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Facebook: Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users From Day One - http://consumerist.com/5400720...
"From the beginning, the profitability and viability of popular Facebook social networking games Mafia Wars and Farmville were predicated on the backs of scams, boasts Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in this video."
- Greg Lato
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Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses | Chester Wisniewski's Blog - http://www.sophos.com/blogs...
"Unfortunately, despite Microsoft's claims, Windows 7 disappointed just like earlier versions of Windows."
- Greg Lato
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VMware: The Console: VMware, HP’s Converged Infrastructure, and the Private Cloud - http://blogs.vmware.com/console...
"This week HP introduced their Converged Infrastructure Architecture, which is appropriately described as “a blueprint for chief information officers to create elasticity in their technology environments.” This blueprint unlocks currently siloed datacenter resources (including compute, storage and network components) and, with the help of virtualization, integrates them into a pool of very fluid resources that can be smartly and safely allocated to the applications running on top."
- Greg Lato
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Oil spills into S.F. Bay south of Bay Bridge - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
"the mayor convened a half-hour conference call with the Coast Guard, the state Department of Fish and Game and the city Department of Emergency Management this morning and was told that fewer than 100 gallons had spilled into the bay."
- Greg Lato
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Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard | Deep Tech - CNET News - http://news.cnet.com/8301-30...
"The computer industry is in constant tension between proprietary designs and standards that anyone may use. The former can mean tidy profits for companies, as long as the technology is widely adopted, but the latter can spur broader adoption. Intel's primary business, selling processors, benefits more from the latter when it comes to cultivating a new server market segment."
- Greg Lato
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VMware wants Android apps on the iPhone - Hardware - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au - http://www.itnews.com.au/News...
"The home phone is usually cool and the work phone is usually lame. It’d be pretty cool if you could have one phone and be able to run those apps within the [multiple] operating systems"
- Greg Lato
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Inside One Firm's Private Cloud Journey - CIO.com - http://www.cio.com/article...
"So far, the move to a private cloud has paid off, he says. The company has already saved $1.7 million and expects a total savings of $7 million over three years, including staff savings. Because of the increased efficiency of the company's private cloud, the company avoided throwing more engineers at its problem."
- Greg Lato
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Surprise recomendation: who Nellie Deli's fish taco's rock! (lee vining gas station)
"Whoa" Nellie... :-) BBQ chicken sandwich is pretty good, too. Also coffee: "Latte Da" in "downtown" Lee Vining.
- G Dan Mitchell
Yet another fat finger on the iPhone from the field... :-). Latte Da is also a standard stop for me in Lee Vining (stopped there about 12:30 today). Gotta show support for the local establishments!
- Greg Lato
VMware Opens Next Generation Green Datacenter - http://www.vmware.com/company...
"VMware chose industry best practices to create an energy-efficient facility that utilizes cutting-edge technology and maximizes the use of VMware virtualization software. As a result, VMware expects to achieve $5 million in savings per year from the facility."
- Greg Lato
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'A Bear Ate My iPhone!' - Network World - http://www.networkworld.com/news...
"If Apple doesn't believe the CISO of the state of Vermont, then the rest of us don't stand a chance."
- Greg Lato
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This Is a Photoshop and It Blew My Mind - Photosketch - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5374890...
"An event that will be remembered forever in the History of Humanity as the day in which a million dorks were finally able to put themselves in X-rated positions with Megan Fox"
- Greg Lato
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RT @pdnonline: Soothing aquarium video shot with a Canon 5D has been viewed over 700,000 times in a week. http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009...
Not sure what is more soothing, watching the fish or the tourists...though if I were that scuba diver in the tank, I would try to find a "Waldo" wet suit just for the fun of it! :-)
- Greg Lato
FYI, if someone on facebook feeds lame twitter fees to their FB, I'll unfriend. (though rare it happens) http://twitter.com/shahria...
What Adam, you don't what to get 400 new friends?
- Greg Lato
Pirate Bay's new cloud business model: can it succeed? - http://news.cnet.com/8301-19...
Daniel Rowley, Zachary TG, Michael Mooney and 4 other people liked this
I doubt it but we will see
- Robert Burgin
it's dead :-(
- Jack
If I claim to be dedicating space to the network, how will they police it? Do I have to be online 24x7? And have decent bandwidth? Sounds really hard to manage to me.
