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Kevin Shannon posted a link
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I'm not convinced I agree with it, but it's refreshing to see a scholl district that actually thinks about ways to SAVE money. - Kevin Shannon
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(jeff)isageek posted a message
6 hours ago - Link
On the first show I want to hear you say that 3 times fast ;) - Michelle Miller
I think someone used that title already. - Kevin Shannon
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Louis Gray shared an item on Google Reader
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I was thinking if i could have themes or skins for friendfeed to give it a personal look or something I might just point my domain name jeffisageek.net to it and have it be my home page since it has everything i do on it now anyways. - (jeff)isageek
Jeff - Agreed, I've been thinking of doing the same thing. Just wish we could style it a bit. Swurl is kind of what I'm thinking. Let me have a custom header and sidebar, put the content in the middle and I would just make it my primary page. - Kevin Shannon
yeah, make FF a skinable app /page.. then we can all have phun :)- - Peter Dawson
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Brian Sullivan posted a message
8 hours ago - Link
Brian, as a workaround, keep a comment text box open. It prevents the auto-refresh from occurring. - Mark Trapp
For audio now, I open the LINK TO THIS ENTRY in a new window before I start playing. I mentioned possibly including a pop out option like GReader and they said they are planning on implementing something like that. - Kevin Shannon
Good work around -- but then I have to remember to open a comment ;-) - Brian Sullivan
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Robert Scoble shared an item on Google Reader
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It's funny that people still argue with me about newspapers dying in less than a few decades. It's happening much more quickly than I expected. - Robert Scoble
I'm not arguing, but I don't think they will be gone in 10 years. NYC has The Post, The News, The Times, The Wall Street Journal and Newsday. And as you head into and out of the subway there are three different free daily newspapers being handed out. I get on a crowded LIRR train every morning. At least 1 in 4 people have a newspaper. I would have one, but my wife takes it to work in the am. I have not seen one person, ever on the train using an e-book reader. - Kevin Shannon
Lot's of cell phones but no one reading a book or news on them, always email. They predicted radio would kill film, TV would kill radio... they're still there, they just adapted. Then look at your local newspapers. We have 3 papers that cover the local area here and none of them have any online presence. There are ongoing discussions of school budgets and politics that take place in the letters to the editor every week. It actually frustrates me that there is no online resource to discuss these issues. - Kevin Shannon
I read somewhere today that the Wall Street Journal is doing pretty good these days - even their print edition. They have the snob factor still going for them. - Tad Donaghe
I see where it's all going, but I really still want my Sunday paper. Ink on my hands and all. But I'm very, very old school like that. Sigh. Makes me sad. - Erin Kotecki Vest
I can't remember the last time I read an actual newspaper. It's so... so... ANALOG. - Tad Donaghe
I live in the Tampa area and can see why the Tribune is losing money - in mho, compared to the St. Pete Times - it sucks. And as unbelievable as it is for those of us who do almost everything online, there are still people who don't have a computer, laptop, iPhone or news reader - because of this I can't see print papers disappearing completely. Like Erin, I enjoy my paper, in hand. It makes it much easier to clip the grocery coupons. - Sharon Bray-McPherson
It's not that the newspaper is dying, it's that the people running some of the newspapers aren't. - Andrew Feinberg
i'm not patient enough for print media anymore. i live for breaking news. something about wanting to know as it happens, not the next morning or edition. - Matt Musgrave
I don't just want to know as it happens, I want to be able to view it live on video from multiple vantages and chat about it with my friends. - Tad Donaghe
