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YouTube - Cat flushing our money down the toilet - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Emily Miller, M F, Joel Webber and 14 other people liked this
"Jennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a doubt that the bills weren't representative of their actual usage, and no matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. Although they could see nothing wrong, they had everything checked for leaks or problems: first the water meter, then outdoor pipes, indoor pipes, underground pipes, faucets, toilets, washer, ice maker, etc. -- all to no avail. One day Jim was sick and stayed home in bed, but kept hearing water running downstairs. He finally tore himself from his sick bed to investigate, and stumbled onto the cause of such high water bills. Apparently this was happening all day long when they were not at home. Knowing that few would believe him, he taped a segment of the 'problem' for posterity"
- Karen Padham Taylor
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Hahaha! What a scream!
- Anne Bouey
HAAAAAAAaaahahahahaha!!! I've got one cat that LOVES to watch the water go down the bowl: I'm screwed if he ever figures this trick out....
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
No kitty! That's a bad kitty!
- April Buchheit
that's GREAT!!!
- Felicia Yue
Wait....now that i actually think about it, if the couple didn't know about this before the sick day, then that would imply the cat hid this behavior when the ppl were home. so if he knew enough to do that, then why is he still engaging in the behavior when someone is standing right there watching and videotaping him?
- Felicia Yue
i'm totally overthinking this, aren't i? </brain flywheeling>
- Felicia Yue
I actually wonder that, too, Felicia.
- April Buchheit
Everybody knows a cat can't flush a toilet!
- Gabe
Felicia++. But y'know, if they could have trained the cat to poop in the toilet and flush, it might have nearly been worth it...
- Andrew C
I'm gonna go ahead and call shenanigans on this one.
- Slippy 2.0
lol, I guess you guys have to keep the door closed all the time
- Paul
In tahoe...
Tudor Bosman, Tracy Benham, Ana and Bret Taylor liked this
ahhh! Tahoe! Is it warm?
- Rob Miller
sounds fun
- Tracy Benham
All for Good: Bringing search, scale and openness to community service - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009... (via http://friendfeed.com/dcf6f7c...)
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Bruce Johnson, Franco Piccolo, Chris Aldrich and 8 other people liked this
Well done, Karen! It must be great to work on something that will better others lives. :)
- Skye Miller
This is a great new development - I'm interested in hearing when the API's available
- Patrick Daniels
A friend launched his product today - FanFeedr. "One-stop shopping for all the sports news, information, videos and tweets for the teams and players you care about most." - http://www.fanfeedr.com/
Pretty good; I'd like a way to turn off the bottom frame when I click through to the articles.
- Casey Muller
YouTube - The Best Car Commercial 2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Ryan C, Felicia Yue, Zu_ElijahBailey and 2 other people liked this
That commercial is great. It's an homage to "The Way Things Go," (http://bit.ly/19PIzO) which I still remember seeing for the first time in elementary school. The actual video is 30 minutes long, but I found a 4-minute snippet at http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Tom Stocky
@Tom, WOW! Pretty cool, love how fire interacts in those cases. Is the snippet skipping when he zooms in on fire or is it for an even longer sequence?
- Zu_ElijahBailey
Just a nitpick - I think this was actually from 2006. Also, the sad thing for us in North America was this was advertising a Europe-only model, so the ad never aired over here. (For ad nerds, the title of this piece is "Cog".)
- Andrew C
Wackiest Beds Around The World | Duvet & Pillow Warehouse - http://www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk/blog...
John Lam, George Saj, Ivan Zuzak and 4 other people liked this
Twinzes? - Snuzzy - http://snuzzy.com/twinzes/
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Rebecca Sun, Anne Bouey, Wing Yung and 6 other people liked this
20 Creative and Unique Typefaces - http://sixrevisions.com/graphic...
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Alex Lomas, Joel Webber, Tony Ruscoe and 4 other people liked this
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April Buchheit, Benjamin Golub and Gary Burd liked this
How was the trip? Great pics!
- Anne Bouey
Loved it! So much fun. I definitely recommend it!
- Karen Padham Taylor
Glad you and Bret enjoyed it so much! Making plans for the next twosome getaway?
- Anne Bouey
April Buchheit, Ross Miller and Anne Bouey liked this
Found out about this 3 seconds before 9! Just made it in time...
- Karen Padham Taylor
Thanks to Ross!!!
