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Happy to see the NHL do the Winter Classic thing every year. The game at Fenway today was great. #hockey
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It's so nice out here. So much snow across the country. It's almost enough to make me feel guilty I'm a Californian.
Lani, manielse (Mark Nielsen), Henny Susilawati and 9 other people liked this
You'll get over it. Now WTF just roared overhead was certainly not a dirigible.
- Neal Krummell
:p
- chaz2b
Word.
- nakachi
I tend to take a view that double digit sub-zero temps are actually desirable and to be envied by the rest of mankind :P
- Itachi
double digit sub-zero temps? i respect them, but envy, HELL NO! Any place where they have to scroll across the bottom of your tv that you can only remain outside for less than an hour before frostbite begins just aint the right place to be living, :O
- chaz2b
10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know - http://www.allfacebook.com/2009...
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Dearest FriendFeed Team, I know I shouldn't expect new features, but a retweet on Twitter every time I like a person's Tweet (from Twitter) on FriendFeed would be awesome.
Mike Chelen, ladeloslibros, Louis Gray and 4 other people liked this
yeah, and being able to interface with twitter lists too, that would be nice... for instance if i could create a room that is fed by one of scobleizer's lists that would be cool... i can do it now, but it's not as elegant and smooth as it could be if it were part of friendfeed
- Chris Heath
all that being said... i'm not going to hold my breath, and it's not that big of a deal
- Chris Heath
I wouldn't want it to be a retweet. A favorite, perhaps.
- Otto
Yeah, otto, a favorite makes more sense with a like than a retweet does (even though lots of people say that the new retweet is the old like)... whatev
- Chris Heath
A like isn't really a "favorite". I often like things even though they're not my favorite posts on FriendFeed. I "like" things because I want to participate in the conversation or I want to bring them to the attention of those following me. In this respect it is more like the new retweet feature for Twitter.
- Jesse Stay
Yep. Good point, Jesse.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
And of course, opt-out availability.
- Itachi
Fulaan, of course - I'm not suggesting it be a default, but I want the option so long as I can already post to Twitter from FriendFeed.
- Jesse Stay
On the flipside, for me a like is exactly a favorite. I "like" things in order to add them to my own personal stream of "my discussions". Don't care if other people see it or not. Same with favorites, I do it to have a place to remember tweets for later. But Twitter retweets I do specifically to bring it to other people's attention, which is not what I use FF "likes" for at all. People use the same features in different ways.
- Otto
Otto is there any conversation you agree with on here? ;-)
- Jesse Stay
It's about 50/50, honestly. ;-)
- Otto
jesse, and otto... i dip into both those styles of behavior... a like is a way for me to bring something to peoples attention (here and on twitter) and it's also bookmarking for personal use (and these are social behaviors that i didn't have before i used friendfeed - now there's something to think about)
- Chris Heath
Adium's 'Open chats as soon as contact begins typing' feature is awesome and creepy. If you open up a new chat to me and start typing, I get a popup with your icon and a message saying "I'm feeling a disturbance in the force..." *before* you even finish typing and sending the first message in the conversation. Creepy and awesome.
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She said YES!! We're engaged. http://twitpic.com/rdobq
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Congrats, George!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Congrats!
- Dario Gomez
Thanks for all the well wishes.
- G. Sigh
congrats to both of you
- VAL D. Zone
Congratulations!
- Ladybug Heather
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! Now we MUST finally get dinner to celebrate the engagement!
- Georgia Diehl
"I should say it is the most complicated photograph I have ever made. It shows position of the Sun on the sky in the same time of a day during one year..." - http://baszottbanda.blogspot.com/
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"Analemma - a trace of the annual movement of the Sun on the sky - is well known among experts of sun-dials and old Earth's globes as a diagram of change of seasons and an equation of time. Between August 30th 1998 and August 19th 1999 I have photographed the Sun 36 times on a single frame of 60-mm film. The pictures were taken exactly at 5:45 UT (Universal time) of every tenth day. Previously, the position of the Sun on the sky was calculated with computer as well as optimal moments of time for taking each of the exposures. However, my success was strongly limited by the weather. Nobody can guarantee fine weather every tenth day even for a few minutes. Approximately, there are 120-170 sunny days a year in Crimea. That made me sure that my aim could be achieved. To do the job, the camera must stay fixed during 12 months. It was difficult to find such a place where the camera would be safe. The solution of the problem was to make a plug-in platform rigidly connected to the camera,...
