I know it's early, but when you guys find out if it's a boy or a girl, you have to let us know. If it's a boy, we need to send you more stuff!
- Jason, Craving
I leave FF for five minutes only to return and find out you guys are preggy. No doubt Akiva's white russians contributed to this! Congrats and welcome to the 2 kids club!
- Mark Krynsky
How exciting! Congrats to both of you..Rochelle & Akiva <333
- Myrna
I have been seeing this feed for sometime, and did not want to jump in as it is a very personal feed, however I cannot help but smile everytime I see the second picture.. what a lovely big(!) sister she is, and what a gorgeous smile.. I also fell in love with the shirt:) I just wanted to share the feelings even a complete stranger can get from such sweetness:) congrats!
- Neşe Uyanık
"That's right, humans -- Engadget has its very own Nexus One. You've seen leaked pics and videos from all over, but we're the first publication to get our very own unit, and we plan on giving you guys the full story on every nook and cranny of this device. In case you've been living under a rock, here's the breakdown of the phone. The HTC-built and (soon to be) Google-sold device runs Android 2.1 atop a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 3.7-inch, 480 x 800 display, has 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, and a 4GB microSD card (expandable to 32GB)."
- arnaldostream
from Bookmarklet
"When Katharine Hibbert lost her job and her flat she didn't just downsize – she decided to dispense with money altogether, living on the stuff the rest of us throw away"
- M F
from Bookmarklet
I don't think she lives in Wimbledon Common though.
- M F
Squatting must be quite a bit more common in the UK than I'm aware of in USA. I can't imagine any squat in America being so clean and organized, people just wouldn't have enough time to settle before being told to move on.
- Jason Wehmhoener
Yes it is not uncommon and there are also people with not too bad jobs doing it, not just new age hippies. To be honest I've seen expensive privately rented accomodation in London that was not much better than your average squat. http://www.alexmasi.co.uk/gallery...
- M F
Congratulations, Tudor and Jeanette! You are both certainly invited to use my just-for-fun http://bebepool.com site if you were planning on having friends/family prognosticate about babby's arrival :) Cheers!
- Micah Wittman
The Oregon uniforms are ok today (they change every game); Oregon is fired up, they did the bush league move of encrouching over the 50s while Ohio State was at their 45, and what was worse is their fans cheered it. I expect Oregon to come out riding a wave of emotion based on the pregame
- RAPatton
from iPhone
I'd guess the avg Ohio State fan here is 50, average Oregon fan is about 35
- RAPatton
from iPhone
You've obviously perfected time travel, Johnny, so could you send a time machine to pick me up & take me to the future?
- josh neff, geek at large
Yolanda... As someone who usually has to wait for software and media releases until it's 'x' o'clock US time... NENER-NENER-NENER :P
- Johnny Worthington
Johnny in the future do you all still use napkins or is the mouth vacuum a big hit?
- Rick Schmidt
Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Loving Life
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy Fuller
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Loving Life
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy Fuller
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy Fuller
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy Fuller
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy Fuller
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason, Craving
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy Fuller
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
disgusting? HOW DARE YOU, SIR! That is j-love! and it's beautiful (in it's own way.. a way that shouldn't be seen in public)
- Kyle Johnson
this is probably the most popular feed of 2009 in FF. lol.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I think the one where Robert Scoble gave away money easily beats this one, but this post has staying power. ;-)
- Jason, Craving
I think that Chinese at FF post was a marriage proposal thing. They were all trying to bump the guy's photo so that it would be the first thing his girlfriend would see when she logged onto FF.
- Kamilah Gill
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 1 salty beach, 2 pairs of glasses, 3 lords a licking, 4 chubby men, 5 santa hats(O_o), 6 rolls of fat, 7 ????, and 8 moobs to view.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hey, I'd be willing to let random guys suck on my nipples if it meant I'd lose all my extra weight. *waits for wiseass random guys to suggest it DOES mean that*
- Spidra Webster
נתתי לו למצוץ את הפטמות שלי, אם לתת להם לשחק על החוף. לפחות לא כל כך קר על החוף.
