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Kol Tregaskes
"Though the term “herd behaviour” today is most often used when talking about financial markets, it originally described individuals in a group acting together without direction – for example an animal herd fleeing from a predator. When seen from above, animal herds seem to follow intricate and intriguing patterns." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet
When we watch Planet Earth, I'm always amazed at the sheer numbers of herds. I like to think of herds as >1000 (is that less than?), but we saw one doc that showed something like 25K gazelles. Amazing. Or the one with the gigantic flock of birds. WOW. - Admiral Anika
Planet Earth is an amazing documentary. I guess Nature's Great Events are on their way to the US soon too. That's another great natural history doc from the BBC. - Kol Tregaskes
Yes, I've seen NGE, but seriously PE is infinitely better, visually speaking. The only thing that bugs me about PE is the constant, "Thanks to our brand-new, super-expensive technology we were able to be the first to capture this fish swimming." or whatever. Enough with the dick-stroking just give me facts. - Admiral Anika
Yeah but there isn't much of that to be fair and is completely overshadowed by the quality of the images and documentary. Both NGE and PE are excellent. We get so much of that from the BBC, it's great. - Kol Tregaskes
You don't think it's a lot? The other night we watched the PE marathon on Discovery. In each hour show, Weaver must have mentioned it 3 - 4 times. That's a lot to me. :) I can't wait to get both series in a boxset, but we agreed that we'll wait until we get a better TV. - Admiral Anika
Anyone know when the new Planet Earth is coming out, i heard they were filming it a long time ago but i know it takes years to make those? - Steve C
Steve, I had no idea there was even a new one in the making. How exciting. - Admiral Anika
Steve, I just realized that the Planet Earth marathon I was watching was narrated by Sigourney Weaver, whereas the old ones were narrated by David Attenborough. Maybe these are the new ones, which explains why I was confused over some of the topics thinking, "Gosh I don't remember that one." - Admiral Anika
New Planet Earth? News to me. I think there is a "movie" coming out or even out but I've not heard of any new series. - Kol Tregaskes
In the U.S. Discovery cut the episodes and redid the narration with Sigourney. Same footage. - Stephen Mack
Ah you can't beat David Attenborough - who could ever replace him? - Kol Tregaskes
I'll have to look it up, but I thought it was in like Discovery magazine that they were making the next set of series. I was wrong once in like the second grade, so I guess it could happen again. - Steve C
Seriously? I liked Attenborough's narration. - Admiral Anika
Anika. That's what I meant. There's no one better IMHO. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
David Attenborough is the king. Nobody else comes close. He's an incredible man- Parkinson did a great interview with him. - Bec Rowe @d0tski
And Attenborough says he has no plans to retire. Yippee for us. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Are those walrus? - LarchOye
Yep, them there walrus. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Funny; just ordered the Planet Earth Blu-ray set today. - Anthony Citrano from BuddyFeed
Anthony, well worth it! - Kol Tregaskes
I'm a cow, mooo. - Will Higgins™
Hehe, Will. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes
LANjackal
"Speedtest.net for Android is the perfect application to test 3G speeds. The app was just released in the last 48 hours and has already been updated several times to fix some bugs. The service works just as one would expect it to. A settings page allows you to change servers, adjust speed measurements, and sort history." - Just tested it on the Droid, it works OK but seems stuck in portrait orientation. - LANjackal from Bookmarklet
Finally :) - Can Demirezen
mine's stuck in portrait too. tested VZW 3g at 794 down and 776 up. Second test 1051 down and 735 up. faster uploads than standard cable service. - Matt Ellsworth
I was about to say the same ... VZW's upload speeds are impressive (although I can burst upload at nearly 2 MB/s and do so consistently at ~420 kB/s on Comcast), especially the fact that up/down is nearly symmetrical. I tested at 811 kB/s down 751 up myself - LANjackal from IM
App crashes if Droid is locked while it's running on top - LANjackal from IM
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LANjackal
Recommend me some good Android-related blogs. Ready? GO!
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TIA - LANjackal
I don't know about blog, but there's a StackOverflow-esque Q&A site for just Android here: http://www.forceclose.com/ - Itachi
Let me know if you find any more, but above are the ones I have in Google Reader ... - Kevin Mohr
Here is a twitter-list about android: http://twitter.com/marking... would you help me to let it grow? send a recommendation to @markingegno or leave it here. Thanks. - Markingegno - Donato
Thanks for all of the above, I subscribed to quite a few. Big shoutout to Kevin Mohr who's been stumping for Android since I first saw him online - LANjackal
Bahadır Yağan
"Excellent news, fellow HTC Hero owners. Just yesterday there was speculation that HTC may be skipping the Android 1.6 (Donut) update and heading straight to version 2.0 (Éclair). HTC has now confirmed that they are doing exactly that." - Bahadır Yağan from Bookmarklet
Allen Stern
Anyone Still Using Friendfeed? - http://www.centernetworks.com/anyone-...