- Karen Padham Taylor
Good timing.
- Michael Leggett
YouTube - Mad Avenue Blues - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Would You Pay For a Hulu Subscription? | /Film - http://www.slashfilm.com/2009...
High-Velocity Falcon - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Shakeel Mahate, bob, Brett Cannon and 5 other people liked this
Inspired by april's post - http://friendfeed.com/eskimo...
- Karen Padham Taylor
240 mph!
- Bret Taylor
Energized about our first Google PowerMeter partners - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
Keith Bourgoin, Nicholas James, Tracy and 9 other people liked this
Do you think PG&E will ever be interested?
- Anne Bouey
We're in the process of building a house, and we will install a smartpower meter. Hopefully by the time we have finished our utility company will have signed up with google. Not sure if I like our chances though :(
- Jordan Brock
Is it possible to use one of the $100ish mods you put on an existing box with this? See the two reviewed here for instance: http://www.energycircle.com/blog...
- Michael Herf
Can't wait until I get the chance to try this out. Great project. Go Karen!
- Joel Webber
< 33 hours before I see my family!!
Jeanette Martinez, Sarah Cosentino, Ladybug Heather and Bret Taylor liked this
YouTube - Paul sings Nessun Dorma - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Anne Bouey liked this
Amazing!! I get goosebumps when I watch him sing!!
- Skye Miller
sore throat :(
too bad :(
- Sheila Taylor
Feel better soon!
- April Buchheit
Still? Man, it just won't go away. I hope you feel better soon!
- Bret Taylor
Pobrecita :(
- Shannon Jiménez
Unusual Houses | design inspiration and tutorials - http://abduzeedo.com/unusual...
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Amber, Darren Heydon, Morton Fox and 6 other people liked this
YouTube - Double Panes - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Shannon Jiménez, Gary Burd, Bill and 2 other people liked this
nice parody of SM soundtrack 'Paper planes'
- Roshan
Technology for Country Folk - http://www.haukenfrers.net/Giggles...
Sheila Taylor, Private Sanjeev and Shannon Bauman liked this
haha!
- Anne Bouey
30 Beautiful Pictures of Animals... - http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/types-o...
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Eric Logan, Michelle Wood, Petr Buben and 24 other people liked this
I think the funniest thing is that the elephant picture isn't a picture of elephants, but of the elephant display at the Natural History Museum in NY. It's got great composition because it was designed as such ("Put this elephant here and that one over there."). Not sure if that counts as a beautiful picture of animals.
- Mark Novak
But the blue-faced primates are awesome.
- j1m
Ghost primates? If I see them at dawn, I'll run!
- Ryo
Ooh, elephants! Still looking for the perfect African elephant image for my tattoo. Even though that one was taken at a museum.
- ::Kristen::
@Kristen Check this out then: http://blackbirdtattoo.com/Jesse_c... The guy certainly ain't a looker, but the tat is pretty amazing. I'm thinking of using him.
- Mark Novak
Mike Pegg, Bret Taylor, Tom Stocky and Shannon Jiménez liked this
Oops, Tesla S-Class sedan photos released early | Up to Speed | Los Angeles Times - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/uptospe...
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Roshan, Jérôme Flipo, Nikolay Samokhvalov and 10 other people liked this
"One thing that Tesla has announced is pricing -- $57,400 for the new sedan. "
- Karen Padham Taylor
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So pretty looking.
- Bret Taylor
The S-class makes for great eye candy. There seems to be a fair bit of uncertainty as to whether Tesla will manage to successfully bring it into production given the company's financial challenges. Most baffling to me is their choice of manufacturing their own chassis - surely there was a more cost-effective solution for bringing this vehicle to market.
- Andrei M. Marinescu
Really pretty... Bret's next car??
- Shannon Jiménez
They may not be in business by the time they say they will make it, it will probably cost more than they say, and there will probably be a waiting list. So... probably not. But one can dream :)
- Bret Taylor
here are some 3 more. interiuer and "real" shots :) http://www.spiegel.de/fotostr...
- Alexander Rode
Tesla will be in business when this is produced. The sportscar was sold to help fund the creation of this car.
- Nicholas James
Beautiful. WANT!
- Dread Pirate PJ
swoopy. i can has $2,000 Tata version?
