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Otherwise you're still reliant on BigCos like Google to store your identity. - Jesse Stay

Nevermind - I guess since they're OpenID apps like Azigo that create information cards can just pull this information. - Jesse Stay

Still trying to get my head around all this, but I love where it's going. - Jesse Stay

I'm starting to loose count of the number of openID's i have.... - Roberto Bonini

Roberto, use a program like Azigo (I can't until they support Snow Leopard) to manage them all as Information Cards. You can do some interesting stuff with that. - Jesse Stay

Thanks jesse. I knew there was somthing like that around, just couldn't remember the name. - Roberto Bonini

Roberto, after you install it be sure to check out http://appdirectory.kynetx.com (it's still very much in its infancy) and try adding some selectors as well. There's some pretty cool things you can do with Context on top of those IDs. This is all the beginning for ID, and the future for much of the Web. - Jesse Stay

I would love to see SideWiki work as a Selector in apps like Azigo. :-) - Jesse Stay

Hopefully you won't need Azigo in the future and all this just integrates into the browser. Mozilla's kinda trying to do that with Weave (although it appears they're reinventing the wheel with their own form of "Information Cards") - Jesse Stay

Also for the curious, I set up my vanity URL at http://dewitt.unto.net/ to delegate to Google as my IDP. Tested on several OpenID2 compliant RP's and it seems to work pretty well. View the source of that page to see how I did it. Note that I'm not 100% sure I'm doing it right, and I still haven't made quite figured out how to make openid1.1 delegation work, but it's a start. - DeWitt Clinton

I'm curious if your rank will be higher if you point to a Google profile vs. another IDP. Matt Cutts??? - Jesse Stay

@Jesse -- wait, do you mean would my vanity URL rank differently depending on what IDP it points to? I highly doubt that! - DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt, me too - I'm just curious. - Jesse Stay

@Jesse - but that's how crazy rumors get started. Consider this a preemptive debunking. - DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt, good to know - Jesse Stay

LOL!!!!!! - Miriella

lol - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

What a boob. - Yolanda

I had to repeat this for my coworker twice before she got it. - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

hahahaha!! - Bette Cooper

I did too, Monique. - Yolanda

I roll it up in a ball and shove it in the back of the closet! - Jason

Just put it back on the bed... No folding required. - Lisa L. Seifert

I know. I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. - Ha3rvey (likes dark meat)

Take Lisa's advice. Just put it back on the bed. - Ha3rvey (likes dark meat)

I have a 'thing' for sheets... so I have a lot of sets I have to rotate out... eventually the fitted ones have to be folded :( I don't believe it's possible. - Jason

I make sure the elastic bits are inside then I fold it like a regular sheet. It does get puffy though. - Anika

I /hate/ fitted sheets. I just throw them in the cedar chest and not worry about folding. :-P - Jason Huebel

I think it's one of those things... once you figured it out - you have reached enlightenment and you don't have to come back to earth anymore to fix everything you did wrong in past lives... Anika, you're almost there! - Jason

When I was doing volunteer work for my church, they taught us a military-style tuck/fold method of using a regular sheet in place of your fitted sheet. I liked that so much better. Added benefit was no fitted sheet nonsense. - Jason Huebel

I used to have to lay the sheet on the floor or bed to fold it. It's only in the last 2 years, that I've been able to fold them standing up and have it the same size as the top sheet when folded. - Anika

have someone else to it - VAL D.

Line up the elasticized edges and fold them in on all sides until you have a rectangular sheet. Then fold it again. - Michelle

Michelle it's not that easy! well for me at least... I don't think I'm as far along on my path to enlightenment as I would like to think ;) - Jason

Ha! I fought them for years and this lady who owned the laundromat I used to go to showed me how to do it. I don't get it perfect every time but it is better ;-) - Michelle

Hate the damn things. Every time I fold one, the end result is a bit different. - Yolanda

See http://www.marthastewart.com/article.... It actually works! - Anne Bouey

Of course Martha knows. - Jason from iPhone

If you put ALL of the fitted sheets on your bed you could just take them off one at a time as needed. Once the laundry hamper set aside only for your fitted sheets is full, you wash, dry and start over. Plus your bed would be really, really comfy and fluffy. - Lisa L. Seifert

http://stores.fitandfold.com/StoreFr... - Johnny Worthington

PS: I do mine like Martha. I abhor Martha, though. Just sayin'. - Lisa L. Seifert