dreadful death.:( - Igor Poltavskiy
:( - Yolanda
A slow, lingering death is the worst. - Greg Guitarbuster
article is pointing at Robert Scoble and Louis Gray, too. - Joe Silence is not dead
i'm not predicting the death of FF until they shoot it in the base of the skull. i actually use Facebook LESS post-acquisition. - Joe Silence is not dead
Maybe things were down in September because so many people went back to school? - Nine
NO, IT'S THE FFPOCALYPSE! SHUT DOWN THE SERVERS NOW!! :P - Joe Silence is not dead
Long Live FriendFeed - Chris Heath
LONG LIVE THE NEW FFLESH! - Joe Silence is not dead
FriendFeed is still the best place to 1) Aggregate all content from around the Web and 2) See others activity around the Web. Also, if you assume Facebook wins, piping content through here fills out your Facebook profile. So of course I'm still here. - Louis Gray
There you go, Allen. Straight from (one of) the horse's mouth. :) Louis is still here, still active and even interacting with you. - Curtiss Grymala
yep - i just saw a pic of his kid in a tshirt :) - Allen Stern
Yes - Alex Scoble
"Consultant Louis Gray appears to be using Google Reader to share content he finds interesting." Wait, I see him right up there.^^^^^ - Christopher Harley
why are folks abandoning? :( - ffcode
hate facebook, and scoble's prediction that facebook would be the next big thing! you just can't help those folks that just get there for the girl-boy thing...or for their friends and family, there is a lot of people doing it there and a great section of that isn't of any help when it comes to questions and tech stuff, it might be a big thing but compared to friendfeed it is... more... - ffcode
Guys, this is FriendFeed comment bait. The chart on CenterNetworks isn't that good either. :) http://siteanalytics.compete.com/centern... - Louis Gray
Ouch :p - Chris Saad
oh snap! Louis is just mad because Cal lost again last weekend - Allen Stern
Guys, this is not Friendfeed comment bait - The chart on Louis Gray isn't that good either :) http://siteanalytics.compete.com/louisgr... - Allen Stern
URLTLDR - Jay Cuthrell
Allen, October will be an up month for me. :) - Louis Gray
why did the twins get computers? **oh snap** LOL - Allen Stern
Me-ouch - nice work Louis about CenterNetworks! - Shane
still here. (been posting this a lot lately....) - Mike Nencetti
Still my favorite network. Why? - Jesse Stay
You know it would be cool if everyone left FriendFeed because then Louis and I would have the edge against everyone else that left it in the dust. It's still an awesome tool guys! - Jesse Stay
Using it every day - Christopher Galtenberg
I keep telling you guys: this internet thing is JUST A FAD - Ken Sheppardson
The chart on mine's going up, kind of: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/staynal... - Jesse Stay
nice Jesse - keep it up! - Allen Stern
Allen, I just hope that everybody stops blogging so I am the only one doing it. If you naysayers all stop FriendFeeding, that's fine too. Go have fun on your Twitter. :) - Louis Gray
I noticed a decline, but it really seems to be picking up lately, especially in the last week. - RAPatton
i thought we were all going to posterous? i booked a big coach bus to take us all over there! rubel is driving! :-P - Allen Stern
hahahaha "go have fun on your twitter" there isn't anything like friendfeed, no not even posterous... - ffcode
*fierce eye roll* - Chieze Okoye
In the old days this would have had hundreds of comments. - Robert Scoble from iPhone
Allen, no, we're all going to SocialMedian now - didn't you get the memo? - Jesse Stay
Robert, that's because your brother quit ;-) - Jesse Stay
it's really simple: I control what I see and respond to on FriendFeed. On Facebook others control what I see. - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Robert, are you coming here to tell us again that nobody uses FriendFeed anymore because it's too noisy? - Bruce Lewis from fftogo
yup Robert i am with Bruce on this...:) - ffcode
If it's too loud, you're too old. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo
one of the reasons might be because FF team has moved on... - ffcode
WHAT? YOU GUYS ARE BEING TOO NOISY - Jesse Stay
I haven't noticed any big declines since the week or two after the Facebook announcements. Most of the people I interact with are still here... and I've subbed to new people... I don't know what that article is talking about. Seems like the article is a self fulfilling prophecy: let's say that everyone is leaving FriendFeed so that everyone will leave FriendFeed. Actually, it almost... more... - Lindsay
kind of, though I've noticed most have changed exactly how they use it before and after the big sell, for example there are fewer imports of the particular services and more of personal blog RSS's, which I'm sure is due to who own the content issue - sofarsoShawn
ffcode, Paul Bucheit posted something just yesterday, as did Benjamin Golub. They're still using the site. - Jesse Stay
moved on as in moved on to another projects are they still working on ff? - ffcode
jesse, but their activity has seen a drop, bret isn't doing much - ffcode
I've personally noticed a large drop among the usual people I subscribed to. My main feed was so dead I even had to ask if the real-time feature broke down. - sofarsoShawn
ffcode, they're working on the facebook code now... figuring out how to move forward while integrating the friendfeed features (iirc) - Chris Heath
oh okay... - ffcode
This makes me sad. :( - April Buchheit from iPhone
Great... Just when I was getting used to FriendFeed... So what's the new fad service? Outside of Google Wave and the still going strong Twitter/Facebook news, I haven't heard of anything new coming out lately. Maybe it's just me but I'm itching for more revolutionary free stuff. Posterous FTW though. :p - Fake Name
ffcode, they released Tornado server recently. I think that was a pretty significant activity - Jesse Stay
Fake Name, don't go anywhere... Long Live FriendFeed - Chris Heath
For the record, Allen, Cal didn't lose this weekend because they had a bye week. :) - Louis Gray
looooooooooooooool - Allen Stern
Still here...... - Iain Baker
i'm of the opinion that FriendFeed (the service) is of more value -- to me-- than FriendFeed (the community) and if the community goes off and disipates it will be a loss, but the service is still worth a lot to me - Chris Heath
April, please elaborate. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo
Louis, you mean a BYU week? Did you see how much BYU beat UNLV by? :-) - Jesse Stay
Ok, Chris. I'll hold your Feed up to that scrutiny. :p - Fake Name
agree with Judy... - ffcode
In answer to the original question: yes! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Yeah - April can't just say she's sad and leave it at that :-) Does she have insider information we're not privy to? - Jesse Stay
this thread tops my best of day. - Mike Nencetti
I stopped pruning my FF feed to promote interaction and don't bother sharing with FF as much. I just post links through twitter now and upped my usage for facebook. I also stopped updating the rooms I started. - Alan Le
FF is still my favourite, although I'm quite. But that's due to other activities. - Ton Zijp
this is control, and you all who registered on ff need to be here ASAP...and we need to rebuild the conversations ETA a day at most... - ffcode