Tad: I agree. Also be able to tag, share, bookmark, and comment. Something you just can't do with print. In real-time. - Matt Musgrave
Yup - in real time and have access to see what everyone else is tagging said events with as they do it. And the ability to pause the stream, rewind, fastforward (up to the present!) and watch multiple video streams simultaneously. And orchestrate the entire thing on the fly as I wish - this goes here, that goes there, etc. Basically be my own full-on web/news/chat director. - Tad Donaghe
Not trying to be trite. I still read three newspapers everyday... nytimes.com, wsj.com and washingtonpost.com - Aaron Brazell
Looking at the circulation stats, I'd say it's not newspapers who are dying. It's their readers. - Chris Baskind
Aaron, me too. Newsgathering and reporting as a profession will still thrive as long as there are talented people to do it and a demand for it. Consider this: "new media" thrives because it often lacks the editorial "wall" in "old media" that enforces a code of "objectivity." Contrast with British newspapers, which have healthy competition. The papers that survive will give the people what they want. - Andrew Feinberg
Even though I believe it will be more than 10 years until newspapers are gone, I agree that I get most if not all of my news from online sources. My point in my first comment is, we early adopters tend to forget that we are a small minority of the overall population. In my immediate circle of acquaintances and friends I think I might be underestimating the following stat: For every 30 people I know:1 is really tech savvey, 10 know how to turn a computer on for email and surfing, the rest NO CLUE. - Kevin Shannon
What concerns me most about the transition from print to online, and tell me all if you agree.... When I read a newspaper I think I really READ more articles. I mean, word for word from beginning to end. Put those same articles online and I go into automatic SKIM mode and rarely read something from beginning to end. - Kevin Shannon
newspapers, like radio stations will evolve, become more focused rather than generic, what will die is the idea that one size fits all. - Darren Daz Cox
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19 hours ago - via Reshare - Link
Not to harp on Metropolis, but just ran across this great news. The original Fritz Lang cut has been found. - Kevin Shannon
I really like the new scene where Gaff says about the female robot, "It's too bad she won't live... but then again, who does?" - Karim
@Karim - :-) Very good. And it actually kinda makes sense. - Kevin Shannon
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Bwana McCall posted an item on Pownce
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This mean's you are an old man http://friendfeed.com/e/ee80ce... - Kevin Shannon
So be it - Bwana McCall
Bwana, I'd high five you, but I'd break a hip... - Vince DeGeorge
Where are my nuts.. I need my nuts... Make sure they're almonds...i need my almonds. - Bwana McCall
I've always loved your basic detective/crime solver mysteries. Grew up reading Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie's and my fav, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe. Loved watching the old Basil Rathbone Holmes movies, Charlie Chan and Mr Moto. On TV other than the short lived A&E Wolfe series, Monk is the first show I can remember since Murder She Wrote, that's a traditional crime solver mystery. Haven't missed an episode. Brilliant. So what.... I'm old. - Kevin Shannon
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Muhammad Saleem dugg a story on Digg
yesterday at 1:54 pm - Link
if one of them is "Independence Day" I'll be very disappointed... - Jeremy Toeman
sigh. why do i think this will be the most unimaginative list ever? - edythe
geez, you guys... commenting before even pressing the link! it's in fact a rather original compilation.... - Nick
Wow, 'Rabbit Proof Fence' is on the list. - Patricia Hanrahan
Rabbit Proof Fence is an incredible movie, somewhat odd choice for the theme, though - Michael W. May via twhirl
well, i guess rabbit proof fence is to remind us what it's like to live without any rights... - edythe
sorry to be so lame, nick. - edythe
+1 for Nick. Good job - possible248
Rabbit Proof Fence is a most odd choice. Great movie though. - Patricia Hanrahan
oh, polly, now now..... - Nick
good point - Michael W. May via twhirl
I never feel the need to click the link for any Digg story that involves a list. - Stefan Hayden