- David Gross
from email
@Raphael I am not amused. That's an abuse of an idea that could have resulted in people tagging some of the best educational threads on friendfeed, to filter the best most intelligent conversations to be found here. Don't spoil it, not even as a joke.
- April Russo (app103)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! YOU GUYS ARE ALL SO GORGEOUS WITH CHISELED BODIES!!!
- sofarsoShawn
If we can't catch a Nigerian with explosives in feminine underpants, whose father alerted the U.S. embassy, whose ticket was bought in cash, who didn’t check bags, whose visa was denied by the UK, who studied in Yemen, whose name was on a watch list, who can we catch? - http://origin.reddit.com/r...
Maybe we're not trying to catch terrorists? Maybe we're trying to manufacture excuses to more tightly control US citizens, and terrorism is just the rationalization du jour?
- Mr. Gunn
Mr. Gunn: Space aliens are actually doing the terrorizing in preparation for 2012.
- Christopher A Carr
Petr: While I'm sure it, in a strange way, comforts you to think there a Grand Order behind all things -- a Big Conspiracy to rule them all -- that's really not the reality. Human brains are exceedingly good at recognizing patterns, but sometimes this capacity is hyperactive (as in your case). If you think the Virgin Mary appears to us in common objects, your brain will construct Virgin Mary visages on burnt toast. And you ascribe way too much competence to human organizations.
- Christopher A Carr
I read this week that the two most important changes to airline security since 9/11 are re-enforced cockpit doors and that now passengers know to fight back. Who knows how many plans have been thwarted by the first, and between 1 and 3 have been thwarted by the second (depending how you count it: Flight 93, the shoe bomber, and the underwear bomber).
- Kevin Fox
I'm with you Cristo....heavy on the incompetence.
- Bonnie Foster
Please translate from Latin(?) for us dumb folk, thanks
- LANjackal
from IM
*remove the cause - sickness will go away itself* - old medical proverb (yes, in Latin)
- A.T.
if people can crash a White House party and it goes on and on
- VAL D. Zone
And yet we have no problem putting 12 year old girls on the no-fly list because of a name match ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-k... ). The people working at the TSA are clearly fast-food burn-outs. At what point do we, as citizens, stop putting up with this tomfoolery?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I'm not convinced this can adequately be explained by incompetence. I don't know that there was a conspiracy, but I can't dismiss the possibility given the depth of incompetence required. Assuming conspiracies never happen is as mindless as assuming everything is conspiracy.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
It *is* pretty interesting that people bitch about too much airport security until there's a thwarted bombing, then they say there's never been enough.
- Kevin Fox
I'm not complaining about there being too much, Kevin, just that there isn't any effective.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Ummm I think you're confused, Kevin. The *general public* complains about there being too much security. The only people who complain about there being too little are politicians trying to win votes via FUD & scaremongering
- LANjackal
from IM
Anyone know the names of the companies who are making whole body scanners? I think I need to buy some stock.
- Victor Ganata
Kevin - There's a reason for the "no getting up last hour" rule, and it's not to prevent a terrorist from going to the bathroom. It's to prevent innocent people with headscarves from being tackled by well-meaning but jittery passengers.
- Mr. Gunn
Moot point, that rule was silly and has since been repealed
- LANjackal
from IM
As I understand the TSA strategy, it involves catching anyone who tries to do something that has already been tried. In other words, we're preparing for the previous "war" rather than the next one.
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
In other words, the TSA strategy = FAIL.
- Victor Ganata
Seriously. An amazingly _expensive_ FAIL. All that time, people-power, money spent, so we can hear platitudes about why it did not work or that there are things that can be improved.
