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scatolotto da collegare al tv (6 giochi, tutti uguali ma le manolpolone me le ricordo ancora), poi vic20, spectrum zx48, spectrum zx48plus, c64, amiga (praticamente dal 700 al 1200 nelle varie versioni), poi Pc :-) - Massimo MaxKava Cavazzini

La mia "carriera": C=64 (completo di qualunque accessorio e con tanto di "forchetta" fatta in casa per duplicare le cassette), Amiga 1200 (towerizzato e super pompato artigianalmente), PC (breve, ma tristissimo periodo della mia vita), iMac. :) - Maxime

No, raga, non fatemi fare il conto delle macchine da gioco. :P - Kurai (ff)

Se il Commodore 128D (quello che sembrava un PC, biprocessore 6510/z80 col CP/M) l'avessero fatto uscire al posto di quella boiata del Plus4, sarebbe stata tutta un'altra musica. Comunque il 64 m'ha dato un sacco di soddisfazioni ma il vero amore e folgorazione è stato l'Amiga, pochi anni dopo. - Gilgamesh

me! me! quanto ho litigato col mangianastri... a 10 anni mi facevo tre piano con la tv per portarla da camera dei miei nel seminterrato e giocare :°) - alesstar

Maxime, più o meno: C=64, un cassone CP/M residuato d'ufficio, Amiga 2000 e MacSE FDHD. Ai PC ci sono arrivato cinque o sei anni dopo, per lavoro (mai posseduto uno però). - vic

Avuto&amato. - ubu

che ricordi! poi però mi babbo l'ha portato via, e ha fatto entrare un Apple IIe e un AppleIIc, se non ricordo male... - Massimiliano

Wau! Se lo ricordo...erano secoli che non lo vedevo nemmeno in foto. Quanti ricordi a caricare i giochi dal registratore :D - Stefano Scetti

comprato di seconda mano da un amico a 300mila lire [i risparmi di un anno] insieme anche ad un monitor :) Super Mario Bros, Wonder Boy e qualche programmino per vincere al totocalcio! Bei ricordi... - Marco Dal Pozzo

il mio primo computer, ho imparato a leggere e scrivere sulla sua tastiera :) - Mattia (Raibaz)

il mio primo computer...tempi delle elementari! ma un mio compagno di classe...figlio di ingegnere aveva l'IBM ...e io mi sentivo proletaria in confronto![ma ce l'ho ancora mica lo butto!] - Lia Bianco

splendido il c64. avevo un giochino di calcio con gli omini presi dall'alto: fantastico - masstrovato

avuto, amato, sudato, espanso, portato oltre i limiti... e ancora mi chiedo come facessero in 64K a far girare robe tipo Shadow of the Beast o Geos, ve lo ricordate Geos !!! :) - Filippo Ronco

@gianky il pooooke ! il poooooke! che momenti. E allora sarai stato un addicted di commodore computer club, la rivista di carta ecologica più letta nella storia dell'informatica. - Filippo Ronco

si, certo e come no... l'ho usato per un po' di anni e poi lo abbandonai per il QL della Sinclair :) - vitocola

dito! - Stefano Mainardi

Io ci avevo programmato pure un gioco con gli sprite e la gestione del joystick. Era di una semplicità disarmante quel sistema. - S.

per chi volesse rivivere il momento il miglior emulatore per windows: http://www.whoopy.it/emulato... - Filippo Ronco

LOAD "*",8,1 - wh1pl4sh

ahh... il buon vecchio Samantha Fox strip poker.. - Giulio Ardoino

lo metto anche se mi feci fregare comprando quel bidone del commodore 16, tuttora in mio possesso! - Dario Ferrigato

Dito. - Smeerch

apro un post simile per lo spectrum? - Francesco OC

Io. Ma senza il 1541. Che invidia mio cuggino. - Simone Ruffilli

dito. - simone brunozzi

me *_* - Linux

Avuto e amato (TurboLOAD e TurboDOS, mitici), peccato sia uscito di scena da casa mia in modo indecoroso, nel 1990, a causa di un fulmine che ha colpito casa e ha fritto tutto quello che era collegato alle prese elettriche. - Fabio Cristi

presente. guarda qui http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Daniele Di Gregorio

ditino - Marco marmaz Mazzei

da qualche parte devo avere ancora il lettore di cassette - gnOp

Io :) E continuo a tirarlo fuori dalla scatola e montarlo ogni estate. [Spam: http://tinyurl.com/kkukfl] - Reloj

load --> "press play on tape" :) - Alessio Jacona

e dei dischetti con il lettore di floppy da 10 kg... ne vogliamo parlare? ti facevano scordare il registratore in 2 minuti :-) - Massimo MaxKava Cavazzini