I'm still here. More active some days than others. But when we DO need to abandon the ship, why not try Cliqset? - Patrik Johansson
hahhahaaaa, yeah that'd be FriendFeed done right - sofarsoShawn
Yeah I read that article. I don't think it's better than FF, not close. But when FF goes down, maybe Cliqset could be something? - Patrik Johansson
Fake Name, what scrutiny are you holding my feed up to? Not sure what you mean. - Chris Heath
I use FF for aggregation, for discovery of interesting stories, and for following discussions. I never received much interaction with my own posts here. It's a mystery to me why people complain about FF complexity when Facebook is way more complex and less intuitive. Twitter is too simple, and therefore requires ridiculous hacks like RTs and @s. Unpopular Jaiku is better than Twitter.... more... - howard shippin
@Chris Heath, it was just a fancy way of saying I've subscribed to your feed. - Fake Name
btw oward, why is Jaiku better than Twitter? You didn't exactly clarify. Personally though...yeah, end of the day I either want a better RSS or a better RSS segmenter than anything else. FriendFeed is nice but it's still more of a lifestream than a Yahoo Pipes' Dream. - Fake Name
Fake Name, well that makes sense... i kind of thought you might have been putting me down in a sarcastic manner, but that makes sense too - Chris Heath
Haven't found anything to replace it with just yet, so yeah, I'm still here. - Steven Perez
To be honest, I have stopped listening to a lot of social media 'experts'. FriendFeed has always been about social interaction for me... After 1,000,345 stories on Twitter vs Facebook, it's getting old. Interaction may be down... but it may be the content, not the service. - Johnny Worthington
Good thread, my comment on the post here: http://alexschleber.posterous.com/my-comm... If FF goes away entirely, it would be a huge loss of the (Twitter) archiving capabilities. I still don't get why FF didn't go the full-on Twitter client route, they could have pwned TweetDeck with better groups, MUCH better persistence, etc. They could have ridden the Twitter hype wave all the way. Of course to make that happen, they would have had to optimize the Twitter use cases. - Alex Schleber
I like FF for everything it does that Twitter DOESN'T. I'm very glad they didn't just make it another lame Twitter client. How many of those do we really need? - Lindsay
FB could easily inject thousands or millions of new users. The fact that they don't, and probably won't, sucks. I think ff was bought because it was seen as a threat, and now I fear it is being left to die. sigh. - Garin Kilpatrick
I think the 50 mio is a transfer payment to FF guys... They dont need anything and I dont think that they seen ff as a thread. - Atif UNALDI
pity, i was just starting to enjoy using friendfeed even though no body ever replied to any of my comments lol - Loc
@bluecockatoo / Lindsay, I wasn't saying that FF should ONLY be another Twitter client, rather the best, on top of also being the best for other services and FF discussion (different use cases). BTW, you may have noticed that FF was always at least 50% Twitter content. Why deny/fight reality, especially if that reality could have greatly bolstered FF instead of seeing it flounder and then having to sell out to Zuckerberg for the coding talent (AKA liquidation). - Alex Schleber
I've actually been spending more time here lately, still subscribing to interesting feeds - but also started looking for decent replacement. Expecting may be some time before I find one - no hurry .... - Dan Freeman
Uh yeaah bitch, I just signed up today, bow down and worship. - Gina
To the end - Wayne Sutton from iPhone
Yeeee - Joe Dawson
Garin, i suspect ff guys had facebook in mind when they were designing it... - ffcode
"While comparing Posterous to Friendfeed is like comparing a bagel to a piece of fish, ..." lol. But.. can't argue with the OP; it's a shame.. - thinkQuick
I still open up FF and leave it running all day long. - Chris Jackson
Yup, still using it. At the Mac FriendFeed still rules over Twitter. Slightly different story on the iPhone where Twitter is served by several superb third party clients, in particular Twittelator Pro, which drag me to the platform. On the Mac though it's a no contest. I'm staying in the hope that FriendFeed will see further updates. If this doesn't happen and if it rots on the vine then I'll consider other services. For now though FriendFeed seems the best there is out there. - JSLeFanu
have we passed 100 comments yet so Scobelizer will take note - Chris Heath
Chris: No, I mean, yes. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo
No, nobody uses FriendFeed any more. I certainly don't. - Mellissa Claus
I still use FriendFeed, although I haven't been as active as I would have liked, as of late. :( - Tyson Key
I didn't want to respond to this yesterday but I think it's really sad that blogs\news try to put things into the Deadpool before they actually happen. Throughout my career I've seen this, X is dead and in many cases they still exist. Why does media (including blogs) feel it is there role to speed up or create a death? My view is that if they are still talking about it, it's normally still doing OK. - manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I especially liked how she called us idiots as we had it wrong this whollllle damn time. Oh yes, because she's in the superior position to make such a crude judgment call. Dumb fug. - sofarsoShawn
Shawn, who's she? and where did she say this? now i'm interested... - Chris Heath
Here we go, my Backtype's not importing so, Christina Warren wrote a thoroughly idiotic article for mashable: http://www.backtype.com/connect... & Louis G's take: http://friendfeed.com/louisgr... - sofarsoShawn
I do, but I wish there was a way of filtering what the Facebook app posts, e.g. no "@" replies... - David "Lefty" Schlesinger from Nambu
I use Friendfeed a lot more than Twitter because there is less noise and spam so it's fine if the numbers are low as long as they keep running it. I do spend most on my time on facebook because that's where my close friends and family are. It would be easier to be here if there was interaction on any of my posts. - Jason Williams from iPhone
@fake name (Twitter vs. Jaiku) ...It's not like I actually use Jaiku, but I see that it has threaded conversations. That's an improvement right there. - howard shippin
I find myself using friendfeed even more after the acquisition. I usually start conversations here and auto-post to twitter. I just seem to get more interaction here than twitter. I get a few @replies here and there on twitter but its usually my close friends. - Bryan Lee
Still here... - Carlos Sousa
so am i... maybe it's december, not friendfeed? students are back to their studies, business people realize that the quarter ends in september and so on... i've cut my browsing to minimum - no twitter, no facebook, only friendfeed - Kirill Bolgarov
Off topic: Do your Twitter updates come as fast as usual or are they late? Because mine are unusually late. Google Reader shares too. - rukku
Robert Scoble
renn: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, regrets one small thing: The double slash - http://bit.ly/16y7lG - http://twitter.com/renn...
