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Contador asserts status at Astana - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2...
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"Astana's Alberto Contador says he considers seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong to be "just another member of the team"."
- AJ Kohn
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Okay Alberto - you keep telling yourself that. Still won't make it true.
- AJ Kohn
So who is the team captain? Contador? Armstrong eats egos for lunch.
- Jason Huebel
It's Armstrong's team, period. Anyone who dismisses Armstrong as a domestique is delusional. That being said, I think Contador is the best all-around rider in the world right now, and he could go on to win several more Tours. He pushed harder than Lance today because he is younger and can afford to do so. We won't know what Armstrong has until the mountains. This is really interesting, though: Astana can't afford to piss of Contador, since he's the future. Most fascinating Tour in years.
- Chris Baskind
Agreed. You have some of the top riders in Astana, Armstrong has returned, there's a bit of tension within the team and the team had a commanding start. However, is Armstrong technically a domestique on the team?
- Jason Huebel
But that's what they all say.
- Mike Reynolds
Paul Begala: Sarah Palin turns pro - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-be...
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"I wish Hunter S. Thompson had lived to see this. As Hunter said, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.""
- Bill Sodeman
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"Gov. Palin's official announcement that she is resigning as chief executive of the great state of Alaska had all the depth and gravitas of a 13-year-old's review of the Jonas Brothers' album on Facebook. She even quoted her parents' refrigerator magnet. (Note to self: if one of my kids becomes governor, throw away the refrigerator magnet that says: "Murray's Oyster Bar: We Shuck Em, You Suck Em!")"
- Roberto Bonini
"Gov. Palin capitalized words at random - whole words, like "TO," "HELP," and "AND," and the first letter of "Troops." " - ah, but while the front page summary he links to still has that http://gov.state.ak.us/ , the random capitalization in the first half of the full text has been fixed: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/exec-co... . Earlier copies...
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- Andrew C
Haven't you seen "National Treasure". Random capitalization like that can only mean one thing, it's a secret code.
- Mike Reynolds
And this one looks like a programming language -- *((Gotta put First Things First))*
- Mike Reynolds
It's a riddle wrapped in a puzzle wrapped in smoked caribou meat.
- Bill Sodeman
Is this a dog whistle? "[Alaska is] strategic IN the world as the air crossroads OF the world, as a gatekeeper of the continent." The in/of the world construction is a popular phrase among evangelical Christians ("be in the world but not of it", meaning that Christians should engage with the world but not be corrupted by it), but yet the sentence itself has no overtly or even subtextual Christian meaning... It's just weird. I wouldn't have brought it up except for the odd capitalization...
- Andrew C
Keith Richards,James Brown,and John Belushi
Valeria Maltoni, Mike Reynolds, Joe Pierce and Barbara liked this
i bet that was some party....
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Likelihood of a song starting on the radio that you actually want to hear. - http://graphjam.com/2009...
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آخریشو قبول دارم :)
- Picolo
5 Ways to Catch the Tour de France Away from the TV - http://jkontherun.com/2009...
Mike Reynolds, Jason Huebel, Ton Zijp and 9 other people liked this
"Although I was able to live on the web for 60 days, it’s highly unlikely I’ll be able to park myself on the couch for a month straight. Not even our cats can do that, although I personally think they’ve given it a go in the past. So what’s a TdF junkie to do when away from the television? Here are five options:"
- Ken Sheppardson
via Bookmarklet
Versus FTW! Live coverage every morning baby!
- AJ Kohn
I'm going to have to do a couple weeks worth via Versus+Slingbox ... should be interesting
- Ken Sheppardson
I'm gonna go couch potato for three weeks. I just love the tour, been watching since I was itty bitty and it was Laurent Fignon and Greg Lemond battling it out. Last year I used the official site and danish TV2s websites to follow when I was at work. That's when I didn't sneak through the bar to sneak a peak at the screen there.
- Rasmus Lauridsen
It's getting close!
- Derrick
I'm awfully tempted to pay for Versus Race Tracker. Then I could keep up with the race while I'm at work.
- Jason Huebel
Thanks for the encouragement.
Mike Reynolds, Anne Bouey, gtp19 and 4 other people liked this
Look at all the smiles. Trust me a few hours later and no one was smiling, until we could see home. Then everyone just broke down and laughed.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
How cute...hope you all have bikes for Mimi and PaPa when we come see you
- Myrna Mueller
PawPaw can use mine, I might go pickup a pair of inline skates that weekend. More people to help get me to the emergency room.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Sears Tower unveils glass balconies on Skydeck - http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos...
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Karen Padham Taylor, Maggie, Robyn Hawk and 116 other people liked this
"Participants to the sneak preview of 'The Ledge,' stand on the new glass balconies suspended 1,353 feet (412 meters) in the air and jut out 4 feet (1.22 meters) from the Sears Tower's 103rd floor Skydeck Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Chicago. The Ledge will open to public on Thursday."
- AJ Batac
via Bookmarklet
awesome
- Mohomed Abdullahi
I think I'd throw up.
- Tim Hoeck
I'm getting dizzy just looking at it
- Bwana
couldn't do it.
- holly
I'd soil myself!
- ArtemKo
I'd do it!
- AJ Batac
Not - a - chance
- martha
I'd do a poopoo in my pants but I would do it...
- Rasmus Lauridsen
maybe it is a good way to saved suffering from acrophobia :D
- nursel
very interesting and scary at the same time
- tinym dot com
Good stuff. Also: try being on the engineering team at shipping port and having to climb all over 100m cranes (did in 2006). You'll grow an extra pair
- LANjackal
i sweat just thinking about it
- Felicia Yue
I'll just stand over here...not on the ledge thanks though! hahaha
- *Tiffany Diamond*
Hehe I don;'t have a problem with heights, but a glass floor really takes things over the limit.
- Roberto Bonini
Man that looks amazing!
- Parvez Halim
No way in hell I'd go out there.
- Jason Huebel
me neither. Sky Tower in Auckland has glass floors and i about peed myself up there.
- Dead Silence
no
- Caroline
Awesome!!
- Alix Whitmire ☂
I think I'd go out on it. Maybe. Looks pretty awesome. Love seeing the little girl with no fear. Little kids would zip around fearlessly in jet packs if we had em.
- Tad, Anti-Immanentizer
I think I would die if I stepped out on that, but I would try anyway.
- Rahsheen ™
Bear with me a moment while I attempt to retrieve my scrotum from my abdominal cavity...
- Mark Jepsen
This is so awesome. I would kill to have something like that in Montreal
- Robert D'Alesio
The Eureka tower in Melbourne has this, but this looks a lot better. There's huge joins in the glass: http://www.eurekaskydeck.com.au/the-edg...
- Larry Hudson
If I want to fly or levitate I'll expose myself to cosmic radiation like anyone else
- Sean Reiser
Yikes. Very cool.
- Craig Bailey
Just don't throw any stones.
- CW™
I get goosebumps just looking at the pictures. This looks like fun.
- mike fabio
Amazing.
- Ryo
Bad idea...
- Outsanity
foolish
- Melanie Reed
You probably couldn't get me to go further than the 5th floor, let alone, the 103rd floor, plus out on a glass floor hanging over the city. Sorry Mr Wonka, but I'll take the stairs.
- Tim Young
I hope they keep a cleaning crew or a mop handy.
- George Brickner
*Gulp* I doubt I'd last even 2 minutes standing on that...
- Tyson Key
I hope it will hold. Time will tell
- Brandon
very brave kids. I crapped my pants just looking at it.
- Cassidy
Dinner - Green curry with chicken and Eggplant
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Forgive my angry plating skills. It tasted better than it looks.
- Kamath (ಮೆತ್ತ ಭವನ)
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Rumors fly of possible Palin embezzlement indictment - http://www.americablog.com/2009...
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43 Tweets | Think Progress » Did an embezzlement scandal force Sarah Palin to resign? - http://twitturly.com/url...
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From here on out, anyone annoucing they are leaving FF or twitter, is doing a Palin :)
Mike Reynolds, Aaman Lamba, Mark Interrante and 2 other people liked this
Doing Sarah? - I thought that was Todd's job.
- Brian Sullivan
LOL! Hell yeah.
- Rahsheen ™
Brian: HAHA LOL. Man, that was badly phrased. How did I do that?????
- Roberto Bonini
heh
- Kamilah Gill
OMFG!!!! I just saw something on FriendFeed that TOTALLY ruined my breakfast and has me feeling all creepy crawly. WTF, DUDE! WHAT IS THAT?!
Mike Reynolds, Kamilah Gill, Victor Ganata and 7 other people liked this
Well...what was it?
- Derrick
I want to hide it, but I'm afraid to even get that close.
- Rahsheen ™
That NC unknown life form thing
- Rahsheen ™
Where ?
- Mo Kargas
Was it my toenail polish? :(
- Rochelle
I just Liked it so you guys could see it :(((((((((( (it is NOT toenail polish)
- Rahsheen ™
Thump Thump, Thump Thump, Thump Thump...
- Chris Rivait
I don't see it.
- jlt-Janet
You can't hide it now you've commented on it AND liked it :)
- Mo Kargas
CRAP!!!!
- Rahsheen ™
Is it a picture of Sarah Palin?
- jlt-Janet
AUDIO VERSION - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Matt
Oh dear lord, I almost tossed my breakfast.
- jlt-Janet
Sorry Janet. :(
- Matt
A little 4th of July puke is one way to start the holiday :)
- jlt-Janet
Hrm, I was planning to possibly END the day with the puke, not start it..LOL
- Rahsheen ™
I'm sorry Rahsheen...I'm guessing it was my video? :p
- Patrik Johansson
Uh...Yep. I hold you fully responsible for my discomfort...LOL.
- Rahsheen ™
Hope it wasn't my Palin comment :)
- Roberto Bonini
Hehe. I owe you one ;)
- Patrik Johansson
We just added a "Best of day" link at the bottom of the page. The best part is that it works for friend lists too, so you can have a "Best of day from family", etc. Thanks to Matt Cutts for the suggestion (http://friendfeed.com/mattcut...)
Gordon Saunders, Bruce Keener, Zachary TG and 129 other people liked this
awesome, but pls bring this to the iphone too... i really miss best of day on the iphone
- Zee.
Suggested Tuesday, implemented Thursday. #wonderful
- Mitch
Nice! I was just thinking about this today, but it'd also be awesome to have a "Best of" link for user profiles as well, so it'd be easy to see which of a users (or yourself) updates/posts were the most popular
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
This is huge news for me, thanks!
- Robert Scoble
via iPhone
What Sean said. It will also be useful to decide whether to subscribe to a user or not.
- Vishy
I agree -- soon I hope.
- Paul Buchheit
The "by list" portion is very important. Well done.
- Louis Gray
*falls on floor*
- Johnny Worthington
w00t! I got a "file not found" error on the iPhone, but I'm hoping that's temporary. This is rocking--thanks for adding this feature!
- Matt Cutts
You guys are full of incredibleness today
- Charlie Anzman
Boy, you're just cranking the improvements out! Amazing stuff!
- Rick Cogley
sweet
- Alfredo
this is good. how about also adding best of week and month and putting the same tool on searches as well?
- Thomas Hawk
Awesome...I've really missed this since the redesign.
- Mark Krynsky
And guess who comes up twice as soon as I click this new feature...? Paul Buchheit!!! :-)
- Ton Zijp
This is great but hopefully will be expanded to groups, users and saved searches too? And agree with Thomas about best of week/month too.
- Kol Tregaskes
Friendfeed, you ROCK!
- alfred westerveld
I found the link long before this post. Very cool.
- Russellreno
Can we get email/IM alerts for "Best of Day" for lists? I would love to get these pushed to me. Thx.
- Steve Rubel
WOW I love you guys I missed the feature sooooo bad!!!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Handicapping 2012 for the GOP: This summer has taken down John Ensign, Mark Sanford, and possibly now Sarah Palin. As well, the spring earlier saw Bobby Jindal put a stick in his own spokes with his rather poor introduction to the nation... Everything's really going great for Romney. Unless he's next.
Mike Reynolds, Mohomed Abdullahi, Robert Haas and 3 other people liked this
(I don't think Newt has any chance of winning the nomination.)
- Andrew C
I still think Palin's got the nomination. Newt, Ensign, Sanford, Jindal, etc. don't have a chance. Huckabee and Romney are tied at 2nd (maybe one will even be a running mate).
