCATS as long as you post interesting tech news in between the cats.
- Robert Scoble
Ben: you can follow my "Likes" here: http://friendfeed.com/scoblei...
- Robert Scoble
Robert: I was the one who asked for the list, but thanks for that "likes" link. I never thought to check that :)
- Dennis Jackson
Thank you :)
- Charlie Anzman
Congress Must Demand Bush and Cheney Resign - http://www.democrats.com/resign#
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"Before Congress gives the Bush Administration one dime of taxpayer money for financial bailouts, Congress must demand the immediate resignation of George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Henry Paulson and the appointment of Speaker Nancy Pelosi as President until our next President is sworn in on January 20, 2009."
- Dave Winer
from Bookmarklet
این یه کم آشناست.
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hahahahah
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
Obama plays Vegas streaming http://www.cnn.com/ Events on wall street show how high the stakes are in this election. Las Vegas leads foreclosures
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What's with the aweful beer selection at these NYC tech parties? Looks like it's going to be G&T for me again tonight.
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Just saw this Twitter reply: "@justinkorn Your tweet has been penisized! Check it out at http://twenis.com" Um...what?
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I did not check it, but if soemone decides to click on that link let me know if it is work safe...
- Justin Korn
LOL!
- Mona Nomura
Safe for work but the word "penis" is everywhere.
- Candace
wait - HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
- Mona Nomura
It is a list of tweets that have the word penis in them.
- Kevin Bondelli
"We hijack innocent tweets, subject them to our patent pending penisization process by replacing certain words with 'penis', and republish it for your entertainment. We find it funny."
- Andre Maltais
FWIW .. not funny.
- Andre Maltais
Yeah, not remotely funny.
- Candace
Some of these are so bad when...penisized... :D
- Mo Kargas
I can't stop laughing. Sorry, I'm immature... :\
- Mona Nomura
This one kinda freaked me out: "Baking penis cookies with mommy"
- Kevin Bondelli
Seems safe at first glance...
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Okay, just looked because Mona wouldn't stop laughing. I wonder how old the people are behind this thing? *shrug*
- Justin Korn
i have to admit i laughed. and 'baking penis cookies with mommy', well my best friend left me that exact message on voicemail a few years ago, because that's what her and her mom were doing.
- Admiral Anika
"Our patent pending penisization process is proudly powered by Python." Wonder if it's smart enough to do Natural Language Processing. If so, someone smart has a lot of free time on their hands. :P
- Hao Chen
Another quality step forward for the antisocial networks
- James Tenniswood
I am on the train to Washington DC and am watching a woman play Spore. Really cool to watch.
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You're doing a lot of people watching these days :)
- Justin Korn
I smell a book coming.
- Brandon
People are fun to watch. Especially when they use tech. But partly that is because I am travelling so much.
- Robert Scoble
Brandon: no way.
- Robert Scoble
I look forward to your "People at Work and Play" coffee table book.
- Todd Hoff
Scobez... the techno voyeur.
- Tad
Totally agree Robert. I love people watching as well, just noticing a lot of people watching comments coming from you these days. It's interesting...
- Justin Korn
A visit to Berlin & people watching, Himmel über Berlin, the tech version :-)
- Majento
Justin: I moved to the train's cafe and now I watching a guy use Gmail. Not nearly as interesting as Spore woman.
- Robert Scoble
I reckon you should start a new "service" Robert. "Stuff Robert Scoble Sees People Doing".
- Stu Andrews
from twhirl
Robert - No, that isn't interesting at all...unless he gets a juicy email :)
- Justin Korn
I am too far away to read it.
- Robert Scoble
Robert - thats why your good at what you do. You can smell tech being used around you.
- CW™
ROFL I can now see 'Scobleizer' being sold as a device used to sniff out tech.
- mjc
The Hound Of The Technophiles .. might make a good book.
- Stu Andrews
from twhirl
I think its odd that my friends who like other Maxis games hate Spore, but X-Play gave it 5 out of 5. It really makes me torn about buying it.
- Phil G
Saw the ten inches EEE PC. Completely uninpressed. On the other hand I'm surprised to see that a big retailer like this is back into selling audio systems with cassette players. The different models here, wow.
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Where is this in Amsterdam?
- joshua fouts
Actually, this isn't in Amsterdam, I'm already back in Lisbon. Unfortunately I didn't have the time to browse in tech or music stores in Amsterdam... :-(
- Marcos Marado
Oy. I'll was hoping to do some looking!
- joshua fouts
been completely ignoring tech. feels weird. i'm all Ike, all the time. Looking at Techmeme, it all seems so insignificant right now.
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So I have a question: Would you guys be able to fall in love with someone you're not physically attracted to?
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Yes... because when you fall in love with them they become the most physically attractive person you've ever seen.
- Shawn Duffy
from twhirl
especially iranians think it should be ;)
- atalmatal
Possibly.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Yep.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yes.
- Yolanda
yes. +1 Shawn.
- Parth Awasthi
Yes.
- Rochelle
What Shawn said. Fall in love first, become physically attracted as a consequence next.
- Bora Zivkovic
That's such an intellectual question. Show us a picture. But my guess is no way. Would women be able to fall in love with a man they don't find attractive? Why? You can't decided to fall in love, it just happens.
- Dave Winer
personality is key because that's what keeps the chemistry going
- Anthony Farrior
I don't know. Probably.
- Tad
With each passing year, instant physical attraction happens less and less for me. I find myself physically attracted to interesting people--really. So, I guess that's a YES to the question.