- Jon Marks
After reading Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson, I have to say no but the best way could be have ad's with the best 5 lowest prices for the file the user is trying to download from legal download sites that support the creator(s).of file(s).
- Michael Mooney
Doubt it.
- Zachary TG
Just out of curiosity, do people leave their home media servers running 24X7?
- James Urquhart
As a user of the storage service, I wouldn't trust my data to live on some strangers system...interesting idea, but flawed business model IMHO.
- Greg Lato
Bernie Madoff gets 150 years in prison, maximum allowable sentence.
Derrick, Kelly Mitchell, Alejandro and 26 other people liked this
Right before issuing the sentence, the judge pointed out that when a widow's husband had a heart attack and the widow went to him that he put his arm around her and told her that her money would be safe. This sentence likely ensures that Madoff spends the rest of his life in jail.
- Thomas Hawk
Traders on the stock exchange floors cheered from the floor when the sentence was announced. The courtroom also erupted in applause when the sentence was announced.
- Thomas Hawk
Judge called Madoff: "extraordinarily evil."
- Thomas Hawk
Thank God. Now they should go after his sons and wife.
- John Flynn
Judge noted that there wasn't a single letter of support from anyone in his file. No friends, no family, even his wife did not write a letter asking for leniency.
- Thomas Hawk
His defense team had been arguing for a 12 year sentence.
- Thomas Hawk
But the widow is still penniless, the system is still broken, and only one man has gone down for a 65 bn dollar scam that was quite honestly perpetrated by hundreds.
- Geoff Schultz
"Justice" may have been served, but all his investors still don't have their money back...
- Greg Lato
One down, hundreds more to go...
- Holger Eilhard
the coverage in VanityFair.com Magazine has been awesome! Not only Madoff but ALL those goddam Crooks on Wall Street!! This Old Boys Network has somewhat been exposed for what it is + every Stinkin' CEO + Lawyer + Accountant + VIP of EVERY Fortune 500 Company + on down has been Playing this Game Forever!! It's a Bloody Joke!!
- Billy Warhol
Jeffry Picower netted over $5 billion personally off Madoff above and beyond what he invested between December 1995 and December 2008. http://www.upi.com/Busines...
- Thomas Hawk
his wife Ruth Madoff wasn't in the courtroom when the decision was announced. Wonder how long until she's kicked out of the Park Avenue Apartment.
- Thomas Hawk
Good. Now let's impose similar penalties on corporate fraudsters, the CEOs who lie about their books and rip off investors just as badly as Madoff did.
- Kevin Pedraja
I believe that one of the settlement stipulations is that he wife loses the NY Penthouse along with most of his and her money. I believe she will be left with about $2.5M.
- Jeff P. Henderson
that SOB better not get parole, he doesn't deserve to be let out on good behaviour. I don't care how old/sick he is.
- clarke thomas
that's what they said today that her settlement lets her keep $2.5 million. I bet investors will still try to go after that money though. Clarke, I seriously doubt he'll ever get out with a 150 year sentence. Even with good behavior he'll probably be in there until he dies.
- Thomas Hawk
Interview With Stock Photographer Dan Heller - http://www.johnlund.com/Intervi...
"Your observation that my route to success was “non-traditional”, but that is only applicable to the photo industry. In any non-photo business model, my “success” was very traditional – in fact, textbook."
- Greg Lato
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Down To Business: This 'Gateway Recession' Must Transform IT -- IT And The Downturn - http://www.informationweek.com/news...
"This recession will be particularly disruptive for the business technology organizations that underpin the digital economy. In the previous post-dot-com recession, IT was taken to the woodshed for a lesson in fiscal responsibility--the calculus of ROI and the art of "doing more with less." Today's recession calls for a much deeper and more disruptive self-evaluation, where tech organizations must (finally) reduce the 70% to 80% of their budgets that goes to system upkeep to free up more money for investments that tilt the competitive playing field."
- Greg Lato
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Cloud Computing Vs. $100 Million Data Center - Plug Into The Cloud - InformationWeek - http://www.informationweek.com/cloud-c...
"Yet, it's hard to fathom why such a tech-smart group would sink $100 million into a data center construction project at the same time that many others see the emergence of on-demand cloud computing services as a faster, better, cheaper alternative, one not requiring capital investment, bulldozers, and hydroelectric gear."
