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Video games ruined my life...
Anna Haro, Mike Smith, Kendra <3 Three Lions and 24 other people liked this
LOL
- Amit Morson
I KNOW THIS GUY.
- holly
so, of course, I have to add - librarian FTW!
- holly
Awesome, holly!
- Josh Haley
Michael Sauers!
- josh neff, geek at large
Just learned a new acronym about "Hippo": Highest Paid Person's Opinion. Bad for website decisions.
Gilbert Yap, Type Micah, Steve Matthews and 27 other people liked this
HiPPO is often used in the context of website optimization. Take a typical SEM scenario- Google AdWords keyword driving users to a landing page. How do you determine the best combination of imagery, messaging, call to action buttons, etc. to present on the landing page to drive conversion. For many customers, the HiPPO makes these decisions. Unfortunately, the HiPPO rarely gets it right. Website optimization is about using data to determine the best combination of factors on a page to drive conversions.
- Tom Wentworth
I'll have to use this.
- Louis Gray
yeah I just learned that a couple of months ago.
- Stefan Hayden
and the best part is the visual image that goes with it... HIPPO throwing its weight around...
- Lucretia Pruitt
bad for ANY decisions
- Tom Guarriello
Louis you probably ARE the Hippo at your company
- Jeremiah Owyang
Jeremiah, that's not true. I wish.
- Louis Gray
Two stages to corporate purchasing: 1) The poor sap that does the research, due diligence, builds a relationship, negotiates, prints out an email 2) The guy that writes the check to his brother-in-law's company
- Andy Murdoch
Smack in the middle of HiPPO pool at my work. Very frustrating
- John Frost
I attended an Analytics workship where Avinash Kaushik recommended landing page testing as the most effective way to neutralize a HIPPO. They tested several LP designs, one that reflected the opinions of the HIPPO, marketing manger and janitor. The janitor's page won.
- Lorna Li
I am sure to use this acronym. Like probably Tomorrow.
- Eric Logan
A dollar bill taped to the floor of friendfeed's offices: - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Monique, Pat Hawks, Erik S and 152 other people liked this
This is a dollar bill taped to the floor of FriendFeed's headquarters. It's a bit of social engineering. They figured out it kept people from tripping on the cord cover because people noticed the money on the floor.
- Robert Scoble
Hahaha, now that is brilliant stuff. Awesome.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
This is a fantastic idea.
- Jeremy Botter
Wouldn't last long in my office.
- Ralph Whitbeck
Amazing.. think I could use this idea in a few places.
- Roberto Bonini
Clever! i love it.
- Federico [Kurai]
from twhirl
Simple, clever, great idea. That FriendFeed crew is a bunch of smart fellers!
- Brandon Wood
My employer is too frugal to do that.
- Jonathon
Inexpensive risk management.
- Dave Pelland
Ha! Very clever.
- Brent Newhall
brilliant
- mjc
Wow! I'm speechless.
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
nice
- Mike Collett
The dollar bill trick doesn’t work with strippers though ;)
- Tony C
@Earl: Consider it a stripper-filter, then. You know someone's a stripper if they trip over it.
- April Buchheit
for some reason i expect a "stripper filter" to be something coded using regular expressions. sad, i know.
- Karim
The message here is that Web 2.0 companies are so ignorant of money and revenue that they even step over a dollar on the floor
- Jason Carreira
from twhirl
Genius!!!
- Joe Dawson
Interesting. The photo has been viewed more than 500 times, but has only earned 62 likes and 19 comments. So, for every 1 thing we can see here there's another 9 people hanging out lurking in the shadows.
- Robert Scoble
@Scoble the old 90-9-1 rule :) (well almost)
- Naor Mark
You could always just superglue some road kill to those things. Nothing gets people's attention more than a dead opossum.
- Andrew Leyden
wow, that's funny smart!
- Susan Beebe
I stubbed my toe on that dollar.
- Michael Muller
Heath And Safety in the UK would not approve....but I do!
- Toby Graham
"but has only earned 62 likes". This currently stands as the most-liked Flickr photo of all time.