You could also use all of the unfolded fitted sheets as togas. - Lisa L. Seifert

OMG LISA You are brilliant! All the fitted sheets on the bed. Totally doing that. - Jason

You roll it up. You don't fold them. Didn't your Mother teach you anything? - Kittyburgers

It might help soak up the dog's mess if you put them all on the bed. Just sayin'... :-| - Lisa L. Seifert

Someone on Teh Intarweb told me, and it's worked okay for me: You fit a corner over hand A. Run hand B along the edge to the next corner and then fit that over the first corner. (It'll be inside-out compared to the first corner.) Repeat this until all corners are fitted over your hand, then shake and tug the edges so they line up with each other. It's easier to do than describe. Then you can fold up what you've got left over. - Deborah Fitchett

x_x - Derrick

I USE TO HAVE THISSSSSSS hahahahha - Shevonne

Thanks Derrick, this made me smile! - Chris Rivait

We still have one of those and it still makes great snowcones. - Trish R

Wow. I wanted one of these SOOO badly when I was little but my mom got me the snoopy soft house instead cause she already had an old snow cone maker from when she was little. - adf

my cousin had one. zOMG - tiffany

I totally had this! I bet my mom still has parts of it somewhere! - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

Needs liquor! - Christopher Harley

OMG I obsessed over this as a kid. - Jason

I wanted one of these so bad as a kid, but I was too old (or so my mom said) when it was first released. - cecily

Wow. My sister had one of those. :) - Ha3rvey (likes dark meat)

We still have one in the basement. - Laura B full.

I wanted this so bad, but my mom said no. =( - Baroness Von SmashAHomie

I always wanted one of these. - Yolanda

i begged for one, and cut myself on it. it was sort of a pain to use, but totally awesome. - Kendra K

I had this as a kid! and then they released it :) It was the best halo-halo maker ever! I love PEANUTS GANG! - Anna Lynn M.

We have one of those! My kids love it. - Jason Huebel

That's huge news! Now I can buy a Kindle. - Jesse Stay

That also means my book, FBML Essentials can finally show up in Kindle format :-) - Jesse Stay

I knew that was coming. They have to do something to drum up press before the Nook arrives in consumers hands. - EricaJoy

Hurray competition! They needed a kick in the pants anyway. Where's my version with a microSD slot and a replaceable battery?!!! - Piaw Na

The 1st Gen Kindle has an SD slot and a replaceable battery. Shouldn't be hard to find one. :-) - Kevin Fox

Piaw, the upgrades are rolling out. According to Amazon's forums, all you have to do is turn Whispernet on -- your Kindle will eventually grab the update. There's also an option to manually install it via a desktop computer if you're eager. See the link in Kevin's original post for instructions. - Paul Wilcox

The 1st Gen Kindle is not supported by this upgrade. - Piaw Na

Well, no need to go home and turn mine on tonight. Thanks Piaw! - EricaJoy from IM

Piaw, are you certain? Adobe's release states "Native PDF support will also be available for some earlier versions of Kindle via an automatic Whispernet wireless firmware update." - Kevin Fox

Yup. I tried the manual upgrade procedure and it totally failed. Click through on the link and see that the upgrade procedure only upgrades from 2.x Kindle versions. - Piaw Na

Scroll to the very bottom of the page and you'll find a link for the 1st generation firmware upgrade: http://www.amazon.com/update_... - Kevin Fox

No, that upgrades you to 1.2, which everyone on Kindle 1 already has. 1.2 does not support PDFs. - Piaw Na

Oh. Damnit. Now I have to get a Kindle2. Grumble. I hate new toys. - Kevin Fox

I do, and I find it useful. though I prolly come nearer to scanning than reading it. - Pete

Yes, I read it, but I never participate any more on the site, which I used to do quite a bit, since I switched to the RSS feed. That's the problem with aggregators: the loss of the community centred on the site. - DJF

I do through Google Reader. I find the articles often thought provoking and sometimes amusing. It's great! - Sarah June

It's part of my first-thing-in-the-morning news reading on work days. work email, FF, LISNews, Planet Cataloging, in that order. (I check none of these on days off. Sorry, FF.) - Betsy (bentley) Vera