- Greg Lato
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I'm wondering if this author even understands what the "cloud" is. The cloud is a bunch of computers running in data centers! And both Cisco and EMC are already cloud providers, does this author not realize that Cisco owns WebEx and EMC owns Moxy?
- Greg Lato
iPhone surcharge protest underscores carriers' loss of control - http://www.computerworld.com/action...
"There will always be a place for carriers, but there are many different islands of interest and a variety of roles. Maybe the carriers have a PR problem. But they don't even know what they want to be when they grow up. They have a role to play, but right now it's chaos."
- Greg Lato
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The Architecture Issue - Data Center Overload (Inside the Cloud) NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
"We have an almost inimical incuriosity when it comes to infrastructure. It tends to feature in our thoughts only when it’s not working. The Google search results that are returned in 0.15 seconds were once a stirring novelty but soon became just another assumption in our lives, like the air we breathe. Yet whose day would proceed smoothly without the computing infrastructure that increasingly makes it possible to navigate the world and our relationships within it?"
- Greg Lato
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Rackspace lays out its cloud computing roadmap: Think hybrid | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL...
"according to Forrester Research, only 5 percent of large enterprises have either implemented cloud computing or plan to in the next 12 months."
- Greg Lato
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Guess Forrester hasn't talked to many of my clients...
- Greg Lato
Green Data Centre: Eco-Friendly Data Centre Promises Windfall for EDS Clients - http://www.eds.com/news...
"Currently under construction by EDS, an HP company, the Wynyard facility in North East England near Billingham incorporates a number of design considerations that are expected to make it one of the largest and most environmentally friendly data centres in Europe once fully constructed."
- Greg Lato
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The Long Now Blog » Blog Archive » One Billion Years of Memory - http://blog.longnow.org/2009...
"A new experimental computer memory device that can store 1 terabyte per square inch… with an estimated lifetime of more than one billion years has been developed by Alex Zettl of UC Berkeley and colleagues."
- Greg Lato
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Great, I can see photographers around the world happy that their photo archives will live forever...
- Greg Lato
RAIDfail: Don't use RAID 5 on small arrays | Storage Bits | ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage...
"Big storage companies stopped recommending RAID 5 a couple of years ago. But I still see small 4-drive arrays touting RAID 5 for home and small office use. Big mistake. You want to save money, but you also want to keep your data. RAID 5 isn’t worth it."
- Greg Lato
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Noticed some of the newer 1TB+ drives state URE of 10^15 (which is once in 120 TB). Interesting that the author's recommendation of Drobo suffers from the same core problem, their design makes it less likely but it's still there. Time for a new redundant array technique? Hopefully away from magnetic media...
- Greg Lato
No Matter How Hard You Try, It Is Impossible To Fax A Cat #shareit
مـــــــــمد, Marcel Janus, Amy Flynn and 692 other people liked this
LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
That poor cat looks so confused.
- Kendra K
but it's so warm on top of the scanner!
- DJF
Time for a cat scan!
- Jemm
Iz I the right way up for printing?
- Vicky
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup
LOL, Soup!
- Kol Tregaskes
that is one adorable kitten!
- Anna Lynn M.
<3
- Furkan Tunalı
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
Kitty!!!!
- Janice
keep trying!
- Morgan Haley
FEED ME A CAT
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Kol, it is NOT impossible. And that's all I'm saying.
- Steven Perez
Push harder
- Josh Haley
LOL@Jemm
- AJ Batac
آخی
- ™یک بابک
Hehe, Steven. I won't ask. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Gosh, just noticed this post has nearly 150 likes! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
1 closer....hilarious!
- Jeffrey Marsh
There we go 150 likes. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm in ur faxx masheen -- sendin de faxxez....
- Stephanie Segel
I think you mean a LIVE cat…
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
thanks, i needed a laugh
- chaz2b
FAXCAT IS NOT AMUSED
- Karl Knechtel
iz dat some copycat?
- bora "head" basman
LOL, now nearly 200 likes! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thats no fax machine, thats my new patented kitty juicer!
- Threepwood
Just one more like... please. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's over two huuunddreeeed
- bora "head" basman
MOAR!
- Pat Hawks
I need 9 copies please !
- Faraz Mullick
A cute cat :)
- Mohammad Abdurraafay
Haha, Faráz.