- Raphael, Raphael
I forgot about that photo. It does work, though. Everytime I visit friendfeed's offices I see the dollar and I'm careful not to trip over it. :-)
- Robert Scoble
That's dumb. Why couldn't they afford to run the cord somewhere where it wouldn't be in the way in the first place?
- Robert Peña
As an IE I can state that's definitely not something to publicize. Definitely not OSHA Kosher.
- Adi
Great idea will have to remember this.
- Laura Gonzalez
Reminds me of the deli counter in grocery store in Scotts Valley across the street from NorCal offices of MetaCreations (the Fractal Design arm of it). Local companies'd go there for lunch daily. PROBLEM: Deli counter pencils (for marking your sandwich menu) disappeared at frightful rate. SOLUTION: Deli affixed pencils with price label. Price: $100.00. Pencils stayed at store. :)
- Susan A. Kitchens
Haha I like that trick for keeping Pens from going missing Susan!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Verizon boots 1938media over previous mistakes, boycott call - http://video.knbc.com/player...
Noah David Simon, Ontario Emperor, Kerem Ozkan and 18 other people liked this
What's not clear: were the videos in question ever on the phone, and second, surely if this was an issue, they would have done due diligence before the deal.
- Duncan Riley
from Bookmarklet
From the news report: "Verizon said the controversial video was never shown on it's vcast service, and was never intended to be made available."
- Ken Sheppardson
The video in question was posted A YEAR AGO! Didn't Verizon see this coming?
- Pat Hawks
Pat, my question exactly. Ken, I heard that bit, but then what were people protesting about? the context doesn't fit, how can you boycott something that wasn't there?
- Duncan Riley
Someone found out about the video, a huge public protest happened, it would become a media circus because someone used a keyword "racism". So Verizon went nuts and said "Ohh we need to make a statement and do something now! Who cares what?"
- Candace
Maybe people are just upset Verizon would do business with Feldman?
- Pat Hawks
Verizon is full of shit. Loren is not a racist... I'm not going to stand for this PC crap!
- Noah David Simon
ok, is it just me or did Channel 4 News spell "activist" wrong? acctivist? just sayin'
- Christine Lu
Now, THAT's funny.
- Michael Markman
It doesn't matter when the videos were made - much like it doesn't matter when a scandal arises over someone else's past behavior - like Obama's pastor & McCain's association w/ Gov. Williams. The behavior may be in the past - but the "guilt by association" is always in the present. Verizon clearly decided not to get behind Loren in this. Sometimes, your past does come back to haunt you. Even if it's not 'fair'.
- Lucretia Pruitt
Lucretia, the thing that doesn't make sense is why Verizon didn't think about this BEFORE making the deal, sense the videos didn't just pop up.
- Pat Hawks
Too bad the social media doesn't have the power of the mainstream media yet. Verizon could get a load of us calling "bs" on the whole thing. Though I doubt that will make them panic as much as this story did. ...It's terrible but, I'm laughing. Because this...this is funny.
- Candace
fuck Verizon. ...bunch of pussies this is for @1938Media ...kiss it http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips...
- Noah David Simon
I like the Rev Wright angle. That's double groovy with one and half twists.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I think video is racist. Verizon and 1938 is a different story but the video is racist.
- Akshay Dodeja
Verizon is just a bunch of dolts wearing suits. If they didn't see it before it's because they didn't look for it. In other words: they didn't do their job. When they awoke from their slumber they were being pushed around by a bunch of hysterical PC ankle-biters.
- William, CPU Media
Media Circus time-Loren gets to follow the elephants and clean up.
- Mark Forman
this is for @1938Media ...kiss it http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips...
- Noah David Simon
hahaha this is great. I feel like 'internet people' have a much healthier conception of racism. Taking tech nigga out of context could easily make Loren a racist. But it really started a conversation, which is what I think what Loren originally hoped to do.
- Daniel Morgan
"Hello LA Humanity? This is Dave Winer. Did you know..." Have to say, glad to see feldboy getting nailed. Yep I am.
- jeneane sessum
@daniel morgan . I'm sorry but your comment "internet people" I find degrading to those of us who use the internet. I am afraid I am going to have to begin a public boycott of Friend Feed since they are allowing you to be on Friend Feed spouting such degrading stereotypes of people on the internet. ...I guess the internet is serious business after all.