I <3 commodore - Ciro Pellegrino

tra l'altro, io sono tardiva. il commodore 64 me l'hanno regalato nel '92 :D - alesstar

avuto e conservo! - Marta Cagnola

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh *_* preso di tutto purio :) - Foxarts

vic20 e c64, mitici poke - milus

10 FOR K=1 TO 10:PRINT K; "-ESIMO COMMENTO SU FRIENDFEED":NEXT K - Massimo MaxKava Cavazzini

@MaxKava SYNTAX ERROR? - Vincio

Da questo post si capiscono molte cose del web 2.0 :D Cmq C=64 e Amiga500 espanso a 1MB, Eancora mi emoziono. Joystick rigorosamente Albatros! Evviva il TurboLoad con le righe, ma anche il guru meditation! - Daniel De Vidi - DvD

(hai messo il punto e virgola) :D - Vincio

Emulatore C64 per WINZOZ: http://www.ccs64.com/CCS64%2... - Vincio

e la nicky cartridge ? - Filippo Ronco

è stato il mio primo amore!! - Andrea | amnesiak1978

ah, il C64, quanti pomeriggi passati a giocare con gli amici :) Io però avevo lo Spectrum Sinclair - Tiziano Fogliata

Io avevo il commodore 128 e in precedenza avevo il commodore Vic 20.Preistoria - Aquila1769

Dopo tantissimi anni lo amo ancora. Mezza infanzia buttata ad aspettare il carcamento dei giochi... eppure il C64 rimane un mito! - EmaWebDesign

@vincenzo: noooo, riavvolgi il nastro ci deve essere la cassettina rovinata :-P - Massimo MaxKava Cavazzini

Puoi ancora usarlo per twittare: http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp... - Matteo Stagi

certo che l'ho avuto... e ce l'ho ancora. e le dita ce le metterei sopra - Federico Capitoni

il c64 era per fighi, io ho avuto il vic20 :P - Frank

presente - Nicola Bortolini

Vic20 (dio, come sono vintage!) - Ladra di Caramelle

allora fiera di essere una "figa" con il c64 e le sue cassettine frogger e i primi ( e ultimi ) passi di programmazione/emozione ! - shannafra

@maxKava, forse è meglio passarvi il nastro AZIMUT o dare mezzo giro di vite alla testina :D - Vincio

noto con stupore che nessuno ha ancora citato il devastante "Impossible mission". Dio quante ore sprecate a cercare solo di capire cosa cacchio fare a parte capriole in aria e cadere nei buchi. Ricordate l'urlo? - Alessio Jacona

io - Daniele - Viralavatar

Ma pensa che Impossible mission l'ho rigiocato qualche anno fa su Nintendo DS (ne han fatto una riedizione) e l'ho finito in venti minuti. All'epoca pareva davvero impossibile. "Destroy him, my robots!" - Kurai (ff)

ecco federico, ma che diceva la voce sintetica nell'avvio del gioco? - Alessio Jacona

"ah.. another visitor".. "stay awhile".. "stai foreeeeeeeeeeeeeer" .. wrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum (ascensore)... plaf plaf plaf (corse).... blubblumblum... blubblumblum... blubblumblum... (robotz)... bzzbzbzbzzbzbzbzbzbzbzb (il robot ti prende)... ahhhhhhhhhhhaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh precipita - Vincio

http://www.the-commodore-zone.com/article... - Maxime

Credo fosse il primo, sì. "Another visitor... stay a while. Stay... FOREVER! AHAHAHAHAH! - Kurai (ff)

Ma il librone con la reference del processore qualcuno ce l'aveva? - gibilix

Presente - Francesco Passannanti

ci misi due settimane ma alla fine lo finiiiiiiiiii...... che meraviglia fare quei puzzle... un supermegalike per Alessio jacona ;) - Vincio