Bahadır Yağan
HTC Hero smartphone judged best gadget of 2009 | Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...
come godoooooooo - milus
I absolutely agree - love it :) - PaperDoll
Martin Bryant
"The runaway success of the iPhone can be partly put down to the fact that it’s both simple and powerful. Google’s open source Android mobile OS looks like it may be sacrificing its ease of use as it fragments into an increasing number different versions." - Martin Bryant from Bookmarklet
Good post, Martin.. My comment from the site: "Good or Bad.. I think this is pretty much the intention. Android allows carriers (and others) to either stick with the basics, or create their own “brand”. From the Android page, “Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.” – Android is not JUST an OS, it is an entire mobile framework. How well that framework holds together WHEN the OS/Hardware splits happen, we’ll have to wait and see." - Tim Hoeck
Hey Zee, you should get Disqus (or something like it) on thenextweb.com! :) - Tim Hoeck
I don't understand this particular confusion argument, I'm afraid. What is confusing whom and why does it matter ? - Matthäus Krzykowski
Matthäus - It's not confusing to developers or geeks who follow these things - I'm talking about everyday consumers. Networks are marketing Android as being linked to Google services. That's not necessarily the case, as Android is emerging in an increasingly varied 'flavours', consumers are likely to get increasingly confused about what to expect from it. - Martin Bryant
Now I see your argument clearer, Martin, fair point. In my opinion this consumer confusion is less important than the buy-in from carriers into Android. The "fragmented" approach gives them the opportunity to control the "fragments" they think they need to control to support mobile internet devices. From what I'm hearing from my interview partners these fragments for example are email... more... - Matthäus Krzykowski
Alp
My new FriendFeed app: "FFSPY": Find out who stops following you on FriendFeed! (help spreading please, reshare, like...) - http://ffspy.com/
My new FriendFeed app: "FFSPY": Find out who stops following you on FriendFeed! (help spreading please, reshare, like...)
FFSPY allows you to find out who unsubscribed from you by sending you hourly, daily or weekly reports via e-mail. Try it now: http://ffspy.com - Alp from Bookmarklet
kan cikmaz, aklini basina alir insanlar. Postlari insanlarin hosuna gimtiyorsa ogrenmek hakki. guzel bir tool - denizoktar
"Post to FriendFeed on your behalf" Why? What for? - Nikos Anagnostou
@Nikos it is not a message created by us. It is a generic message from FriendFeed. We don't post anything. - Alp
Next up: FFHitman: "Make people think twice before unfollowing you on FriendFeed again." - Meryn Stol
ohlala süpermiş bu - Hakan İyice
Meryn, haha that was great :-} - Alp
@Meryn, haha that was great. - Alp
comments? - Alp
i'll be sure to comment when report arrives. - bora "head" basman
one way to read the alerts in friendfeed is by using a group with a secret email address added - Mike Chelen
Am I actually supposed to care if people unsubscribe? Apparently I'm too self absorbed. Never occurred to me to try and find out. - Eoghann Irving
106 of my friends unsubscribed from me today, supposedly. - Franz Sittampalam
@Franz, there is a bug and I'm trying to solve it. Could you check that ffspy is listed here: http://friendfeed.com/setting... and inform me after that, please? - Alp
@Alp, it's not listed there but the website recognizes me and is setup to email me. What should I do? - Franz Sittampalam
@Frans, sorry I pasted wrong URL, could you check out existance of ffspy at here: http://friendfeed.com/setting... - Alp
@Alp, yes it's listed there - Franz Sittampalam from IM
@Dave, if you have doubts, you can revoke ffspy at http://friendfeed.com/setting... - Alp
@Franz, thanks for your help, I'm still investigating on the issue, this is a very rare situation but happened on a few users among hundreds. Such an interesting bug. I'll inform you when I figure out. - Alp
Alp, thanks a lot - no biggy, I just thought I was very unpopular this morning :p - Franz Sittampalam from IM
Oh, don't worry about it :) - Alp
Thanks for your opinions. I hope it may be useful for someone else. - Alp
Alp, dude. You are awesome. You should work for FriendFeed. - AJ Batac
Wait. You are only 19 years old? Whoa. - AJ Batac
Ehm you can see all my apps here http://www.ahmetalpbalkan.com/ - Alp
tanx - مصطفام
Next, you need to develop an app that lets you unfollow someone *without* setting off an FFSpy alert. (More seriously: I *like* the fact that FF doesn't notify someone if I unfollow them.) - Kevin Shaum
Kevin, maybe we follow some people for trends, news and good stuff. Sometimes it does not matter whether they do follow us, or they don't. - Alp
The logo might a bit dramatic............you know with the blood and all lol - Franz Sittampalam
all this time you are working on a new app? - testbeta
will check this out! - Srikanth AD
رونوشت به مجتبی :)) - پیکان
خیلی این سایت مطمئن به نظر نمیرسه ... عضو نشید - راحیل