- Rick Cogley
Three hours delay at Paris CDG for this the following day on-route to Detroit. Most of this spent in the queue at the departure gate as they had only one male and one female officer to carry out an intensive search of 300 pax and their carry-ons. Explanations from Air France were very sparse, fortunately I'd caught all the details on Sky News at Manchester.
- Nick B.
@Chris..No, I do not think there is one big conspiracy, and that all is conspiracy. Let's please stick to FACTS and lets debate that. ok? (1). Detroit bomber was on a Britain 'no-entry' radical Islamist list. IF THIS will not hint CIA FBI DHS TSA to not only not to allow this guy in the US, BUT ALSO to search him down while boarding, then I DO NOT believe it was complete imbecile fail...
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- Petr Buben
@Chris.. further, please understand, that nanothermite high military explosive was found on the site of WTC controlled demolition inside operation pretext for wars, just as pools of molten steel. please understand that buildings were PULVERIZED with the speed close to free fall, 11 floors per second .... NoT possible other than masterpiece controlled demolition, per irrefutable scientific evidence .... i mean, have seen the video footage? http://ae911truth.org
- Petr Buben
HOW do you colonize countries in the age of airplanes as suicide weapons, of people willing to die in a suicide and terror act to resist occupations, in the age of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons? ....these wars are a big mistake .. http://krunchd.com/911 pretext for wars
- Petr Buben
I consider my self a solid second-tier FFeeder. I comment and like a lot, and I share a lot of stuff, but I don't post much original content. To everyone who takes the time to think of interesting stuff to say, I salute you.
On a more serious note, aside from our differences of opinion on politics, I find Alex Scrivener to be a worthwhile member of the friendfeed community.
- Alex Scoble
Your shares make up about 60-70% of what I actually read on FF. It helps, of course, that we share a very similar, if not the same, point of view in multiple topics.
- ryan
That first picture was taken under duress too. He made me stand there and then kept getting mad when I was making faces.
- Admiral Anika
You guys have no idea how fake that smile was in the first photo... :D The light was so nice I wanted to take more, but that's all I got and the focus is kinda marginal there.
- Adrian
Adrian, sometimes the unexpected yields the best results. ;)
- AJ Batac
Actually now that I look at it closer the focus is not marginal it's in the pocket on the right eyeball! The DOF with these fast lenses makes it difficult to focus on the whole face so you gotta pick a spot... usually an eyeball.
- Adrian
I like aggregators because they should make things more simple and they appease my need for order. But they are by no means perfect and aggregation is sadly not enough.
- WorldofHiglet
And yes, you know I like them too. (obviously) I've had my "Does the world need another perfect aggregator?" blog post in my to-do pile for a while now, and thought I'd finally post it.
- Louis Gray
For a long time I thought the ideal would be a single point of aggregation that not only pulled in but pushed out to all the nodes where I was active, too. Then I thought that I would probably like to tweak it so that certain things were pulled in and pushed out, and then I realised that the architecture that we have at the moment is probably what we need. Most users (and by that I mean...
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- WorldofHiglet
Aggregation alone is not a business and that was proven so many times already: at some point even FriendFeed founder Paul Buchheit said so in a RWW post --- so that they would focus on communication and not aggregation --
- TechFuga
In regards to Convergence, those of us with long memories may remember all the promises around Apple and "The Golden Convergence". The "Apple Media Player" was a big part of that. It didn't happen. See: http://old.macedition.com/baha...
- Louis Gray
Excellent article Louis....And I think I agree with the premise. I use the hell out of Ff, but just for the people, 99% of my participation was in Ff-actual, not via aggregation.
- Matthew DeVries
Thanks - though I think it's Twitter's responsibility to make biz acct. Tweets 'undeleteable'. Move along, nothing to see here, only works as laughs. ;)
- Mona Nomura
I agree as well... although I'd hate to be that guy being sued over his review on Yelp.
- Jeffrey Canton
Yelpers are the worst, especially in bigger cities. Some reviews are so biased and people have no shame bashing establishments for completely personal reasons. It makes me sick to my stomach.