but Stefan, that's nearly 70%! (i blame david letterman and the nature of quick-fix internet info-tainment) - Nick
no stripes? - mike carter
I'm really out of the loop here. I'm expecting to see "Yankee Doodle Dandy" or "1776" on the list? I'd even be ok with Mel Gibson's "The Patriot". - Kevin Shannon
I sure would like to see that John Adams movie that played on cable - Noah David Simon
Kevin S: ooh, Yankee Doodle Dandy! Excellent idea and also excellent movie!! :) - edythe
Yankee doodle dandy is great; James Cagney was a great song and dance man; love the 4 cohens! - RAPatton
"my father thanks you, my my mother thanks you, my sisterthanks you and I thank you" - RAPatton
yep. :) - edythe
I am adding this list to my list of "13 Internet Lists You Thought Were Amazingly Stupid Based on the Headline But Actually Turned Out to be Mildly Interesting and Thought-Provoking" - Karim
i have that list, too. it's not as long as yours and nowhere near as long as my list of Most Despised Scenes in Movies and TV Where Characters Eat Ridiculously (with or without chopsticks) - edythe
sounds good. but so far all i've got is that spaghetti scene in "Lady and the Tramp" - Karim
animation not allowed! (top prize may go to anabella sciorra and wesley snipes in jungle fever in the architecture office... arrgggghhh!) - edythe
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Tad Donaghe posted a message
19 hours ago - Link
I suffer from illusions of invisibility anyway, so I try not to exasperate that by hovering too much. ;-) - Dawn M. Armfield
Strange. I felt compelled to hover over your name. You are following me!!! I do check now and then. Folks I've followed and had a few conversations with still don't follow me. I don't take myself too seriously, so I just assume I have nothing to say that's is really worth hearing :-) - Kevin Shannon
I just have a fetish for cool dynamic javascript content like that. Love it love it love it! And I just want that love returned. I suppose I'm selfish like that. :) Or it's the first night of my vacation and I'm still a bit loopy from the sake at dinner. ;) - Tad Donaghe
I want the love returned, but I fear that it won't be. You know, inadequacy issues. ;-) Maybe if I had been drinking the sake, too, it would all be good. (Ok...I have hovered...I was just trying to make a funny...but, you know, we invisible people with inadequacy issues are not funny.) - Dawn M. Armfield
Phew. You're subscribed to me. Wait! Am I subscribed to you?!?! - Lisa L. Seifert
Yes, it crushes my world...but I'm drinking milk, and in a couple of days... - Rahsheen Porter
I know I do. BTW, I'll subscribe anyone who comments on this thread. Let's all get un-invisible. - Chris Baskind
Me too. - Tad Donaghe
I can't stop subscribing to people myself. So it's a little unbalanced for me. I don't mind! - Bjorn Tipling
Not really, but I do feel a bit disappointed if I see they don't have a blog. It's the best way to get a read on someone. - Sprague D
Not really. I have never figured out why anyone would follow me in the first place. - Michael Hocter
Honesly, a little bit but I'm much more disappointed if I try to get a conversation going and it is enveloped by a commentless vacuum. Illusions of grandeur fleeting :) - tsudohnimh
Yes . . . sometimes its crushing ;( - Lindsey Smith
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Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dies at 83
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That's one creepy pic! - Tad Donaghe
Yeah...kind of an odd photo for them to use with his death announcement. - cmiper
Looks liek clown from Stephen King's It - Mark Forman
Larry Harmon also purchased the rights to the likeness of Laurel and Hardy back in the 60's. He produced a L&H cartoon series and marketed many L&H collectibles - http://www.patfullerton.com/lh... - Kevin Shannon
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Akiva Moskovitz posted a message
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There's treated sewage, that's been run through a treatment plant. Renders the toxic stuff inert. What you learn when your school considers "going to the water treatment plant" a field trip! - Mark Trapp
Raw sewage has more vitamins. Nothing worse than overcooked sewage. - Kevin Shannon
Hmmm..."cooked sewage"...yummm... - Hutch Carpenter
If the raw sewage smells fishy, don't eat it - Bwana McCall
This is too funny. - Paul L. McCord Jr.