@peykan @sargardani, what are you talking about? - Ahmet Alp Balkan
Why would you care? Just asking... - Fossil Huntress
it only matters to ppl with a trophy mentality. vindictive ppl, at that. very MySpace. :P - Joe Silence is not dead
why does it have to be vindictive? maybe the point is to notice if you make mistakes or do something that upsets people without realizing =D - Mike Chelen
I don't get it. Why would anybody care who is following them? - Otto
@Fossil @Otto, nevermind, someone cares, so more than 800 people using it. - Ahmet Alp Balkan
@Ahmet: Thank you for not answering my question... I was asking, why would people care, not how many people use the service... - Otto
Otto, you know some people have obsessions. They really care about who follows them. That's just obvious for some nations, they do care this trivial thing. - Ahmet Alp Balkan
application is good thats all that matters and alp has been working on a great lot of apps for friendfeed, i am looking forward to some great unique service of its own from him, i don't care who follows me but @otto it does give some happy moments when you are followed by someone of high integrity and expertise, helps one have a smile on one's face :) thanks for the app though, i too tried it but i don't really care if someone leaves ;) - testbeta
is that a ... good picture for software? ? ... just saying ... don't get me wronk / - Petr Buben
bana email falan gelmedi :( - ugurarcan
Evernote Addicts
Evernote’s Big Win(dows) Beta Release - http://blog.evernote.com/2009...
Cool! But I think I'll wait for awhile... at least until I upgrade my PC to Win7 :-) - Pandu ● IT Optimizer
Anyone know if this has to be installed on all windows machines that have Evernote already? I'd hate to install it at home only to find I can no longer access the notes on my work PC's client... - Thomas
Oh, I know what I'll be doing tonight!! - Lindsay
And a new version for the Pre?Please.... - Zachary TG
Thomas Hawk
Russian Billionaire Installs Anti-Photo Shield on Giant Yacht | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/gadgetl...
Russian Billionaire Installs Anti-Photo Shield on Giant Yacht | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
"Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has a rather curious new addition built in to his latest oversized yacht. The 557-foot boat Eclipse, the price tag of which has almost doubled since original plans were drawn to almost $1.2 billion, set sail this week with a slew of show-off features, from two helipads, two swimming pools and six-foot movie screens in all guest cabins, to a mini-submarine and missile-proof windows to combat piracy. It might not seem like somebody with such ostentatious tastes would crave privacy, but along with these expensive toys, Ambramovich has installed an anti-paparazzi “shield”. Lasers sweep the surroundings and when they detect a CCD, they fire a bolt of light right at the camera to obliterate any photograph. According to the Times, these don’t run all the time, so friends and guests should still be able to grab snaps. Instead, they will be activated when guards spot the scourge of professional photography, paparazzi, loitering nearby." - Thomas Hawk from Bookmarklet
Take a one sided mirror with the mirrored side facing the yacht. Place the camera behind the mirror. Viola. - Roberto Bonini
These are fairly common on larger yachts. The CCD-detectors are new to me but many yachts have special light fittings that distort photos. There's a current military project that basically scratches any lens within a short radius, could eventually be used in civilian applications. - Steven Cains
Guy seems pretty rich. Lego should contact this guy and see how much he'd pay for a life sized lego replica of his boat. - Thomas Hawk
AWESOME!!! - Travis Koger from iPhone
Seems that my old film camera will be useful again (but wait a minute, what interested me on the boat? - Emil Chan
Steven Perez
Good morning, FriendFeed.
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Good morning Steven! - Rene Wirtz
brilliant! Good morning. - Jim Hearts FF
Good morning, Rene and Jim. :) - Steven Perez from IM
G'morning, SP! - Laura Lou Who
Good morning, Laura. :) - Steven Perez from IM
Goooood Mooooorning America :) Here 15:25, hello from Europe :) - Roldano De Persio of FF
Good afternoon, Roldano. :) - Steven Perez from IM
Buenos días, Steven! - Jorge Escobar
Buenos dias, Jorge. :) - Steven Perez from IM
BRAAAAINS! *sips unsweetened iced tea with lemon* - Joe Silence is not dead
*loads caffeine-shot into shotgun for DS* - Steven Perez from IM
Good morning, Lady Escargot. :) - Steven Perez from IM
*does the Kurt Cobain cold press* - Joe Silence is not dead
Hey Stewie! - Helen Sventitsky
Good morning, Songbird. :) - Steven Perez
Good Morning, Steven! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Good morning:))) - Mehmet Özkan
Good afternoon, Kol and Mehmet. :) - Steven Perez
g'morning mr perez, :) - chaz2b
'morning.. *Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn!* - Adrian Scicluna
Gina
dannysullivan
Pondering “Email Conservation” After Hitting Gmail’s Storage Limit - http://daggle.com/ponderi...
