"We are going to reduce the site reloads asap – right now this is required by some legacy code which we are in the process of removing."
- Alexander Kohlhofer
"Der junge Mann ist der Bert und die Musik habe ich bei youTube gefunden. Die bieten da verschiedene Tracks an, mit denen man seine Videos unterlegen kann. Ich weiss leider nicht mehr, von wem genau dieser Track war. Aber das war ein sehr schoener Tag!"
- Alexander Kohlhofer
"Thank you for your patience. There is post about the issue: http://blog.weewar.com/2009... site is back up but it may take a while for the Name Server to update. Most should be able to access it within 30 minutes to an hour."
- Alexander Kohlhofer
"The site is coming back up. It might take a little while for the Name Servers to update so you may not be able to access it right away. But within an hour it should be working for most. We will share some more details soon."
- Alexander Kohlhofer
*This scene took place on a British Airways flight between Johannesburg , South Africa & London .* A white woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a black man. Very disturbed by this, she called the air hostess. 'You obviously do not see it then?' she asked. 'You placed me next to a black man. I did not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give me an alternative seat.' 'Be calm please,' the hostess replied. 'Almost all the places on this flight are taken. I will go to see if another place is available.' The hostess went away & then came back a few minutes later. 'Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in Economy Class. I spoke to the captain & he informed me that there is also no seat in Business Class. All the same, we still have one place in First Class.' Before the woman could say anything, the hostess continued. 'It is not usual for our company to permit someone from Economy Class to sit in First Class.. However, given the...
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- Franz Sittampalam
from email
taken over 10000 pictures using iphone and now no more pictures are showing up in camera roll - a stupid unresolved bug http://discussions.apple.com/thread...
haha i really can't imagine how I have so many pictures in just over a year! Maybe it's for the best but very annoying now I can't take pictures and email them to anyone until I connect to the computer....
- Franz Sittampalam
"I have integrated Disqus into many sites but never got the hang of using it as a user (beyond leaving the occasional comment here and there of course). Empowering commenters seems to be as good a thing as empowering site owners was and I can't wait to try it out."
- Alexander Kohlhofer
One of the most interesting things about the multiverse theory to me is the possibility that if black holes are the means by which universes procreate and each new universe comes out with differing settings for the fundamental constants in physics which in turn effects the number of black holes it produces then universes themselves can be seen to be subject to Darwinian evolution. Such...
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- James Tindall
Natural selection in an unfathomably large multiverse ecology must be in the Zeitgeist. It occurred to me in response to the multiverse meme as the most plausible explanation for the fine-tuning of cosmological constants about three years ago. However it's too early to cast humanity as inconsequential just yet. In an interconnected evolving multiverse, conciousness is surely too...
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- Ed Burton
well said. i am also down with the evolution~buddhism~holycowspaceisreallyfuckingbigandhowdidwegethere thing. yes the intellect can get intoxicated. but yeah, figuring out how to put into practice seems really important. as i type away at this damn keyboard and read these glowing pixels...
- danpaluska
routing a belief in the Darwinian multiverse through Buddhism in order to bring it into some kind of applicable everyday framework is nice! And good point about conciousness Ed.
- James Tindall
It's a shame, i had hope these guys would bring some serious competition and innovation to the ReTweet side of things...but all of their stuff so far feels cheap. When i say "their stuff", I mean their site and this video.
- Zee.
from Bookmarklet
She may get very busy if a lot of people fulfil some of those larger pledges - as if sailing round the world won't give her enough to do!
- James Tindall
"I am with Cheeky_geek on this. That is one service finally figured out. Better late than never I guess :) While you are at it: How about retracting that lamenting about the 5000 friends limit on facebook next?"
- Alexander Kohlhofer
I feel like a rapper on Facebook. I float around at night leaving pithy messages on people's walls, while in truth I have nothing to contribute, other than to maintain the illusion of my presence. Even though I'm sure it isn't so, I feel as though you are all living far more exciting lives than I am.
Ok, I have 5,061 subscribers. Seems crazy high for the engagement I see on my stream. Let's see how many of you actually exist around these parts: Comment plz! (Remember when I got called out a few months ago for not participating enough on FF? It worked!)
but I'm not a subscriber :) You can't really know, because as people comment this entry, all their followers get the "friend of a friend" item in their feed. Go figure who among those participants are subscribed to you.
- Jérôme Flipo
Sarrita - You do realize you're going to pull more than just your subscribers right? We're blasting this out to all our friends of friends too.
- Matthew DeVries
I have to admit, it's pretty fun to watch you guys comment in real-time. Good thing I have nothing else to do all day. Matthew DeV- yeah, I know, not a perfect system. I guess my point is that FF sub numbers are misleading, there are a lot of DOA accounts!!
- Sarah Lane
Loved you on AOTS1000. How was the Chalula?
- GMar
I feel Marty thinks TWiF is getting to be a real pain in the butt. Maybe you could all convince Leo to move it to San Fran? I'm sure he'd get even better guests/hosts to move to a 24/7 format...?