Avevo lo Speccy. - gareth【ツ】

indimenticabile :) - Andrea Riezzo

eccome! - Adamo Lanna

C64 e Vic20. - misterjinx

International Karate + !!! :D - Tambu from twhirl

Tambu se ne intende. - Kurai (ff)

dito - arsenio

dito (anche il Vic20 e ce li ho ancora funzionanti) - kawakumi

scaricavo angurie all'ortomercato per potermelo comprare ... che anni ... - michele ficara

io ho avuto il commodore 128 - Brix Webmast

c64 e amiga 500...commodore perchè non ci sei più? - flextor

però pure lo spectrum e lo zx80 e 81 - Carlo B. (brodo)

(e un giorno dirò, io c'ero :) ) - Feba

e adesso parliamo di soldi: io ricordo di essere entrato nel negozio con mio padre che aveva commesso il grave errore di promettermelo per l'esame di 5 elementare. Ricordo che comprammo il commodore 63, il registratore (che il dio dell'Azimuth lo strafumini), un joystick che nemmeno Ian Solo, una costosissima cassetta con Frogger originale. Era il 1982. Il povero antonio jacona sganciò... more... - Alessio Jacona

Natale 1982, se non ricordo male 690 mila lire (con cartuccia di International Soccer ed un joystick). - Maxime

Dito!!! - destynova from iPhone

Io marzo 1983, regalo per l'11mo compleanno. E poi ricordo quando ho comprato tutti i componenti per costruire il duplicatore delle cassette... - Flavio

VIC20, C64 e Apple IIc. Quest'ultimo all'epoca - 1983 - mi costò circa 3 milioni e mezzo di lire. Lo comprai con la mia fidanzata in modo da dividere la rata da pagare, solo che dopo due mesi (quindi 2 rate) ci lasciammo e quindi...io pagai :-) - Claudio Menzani

non potrò mai dimenticarlo, era l'estate 84 avevo 12 anni appena compiuti e programmavo in basic (C64 e Commodore 16!) da due anni presso un negozio di computer intrufolandomi fra tutti, e la voglia stramaledetta di acquistare il computer per me ma non c'erano i soldi... allora mi misi a lavorare come garzone al bar e in un mese riuscii a guadagnare fra mance e tutto 100.000 lire... mia... more... - Vincio

forse OT, ma sapete poi se l'emulatore C64 per iphone l'han accettato sull'appstore? - arsenio

il mio commodore 64 arrivò dopo aver ammucchiato soldini per compleanno, comunione e anticipo sul compleanno dopo.. andarono a prendermelo quando ero a casa con l'influenza. non vedevo l'ora di fare i miei primi programmini in basic (nell'attesa mi ero letto tutto il manuale nei mesi precedenti..) - Cristian Conti

ma non è triste che ci sia qualcuno che lo deve accettare? que viva symbian! :D - antonio pavolini

comunque C64 e amiga 1000...oltre a quasi tutto ciò con cui si è potuto smanettare nei 5 e nei 15 anni successivi :) - antonio pavolini

io vendevo i corsi di informatca con cassette. Chi ricorda il contatore dei giri della cassetta per caricare i software? - braciolanet from BuddyFeed

dito. - laflauta

si si i giri me li ricordo, che quando non riuscivi a caricare un programma non sapevi se avevi scordato di resettare correttamente il contagiri all'inizio della cassetta o se il programma era corrotto. Anche caricare un programma in memoria era un'arte - gibilix

I so had this keyboard. Rad. - Drew Lucas

Che bello ;) io non sono mai riuscito a prendermelo, dal Vic20 passai, dopo lunghi anni, all'Apple II - Davide Dellacasa

C64, primo amore :) - Sacher

Vic20! - Vincenzo Pagano

primo mio computer...avevo anche il super mega gigante lettore di floppy disk!!!! - Luca Zappa

per la mia prima comunione ebbi un Commodore 64. Ricordo che per i giochi usavo le cassette e molte di queste impiegavano ore per caricare le schermate. Che ricordi...ma pure che incazzature quando se impallava tutto!! - Alessandro Cosimetti

qua c'è un C64 con una porta ethernet e un web server collegato ad internet: http://58.6.118.18/ - Michele Campeotto

ditino,,,lo stesso che ha asciugato la lacrimuccia... - Giuliano Abate

Anch'io. Molto gioco, ma anche i miei primi passi da programmatore (Basic 2.0, ricordate?). - maury