Johnny Worthington
OMG!!! NEKKKED JOHNNY!!! At least in the face. - Mathew™ one of a kind
Heeeeeere's JOHNNY!!! - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
clean johnny is clean? - Alfredo
[LIKE!!!!!!!!!] - Rochelle
Hello! awesome :) - Mycaptain
HEY! WHO SAID YOU COULD SHAVE YOUR BEARD? - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
:O (the only post that could top this one tonight would be Akiva announcing his new avatar...) - Kamilah Gill
I love that I got the first comment. - Mathew™ one of a kind
And there goes the beard -- gone! The suspense is over. - Dennis Jernberg
/hide, <cries>, etc. - Louis Gray
o_O - Harold
GROW IT BACK! GROW IT BACK! - Mike Nayyar
Look at how cute you look!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!! - Rachel Lea Fox
now grow an afro - Alfredo
It's like the end of an era. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)
DO ANYBODY NO WHO THAT (NEKKID FACED) MAN IZ CLAIMING TO BE JOHNNY? - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I'm a little sad, I have to admit. But..well done, sir, well done! - CAJ, somewhere else
Welcome back! - Laura Lou Who
Now you need to get a normal goatee thing going. - Internet's Tad
Who's dat??? - Bill Heslin
it's already coming back...and with a vengeance!!! - David Rodriguez
DID YOU KILL IT WITH FIRE? THE SHORN HAIR? - Josh Haley
Okay, who's that good looking man in the picture? *looks around to see if Rachel is reading* :P - Mol, Santa Claws
Yay! Rachael will kiss me again! - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
it looks like he shaved 10 years off. - Harold
YOu mean he didn't donate it to the wig thing. what is that? where people donate their hair for wigs? Would make a very interesting if not kinky wig...lol - Bill Heslin
Sad about beard, but cheeks are good. *pinch* - Ayşe E.
I got my Johnny back - Rachael Worthington from iPhone
Awww! Yay, Rachael! - Laura Lou Who
Hey Rach... Wanna go make out? - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Hahaha!! Gonna be a good night for you I think Mr. Worthington... :) - Bill Heslin
And you too Rachel... *wink* - Bill Heslin
Rachael even - Bill Heslin
Wait a minute, isn't your Grandma there? - Glenn Slaven
Glenn... We'd go neckin' near the point - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
WooHoo!! Look at the cuteness that is Johnny! You look years younger too :) - Penny
Now that it's shaved with the clippers...get some shaving cream on your face and a razor and make it really smooth for Ms. Rachael...Probably a bit much there eh? - Bill Heslin
fair 'nuff - Glenn Slaven
lol - Bill Heslin
Who the hell is this baby-faced pansy?! Where the Eff is Johnny Worthington?! - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
LOL... - Bill Heslin
It's the new enhanced Johnny Worthington..Rahsheen - Bill Heslin
Very nice! - Michael Fidler
The more it pops up...lol...the more it looks like you should pose for Australia's next top model...Nice pic...heheheheh - Bill Heslin
That's not Johnny. Doesn't look anything like him... - Jason Huebel
Shock and awe tactics? ;-) - Rene Wirtz
It's a mixture of horror and amusement. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Hehehe, it's Johnny in the rough! - Alex Scoble
The beard is gone, All hail Queen Rach :p lol - Rachael Worthington from iPhone
Wow! There was a human being under that beast! - David Cook from fftogo
Noo - Wayne Sutton from iPhone
اين بابا فكر ميكنه خيلي خوشتيپه هي از خودش عكس در ميكنه ! - دردا ©
So...who the fuck is this? - sofarsoShawn
Make way! Let it breathe! Let it breathe! Johnny's Chin, can you hear me? You're free now. Damn, we're losing it, I have no pulse! Oh man, IS THERE A CHIN DOCTOR IN THE CHATROOM????? - Brome
You have a chin? - Threepwood
ta da - barbarars
Somewhere in the Australia there is a happy bald guy with a new rough hair... - Jemm
I recall when I shaved mine off after several years... the next day my wife asked me to grow it back! (She's so subtle.) - Mark "DerBingle" J
I remember you! ;-) - Kol Tregaskes
*pretends I don't see clean shaven handsome Johnny since I am impartial to the scruffy look* - Mona Nomura
Did anyone record the stream? i just woke up! - Simon Wicks
Awesome and WELL DONE. You're a good guy Johnny...but I wont tell any one ;-) - Shannon
Looks awesome, I only started following you while bearded so this is very very different. Hope the collection is rocking and rolling. - Rasmus Lauridsen
Wow. - Chieze Okoye
Whaa? Whose this? - Adam Helweh
One unfortunate side effect of beard loss is the ability to once again feel slaps. - Joe Pierce
DUDE!!!!!!!! - Zee.