- Mona Nomura
haha definitely true... I've seen some needlessly bad ones, if only we could rate the raters on Yelp (not just compliments either). But I guess that would bring up another version of the same phenomenon.
- Jeffrey Canton
The Yelp thing is really bad sometimes. And the system is gamed/abused tremendously at times. Really bad and makes me sick too Mona.
- SAM
Ppl should certainly be held accountable for what they say online. But why single out biz accounts. It should equally apply for all.
- Pavan
Susan, it's an apple! Pavan, my issue is with specifically media outlets.
- Mona Nomura
oooh an Apple, how cute! Soo I have to get a MacBook Pro Air to see it huh? I'll tell my husband we must upgrade asap! :P
- Susan Beebe
Pavan - Yes, everyone should be accountable for what they say online; however, we hold corporate brands to a higher standard as they make brand "promises" to the public, sell products/services accordingly, then we - the public- give them our hard earned money enabling them to prosper and grow. If a brand fails to guard their name (as in the case here) and then further fails to apologize to the public for the problems, then we should definitely remind them of their omissions and hold them accountable
- Susan Beebe
Thx for the clarification Susan and Mona. I just have a flat view of individuals and companies in that both sell/buy services and products for what they deem is fair value; no party is doing a favour to the other. I do support Mona for calling their bluff. If you ask me it was stupid of them to say they were hacked. They should have apologized no question.
- Pavan
Fantastic! Left my comment over there. I think it would be hard not to agree with your position.
- Martha
A radio station using Twitter to post hate speech? Hacked or not, they should be doing a lot of apologizing.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Been stuck in a deep dark isolated abyss for a while. Trying really hard lately to figure out how to claw my way back out. Think I'll start with this update on FriendFeed and follow up with a few blog posts. Hello to all the awesome people who are still here. It's been much too long since I've contributed to the wonderful FF river of noise.
Thanks everyone. I really appreciate it. It's been a rough couple of months, but I think I'm finally starting to trend back in the other direction.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
It's good to see you Brian. How are the aquariums?
- Derrick
Thank you all for the kind words. It means a lot. Nice to be back in the glorious river of noise. Hi Anika!
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Did you ever get your unit rented? How are the tanks?
- Admiral Anika
Hi Brian. I don't think I know you, but welcome back from the abyss! I hate that place. Why do we keep going back there?
- s t e v e
Yes Anika - thankfully I'm at full occupancy with the apt buildings. The reef tank is stable and I've been waiting patiently to begin to add new corals. I'm taking it nice and slow though. Will post some pics later when I get home.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Nice to hear on both counts. I'm very glad to hear the reef tank is coming back. I know that was a pretty hard knock.
- Admiral Anika
@Steve - nice to meet you and definitely agree that the abyss is no place to hang out for an extended period of time. Glad to be on my way out!
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
@Anika - I cried when I came back to see that everything in my reef tank was wiped out. It was devastating to see everything so barren and desolate and probably had something to do with my downward spiral. That said, I'm amazed at the species that actually survived the crash. @Chris - likewise. It's great to be back here on FF.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Even the rice it was sitting on is making my eyes water...
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
The Mango Cafe in Palo Alto served mild, jerked, or extra jerked. They would put on latex gloves before bringing out an extra jerked plate. I couldn't handle the extra jerked, too much pain.
- DGentry
I did warn you. I'll go easy on the pepper next time! Cute pic.
- Jasmin Smith
from iPhone
"In research involving 50,000 men over 20 years, scientists led by Kathryn Wilson at Harvard’s Channing Laboratory found that the 5 percent of men who drank 6 or more cups a day had a 60 percent lower risk of developing the advanced form of the disease than those who didn’t consume any. The risk was about 20 percent lower for the men who drank 1 to 3 cups a day, and 25 percent lower for those consuming 4 or 5 cups."