- Kol Tregaskes
Next target, 250 likes. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
اخي...گناهي
- noonii
Friendfeed loev faxcat :o
- Karl Knechtel
;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Pussy by fax. What will they think of next?
- Mattb4rd
X))
- Nia
OMGosh, next up is the 300 likes mark. Anyone care to join in? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Honestly, i'm not generally a fan of the Cat memes... But that is classic.
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
You know this is the 7th most liked entry on FriendFeed ever: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... !!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, this thread is pure genius.
- Alex Scoble
But only almost 50 comments.. :)
- Simon Wicks
Simon, there's not much to comment regarding the picture :) But meta-comments are more than appropriate!
- Ivan Zuzak
Simon, yeah we need 1500+ comments now, who wants to start? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there we go then for the 1500+!!
- Jaap Willem
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now it's the 4th: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - it's gonna take a huge effort to break the record of 452+ likes here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified...
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now this is the 3rd most liked entry: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... :-D Crazy!
- Kol Tregaskes
Too bad I am fresh out of likes of I would do it again.
- JSNFLMNG
¡Excelente!
- Marcos Vicente
I'm using this photo in the latest chapter of can haz murder
- anna sauce
Hehe, Anna. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
One more for 350 likes, LOL. This is mental! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Come on, 350 cats for a cat getting crushed? You guys are mean. :-P
- Richard A.
I'd like again if I could :-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
bump
- Simon Wicks
Richard, LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesomely funny!
- Martha
Next target: 400 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
theres one more for you Kol
- Toby Graham
Toby, you're very kind. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Cute *_*
- Sybelle
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 6 more likes for the 400 then I'll leave you alone. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
can you spare a cat 6 likes?
- JSNFLMNG
sweet
- Eric Hofmann
Haha, Jason, wow 406 likes, madness! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Madness? THIS. IS. FAX CAT.
- Mike Nayyar
Well 452 likes is the record, hmm I think that is pushing it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome.
- Alex Scoble
this is underfaksink at its worzt
- Petr Buben
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- Petr Buben
Ah, OK, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- Petr Buben
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OMGosh, just 23 more likes to beat this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
433 Like ! Wow !
- Like
Freemor, yes very cute! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
cute~
- Chan Pen
that's why is called a cat scan and not a cat fax.
- Phil Maxwell
oh ... a scan. not fax?! .... it looked to me like she was faxink
- Petr Buben
Just 5 more likes needed. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Try rolling the cat through a press first. Flat cats fit into the fax easier.
- Bob Blunk
Fax, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Ok, over the top now.
- Greg GuitarBuster
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- Steve C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
They fax much better if you flatten them first. What?
- Kevin Pedraja
LOL, Kevin.
- Kol Tregaskes
i can also imagine the cat going there cause it is snug and warm
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Ey, it would be a tad warm on there, especially after a long working day. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Caption which needs to be said aloud: Uh Ohz, I'm totally FAXED!
- sofarsoShawn
Hehe, Shawn. 10 more for the big 5-0-0. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Countdown! 8 more now!
- Mike Nayyar
bump for more likes
- Josh Haley
bump
- Roberto Bonini
One more!! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I took mine away, too much pressure.
- Steve C
Wow, there we go, 500 likes!! Thank you all!! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I think Fax Kitty deserves a prize for that.
- Kendra K
меня, признаться, подзаебал этот кот
- Парадокс Смейла
пиздец как!
- getalifejerk
Kendra, absolutely. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
My like is the last one so far :) - 509 afaik
- getalifejerk
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
wish I could double like!
- metalerik
Wish I could just like it at all. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This is also still on the Best of page. That must be the longest running best of post? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
But it's a cat being crushed...
- Richard A.
برای چی این همه لایک خورده؟؟؟؟؟
- H.M.Nasrabadi
Hehe, Richard.
- Kol Tregaskes
copy cat
- gibilix
518 like! most liked post?
- Lu Tao
ay yerim yaa çok tatlı kedicikk :))
- Arzu
Lu, yeah but a long way now. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
*bump*
- Andre
Blew past 500 likes - LIKE!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
OMGosh, nearly heading to 550!!
- Kol Tregaskes
So we know how many people use this site.
- Richard A.
