 |
|
| FriendFeed is the easiest way to share online. Learn more » |
Mark Layton › Comments
I made it! Most influential British Twitter users revealed - Telegraph (UPDATE: wow - thanks so so much guys. Can't believe the love i have on here.) - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technol...
guruvan (Rob Nelson), 'Like' robot (frɐnc), Mark Krynsky and 63 other people liked this
Congrats Zee!
- Mark Layton
You're the only person I follow on that list.
- Judy Jones
Where are you on the most influential British Twitter users of Iraqi decent list Zee?!
- Matthew DeVries
lol, i'm speaking to the Baghdad Times about that as we speak Matthew :)
- Zee.
Well, you did have a NextWeb article featured on Diggnation this week too... if that's not influential I guess nothing is... :-)
- Chris Heath
Congrats my friend!
- Jorge Escobar
congrats zee -- side note, no mention of gifted followers...
- Allen Stern
lol, gifted followers?? you've lost me
- Zee.
Woohoo! #3!
- Shevonne
Awesome, congrats Zee!
- Mark Douglass
well done, Zee! Glad you're ahead of Peter Andre....:)
- WorldofHiglet
Hi, Zee ! je vais de ce pas jeter un coup d'oeil chez les Britons ;-)
- Desirade
zee - gifted followers = default list/suggested user list - when a media outlet reports on "x account has y followers" it's almost like there needs to be a notation that they were given the followers as a freebie.
- Allen Stern
Strange enough, the link to the PM's wife's Twitter page isn't direct; it's <http://go.telegraph.co.uk/...>...is this done to possibly track the number of clicks or something? All the other Twitter accounts listed are direct links
- Itachi
i thought that everyone has agreed to used "listed" as the new 'count that matters' -- there's more of a meaning to listing someone and there never was a suggested list... however... the more followers you have the more chances to be listed there are ( i guess )
- Chris Heath
Heh, nvm, seems it was a bug on my end. The link does take you to her Twitter page, but while I was mousing over the links I saw the go.telegraph.co.uk link and was a little perplexed why they had that there. It's gone now after a refresh
- Itachi
Congrats!
- John Craft
Congrats, Zee!!!
- Carmen - Happy 2010!
grats, Zee!
- Arlan Koizumi
congrats Zee!
- John Wang
CONGRATS ZEE!
- AJ Batac
luck number 7
- raphaeL
WELL deserved, Zee!! Congratulations!
- Mona Nomura
Congrats Zee!
- Alejandro
woot. gratz Zee.
- Carolyn Chan
Congrats on making the list, Zee!
- TrafficBug
Hooray, Zee! You ooze awesomesauce.
- Jolie O'Dell
Congrats!
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
wow - thanks so so much guys. Can't believe the love i have on here.
- Zee.
Mazel tov, Zee! You're one of my tech favorites on here.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Big Congrats Zee ,, all your HArdwork is paying off
- johnpiercy
Now don't let it go to your head and start thinking that services need to bend the way they function to your will and don't start ripping services when they can't perform to insane, unrealistic, and just plane silly standards. "WTF GReader's interface starts breaking down and failing when ever I try to display 1 million individual RSS feeds on 15 inch screen at one time, this is entirely unusable!"
- Matthew DeVries
Congratulations!
- Dimitar Vesselinov
Congrats Zee. ; )
- Erhan
A $3 pear for breakfast.
Nicholas Kreidberg, Chatsohbet, Glu glu glu and 6 other people liked this
Is that a good deal?
- Matt Hilton
haha! it depends. first off, i didnt pay for it. so yeah, its a great deal! second, its a Harry and David pear, these things are unreal. It may actually be worth 3 bucks.
- Carlos Ayala
Enjoy it!
- Anne Bouey
I have a $5 apple if you are interested, it's a Layton and Mark apple.
- Mark Layton
my breakfast,...and for lunch ..again
- Glu glu glu
Holiday Baking: What's Your Favorite Movie to Watch? | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn - http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitc...
Mark Layton, Jennifer Dittrich and RAPatton liked this
"Popping in a movie while we're making cookies is one of our favorite holiday traditions. Maybe it's even the same cheesy movie every year. Do you have a favorite movie to watch while you're rolling up dough or decorating cookies?"
- Katie is Frittering
from Bookmarklet
White Christmas with Bing Crosby
- Katie is Frittering
The Ref
- Brian Sullivan
The Day After
- Joe Silence is ashes
Holiday Inn
- Spidra Webster
The Ref, Mixed Nuts or Elf. Also, Die Hard I or II on the day itself.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Christmas Vacation!
- Mark Layton
A Christmas Story
- VAL D. Zone
Love, Actually
- Ciaoenrico
Cheap Health Care, South of the Border - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories...
"CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports Billy and Sandi Hunter retired to their dream home in Manzanillo. Then they learned they hit the healthcare jackpot: full medical, dental and vision coverage for $600 a year."