Mitico! - Tony Siino

I <3 C=64! - MadGrin

io! ^_^ - Notorious

Ho ancora la versione "portatile" (tuttora funzionante. Lo accendo una volta all'anno, solitamente durante le vacanze natalizie) del C64: il Commodore SX-64 Executive (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki...). Naturalmente corredato di due joystick, di acceleratore grafico (!) e di tutti i floppy disk contenenti giochi, applicazioni e le mie prime programmazioni in BASIC. :o) - Arianna Bernardini

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Posted the video: New Media Made Easy Presentation http://www.aacosta.com/entry...

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Loved the Ford assembly line analogy! - Matteo Fabiano

Luca Conti

la tristezza della vicenda Noemi-B-Veronica è che chi dileggia, in realtà, fa il gioco di B., ovvero tenerlo sempre al centro del dibattito

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E inoltre bisogna ricordare che quando B. mette in atto queste manovre mediatiche, vuole soltanto nascondere qualcos'altro: mi viene in mente l'episodio sull'abbronzatura di obama, mentre dall'altra parte venivano avviati diversi procedimenti di privatizzazione dell'acqua nel nostro Paese... - Giuseppe Futia

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luca, questo si sa più o meno tutti. ma distinguerei tra chi dileggia ed ha un ruolo nel panorama dell'informazione e chi dileggia e non conta niente (ovvero noialtri blogger e la rete in generale). - paolo beneforti

Non sono d'accordo. Gli italiani hanno più volte dimostrato il loro totale disinteresse per argomenti quali economia, PIL, debito pubblico, conflitto di interessi e la fortuna di Berlusconi è stata anche questa. Ormai però il sospetto che sia un rovinafamiglie che se la fa con le ragazzine, nel cervello dell'italiano medio perbenista e paternalista è stato messo. Altrimenti non sentirebbe il bisogno di andare dal fido Vespa. - Simone Biagiotti

Giovanni, ho perso l'abitudine di leggere (sistematicamente) i giornali :-) - Luca Conti

Paolo, la distinzione conta, certo, ma non dimenticare che anche la rete è in grado di influenzare i grandi media. I due piani non sono separati, anche fosse solo per interesse dei grandi di giustificare notizie prendendole dalla rete (vedi alla voce foto false) - Luca Conti

Simone, ci sapremo ridire sugli effetti. Sono pronto a scommettere che B non perderà un voto che sia uno da questa vicenda. Il tempo dirà chi ha ragione. - Luca Conti

non perderà voti ma non tanto per la questione dell'attenzione bensì perché questo nuovo contesto non lo danneggia. Però lui cerca scrupolosamente di controllarlo lo stesso - ezekiel from fftogo

Luca, io invece penso che questa vicenda lo preoccupi non poco. Certo per chi possiede direttamente 3 tv e indirettamente altre 3 è relativamente semplice manipolare l'informazione. La cosa triste è che il gossip, la chiacchera, la notizia politicamente irrilevante sono così importanti nella testa degli italiani, ma questo lo sapevamo già. ln fondo se così non fosse Berlusconi non sarebbe presidente del consiglio. - Simone Biagiotti

solo una nota: lui non controlla l'informazione, lui la fa. conferenze stampa, dichiarazioni ecc. con un ritmo ben preciso (sono notizie e un giornalista non può non darle). quello che controlla davvero grazie alle 6 tv e rotti è il contesto, il clima, tutto quello che c'è intorno nella testa degli italiani. gradualmente, per portarli con uno scenario ben preciso il giorno della cabina elettorale. e ogni anno che passa affina questa sua competenza. - ezekiel

ezekiel: se non la controllasse non potrebbe farla, ovvero avere quel rilievo fazioso e quello spazio. - paolo beneforti

Robert Scoble

The political topic that must not be discussed in USA - http://scobleizer.com/2008...