So that's what Paws Printing means.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Richard, we getting there. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Jack, hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
this thread is making history.
- vijay
Indeed .. this is a most epic thread
- Mattb4rd
Hehe. 9 more for 550!
- Kol Tregaskes
8...
- sofarsoShawn
7. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Actually only 5...cuz "You, Earl E Morningwood, yasin ghasemi and... 542 liked this"
- sofarsoShawn
Who wants to bet how many likes this thead is going to get???
- Roberto Bonini
Gosh, no idea.
- Kol Tregaskes
take some bets then come back in a year to check?
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
:)
- SokooteDel
Holy smokes .. this pussy cat is approaching 600 likes!
- Mattb4rd
552 now, so there are some unlikes going on, hehe, oh well. Still an amazing amount of likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
560!
- sofarsoShawn
And back down to 559. Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
And how could anyone not love kitties after seeing this photo?
- Susan Beebe
I liked it without reading this discussion - evidentially we have a lot of people who like the idea of faxing a cat!
- Rich
Rich, yes, worrying, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
564!
- sofarsoShawn
oh my god !
- Mirialmani
I think we'll have to recruit more ffeeps before this record will ever be broken
- JSNFLMNG
maybe a good way to clone cats :)
- Roberto
Hehe, Roberto.
- Kol Tregaskes
This surely couldn't hit 600 likes, could it!?
- Kol Tregaskes
It could! Keep bumping it up!
- imabonehead
It will :)
- Roberto Bonini
My next cat post: http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-fun...
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not even 600 Likes? Feh. ;-)
- j1m
No yet. Close though. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Stuck on 581.
- Kol Tregaskes
Most liked FF post ever?
- Kristian Salonen
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
11 more to 600. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
داداش كوتاه بيا، مي خواي ركورد بزني!؟
- Exir
هستم بره این کامنتتو ترجمه کنه اکسیر ! :))) داره از فضولی میمیره الان ! :D
- Shayan
Hehe, 6 more likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Need 1 more like, by my calculation, to get to 600
- Josh Haley
Another unlike then, back down to 598. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's 598+3, at the moment ;-)
- Andre
There we go, 601!! Wow, can't believe it. :-D Thanks everyone!!
- Kol Tregaskes
3 people un liked :(
- Roberto Bonini
I think there have been made unlikes over the last week, oh well.
- Kol Tregaskes
too many likes, the kitteh is burning up..stop the madness...;)
- JSNFLMNG
Haha, Jason.
- Kol Tregaskes
614!!!!!
- sofarsoShawn
Whoa! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
man! ..Kol is gaining ... and I saw that pic one day before Kol posted it :X ..and i let it go! :[)]
- Petr Buben
Petr, who's he?
- Kol Tregaskes
omg, this post passed 600 likes!
- imabonehead
@Kol ..well the man .. Mr Photographer .. ok .. let me go there ..
- Petr Buben
I see. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
631 likes, amazing stuff. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Day 11 and this thing's still going!
- Phil Maxwell
Why fax yourself when you can get famous via FriendFeed? :-)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
whereas a cat *scan* is totally feasible
- Megan Craig
Kol, congratulations, you won the Friendfeed Award for the most likes entry!
- Jérôme Flipo
Kol is this from your rival: Squashy Cat Photography?
- sofarsoShawn
Haha, Shawn. Have you really bumped this one again? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
LOL I was actually looking at best of month and I thought I'm going to be clever :-)
- sofarsoShawn
this makes me laugh every darn time I see it
- Stephanie_GoBigBlue!
Who is this NShawnFW? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
kitties do like to find new spots to nap :)
- Maryam
LOL, now over 650 likes.
- Kol Tregaskes
این هنوز در نیومده از لای این دستگاه؟
- Maryaminaa
Wow. this is good..... pleased, Kol?
- Roberto Bonini
Pleased? About the number of likes? I'm happy regardless. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
So do we think it will go to 700 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it will
- Seltoon
what do you mean by "it" ? say "he" or "she". :)
- Maryaminaa
Haha, I was referring to the entry. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lol
- Maryaminaa
I see someone already posted 'Copy Cat' !! LOL Great picture
- Kevin J Hatton
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
O HAI! I IZ WATIN FR COOPONZ, KTHXBYE.