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
"There are no limits, no deductibles and no co-pays. Even pre-existing conditions are covered after the first one to two years. "
- Mark Layton
Quick with the one-liner
Katie B, jacek, Erin "Wifey" Johns and 23 other people liked this
"You have the Midas touch. Everything you touch turns into a muffler." -- Henny Youngman
- Stephen Mack
"When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety." -- Steven Wright
- Stephen Mack
"When I die, I would like to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather did. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
- Stephen Mack
"When I grow up I want to be a futurist because I want to know what happens next."
- Kevin Fox
(Is that one by you, Kevin?)
- Stephen Mack
It has my name after it. right? ;-) Seriously, I ws going to give myself attribution, but it seemed weird to say "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox"
- Kevin Fox
On the other hand, you just said "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox" - Kevin Fox
- Stephen Mack
"Me fail English? That's unpossible." -- Ralph Wiggum
- Stephen Mack
"If I were manager of a Black Angus restaurant, I'd have one person responsible for going out at dusk to make sure the 'G' lights up." -- Emo Philips
- Stephen Mack
"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield
- Stephen Mack
"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield
- Kevin Fox
I'm still waiting for a fireman and stripper to have an affair; I can see the see the headline now, "Stripper Caught on Fireman's Pole"
- Jimminy Fuller
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." -- Yogi Berra
- Stephen Mack
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- unknown
- Dylan Parker
(Dylan, per this site, http://www.lspace.org/ftp..., that great line is by Terry Pratchett from "Jango.")
- Stephen Mack
"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with ‘Guess’ on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem?’" -- Peter Kay
- Stephen Mack
I was on the street. This guy waved to me, and he came up to me and said, “I’m sorry, I thought you were someone else.” And I said, “I am.” - Demetri Martin
- Aneto
I LOVE Demetri Martin. That is not a one liner. Just sayin'.
- Lisa L. Seifert
"The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you're on the job." -- Slappy White
- Stephen Mack
"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins." -- Mae West
- Stephen Mack
"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields
- Stephen Mack
There Stephen, I "liked" your thread, are you happy now?! ;)
- Georgia Diehl
My happiness is infinite and unbounded. -- Me
- Stephen Mack
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." -- Oscar Wilde
- Stephen Mack
"Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents." -- Billiam Coronel
- Stephen Mack
"Marge, I'm not going to stand here and lie to you, so I'll be at Moe's" - Homer S.
- Mark Layton
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes." -- some guy on Reddit
- Stephen Mack
(Seen on a fridge magnet) "It speaks well of the human race that we allow our teenagers to live."
- Dylan Bennett
"This is the worst kind of discrimination. The kind against me!" -- Bender, Futurama (yay renewed!)
- Stephen Mack
Futurama got renewed?! When where. :)
- Dario Gomez
Haggis with the scoop! http://friendfeed.com/haggis...
- Stephen Mack
"The wages of sin are death. But by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling." -- Paula Poundstone
- Stephen Mack
"How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to perform a specified task?" "A finite number: one to perform the task and an additional number to act in a manner stereotypical of the group in question."
- Stephen Mack
"Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing." -- Dave Barry
- Stephen Mack
Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should...
- Tyson Key
Aperture Science: "We do what we must, because we can"
- Kevin Fox
'I sprayed spot remover on my dog and now he's gone.' –– Steven Wright
- Akiva Moskovitz
'I came home the other day only to find that everything in my apartment had been stolen and replaced with an exact duplicate.' –– Steven Wright
- Akiva Moskovitz
'Do you know why Jewish husbands die before their wives? Because they want to!' –– Henny Youngman
- Akiva Moskovitz
Very nice, Akiva, keep 'em coming.
- Stephen Mack
[Not necessarily a one-liner but a personal favorite] When interviewing a woman who had six children, Groucho Marx asked her why so many. She replied, 'Because I love my husband!' He said, 'Well, lady, I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth every once in awhile.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
'I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.' –– George Carlin
- Akiva Moskovitz
[Another personal favorite] 'I'd never join a club that would have someone like me as a member.' –– Groucho Marx
- Akiva Moskovitz
Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you!
- Morgan Haley
'You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.' –– George Carlin
- Akiva Moskovitz
'Everything in moderation including moderation.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
'This sentence is a lie.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
"In the future, everyone will be obscure for fifteen minutes". - me
- Michael R. Bernstein
"Very good, then we shall fight them in the shade!"
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
"If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me." -- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Stephen Mack
The funny thing is that the video may end up helping him a lot more. Getting someone else to even out the fight doesn't work so well when the cops have billy clubs, mace, tazers and guns (not to mention the law).
- Kevin Fox
He's a little beyond help now though...
- Stephen Mack
'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' - Leslie Nielsen (via Gmail clips box just now)
- Paul Buchheit
"Hello," he lied.
- Timothy Griffin
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg (RIP)
- Stephen Mack
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." -- Groucho Marx (as Capt. Spaulding in "Animal Crackers")
- Stephen Mack
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." -- Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
- Stephen Mack
Never argue with an idiot. Someone else might not be able to tell the difference.
- Kevin Pedraja
"Trust me, that fall won't kill you. But the deceleration poisoning is a bitch..."
- Jonathan Disher
"When you're Amish, everyone's relative."