September 3, 2008 from Scobleizer -- Tech geek... - Comment - Like - Share

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I'd rather talk about science, education, immigration policy, technology policy, and innovation than all the stuff that's flowed through FriendFeed lately. - Robert Scoble

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thanks for bringing this up. how about both? politics and science - here's a thread to Obama's answers to the 14 science questions - http://bit.ly/2orSkj - i would link to McCain but he hasn't answered the questions yet. - ~C4Chaos

I'm listening to this video again and realizing just how much I like talking to smart people. This woman (Judy Estrin) is on the board of directors of Walt Disney Co and FedEx. I wish SHE were up for VP! - Robert Scoble

So why don't you talk about those things, Robert? You have a voice, you can certainly start conversations that you are interested in having. - Alex Scoble

Alex: watch the video. I talked about those things with Judy for 40 minutes yesterday and am sharing that talk with all of you. - Robert Scoble

yeah, thanks for posting the vid and elevating the discussion. i do enjoy listening to smart people. that's why i ride with FORA.tv - http://fora.tv/myfora/c4chaos :) - ~C4Chaos

Awesome. - David Risley

One way to drive innovation out of your country is to suppress research funding in certain areas in an effort to appease religious groups. The research will continue.... elsewhere. - stretta from twhirl

What is intriguing to me is how FriendFeed and other social networks will or won't impact this election, - Lorraine Ball

@Lorriane. look again. they already have :) http://bit.ly/3SYjGQ - also, ever heard of the Triple O? - http://tinyurl.com/ohweb - ~C4Chaos

Robert, if I could give you a 5 star rating on Friendfeed, I would. Great work! - Mike Lewis

@Brian, exactly. that's why as cool as the Chevy Volt is, i can't shake the feeling that it's a product of hypocrisy -- 12 years later and they can only show a hybrid car with half the mileage of EV1 which is pure electric? please. for more context see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - ~C4Chaos

Brian: our corporations reward people who look at this quarter and next. That's where that kind of thinking came from. Alex is the smarter of my two brothers. But he's also a bit more argumentative. Ben is a charmer. He's done very well in business because he understands how to get people to like him. - Robert Scoble

Robert I like your expertise in this area of innovation. You have a keen talent for it and an good eye. Your article sparked thoughts for me as well. I'm a connection seer. I see connections sometimes where some don't and this challenges me to explain them. And when I read your article I thought of Mozart. His symphonies are perfectly balanced: if you take anything away or add to it, they are diminished. This is how I see the human race and one of the reasons I see the challenge to innovation is... - Melanie Reed

Actually, IQ wise, Ben is the smartest of all of us from what mom told me. He does say some really odd things in political discussions though. - Alex Scoble

threatened. The human race is like that Mozart symphony; you can't diminish it, remove notes as with people, without innovation being lost. There is our potential thinking ability as an organism that has now been compromised when we do that. Could this be a factor in why the problems go unsolved longer than they need to or resolution missed entirely? - Melanie Reed

Alex: you might check that out. I remember Mom saying you were smartest. - Robert Scoble

@Alex and @Robert Well, I don't know you all but from what you've said here on this board and you ALL seem pretty darn smart in your own unique ways!! Very glad of you, each one. :) - Melanie Reed

If I'm the smartest we are all doomed...DOOMED I say! - Alex Scoble

liked it so much it was worth its own blog entry, now if he could help me with the education bit, that would be great. It is not a matter of politics, it is a matter of systemic change, education, business and politics to help out here. - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

People would rather have cheap, throw away products with short-lifecycles than spend money on something homegrown, invented, prototyped and manufactured in the U.S. If either party were to attempt to legislate tax benefits to businesses to transition to that they would face a funding drought. The tax system, Visa system, trade and tariff systems are corrupt. While on the surface they are helping business, dig deeper and you will see a master/servant relationship between business and legislators. - Greer Trice

Go back to Scoble's interview with Chandrakant Patel at HP Labs. See what he said about innovation, sustainability and life beyond the next tweet. http://scobleizer.com/2008... - Greer Trice

Revise our ridiculous patent laws and ENFORCE copyright statue of limitations. See Disney. More federal funding of 'Innovation Centers' (previously called Universities). Tax incentives to corporations that release products that innovate standards and offer royalty free utility to start-ups. - Ryan