Wow, Iris I can I use that graph? I'd like to post it to LISNews - Blake

I like it :) - marthalib

Sure thing, Blake. And... uh... feel free to link to me on a regular basis. ;-) - lris

You know I do--directly, not via RSS. I rarely "participate" but I've discarded ever-so-many responses to a few of the trolls who dominate the comments. What do I think of it? Still a vital resource. - Walt Crawford

I don't. My impression is that the news is mostly public library-related, and I'm generally more interested in bloggers as essayists than news aggregators. I have lots of respect for the site, but it doesn't seem to fit my needs as a reader. - Steve is older than ever

I subscribed to the RSS feed briefly but then was overwhelmed and quickly unsubscribed. My sense is very similar to Steve's: more public library emphasis than is useful to me, and "news" (in the sense of "this thing happened at this library"), unless it has broader implications and those implications are the focus of the discussion, isn't really useful to me either. Also, tremendous respect for the site and for Blake's reputation for supporting library bloggers. - Catherine Pellegrino

I concur with Steve. LISNews doesn't have much that's of more than idle interest to me (academic librarian, active in scholarly communication), and what little it *does* have I know I will see through other channels. - D0r0th34

I'm in a public library. Just this morning, I forwarded the article about teen reading to three work colleagues (teen librarians and school outreach). - Betsy (bentley) Vera

I subscribe to LISnews through Google Reader, but I'll admit, I just skim the posts these days. Mostly because I'm kind of burned out on library goings-on. - joshua "magic" neff

Derrick, this is the "Library Day in the Life" wiki. You'll find some good stories. http://librarydayinthelife.pbworks.com/ - Laura B full.

Thanks, Laura. I think I'd like to ultimately be in an academic setting, but the opportunities seem so vast. I look forward to focusing on what it is exactly I want to do as a future librarian. - Derrick

Here's how I got where I am: http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2008... . In addition to the Day In The Life wiki, there's also a Library Routes wiki where people write how they ended up in the jobs they have: http://libraryroutesproject.wikkii.com/ - lris

I'm an instruction librarian in an academic library. This lets me do all the fun parts of being a faculty member (teaching students) without any of the nasty parts (research and "publish or perish"...er, well, mostly). I also get to play with technology a lot more than most faculty do. And hang out on a college campus, which is where I want to spend the rest of my life. I aspire to get a rep on campus as "the cool librarian." - Catherine Pellegrino

Thanks for posting that, Iris. I had forgotten to add my story there. :) Derrick, there's an amazing variety of jobs out there. I'm sure you can find something wonderful! - Laura B full.

This was the first place that hired me when I was looking for a job after studying in Germany as an undergrad. It's not my calling. - Kendra K

I wanted out of Chicago Public Library and this seemed like a really great opportunity. Now I've been here two years and have done a fair amount, I think it was a good choice. Ultimately, the goal is to go for academic/medical/special library. Fighting the pigeon hole every chance I get.... :) - Abigail

Kendra, what kind of library are you working in now? - Derrick

I work in a transportation engineering and planning library at UC Berkeley. I know transportation and nothing else. - Kendra K

Ah...gotcha. I have so much to learn. So many different types of places have archives and holdings. Where would you like to be? - Derrick

I am in correctional libraries because that happened to be the type of job I was offered out of college and then the only job offered when trying to leave the first job. People seem to think I'm good at it. I have recently applied for a new job at a community college. I would really like to try something new. I've been in corrections for over 15 years. - Alan Simpson

I started out in bookstores as a buyer then moved cross-country and ended up in a public library part time. It was wonderful and challenging and fun, but I wasn't sure that it was a good fit. Then I got a full-time staff job doing acquisitions in a small academic library. Perfect! Now just under one year into my first post-MLIS job, in serials and electronic resources. Nice mix of... more... - Kirsten

My job (which I mostly love in academic health sciences) is the direct result of my library school internship... they didn't want to let me go! I don't know exactly what I want to be when I grow up though. - Nikki D.