- Anna Haro
It's happened for me but none of said relationships have lasted.
- mjc
I think there has to be SOME level of physical attraction for LOVE love.
- Herb Hernandez
Like throw momma from the train ugly? Hard to say.
- Rodfather
lol@ throw momma from the train ugly. High larry us.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Of course it's possible, Mona. But there's a "chicken/egg" conundrum here: what would attract me to a person I have never met so that I could meet them and fall in love?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from twhirl
aaa... such a difficult question! In order to reply to this question, we should have experienced the situation!
- nytreporter
I did, but in the end it didn't work out, but not because of that
- William Harryman
YOU DON'T HAVE A COUSIN PATTY
- Akiva Moskovitz
With strangers, generally, there has to be physical attraction... after all, why else would you want to meet them. But I've had friends who I didn't find attractive at all and, over time, you develop a strong attraction and then want nothing more than to be with them.
- Shawn Duffy
from twhirl
@Mark - you could meet someone online... it's been known to happen. :)
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
I don't know i would need to like someone first but i imagine that i could love someone not all that pretty.
- Cecil Sandus
no, but because of what shawn said :-). a semantic game, i suppose. but if i'm not physically attracted to you, we are not in love. that doesn't mean i can't/won't adjust my idea of what's attractive. but i don't think you can have one w/o the other.
- tiffany
To those that said YES, what about the physical portion?
- Mona Nomura
Do I have to take narcissism out of the equation?
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Mona - we'd still want you if you were morbidly obese. :D
- mjc
I can't answer yes to that question. I believe there would have to be some level of physical attraction in addition to the other things that make me want to be with someone.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
hahahhahahah!! MJC!!
- Mona Nomura
@Lindsay Would you meet someone on-line without viewing a photogragh?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
@Mark, no, but I probably wouldn't agree to meet them unless we'd spent a lot of time talking and getting to know each other either... What's inside is more important in the long-run. Not to say physical attraction isn't a necessary component of success in a relationship but there are other things that are a lot more crucial (in my opinion).
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
"We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities." - Thomas Mann
- Bora Zivkovic
@Lindsay I just think there has to be some, some, ah, spark to get the ball rolling. Perhaps I am being myopic (been known to happen from time to time). And I agree that physical attraction is but one of a myriad of components that make a relationship successful. Trust comes to mind as a more important one...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
@Mark - Maybe it's easier for women to fall in love sight-unseen based on personality. Men tend to be more visually oriented. Women more stimulated by romance (which mainly includes having someone pay attention to us and listening to us... online is a good place for that). These days we have avatars... back in "my day" of online relationships we just had text.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
umn, is "I honestly don't know" a valid answer?
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
@Lindsay Ultimately, if you intend to spend the rest of your life with someone you had better be compatible on many, many levels. Physical beauty wanes with time. I agree with the difference in the way (the majority of) men and women become attracted to each other, as well. And back in "my day" on-line was a place to put wet clothing...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I think the answer is no on that. But the levels of beauty is different for a lot of people. Some people dig some things while others dig other things. Like there is some females I think are beautiful that other people think are downright ugly. It's like what "cool" is to everybody. It's different. I mean that guys are very visual about things. And inner beauty can shine and change the view of a person. But there is still some visual in there.
- Shawn aka ringking
Are they rich?
- Louis Gray
I would need to like them for their mind. If I can't relate with them liking things they like then I would find it difficult.
- Colide81 (James)
Louis! ha, ha!... YES, I could.. must have other strong attraction: intellectual, philosophical, religious, political - similarities?
- Susan Beebe
VEry hard actually. But you can be physically attracted to somebody for lots of reasons. Sex is a big part of love....
- Keith Teare
from feedalizr
No. I wouldn't
- Kyle Lacy
Nope. I wouldn't
- rampantheart
@Mark - I agree - and I did connect with someone who I am compatible on many, many levels. We've been married more than 12 years now. I didn't see a picture of him until after we'd talked online for several weeks when I found out we had a mutual meatspace friend. I didn't meet him in person until we'd talked on line (not consistently) for more than a year. And I'd forgotten what that picture really looked like by then! I'm not sure if he'd seen a picture of me yet... Things worked out just fine. :)
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
I'm with Louis on this one .... TOTALLY
- Charlie Anzman
No. I was married for 11 yrs to someone I loved and wasn't physically attracted to. I won't do it again.
- Douglas Karr
from twhirl
yes. Having said that though, the scale moves depending on the level of looks. The uglier, the harder.
- Duncan Riley
No, I could not. Some physical attraction must be present.
- Stellina
Yes. It's happened, though it ended for other reasons.
- Leslie Poston
Yes but I realized it too late to make something of it. That would be the danger of there not being phy. attraction at the beginning - you don't see it coming, you only see it once it's miles behind you and then you go "oh fuck"
- Kamath (नमः)
Silly question :)
- Charlie Anzman
+1 Douglas
- sirishkumar
I'm honest enough to say no. I'd also like to say that my girlfriend of the past 14 years is hotter now than she was when we first met. :)
- Chris Luckhardt
Love is blind? :)
- Igor Poltavskiy
Pheromone goggles can be powerful. They're kind of like beer goggles, but more discriminating.
- LogEx
Yes. After all, I ain't pretty.
- Steven Perez
I think the question is backwards. Part of "falling in love" is feeling a physical attraction. Obviously, we can love people to whom we're not attracted - family members, friends, etc. But romantic love and physical attraction are pretty closely linked, no?
- Lon Harris
from twhirl
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