Science, technology and innovation? Ya mon, me too! - Sally Church

Oh, Robert... you and your reverse psychology.... ;) - Her Lindsay-ness

This already IS a topic that's widely discussed. There are entire blogs and lobby groups devoted to this political topic. I'm all about not talking about the sex lives of 17 year olds as a substitute for political discourse, but to make *this* your "real issue that no one's talking about" is just ignorant. Both presidential candidates have talked about innovation policy. Repeating the book's marketing that it's an under-attended topic is akin to blindly reprinting press releases. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

I think the threat of a Russian attack on our networks is a far more important issue than intellectual property rights ATM. >.> - pitlord from twhirl

http://changethis.com/49... - 14 ways to get breakthrough ideas: "There's a lot of talk these days--especially in business circles--about the importance of innovation. All CEOs worth their low salt lunch want it. And they want it, of course, now. Innovation, they reason, is the competitive edge." - Justin Long

Luca Filigheddu

a saturday at home with my sons

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Paul Buchheit

FriendFeed is back! We had a power failure that took down several important machines. Everything should be back now, though there may be some slowness for the next hour or so. Sorry for the trouble.

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Please let me know if you see any problems. - Paul Buchheit

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At least, no whale related disease. - Benedikt Koehler

Don't know if this post in the FriendFeed Feedback room is related or not: http://friendfeed.com/e... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

It's always good to have backups. :) - imabonehead

thanks to let us know - Luca Conti

Thanks - gattostanco

Luckily it was while I was sleeping, so you guys are off the hook this time. - Aaron Myers

I am in vacation mode...i missed it! FF rarely goes down...i think only 1 other time i noticed an outage since early spring! - Susan Beebe

Aren't there UPSs that are supposed to solve this problem? - Brian Sullivan

Stephen: they sure do, even in datacenters. Rackspace's executives told me that most datacenters have a badly designed generator system that can't kick in in time for many power outages (it caught them, and a truck took their data center offline, even though they had UPS's and generators). They are using a redesigned generator system now, but they tell me most datacenters still have the old design. Not good. - Robert Scoble

I really like when services come out and just inform their users of any issues. This is what good service is about, even if its free. Thanks Paul! - Akshay Dodeja

I agree, kudos. - Thom Allen from twhirl

And it really wasn't Louis? - anna sauce

@Akshay - I have found MediaTemple to be that way. At first it was a bit disconcerting to get the details, but after I got used to it, I was pleased to have the honesty. Every now and then though I wonder how many customers have left thinking the guy that lies to them is better, because he doesn't have as many problems. - Brad Nickel

mashable

Why Apple and Facebook Need to Leave Apps Alone ( http://mashable.com/2008... )

August 4, 2008 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Developers make an investment as well as platform providers. Investments are risky, but there it comes a point when the volatility of the investment return is such that it is no longer worthwhile. - Matteo Fabiano

mashable

Taglift Collects MySpace and YouTube Data for Ad Recommendations - http://mashable.com/2008...

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Yahoo Opens its Music Catalog to Developers with New API - http://mashable.com/2008...

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hopefully there still working on this since, some basic info like birth date is missing from the artist service. It also looks like you can get bios but i can't find anything in the doc on how. - Shawn McCollum

Paolo Privitera

Where The Hell Is Matt? - Videos - http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/videos...

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Paul Buchheit

What is the most unusual, most life-changing thing that you have ever done?

August 3, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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Where "unusual" means uncommon, but not necessarily freakishly weird, though that would be interesting too. - Paul Buchheit

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Saved some else's life from certain death. - Susan Beebe

Get into a traffic accident that wasn't my fault, but totalled my car and gave me a new outlook on life. - Robert Scoble

Had premature infants that stayed in the hospital nearly 3 months. - Wayne Schulz

Unusual and life-changing. Being hit by a car while riding my bike. I was pretty much uninjured (physically) but it taught me to do more, live more, appreciate more. - AJ Kohn

becoming a Christian - martin english from twhirl

Helped deliver my daughter (The doctor let me 'catch' her so I was the first touch she felt). - Johnny Worthington

Get born. - Daniel Bruce

Spent a month in Argentina by myself. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

unbecoming a Christian. - l0ckergn0me

I've had a few experiences that I'm not comfortable posting about here, but one thing was that I was attacked with a sword when I was about 20 years old. I wasn't hit, but my friend who was attacking me sure tried for about 30 minutes until my other friends subdued him. It made me completely re-evaluate whom I was going to associate myself with. - Andrew