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- April Buchheit
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simply beautiful!
- Adriana Ripandelli
FREE TiVo HD With Panasonic HDTV Purchase - http://www.tivoblog.com/archive... The deals keep on coming in!
Ken Gidley, G. Sigh and Stephen Mack liked this
I have LOTS to be thankful for, I'm one lucky woman!
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My iPhone Wallpaper
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AWWWWWWWWW!!!!!
- Josh Haley
I'm really digging this meme. :)
- Blackeyed P
I like it too! It's fun to see what each person uses.
- Georgia Diehl
Caauuuute
- sofarsoShawn
Global Warming Exposed as the Greatest Scandal in Modern Science - http://mangans.blogspot.com/2009...
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Seems like an interesting debate, certainly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Stephen Mack
Virgin Media Selects TiVo For Next Generation TV Platform - Nov 24, 2009 - http://tivo.mediaroom.com/index...
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Announced today. From our press release: "TiVo Inc., a leader in the creation of television services and advertising solutions for digital video recorders (DVRs), and Virgin Media Inc., the UK's leading entertainment and communications company, today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership under which TiVo will develop Virgin Media's next generation TV platform. Under the mutually exclusive agreement, TiVo will develop a converged television and broadband interactive interface to power Virgin Media's next generation, high definition set top boxes. The terms of the deal are not disclosed."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
Virgin Media Selects TiVo For Next Generation TV Platform (PR Newswire) - http://finance.yahoo.com/news...
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Google teams up with TiVo to give advertisers a clearer picture - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technol...
Ken Gidley, Stephen Mack, Phil G and 2 other people liked this
Hasn't the Ad related Rush been accelerated at Google?
- Sardar Mohkim Khan
Leonid meteor storms: NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument
Aircraft Campaign Homepage - http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/index...
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significant shower is expected this year when Earth crosses the 1466-dust and 1533-dust ejecta of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. According to J. Vaubaillon, the narrow (about 1-hr) shower is expected to peak on November 17, 2009.
- Eric Logan
from Bookmarklet
Love these. I saw my first meteors in one of these storms. Magical.
- Kamilah Gill
Supposed to be a busy than normal year. They have not updated the Fluximator applet yet apparently. http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimat...
- Eric Logan
This event starts early AM tomorrow. Fluximator is working now. http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimat...
- Eric Logan
Zeigen’s credo - http://www.zeigen.com/blog...
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Love!
- Georgia Diehl
Thanks Georgia! (The photo, or the article too? :) )
- Stephen Mack
Well, the photo IS cute, but I really was referring to the article :)
- Georgia Diehl
Ah, phew. Thank you! I was working on that for a while.
- Stephen Mack
It's obvious that you did. I really enjoyed reading it!
- Georgia Diehl
I have a question, this is in no way an attempt to convince you or even to push my own beliefs, I just want to hear your take on something. You mentioned that you don't believe in things that are unproven (I am over-simplifying for brevity). What is your take on the powers of our own brains? We don't know or understand even a small portion of what our brains can do or even all of how we...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
Rachel, I believe our brains are very powerful indeed, and I agree with you that we know very little overall. But there's lots of proof in the power of our minds to heal our bodies, starting with the placebo effect -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki....
- Stephen Mack
This is a good example of a well-documented effect without a very good explanation of the underlying mechanism. But it's a good question you asked -- I don't have to understand something to believe in it, if there's good evidence.
- Stephen Mack
Cool. That is what I was unclear on with your explanation.
- Rachel Lea Fox
The Making of Jive Talk from Airplane! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Mark Trapp, Cyrus Lendvay, Ňicķ and 5 other people liked this
Very interesting "behind the scenes" clip about one of the funniest bits from Airplane.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I love that they subtitle the actors in Jive when they're speaking normally!
- Brian Johns
heh, yeah, Brian, that part's hilarious. Wonder where this is from -- DVD extras?
- Stephen Mack
I'm not sure where this is from. I have the cheapo version with Airplane! and Top Secret on one disc with NO special features at all. I should investigate a Collectors Edition of that movie since it was very influential in my formative years.
