I just subscribed, and kept asking myself ?how could I have missed it? I thought all graphic enhancements so far were for Firefox only. Apparently, however, I didn't miss it by more than 2 minutes! Thanks.
- ianf ⌘
my first thought was to read the EXIF data from the image - there isn't any GPS info avail - i don't know where you are....
- Chris Jackson
Too easy -- going up 99 in Seattle looking east at the Starbucks headquarters. There is a home depot just out of frame on the right. Map: http://maps.google.com/maps...
- Joe Beda
First response, from someone in Israel: "That's a good question. USA helps Israel, I'd bet the official reason is USA "wants to promote democracy and peace and such" (same reason they're in Iraq, etc), but the real reason, or one of them, is that Israel is in a great strategic spot in the Middle East for the USA, and if USA can Americanize Israel, and turn it into its own ambassador of policy, then USA wins."
- Kevin Fox
I read somewhere it was to keep them from fighting with Egypt . Apparently Egypt gives us a 33% discount in exchange for not fighting with Israel. 1/3 of all foreign aid is split between these two countries.
- Eric Logan
It's politics. There are better ways for us to represent ourselves in a region than giving oodles of money to just one country. Thinking from a UX point of view - I can imagine the flow would change if emphasis was changed a bit. ;-)
- Nida
Nida: Isreal is surrounded by Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. Which want Israel to exist?
- Gabe
From Aardvark: "Good question. As an Israeli myself, I honestly don't see the logic behind it. Not any more, at least. My understanding is that there is a very powerful pro-Israel political lobby in the United States. This does not necessarily just mean Jews, in fact, the largest component of this lobby is actually Christian fundamentalists who seek to return all the Jews to Israel to...
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- Jérôme Flipo
Wow I think the poster above is right. The political lobby for Israel is intense. We are a christian nation at our base, so just keeping Jerusalem open to pilgrims is huge.
- Dario Gomez
Another good answer: "The US gives military aid an assistance to numerous allies including Columbia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Phillipines, and Israel. Aid is a way to support friendly countries overseas. Assistance to Israel has roots in the cold war when Israel was a bulwark against the spread of communism in the Middle East. That aid was increased in the 1980s as part of the...
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- Jérôme Flipo
Seriously, Google Docs? This is your example link? I honestly thought you were selling ad space in your modals.
Well, we'd like to know... if you click it, do you get the best loan rate? Or is it just a tease?
- Wade Dorrell
At least they are monetizing.. what's your plan, Kevin?? :)
- Tim Hoeck
I was curious about this so I looked it up at some point. It's been there for years (at least since the initial import from the Writely acquisition code).
- Mihai Parparita
Good question Wade, this seems like a complete joke if not an all around bad idea.
- Angus Burton
Sorry Karl, but my empathy for passing celebrities circuit has exceeded its bandwidth. Please die again later.
Anne - the front cover of every Moleskine says "In case of loss, please return to:" followed by 3 blank lines. Then it says "As a Reward: $_______". I always write my name and phone number.
- Sarah Miller
via iPhone
I have about 30 labels, of which I actually use 3 regularly. I value the others and don't want to delete them, but don't need them taking up real-estate on my screen. Thanks Michael and Gmail team!
- Kevin Fox
I still prefer Postbox over Gmail's UI but I might change my mind if they ever provided me with some way to collapse the left-hand column and, most preferrably, move it to a bar across the top. In other words, make it more like mutt.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Awesome that you can also drag labels onto messages! (to add a label instead of moving a message out of the inbox)
- Dan Hsiao
This article was written in 2000 and it was very optimistic in its predictions, other than 1 TB drives, it does not look like next year's computer.
- Shakeel Mahate
I've got some that size too! The plants seem to keep growing but the tomatoes are still like peas. The peppers are the same...
- Tony Ruscoe
via fftogo
I need to photograph my 'maters. I see only one of them so far.
- Anika Malone
We are going to have more tomatoes than we know what to with. Those are kevin's work tomatos. We still have 5 more plants at home, all (but one that is younger than the others) rather large though just flowers, no fruit on those yet. But they are all in the ground plants as apposed to these ones which are hydroponic.
- Rachel Lea Fox
It's nice to know that you segregate your work tomatoes from your home tomatoes. That will make your taxes easier to file.
- Gabe
Envy. I wonder if one could self build those "aerothingy". Is the light(s) some peculiar one? Or they're just fluorescent?
- Claudio Cicali
We have a couple on our plant that are just about ready to eat! Might be giving them to the kiddies tonight for dinner.
- Brett Kelly
Gabe, LOL! It is an important distinction you know. ;)
- Rachel Lea Fox
It's always nice to see things growing, isn't it?
- Jason Nunnelley
well that explains why all the women are either cropped at bust or having their arms crossed over their breasts. And why it starts to blur as the one women walks away, you almost miss the butt crack unless you are looking.
- Rachel Lea Fox
"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette."
- Kevin Fox
via Bookmarklet
LOL Wow, never thought that these issues could arise. Laughing at the metal/normal switch.
- Anika Malone
Impressive use of the semi-colon for a 13-year-old.
- Jasmin Patry
I remember when these first hit our shores... i reckon summer of '79, i was selling clothes in the Village and some very stylish Europeans and Asians were coming thru the City sporting them. We thought it was half magical half Martian.
- Thom Kennon
i have a sony walkman that was manufactured in the 90s that i still use. my first was a panasonic from the early 80s. i don't remember a time where i left home without it.