Derrick, honestly I think I'll probably stick in transportation for a long while. I originally wanted to be a german language specialist, but I really like science and engineering and I love being part of a small community with major impact the public. - Kendra K

I came here as a business librarian - and though my job functions have changed in the 2.5 years I've been here, that's my real love, and I'd like to get back to close liaison work with a business school. Ultimately I think I'd like to head an academic business library - or perhaps shift back into the corporate world (I as a corporate internal auditor before library school). I'm trying to figure out what steps I need to take to get to where I want to be. - ÉllbeeÇee

My major function now, however, is education/instruction, with a focus on creating online learning objects and modules. I like it - but my passion is for those business students. :) - ÉllbeeÇee

I started in libraries in Access Services (public services: circulation, course reserves, media/microforms, stacks maintenance, offsite collections and interlibrary loan) in an academic library and have never looked back. I am not really into instruction or technical services, but I love working with the public and developing new ways to deliver our services, so access services is the... more... - Mary Carmen

I'm not terribly happy at my current job, and it will be at least a year before I can apply to school, but I'd love to get into working at a library, just because of the obvious. I've sent some info into volunteer at the LA public library, but I need to hit up other cities nearby; Burbank, Pasadena, etc. - Derrick

I got into academic libraries because I moved to a college town and didn't want to work in a bookstore anymore. I got the MLS because I liked working in the library, and started to think "I could enjoy doing that & do a good job at it" when they posted professional jobs. I went to UT Austin because it was cheap-ish and in the west and Austin sounded like fun and they had courses in... more... - Steve is older than ever

http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/2008... - D0r0th34

After 10 years as a law firm library manager, I was feeling less and less like I fit into a law firm. I interviewed for other library management positions, but couldn't find a good fit. I finally decided to break away and consult, something I always wanted to do; I thought I would have at least one more significant job before breaking out on my own. I aspire to bringing in enough money and work to bring some others in with me. - Connie Crosby

A nervous breakdown, 8 months of unemployment, and a need to find a job -- and fast -- led me to the public library. I still feel like I don't quite belong here, but it's OK for now, and I'm staying for the next little while. Or at least until the budget process is finished on December 1, after which time I may be looking for a new job. As for what I aspire to do, I'd like to carve a niche for myself as a user experience consultant for hire who specializes in libraries. - cecily

Curiosity and circumstance. I worked in a sci lib as an undergrad, then spend 2+ years at a non-profit doing assorted things. When we needed to move for spouse's degree, I thought about what I wanted to do and thought I might like to be a librarian. Ended up here as a para, have since done MLIS, and really liking medlibs. :) - Rachel Walden

I've never made quiche. Is it difficult? - Sarah June

I just made quiche last week! Not difficult at all. You can make all different variations of it too. =D - Shevonne

hmmmmm, that looks very yummie - esther ♥ ♫

Thanks Shevonne! Maybe I'll try it this weekend. - Sarah June

The only difficult thing about quiche is the crust (unless, of course, you are a practiced pie crust maker, in which case I'm told it's easy). The rest is basically mixing stuff together and dumping it in the crust and putting it in the oven. - laura x

I cheat and use the frozen, deep dish pie shells. =D - Shevonne

that looks delicious!!! - Nia

I cheat and make a crustless quiche. :-) - Deborah Fitchett

Deborah, do you make that in the oven? i kinda want to do that and freeze them to take for breakfast on english muffins - Baroness Von SmashAHomie

I haven't had a good quiche in ages. - Ian May

Oven, yes, in a casserole dish. It's from a cookbook for students away from home for the first time so very simplified; basically <thinks> eggs beaten with milk; add [onion, mushroom, spinach, tomato, whatever you like], grated cheese, and self-raising flour; mix, pour into dish, bake at your regular baking temperature. - Deborah Fitchett

Posterous: http://blog.posterous.com/send-to... - LogEx

Several good tips here: http://www.labnol.org/interne... (Save to PDF, Convert partial feed item to full feed via email, AddThis/AddToAny/ShareThis, Backtweets/Technorati/GoogleBlogSearch related conversations) - LogEx

Instapaper: http://www.willw.net/adding-... - LogEx

Google Bookmarks & AddToAny: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009... - LogEx

ping.fm: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009... & more in other comments: Gmail, generic email, Google Calendar,... - LogEx

WordPress “Press this…” on your domain: http://thingelstad.com/using-g... - LogEx

Autotranslate from another language: http://translate.google.com/transla... - Matt Cutts

This could get VERY powerful if/when GOOG adds more substitutions :) - LogEx

Is Backtype available> - TrafficBug

WOOOOOWWW - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

Is Hellotxt available too? - Kol Tregaskes

Does it add pictures to post for FF like Bookmarklet ? - Jacque

And Shareaholic? - Kol Tregaskes

No pictures yet that I can figure... will either need another (smart) substitution or a URL that triggers a bookmarklet? - LogEx