- Candace
It appears things flared up over the weekend. I would just guess that in the wake of the announcement, the public started browsing Loren's back catalog. The video is linked to and/or embedded on a number of sites over the past few days. The earliest references to the boycott by Najee Ali, Project Islamic Hope, that I can find are from yesterday: http://tinyurl.com/5k4bxq and http://tinyurl.com/6s86yh.
- Ken Sheppardson
damn it... time to kiss Jesse Jackson's ass! ...kiss it http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips...
- Noah David Simon
Project Islamic Hope's last protest: June 10 : "Ashanti Should be Ashamed of Herself" http://www.singersroom.com/news...
- Ken Sheppardson
Project Islamic Hope's "Protest Against Pedophiles and Candlelight Vigil" http://www.eurweb.com/story...
- Ken Sheppardson
you are so missing the point. Feldman was being referential...
- Noah David Simon
let he who is without sin cast the first stone. enough of the Jimmy the Greek Witchhunt. long live Geraldine Ferrara
- Noah David Simon
Cordiva says she's the one who called for it ... http://shegeeks.net/i-reque...
- Tom Quinn
While we're at it -- screw YOU for not having some frickin respect.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
There's a difference between the state quashing free speech and people using free speech to influence the financial dealings of a private actor. Just sayin', 'tain't censorship. Loren owes his success to controversy, but that's a double-edged sword.
- Madsimian
Thanks for sharing this, Duncan, since I wouldn't have seen it otherwise, inasmuch as I'm ignoring Los Angeles local TV news, VCAST, and Najee Ali. Not boycotting, ignoring.
- Ontario Emperor
one more time. can't resist http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips...
- Noah David Simon
http://delicious.com/simonst... information relating to Loren Feldman
- Noah David Simon
Noah just contacted Godaddy by phone. http://noahdavidsimon.com/ is gone
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I win Loren Feldman. http://delicious.com/simonst... I beat 1938Media
- Noah David Simon
Voting Machines Have Elected a Voting Machine As President - http://laughingsquid.com/voting-...
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Moment of Truth « FOX Forum « FOXNews.com - http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008...
Soulhuntre, Shawn Farner, Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah and 3 other people liked this
"Part of the appeal of, and the unspoken tension behind, Senator Obama’s campaign is his transformational status as the first African-American to win a major party’s presidential nomination. That does not mean that he has erased the mutual distrust between black and white Americans, and this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election. If Ms. Todd’s allegations are proven accurate, some voters may revisit their support for Senator Obama, not because they are racists (with due respect to Rep. John Murtha), but because they suddenly feel they do not know enough about the Democratic nominee. If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting."
- Jason Toney
from Bookmarklet
John Moody, Executive Vice President of FOX News...sit down.
- Jason Toney
Has someone checked this guy's place for carbon monoxide levels? Grand Canyon levels of logic leaping.
- AJ Kohn
Why does one 'alleged" African American incident immediately incriminate Sen.Obama" or the entire African American community)? If Ms.Todd is shown to be a liar, no one will do anything seriously noteworthy to her( e.g, a public apology). Nothing what so ever.She will be cast out of "heaven" and defined an aberration, a free-spirited Repube whose emotions got the better of.
- Terence
Wow, I am late to the party. This is seriously making me sick. For a host of reasons that I'm not even ready to express cohesively at the moment.
- Cheryl
John Moody, sit down again, she made it up.
- Jason Toney
Sorry y'all, but John Moody has nailed it on the mother-f*cking head (except for the 'not because they are racists' part. it would be *precisely* because they are). If this story had been true, it wouldn't matter that the attacker was just crazy. It would be enough that he was a black man who opposed McCain and by extension was an Obama supporter. And the negativity would be enough to taint Obama. The White House, aided heavily by the media did much the same thing with Iraq after 9/11.
- tiffany
And that post was from yesterday, so grant him a pass on his speculation.
- tiffany
So now that we know it's fake, is McCain, in fact, completely screwed, as Mr. Moody suggests, "forever linked to race-baiting?" Or is this, once again, good news for John McCain?