- Jude
Hello Sarah. I think yours was the first feed I subscribed to when I joined FF.
- Thomas
just so we're clear on this... i'm not commenting because you asked... i'm commenting because i want to
- Chris Heath
Matthew DeV- I'll pass along! Jude- hmm, I'll think about that one. Chris H- FINE! BE THAT WAY!
- Sarah Lane
Well I'm not hanging on every word, but I enjoy your stuff.
- Chris Menning
I am alive and well, how are you doing?
- Gary Oswald
Thanks Sarah. You have a standing invitation to be on our show and just chat about whatever happens on FriendFeed, tech, etc. DM me if you are interested and we will make it happen. (also we have a room/group on FF http://friendfeed.com/ffunder... )
- Josh Haley
FFundercats: Diggnation minus the cult of personality?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Daniel - there's a live thread (Real time FTW) with the podcast, and direct interaction with that thread. I usually have Friday plans, but when I don't it's a supremely fun time.
- Matthew DeVries
Hurrah! Nice to see you posting here, even if it isn't for anything interesting.
- Kenton
Hullo there...you are still in my main feed... :)
- JA Castillo
John W- oh, I'm sure they exist somewhere, just wondering if it's here, too. ;) Chris M- casual enjoyment is enough for me! Kenton- oh please, this is riveting stuff! (I'm subscribing left and right due to this conversation, so thanks for speaking up and helping me find you!)
- Sarah Lane
Yes, I remember when you got called out a few months back for not participating. It was me that called you out. I refer to that, now deleted post, as "The Emperor's New Clothes" post. After I was condemned for daring to ask why cewebrity accounts on FriendFeed were given such an inordinate amount of attention considering there's no reciprocation on the part of the poster, my question...
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- Christopher Harley
Sarah - I've enjoyed your posts as I see them float down the stream :)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Mike N- it counts for a sub from me! Although the first thing I saw was a post about your laptop, your mom, and porn. Let's see how this relationship goes. :)
- Sarah Lane
Yet another try at creating the longest thread on FF? ;)
- Holger Eilhard
I'm listening, but I don't know what to say.
- Donald Forth
Well, this is certainly a nice hefty thread... but I think I've made the point that clearly the large majority of my followers aren't actually paying attention (for example, my BFF Kim Kardashian). :)
- Sarah Lane
She is just jealous that you get to hang with Martin on Fridays.
- Eric Geller
made the best of day.... who the hell are you?
- Noah David Simon
Sarah Lane is the wife of Leo Laporte of Twit Live. Her son is Kevin Rose of Digg fame. And she is only 30.
- Mark
...and I'm supposed to know that? how can her son be of Digg if she is 30?
- Noah David Simon
Only if you've used the internet for more than 8 minutes in the last decade.
- Matthew DeVries
twif rocks, U & sargent are halarious. ive been watching since techTv days. Martin's cadillac RIP
- echostreamer
all I know is this woman has issues that people are following her... and I wasn't following her till she had issues. what a paradox! ....wait a minute... she sounds like a feminist!
- Noah David Simon
If that's all you know, then that's all you read, but there's more to know and you've just decided not to assimilate it. Say Luh Vee.
- Matthew DeVries
martins lobster tweet was hilarious and so was your calling him out. Also "who Tila Tiquilla?" was great line. been watching since techtv. follow me if you'd like on FF and Twitter @echostreamers
- echostreamer
love to listen to your on Twit network. Since I installed FF on computer, I see your streams more. usually I click on links that people post if it seems interesting to me. usually don't comment though. keep it up!
- kent williams
Hello.You've been on my favorites list for a while now. I'm just sparatic about my interaction, and often get distracted by stuff like Sims 3 and WoW when at the computer.
- Tony, Paradox of FF
after looking at the bios in this thread, if every1 in this thread started a tech company together, im pretty sure it would replace google tomorow. im not sure i am even qualified to be in this conversation
- echostreamer
Ok, now I *have* to go participate in a Current TV happy hour. Boo hoo, unlucky me. Will check back later. Thx to everybody who reached out so far. It's great to have those of you not already on my radar, on my radar. :)
- Sarah Lane
How will I explain this to my grand children?
- barce
from iPhone
You're going to have to try a lot harder to get rid of us.
- Gus Cuddy
from iPod
I think it's safe to say that this was a success
- Steve Poland
Gus- I don't want to get rid of you! Silly Gus.
- Sarah Lane
Of course you don't. Heh. Naw, just kiddin. And you don't know how many times I've been called Silly Gus. I think it has a certain ring to it.
- Gus Cuddy
from iPod
I'm not in your stream, your not in my stream, and still everything is lively.
- Amit Morson
I am not a subscriber, nor do I have any idea what your normal content is like, but I can imagine that some percentage of your subscribers did so purely because your avatar is an attractive woman (and you have a females name). I'm not saying this to belittle your contributions; just sharing an observation of male behavior. -- huh, I just went and looked at your profile (I had never heard of you). I'll add your celebrity status as another reason people might follow without planning on engaging.