GReader will need an OPML-like facility for batch-loading these ;) - LogEx

I've been dreaming about that for a long time... :) - Stanislas Jourdan

Stanislas, not quite the regular dream but good for you. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

@kol hehe, don't worry, i have others dreams in my life ;-) - Stanislas Jourdan

Stanislas, that's good, I was worried for a bit there. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Lifehacker adds PrintFriendly & Identica configs: http://lifehacker.com/5339214... - LogEx

Feed Buster allows pictures from GR to FF. It's just slow and limited... - Kamilah Gill

shorten with bit.ly: http://exde601e.blogspot.com/2009... - George Moga

I haven't seen Twine yet. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

MakeUseOf.com adds Iterasi & ZapReader: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag... - LogEx

another 5 services, including LinkedIn and j.mp: http://exde601e.blogspot.com/2009... - George Moga

...so G-Reader is becoming a little like FriendFeed now? - .LAG liked that

all the original Seuss would be awesome on audio book. - Joe Silence is not dead

OMFG... Sideshow Bob is reading The Cat In The Hat to me.... *squeal* - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Thanks, Barry! :) - joshua "magic" neff

Don't you love having you own space - Baroness Von SmashAHomie

I really, really do. - joshua "magic" neff

Happy Sunday, Josh. - Derrick

Happy Sunday, Derrick! - joshua "magic" neff

*curtsies* - Derrick

How about a Josh of Fortitude? - Josh Haley

Better than a Josh of Solitude! - joshua "magic" neff

you're so cute. - Mary Carmen

Aw, thanks, MC! - joshua "magic" neff

any time, babe. any time. - Mary Carmen

Josh, you're so cute, I could just pinch your cheeks and feed you cookies. - Sarah June

Can't wait. And no redundancies, please. - Laura Norvig

Will be interesting to see how much granularity over permissions the content creators will have. Will I have to just choose "yes" or "no" that anyone who is connected to me anywhere will be allowed to see my stuff? How could greater control work - seems complicated. - Laura Norvig

Seems a fair point Laura. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Here's a fractal I use that may be useful as a template for Activity Streams... 1) interest-generating opener 2) background on current threats/tension to resolve 3) opportunity or vision of a better state 4) strategy w/steps to get there 5) issues to solve before accepting strategy 6) next steps by stakeholders - Mark Frazier

This is awesome Marshall. I'm wondering whether we broaden the concept beyond messaging to decentralize the social graph itself, so app developers can leverage existing relationships without having to build on top of a facebook or a twitter...(or perhaps that is implied here?) - Tony Zito

Marshall ... thanks for the initial explanation... I've been intrigued by all the references to Activity Streams and http://activitystrea.ms/ by people I know and trust - I just haven't had the time to join another mailing list. Just yesterday I was on the site trying to understand more and reading Chris Messina's almost-year-old post: http://factoryjoe.com/blog... - Dan York

Will this "first draft" evolve into a RWW post? - Dan York

Dan, it's for our forthcoming research report on the real-time web and its future. Preorders avail at http://www.readwriteweb.com/reports... - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Do you have a pointer to an example activity stream feed? - Dave Winer

there's an example at the bottom of http://wiki.developer.myspace.com/index... - Marshall Kirkpatrick

I should find a better example than that, a live one to include in article. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Interesting. I've been unplugged from the feed / activity space for a while now. Makes me want to read up more on Activity Streams. - mikepk

That would be the first thing a developer would look for, something live they could build an app on. - Dave Winer

Tom's activity feed URL at MySpace is http://api.myspace.com/v1... but MySpace API authentication is required - looking for a live and publicly accessible one - Marshall Kirkpatrick

aha! cliqset doesn't require authentication to see theirs, http://cliqset.com/feed... - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Doesn't someone want to make this for me? - Derrick

Derrick, I'd make this for you in a minute. - Ha3rvey (likes dark meat)

No, but I will eat some. - Joe

YUM. - Laura B full.

I do have to run to the market, and it's not complicated, but I don't feel much like cooking, plus it's almost Thanksgiving. I'll eat plenty come Thursday (and Friday). - Derrick