- Victor Ganata
@tiffany: There is no logic that this attack would wind up creating doubt on Obama's background. It would be racism by association - straight up and flat out. It'd be like saying theft of an iPhone would create doubt in my mind as to the financial solvency of Microsoft.
- AJ Kohn
@Victor: Unless there is evidence that it was coordinated by the campaign, it is not race-baiting. It's one disturbed and misguided woman doing something vile. That seems the end of it for me. I don't support guilt by association on either side.
- AJ Kohn
I think Moody overstates the impact of this on McCain. It's not a good look for his campaign, but it can be easily dismissed as the actions of a lone crazy chick. Hell, I give McCain's campaign about 45 more minutes before they release a statement saying just that. I definitely believe that Ashley Todd was trying to invoke the Scary Black Man specter and link him to Obama. What I am unsure of is whether this is part of an orchestrated campaign.
- tiffany
@aj "Logic" doesn't factor into it my dear, but the technique is straight out of Smear Tactics and Fear Mongering 101. I'd put money on the fact that Ashley Todd understood this when she made him a big scary black man who carved a B and not, say, a crazed caucasian frat boy from Pitt who gave her a shiner at a bar.
- tiffany
@AJ :) Heh, I'm not asking what a *rational* person would think. What I meant to ask is what do you think the "media narrative" is going to be?
- Victor Ganata
Obviously this shouldn't reflect on the McCain / Palin campaigns but then again neither should some insane moron yelling "kill him" - but the meme is that it does. So should it reflect? No.... but will it? Watch a whole bunch of people try hard to make it so.
- Soulhuntre
@tiffany: Oh, totally get that. I'm saying Moody is high on something if he doesn't think this is about racism and racism only.
- AJ Kohn
@Victor: Oh, it'll probably get lumped into the meme about nasty McCain/Palin supporters and how the campaign opened the door to it by not squelching hateful speech at rallies etc.
- AJ Kohn
McCain's quest for the presidency is already over <no jinx-o> but the larger narrative point is that the race of imaginary assailant - black - acts as a larger statement about "all black men", Senator Obama included. That Ashley Todd is a fakester only reflects poorly on her. My problem with Moody is that I don't see his blog missive as commentary. It feels more to me like direction on how to feel about this to a rabid audience exceptionally prone to his network's Talking Points.
- Jason Toney
As the head of the news agency, why is he making commentary on a story like this that isn't even 24 hours old? Who needs facts anymore.
- Jason Toney
+10 JT for "no jinx-o"
- tiffany
erm, because that's his blog and that's what he's paid do to JT? analysis is part of the game.
- tiffany
I think his standard has to be higher. Just because it's his blog doesn't change the fact that he's a "news man" an "editor-in-chief" level news man. I also don't think it's really analysis. It's an attempt to frame the story in a narrative that works for him and his 24 hour news channel. And that's about business and not good journalism or commentating.
- Jason Toney
i think your anti-fox cynicism is showing :-P. it's probably because i agree with him, but i think it's more analysis than framing. or maybe it's both. but i will say this: my first thought when i read this story was "potential race-baiting." my second thought was "if this is true, obama will be deemed guilty by association."
- tiffany
oh DAMNITTOF*CKINGHELL. edit-button-copy-and-paste fail ... like i was saying (if i can remember what the eff i typed...) ... where i disagree with moody -- and i suspect this is why you're seeing it as 'framing' rather than 'fair analysis' -- is that i think it is / would be wholly due to race and racism. he excuses racism as a reason. i chalk that up to White American Male Privilege though, not Fox News Framing.
- tiffany
Pentagon Wants Packs Of Robots To Detect "Non-cooperative Humans" - http://groups.yahoo.com/group...
Ack! It's Skynet. John and Sarah Connor, please check your messages.
- Michael Markman
Giant spider eating a bird caught on camera - Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth...
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"The pictures show the spider with its long black legs wrapped around the body of a dead bird suspended in its web. The startling images were reportedly taken in Atheron, close to Queensland's tropical north. Despite their unlikely subject matter, the pictures appear to be real. Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider was a Golden Orb Weaver."
- Paul Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
disgusting....