Well, no more food getting caught in it? - Ladybug Heather
i favor beards and would have one if I were male....but it becomes you, without it! - Marg Uerite
:o - chaz2b
The beard! It's gone! it's gone! but why? - Sardar Mohkim Khan
Now that it's gone, I miss it - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
wow ! - Mattb4rd
lookin' good JW. - Jim Hearts FF
Johnny Worthington
GREAT SHOTS - Mo Kargas
when do you shave it off ? for the #blameathon - johnpiercy
Friday night (my Saturday morning) on FFundercats - Johnny Worthington
COFFEE TABLE BOOK! - Joe Silence is not dead
DS just made me spew coffee through my nose! DYDS! - Jim Hearts FF
You'r a funny man.... *LOOOL* Nice pictures :O) - Jeannette Høvring
wow, i've been damned via acronym on FF! does this mean i have arrived? - Joe Silence is not dead
DS... You were already here - Johnny Worthington
Will there be video? Does Australia have video capability? - Kevin Fox
i want to see these reproduced as busts in crystallised Marmite. - Joe Silence is not dead
I think it may be time to trim the beard. - Jason Nunnelley
2 days left, beardio. - Josh Haley from iPhone
Eeekk - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Seriously jealous. - Curtiss Grymala
Curtiss... You to can have a beard like mine in only 6 months! - Johnny Worthington from iPhone
Johnny - Not me. My beard only grows to a certain point and then quits. I guess I could get Rogaine and rub it on my face. :) - Curtiss Grymala
quite think one you got there..arent you uncomfortable with it? - Sardar Mohkim Khan
Seriously awesome series of shots! - Amie Gillingham
Y'know, with that face and that beard, it's almost a crime that Johnny wasn't the guest of honor at the Gnomedex thing. All he needs is the pointy red hat! - Mark "DerBingle" J
Lurve these. - Ayşe E.
1 MORE DAY - Josh Haley from iPhone
Flip. Book. FLIP. BOOK. NOW. - Mona Nomura
grrr! - sean808080
TODAY'S THE DAY. - Kevin Fox
Jason Wehmhoener
"Tornado is an open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and and tools that power FriendFeed. The FriendFeed application is written using a web framework that looks a bit like web.py or Google's webapp, but with additional tools and optimizations to take advantage of the underlying non-blocking infrastructure. The framework is distinct from most mainstream web server frameworks (and certainly most Python frameworks) because it is non-blocking and reasonably fast. Because it is non-blocking and uses epoll, it can handle thousands of simultaneous standing connections, which means it is ideal for real-time web services. We built the web server specifically to handle FriendFeed's real-time features — every active user of FriendFeed maintains an open connection to the FriendFeed servers. (For more information on scaling servers to support thousands of clients, see The C10K problem.) See the Tornado documentation for a detailed walkthrough of the framework." - Jason Wehmhoener
I was hoping the OpenFF folks would find this :) - Benjamin Golub
man - just when I thought I was going to have a "no new project to review" weekend... - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
I was just thinking of posting this. I'm pleasantly surprised to see parts of FriendFeed being Open-Sourced. Could it be of use for the OpenFF endeavour? - Tyson Key
I think some kind of non-blocking server is a necessity if real-time is on the roadmap. - Jason Wehmhoener
How similar is it to FriendFeedServer? (Assuming that it is the "real" FriendFeedServer code, and not a "Made for Open Source" rewrite that is being released). - Tyson Key
Tyson: it is nearly identical. We pulled Tornado out of the FriendFeed server and cleaned things up to make it not dependent on any FriendFeed specific code - Benjamin Golub
Thanks for the clarification. - Tyson Key
Does anyone want to try and weld it to the Facebook Open Platform stuff, using some sort of PHP-Python bridge module (in the same vain as mod_php in Apache)? ;) - Tyson Key
Some of the UI and translation stuff sounds interesting, for what it's worth. - Tyson Key
like like like! - Capn' One Eye - adrift
Ken Sheppardson
Fwd: The technology behind Tornado, FriendFeed's web server - Bret Taylor's blog - http://bret.appspot.com/entry... (via http://friendfeed.com/friendf...)
Fwd: The technology behind Tornado, FriendFeed's web server - Bret Taylor's blog - http://bret.appspot.com/entry/tornado-web-server (via http://ff.im/7U8C9)
O M F G - I just made a mess around my desk - bear (aka Mike Taylor)
Mike, as long as it's not coffee you'll be fine. ;) - Meryn Stol
I think that the OpenFF project has just gained a HTTP server. :D On second read, it's more like a web app framework, but optimized for FriendFeed-like sites. Hence the nginx in front. - Meryn Stol
Rachel Lea Fox
Moxie the Goofy Girl - and she just doesn't care what I do as long as she can just rest here on me. She is still purring away. #foxfosterkittens
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I think you have a buddy - Brent - Loving Life
LOVE! Pics one and five are my favorites!!! =D - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Awwww.....what an angel! :) - Bash
Thanks guys. When she is like this she is just putty in my hands. Its too funny. - Rachel Lea Fox
I thought it was a skunk at first. - Kittyburgers
awwww I so love tuxedos! - Kamala Whitaker
Kittyburgers - lol - My family did have a pet skunk when i was very little. But he was a de-scented brown skunk! - Rachel Lea Fox
Adorable - anna sauce
And this is why God created boobages, to give widdle baby kittums a place to rest ums sweet widdle selves. Love! - Ladybug Heather
Looks just like my kitty! Even that white patch under the mouth and belly! - orionstarr
Totally Ladybug! Orionstarr - everyone should have such a beautiful sweet little friend in there lives. So glad you do ! - Rachel Lea Fox from iPhone
It's a Skunk! /sees pic #8/ ohh it's an kitteh!! ;D - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Dan Monzelowsky
Running Ted's Hero Theme on Cyanogen 4.0.4
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Does it slow things down? - Christopher A Carr
Not really. Every now and then, the home screen might take a sec to load up all the icons, but usually only when coming out of the browser. It's still quite quick. Waaaaaaaaaaaay better than stock 'droid. - Dan Monzelowsky