- Brian Johns
Only two days left for the nanoBundle at http://www.macheist.com/ : Twitterific & Shovebox alone make it worth it the price of admission (FREE)
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Coolest place to stay and see the Northern Lights: Hotel Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, Finland - http://www.travelphant.com/2009...
Ertuğrul Erkan, Emine Okumuş, Iván Abrego and 39 other people liked this
SOOOOOOOO Want to go here!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think I'd rather spend my holidays in warmer, friendlier climates :-0
- Kittyburgers
wowwwwwwww o_O
- ozztrojen
PhoenixFeather Photo Stories - Rachel Lea Fox - This Is Halloween! - Haunted Fox Hollow '09 - http://stories.phoenixfeather.net/25-this...
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Paul Buchheit, Penguin It's Cold Outside, SuezanneC Baskerville and 14 other people liked this
2009 was the best year ever in our little Fox Hollow haunted yard! Not only did we expand, more than doubling our size, by continuing a full U-shaped path into our co-conspirators yard (The Awesome Lendvays), but we also added 15 actors throughout the haunt...
- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
Oh, video will be coming soon!
- Rachel Lea Fox
It was such an awesome night. Our friends really brought the haunt to.. life.
- Kevin Fox
Great blog post, Rachel -- saw a lot of details that I missed when visiting. Great job.
- Stephen Mack
Very cool! Had a fun walk thru on Friday with Lisa, she jumped at least 3 times. :)
- Ken Gidley
It was a lot of fun! I don't understand how you raised more money the first night vs the second? That is strange.
- Dario Gomez
We think it's a shifted perspective on Halloween itself. Off Halloween, you're a guest viewing a presentation someone has put together for you but on Halloween you're going around door-to-door collecting stuff from people. We also didn't push donations hard at all. If we just made the box more visible we'd probably collect a lot more. Nevertheless, the main point was entertainment, not fund-raising, so it was okay.
- Kevin Fox
Perhaps it was more friends/family on Friday, who have a more personal connection to Kevin/Rachel and know about the kitten fostering they do, too.
- Ken Gidley
Another excellent point.
- Kevin Fox
Amazing job, guys. It's obvious how much effort you put into this. One year i'll make it!
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Ken, I think you are right about the focus. Also on Halloween we had mostly trick-or-treaters who aren't carrying money around. Some of them had parents who might be, but not all parents went through, they just waited out between the driveways the way that they would if the kids were just going up to ring the bell. So they didn't see the donations bucket. Also at one point we...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks all!! Ryan you totally need to come out!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Many parents don't carry much besides keys and phones while chaperoning their trick-or-treaters. Did your notice about the event mention donations for the kitties? I don't remember.
- Anne Bouey
Anne, some did and some did not. We weren't pushing the donations real hard or anything. We were just looking at why Friday raised more than Saturday. People out on Halloween just aren't thinking about giving donations.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Sorry if I'm gushing and bumping but I still can't believe how well this year came together!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Gush away, Rachel! It was awesome!
- Anne Bouey
Castle On the Ocean -- Could Paper Craft Get Any Better? | ZuZu Top - http://zuzutop.com/2009...
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Tyson Key, Véronique Rabuteau, Rachel Lea Fox and 4 other people liked this
From the post: "Going through a recent paper craft exhibition in Tokyo, simply called ‘Castle on the Ocean’ exhibition, one thing that couldn’t escape an attendee’s attention is a piece of work by a Japanese paper craft genius going by the name Wataru Itou. From the piece of work – a complete city, with all the trappings like a electrical lights and even a train – one would be forgiven for thinking the creator is someone who has been in paper craft for decades. Yet as it turns out, Itou is but ‘just’ a student of art at one of Tokyo’s university. Obviously, there lies a very promising student. Words alone cannot exactly capture the intensity of Itou’s creation."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
Very cool. I wonder how long that took to craft? A month? A year? Longer?
- Ken Gidley
Good question, Ken. The article doesn't provide much in the way of detail. It would have to be more than a month, right?
- Stephen Mack
Movie Narrative Charts - http://xkcd.com/657/
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httpdss, Ken Gidley, Daniel Sims and 5 other people liked this
"In the LotR map, up and down correspond LOOSELY to northwest and southeast respectively."
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- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
TiVo.com Now Offers Extended Warranty (2 Yrs $29.99, 3 Yrs $39.99) - http://www.tivoblog.com/archive...