- ChaCha Fance
ouch
- Kyle Weller
Where is the web though? Nature's engineering is a mother!
- Roney Smith
Just proof that you can be a little guy and make it in the world (spider) or a big guy and fall (bird)
- Patricia
I completely misread this as "Giant spider eating bird caught on camera" and took a while to figure out whether it was a giant spider or giant bird. Either way, I assumed it was the bird that was eating the spider which was completely wrong but not immediately obvious even when I checked the pictures...
- Tony Ruscoe
Keith Olberman discovers a fascinating bit of history from 1991 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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That's really cool.
- Aaron Hood
Option Three - http://www.marriedtothesea.com/100808...
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Alaskan Independence Party sponsored By Iran - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
Using facts is fun. You should try it sometime.
- Gregory Pittman
from twhirl
Seems like straight dice to me. There's no doubt that Sarah Palin's supportive of the party his guy founded (she sent a video to their convention last year). Her husband was a member. Iran sponsored the AIP founder's 1993 appearance before the UN. Additionally, Joe Vogler was murdered in a plastic explosives deal gone bad. Facts.
- Madsimian
You don't get it Madsimian... facts have a well known liberal bias. What we are recommended to try are "Facts"(tm).
- Jason B.
Alaskan Independence Party sponsored By Iran - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
Madsimian liked this
Amazing -- I'll see your trumped-up Bill Ayers controversy and raise you one Joe Vogler. His wikipedia entry is interesting reading.
- Joshua Heling
Sheeeeeeeiit. Put that in your pipe, Mr. McCain. Bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-Alaska!
- Madsimian
Nobel Laureate: Bush's Economic Time Bomb. Cover story 2007 - http://www.vanityfair.com/politic...
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Poll: Obama outperformed McCain in debate - USATODAY.com - http://www.usatoday.com/news...
Madsimian, Indio Apache, Alexander Carlill and 2 other people liked this
"A majority of debate watchers in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Saturday picked Obama over Republican John McCain when asked which candidate offered the best proposals to solve the country's problems, 52%-35%. They said Obama did better overall in the debate than McCain, 46%-34%."
- Dave Winer
from Bookmarklet
Search Flickr by Color - http://labs.ideeinc.com/multico...
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Find Flickr photos with dominant colors using this interesting search tool.
- Brian Auer
Hot Beef Sundae - http://www.foundshit.com/hot-bee...
Madsimian liked this
Ummm. What?
- felix
from Bookmarklet
LIFE is Big. Getty and Time Plan Site for Historic Number of Photos - http://mashable.com/2008...
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Amy Goodman: Why We Were Falsely Arrested: Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. - http://www.reddit.com/r...
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[Guardian]: Joe Biden says Barack Obama might pursue criminal charges against Bush administration if elected - http://x.techwheat.com/21O
Jasmin Patry, LPH™ and his dog P™, Erik Weese and 5 other people liked this
"Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November."
- newsjunk.com
Where is the "Like this Very Much" button?
- Uncle CW™
Ah, Obama goes nuke. Tell ya what, when he stops hanging out with Ayers he can take the moral high ground.
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
FriendFeeder at FriendFeed - http://www.linkedin.com/in...
Gavin, Igor Poltavskiy, Elliott Ng and 84 other people liked this
Congratulations, Ben!
- Kenneth LeFebvre
Wow best of luck!
- Majento
AWESOME JOB TITLE DUDE!
- Susan Beebe
Congrats!
- Caleb Elston
congrats...thats soo kool
- (jeff)isageek
Awesome!
- Bwana ☠
Well done, congrats!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Officially awesome, congrats!
- Pete Delucchi
Congrats,waiting new FF features:)
- Igor Poltavskiy
Great news Ben! FF sure knows how to pick 'em. Can't wait to see what's next.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Congrats!!! I'm glad you're hard work has payed off. I hope you can continue to help the site grow.
- Brandon Titus
Congratulation,Ben, waiting for a lot of new features
- Steve Chou
You are the man, Ben. Excitement, jealousy and some pride all mixed into one. Great work
- Louis Gray
w33t!
- j1m
Congratulations, Benjamin!