- docrivs
Yeah @docrivs, and who here thinks their current MP3 player will still be working in ten years? ;)
- Joel Bennett
I used to wonder why there was a special switch for 'Dolby Noise Reduction'. How are you supposed to rock out to 'She Blinded Me with Science' if you turn it down??
- Kevin Fox
I still have one of these which is made in black plastic, shorter-but-thicker, and has a built in record function and speaker. I still use it, too. To record and play back. I don't know what this kid was doing with his walkman, but in mine the batteries last for 5 hours.
- Miss Elle
I still have a Sony Sports Walkman (a bright yellow water-proof one) that I think about retro-fitting to hold an iPod one day for fun.
- Jason Shellen
I always thought it would be a great idea to build an MP3 player in the shape of a cassette. You could pop it into your car's cassette player just like a cassette adapter. FFW and REW would skip tracks, 'Reverse' would shuffle, and the whole thing would be powered/charged by the constant winding. Sadly, I think the window for such a crossover product may have passed.
- Kevin Fox
@Kevin Fox -- They did have cassette thingies with a plug that went into the earphones jack of another device. Originally entitled "car adapter kits" they were intended for Discmen, but worked just as well for fauxPods. || Oh, and your dream has been realized --> http://www.chinavasion.com/product...
- Miss Elle
Wait, this isn't The Onion. That makes it even funnier. >.<
- Jason Huebel
definately the article of the day, totally made mine
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Elle, I know (in fact I use one in my car, connected to a portable Sirius satellite radio reciever) but a fully self-contained player would be pretty cool.
- Kevin Fox
ARghh I'm old, I know how to use a walkman...
- David Foucher
Tempted to buy a nice Walkman off of eBay and bust out some cassettes.
- Jonathan Terleski
Still have an AIWA player around somewhere. Had actually better sound than the Sony. Ah, the nostalgia.
- Max
you can still buy a Walkman cassette player at Best Buy today -- did so not too long ago to transfer a recording to MP3. they are kind of making the cassette sound like an Edison wax cylinder or something. kids today!
- Karim
LOL, well written article, I'll have to try this with my kids. My Sports Walkman though was super advanced as it had Auto-Reverse. I'm sure that would have confused the heck out of this kid as he searched for the repeat button.
- Kenton
@Kevin That link from @Elle *is* for a self-contained MP3-player-in-a-cassette. Me, I'm waiting for the 8-track version.
- Richard Chen
I have a friend with an adapter to play cassettes in her 8-track player. I wonder how that would do with the mp3-player-in-a-cassette in it.
- April Russo
@googlereader Are you the first Google product to use GetSatisfaction? Interesting!
Edit: that's cool that they're actually using it. Normally, because GetSatisfaction allows grass-roots customer support, anyone can create support groups for products without the company's approval. Neat!
- Mark Trapp
You mean your not a fan already? *clucks tongue at Kevin*
- Johnny Worthington
Why should you be able to be your own fan? And then use that fanship to tell others they should be your fan, too?
- Kevin Fox
The same question could be asked about FriendFeed -- I can make a fake profile for myself out of a group and then invite people to it. Just sayin'.
- Mitch
@Mitch: or make a group on FriendFeed "Mitch Fans" and add your friends to join ;)
- LouCypher
I also think it's weird that you can "Like" your own posts on Facebook.
- Victor Ganata
Is this what she must have done: made a fake account to fan herself?
- Kevin Fox
Seems like everyone has a different view of Facebook, not sure what Facebook can do about it. It's trying to be all things to all people right now.
- Eric Florenzano
Gentle Reader: Out of the 36 chapters we've posted so far, this is our favorite. I know a lot of you have been following Antarctic Fox for months, but if you've been skipping a chapter here and there ('more penguins? yawn!') then don't miss this one. If you're the type to re-tweet, share in Google Reader, or re-share on FriendFeed, we'd love it if this post got all the exposure you can give it. (32 photos, 1 video) Excerpt: "The first group we saw had two whales in it, one being much smaller which Rob identified as a baby being taught to feed by the mother. Our boats approached, slowed and then cut the motors and drifted to watch and to not disturb the whales. It was the most incredible experience ever. A feeling of being tiny and vulnerable, and also in awe at the majestic beauty of these animals. The baby whale was a bit larger than the zodiac boats we were in, but as long as we didn't bother them, they were going to feed and not bother us." Click through to see the rest!
- Kevin Fox
Seriously the most incredible, even surreal experience I've ever had!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Great photos! Must have been a great thing to see up close. Up in Washington I saw killer whales up close but didn't have the right equipment to photograph them back then.
- Robert Scoble
amazing! my wife and i were lucky to see quite a few (humpbacks) during our honeymoon in maui. we arrived at the height of the mating season there (february) as they migrated south from alaska. unfortunately this was a few years before i started shooting seriously, so i dont not have any good photos. these are spectacular kevin. thanks for sharing.
- Carlos Ayala
That is a really good heartfelt letter from LisaMarie!
- Rachel Lea Fox
True, and spooky that he knew how he would die. I wonder if this premonition (self-fulfilling or otherwise) was the root cause of his fear of the world?
- Kevin Fox
Perhaps this is inappropriate, but Lisa Marie probably made the right decision in leaving him. If she had stayed, she may have ended up destroying herself. Perhaps she already did, to some degree.
- John E. Bredehoft
This letter is chilling. I truly sympathize. John, I think you're probably right.
- Ruchira S. Datta