- Kevin Fox
"Recently I got caught masturbating -- to National Geographic. Not my finest moment. I don't know who was more embarrassed, me or my dentist." -- Anthony Jeselnik
- Stephen Mack
When I install an update to an extension, Chrome should remove the old version. Instead, I now have two different versions of the extension installed, and I have to manually remove the old one.
I read somewhere they should automatically update. Can't remember where I read that.
- Mark Layton
Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2009 - Best of 2009 - Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5426007...
mohammadk, LouCypher, Itachi and Matt Hilton liked this
"We've featured hundreds of free Windows applications over the course of 2009 that we hoped might bolster your productivity, workflow, or your PC usefulness in one form or another. Here's a look back at the most popular Windows downloads of the year."
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
Have you tried the Enigma desktop? It looks cool but I can't decide if it will be a distraction.
- Matt Hilton
Enigma's really nice; it's pretty and all...but of course, it's pretty resource intensive. If you have the memory to run it all the time in the background of your desktop, go for it.
- Itachi
Gordon Ramsay is in hot water, as his business goes down in flames -- DailyFinance - http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009...
"Anyone hoping for the foul-mouthed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to get what's coming to him will have their wildest dreams come true. Ramsay's restaurant empire is in tatters, done in by ill-advised overexpansion, just as the economy was tanking."
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
Please Cut the Crap!: No More Gloom and Doom: We're Getting Health Insurance Reform. - http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main...
Mark Layton, Steven Perez, Christopher Chung and 2 other people liked this
"Health insurance was never going to happen in one bill, and it's really starting to bother me that many progressives thought it could happen. Relax, and stop the doom and gloom nonsense. You should be rejoicing."
- Andrew C
from Bookmarklet
"Keep in mind, folks; not many of the countries we'd like to emulate actually have ONLY a single-payer system. Most have a hybrid, which is what we could be creating here. Don't look now, but the Blue Dogs just gave us an "in" to an eventual single-payer plan. But either way, be progressives. Make progress. Just don't expect it all to come in one big bite. All useful reform comes in a...
more...
- Andrew C
It ain't over till its over
- Thaths
from Alert Thingy
Nothing's every really over, then.
- Andrew C
Awesome article! I would love to have the same benefits as federal employees insurance system.
- Mark Layton
And that ass Lieberman is pissing all over the "Medicate for 55+" bit this morning. Sigh!
- Thaths
Report: PS3 design finally nearing break-even - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
"Since its launch three years ago, Sony's PlayStation 3 has always been more expensive than its rivals, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii, in large part because the components in the PS3 cost so much to assemble."
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
WiGig Completes Wireless Specification -- Wireless Networks -- InformationWeek - http://www.informationweek.com/news...
"A new robust wireless technology for the home appears slated to begin appearing in devices in 2011 after the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) announced on Thursday that it has completed its unified wireless specification. The 60-GHz technology will support transmission rates up to 7 Gbps."
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
It's the holiday season! Do you have a CREEPY uncle like these kids? I sure do...#FamilyFUN
EBrewer, edythe, ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ and 3 other people liked this
I don't, but my nieces and nephews do!
- Morgan Haley
Morgan stole my answer!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
He's Santa Clause version global warming
- sofarsoShawn
that kid is about to get a faceful of belly buton lint
- johnpiercy
I love family gatherings
- sofarsoShawn
is uncle fester covering his nipples with his fingers???
- Morgan Haley
Akiva knows some guys on a beach who he'd loooovvee to meet
- sofarsoShawn
Isn't that Glenn Beck?
- Mark Layton
What's your favorite TED talk? - http://origin.reddit.com/r...
Tracy, ANick, Никита Васильев and 71 other people liked this
Nearly impossible to single one out.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Jennifer 8 Lee's talk on General Tso's Chicken was fascinating. It's really hard to pick out just one, though.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Dave Eggers, hands down. http://www.ted.com/talks... ... I watch this a lot and love it each time.
- pea
Malcom Gladwell on Spaghetti sauce ... http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Olivier Castets
Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat and Brian Greene on string theory
- Carlos Ayala
Neurologist Dr.Ramachandran's talk on the brain, phantom limb syndrome.
- Kamath (नमः)
I can't believe I forgot Mark Bittman's talk!
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
Bill Gates on Philanthropy.
- Eric Logan
Malcolm Gladwell (http://www.youtube.com/watch...), Seth Godin (http://www.youtube.com/watch...), Hans Roslin (http://www.youtube.com/watch...), Nate Silver (http://www.youtube.com/watch...), Richard Dawkins (http://www.youtube.com/watch...), Barry Schwartz (http://www.youtube.com/watch...)
- Evan Solomon
Also James Howard Kunstler (http://www.youtube.com/watch...)
- Evan Solomon
I just watched http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Paul Buchheit
It's between the stroke one from the neuroanatomist - Jill Barad, I now remember - and the very first one I ever saw, on Seadragon out of MSFT.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
J.J. Abrams' mystery box http://www.ted.com/talks...
- irem
Sir Ken Robinson's about education was the best ever, IMO.