- Eric Florenzano
:D +1 Louis Gray
- Yuvi
Story continued on RSSmeme http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Charlie Anzman
Congrats!
- Ray Grieselhuber
Congrats!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Congrats Ben!
- Mustafa K. Isik
Congratulations, Benjamin. Clearly a great choice all around.
- Robert Konigsberg
Excellent :D
- Harun Baris Bulut
Congratulations!
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
nice one benjamin. good luck.
- Alex Gawley
This entry is in the most liked list of ffholic.com! Congrats! :)
- FFholic.com
Congratulations Ben
- Shakeel Mahate
FFHolic, are you a bot?
- Slappy Line
Congratulations Ben. Are you going to commute from NY?
- Clare Dibble
Congrats Ben! Having followed your work the last half year I must say I am not surprised by this :)
- Amund Tveit
Congrats Benjamin!
- Mike Reynolds
Congrats Benjamin !
- peter huesken
Congrats!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Well done, Benjamin!
- Sally Church
congrats!!
- Jess Lee
Big ups!! This is awesome news!
- Phil G
Super! congrats!
- Sarah Perez
Awesome!
- Mitchell Tsai
Most coveted job title on Earth right now, huh? So, now you're on the squad, what's the minimum bribe to get you gushing forth to the guys on the merits of being able to tag our own (or each others) posts?
- Slappy Line
Congratulations!! Smart move by FriendFeed. :)
- felix
Humor
- Internet Strategist
Anthropomorphic cuddly lights: LightMate - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
Madsimian, edythe, RudĩϐЯaЯïan and 4 other people liked this
From Boing Boing: "Artist Francesca Lanzavecchia shows off her Lightmate: 'Can electric energy fill the void of human absence? LightMates are soft anthropomorphic pillows and warming lamps. This awfully attractive creature heats, lights and provides company. Their different sizes answer to everyone's need of heat; a mate to hug or a huge companion you can lay on.'"
- Mark Trapp
from Bookmarklet
Reminds me of the game consoles from eXistenZ.
- Mark Trapp
I loved Memento! - http://www.blippr.com/movies...
bill giltner, Timothy Griffin, Steve Spalding and 34 other people liked this
This is a great little movie. The pieces fall together perfectly, and you are still as in the dark as the main character until right at the very end.
- Chris Nixon
This is Teddy. Do not believe his lies.
- Mark Trapp
One of the best movies in the last decade in my opinion.
- AJ Kohn
a film editors dream manifested.
- Carlos Ayala
that was a quirky film. I took photos of the motel where they filmed it in Tujunga a while back.
- Thomas Hawk
many other movies have tried to use the out of sequence story telling thing, but have never achieved the same level of mindfuckery
- Cee Bee
Excellent film, not nearly as good the second time around.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
+1 Cee Bee
- Shafiq Jetha
from twhirl
Liked for Carrie-Anne Moss
- Josh Haley
'He's the one. Kill him!' I think I've watched it like 5 times already.
- Reuben Thum
from twhirl
great movie. I'm allways thinking about seeing more stuff from him
- Marcos Marado
Seriously great movie.
- Eric P
Very cool movie, in my top movies list for sure
- Kol Tregaskes
from twhirl
one of the most original and memorable movies i've ever seen
- cjmart
From the good folks who just brought us Dark Knight!
- Pete Delucchi
There's a hidden easter egg on the DVD (never tried it) where it'll play the movie in correct order.
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
@zoblue - I've tried and it was pretty boring!
- Timothy Griffin
God Hates Shrimp - http://godhatesshrimp.com/
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"Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver's and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye's shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity of our restaurants.."
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
lol
- Ray Grieselhuber
Too. Freaking. Funny.
- Steven Perez
I use this with fundamentalist bible-thumpers and they seem to really get confused. Many don't even know it's there. There's a lot of other fun stuff in Leviticus, but the shellfish thing is one that really seems to paralyze fundamentalists. Because they won't cave and say that the old laws don't apply anymore, yet they can't reconcile that all that shellfish they've eaten has them Hellbound...
- Anthony Citrano
Hmm, I am most certainly going to hell.
- abacab
Ah, inconsistency :)
- Michael W. May
NOT KOSHER!