- Kris Roley
Neksnapper 3000 Kitten Eradicator - Kills Kittehs Dead
- Mattb4rd
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
10 more likes for 700! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
7 more by my count!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops, yes you're right, Bec. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Isn't it illegal to fax a pussy?
- aerobroken
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- sofarsoShawn
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#photogs - when selling a print, how do u sign it? If on the print itself, do u do it digitally or manually? Any tips/tricks to share?
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I physically signed on the print with a silver pen Brian Auer had.
- Bryan Villarin
Thanks Bryan! I'm really curious to see if anyone does this digitally and how they accomplish it.
- Justin Korn
You could create a handwritten watermark if you have a Wacom tablet and some kind of inking program. I've used my Wacom tablet and Skitch (Mac app) to ink out captions for Polaroid scans I posted on Flickr: 1. http://www.flickr.com/photos... 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Cheryl Jones
I've never sold a print. I gave one to Scoble. Donated one for a Flickr Katrina Relief Auction and am about to put one in another charity auction for school arts programs. I signed the one I gave to Scoble on the mat I think, the one from the Flickr auction on the back of the print and the one for the school charity auction on the back of the mat.
- Thomas Hawk
I leave about a 1/2" to 1" border on all sides, maybe a bit extra at the bottom. Then I sign below the print with an archival paint pen found at most art stores (black or silver depending on the print). Name of print, year taken, and print number on the left -- signature on the right. The intent is to have the print matted outside of the actual print area, leaving the signature visible. For my square aspect photos, I'll sometimes sign right on the print so that the 1:1 ratio can be maintained.
- Brian Auer
ooh! good topic. I just framed my first print on the weekend and was thinking of signing it but wasn't sure what the "standard" was. or if one even existed. I think I like adding the Name of print, year taken along with a signature!
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I'm curious why you'd want to sign digitally. A signature is like your seal of approval stating that you made the print or at least oversaw it's creation and that the print is up to your standards. It's also the one thing that makes the print special and unique.
- Brian Auer
I've signed on the mat but I really like Brian Auer's method!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I've signed the mat around the photo, along with the printed title of the shot. I would not sign digitally -- to me that seems to detract from the originality of the piece. I like Brian's method as well. I think I will try that next time I print.
- Jeremy Brooks
Manually. I have only ever given away prints so there's always a message. But if I ever did sell I would still sign manually, each and every print. It's a simple way to say "I made this image that you like, and I appreciate that you want a print of it."
- Andy Bold
Signing the mat is just fine too, I've seen plenty of people do it that way. But I'd only sign the mat if it were permanently adhered to the photo.
- Brian Auer
Back of the print. Don't trust signing the mat, and I see no advantage in signing the front of the print. And signing digitally makes no sense, at least to me. Like Brian mentioned, a signature is a "seal of approval". Non-signed prints I consider reproductions whose printing process may or may not have been overseen by me.
- Antonio Marques
I think I'd rather sign on the photo vs the mat as well. and not digitally. as far as leaving a border on all sides, I'm trying to picture in my head how this looks once framed and matted. wouldn't it take attention away from the shot to have a border on the photo, then the the mat then the frame? do you have an example so I can see what it looks like. I love the idea of putting the title but without this border, I also worry that it would cover up a key part of the image. (yes. I over analyse a lot)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I love stepping away to do work and seeing the conversation bloom! Great conversation going. @Brian - I'd love to see an example of how you do your border as well if possible. I think that's a great idea and actually one I had thought of, but wasn't sure how to do it. For example, if you have an 8x10 print and add a 1" border to all sides, your aspect ratio is off. Also, like Nathalie...
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- Justin Korn
Nathalie, here's a shot of 3 prints hanging on my wall right now (from other photographers). -- http://www.flickr.com/photos... -- The one on the left is signed and matted the way I typically do it with the border. The one in the middle is signed right on the print and is matted with no border. The one on the right is matted with no border and signed on the mat.
- Brian Auer
Oh, and when I say "border" I just mean white space around the edge of the photo. I don't print an actual border on my photos. @Justin, as for the standard aspect ratio thing... I go under the assumption that the print will be custom matted -- it's not terribly expensive, even from a professional framer.