- Rodrigo Jaroszewski
Agree with Rodrigo. Its here: http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Roberto Bonini
I really liked Brian Cox about LHC: http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Mark Layton
Also the demo of SixthSense from MIT: http://www.ted.com/index...
- Mark Layton
stefan sagmeister's speech on having sabbaticals for 1 year in every 7 years.the power of time off.
- taner tarlakazan
from iPod
Jonathan Haidt - "The real difference between liberals and conservatives" - http://blog.ted.com/2008...
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I haven't watched many of them - but, I absolutely liked Bill Gates on "mosquitoes, malaria and education" - http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Space Cowboy
+1 for Ken Robinson's talk.
- Ivan Zuzak
Kevin Kelly: "Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Phil Smirnov
What a great list...*bump*
- SAM
Murray Gell-Mann: "Beauty and truth in physics" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Phil Smirnov
Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Nick Martin
Multi-touch interface by Jeff Han (02/2006)
- AJ Batac
Have to do top 3 - Rodney Brooks says robots will invade our lives http://www.ted.com/index... Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation http://www.ted.com/talks... and Joshua Klein on the intelligence of crows http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Andrew Smith
was just watching/listening to one :) helps a lot
- ffcode
Sir Ken Robinson, without doubt...
- Berci Mesko, MD
If you can pick a favorite TED talk, you haven't explored the available TED talks enough.
- ana
+1 ana.
- Alex Schleber
Sagmeister and Ramachandran talks.
- Onur Gündüz
Sir Ken Robinson
- Kevin Borders
Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Bertrand Doux
Another +1 for Sir Ken Robinson's talk. http://www.ted.com/talks... It perfectly embodies what TED is really about.
- Chris Lasher
TED talks spreadsheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub... via http://sharingdocs.blogspot.com/2009...
- Mona Nomura
Thanks Mona Nomura.
- ashish
Margaret Wertheim on the beautiful math of coral http://blog.ted.com/2009... . My comments at http://ff.im/5Gs6m .
- Daniel Mietchen
William Kamkwamba, the boy who built windmills. http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Andrew Leyden
Itay Talgam: http://www.ted.com/talks...
- SBV
alaindebotton about the most important problem of the last 10-15 years http://www.ted.com/talks...
- Doruk Demirsar
Malcom Gladwell had one I enjoyed more than any other so far.
- Garin Kilpatrick
5 Cool Things to Know About Google Chrome Extensions - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Mark Layton liked this
For those who are interested in Chrome Extensions I created a FF room: http://friendfeed.com/chrome-...
- Mark Layton
Dems agree to drop gov't-run insurance option http://www.google.com/hostedn...
Mark Layton and Steven Perez liked this
They gave up the public option? Damn, I hate being at work when something like this happens.
- Derek Coward
Even a single payer option doctor would have trouble locating the Democratic Party's spine.
- Spidra Webster
i'd rather cast my lot with the Dems than the Repuglickins who want NO change. so no compromises, eh? either a revolution or nothing? no baby steps? i want it all now or fuck off? we gotta start somewhere. any moves forward would be an improvement. shit, my parents are being RUINED by the costs of the meds alone, moreso than the costs of therapy and doctor visits. let's start with that and add on more later.
- Joe Silence is ashes
I just wish there were standardized pricing. I have to have insurance because if I don't the hospital will charge me twice what they even charge the insurance company because the insurance company has 'negotiated rates'. How are those who can't afford health insurance supposed to afford medical care when they have to pay twice as much as even the insurance companies do?
- Kevin Fox
@Kevin: i didn't have insurance for years. it was a case of "Am I dying yet? Then I'm not going to seek medical help.". It really sucked.
- Joe Silence is ashes
Joe, no one on this thread said no compromise.
- Spidra Webster
:(
- Steven Perez
seriously, did you REALLY expect this part to survive?
- Joe Silence is ashes
How sad! I thought the Democrats were in control of congress not the Republicans, the GOP seems to be getting it more their way. This sucks, the people want options and competition! Hopefully when they sit down and merge the two House and Senate bill there might still be a Public Option.
- Mark Layton
Air Force to buy 2,200 PlayStation 3 consoles for supercomputer - http://www.computerworld.com/s...
"Supercomputer experts at the Air Force already have 336 PS3 consoles hooked together in an experimental Linux-based cluster. Now they want 2,200 more to expand the research project. The laboratory evaluated chips from other vendors, such as IBM and Intel Corp., but found the PS3 chips to be much cheaper."
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
Tony Ruscoe: Going Google - http://blogoscoped.com/archive...
Sebastian, Joel Webber, Matt Cutts and 2 other people liked this
Congrats and Good Luck Tony!
- Mark Layton
11 Chrome Extensions, For Starters - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Here are some extensions that I haven't seen on Chromeextensions.org
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML to See-ming's feed, SML Universe, RWW: The Future of Tech, TheNextWeb Forum, Web & Teknoloji, All Things Google
Aviary Screen Capture « Google Chrome Extensions = screengrab + immediately edit in browser / save to desktop #tools #smlrecommendation - http://www.chromeextensions.org/utiliti...
metalerik, winckel, Roshan Ramachandran and 2 other people liked this
"Take a screen capture of the visible portion of any web page and it will open in an editor where you can crop it, add text and arrow markup, get color information or move around areas. You can easily save it to your desktop or host it online. The extension also lets you quick launch any of Aviary’s web editor design apps. View extension screenshots by clicking on the thumbnail and using the arrow keys."