- Rochelle
Old Testament cultism -- it also happens to be the driving force behind neoconservatives and Christians Zionists and their many delightful policies (including the Iraq War, the Clash of Civilizations, World War IV and a domestic police state and theocracy). This is very serious stuff indeed -- it doesn't get more serious.
- Sean McBride
Some are pretty crazy. Leviticus is old testament and doesn't apply. With the arrival of Christ, the old laws were replaced. Any normal Christian knows this stuff.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Let me add that there are many good and positive strains in the Old Testament -- the emphasis on social justice, truth seeking, compassion, philanthropy, etc. -- but fundamentalists focus only on the most ignorant and violent strains. As far as ancient texts go, the OT is probably less benighted than most. In other words, putting an antisemitic spin on the dark side of the OT is as...
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- Sean McBride
Well I would guess if you are an Orthodox Jew this still holds true, but beyond that the majority of people that follow the Book, understand that the old law was fulfilled at least from this perspective. No reason to shun the tasty little creatures now.
- Robert
"Normal Christian"? What does that mean? Seventh-day Adventists (and other Christians) don't eat unclean foods. Also, the idea of "clean" and "unclean" foods has been around at least since the time of Noah. The way I see it, the Levitical laws were to remind the children of Israel about principles they might have forgotten while they were in bondage, IMHO.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Just by nature of being raised Buddhist, i'm in the doghouse by default with the Old Testament. So I may as well call up my gay friend today for a shrimp salad lunch. :D
- Christine Lu
Further point: thoughout modern European history, many Jews have been in the forefront in ditching the dreck from the OT, while amping up the most enlightened themes. Another reason to blow off any antisemitic exploitation of some disturbing OT beliefs. (Of course, Christian fundamentalists often use these "subversive" intellectual activities on behalf of Enlightenment modernism to try to whip up antisemitism.)
- Sean McBride
+1 Harvey - Jason, if you study this, you will see that this PARTICULAR issue is outside of the laws that were replaced (or, rather, fulfilled). Even Christ said it Himself - "I have not come to abolish the them but to fulfill them. Until heaven and earth disappear, no the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will be any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." While the Mosaic law is no longer in effect, dont confuse that with meaning that all old laws are Mosaic...
- Andru Edwards
Oh, and I can safely say that God doesn't hate shrimp. If I create something for a specific purpose, and tell my son not to eat that thing, that doesn't imply that I hate what I made. It just means that it isn't food.
- Andru Edwards
+1 Christine :)
- Michael W. May
+1 Harvey and Andru
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Robert, you're wrong. Torah, including the kashrut laws, were not replaced for Jews of any stripe except for Messianic Jews (but that's another story all together). The Covenant with Jesus (which was, remember, designed some fifty years after Jesus' death by Paul of Tarsus) has everything to do with creating a path to G-d for the gentiles. The idea that it somehow supplants the Torah for the Jews is just a failed marketing ploy as most Jews of the time said and still say, 'Eh, no thanks, we're not buying.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
+1 Harvey. Most daily laws for Jews are there as constant reminders. The Jewish approach is quite Buddhist, too; each physical act is a reminder to be in the moment and to drop one's ego.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Always fun to watch piecemealing... carry on. Christine, +1
- Cyndy
+1 Andru. But, keep in mind the clause 'until everything is accomplished'. Everything has not yet been accomplished. Jesus was talking about the coming of the second kingdom (which Jews equate with the coming of the Moshiach). Essentially, those laws have not been replaced (Peter's vision in Acts of the Apostles notwithstanding, I suppose). The Torah still stands (even the icky parts).
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva -- but Buddhism is not an ethno-religious nationalist ideology, after the style of, say, Chabad-Lubavitch. Buddhism is universalist, egalitarian, trans-ethnic, trans-nationalist, etc. Buddhism is not about your ethnic or nationalist self-identification and self-interest. Buddhism is for humanity as a whole. In some ways, it is the most modern religious philosophy ever developed, and fully compatible with Enlightenment universalism.
- Sean McBride
I have to say I love fresh seafood - not in the same league as those nasty junk food outlets, which I avoid, and Red Lobster sure turns good seafood into junk.