Spent 3 months during the monsoon season in Goa with my best friend, no other 'westerners', and nothing to do except be there. With issue #2 of Wired magazine bought in New Delhi on the way there being the only 'tech' in sight. - Robin Barooah

Serving in the Peace Corps in Guatemala for two years - Shannon Jiménez

unusual? I guess the party I went to last night was the most recent - Prolific Programmer

had my marriage end. - edythe

Getting pregnant. Not unusual, but definitely life-changing. - Her Lindsay-ness

held both my kids withing 20 seconds of them being born - Steven Livingstone-Pérez from twhirl

Spread my mom's ashes in the ocean - Mona Nomura

Wow! These are such great comments I couldn't even begin to compose my own... - Czar

other events: 5 yrs old - Finding my dad dead (my brother was with me 7); having to watch my Mother cry and run out of the house.in horror. - Susan Beebe

Took MDMA. - Akiva Moskovitz

Support/be there for my family at the age of 12 during my fathers suicide and my mothers run-in with breast cancer. - Colby Olson

There are two events I always reflect on and consider to be turning points in my life. First, taking a post-graduate year in the UK before going to college. Second, my first true open water scuba dive. - Kevin D. White

Heard, "omg I'm pregnant." That completely and totally changed my life. For the better! - Internet's Tad

Colby: My Dad committed suicide too... I feel you pain for sure! - Susan Beebe

@Susan: :) - Colby Olson

@Tad... luckily I heard that too if only cause I was scheduled to have large injections in the 'factories' 3 days later. - Johnny Worthington

Joined the army at 26. - Michelle Martinez

hit a guy with my car.. I thought he was dead. He had to be airlifted, but fortunately he was ok. It wasn't actually my fault, he jumped out in front of me from a blind spot. I still felt horrible. I'll never forget that. I also drive even more careful now than I did before. - Tim Hoeck

I'm inspired by the question and the comments. For me, what immediately comes to mind is this: my boxer had asphyxiated and his heart had stopped; I resuscitated him with CPR. It gave me 6 more years and an incredible bond with him, and a moment of clarity for which I'll always be grateful. - Donna Mugavero

I went from $6/hour retail sales to $35k/year computer programmer in less than 2 years of hearing that. - Internet's Tad

Watching my grandfather die in the hospital. Changed my perspective on things. - Dave "Freedom 35"

wow. people who have had to experience the death of a parent through suicide or devastating illness--especially as children or teens... i'm amazed at your ability not to always hate life. - edythe

I started going to college, 2 months later I started to work real jobs, just because I listed I was in college. - Got80s from twhirl

Volunteer work on a refugee camp in the occupied Palestinian territories... so incredible, I've done it twice and plan on going again - Shawn Duffy from twhirl

saving an extremely drunk friend who'd fallen off the pier into the sea...oh, it wasnt the act of saving him that was life changing. It was having everyone see me in my briefs right after - its been boxers ever since.... :] - Zee.

Taking 3+ hour walk around lower Manhattan in December 2001. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

not exactly something i did, but the event did change me...6 years ago a few days ago, lost a childhood friend to a suicide bomber while she was studying at the Hebrew University in Israel. - Justin Korn

edythe, I don't like to dwell on it too much. The phrase that has been used in reference to me has been 'Death follows on his heels.' It's odd to say but I think that taking MDMA was what kept me alive and was the beginning of a new chapter of my life; the previous chapter ended with my father's death, my brief homelessness, etc. It was truly a life reboot. - Akiva Moskovitz

My heart goes to those of you who lost a parent to suicide. My mother also committed suicide and even though I was the ripe old age of 26, she was my only parent so I was in a bit of a tailspin for awhile. Deciding to not immediately join my mother (just after I found her body) was the most life-changing thing I've been through. Though moving from Portland to San Francisco on my own is a close (and more positive) second. - vicster

Responded to the holy spirit, repented of my sins, and trusted Jesus as my savior. - Larry Huffman

Another one for me now that I think of it. A good friend of mine was raped. The compassion one might have for criminals goes away in a second when it is someone you know ... and then you figure out, everyone has a bunch of someones who are effected. - AJ Kohn