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
from Bookmarklet
Cool. I use FireShot to do that now. Wonder if Aviary has any better options (FireShot is pretty full-featured).
- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Aviary is a full suite of image editing tools built on Flex: http://aviary.com/ - but that it integrates with Chrome was a true find.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
If anyone is interested I started a FF room for Chrome Extensions: http://friendfeed.com/chrome-...
- Mark Layton
Awsome Mark. thanks
- Roberto Bonini
@Mark.Layton Thanks. Very helpful! :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Sure no problem. I plan to add the official Google Extensions page to the room when they release it to the public.
- Mark Layton
BTW, I like this plugin however I wish it had more features that are included in FireShot.
- Mark Layton
Sarah Palin Goes 'Birther': Obama Birth Certificate 'A Fair Question' (VIDEO) - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
Chatsohbet, Christopher Chung, Mark Layton and 4 other people liked this
"Sarah Palin declared on Thursday that the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate is "rightfully" an issue with the American public, and that it is "fair game" for politicians to question Obama's citizenship. The comments came during an interview with conservative radio host Rusty Humphries, who asked Palin whether she planned to "make the birth certificate an issue" if she runs for president in 2012. "I think the public rightfully is still making it an issue," Palin said. "I don't have a problem with that. I don't know if I would have to bother to make it an issue, because I think that members of the electorate still want answers.""
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
She keeps finding new lows of stupidity.
- Steven Perez
Playing to her base
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Good her every word forces that mushy middle that wins elections to decide
- WarLord
And the chips keep stacking against her.
- Mark Layton
Can we get proof that Palin is a US citizen? I think she sounds Canadian :P
- Rene Wirtz
How does Google DNS compare to OpenDNS?
Jeremy (on vacation) and LogEx liked this
Fast.
- Itachi
I always hated how OpenDNS doesn't use Google to search for URL's that don't resolve.
- Mark Layton
That explains the oddly irrelevant results it just throws at me everytime.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
The Big Lebowski vs. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - http://www.flickchart.com/A60242B...
Flickchart, Milena Mallory, Kol Tregaskes and 19 other people liked this
Dude. The Big Lebowski. Without question.
- Morgan Haley
This one is VERY hard for me. I had no problem picking I, Robot over Reservoir Dogs because it sucked less, but this one I'm stumped. They were both good for different reasons. I even own both. I think I'll go with Lebowski since I watch it more often.
- Admiral Anika
But they pissed on his fucking rug! And it really tied the room together.
- Morgan Haley
The Big Lebowski. +1000
- johnpiercy
I'm with Morgan and John
- CW™
Dude.. how can you not choose?
- CW™
I actually don't care for either of these films.
- Derrick
I'm with John and Morgan on this. Not even close. :)
- Ken Morley
Lock Stock, without question. I am odd in that I did not care for the Big Lebowski. Meh.
- Louis Gray
ooh, toughie. Maybe Lock, Stock
- Chieze Okoye
The Big Lebowski.
- Ayşe E.
Ultimately, after the sands of time have run their course, there will only be one movie left in the world. That one movie will be about the Dude.
- Adrian
Lock Stock.
- Alex Scrivener
Dude.
- Jay
++ Adrian. Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds...
- Lo
Lock Stock
- Mo Kargas
LS&2SB no question
- clarke thomas
I vote the Dude!
- Christine Taylor
Mo: You're being very un-dude.
- Joshua
*snort*
- Mo Kargas
Mo is a robot... this survey is for HUMANS only. :P
- Adrian
ZOMG discrimination !
- Mo Kargas
We only discriminate if you vote the *wrong* way. X_X
- Adrian
*votes Republican* WOOPS
- Mo Kargas
I vote for the one and only "Dude"
- Bluesun 2600
Am I the only one who plays back the opening to Lebowski in their head when you go bowling? Song and all...
- Joshua
^Yep. ;P
- Admiral Anika
Yeah, I'm insane. Confirms it.
- Joshua
It's okay. I think everyone here is. =)
- Admiral Anika
While I love Big Lebowski, it's hands down Lock Stock for me. It's been emotional.
- Robert DeBord
BIG lebowski! very BIG with me.
- Phil Harrison
You're entering a world of pain.
- Joshua
Lock Stock for me. I didn't care for Lebowski, strangely. *fistbump* Louis. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
It's like what Lenin said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh..you know what I'm trying to say...
- Qolang Int'l Laboratories
Wait a minute... I Robot over Reservoir Dogs?!!!
- Ken Morley
Heh. I detest Reservoir Dogs.
- Admiral Anika
The Big Lebowski
- Joe Silence is ashes
++ Adrian's comment above -- also, for bonus points, try to say it aloud in a Sam Elliot-esque, gravelly, western voice.