- Ian May
Ian, living in Seattle provides me with an endless supply of obscenely fresh seafood. I could eat sushi and plank-cooked salmon every day for the rest of my life.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Dietetic dialectic.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Ian, I think you nailed it. Led Robster is teh suck.
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
Wait - does this mean cock isn't kosher? I mean it's not shellfish, and usually it's not unclean. Usually.
- Sparky
Red Lobster's dining atmosphere sucks. I feel like I'm on a discount airline crammed into their dining room. And they don't take reservations. Poor dining experience, poor customer service. I won't eat there. :(
- Jason Shultz
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Akiva - we don't do badly for seafood here in Charleston, SC either - as long as you avoid the likes of Red Lobster of course :)
- Ian May
Also, what does G-d have against Detlef Schremp anyway?
- Akiva Moskovitz
mmmm... Dead Lobster cheesey biscuits. :)
- Bill Sodeman
can you blame him?
- Morgan
Akiva, have you ever seen the Maverics actually play? :)
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
You guys make me this: happy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
A million iPhones buzz with an incoming SMS. Obama fans grumble at being told by AT&T about a firmware update they already have.
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Exactly what I thought when I got that text! I think it's a ploy by AT&T to be noticed. Bad timing.
- Brandon Titus
Good game, ATT. Way to exploit the current political situation for your own gain.
- Alex Scoble
Interestingly, I never got the AT&T SMS
- Ken Gidley
That's funny. I never ended up getting the Obama SMS.
- Kevin Fox
You didn't get the text, but he got your phone number.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
The Juliana Hatfield Three – My Sister - http://www.last.fm/music...
Madsimian, Hutch Carpenter and Meg v. Meg v. 1.0.0.1 liked this
before they had a record out
- Meg v. Meg v. 1.0.0.1
I saw JH (solo) at my college once, preceded by an opening act so bad that she thanked us all for sticking around.
- laura x
I missed seeing her in Houston when Yo La Tengo opened for her. My friends came back so blown away by YLT I bought their record the next day. That was 1993. They've been my favorite band for 15 years now. But I still love Juliana.
- mrshl
FFFFOUND! | Philip K. Dick - http://ffffound.com/image...
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Fascinating man. Especially his spiritual/mystical side, the visions he had, his thoughts and concepts about the nature of reality, etc. Love him.
- Vincent X
Was he a fan of Dali?
- Hayk H.
No idea. But I read this: "If the world of written science fiction were ever to be translated into the language of visual art, Philip K. Dick would probably be Salvador Dali. His vision does not depend on Picassoesque transformations of the familiar into the grotesque so much as a jumbling of the familiar into sometimes deeply disturbing new combinations, whose disturbing aspect is not attenuated but rather accentuated by their very familiarity." Source: http://www.sfsite.com/07a...
- Anthony Citrano
hehe! good guess then :) Picasso was a communist, a bright one for that, but Dali, Dali was a totally different story and he didnt like communists, although he befriended somewhat with Picasso!
- Hayk H.
Konigi - http://konigi.com/
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"Konigi is a resource for user experience designers. We showcase examples of interface and visual design in our galleries, and point you to some of the best resources for UX in our notebook."
- Chris Messina
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Bill Moyers Journal | Colonel Andrew Bacevich - http://www.pbs.org/moyers...
Madsimian, Steven Perez, MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS and Vox liked this
"The big problem, it seems to me, with the current crisis in American foreign policy, is that unless we do change our ways, the likelihood that our children, our grandchildren, the next generation is going to enjoy the opportunities that we've had, is very slight, because we're squandering our power. We are squandering our wealth. In many respects, to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions, we're also going to squander our freedom.." [I wish every American would sit through this interview.]
- Anthony Citrano
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I heard the interview via Podcast, I agree every one should hear the interview!
- Vox
Yes, I heard it on Moyers' podcast as well, and was so worked up by it (in a good way) that I shared it here. I'll probably blog it as well. There are a small number of things that should be required reading / listening for every American voter and in my mind, this qualifies.
- Anthony Citrano
McCain staffer slams Dungeons and Dragons players - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
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