- Brian Auer
ooooh! that looks good! maybe I have to shop around because when I looked into custom mats - they'd run me about 15$ a piece. or more. I'm cheap. 15$ is a lot of money if you're framing lots.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
@Nathalie: If you're framing a lot of pieces, look into a mat cutter. Then you can purchase the full size pieces of mat material and cut your own. It's very easy to cut them, and you end up with exactly the mat you want.
- Jeremy Brooks
Brian - I figured you meant white space. I'm trying to streamline my process as much as possible and by doing so, I will be allowing clients to purchase frames and mats right from my storefront. This means the final product needs to be in one of the generally accepted aspect ratios. That said, I could easily add a 1in border to the sides and 2in to the top and bottom on an 8x10 to make...
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- Justin Korn
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Side question, but when you're cutting mats is there a lot of waste? Been thinking about going the mat cutter route, but worried that I'm going to end up with a lot of image sized pieces of mat card lying around that I am never going to use...
- Andy Bold
Justin - Offering multiple sizes with mat and frame can be a daunting task indeed. This is why I usually offer just the print and allow the buyer to mat and frame as they see fit. If somebody wants me to mat the print, I'll usually have it mounted on gatorboard and matted with the external dimensions being a standard size. So a 14" or 16" print will be mounted to a 16x20 board with a custom mat window -- that way it can be dropped into a standard frame.
- Brian Auer
I think a blog post series is in order... I'll see if I can post the intro tonight and get some feedback on which topics people want to learn more about. Between myself and the knowledgeable readers of Epic Edits, I think we can put together a good solid guide for printing, signing, mounting, matting, framing, and shipping these things.
- Brian Auer
Andy: You will end up with some waste, but many of the smaller pieces can be used again, for smaller prints. I have found that cutting mats myself saves me money over custom cut sizes, even with the waste.
- Jeremy Brooks
I like your thinking Brian. Looking forward to the post(s)...
- Justin Korn
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That will be a good series, Brian! I have an example of a square format photo that I mounted in an oversized mat and framed in a 16x20 frame that gets really good feedback. Maybe a post on doing mounting/framing outside of the box would be interesting.
- Jeremy Brooks
Really looking forward to the square format info!!
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Jeremy - for sure! I recently did an 11x11 print mounted to a 16x20 board in the vertical orientation with the window slightly above center. Square formats definitely give you the extra options.
- Brian Auer
Feverishly working on an intro for this blog series... I'm really excited to get this discussion off the ground!!! Thanks for the inspiration, guys!
- Brian Auer
Ok gang... here's the start of the blog series. Looking for some feedback and direction in this introductory post: http://blog.epicedits.com/2009...
- Brian Auer
Awesome! I'm really looking forward to this series Brian!
- Justin Korn
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Brian - I was going to write this to you directly, but thought maybe the community would benefit from it as well. I noticed you use ImageKind (or at least have a link on your website to it). How do you like their offerings? Would you recommend it? If you had a customer order something from there, how would you place your "seal of approval" then?
- Justin Korn
Justin - I like the quality from ImageKind and I would recommend their products. I've ordered several prints from them just to test the quality. But... I wouldn't sign a print from ImageKind. The prints I sell from IK are unsigned only. I prefer to have complete control over the quality of my signed prints, so I utilize a professional printer in my local area (and I watch over the print as it's produced).
- Brian Auer
Brain - Thanks! That makes sense.
- Justin Korn
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Hey Justin, I know you started this topic because you probably need immediate answers, so email me directly if you want some 1 on 1 conversation. The blog series will probably take a few weeks to wrap up.
- Brian Auer
Thanks Brian! I'm going to let this information sync in for a day or two and I'll get to you directly if anything comes up. I really appreciate your input so far!
- Justin Korn
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I tend to take a practical approach. I always sign the print itself on the lower white border of the print with an archival pen. Most of the time I'm using a pre-cut mat at a standard size and printing the image to the same size (8x10 mat opening with an 8x10 image size) to keep my costs down. This means the mat will cover the signature and number. If I'm showing and not sure of sale, I...
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- Greg Lato
Here is a better question: limited edition or not? If limited edition, what does that mean and how do you enforce and track it?
- Greg Lato
Ah yes... a touchy subject! The term "limited edition" has legal implications for each country and state. I prefer to offer my prints as "limited signed prints" rather than limited editions. In the digital age, limited editions are far more complicated than most photographer would think. http://blog.epicedits.com/2008...
- Brian Auer
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