- Pete Delucchi
no question, Lebowski.
- Joe Pierce
Lock, Stock. Period.
- Parth Awasthi
Hands down Lock, Stock... And if you haven't seen the "sequel" Snatch is another must have DVD!
- Ron Thompson
The Big Lebowski
- ★ Soner Gönül
The Big Lebowski, no question. The dude abides.
- Otto
The only way the Big Lebowski could be better is if it had Vin Jones.
- Big K
The Big Lebowski, for sure.
- Jenny R.
Lock, Stock.
- Mark Layton
Lock, Stock easily.
- Kol Tregaskes
So its Team DUDE against Team Stock.. Pick your side..
- CW™
Lebowski. But only because I have Lock Stock's sibling, Snatch, above Lebowski on my list already.
- Ubqtous
I would like a cookie.
VAL D. Zone, Mycaptain, RAPatton and 6 other people liked this
all right, who's gonna bring me one? or two? or... you know... more.
- holly
Here you go, they deliver: http://www.insomniacookies.com/index...
- Mark Layton
Okaaaay...but you gotta come over to the Dark Side first.
- Sarah G.
I have no problem with that.
- holly
PlayStation Celebrates Its 15th Birthday | Edge Online - http://www.edge-online.com/news...
onur özen, Steven Perez, Victor Ganata and 7 other people liked this
"Sony’s original PlayStation celebrates its 15th birthday today, having gone on sale in Japan on December 3, 1994."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
It was Commodore's Death will..
- Acharad-Sami-
It only took me 15 years to buy one.
- aldenoneil
Good time to get one. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
i got my free PS3 a year ago.
- Joe Silence is ashes
Wasn't it the first gaming machine to use optical discs as it's main media?
- Mark Layton
i think that distinction goes to another, long-dead system. it was called 3DO and made by Panasonic. came out the year prior.
- Joe Silence is ashes
The first CD-based console is, Panasonic's 3DO in 1993, Then Sega Saturn and Commodore's Amiga CD-32 (Amiga500 based Commodore CDTV has basically boots from floppy disks , too)
- Acharad-Sami-
Cambridge University students placed four santa hats on the King's College Chapel spires - http://www.metro.co.uk/news...
 |
"Student night climbers have struck again – this time placing four Santa hats on the King’s College Chapel at Cambridge University."
- Mark Layton
from Bookmarklet
pitlord to pitlord's feed, US Politics, #TCOT Top Conservatives on Twitter, Fresh Conservatives, Conservative Oasis, Conservative Bloggers, Politifide
Take back Al Gore's Oscar, two Academy members demand in light of Climategate #syncmyridepodcast #climategate #algore - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washing...
Roberto Bonini liked this
This could work, except Hollywood doesn't deal in reality. >.> #climategate #algore
- pitlord
from Bookmarklet
Just like the Republicans don't deal in reality.
- Mark Layton
pitlord to pitlord's feed, US Politics, #TCOT Top Conservatives on Twitter, Fresh Conservatives, Conservative Bloggers, Conservative Oasis, Politifide, World News & Politics, Global Politics & News
Americans Skeptical of Science Behind Global Warming - Rasmussen Reports™ - http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_...
"Most Americans (52%) believe that there continues to be significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming."
- pitlord
from Bookmarklet
abandonedplaces: Abandoned Places - The Lyric Theater - http://community.livejournal.com/abandon...
tinypants - Hagitha of FF, Alternating Reality Books and Iván Abrego liked this
reminds me of the scene from 12 Monkeys
- Mark Layton
Just now finally catching an episode of Modern Family. It's Arrested Development at half the speed combined with Sons & Daughters (and shame on you all for never having watched that show) combined with a tiny sprinkling of The Office. It's surprisingly good and funny.
Mark Trapp, tinypants - Hagitha of FF, Mark Layton and 15 other people liked this
It sure tries hard. Sometimes too hard.
- Christopher Harley
I love Modern Family. I hope it doesn't get canceled, because it's a smart show. And I also am sad that Sons and Daughters got canceled, that was also a good show.
- Molly, New Ears :P
Mol, glad to see that I'm not the only person who liked Sons & Daughters. Unfortunately, now that I like Modern Family, it is certain to get cancelled. My bad!
- Akiva Moskovitz
TIVO SEASON PASS ENGAGED.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It's friggen hilarious. And Julie Bowen is always fun to stare at.
- Josh Haley
People keep saying that it's really good; I should check it out. Do I need to see it from the beginning, or can I start with whatever's on hulu?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I think a couple of things would flow a little better from the beginning, but it probably won't matter too much on order
- Josh Haley
Jandy, we just jumped in on some random episode and we caught on within a few minutes.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't think I see the AD comparison.
- Andrew C
Quirky family. Single camera. Documentary style. Non-punchline-oriented. No laugh track. I think it's fairly obvious that Modern Family wouldn't exist without Arrested Development just like Friends wouldn't have existed without Seinfeld.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh. Hmm. I guess mostly I figured "the Office" for that, esp since Phil (last I saw) was ripping off Michael Scott's schtick pretty hard. I guess (1) I think of the pace of AD as integral to an AD-ness quality, and (2) AD felt darker. Like, I could see an AD comparison to Party Down more than MF. Well, anyways, I'll watch MF tonight and think about it. (edit: d'oh, there was no new ep on Wed.)