Running away from home at age 17. It changed the course of my entire life, possibly in a good way. - Shayna from StumbleRead

rehab for crack & heiron - sam from twhirl

shayna - good for you. if any of my attempts had been successful, i might possibly have ended up better off. but, anyway, really. that's brave. some people don't understand that there *really are* situations where the children know better than the parents. - edythe

Getting over my "self", watching thoughts, and breathing. - Brad Nickel

Mine seem mild be comparison to some here. Had motorcycle accident (not my fault), almost died, suffered nasty head injuries and as a result brain damage. - Nick Cowie

Witnessing an unescapable destiny - a motorbike rapidly approaching my own bike sideways, ultimately hitting me. Result: one 5m somersault, one seriously dislocated knee, one broken finger, and one summer vacation canceled. Overall, it was a rewarding experience. Every moment since I value much more. Remembering every day, there's only one life, no matter what someone wants you to believe. ;-) - Nenad Nikolic from twhirl

I booked a flight from Louisville, KY to Washington, DC to attend the court session for Sibel Edmonds in front of Judge Reggie Walton. A link describing the event is here: http://friendfeed.com/e... . This event was life changing because it let me know how deep the cover-up of the truth about 9/11 went. http://friendfeed.com/rooms... - bill giltner

Trusting my intuition, but learning how to develop it better. Never ending process. - Alex Hammer

When I was 17, I had to identify my older brother's body. I was watching TV on a day off from school and I heard the doorbell ring. My brother had been missing for a few days, and for some reason I just knew it was somebody to tell me the bad news. It was a highway patrolman at the door with a Polaroid, and it wasn't pretty because they found him after being in Lake Erie for a few days. Then I had to go to my mother's office and break the news to her. - Gabe

deciding to marry my wife, complete with her (then) 3 yo twins from her previous marriage. I've certainly grown as a man, father and husband since then - good times. - Rob Inskeep from twhirl

So many life changing things - Big one - Getting out of the Navy! - Todd Jordan

Getting engaged. Didn't take, but I'd say that it definitely changed my life. - Steven Perez

save myself from drowning at the sea without knowing how to swim - Oscar Juarez

Attended the Landmark Forum that got me have much deeper perspective in my relationship and gotten married. - BeeLing

proposed to my wife on our first date; got married 2 weeks later. (that was 12 years ago) - dave mcclure

Became a teacher. - Pete Delucchi

want to attend friendfeed team - 阿石

@mcclure -- really? i need to read more about that story. amazing. - Christopher Sacca

I ditched my graduate studies in life sciences (only needed to complete & submit my thesis) and then switched to computer science. - imabonehead

When I went to my first rock concert. It seemed like they're spinning magic from their guitars. - Vamsee

picnicking with my girlfriend (now wife) on the top of a tea-hill in puncak, java...watching a little cloud drifting slowly towards us. a few minutes later we have been covered by small water particles :) it was a wonderful moment of pure beauty. - Chris Hofmann

Did Burning Man with some of the most wonderful people I've ever met, while helping to run a video game involving flamethrowers. (http://www.interpretivearson.com/project...) - Neil Kandalgaonkar

Dave McClure, your wife's name isn't Tina, is it? My first girlfriend and I dated for over five years, then she cheated on me with a guy and married him a month later. I'm just kidding around: the story's true but the guy's name was Sean I think. - Akiva Moskovitz

taking a hike amongst the Terrence Rice cultivations in the Kodai Range ..was about 4500M, literally a walk in the clouds and walking thru villages that have had the same sustainable practices for over 600-700yrs .. - Peter Dawson

Moved my family to California to intern at the best organization in my industry, not sure of job, and had all our stuff stolen along the way. But 2 years later it has proven to be the best career decision I could have made... - Tony

Emigrated to the USA. - Morton Fox

I left my job and became "dad-at-home"! - Éric Senterre

Stop believing in God. - Bill Bittner from twhirl

Went through the devastation of an ectopic pregnancy. -

dealing with my fathers' sudden death, now stopping to smell the roses as often as possible. life is too short to bother with B.S., enjoy life to the fullest, work comes last - I'd rather be happy, then rich. - clarke thomas

I got bottled in a night club four times in the face and neck! Changed my style of dancing that's for sure ha! - Joe Dawson

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