Should run on 4.1.6, yes? BTW, is Ted's theme in the market? - Christopher A Carr
It's not running on 4.1.6 (just tried, and got nowhere), but only because 4.1.6 JUST came out. I'm just Ted'll have it up and running quick, though. It's not in the market, you do have to dl the zip from the xda forum thread and apply the update yourself. I just updated CyanMod to 4.1.6, so sadly this theme will have to retire until Ted's caught up. - Dan Monzelowsky
Ah. Thanks, Dan. I'm DLing 4.1.6 right now.I understand is nice and stable for an X build? - Christopher A Carr
Been rocking it for a few min now, and it seems pretty quick. My only issue is that it wiped out all my notification sounds I had saved. That's almost nothing, lol. It's damn quick. Can't wait for the stable version so we can get themes!!! - Dan Monzelowsky
Cool. Really looking forward to 4.2. I just saw on Twitter that Ted is 16? - Christopher A Carr
Yeah, and a friggin beast of a dev. :-) - Dan Monzelowsky
Smarty little bastard is making me feel lazy. ;-) - Christopher A Carr
I know what you mean. I was totally thrilled that I figured out how to rot and then add a theme! lol. - Dan Monzelowsky
He must have gotten into Linux when he was, what, 10 or something? - Christopher A Carr
Man I love this theme. I've always been partial to black/chrome looking UI though, so this is right up my alley. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Awesome. I so need android now. - Zachary TG
Sadly CyanMod 4.1.6 broke the theme, so I'm back to the stock theme... can't wait for Ted to roll out an update! - Dan Monzelowsky from AndFeed
You suppose 4.2 might be next considering how solid 4.1.6 is? - Christopher A Carr
Kevin Fox
Senator Al Franken draws map of USA - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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GODLESS COMMIE!!!! - Internet's Tad
If it weren't for that misshapen Texas I'd think he was tracing. - EricaJoy
At the fair, what did he win? - dkb
Come one, come all! See THE AMAZING FRANKEN draw these, our UNITED STATES. TWO BITS is all you need, right this way, folks. No pushing, everyone will get a chance to see THE AMAZING FRANKEN and his wonderful PEN OF GEOPOLITICAL BOUNDARIES as he DRAWS, FREEHAND and FROM MEMORY the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. - Andy Bakun
The "at the Minnesota state fair" makes it look like a sideshow. And it is, since I doubt few other Senators could do this. - Andy Bakun
It's definitely a gimick. This was something practiced, but still very cool for all that. Folks from the great state of Maine might be disappointed in the shrinkage from Franken's hand though. - Kevin Fox
Well it's a good representation considering this is what politics has become, second rate comics becoming Senators. - Spencer
That's pretty damn good! I feel much better about voting for him now! ;o) - Mark "DerBingle" J
hmmm - techfugatest
Gotta assume he's simply tracing faint lines but I wish i could hear what he's saying. - Thom Kennon
Most people in the US could not name even most of the 50 States - at least one member of Congress can draw them out! Does not mean much but fun to watch! - Lester Greenberg
Giggity! - Derrick
Impressive. - Rachel Luxemburg
I saw him do that on SNL at one point, back in the 90's - Otto from iPhone
He completely neglected the Chesapeake Bay. #fail. ;) - Dennis O'Neil
We have a print given to us (and taken) by our friend photographer Bill Hayward of Franken in front of one of these drawings of the US map that he painted. Here's the image: http://www.artcritical.com/badbeha... It's framed and hanging in our bedroom. We didn't think of it as a political statement, just an artistic one, until our conservative real estate agent saw it, and said: "Oh, you're Democrats." - Ginger Makela Riker
I bet no other elected representative of ANY STATE could draw a sketch of the US that was any where near as good as Franken's. My bet stands for 30 days from today. - Jason Miller
I think this is something he's practiced for years. Didn't someone say he did this a long time ago on SNL? - Internet's Tad
@Dennis O'Neill must be a real Baltimorean - he wrote "The" Chesapeake Bay. Most bays don't have a "the" but we always say "The" Cheasapeake bay. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
ok, but can he draw Canada? Huh? Thought so! - Shey, Jamaican of FF
Let's try that again. This time using a whiteboard. :D - AJ Batac
Spencer - I guess politicians have evolved from second rate actors to second rate comics. At least comics generally come up with their own material. - Robert Felty
This is a long-time Franken bit. For example, here's a clip of him doing this back in 1987 on Letterman: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Stephen Mack
Josh Wilkins
HTC Hero Hits Sprint Oct. 11 With New Face, $180 Price Tag - HTC Hero - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5351329...
HTC Hero Hits Sprint Oct. 11 With New Face, $180 Price Tag - HTC Hero - Gizmodo
Hmm.. in Ukraine HTC Hero price tag is $800 - Pavlo Zahozhenko
This price is with a 2 year, $70/month contract - Bahadır Yağan from Android
The sprint hero is ugly - AhronZombi from Android
I don't think its ugly. I think its kind of cool looking. - Dan
I agree, original hero is better. This one looks gay :) - Bahadır Yağan from Android
Robert Scoble
MobileCrunch: HTC unveils the Tattoo http://bit.ly/Q9P7u by @johnbiggs - http://twitter.com/MobileC...
Looks sexier than the myTouch - Daniel Vining
Sarah Perez
Android Market Passes 10K Apps; Here's My Five Favorites (With QR Codes) - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Robert Scoble
rossdawson: Nice big picture piece in The Economist on mobile augmented reality http://bit.ly/7nQtD - http://twitter.com/rossdaw...
Tim Hoeck
A sneak peek at the new Android Market - http://reviews.cnet.com/android...
A sneak peek at the new Android Market
A sneak peek at the new Android Market
Looks pretty good - and desperately needed considering how primitive the current Market app is ! - Andrew Perry
Yes! About time. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Leah Culver
Venn diagram of mythical creatures: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Robert Scoble
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