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Top 10 Apps that Boost Your Media Center [Lifehacker Top 10] - http://lifehacker.com/5393916...
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GPS box that opens only at secret location - http://www.latimes.com/busines...
Anton, Tony Ruscoe, Ken Gidley and 4 other people liked this
Reverse Geocacheing. What an awesome idea, and beautiful implementation!
- Kevin Fox
from Bookmarklet
The episode of Dollhouse you MUST watch - http://scifiwire.com/2009...
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Scientific method: Propose a theory, test it. This is what I believe in. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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From the wiki article: "Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. A scientific method consists of the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
1. Use your experience: Consider the problem and try to make sense of it. Look for previous explanations. If this is a new problem to you, then move to step 2.
- Stephen Mack
2. Form a conjecture: When nothing else is yet known, try to state an explanation, to someone else, or to your notebook.
- Stephen Mack
3. Deduce a prediction from that explanation: If you assume 2 is true, what consequences follow?
- Stephen Mack
4. Test: Look for the opposite of each consequence in order to disprove 2.
- Stephen Mack
If this doesn't get as many comments and likes as Cristo's posts about ghosts, I'm going to be grumpy all week.
- Stephen Mack
As for the horse picture: A great example of the scientific method at work. From the wiki article: "Belief can alter observations; those with a particular belief will often see things as reinforcing their belief, even if to another observer they would appear not to do so. Even researchers admit that the first observation may have been a little imprecise, whereas the second and third...
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- Stephen Mack
Um yeah, this is obvious. Why would there need to be any discussion on this Stephen?
- Ken Gidley
I haven't read Cristo's posts about ghosts (I have a tendency to overlook such things), but I guessing you're not into the supernatural Stephen?
- Dario Gomez
Ken, agreed there's not too much controversial about the scientific method itself. But I wanted to post it to counterbalance some of the other discussions about space aliens/ghosts/etc. This is what I believe in -- not as a religion, per se, but as a life philosophy: Test your theories.
- Stephen Mack
Dario, I love the supernatural. For fiction.
- Stephen Mack
I want science to get some more love today.
- Stephen Mack
Goodonya!
- Alex Scoble
So what is the count of likes and posts vs Cristo's?
- Dario Gomez
Way behind. Way way way way behind.
- Stephen Mack
I agree completely, but where it breaks down as a life philosophy is testing the theories. Many theories can't be adequately tested. What then? I'm just curious how you address it, as in my experiences that's where the supernatural vs. science arguments tend to break down and get ugly.
- Lo
It's not a theory if it can't be tested.
- Alex Scoble
Alex, so you're saying we have the technological ability to do every experiment I can conceive in my head? No matter how unethical? AWESOME! I have hundreds... but seriously, sarcasm aside there are plenty of theories that we aren't able to test for various reasons.
- Lo
viva el hypothesis. ;)
- chaz2b
Lo, you're right, there are bunches of theories that are difficult to test (expensive, unethical). And then there are some that it's either impossible or difficult to come up with any valid method of testing. I think what Alex is getting at is that if it can't be tested at all (if it isn't falsifiable), it probably doesn't have any real-world implications -- no predictive power, for example.
- Stephen Mack
Yeah, I get it. That's not what I meant, anyway. You previously mentioned the scientific method as life philosophy, which I interpreted (perhaps incorrectly) to mean you are one of us who uses it to make decisions in all areas of your life. I love living this way, but I find that on many occasions I'm required to make some decision without any obvious way to test the possibilities (lack...
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- Lo
Again, if you can't test it, it's not a theory, it's a hypothesis or idea. People need to stop throwing around the term "theory" like it's swag handed out at a convention. A theory is an idea or hypothesis that has undergone rigorous testing and peer review. It's not just some idea that you came up with at the top of your head.
- Alex Scoble
The scientific method isn't my entire world view. It doesn't provide values or goals, for example, so it's not enough to subsume decision making, just help guide it. But for me it has a critical role for belief: Do ghosts exist? Should I get swine flu vaccines for my kids? Should I try homeopathic medicine? If I see a flashing light in the sky, is it space aliens?
- Stephen Mack
Interesting theory, Alex! :)
- Stephen Mack
Oy vey...may the droppings of a thousand meese find their way in to your bed tonight, Stephen.
- Alex Scoble
And for the record, if geese is the plural of goose, than meese is the plural of...