- Andrew C
We added it to our Season Pass last month. #guiltypleasures
- Louis Gray
I love that show.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
You know who kills me on that show? The wannabe hip dad. KILLS. ME.
- Derrick
I can't stand that guy! He's a poor man's Michael Scott.
- Andrew C
A bright spot for TV right now. I've created a rerun season for myself on Hulu. The Ed O'Neill + Sofia Vergara matchup is genius. Sofia and I go way back. Thank you Mr. Lloyd for this show.
- Carlos Ayala
Sofia is fantastic, I love to watch those 2 together. So far, she's had the absolute funniest line. I crack up just thinking about it. The whole cast is great but watching the hip dad is like watching a train wreck about to happen.
- pea
Thanks to Carlos for getting me on this, great show.
- Mark Layton
Phil makes me want to chuck shit at the screen. He reminds of a friend I know who is DEAD ON like him...always trying too hard and just ending up an annoying douchebag in the process. Other than that, I love this show.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
So I asked what system I should buy (PS3 or Xbox 360), but the real question is what do YOU have? What do YOU play?
rowlikeagirl, Loc, Morgan Haley and 10 other people liked this
360 Gamertag: ITBlogger
- Alex Scoble
iPod Touch
- Glen, Bespectacled Elder
360 Gamertag: Just So Ninja
- Johnny Worthington
Wii, partly because it was the only way my wife would allow a dedicated video game system into the house. It also has the best library of kid-friendly games.
- Kenton
360 Gamertag: Comster404
- Jay
360, gamertag: Susurrant Echo.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
PS3 more than anything (and it's online is FREE), I'm sure it helped to have the momentum of a PS2 library. 360 and Wii not so much, older systems on occasion. iPhone/iTouch rocks 'cuz you can take it with you.
- LogEx
I have a PS2, Wii and Xbox 360. I play them all.
- Admiral Anika
PC (well, mac... but games on windows)
- mjc
PS3
- Jeremy (on vacation)
New PS3s don't have much (any?) PS2 backwards compatibility, though, LogEx... And Mike, I have a 360. Want to get a PS3 soon, but haven't yet bothered.
- Andrew C
PS3. Although I spend most of my gaming time on the PC.
- Arlan Koizumi
Andrew, that's why I got the last of the hardware-emulated 60GB models. I don't know why they dropped even software compatibility in later models.
- LogEx
360 Gamertag: Jenn2D2 (I also have and play PS3, Wii, N64, PS2, Gamecube on various occasions.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
So it seems that people are big on the 360. I'm assuming mostly shooters (Halo, CoD, etc)? The games which intrigue me don't really fall in the shooter vein (Assassin's Creed, Fallout, etc)
- Mike Nayyar
PS2. I bought it solely so I could play Guitar Hero. Since then, out of guilt, I've bought an old Madden game, Spiderman, Tetris. Uhm, I can't remember what else. I mostly only play GH. :D
- pea
360: HaggisMac. I have no use for a glorfied BluRay player.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
PS3
- Amy
@Mike - I'm not big on the FPS games (they give me motion sickness when I play) but I love Katamari, Dragon Age, several of the arcade games, and Rock Band.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Amusingly, I have a 360 and a GameCube... and we still play more GC than anything else. Even my kids, who have a Wii at their Dad's house.
- Ladybug Heather
I don't really do FPS any more, I only play them on the 360 out of boredeom .*whispers* Don't tell my husband, but he was right: FPS are far more superior on a PC.
- Admiral Anika
my wife won a PS3 at the office party last xmas. we never played games on it.
- Joe Silence is ashes
@Anika I might love your husband.
- Mike Nayyar
LOL
- Admiral Anika
360 Gamertag: shey05 Wii: 3077 3914 5998 7375
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I have both but play games on the 360 only
- LANjackal
I have a PS3 & Wii and I also like gaming on my PC. Mostly play FIFA on the PS3 & Wii Sports. I like FPS games on the PC which I don't seem to enjoy using controllers on the consoles. I'm an old mouse & keyboard guy I guess.
- Mark Krynsky
Atari 7800
- April Russo (app103)
360 is still the best system overall, though the prices are probably about the same if you take into account you have to pay for a Gold Membership with the Xbox and probably a wireless adaptor (which comes with the PS3). However, the PS3 is in a much better position now (more good games, better price) and I'm intending to buy one before Xmas.
- Kol Tregaskes
The Wii is just collecting dust for the moment, not enough adult games for it. I fear the Natal will be out before the Wii gets used again.
- Kol Tregaskes
PS3 - BFBC2
- Carlos Ayala
Wii and iPhone
- Curtiss Grymala
@Anika just noticed what you posted about what Adrian said and he is absolutely correct about FPSs on a PC.