I prefer sushi-grade sewage, by the way. - Akiva Moskovitz
sewshimi? - Tad Donaghe
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AFI has their top 10 films in 10 genres special coming up. How about we look at each group and comment on what they got right, and what they missed. Here's the top 10 sci-fi films. - Kevin Shannon via Bookmarklet
OK - The list is not bad, but I'm not sure Back To The Future is one of the best Sci-fi films of all time. I think any top 10 list has to have a nod to the films that started and defined the genre. So the biggest miss on the list for me is Fritz Lang's "Metropolis".. I'd also like to get the original "War of the Worlds" in there but I'm not sure what I'd take out. - Kevin Shannon
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Kevin Shannon shared an item on Google Reader
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Based on what I've seen they have probably integrated Vlingo voice software. You can download Vlingo standalone for you BB or get Yahoo One search which uses the same voice technology. I've been using Vlingo and it's not bad. If there is a lot of background noise it quickly degrades in accuracy. - Kevin Shannon
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If you love your Blackberry but have some iPhone envy at least you can make your BB look like an iPhone. NOTE: Downloading the theme does not add touch screen capability to your Curve. - Kevin Shannon
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Kevin Shannon shared an item on Google Reader
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I'm sure I'd never really have a use for this, but it's still something I would like to have. - Kevin Shannon
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Kevin Shannon posted an entry on Kevin Shannon
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I'm still laughing - that was hilarious - Marco
Star Wars must hold the record for most YouTube remix videos - Kevin Shannon
If this video was "new" to anyone, you may not have seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... which is very necessary. - Vince DeGeorge
Good grief those were awesome - JA Castillo
@vince thanks for the link - so much funny stuff out there. - Marco
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Baseball: Kevin Shannon posted a link
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That DNA will get you everytime. - Kevin Shannon
Unless you're OJ - Chris Reed
Talk about an anticlimactic report. Is there anyone who doesn't think that Clemens at least used HGH? Roger's testimony before Congress (where he blamed his Mom, wife and trainer for his "B12" habit) cliched it for me. - Rob Safuto
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Wednesday at 8:31 pm - Link
Let's see just how many of you "Like" this particular entry... - l0ckergn0me
hehe.. apparently no one so far.. - Daynah
I might actually use this :) - Michael Forian
TMI, Michael. TMI. - l0ckergn0me
Michael, Free Porn is subscribed you to! lol (Oops.. I read it wrong. You're subscribed to him/her. heh) - Daynah
What are you talking about?!?!! Oh yeah, apparently the content's good! - Michael Forian
aaaand blocked! - Brett Kelly
now were talkin - shoemoney
ooops i clicked "Block" - AJ Batac
As if there needs to be an easier way to find that stuff. Sheesh. - Sonciary Honnoll
Maybe YouPorn should join FriendFeed (would be very, very popular)? :D - Michael Forian
Resisting URGE to click "like" - Susan Beebe
Liked! - Aaron Brazell
i have some images i can add if thats possible - shoemoney
thank you! I just subscribe it. - Chris Qie via twhirl
He should take this into a private room....This stuff is best behind closed doors. You gotta love some of the titles. - Kevin Shannon
-1 - Henri
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Steven Hodson posted a message
Wednesday at 1:59 pm - Link
Depends on who the people were- but likely yes. - Abby Martin
I'm a little confused with your question. Is are you asking how long a person would continue listening to a podcast? - possible248
maybe? depends on more than length...I love BOL for instance, and it's of "indeterminate length" - Sarah Perez
Maybe... Like Sarah, it depends on the length. Keep it short and I have a better chance of listening. - Mike Wills
@possible248 more curious if it would be listened to at all :) - whether they would continue listening would depend on the result of the first part being yes or no and on how interesting the content was. - Steven Hodson
@Sarah BOL? - Steven Hodson
I tend to avoid "casual conversations" in favor of interviews with people discussing their work or sections of prepared talks (check out Phil Windley's IT Conversations). Twenty to 30 minutes seems to be my squirm-limit. - Sprague D