- Karim
karim++
- jacek walicki
"Slumdog" Kids Back To School - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
Timo Heuer, halid şen, Piaw Na and 80 other people liked this
"I don't want to sleep on the floor anymore. I want a proper bed and live where the air does not smell of poo. I have seen what it is like in America. Here, there is garbage everywhere, people get angry, swear and shout. I have realised how bad life is here. I just want to get out."
- Karen Padham Taylor
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"Meanwhile, both Rubina and Azharuddin continue to wear their Oscar clothes and pine for life in America"
- Karen Padham Taylor
God, there's something wrong with this. These kids are traumatized. They were trotted out to LA as showpieces and now they can't live a normal life anymore. Is the production company and the Mumbai housing authority going to give them a flat, as promised? "I cannot believe these kids have just been left like this after being taken to Hollywood. It is bound to affect them psychologically," said social worker Sanjay Bhatia, who works in the slum.
- Christopher
Ugh!
- Jason Wehmhoener
So, not taking them to the Oscars was a better idea? Uprooting them from their only known social construct and plopping them in front of Brad & Angie's house?
- MVB
Much better to see what is possible and strive for it in anguish, rather than be satisfied with the status quo. Coming from a lower middle-class background in India, I have bought old Fortune magazines from wastepaper shops for two rupees to read up on what was happening. Yes, it made my then condition seem like hell, but heck I would not be here now if I had not known what I wanted.
- Mahesh CR
This is so sad!
- April Buchheit
If you never realize there is something better out there for you, why would you climb out of the crap-hole you're in?
- Rahsheen ™
That's really sad... I have been living under a rock and don't know much about the movie but didn't they make any money off of it since it was so successful??
- Lindsay is :)
Lindsay, seriously, that's the part I don't understand. I would have thought they'd have made at least enough money for a "proper bed" and a place to put it, at least for a while...
- Jason Wehmhoener
Honestly, it sounds like $1K would make a big difference in their lives... they didn't even make that much??
- Lindsay is :)
back to School and back to the Slums
- bcultral
Doesn't most of the responsibility fall on the people behind Slumdog? They had to make a few extra dollars that they can pay these kids. Why aren't they doing it?!?
- grant fox
I thought I read somewhere that the producers of this movie were buying houses for the families of all these kids. I need to try to find that story.
- Trish R
Perhaps this is a stretch, but how is this any different than any of the kids throughout the world who get used by large companies to manufacture products that we use in the West? Danny Boyle and co. are eating very well right now.
- Cee Bee
If they're child actors, the money would've been paid to their parents. No matter how much the children made, the production company has no control over how the parents opted to spend it.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Here's the story. http://www.independent.ie/enterta...
- Trish R
but do the same rules apply in India as they do here? from what I understand it would take a very small amount of $$ to make their lives better. The child actors in Slumdog were a significant part of the movie, and one could argue that they were the better actors as well (besides Freida Pinto, but I digress...).
- grant fox
Sounds to me like the Indian government said they'd find houses for them and then backed out of it. Based on the photograph of the youngest boy's father hitting him, I'd guess his parents are pocketing the money and the officials are looking the other way.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Mahesh: very powerful statement. This whole story makes me sad, partly because of how spoiled we are as Americans.
- Robert Scoble
From the article: His father is also saying he wants more money for his son's film role. In addition to school, the kids were paid for their work and have trust funds set up for when they turn 18.
- Nine hates realtime.
At least they are in school. I hope they do something useful with their trust funds.
- Jason Wehmhoener
How sad. But then again, so many kids never have any opportunities.
- Andrew Pass
How can school be anything BUT boring after all they have been through?
- John Seals
(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008...
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John Lam, Chris Prince, Amber and 24 other people liked this
Look alikes - http://www.joemonster.org/art...
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Melanie Jagolino, Diana Fox, Steve C and 3 other people liked this
The SJP one is mind-blowing.
- Jeff Eddings
Recycling Old Bottles – Recycled Bottles - thedailygreen.com - http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-...
Richard Chen, John Lam, ash and 3 other people liked this
I have the wine bottle serving tray :) I use it as a spoon rest next to the stove.
- Ana
House passes measure to tax AIG bonuses at 90% - Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/news...
Nikhil Dandekar, Bill, Anne Bouey and amelia arapoff liked this
I think if I were a candidate for a $3mm bonus, I would be pretty pissed off. However, seeing as I'm dirt poor, suck 'em dry gov't!
- Peter Butler
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