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
i havent had a "like" on any of my stories in a long time - i guess most of my 3,000 friendfeed friends have left... or maybe my content is crappy. could be either im sure
i thought your post about twitter acquisition targets was nice.
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
Just an observation, but it seems that most of your content is coming from Twitter. Some people don't bother liking or commenting if they think you're not here.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Beau it's Higlet's world, we just live in it - ---- Thanks Marshall, I linked you up at the end. Sarah Jill - I write a bunch of comments and likes every day but maybe i need an upgrade :)
- Allen Stern
Maybe it's the time you post, Allen. I must admit to not noticing your posts for a while now (I don't have rooms for stuff - FF is a firehose down Main Street for me).
- WorldofHiglet
IT'S MY WORLD AND GET TO SAY THAT NOW YOU HAVE ALSO LOST THE GAME. AKIVA. :(
- WorldofHiglet
Oh, I was prepared to lose the game when I made you lose the game. I'm fine with that.
- Akiva Moskovitz
yah, i don't generally "like" or comment on stuff from Twitter cos i know no one is likely to engage.
- Joe Silence is ashes
well thanks everyone for commenting - i appreciate it! g'nite all.
- Allen Stern
Don't feel bad - I have never had a comment and under 10 likes.This is the first time I seen a post from you.Maybe my timing is off.anyways Happy New Year to you.
- R_ C
Twitter doesn't go up and down. It's already at the bottom. You can't get any lower. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Well, unlike 99.9% of us, Robert actually depends on social media for income, so, it makes sense that he wants to be as efficient as possible. That he shares his insight is a bonus for the rest of us.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from fftogo
"If you name the most interesting new recording artist to have emerged in 2009, the list probably encompasses only a small number of worthy candidates. For the sake of music justice, make sure to add the name Mayer Hawthorne. The 29-year old musician hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan created quite a stir for himself within just a few months, due to his fine interpretation of classic 70’s Motown Soul. With his fairly distinct fashion aesthetic and his undeniable musical talent, Hawthorne infused a breath of fresh air to a musical genre that has been on its death bed for some time. His debut album “A Strange Arrangement” has been embraced by critics and fans around the globe. Word on the street is that Peanut Butter Wolf – founder of Stones Throw Records – signed him after hearing only two songs. If you need further proof that this self-proclaimed vinyl junkie is making great music, maybe the twenty-seven sold out-concerts on his European Tour will convince you."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
His is one of those albums I stayed away from for awhile (even though he's on Stones Throw one of my two favorite labels) because the buzz was so high (it's also why I just picked up Its Blitz last night) but it is a recent fave. Loves me some Blue Eyed Soul.
- Jason Toney
Felicia and I kept listening to his album all weekend. So good!
- Melissa
Looking back on another year, my second Xmas with the Double Fs, I have come to appreciate the power and complete kickassedness of a lot of you here. For me, putting aside one's personal spiritual persuasions, Xmas is about taking stock of the ones you know and the ones you hold dear. This year has been hard for a lot of us. Some of us have battle personal tragedy. Some of us have battled financial stresses. Some of us have battled illness or disease... some continue that battle and you are in our thoughts. The year kicked off in spectacular fashion with the birth of Audrey Moskovitz. I have enjoyed watching her grow and I have also enjoyed watching the growth of Akiva and Rochelle as they experience some of the things those of us with kids have experienced. I have forged strong friendships. I have built on existing ones. I have lost some as well. The fact that I have a wonderful friend in Mr Josh Haley is a true blessing and a gift that lasts longer than one day. He truly is the Yang...
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- Johnny Worthington
Can't wait to see your Christmas pix, Johnny! Hope y'all have a wonderful day!
- LB - all new for '10!
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Johnny! :-D
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Great post Johnny! Here's wishing all the same back to you, and that Bruce the Koala is all shagged out and allows you some peace and quiet during the hols :)
- Patrick Jordan