- Carlos Ayala
PS3: kenshin27, 360: yojironin, Wii: some ridiculously long string of numbers that I couldn't possibly remember. I play mostly the PS3 these days. 360 gathers dust cause I just don't have the time to deal with playing stuff online. Wii is broken out when there are guests who don't want to play GH/RB on the PS3. I do most of my gaming on the iPhone or PSP though. I LOVE the PSP cause it's so easy to play a little, put on sleep, then return to playing where I left off. Just wish they had more games for it. =p
- ronin
Wii and iPhone
- F. Batuhan Icoz
I have a Ps3, xBox 360 Elite and a Wii and play most of my games on... my PC. The Ps3 is for BluRay, the Xbox for Netflix streaming and the Wii for party games.
- Jeff Jones
If you are into blu ray, wouldn't you want a higher-end blu ray player than a PS3? The whole point of blu ray is higher quality, right?
- Cristo
In a side-by-side blind taste test, most people would never be able to tell the difference betwen most Blu-ray players.
- LogEx
PS3
- Göksel Şirin
I have a full time job and a shitty commute. I don't own or play either. I bought my kid a Wii last year that she seems to like playing from time to time.
- Morgan Haley
LogEx, in a side-by-side test, most people wouldn't be able to tell DVD from blu ray. :)
- Cristo
I wouldn't be surprised, especially on the installed base on TVs.
- LogEx
PS3: JamesFerguson (Creative, I know). I also have a Wii. I never thought I'd get a PS3 but I wanted a Blu Ray player so I picked one up. I'm now playing far more video games than I've ever played.
- James Ferguson
PS3: Includes WiFi, free online, Blu-Ray and it's quiet, plus it doesn't look like a toy! You can upgrade the internal HD or even attach an external HD. Also, Sony has upgraded the Blu-Ray drive via firmware to offer more features (BD-Live) :)
- Mark Layton
I have all three. I play NCAA 10 for the 360 and I have NHL 10 and FIFA 10 for the PS3. Debating getting Super Mario Bros for the Wii. I like them all although XBox Live is much better than PSN. ahr19 on both systems.
- Amani
PS3 with upgraded hard drive to 250GB. One of my best purchases of the 2000's. 8^D
- Chieze Okoye
LANjackal, what I mean is the average consumer doesn't care that much. They'll buy a big HD TV and then watch stretched SD TV on it. Some people don't even get HD service. I'd say about 10% or less of people are knowledgeable and care enough to have high fidelity video. Within that group, a fair amount will want the highest quality blu ray (and upscaler) they can get.
- Cristo
We have them all. However we play most on the Xbox 360. Why, because I can play with my sister in Rochester and it has more games that we want to play with people and because I'm a achievement whore. Some games are just better on the other platforms, but as a all around good platform for lots of things, its Xbox for us. :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
Cristo, I disagree. If your TV is capable of what a blueray player can produce, even regular DVD's look better played on a blueray player as it boosts they quality of regular video. And blueray disks look amazing!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Most people don't have a good upscaling BR player though, Rachel. They have something like the PS3...which is not a good upscaling DVD player at all.
- Alex Scoble
I'm talking about DVDs, LANjackal...which in order to be played nicely at 1080p they need to be upscaled. Either by your TV (horrible) or by DVD player (usually less horrible, particularly if you have a good upscaling DVD player).
- Alex Scoble
I think Cristo's right. My cousins have a nice widescreen TV and they were happy to watch stretched SD content on it. Incorrect aspect ratios just kill me, but apparently enough people are OK with them that Food Network HD runs all their old SD content in modified stretchovision.
- Andrew C
Rachel, what are you disagreeing with me about? I didn't say blu ray doesn't look amazing or that upscaling blu ray players don't make DVDs look better. I also didn't say that you didn't see a quality difference. I said 90% of consumers aren't that picky.
- Cristo
i have a ps3 but mainly use it for watching dvds, ps3 games are mostly single player which is a bit annoying
- Loc
I play with my Wii...
- JA Castillo
360 Gamertag: jamar78
- jamar78
Cristo, I think that the difference between SD and HD at least in broadcast is crystal clear (and they do care) to most of the viewing population. DVD --> BD, you might have a point, but I personally think that it's also clear and significant.
- Chieze Okoye
Chieze, while I don't have numbers to back up my assertion, I still think you'll find lots of people that are unaware. I'm talking people walking on the street, not people that are already self-selected by being in Best Buy or talking about A/V systems online. The average consumer is just not that picky. They are more sold on the *idea* of HD TV than the actual fidelity. The thing most people notice is 16:9 vs 4:3.
- Cristo
Chieze - You also have to account for the fact that some of us, while being aware of HDTV (broadcast, cable, satellite), we still don't have the means to use it. While we have a large screen LCD 1080p television, it would cost us a lot of extra money to get HD DirecTV service (I think it's $300 to upgrade our receiver, and another $15 or $20/month extra for the service). It's not that important to me, so I simply watch SD TV on the television. It still looks good.
- Curtiss Grymala
Hmm, good point Curtiss. I guess that's personal preference, because I have Comcast and honestly I can barely look at SDTV broadcasts anymore.
- Chieze Okoye
Other ways to read this feed:
