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Something wasn't right with dinner, feel like Chet. I can't even keep up with FF now, time for Hulu.
Mary Carmen, mikepk, Andrizzle Gizzle and 10 other people liked this
show of hands... did you know Weird Science first as a movie or as a TV series?
- Harold
MOVIE... never saw the TV Series
- Harold
That's gonna ruin Christmas
- Mary Carmen
TV... I never saw the movie. I heard of it, but never got around to it yet. I think it's a slight age difference thing. Harold and I have a 5 year gap.
- Kamilah Gill
Movie
- Mary Carmen
There was a TV series?
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
FINE, people. So I'm the YOUNGSTER here, huh? I think I was too young when it came out. Too much cussing and sex. I think I was only 6 when the movie came out. The TV show came out when I was in high school.
- Kamilah Gill
The name. Is CHET.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
"But first, I wanna butter your muffin."
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
I was about 4 when the movie came out, but thanks to the wonder of late night cable, VHS, and basically just having to watch whatever my older brothers were watching, I knew the movie long before the tv show.
- Joe Pierce
MOVIE. only movie. you kids! :P
- holly
"Gimme the keys, I'll drive!"
- Mary Carmen
movie, didnt even know there was a series, :o
- chaz2b
I actually enjoyed the tv show when it was on. Not sure if I would these days or not though. It was no Parker Lewis Can't Lose, that's for sure!
- Joe Pierce
"An accident? An accident? Do you realize it's snowing in my room goddammit! "
- chaz2b
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DISRESPECTFUL THAT IS?
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
"That's Wyatt's older brother Chet. He's kind of an asshole"
- chaz2b
"You're stewed, buttwad! "
- Mary Carmen
"How 'bout a nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray?"
- Harold
Movie
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Memory jog of last night's dream, so it's disjointed: Me and Rodfather were mech-crimefighters. On the lookout for this dude. He just happened to be the substitute teacher for my kid's class. We caught him and he said, "I'll give all this weed if you let me be." and we said okay, but were faking it. Then [a rapper], who was our boss, got mad...
Maria Niles, Mitch, Amber, Random Time Lord and 3 other people liked this
I think punishment was working with Gary & Jake Busey. There was something about me doing drag king stuff and Adrian was working the bar. I remember worrying how to work my mech into my drag king skit. Shrek was there and he was part of the Special Ops team. And...something about flamenco music. Uh...the sub turned out to be Mark Anthony and I captured him by dancing with him.
- Anika
needs more BNL
- Joe Pierce
Didn't I block you, Joe? LOL
- Anika
You did. But I'm back. I'm Back From The Block...
- Joe Pierce
Oh yes. I remember my friend's ex-girlfriend was there. She was protesting something and I tried to step on her with my mech. IRL, she thinks *everything* is anti-Jewish AND anti-woman, so she's just tiring and boring.
- Anika
Abbey Road. - http://www.zee.me/blog...
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Wulffy, Kareem Abdelsalam, Alistair (alpinefolk) and 7 other people liked this
It's probably been a a good 4 or 5 years since I last wore these socks. The kids think my feet are awesome now.
rowlikeagirl, Ninoo, ™ سـمـانـه SaMaNeH™ and 36 other people liked this
Wow. That's just epic.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
I LOVE TOE SOCKS
- Marissa
Now that I think of it, I think I wore these while in labor with Alton, so it would be at least 4 years. I have a ton of socks like this, but rarely show them in public since I'm over the age of 10. LOL What sold me on these was the frog on the big toe and flowers on the rest of them; Instant Pedicure!
- Anika
cute. i have some with music notes that say "toe jam" on them hehe, but they are still at home. come to think of it....i dont think i brought any to school with me =[
- Marissa
Most of mine have frogs on them.I have a couple of pirate themed ones and one that's either Valentine's Day or St. Patrick's Day (never worn).
- Anika
Most of mine are just stripes or plain
- Marissa
I had these toe socks. My mom made me wear these to school, each toe was a different color of the rainbow and them cruel kids heckled me all the way home. It was a terrible moment in the life of Jeunelle. I never want to go back there ever again :(
- Jeunelle Foster
Oh, that's horrible. When I was a kid *everyone* had those multi-colored toe socks and they were rainbow striped on up. I once even made the mistake of going roller skating in them, thinking I'd look cute in my satin short and matching jacket.
- Anika
Whoever made these toe socks should be shot by firing squad. We suffered tremendous physical and psychological abuse for wearing these so called fashionable socks. :) Hold on let me see if I can post you a photo of those same socks. Nah forget it, it's black and white, you won't see the colors.
- Jeunelle Foster
I didn't suffer! Only when skating. Otherwise, I love(d) my toe socks!
- Anika
Looking at this pic, even though the socks make my feet look like rectangles, it also makes it look like my feet are smaller than a size 12, so that's a bonus.
- Anika
That's 'cause your feet ARE awesome! :-D
- Ladybug Heather
AIR DROP http://friendfeed.com/chaz2b...
- chaz2b
A ninja crushed my toes!
- Anika
Zoe dancing bebop - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Mona Nomura, Kol Tregaskes, Alfredo and 10 other people liked this
Hee hee. The things you guys get up to when I'm gone. Love it!
- Trish Haley
getting her groove on
- VAL D.
RT @Nancy_A: This Cassini image knocked my socks off. You? http://twitpic.com/p415u
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jerobins, ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift and mikepk liked this
Cool
- mikepk
That's pretty cool!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Clash of the Titans (2010) Teaser Trailer (looks pretty good, actually) - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Amber, Random Time Lord, Jennifer Dittrich and mikepk liked this
Did someone mislabel the 300 II reel? :P
- Micah Wittman
Yeah, you can definitely see an influence. Hopefully it will be better than 300, though.
- Neal Jansons
*wait and see mode*
- Micah Wittman
Oh yeah, always. I haven't gotten worked up for a movie since I was 10. I got sucked in by the original Batman movie's marketing blitz, then was scarred forever by the ensuing disappointment. It was good, but nothing is as good as marketing like that makes it seem.
- Neal Jansons
Definitely energetic - I'm with Micah. I really like the original, so I'm feeling pretty cautious about the remake.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Snowflake at 300um [photography; nature] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
![Snowflake at 300um [photography; nature]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snowflake_300um_LTSEM,_13368.jpg "Snowflake at 300um [photography; nature]") |
Jackye Chan, sistema428, Derrick and 7 other people liked this
Very cool! No pun intended.
- Tim Raleigh
RT @UniverseToday "Surprise! Unknown Asteroid Buzzed Earth" - http://www.universetoday.com/2009...
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Tad in 1987 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Thierry R. Andriamirado, Tyson Key, Kamilah Gill and 40 other people liked this
Damn. Who's that??
- Internet's Tad
from Bookmarklet
Click through for the full awkward effect. It's no wonder I didn't get laid till years later!
- Internet's Tad
Oh snap, so TAD are the initials. DIDN'T KNOW.
- Derrick
Oh yeah.
- Internet's Tad
This geek is ready to run for office!
- imabonehead
*falls off chair/throne laughing*
- Mo Kargas
Wow, In 1987, I was 9...don't think I have any pictures from then.
- Jonas, Leper of FF
Oh MY.
- Rochelle
That's awesome Tad! Classic. Love the tinted glasses.
- Got Love For DB™?
Also, why are you and the guy above you wearing tuxes?!
- Rochelle
I thought everybody wore tuxes/formal dresses in their Senior pictures. We did and that was in 1995.
- Got Love For DB™?
HAWT
- Spidra Webster
We just wore whatever clothes we had on for school picture day.
- Rochelle
Once, I had the idea of using my high school pic for a Facebook profile pic. I took one look and felt ill. I dismissed that idea.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Once, I had the idea of using my high school pic for a Facebook profile pic. I took one look and felt ill. I dismissed that idea. For senior pics, females had to wear these stupid drape-thingies which showed our shoulders and made us look like we had no arms. What kind of warped brain thinks up this stuff?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
And the funny thing is, it's not really a tux. It was just something that looked like a tux from the shoulders up. And yes, everyone wore the same thing. The girls had the drape thing which they all thought was really stupid. This was only for the seniors pics. Everyone else just wore whatever they had on at school.
- Internet's Tad
OMG! I swear this is how I looked like, about 15 years ago!!! Exactly the same. Good that I'll probably look like you in some years.
- directeur
You look like a young Kurt Russell...NERD FAIL!
- Alex Scoble
I have never once had a pic taken, high school, drivers license etc that looked remotely good. So I sympathise with poor poor tad :) *sniggers* :)
- Roberto Bonini
Snazzy!
- Rodfather
Bump cause I'm a hardcore narcissist.
- Internet's Tad
What if Aphex Twin Was A Little Kid? - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Watch this to the end. 45 Secs + is awesome
- Joshua Schnell
from Bookmarklet
Harika!
- sy
This puppy suffers from some identity problems...
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mensvictrix posted a new favorite picture (via):
- ★Kristy Kinderfresser
Her: What is this long crazy word? Me: Typewriter? Her: What the heck is a 'typewriter'? Me: It's what we typed with before computers. Both kids: *BEFORE* computers? OMG.
Tyson Key, J. Abdul-Qahhar, Alfredo and 46 other people liked this
Man, you must be old! ;-)
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Next up: explaining 8tracks...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
That was back when there were dinosaurs, right?
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
They're still laughing thinking that I lived before home computers. I realize it's because they're used to 50 and 60s movies with room size computers.
- Anika
And pre-cellphone? Telephones used to be connected with wires and if you were out you had to use a payphone!
- Nick B.
Oh man, when I explained payphones to them a couple of years ago, they oldest acted like I was making stuff up.
- Anika
I had to explain what a rotary phone was yesterday to mine after we saw one in a movie. The look on their faces was priceless.
- Sels
My optician showed me the eye test for young children.One picture was of a black rotary phone. Every kid identifies it as a T shirt.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
A friend in Texas took her kid to the optician and their eye chart for kids were corporate logos. She was pissed and walked out to find another doctor.
- Anika
Corporate logos seems particularly bad from the perspective of being able to test the ability to see. They are, by design, very distinctive and recognizable, even if blurry.
- Andy Bakun
Good point. I hadn't thought of that.
- Anika
Me and my friend were playing the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game on his XBox 360, his son came in and commented "the graphics are so bad that doesn't even look like a video game." ...I suggested we wash his mouth out with soap.
- Joe Pierce
A few weeks ago, I put in some classic Atari disc in the PS2. My daughter said, "No wonder you and daddy wear glasses. These games make my head hurt!"
- Anika
I have an Atari Flashback 2. Who wants to play Combat?
- Eric @ CS Techcast
This is why I've always maintained when I have kids they get the video game progression I had. Start with Atari and Coleco-vision games, move on to some old school computer games (Oregon Trail and Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego-like) then NES, then SNES/Genesis, then Playstation etc.... ....It may be for the best that I don't have kids, I've put too much thought in here.
- Joe Pierce
OMG Eric, when I told her we used to play Combat for hours, she looked at me like I lost my mind. The boy declared it "boring". And they went to play with lint to prove their point.
- Anika
I think I'd better start ours on Yars' Revenge right away. He's been playing Little Big Planet for a while- don't want him to get spolied! :)
- Matt Mastracci
My kids are weird with what versions they like to play/watch. They prefer the older versions of Sonic or Pac-Man, but the newer versions of Super Mario.
- Anika
haha..............they wouldn't know a phone with a cord
- VAL D.
Have you ever tried to explain the rotary phone to them?
- Joe Pierce
...then we stood up and walked to the TV and turned a dial to change channels but it dodn't matter there were only 3 CBS, ABC, NBC but Bonanza was in COLOR... yes I am old thanx for asking
- WarLord
I don't have to. They've seen rotary phones in the wild. We almost bought one at the beginning of the year, but figured it wasn't safe. They've seen phones with cords...we do have a fax machine.
- Anika
The other day someone asked me if we still had a TELEX machine at work.
- Nick B.
And all this is pretty funny considering my daughter thinks we need to go back to using quills to write. She already told me that for her birthday, she wants a quill and ink set.
- Anika
When I was young I wanted to write with a quill, until I tried writing with one. Not so easy.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Same here. I think she'll outgrow it. I hope she will, at least.
- Anika
Maybe she does think I'm *that* old. We're watching Storyteller. I said, "I used to watch this as a kid." And she asked, "In black and white?"
- Anika
I usually tell my niece and nephews: "Before Youtube..." lol. It helps contextualize.
- anna sauce
You walked to the TV to turn the dial? The dial had fallen off our TV and we had a pair of vice grips on the stub where the knob used to be in order to change channels.
- Andy Bakun
You know, when I read this earlier, I immediately though of the scene in Ferris Bueler's Day Off where the principle is on the phone with Cameron claiming to be Ferris's girlfriend's father but thinks it's Ferris, and Ferris calls on another line and they show the blinking "on-hold" light dramatically. There's a lot of passing the receiver around and avoiding getting twisted up in cords. Then, later in the day, this movie was on.
- Andy Bakun
OMG - I found my senior high school yearbook today. Anyone wanna see what the geekiest person in Vicksburg, MS looked like in 1987?
Kol Tregaskes, mikepk, Yolanda and 4 other people liked this
YES!
- Spidra Webster
I'm not really sure how to scan it in. I don't think we've used our flatbed scanner in years. No idea if it's even plugged in.
- Internet's Tad
If it has a parallel port and you're using Vista it probably won't even recognize it.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
you could use a camera
- Jason Wehmhoener
Take a pic of the pic!
- Derrick
Yes please! :D
- Anna Haro
Pictures or the geek doesn't exist! :)
- imabonehead
Lindsay just took a photo of it.
- Internet's Tad
The yearbook is extremely amusing because of all the shots of guys with blue jean jackets. LOL
- Internet's Tad
Stupid FriendFeed won't upload my photo. :( :( :(
- Internet's Tad
[big] Amazing photo from gondola in China. Also my new desktop picture.
Rebecca Sun, Mark Edmondson, Gabe and 105 other people liked this
Your pic?
- Maxamad
I wish.
- Kevin Fox
Woooohooooo. Damn.
- Fossil Huntress
Nice ;)
- niniane
WOW!
- Carlos Ayala
I just got vertigo, tipped forward and smacked my forehead into my monitor. Thanks, Kev.
- Mark Novak
I think that may be the flu more than the pic, Mark. ;-)
- Kevin Fox
LOL @Mark.
- Anika
Dazzling Scenic Picture. Not recommended for people with Vertigo
- Acharad Sami vanJoulee
GAH. Clicking away from this! *vertigo in full effect*
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
WHOA that is scary and cool all at the same time ... just stunning!
- Susan Beebe
just added this to "things I must see IRL before I die" list.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
Neat. So where is this?
- Kekoa Proudfoot
Coooool !!
- Keiko Yamada
What if...
- Ozkan Altuner
from iPhone
Seems like Huangshan to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Yinhaiming
Amazing, indeed.
- Onur Kabadayi
Gorgeous! Do you know where is it?
- Nicolas Dufour
I need to go there.
- Parvez Halim
i would poop my britches.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Amazing! Do you where in China?
- Frank Da Silva
/r location
- Chris Hofmann
better than any roller coaster..
- Onur Gündüz
Woah... crazy! :D
- Joel Lovato
I'm guessing it's the only lift mentioned on Wikipedia for China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... "access to mountain tops of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan, China" a few pics via Bing: http://www.chinatravelca.com/uploads... , http://www.chinatravelca.com/uploads... , http://www.chinatravelca.com/uploads...
- Andrew C
i'd do it in a second.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
I wanna ride!!
- nakachi
What if they took the gondolas off one day a week and turned it into a zipline?
- Kevin Fox
I'm wondering where the gondola locates in China?
- Xitong Liu
That's great- Thanks DAN !
- Wlassak
ما برگشتیم همون بالا کوه
Sayed Mahdi Dezfouli, آرمانگرا, ©اسماعیل and 20 other people liked this
دیزین، زمستان 1386. خوش به حال اونایی که تهرانند و می رن اسکی امسال
- سیدعلیسنائی
بالای کوه که برسیم تازه اول بد بختی است باید برگردیم پایین
- asopass
اسکی باز باشی ســــــــــــــــــــــور می خوری پایین صفا می کنی
- سیدعلیسنائی
من اسکی باز نیستم اما اسکی بازان را دوست دارم
- asopass
اون ها هم شما رو
- سیدعلیسنائی
مبروک،اما اون اواتار وارونه هم بد نبودا:) مخلصیم
- Gajamoo
قربونت گجمو جان، دیگه گفتیم یه تنوعی بدیم دیگه، حالا شما قیافه ما رو یه مدت تحمل کن
- سیدعلیسنائی
یعنی خیلی خوش تیپی پسر عمو
- سید نیما
کوتاه بیا عموزاده
- سیدعلیسنائی
Happy Birthday, Paul! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Kol Tregaskes, Louis Trapani, Tudor Bosman and 19 other people liked this
I hope this picture of duck butts makes you smile. 1 2 3
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Happy birthday, Paul ;)
- Clare Dibble
Happy 0x21st birthday, Paul. I still remember writing Clare's mother a birthday card wishing her a happy 0x30th birthday.
- Gabe
HAHA totally laughing at this - awesome!!
- Susan Beebe
Happy belated Birthday, Paul! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm 33 years and a few hours old right now! Happy Birthday me. :-D
sofarsoShawn, Nir Ben Yona, Morgan Haley and 146 other people liked this
Happy Birthday!
- Kenton
Thank you, Kenton! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday, Kol!!
- AJ Batac
Happy birthday, Kolin!
- Stephen Mack
Happy Birthday Kol.
- CW™
No pressies yet. Guess what? They are delayed in the post, LOL. Thanks Royal Mail. Thanks for being on strike all the time. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kolgratulations! :)
- Jemm
Happy birthday, sir. I hope you're having a great day!
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Happy Birthday Kol! Have an amazing one !
- Wang Yip
Thanks, AJ, Stephen, CW, Jemm. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Pea. Well normal day at work, but I work for a games dev, so that's a pretty good day in my book. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
We're same age :)
- diego morelli
Thanks, Wang!
- Kol Tregaskes
Diego, it's a good age. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I agree ;-)
- diego morelli
It was actually a nice sunny day for the most part today. It's been dull and gloomy for ages. So the Sun came out for me today, hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy birthday Kol! Have a great one! :)
- Dee S.
Happy Birthday, Kol! Thirty three was a pretty good year for me and I have a feeling you're going to LOVE It :) Best wishes, congrats and go celebrate!
- Holly Rae, FFer
Thank you v much, Dee. Hope you're well?
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Holly.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday!
- joey
HB!
- Spidra Webster
happy birthday :)
- Deniz (bluesign) Edincik
Happy Birthday Kol!
- OnuRC
Happy Birthday, Kol!
- Anne Bouey
Happy Birthday, now come to the point where is the party?
- ffcode
Ta very much, Joey, Spidra, Deniz, OnuRC, Anne and ffode. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy b-day Kol!!
- Derrick
Happy birthday, Kol!
- Joe Bonner
Off for a bit, back on in an hour or so. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Derrick, Joe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday, mate!
- Ade
Happy Birthday Kol! Have a great one :)
- Niki Costantini
Happy Birthday!
- scott anderson
Happy Birthday. Only do things you want to today.
- Jeremy
hb ff
- daveccorey
Happy birthday, Kol! :)
- directeur
Happy Birthday :)
- Rodfather
Many Happy returns, Kol. 33? Oh yes, It was back there somewhere. Not a memorable one, but left to my own devices I don't bother about my birthday.
- Ian May
Happy Birthday, President of FF!
- teh Dork Knight
Happy birthday! :)
- Tamara
Happy Birthday Ol'Chap!
- Carlos Ayala
Happy Birthday Kol
- Iván Abrego
Yay! Have a great Birthday :-)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Happy Birthday, Kol!!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
HAPPY 33rd Birth year anniversary, Kol!
- Helen Sventitsky
Doğum günün kutlu olsun Kol =))
- Kerimov (porsche)
Happy day to you, Kol!! :)
- JA Castillo
Kol, Happy Birthday!!!!
- Mike Fruchter
Happy Birthday to the nicest guy on FF. (ew, that sounds so fake greeting card-like. It's true though, so I'm leavin' it.)
- Jim Hearts FF
Happy Birthday!
- vicster
Happy birthday Kol!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
HBD
- Babak (Tanxy)
Have a great day, Kol.
- Kevin Pedraja
Happy birthday!
- Stefania Cabitza
Happy bday
- mikepk
Happy Birthday!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Happy 1/3 Century Kol!
- Steve
Happy Birthday!
- Chieze Okoye
Happy birthday Kol!
- Maxamad
Happy birthday, Kol. Wish you the best :-)
- LouCypher
Happy Birthday, Kol! Best Wishes! Hope you have a great day
- Andrew Terry
Gosh! Thanks everyone! Well I was going to thank every single person so...
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you Ade, Niki, Scott, Jeremy, Dave, Directeur, Rodfather, Ian, TehKenny, Tamara, Carlos, Iván, Franc, MVB, Helen, Porschebenimolsana, JA, Mike, Jim, vicster, Tina, Babak, Kevin, Stefania, Mike, Tut, Steve, Chieze, Mo, Lou and Andrew! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
And thanks for your comment, Jim. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy birthday Kol! I hope the future brings nothing but joy for you.
- Beau Liening
from iPhone
Happy birthday, Kol!
- Alex Scoble
Ian, yeah I celebrate my Birthdays less and less. Hopefully a few games on the way though.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Beau and Alex.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday Kol,Hope you have a good celebration ! Your thirties are great :)
- Paul Downing
Happy Birthday!
- Yolanda
Happy Birthday, Kol!
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Thanks, Paul. Well I better make the most of my 30s. It's the 40s soon - not looking forward to that. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Yolanda, Jandy. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy birthday to ya
- ardiba
Thank you, ardiba.
- Kol Tregaskes
HAPPY BIRTHDAY -YOU ARE SAME AS ME :) ! HOPE THIS YEAR AND AFTER EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER IN YOUR LIFE ...
- matmazelange
Thank you, matmazelange.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday!!!
- Amit Morson
Thank you, Amit! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hope you have a wonderful birthday, Kol!
- Laura B.
Just a normal day at work, Laura. Though got some B-day cards and a bit of cake back at home. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday Kol!!
- Charlotte M
HAPPY B'day Kol.. !! Crap. am I the only Bloke who is pushing +45 on FF ?
- Peter Dawson
Thank you, Charlotte, Peter. Peter, nah, I don't think so. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday!
- James Myatt
really do you think is that the good age ?i m the 33 now but dont think so :(
- matmazelange
Happy Birthday Kol!
- Penny
matmazelange, it's better than 34, 35, 36... ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, James, Penny.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy 33rd! :-)
- Rene Wirtz
:))) u right
- matmazelange
Thank you, Rene.
- Kol Tregaskes
happy birthday kol!
- chrisofspades
Thanks, Chris. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bonne Fete!
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
¡Feliz cumpleaños!
- Friday Lo is Friday!
Selamat Ulang Tahun!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Thank you, Nathalie, Lo, Joe.
- Kol Tregaskes
happy birthday
- Meral Alabaz
Aw, you kids are so cute at that age.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Happiest of Birthdays..................33 years old ...........boy both my kids are older thinking as I type this I am getting older by the minute.......................
- VAL D.
Happy birthday!
- Anika
Happy Birthday!
- Tyson Key
happy birthday! One day I'll get down south and buy you a drink :)
- alphaxion
Thanks, Meral, Val, Anika, Tyson, alpha. Hehe, m9m. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday :)
- Farshad
Thank you, Farshad.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy birthday Guv'nor! (That's my lame British accent) ;)
- Jorge Escobar
Hehe, thank you, Jorge. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday Kol.
- Carlos Sousa
Thank you very much, Carlos.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Happy B to the D...A...Y Kol.
- Mark Krynsky
(((cabbage patching))) Yay!!!
- rowlikeagirl
Happy Birthday!!!
- Marco Fabbri
Happy Birthday to you Kol!
- Thomas Hawk
Happy birthday, Kol!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOL :) You ROCK and make FF a great place to be, THANK YOU!! <3
- Susan Beebe
Happy birthday :)
- Timothy Griffin
w00t! Happy Birthday, Kol!
- Ayşe E.
Happy Birthday Kol ~ We're celebrating in Australia for you ~ hope the sun shines all day for you -/
- Chris Loft
happy birthday!
- Bill Kinney
Happy birthday!
- Kamilah Gill
Happy birthday, Kol!!!
- Micah Wittman
Happy birthday, Kol!
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Happy b-day Kol!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Congrats on another year :)
- LANjackal
Happy bday Kol!
- imabonehead
happy birthday ^^,
- zʍıɔ
Happy Birthday!
- M♥hammad
Happy Birthday!!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Happy bday
- N.G. Gordon - RadarSync
happy birthday kol, :)
- chaz2b
Know I'm late, but Happy Birthday Kol!
- Bonnie Foster
Happy birthday to you :-)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
Happy Birthday Kol! This year's gonna be great for ya! :D
- vijay
happy birthday to you and me :)
- Ahmet Soyata
Happy Birthday Kol and Ahmet :)
- Bhowmik Shah
Happy Birthday Kol and other friends.
- Mahmood Padura
your at 33 and I just turned 32 :) As of October 12th funny.
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
from IM
Happy Birthday!
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Happy Birthday Kol! I hope you're having a wonderful day!
- Michael Fidler
Thank you everyone! I'll thank you all individually when I'm back from home later today. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Oh and Happy Birthing Date - Hope the year ahead is even more exciting then the last.
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
Yay! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Whoa. Happy Birthday Kol! (My birthday's tomorrow - different age ;))
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Happy Birthday Kol. The years go quicker and quicker from here on out :-)
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
congrats on 33
- Robert Higgins
Don't let the decimal system get you down, in hex you're only 21 :)
- Eivind
Happy Birthday!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Happy Birthday Kol!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Happy Birthday kol! long live the gamers!
- Darth Farhad Sama
Belated Happy Birthday wishes...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
- Shevonne
Happy Birthday!!!
- mridul
happy birthday
- brainno722 (Peter)
happy birthday! (:
- Mor Büyü *
Happy birthday tregaskes,
- Acharad Sami vanJoulee
Late but Happy Bhirtday Kol ;)
- ★ Soner Gönül
As promised: Thank you Rachel, Mark, rowlikeagirl, Marco, Thomas, Chris, Susan, Timothy, Ayşe, Chris, Bill, Kamilah, Micah, Bren, Shey, LAN, imabonehead, zʍıɔ, Mohammad, Zulema, N.G., chaz2b, Bonnie, Mahdi, vijy, Ahmet, Bhowmik, Mahmood, Raymond, Suezanne, Michael, Raymond, Matthre, Ahsan, Slippy, Robert, Eivind, victed, Mary, Garin, Darth, .LAG, Shevonne, mridul, Peter, Mor, Acharad and Soner.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Aracedi.
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats :)
- alfred westerveld
Thank you, Alfred.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy belated birthday!
- Arlan Koizumi
Thanks, Arlan.
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, I need the "As promised" list in alphabetical. kthxbai!
- Jorge Escobar
Pass. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hoorah!
- Ron Bailey
HAppy Bday
- siniradam
happy birthday!
- errorist
Happy b-day!
- Zachary TG
Thank you, Ron, siniradam, errorist, Zachary.
- Kol Tregaskes
Bit too late, but wish you happy then, to wish you anything anyhow. ;-)
- Dutch Bloggies
Oops, that last one was the wrong account. It came from me. :-)
- Ton Zijp
Pokey Polly just now wishing you Happy Birthday and many more!
- Polly Potter
Whoa ... Missed this HB to Kol! (Man ... you're just a kid :)
- Charlie Anzman
Thank you, Dutch/Ton, Polly and Charlie! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hehe, yeah should read "33 years young" ;-).
- Kol Tregaskes
happy 33 and 2 days birthday
- Morgan Haley
Thank you, Morgan! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
ugh 2 days overdue - happy belated kolbot :)
- mike "glemak" dunn
No worries, thank you, Mike! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday Kol!!
- jcunwired
Thank you, jcunwired.
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy belated birthday mate !!!
- Nir Ben Yona
Thank you, Nir. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
yep... Apple's different
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AAPL is very much about money as well.
- Maxamad
If there wasn't a lot of money attached to changing the world I wonder how well it would work? :-)
- Todd Hoff
Yeah, I mean, let's be serious. They aren't saints.
- Chieze Okoye
Apple's about making profits through innovation. Not like other companies. Push some bullshit crap out the door, charge shit rates and turn in returns, that's every company on the planet except Apple.
- vijay
I would be more excited vijay if another element, Closed Systems, wasn't so forward.
- Todd Hoff
what's closed systems Todd? You mean the open/closed software systems?
- vijay
I mean stuff like how closed itunes and the iphone are. It's not just the carrier choice, the APIs are frustratingly limited.
- Todd Hoff
How about they change the world by making the iPhone platform free and open. Why can't I even use Flash on my iPhone?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
We should at least have read/write access to all the data that's on the phone and in itunes.
- Todd Hoff
I'm not a programmer so I don't know about APIs but I can answer why Carrier is closed. AT&T subsidizes iPhone in return for exclusivity. And iPhone has already opened up to other carriers in quite a few countries now.
- vijay
Lack of Flash on iPhone, and Lack of Multitasking BOTH have the same reason... iPhone has a non-removable battery unlike other devices.
- vijay
+1 Todd
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@vijay and why does it have a non-removeable battery?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
vijay, how are those features related to the battery?
- LogEx
Apple hates screws. Screws means movable parts and that means repair service. Plus it's ugly.
- vijay
Flash and Multitasking (apps run in the bg), eat battery like cake. That's why.
- vijay
@vijay Really? You mean they aren't innovative enough to figure out how to put in a removeable battery without screws??
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I mean moving parts. Not just screws.
- vijay
But a removable battery would take up more space, or be smaller and have less juice.
- LogEx
The Flash decision may be party energy consumption, but it's also political IMO.
- LogEx
Not political. Flash and the entire Adobe suite runs on macs. Actually Photoshop runs better on Macs than on anything else.
- vijay
True, but wireless is a whole new world, no reason to support a proprietary format that may eventually die off (especially if it gets helped to die off). The iPhone is the one platform that has enough leverage to obviate Flash.
- LogEx
what's the gain for apple there?
- vijay
The gain is not having to use, license, and depend on another company's proprietary format. HTML 5 & h.264 address 80% of the use cases.
- LogEx
Vijay, seriously, dude, step away from the Distortion Field. Apple is not the first company that succeeds through innovation nor will they be the last. They're not even the only one that does it now. Honestly, even back in the day when it was scraping it's way to dominance, Microsoft was awesome at taking disparate ideas and putting them together into something successful. Read "Good to...
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- Chieze Okoye
In fact, you could say that Dell is passionately driven and innovative in the field of assembly-lining computer manufacturing in order to cut their bottom line. Just because it's not in the realm of making stuff look pretty doesn't mean you can't innovate.
- Chieze Okoye
I've been using windows since 3.1 and DOS before that. I came to know of Apple only 3 years back. Distortion Field has nothing to do with this. The care and attention to detail in every single Apple product is absolutely astounding.
- vijay
LogEx license makes sense yes.
- vijay
What I'm saying is that your "Apple is different because they're passionate about what they do and are successful because of it" is a false comparison. Companies that become great all share the same type of passion for whatever it is they're doing (read: whatever it is they're focusing themselves at becoming the best at). It's basically a requirement. The only thing that differs is where that passion is directed.
- Chieze Okoye
we could be talking about the same thing then... MS is passionate about gaining Market Share through any means possible while Apple is passionate about making a difference.
- vijay
That's my other thing. Apple is not that altruistic (which, no offense, is where I think the RDF comes in). Their passion is directed at being the best of high-end, boutique computing. It's not about "changing the world" and "making a difference" (a la a charity organization).
- Chieze Okoye
iPhone 3G is just 99 bucks.
- vijay
And their cheapest laptop is $1,000.
- Chieze Okoye
which comes with multitouch and the best of industrial design(unibody is sexay) and OSX.
- vijay
exactly my point: "best of high-end, boutique computing"
- Chieze Okoye
Great points Chieze
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
iPhone + iPod Touch is also a platform. That is cheap.
- vijay
You're not including the development cost
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
development cost? for consumers ?
- vijay
Vijay, iPhone is most certainly not a cheap platform. iPhone is $500-$700 MSRP. Consumers don't see that, but they're still spending roughly $2,000 over the life of their two-year contracts. Smartphones are not cheap, doesn't matter how you cut it. $99 iPhone is great or whatever, but there is still a completely different strata of people (ie: those that can afford it) that can and do purchase an iPhone. iPhone 3G is not cross-shopped with a $99 moto on metroPCS.
- Chieze Okoye
iPod touch is a stronger argument, though it is still $200 minimum for a music player (I bought a music player off of woot.com for $10 (S+H included) once.
- Chieze Okoye
"Apple's about making profits through innovation. Not like other companies. Push some bullshit crap out the door, charge shit rates and turn in returns, that's every company on the planet except Apple. - vijay" Seriously? Yikes, you have had too much of the Kool-Aid or you sit on way more corporate boards than we understand.
- Kenton
all smartphones are not cheap so Apple is a high end boutique computing platform? no. iPhone is cheap getting cheaper(it started off at 600 bucks and is now 99) and people are buying it as well so I don't see how it is not affordable.
- vijay
or maybe you don't know much about apple Kenton
- vijay
Smartphones are not a cheap market. They are the almost the definition of a high-end computing platform. AAPL's dominance of that market is EXACTLY MY POINT. They want to be best at high-end computing, and iPhone is their successful strategy of doing that in mobile. It starting out at $600 is due to the fact that AT&T subsidized very little of it. Then they subsidized more when the...
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- Chieze Okoye
Uhh, yeah right. You work for Apple then? To say that every other company in the world only cares about making a quick buck off crap products is proof that you aren't thinking in an unbiased way. To start an argument with a statement like that immediately destroys any credibility you have.
- Kenton
The smartphone market is slowly but surely becoming more mainstream and less high-end, that is true, but that trend is world wide and is still a ways off from seeing completion. Smartphone usage is still probably in the single-digits of worldwide cellular usage because (here it comes) all that technology is actually still pretty expensive and high-end.
- Chieze Okoye
Chieze, to keep it simple, Macs = high end price range of PCs, iPhone = low end price range of smartphones. Macs as High end boutique computing for PCs makes sense because you CAN get 'kinda' the same functionality for a lesser price. High end boutique computing for mobiles DOESN'T make sense cause you CANNOT get the same features for less.
- vijay
Kenton, I don't care about credibility in your eyes. If I have to prove my credibility each and every time I have one of these threads I'd be here forever. If the topic interests you do your own research else get out.
- vijay
They're not angels, Vijay. Take a look at this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol... talk of a company that benefitted and still does of the opensource community! (in simple words, they introduced a kind of protection that prevents you from using your ipod with any other app!) AND they sent a DMCA notice to someone who was trying to solve this!
- directeur
Wait, I can't get a phone that makes calls, checks voicemails, goes on the internet and runs applications for cheaper than the iPhone? That's news to me. I'm saying that smartphones themselves are already the high-end and boutique strata of THE ENTIRE MARKET FOR PHONES. That Apple made the smartphone that has dominated all smartphones for 2 years now is not surprising given that they want to be best at high-end computing.
- Chieze Okoye
directeur, iTunes closed model is 'cause of the Big 3 and their DRM. But since DRM is not there anymore I still have to have to think out the 'why'.
- vijay
Vijay, my point is that it is totally opinion on your part yet you say it and defend it like you have some omniscient knowledge that the rest of us don't. Apple builds some great products and they have different ways of looking at design and product manufacturing. You're doing a disservice to the millions of companies in the world that focus on making people's lives better and actually do it.
- Kenton
Vijay, dude, honestly, if you just step back a bit, and look at it from what's obviously true, you wouldn't have to think about the why. They want to sell high-end and boutique computing. That requires selling a complete experience from A to Z. That requires tight control of what does and doesn't happen on their stuff, hence the tight reins of iTunes. Honestly, it's not a bad thing to sell that type of experience with real panache as Apple does, which is why I find your resistance to the idea puzzling.
- Chieze Okoye
multitouch, app store, full web browser and so much more features. Not the same. My Japanese friend who get DOCOMO's latest phone has a browser alright, she has this to say --->- http://twitter.com/perfect...
- vijay
do you know why she uses dots instead of spaces in her tweets? --->-http://twitter.com/perfect... 'cause of her sucky phone.
- vijay
ROTFL. The only phone that is well engineered enough to let you type spaces is the iPhone?
- Kenton
vijay, as someone who believes in free sowftware. I HATE this kind of closeness. Moreover the DMCA notice does not apply in that case. So why did they sent it? http://www.eff.org/deeplin...
- directeur
* wherever relevant I'm trying to find links to give you a better view so my replies might take longer. Also the thread is slowing down a lot *
- vijay
While it didn't have multi-touch (and really why is this such an important innovation?). My first Blackberry Pearl had applications, a full web browser (Opera) and better email functionality than the iPhone will ever have. Oh, and it had a space key that worked too.
- Kenton
Kenton, my point being every phone that touts "ADVANCED WEB BROWSER AVAILABLE" is actually not the whole story. There are different and varied shortcomings on all these phones. Now I'm pretty sure anyone could have understood that without me having to type it out. Don't ignore the point of my comment just for the sake of arguing.
- vijay
"multitouch, app store, full web browser and so much more features. Not the same." This makes no sense. It's a phone. That's the core functionality and that is the basic market that it is in. All the other stuff you mention goes into making it high-end. That's like saying Mercedes E-Class and Toyota Echo aren't the same thing because of a laundry list of features. Yes, they are different in the sense that one's is higher-end version of the same thing: A CAR.
- Chieze Okoye
yeah multitouch is a revolution. And before the iPhone EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE came with a stylus. Apple changed that and proved people that your fingers work just fine, that the screen won't scratch. HUGE.
- vijay
"it's a phone"... you were talking about "computing platforms" Chieze. Smartphones come under that not phones.
- vijay
or they're a hybrid of both markets.
- Chieze Okoye
without "apps" how is it a computing platform?!
- vijay
Anyway, I think that I've made all the points that I can make on this topic.
- Chieze Okoye
"Wait, I can't get a phone that makes calls, checks voicemails, goes on the internet and ***runs applications*** for cheaper than the iPhone?" You're missing the forest for the trees.
- Chieze Okoye
PAUSE: Why does Steven Se(a)gal support Apple? Does Chuck Norris support Dell? :p
- directeur
"goes on the internet" is NOT the same as browsing on a smartphone. I've already proved that with actual complaints of a user. I've no idea why it is so hard to see this.
- vijay
"turning hard right at 50 MPH in an E-class is not the same as trying to do the same in an Echo"
- Chieze Okoye
so compare prices with phones that offer the same features then
- vijay
Back to the altruism thing. Why doesn't Apple give the phone away for free? Wouldn't that be the best thing for the people? The most altruistic thing for Apple to do? Wouldn't our connected world be so much better if we all had the best smartphone and apps and all at the swipe of two fingers? If Apple truly wasn't in it for the money they could also subsidise the rediculous charges we...
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- Kenton
sorry I couldn't the right image but here's how much of a change iPhone has made --->- http://bit.ly/3gpf6U That's the iPhone beating an actual camera in number of shots uploaded. That's the amount of change iPhone has brought in.
- vijay
"truly wasn't in it for the money " - already addressed in my first comment here " Apple's about making -profits through innovation-."
- vijay
Nope. They are a consumer electronics company. They contribute to e-waste in the world. That's not making the world a better place.
- Rodfather
*pops more popcorn*
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Rod humans poop. That's not making the world a better place now is it? Maybe this would be better... Apple makes the world a better place for "people"
- vijay
Rodfather: You're a carbon-based life form. You convert oxygen to carbon dioxide, aiding global warming. Is it therefore valid for me to dismiss you as a polluter and ignore what other contributions you may give to the world?
- Kevin Fox
Well, ya, humans are like a virus to the world too.
- Rodfather
Has the unibody Mac actually made the world a better place for people?
- Kenton
Less waste and less repairs due to lack of moving parts so yes in a small way. What's next Kenton? Is it gonna be "does the apple logo make the world a better place too?".
- vijay
btw, for people who hate fanboys and automatically assume anyone talking positive about macs as a "fanboy" and then turn themselves into "anti-fanboys".. I've come across Apple fanboys too, see this thread ---->- http://bit.ly/1KYGwY ( click on "show hidden threads" )
- vijay
@vijay: Apple products may be better choice for a selected group of fans. For my needs, Apple products don't offer better value (more like the opposite). So, it's matter of taste what things are important and which company is the best for each.
- Jemm
it's a matter of taste only for people who have very specific requirements Jemm, not for normal folks. Like no matter how much innovation Apple pumps into iPhone I know my linux friends over here won't touch it with a stick.. why? Just because it's not open. THERE, it is a matter of taste. For regular users it's a combo of features + UI/UX + cost.
- vijay
Vijay, you say everything Apple does is about innovation so ultimately, I guess I would have to ask that question. It is likely more productive, though, for me to just say I disagree with your assertion.
- Kenton
yeah yeah, go ahead Kenton. It's not like I'm earning money from getting people to agree with me.
- vijay
ZOMG Someone's wrong on the internet!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
:D
- vijay
I would have to say that the market has proven your formula for regular users should be - cost+combo of features + UI/UX. Apple products appeal to those who follow combo of features + UI/UX + cost
- Kenton
Apple products appeal to a lot of people because they innovate. End of Story.
- vijay
Vijay, I'd argue it's more than that though. Plenty of companies innovate, Apple does something different. They tightly control the experience. It's a double edged sword for them, since it's also the source of their biggest weakness.
- mikepk
Mike, like I said to Alphaxion ... http://friendfeed-media.com/612df62... depends on how you define "innovation". Is innovation something simple removing the "text labels" next to the icon" or is "innovation" a game changer like the iPod or iPhone? Apple belongs to the latter category of innovation imo.
- vijay
let me confuse you even more guys! I'm a life-long windows user who loves apple but supports "open"! ---->- http://bit.ly/451tVV
- vijay
with this I'm off to bed. Thanks you guys for participating. Appreciate it. : ) EDIT: Mike, you're right. Nothing new about the tech in them. But UI/UX is what makes such a huge change. The Digital Music Revolution happened 'cause for the first time you could browse 1000 songs on your iPod without going nuts. No matter how game changing the tech is there's no point if you can't use it.
- vijay
But here's the really interesting part. Depending on your definition of innovation (technical innovation) there was nothing new about the tech in either the iphone or ipod. What they engineered though, was the end to end experience of those devices. I think the success of those devices is at least 80% due to the user experience (esp if you count 'cool' into it, but even 'cool' doesn't play as large a part as people often say). It's a holistic kind of innovation.
- mikepk
g'night
- mikepk
comments are not closed. I NEVER close comments. If you got more to discuss do keep going I'll reply in the morn.
- vijay
PC-World just published TCO for Droid, Pre, iPhone. http://www.pcworld.com/article... iPhone was by far the most expensive.
- Kenton
Kenton, I just looked at the article, looks like the prices were flawed originally and have been updated with newer Verizon pricing. Droid turns out more expensive (at least according to their logic). Lots of angry comments about how the author didn't check the Verizon smartphone pricing.
- mikepk
what Mike said. And Kenton... when I said iPhone 3G is 99 bucks only why did you assume I said "3GS"? 3G NOT 3GS, I said 3G NOT 3GS. I reapeated that 3 times so it can get through the thick illogical ati-apple sentiment hanging in your head. anything eh? anything, no matter how clunky the argument is, anything to take away credit from Apple eh Kenton? Open your mind up a little more.
- vijay
Besides, the whole "high end boutique computing" thing started by Chieze is flawed. That's like saying cars have not really changed human transportation 'cuz a large % of people can only afford bicycles and can't even dream of getting a car. Get this... smartphones are changing mobile computing and the one that brought it on and still continues to spur themselves AND their competition and the ENTIRE industry as a whole is Apple.
- vijay
Anyone who still has doubts about how much Apple has changed the mobile computing Industry, take a look at this ---->- http://bit.ly/s4jXC yep. EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE that you see in ads today, be it the dream or the droid or the Pre, were all the product of the change brought about by Apple. This is why Apple is a "game-changer", the entire industry has undergone a change for the better.
- vijay
While I enjoy my iPhone very deeply, I feel that one of Apple's biggest problems is that they now seem less interested in changing the game than in simply maintaining it. To be sure, there's very little incentive for them to fix what isn't broken, but my hope is that with others now stepping up to become serious competitors in the smartphone market, Apple will be forced to try a little harder. They make a fantastic product, but stronger competition may cause them to get even better.
- Noah Belson
Apple's different from other companies in that they are proactive than reactive. The common complaint when people say innovation on iPhone has stalled is lack of multitasking and flash which people expect Apple to include but as long as iPhone has a non-removable battery they won't be adding it in. Competition is always good, yes. I myself want the Pre for my next phone --->- http://bit.ly/2Z0yRi
- vijay
Interesting, I didn't know the battery was the reason they don't allow multi-tasking or a flash. Why is that? Are they worried that people will kill their batteries long before they're meant to die for good?
- Noah Belson
aye. with removable batteries suppose say in the middle of the trip your battery runs out you can swap it with the standby with other smartphones but since iPhone battery cannot be swapped out by the user ,running apps in the bg (mutltitasking) and flash would eat away the juice leaving a dead phone until you recharge it again.
- vijay
So they're just worried about people not understanding how quickly they'll run down their batteries by multitasking and using the camera flash. I guess that makes sense, but still, I'd rather they just allow it and let ME worry about how quickly the battery dies. Carring an extra charger in my car would be a small price to pay to be able to multitask without jailbreaking.
- Noah Belson
The entire business model of a closed system is to make more money.
- Michael W. May
Exactly Michael. Take away their profits and Apple's wheels come to a screeching halt just like every other business.
- Mattb4rd
Like I said in my first comment in here Apple's about "profits through innovation" not just profits by hook or crook like other companies. Hence this post.
- vijay
And it seems Todd said what I wanted, only better :)
- Michael W. May
how does it affect the fact that iPod has changed the entire music industry and the iPhone has changed the entire mobile computing industry?
- vijay
Apple hasn't changed much in the mobile market. It's share in both is still minuscule. For mobile stats: http://www.mobileisgood.com/statist... It's mp3/media player stats are much dominate, that I do not argue. None of that changes that fact that Apple is in business for profit. Whatever secondary guidelines of changing the world they follow, the primary and overriding is profit....
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- Michael W. May
my comment from above: " Anyone who still has doubts about how much Apple has changed the mobile computing Industry, take a look at this ---->- http://bit.ly/s4jXC yep. EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE that you see in ads today, be it the dream or the droid or the Pre, were all the product of the change brought about by Apple. This is why Apple is a "game-changer", the entire industry has undergone a change for the better. "
- vijay
again, Apple is "profit though innovation" not "profit by any shitty ploy we can think up". That's why they are the best company on the planet.
- vijay
"mp3/media player stats" it's not about their media player stats. Apple for the first time created an environment where people can carry a 1000 songs in their pocket. For the first time customers can buy JUST ONE SONG from an album than the WHOLE album. These two reasons combined laid the foundation for the digital music revolution paving the way for all the digital music stores like...
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- vijay
How did go about doing that? I don't deny any of that. But to ignore the amount of profit and lack of responsibility Apple's practices in digital music (remember non-drm'd mp3s only happened just this year) and the app store is to ignore that they are in many ways just as bad as any other company, in some ways worse. They didn't move to non-dmr'd music until forced. The profit they make...
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- Michael W. May
"they didn't move to non drm'd music"... wrong info. It was not apple's choice but the BIG 3 who had their say in that. The same thing happens on the iPhone where AT&T dictates the terms so Apple cannot allow any app that creates data overloading of AT&T's network.
- vijay
all the people whining about the app store restrictions shouldn't be... Steve clearly laid them out when they launched the app store --->- http://bit.ly/3hAnZ1
- vijay
And the inconsistencies with the app store approval, later revoking, later reinstating, etc, since? And what is wrong about the /fact/ they did not move to non-drm'd catalogue until forced to this year?
- Michael W. May
moving to non-drm is not Apple's choice. it's the record companies who make the choice. Apple sells the music under licensing terms with the record companies.
- vijay
app store has over 100000 apps now and the apps are rejected based on if it contains certain keywords in them. Once the dev reaches out and clarifies or adapts the app with the proper rating it is re-instated. It works just like any other "approval process".
- vijay
music drm related thread --->- http://friendfeed.com/jokeyxe...
- vijay
The Free Market catches on to "shitty ploys" rather quickly. Do you harbor such disdain for the marketplace that you doubt saavy consumerism? If so, Washington might be interested.
- Mattb4rd
Luckily Apple relies more on programmed consumerism than savvy consumerism. That guarantees a huge ROI with every product they sell and while I genuinely believe that some of their products are the best on the market, I'm not quite willing to back every play they make. I'd like my purchases to be based on what I want, not what a company tells me I need.
- Noah Belson
I have to add though that there are simply a few products that Apple cannot be touched on, such as the iphone. I did my research, tried several different things and found Apple to make the best product. If someone comes along and does better I'll jump ship (probably) but for my money it just makes sense to go with the best product. Doesn't mean I like all of Apple's products or policies but the bottom line is that if they make a truly great product- I'm there.
- Noah Belson
All of the programming in the world doesn't matter if the product is shitty. Apple makes good widgets. If they didn't, they would not be relevant. When they cure cancer, then I will jump on the "World Changer" business model bandwagon. Until then, they make good gadgets and we're [the market] willing to pay for them. It is not magic.
- Mattb4rd
Well yeah, I'd have to agree that they haven't quite earned the title of "world changer." Seems like that's mostly PR drummed by overzealous fans. Ultimately they're not doing anything that several other companies aren't also doing. They make some excellent products but the business of changing the world is best left to those who can do it without needing to sell us any electronics.
- Noah Belson
It's also a philosophy thing. As a user who is not interested in an outside party limiting my options, I went Android on my phone with the G1 when it came out, despite the iPhone being more polished since it had more development time behind it. I know the GooglyPhone will lag for a bit, but I'm happy to support the OSS. And as a PC user, I've been very happy with the lifetime and...
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- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
Yeah, I can't see myself ponying up that kind of dough for laptop or desktop, not when the technology is outdated so quickly and rapidly improving so often. In terms of the iphone though, I'm less interested in availablity to 3rd party options than I am in the best and biggest apps and right now those are really only available for the iphone. And given the market share the iphone has captured- I can't see that changing anytime soon.
- Noah Belson
NEWS FLASH!! the world is not made of ONLY DISEASED PEOPLE! The lives of normal people count. The "world" includes EVERYONE not just CANCER patients. Life is made of different facets each having room for improvement and innovation. When people hang onto something and use it everyday for most of their activities as with a mobile phone, and a company makes a monumental leap in the way...
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- vijay
" But everyone else - especially when talking phones - is catching up" That is why it is called a "game changer". The entire industry as a whole changes to keep up. Just like how the iPod revolutionized music and just how iPhone is revolutionizing the mobile industry. Companies are now giving their UI NAMES! Sony calles their upcoming UI "Rachael" and HTC calls theirs "Sense". Can you...
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- vijay
my comment from above: " Anyone who still has doubts about how much Apple has changed the mobile computing Industry, take a look at this ---->- http://bit.ly/s4jXC yep. EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE that you see in ads today, be it the dream or the droid or the Pre, were all the product of the change brought about by Apple. This is why Apple is a "game-changer", the entire industry has undergone a change for the better. "
- vijay
Apple may have changed the smartphone industry but come on, they've hardly changed the world. The iPhone is not the cotton gin or movable type. Apple helps drive innovation, but in terms of actually changing the world, they're a drop in the bucket, if even. They make a great product, but let's keep things in perspective here. They're in business and their business has nothing to do with improving the world. That may be their mission statement or something but their goal is our money, first and foremost.
- Noah Belson
"drop in the bucket" is subjective. The graphs I linked to are not.
- vijay
All those graphs do is indicate how frequently certain keywords are being searched on. I'm not at all sure how that translates into "world changing." Keywords like "hannah montana" and "grandma sex" are highly searched on, but no one's thanking Miley Cyrus or sexy grandmas for changing the world, etc. Again- perspective. Apple has changed YOUR world, not THE world.
- Noah Belson
That's only cause you're reading the graphs wrong. Before the iPhone launch the search terms are "0" and after that it's been an accelerating trend upwards. That's the point. That is the change... the shift from "0" to "greater than 0". celebrities are people and smartphones are devices. People pay to watch other people on TV but how many people spend time watching a tv show about...
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- vijay
If you don't think the iPhone is the "celebrity" of the gadget world then I'm not sure what else there is to discuss here. Keyword trending is a popularity contest, plain and simple. The fact that people are searching on Apple keywords means very little in the greater scheme of things. And it has zero to do with changing our world or making it a better place. Apple products are what's for lunch right now and keyword searches are simply the menu.
- Noah Belson
before the end of today, 11 million people from across the planet will be visiting this page --->- http://bit.ly/3EnXJb Do you see an iPhone there? iPhone is a device, Celebrities are news. Calling iPhone the "celebrity" means squat because the people doing these searches don't think that way when they do these searches. They search for news and thus celebs have higher volume. That's all.
- vijay
from my comment above: "when people hang onto something and use it everyday for most of their activities as with a mobile phone, and a company makes a monumental leap in the way people use these everyday device, raising the bar and making the ENTIRE industry as a whole adapt to that change, the world has indeed changed."
- vijay
from my comment above: " Life is made of different facets each having room for improvement and innovation." Changing the world is not "mutually exclusive". When something as ubiquitous and often used by people as a mobile device undergoes a change, that is huge.
- vijay
the last few comments I've been talking only about the mobile device, but then Apple has done that again with the iPods.
- vijay
* i spoke too soon *
- vijay
Apple doesn't change the world, their fanboys may think so though. Apple knows how to market and they do it very well. Their products are nowhere near revolutionary as people make them out to be as they usually lack features that already exist. What they do well is get people excited about something shinny and clean looking with a brand people admire and it obviously works. I like shinny & clean but I like openness, full featured and cheaper much better.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Again, it's about the people who are using these devices. You think people like you and me make up the majority of the planet? Not hardly. We have freedoms and indulgences that many people couldn't begin to dream of. This why again I say that while Apple has absolutely changed the smartphone industry, they've done very little to change "the world." They make fantastic products but come, let's keep things in perspective. They're in the money making business, not the world changing business.
- Noah Belson
yeah Mark, before the iPods came out there were more "full featured" devices on the market with HDDs and lots of storage space. People got the iPod 'cause that UI is the only one that let people browse through a 1000 songs without losing their mind. No matter how much features a device has, it's all about usability. That's why you can see the iPhone beating a full featured cam in number...
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- vijay
"They're in the money making business, not the world changing business. " already addressed in my first comment > " Apple's about making -profits through innovation-."
- vijay
the people who keep saying it's all "features, features, features" must fantasize about women who have an elephant's trunk(longest nose on the planet! that's a feature!) and cheetah's legs(fastest legs! feature!) with a Falcon's wings(flight! feature!). As for me, I like the normal human female with nose shorter than a trunk, with legs not as powerful as a cheetah's and without wings. It's not about the best features, it's the blend of features and beauty(for humans, that would be -usability- for devices).
- vijay
Women with elephants' trunk? *Homer drool*
- Jemm
=P
- vijay
Excellent thread. Kudos.
- Mattb4rd
Vijay, btw, you misrepresented what I said. I'm saying that Apple isn't in this to change the world and make a difference. They're in it to be the best at high-end computing because that's what they 1) have a passion for 2) can do better than anyone else and 3) can earn the most money doing. The change they bring to the world of technology isn't the point. It's an after effect of the...
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- Chieze Okoye
There are plenty of companies and organizations out there with the actual mission to "change the world" and "make a difference," as their explicit goal, though. Apple most definitely does not number among them.
- Chieze Okoye
Simply because there is change in the industry in question from one company's actions (which no one is disputing with you, btw) does not mean that that change was why the company took those actions. Going back to the automotive analogy, Mercedes (or Ferrari or whomever) is not in the game explicitly to change the landscape of personal transportation for the better. They're in it to be...
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- Chieze Okoye
Honestly, you really should read "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. I can't emphasize it enough for this topic. It jives really well with the discussion (at least in that it shows you that passion to do something well and using technology as a means to that end is not a unique trait to one company).
- Chieze Okoye
Good point Chieze. Apple has the "Hedgehog Concept" down, but what will become of it when it loses its level 5 leader?
- Mattb4rd
I'm a sad carnivore trapped in a vegetarian restaurant.
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oh man... that does suck.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
And surrounded by all those delicious vegetarians? What is there to be sad about?
- Jim Norris
I went to get a burger afterwards. Am fine now!
- Jess Lee
I've heard of vegetarian places so good carnivores don't even miss the meat. ... I've never visited such a place myself.
- Andrew C
Andrew, no such place exists, my friend.
- Chieze Okoye
I've heard of them too, Andrew, but only from vegetarians, and if you're going to rule out a whole category of foods on a whim, you must not like food that much, so your opinion doesn't carry much weight with me.
- Mr. Gunn
Now imagine how often the opposite happens to vegetarians! Weddings are particularly bad. I usually eat something beforehand, and bring a Cliff bar with me so I don't pass out from starvation.
- Robert Felty
Next time that happens, let us know asap. Someone will send bacon. :)
- April Buchheit
from iPhone
:( sorry Jess...that sucks. I know sometimes fake chicken just doesn't cut it...
- Anna Lynn M.
I once went to a vegan wedding at Greens in San Francisco. The food was yummy. But we both woke up thoroughly hungry the next morning, as though we ate nothing the night before.
- Piaw Na
A whim, Mr. Gunn? That's completely false and baseless. And here I actually used to have some respect for you as a source of information.
- Ruchira S. Datta
I wondered if someone was going to give me static about calling their choice a whim. OK, so it's not a whim, it's a serious and considered decision to toss out a whole category of food. It's an indication that something (be it environmental, ethical, or other perfectly valid issue) is more important to you than food, so perhaps the person making that choice isn't necessarily going to be your go-to person for information about food.
- Mr. Gunn
Mr. Gunn, I see that your view has its own consistency. A word to the wise: if you ever do find someone to whom *nothing* is more important than food, I would suggest that when you go to them for information, you either make sure they're not hungry or stay a safe distance away.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Hey now, gourmets don't usually think of other people as food.
- Andrew C
Andrew C, why not?
- Ruchira S. Datta
I'm a sad cannibal trapped in an empty restaurant.
- Jim Norris
@Ruchira - too gamy, and then there's the social and legal barriers too.
- Andrew C
Andrew C, the opinions of people who would let social and legal barriers stand in the way don't carry much weight with Mr. Gunn. As for gaminess, apparently it's an acquired taste--maybe those who haven't acquired it are not true gourmands.
- Ruchira S. Datta
I think Gunn's statement can be logically reconciled with mine by stating that the axiom of what is and isn't food is fundamental to the whole concept of food...
- Andrew C
Calling it an "axiom" puts it beyond the realm of reasoning (rather like a "dogma"). So be it.
- Ruchira S. Datta
It's not axiomatic at all, it's entirely dependent on how hungry you are.
- Jim Norris
Jim, thus the wisdom of my warning.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Ruchira, come on. I see what you're saying, but you're taking the facetiousness a bit too far. "Humans aren't food" is a much more common understanding among humans (hence axiom) than any of the various reasons why vegetarians don't eat meat.
- Chieze Okoye
Chieze, so the basis for "Humans aren't food" is simply social conformity, which depends entirely on the milieu in which you happen to find yourself (and again is beyond the realm of reasoning). All right, I revise my warning: when you go to the person to whom nothing is more important than food, make sure they're not hungry, stay a safe distance away, or make sure there are other people like you within shouting distance.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Oh, and you'd better make sure the same will apply after you've eaten and digested the food they recommend.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Eat the waiter.
- Kevin Pedraja
escape!
- Susan Beebe
OMG Jess is still trapped? It's been 19 hours! We need to send help.
- Stephen Mack
OK, so the semantics of all this and fun and everything, but let's get real. However laudable and noble their aims, a vegetarian foodie is like a painter who won't use the color red or a designer who won't include a curved surface in any design. They can be good resources on how to work within their constraints, but aren't considered general authorities. And a lot of them are just doing it for the attention (*ducks*).
- Mr. Gunn
Mr. Gunn, don't know about that. One reason Indian food is so rich (real food, not the restaurant stuff) is that the food evolved to be vegetarian in many parts of the country. People there don't choose (most anyway) to be vegetarian because it's trendy. This from someone who has literally eaten almost everything there is to eat
- Deepak Singh
I know Deepak. It was just a little snark followed up by giving Ruchira a hard time. I love y'all, for real.
- Mr. Gunn
You, snarky? Never :)
- Deepak Singh
from IM
I find that most meat eaters haven't had much good vegetarian food. I am nearly always disappointed when a meat eater cooks for me. That is why I learned to cook (and most vegetarians I know are pretty good cooks). That being said, given the choice between going to a strictly vegetarian restaurant and going to an Indian restaurant, I usually choose Indian, for several reasons. (1) It is usually cheaper. (2) It is usually more filling (3) Indians sure know their spices!
- Robert Felty
Wow, did not expect my whining to result in such a long discussion. Go FriendFeed!
- Jess Lee
Where did you get the burger?
- Cristo
McDonalds.
- Jess Lee
Mr. Gunn, how many puppies have you eaten? And I assure you, I'm vegetarian all day, every day, whether anyone is watching or not. Where I live this actually doesn't get me much attention.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Is puppy meat suppose to be good? I guess if the puppies are properly fed (like veal) they could be tasty, although I've never encountered them on the menu. Of course, I have eaten from taco trucks, so who knows? :)
- Cristo
Nothing else is exactly the color of pus. A painter who does not keep a supply of infected wounds around to supply this color is not a true artist.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Ruchira, we generally find RGB or CMYK do a decent enough job. But I really don't think whole meat (as opposed to ground) can be adequately simulated with non-meat ingredients.
- Andrew C
I'll concede that vegetarians aren't typically going to be authorities on types of cuisine that normally feature meats as essential parts of meals, just as I confess being a neophyte when it comes to the medium of pus on canvas.
- Jim Norris
My friend prefers bacon on his veggie burgers.
- Cristo
Andrew C, if you are referring to the current state of science and technology, I agree with you. The reason RGB and CMYK work (although seriously, there are many artists who don't think using them is true art) is because our understanding of color perception is currently much more advanced than our understanding of the perception of odor or texture.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Jim, I certainly wouldn't pose as an authority on whether the chicken tikka masala in a particular restaurant is good. But Mr. Gunn is discounting my opinion on whether *any* dish in a restaurant is good. The only statement he would allow is "It's good, considering that it's vegetarian." Not, "It's good," period. Apparently since I'm vegetarian I must be out of my senses.
- Ruchira S. Datta
_The Emperor of Scent_ is a fascinating book about odor perception (and I tend to think the opinion of the central character is probably right).
- Ruchira S. Datta
It's usually the opposite for some of us. Please try the setan.
- Jacob
I am. So. Cranky.
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=( I'm sending you big giant hugs!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
It's just gas.
- Anika
and it's all my fault :(
- LogEx
:-( aww. {{HUGS}}
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
I have a ton of candy if you want. Maybe that'll help?
- Anika
Me too :(
- Michelle Martinez
V better be good, it's all I got. LE, you and me? We're good.
- Derrick
NO SPOILERS! I won't watch until later in the week :(
- LogEx
it's a REMAKE!
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
I feel like I'm stuck in rut. The routine of my day to day life is killing me. And as awesome as the show was (I'm still reeling from it, honestly), stepping back onto campus and into my office is giving me a big fat case of the blahs. And why is my A/C on in November? And GET OFF MY GOTDAMN LAWN.
- Derrick
are you home already?
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Aw, Derrick..I can feel you on that one (except the A/C part). Doing something different today was invigorating. Gotta change it up!
- Anika
I misread Anika as "I can feel you up on that one." Which I'm pretty sure is my newest catch phrase.
- Sarah is Novembery
I'm home, Pea. I texted you from OT Pasadena. And I agree Anika. I'm trying to figure out a way to do it without impeding on my very limited income (cause frankly, that's part of it).
- Derrick
Thanks everyone. Big giant hugs back to each and every one of you.
- Derrick
Derrick maybe what will make you feel better is planning another show or something!
- Andrizzle Gizzle
That was a lot of work, Andrea. I'm exhausted from it. Not to mention expensive. But I do agree with channeling this energy into something creative. That always seems to ease the pain.
- Derrick
Sending hugs, D.
- Carmen
Have you considered selling your photos maybe on ImageKind? You probably need a model release but it might be a way to help finance future projects.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Hope you're feeling better :)
- adf
Never got your text. So weird. :-/
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Proof that racism is alive and well, even in the field of telecommunications.
- Derrick
A suggestion. Use your talent (which exists in oodles) to document your rut. Not only will it channel the frustration into creativity but a close examination of the maze may unviel the path out :)
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Johnny is full of win... and I thought of it first, he just beat me to the punch... no really... what? well I COULD have. *cough*... but seriously D, ride it out, document it in some way... make it work for you... and don't forget that the pipples, they lurve you.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I hear you on the whole day-to-day rut, Derrick. :-( Maybe you can give yourself a photo assignment. Think of something you want to shoot (that, hopefully, doesn't cost money to set up) and work on that. Do your art museums have a free admission day? I used to try to go over to SFMOMA on the free Tuesday until I bought a membership. Now I make it a point to get over there as often as I can for an "art break" (it's a couple blocks from my office).
- vicster
I hope this day s better for you, my friend.
- Jim Hearts FF
I'm walking into today optimistically, so we'll see where it goes. Thanks for the suggestions and kind words. I plan on shaking this off ASAP, and you are all making it easier. :)
- Derrick
D, Should we add T-Mobile to the list, along with USPS? :D hee
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
+2 documenting sources of stress & frustration, tough to stick with but very helpful
- Friday Lo is Friday!
*drops pants*
- Jason Huebel
from iPhone
...have a COKE...and a smile. ;)
- JA Castillo
Seriously though...wishing you the best, compadre.
- JA Castillo
HUGARAMAS!!!
- Helen Sventitsky
I am cranky *AND* sick. BOOOOOO!
- Melissa
*Makes out with Melissa*
- Derrick
whhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuut? *pops an altoid*
- Melissa
*pops TWO*
- Derrick
*cranks up 8 mm camera* Hey I like the "classic look"
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I got tired of trying to take a decent, respectable, trustworthy, don't-look-stupid profile pic for my employment sites. So I took a MySpace-y photo to say hi to FriendFeed instead. Hi!
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OH HAI
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Things I note in this picture: the "MySpace angle" makes my eyes look baggy. And it's time for a haircut, though perhaps I'll cheap out and just have someone gimme some bangs.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
What's wrong with your Friendfeed picture? The seriousness gives a touch of personality.
- Jordi Soler
you have a very sexy and intense look to you. Your eyes are way intense-in a very good way....
- Morgan Haley
I'm not trying to replace my FF profile pic, Jordi. I'm trying to get a decent new pic for my 'official' profiles used in my job search. Right now they have the default goofy face (which is better than most of the shots I took, trust me!).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
And Morgan, that's my "I DARE YOU to ask me to sell insurance!!!" look. Well, almost: I'm missing the snarl.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Hi there, how YOU doin'?
- jcunwired
hi!!
- Eric @ CS Techcast
For official profiles try one with glasses on (fake glasses if you don't use 'em). The sexy-dirty-secretary look is a winner!
- Jordi Soler
LOL! Jordi, that was the problem with the pics I took: I had my glasses on and either kept getting reflections in the lenses or inadvertantly crossing that dirty secretary look. Not what I wanted!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
i wouldn't dare try to sell you insurance....no way....but a rice cooker? Hmmm, maybe I'll try...
- Morgan Haley
Hi, Tina. :)
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
The proper profile pic is important! The pic on my LinkedIn page is NOTHING like any of my other profile pics. I think you did a great job.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Puuuuurdy!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I'm still without the proper profile pic, Tutivillus. This was me giving up and taking a shot for FF since the profile shots all made me look like a doofus. I are not a doofus! Wait...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
*swoon*
- Derrick
Derrick, you just love me for my kitchen magic. And I am AOK with that!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
...cool, a Tina sighting! ;-)
- .LAG liked that
holy crap. so so so pretty.
- Bren, Photophobe
this is way too awesome to be myspace-y.
- Jim Hearts FF
Tina, if you can get your hands on a polarized filter for you camera, that'll solve your reflection problem with your glasses.
- Jason Huebel
I'd say that's like 4 on the richter scale of MySpacey photos :)
- anna sauce
I know, Jason, but the polarizing filter I have isn't for the camera I have. If I had a job I'd buy a new one, but then I wouldn't need the filter to take the picture if I had a job. Catch 22s suck...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
no,no,no...no hair cut! :)
- ovigia
nice
- ffcode
I still don't have a pic on LinkedIn. Tina, I'm no photographer, but I bet if you had a little fill light you could de-emphasize the bags under the eyes. (I notice this with myself, because I am incredibly vain. And have giant bags under my eyes, even if I have enough sleep, etc etc)
- Andrew C
I'd say raise up your chin a tad, sit up straight, and place the camera on a pile of books with a liht source- lamp, etc. eye level and off to the side. It would lessen the bags and make it a little less MySpacey, also think of something funny and don't worry about averting your eyes. This is really done best by someone else- it's *so hard* to take a good self-portrait.
- anna sauce
OT, but how come FB doesn't have a portrait "style" like Myspace does?
- Andrew C
Andrew- it does, it's called "me and my kids" or "just my kids" or "me in foriegn country" or "me with a girl/boy cut out because we broke up" lol
- anna sauce
The picture I use practically everywhere is from my brother's wedding reception. I cropped out the Black and Tan beer I was drinking. That wouldn't be very professional. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Wow, that's uncanny. You and I share no friends on FB AFAIK and yet you just described most of them.
- Andrew C
Just to clarify: this isn't one of my profile photo attempts. This is a cell pic taken with no light other than what's coming in a dirty window. Sad part is I wound up looking way less douchey in this than in my the actual attempts =P I think the profile photo will be tomorrow morning's challenge: take advantage of the morning light since I won't have to be at a farce of a job interview.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
H3LL0!
- AJ Batac
This needs to be in my feed every day. Is there a script for that? :)
- Josh Haley
TECHTECHTECHTECHSOCIALMEDIATECH. Sorry, had to make this relevent since it looks like it's gonna wind up in best of day...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
*stammer*
- Joe Silence is not dead
I like this one better than your current profile pic. :)
- Louis Gray
rawr
- Tendonitis' Bitch
i like this photo!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Louis, that one is pretty tough to beat, but this one definitely makes it a tough choice.
- Josh Haley
That is an excellent picture I think. very "au natural"
- Rasmus Lauridsen
bella gnocca
- khenzo
dopo il tema-Tarantino, mi ritrovo completamente d'accordo con khenzo :-)
- Mobys
@khenzo ...dici che "bella gnocca" lo capisce? :)
- ӊooқ
ma si hook, certe parole fanno parte del linguaggio universale :-)
- Mobys
ma non fate i soliti! :D
- claire
la gnocca è gnocca ovunque
- khenzo
e allora sarà abituata :)
- khenzo
ma non si era detto che le tue amiche sono anche le nostre amiche (specie quelle con questi occhi) ??? :-)))
- Mobys
nessuna è perfetta
- khenzo
le migliori se le prendono tutte e subito ! ma prima o poi arrivano alla scadenza del contratto e si fa valere il diritto di opzione.
- Mobys
Keep!
- Micah Wittman
O HAI!
- Steven Perez
*whispers* That looks pretty sexy - OH HAI TINA!!