- Alex Scoble
Heh heh!
- Stephen Mack
Well we should talk about science here to bump this to the top. Dark matter, do you believe in it?
- Dario Gomez
Good question, Dario. I don't know much about the theory, but it seems pretty underdeveloped, like, "Well, we have no idea where all the mass is, we can't see it, so it must be invisible and out there somewhere."
- Stephen Mack
You know, I don't really mind people believing in ghosts, time travel, space aliens, singularities, or the Loch Ness Monster despite lack of any evidence. Live your life, believe what you want to believe -- as long as it's inconsequential, like those things. Start in with denying your kids care because you don't believe in medicine (only homeopathy), or put my kids in danger because you have an irrational fear of vaccinations for your kids -- that's where I have the biggest problem.
- Stephen Mack
+1 on that, Stephen.
- Kurt Starnes
When you reference other people's work, you should provide the appropriate citation: http://friendfeed.com/cristob... :) None of my proposed conjecture was supernatural, as some here have suggested. Read it for yourself to judge. Also, I never said my musings were scientific, at least I don't remember saying that.
- Cristo
Good point on the cite (it was "posts" about ghosts, but I should have linked to all of them). I don't have a problem with your separate conjecture about a possible explanation for ghosts as energy; but as presented it's not falsifiable and doesn't have predictive power, so it's pretty much inconsequential. If your musings aren't scientific, how can we evaluate them? Are they poetry or something instead?
- Stephen Mack
Stephen, I posted the wrong link. Thanks for catching it, and I'll update it. As for my conjecture, I missed the part in the FriendFeed TOS about having to only post scientifically provable theories. ;)
- Cristo
It's right there, just before the part that requires you to be serious and full of meaning in every post and comment.
- Slappy Line
Alex, your problem is just with my use of the word "theory" in a manner other than that strict definition used in the natural sciences? Wow. You are right, of course. Now, I think I have a theory, no sorry, hypothesis as to why this post is less popular :P (edit: that sounded bitchy... what I meant is that people who are obsessed with factual truth can be rather arduous to converse with...
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- Lo
Lo, science is tiring sometimes, it's true.
- Stephen Mack
I don't think science is tiring, I love it! Understanding the world around me never gets old. Listening to people argue about science can get tiring... science is one of those things where everyone thinks they know what it is, but outside the scientific community there are a lot of misconceptions. (ETA: hell, there's plenty of fail within the community these days)
- Lo
Diagram proves FlashForward and Lost nothing alike | SCI FI Wire - http://scifiwire.com/2009...
Brian Johns, veo, Alex Scrivener and 22 other people liked this
Strangely out of place animal. Hobbit.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Lost had a polar bear and Flash Forward had a kangaroo.
- Matt Mastracci
Ah... so those were the animals... What about the Hobbit? Also, they forgot "Lots of smoke" in the form of monsters or burning buildings.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
I think "hobbit" refers to the actor that played "Merry" in LoTR, Dominic Monaghan, who is apparently going to join the show: http://www.canada.com/enterta...
- Matt Mastracci
Heh. Did anyone else notice the big billboard for "Oceanic Airlines" during the premier? Perhaps they're both in the same universe, and the Dharma Initiative is behind the blackouts? :)
- Ken Gidley
If they're in the same universe then there's a problem since "Penny" from Lost is one of the main characters (the female doctor married to the FBI agent who's name I can't remember) in Flash Forward.
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Twins? :)
- Stephen Mack
All I could think about watching ep 1 was "that's Penny's American twin!"
- Matt Mastracci
from iPhone
LOL to all of the above. :D
- Micah Wittman
The differnece is that LOST succeeded wildly at being interesting while Flash Forward hasn't. In LOST the characters were all enigmatic blank slates at the beginning of the show and the flashbacks were used to illumate the audience about a defining moment in their past which then informs a certain decision they are making on the island. This rounds out the characters and helps drive...
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- veo
Facebook "News Feed" is now pushing items with comments to the top of the feed a la FriendFeed. "Live Feed" is the old style chronological feed, as far as I can tell.
Ken Gidley, Dan Freeman and Stephen Mack liked this
This is a great new feature and appears to be a some early fruit from the FB/FF deal.
- Kurt Starnes
Just found the Mashable story: http://mashable.com/2009...
- Kurt Starnes
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