- Bill Rawlinson
Hello. I'm not a subscriber, but since someone I follow commented, I felt the need to say "Hi" too. Hello from Washington, DC. The only times I comment on FriendFeed are: 1) it's funny, 2) it's about dogs, 3) it's about cutting-edge tech. Since you called out the "lurkers" on FF, I'm here. ;)
- Ken & Kiyomi
Whew! Just catching up on all your lovely comments. Thanks everyone! Now, we're only missing about 4,600 folks. Send out the search party! Kidding, kidding.... I was just really curious as to who was actually around and paying attention. >^__^< <----- my first ASCII cat ever
- Sarah Lane
Thomas, http://friendfeed.com/sarahla... or http://friendfeed.com/sarahla... will have comment boxes at the bottom always so you don't even need to click - opening the entry/item in it's own window is the key (clicking the timestamp like josh haley said will do that) then if you want the clean embed version you just add ?embed=1 to the url, or click the timestamp again - it's that simple
- Chris Heath
The only way to follow someone is if you follow fewer than 5,061 'people'
- Terris Linenbach
Hello from Cambridgeshire, Englandshire. Now, where do I put the stamp on this thing?
- Ben Aldhouse
Terris- no, that's the number of people subscribed to me... I can't imagine following 5,061 people! Think of the real-time scrolling! Aaaah!
- Sarah Lane
Well, it *was* the number of people subscribed to me. A few more now.. hi everyone!
- Sarah Lane
Tell us about the beginning of this FF post grandpa! Well kids, when I was a young man, Sarah Lane posted a question about having five thousand followers... (long old man story) ... and the post survives to this day, in the year 2074. Back when this thread started, the machines hadn't taken over yet...
- Dave Friedel
Hey there from the back woods of British Columbia
- Trent Shields
"You probably already know that you can quickly compare two date ranges against each other simply by clicking Compare to Past. So, in the screenshot below, clicking Compare to Past will allow me to compare the current period (Mar 16 - Apr 15) with the previous period (May 16 - May 15)."
- Arnaldo M Pereira
from Bookmarklet
That's a shame, really, tags are very useful. But if people don't tag you can't be sure about your searches. I would say warn them and delete their posts if they are not tagging but sounds like a medicine that's worse than the illness, doesn't it
- Cristian Vidmar
I think getting people to use consistent tags is like herding cats (or as Alex Scoble likes to make the distinction, herding FED cats): it's just not worth the energy because you can't get them to meet in the middle.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Herding fed cats or pushing a rope. Too bad.
- Russellreno
Zee, what are the advantages of tags over no-tags for searching on FriendFeed? I thought you can find anything with FF's search?
- Kol Tregaskes
Push the FF guys to install a real tagging/filtering system so people don't have to resort to #hacks. It's a feature desperately needed here.
- Sprague D
give up zee. It is a good idea, but people don't seem to do it :)
- TheHenry
maybe if someone showed others on FF how/where to use them... I still have no idea what you guys are talking about... secret options? Hidden fields somewhere? I know what they are on other sites because they're obvious in the UI but here haven't seen them
- Glenn Batuyong
dawn & glenn: for example, "adolfo, pls remember the #web#mac#iphone#blackberry#mobile tags - Zee." those hash signs [#] plus the "tag" itself to identify something.
- edythe
I would not say give up. We needs tags badly for searching. Searching is difficult. even for something in your own feed. Reminders are good and we all need to set the examples. Zee, also a good example or two would help and I think it would catch fire.
- Amani
Oh so you guys have been inserting pseudo twitter hashtags? That's all good but honestly I haven't noticed any FF posts with them at all. And where would they go? Title only? In first comment? FF doesn't currently parse them as links so they're pretty useless
- Glenn Batuyong
Tagging would be a good idea if the FF UI gave you the option of choosing from a delicious.com style "popular tags" cloud or type your own
- Glenn Batuyong
I just modified my behavior to remember to use them. Now you are thinking of doing away with them?
- Seth Greenblatt
from twhirl
It's too soon to tell Zee. You cant ask those to implement them and then do away with it days later. Give it time, some will catch on, some wont. No worries.
- Colby Olson
Tags are great for any content creating/sharing community - however there needs to be a very clear and immediate motivation for individual members to create and use them. I don't see that happening without support from friendfeed.
- Alexander Kohlhofer
Why are these #tags not mentioned in the guidelines? I think that would be a good place to start. Otherwise how are people to even know this is something you want? Personally, I prefer a different way of tagging things, and with more than searching in mind, prefixing the title in this style: [web] [mac] [iphone] [blackberry] [mobile]. My reason is that it sets it off better, visually and scanning down the page looking for what pertains to what you use, is much easier. (am I showing my p2p underwarez?)
- April Russo (app103)
April i had them in the header of this page until i removed them this morning. I have given up on the tag idea, it's just too big a waste of my time chasing people up
- Zee.
I think that, as long as people CLEARLY describe the link in a comment, it doesn't really matter. That seems to have taken on just fine, btw., people are selective that way ;)
- Vincent van Wylick