You might check out some of these http://gillmorgang.techcrunch.... - Ken Sheppardson
@Ken .. not a fan of the Gillmor Gang - Steven Hodson
Sure, but don't 'sell' it to the tech blogosphere. - Eric Rice
@ken I don't listen to the GG often but when I do I listen from the perspective that I'm a student and when class is in session I cannot be online nearly as much as those guys. For my situation it's beneficial and I read at the same time to pass the boring parts. - Julian Baldwin
Yes, bring it on, Steven - Mark Dykeman
Yeah, that sounds like fun... sorta like GillmorGang idea... do it! - Susan Beebe
I know it's lame to 'brag' about this but I've never, in my life, downloaded in a podcast. Not sure why. - Akiva Moskovitz
@Steven Hodson: Ah. I'd listen to it, but only if it was ten minutes or less. Possibly longer if the podcast was really, really funny. - possible248
@Eric - just a bit of clarification if you could - what do you mean byt "don't 'sell' to the tech blogosphere" that has me a bit confused - Steven Hodson
Yeah, I'd probably listen to it, but it would have to be under 10 minutes. For me, the optimal is about 7 minutes. - Jonathan Sterling
"someone talking with people that they found interesting - talk about the web and all it's different things going on" Isn't that most tech podcasts? Twit, Cranky Geeks, GG. It works for them. I do enjoy an occasional guest interview. - Kevin Shannon
You know, if you're looking to put something together, I'd love to have something that was 10-20 minute digestible chunks on single topics. Rather than a 60-90 minute free ranging convo that covers 6 topics over the course of the show. - Ken Sheppardson
@Ken I'll keep that in mind - thanks - Steven Hodson
Steven - what do you think Mashable Conversations is? :-p Just my self-indulgence in meeting new people recorded to MP3s. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Not entirely unlike BSU, which is just me doing weird or outrageous news for 30min then interviewing a band for 45. And it's still strangely compelling. - Alexander Williams via NoiseRiver
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Thomas Hawk posted a link
Tuesday at 8:41 pm - Link
Drop.io is also great for a variety of other things, including sending and receiving faxes. - Jordan
i tested out that site some months back. it is pretty cool - Outsanity
I didn't know about the faxing.... cool! - Mike Wills
I like this. Simple and easy to use! Great tip! - Winston Teo
Good for video too. - Mike Doeff
Really interesting registration method, too. So simple and quick, yet effective. Smart guys. - Bryan Landers
have you checked dropbox.com? - Zamil A. Safwan
Dropbox is similar but requires registration - and invitations... - David Young
I was playing with drop.io yesterday with the same purpose in mind. Each drop gets a phone number you can call. After you're finished, the MP3 file shows up in the drop. Lot's of nice features. - Kevin Shannon
it will be helpful, easy to use. - dan
there was a good article on cmswire about Drop.io - john conroy
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Todd Mundt shared an item on Google Reader
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Although the piece isn't about the misuse of email, the diagram illustrates the ways people have tried to make email fit functions where it's ineffective. - Todd Mundt
If I could get people to understand email is not the best place to start a discussion with 20 people, I'd cut down from 300+ emails a day to about 75. - Kevin Shannon
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edythe posted an item on Tumblr
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Wow... it's like a blackhole, we're re-aggregating everything. - Brandon
b: hee. true! - edythe
I know have 3 or 4 sites that people can look at to find out I never do any real work. - Kevin Shannon
its a shame that its USA oriented, it doesn't recognise my amazon email address :( - Ian Rathbone
i do like how it pulls out all your friends from everything! - Ian Rathbone
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Wednesday at 3:14 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
If you like old movie (including some B and B- stuff as well as great old movie serials) point your iPod over here. A huge collection of public domain films. Want to see the original version of "I Am Legend", look at "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price. For a cheesy sci-fi serial, try Gene Autry's "The Phantom Empire". - Kevin Shannon via Bookmarklet
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