- Helen Sventitsky
OH HAI HELEN! techtechtechnotnoisetech. See, still keeping it relevent!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
lovely. i really like the intensity of your gaze.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
*maxiswoon*
- Mo Kargas
srsly. this should be re-posted to the 'beautiful women' group. :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
So what were you coding at the time you took this pic? In BASIC, you say? How very relevant!
- WorldofHiglet
In fact, I was attempting to hone my photography skills, as a portion of my research on the state of the unemployed in today's economy. Very deep stuff...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I look forward to your white paper in due course.
- WorldofHiglet
Love it! Now I'll go back and see what everyone else said.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
nice
- Cagdas Seichter
Really like the pic! You look sophisticated, intelligent, and very attractive.
- Bonnie Foster
from iPod
Very Pretty Picture !!
- Floyd Burnett
Those eyes enough to show the qualifications that you've talk. (decent, respectable, trusthworthy xP )
- Mert K.
Friendfeed - beautiful, wonderful, neat looking site,
- Petr Buben
you are hired.
- فی دل
love the thought behind it-I know what you mean, Said the woman wiht the hotpink background avatar.
- Kirsten Mitchell
I wonder who the hot pink gal is
- فی دل
You so pretty, Tina.
- nakachi
This is a woman NOT to be trifled with. *quickly hides all evidence of trifling...ness*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
eccola, la strafiga
- khenzo
è la sorella di Boxxyyy?
- gondolanera
Random Passerby in the Cube Farm: WHO'S THAT; Me: That's my friend Tina, now go away; RPITCB (drooling): SHE'S PURRRRTY; Me: GO AWAY
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
We all know you rock Tina .... Can't understand why you haven't be 'scooped up' yet ..... Keep pluggin' !
- Charlie Anzman
la isla bonita
- فی دل
or lolita shall i say?
- فی دل
Barry, that's freakin' hilarious! Tell them that if they stare too long I'll eat their soul or something equally weird and see what they do!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
These losers would chance it.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
indeed!
- Joe Silence is not dead
hi Tina ;) good luck on that job application!
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Hello blue-eyed cutie! :) Hope you are doing well today!
- JA Castillo
Hi Tina! Best of luck with your job hunt!
- Louis Simoneau
Great pic!
- Harold Cabezas
very neat, intelligent glamor look site! ... too bad it's married - to Faith Bough. ..why can't ff have profiles just as mySpace, or ..similar big social sites ? has the development stopped again? ,
- Petr Buben
Wow, I just saw this today, sorry I'm late. I think it's a great pic for employment profiles. You've got an utterly beautiful face, Tina, and you certainly don't look like a douche in this pic. Good luck with everything!
- phil baumann
Hi Tina, don't know ya, but this is an ABSOFREAKINLUTELY great pic...those eyes, WOW!
- Samuel Ancira Jr
***SPOILER ALERT!***
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*snort*
- Lindsey is Fierce!
HOLY
- Jason Huebel
V is on tonight.
- Josh Haley
looks like "photoshop edit"
- Nutella Ferrero (emirhan)
well played title
- dthree
that ain't no spoiler! that's a gosh darn moving transmission tower.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
wind monster :)
- Ali BULUT
*Wingo http://pixar.wikia.com/Wingo takes down license plate*
- Micah Wittman
cops must love pulling that thing over
- VAL D.
The toddler just told me he "needs a cape"
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*sagenod* Do not stand in the way of justice prevailing, Shel *grin*
- Michael W. May
The toddler is the business.
- Derrick
I wonder what Edna has to say about this.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
NO CAPES.
- Derrick
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought "The Incredibles"
- mikepk
I used a towel. It was all good until he got it stuck in the wheels of his batmobile big wheels and wrecked. No saving the world today.
- Michelle Martinez
He has a Batmobile!? You must be one of the coolest moms on the block.
- Kenton
What is your best programmer joke? - Stack Overflow - http://stackoverflow.com/questio...
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A programmer was found dead of starvation in his bathroom. Next to him were a hundred empty shampoo bottles. Why did he die?
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
The label said "wet hair, apply shampoo, lather, rinse and repeat."
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
Ok a bit obscure: Worst emacs joke in the world: M-x why-cant-emacs-start-a-fire
- mikepk
[No match]
- mikepk
^^^ best follow-up comment "Offensive! Please refrain from using J* word and other profanity."
- Micah Wittman
Aww, didn't realise my one was already in the list. Amusingly it's number 42. Still, my version is better and it WAS the first programmer joke I ever heard - told by my Comp.Studies lecturer back in my college days.
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
Homer by *nJoo on deviantART - http://njoo.deviantart.com/art...
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Head - a set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Via Gizmodo. Eric Testroete's Halloween costume was a giant version of his own head, in low-poly form.
- Andrew C
from Bookmarklet
*sobs* That's the natural size of my head.
- Anika
Anika, I also have a pumpkinhead.
- Andrew C
Anika's comment made me lol : )
- Jess Lee
i have a big head, but fortunately the rest of my body proportions are a match.
- Joe Silence is not dead
I want to see a whole movie filmed where the characters wear these heads. I know, weird.
- EricaJoy
Come to think of it, Keith Knight (of the comic strips Th(ink) and The K Chronicles) used to have a papier-mache version of his cartoon head. I think he said in a strip a friend made it for him... he appears on the back cover of one of his books wearing it. It's pretty awesome.
- Andrew C
So, I've been using the Magic Mouse solidly for a few days and I have to say that, if it weren't for the swipes, I wouldn't be using it any more. It has an array of problems that I hope Apple is planning on addressing soon:
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Incredibly slow tracking speed (you have to set the speed to max in the Mouse prefs).
- Akiva Moskovitz
Near-to-non-existent acceleration.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Lack of precision.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Swipes are too sensitive; too often I find things scrolling because my palm touched the surface accidentally.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It doesn't shit tasty cookies.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Needs more swipes. NEEDS MOAR SWAIPES.
- Akiva Moskovitz
mmmm cookies
- mikepk
SWIPER! No swiping!!
- JA Castillo
Awwww Maaaaan!
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Aaaaaaaaaaaand I'm back to using my wired trackball. The Magic Mouse was just getting too much interference which made working in a remote VM even more challenging than usual.
- Akiva Moskovitz
How much you want for the mouse? I'm gonna dig deep and offer 5 bucks.
- Josh Haley
Oh, I'll keep it and hope that it gets some good software updates.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Apple gimmick department: 1. Akiva: 0
- Mo Kargas
But Mo, it has lasers. LASERS.
- Micah Wittman
@Micah Pissweak hippy lasers!
- Mo Kargas
Touché (light saber style)
- Micah Wittman
Dirty Little Secret of Success - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...
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"Do you think it can be done without video? To many, the words "upload photos" imply additional work. Is the slogan "Don't think; just upload" a good one?"
- Bruce Lewis
The suggestion given by the person on ycombinator looks good: "You send the pictures, we make the albums". "Don't think; just upload" will not go well with photographers; at least I don't agree with it. I always advice people to edit their photos before upload, at least remove the 'not so good ones'; and perhaps just click on the enhance button..
- Pavan
Like a picture speaks a thousand words.. a good video bringing out the core concept can speak a million.. A bad video can do damage.. so if you go with a video, it better be good.
- Pavan
Pavan, your first comment hits upon the marketing dilemma I'm faced with. Initially I created the site with busy parents in mind, for whom even going through photos to remove the not-so-good ones was too much work. I figured serious photographers were well served by existing sites, and OurDoings would serve a different need. Problem is, the busy people I initially built for aren't going to look at different sites themselves; they're going to ask a serious photographer friend. So I have to please both.
- Bruce Lewis
I agree that usually busy people will upload all photos they take without editing.. but then that is true if they use Flickr or Photobucket or whatever.. then, how does the slogan 'Don't think; just upload' set you apart -- they are already doing that :)).. What sets your service apart is that given a whole bunch of photos, your service will facilitate arranging and organizing them into albums automatically.
- Pavan
Google keywords is another important tool to use. You'll have to put money carefully on keywords so that people who are looking for such a solution will immediately find your service. For instance, if I search for "Photos blog arrange", your site should show up in google's sponsored links.. I remember a time when I searched around the web for something like that and didn't find anything.. I actually thought of writing my own scripts for doing just that..
- Pavan
Let me be frank here. After I first visited your site though one of Robert Scoble's photos, it took me quite a while to understand what it was all about.. But something registered in my mind that I really need to check this out.. I visited a couple of times after that and then I got it... Okay.. there I exposed myself.. I'm dumb.. but then you would want the message of your site to be glaringly clear to whoever visits your main page..
- Pavan
Another distinction is that you can do the choosing after uploading. Or some other interested party can (e.g. grandparents). This is less useful for serious photographers. Making what the site's about concisely clear is not easy. Automatic scrapbook might be the right description.
- Bruce Lewis
Starting a Business Is About Taking Risks - http://freeagentwriter.com/2009...
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The photo is exactly right.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
My wife (Linda) is an expert in small business processes, taxes, payroll, etc (http://biztaxtalk). She's been thinking of making some screen casts as a way of helping people succeed at starting their own businesses. There's a huge hump to get over as this isn't stuff we are taught. I was wondering if anyone had idea on what they would like to see covered as topics? What do you need to know? Your pain points? That sort of thing.
- Todd Hoff
What lessons did you learn the most from your first business attempt?
- Amani
Five things I learned: 1. Only start a company with people who have the same mindset as you 2. Always have an operating agreement 3. Teach your kids to respect your time to work 4. Get an accountant 5. Never give up
- Shevonne
@Todd I think there is such a wide range of topics that your wife can touch on that would be of interest to many people
- Shevonne
So stop hiking and go get to work
- Morgan Haley
What if hiking IS my work =P
- Shevonne
then damn good job! keep it up!
- Morgan Haley
hahaha
- Shevonne
Awesome Shevonne, go get 'em. When you strike out on your own, the source of your fear changes, but the trick is to not let it control your actions. Easier said than done, but taking that first step is probably the hardest. Good luck!
- mikepk
Awesome Shevonne!!!... And, Todd I would love to see the screen casts too...
- SAM
What topics would you particularly like to see SAM?
- Todd Hoff
1st and foremost, I'd love to see a straightforward overview that explains (think: "for dummies" or 100 level), in broad strokes, the ins and outs, things to consider, and several overall planning strategies for start-ups and entrepreneurs outlined in regards to their taxes and financials. And I would love it to work like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- SAM
I love those too SAM. It may be a bit more creative than we can muster :-)
- Todd Hoff
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