- Michael Forian
But how many times has a front-runner four years before the election actually gotten the nomination? Sure there was Reagan in 1980, but I don't think many would have predicted in 1997 that Dubya would be elected to two terms. There's a good chance that the 2012 nominee will be someone that no one has heard of yet.
- John E. Bredehoft
Huckabee! Darnit, I knew I was forgetting someone. And John, I think you've got a good point there. Though I mean, for 2008 and 2004, with wide-open races on the Democratic side, we knew most of the major players several years out ahead. I'll grant you Obama wasn't a front runner all the way in 2008, but he and everyone else - Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, had national profiles since 2004.
- Andrew C
I wonder how Romney or Huckabee would feel to be running mates rather than presidential candidates? They undoubtably have more "experience" than Palin (I think we all can agree on that), but would voters prefer to see her as Pres. or a second attempt at VP?
- Michael Forian
Hmm.. Huckabee, IMO, comes from the same social conservative/religious-right wing of the GOP as Palin does, but her hold on them is stronger right now. If that rumoured corruption scandal breaks, though, she's toast toast toast. Romney is from the numerically weaker but better funded (?) business wing of the GOP. The rank and file business GOPers generally aren't the true believers... You know, you've talked me into thinking it's either Palin (if there's no scandal) or Huckabee.
- Andrew C
Does Ron Paul have a chance or has he burned way too many bridges?
- Victor Ganata
via iPod
Victor, I pray every night hoping that I'll wake up to (and I know this is one hell of a long shot) "Paul/Kucinich 2012" banners in the morning, but unless they fix the way they are getting their message across, they have no chance :/
- Michael Forian
Ron Paul has no chance. He may have a large dedicated base, but they're so far out of the party mainstream and state party mechanics that there's no way he'll get enough delegates to take the nomination.
- Andrew C
Andrew, Schwarzenegger got elected governor of California. Then again, he did it as part of a recall referendum. The party faithful control the major party primaries too much to allow independent thought to seep through, but the smaller parties are more amenable to celebrity candidates (Ralph Nader).
- John E. Bredehoft
The recall system opened doors for Schwarzenegger he probably wouldn't have had in a regular election. I know he's not eligible for presidency, but even if he had been, the collapsing CA budget situation seems like it's put a big black mark on his rep too. Man, this summer has been brutal for the GOP.
- Andrew C
Indeed, Andrew, indeed. Hard to be the party of no, when these guys keep saying yes to all the wrong things.
- Alex Scoble
I find it ironic that Davis got recalled in part because of the very thing that Schwarzenegger has also failed to do: balance the budget. I guess that recall didn't really work out for us in the end.
- Victor Ganata
via iPod
You guys should totally have another recall!
- Andrew C
Oh right, there's Michael Steele. Unlike his former counterpart Howard Dean, I believe Steele has not committed to not making a run for the Presidency in 2012. But he has no shot. He has tons of enemies within his own party, he's not super bright, and his electoral record in Maryland was pretty poor.
- Andrew C
Tour de France 2009 -- Étape 1 - http://www.letour.fr/
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I'm pretty stoked for this. Anyone else?
- सत्याग्रह {Bren}
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Wake me when Lance wins...again.
- Alex Scoble
Should be interesting, since George is on a different team this time ... ah, the intrigue :)
- सत्याग्रह {Bren}
I am not following the tour. Despite being an avid cyclist. :)
- Wirehead
Why is that, Wirehead? If I may ask.
- सत्याग्रह {Bren}
cool.
- सत्याग्रह {Bren}
Wirehead -- you might dig these guys: http://www.rivbike.com/product...
- सत्याग्रह {Bren}
Less than you'd think. Too traditionalist. :)
- Wirehead
Waiting for the squirrel to come back down.
Mike Reynolds, Kol Tregaskes, Hassan Ibraheem and 15 other people liked this
SQUIRREL!!
- Alex Scoble
too cute :-)
- Mark Davidson
Alex my dogs heard that and are now running around the town home looking for fur.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
ROFL
- Alex Scoble
Starting to lose the fat arse
Jenny Morman, MVB, Derrick and 16 other people liked this
My wife says I'm going to die soon...I spend too much time in front of a computer....I eat too well.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
via email
Yep - time to stretch and get healthy.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
via BuddyFeed
Go Dave!
- martha
Same here, went for a run today, first in a month or so. Need to get in shape for a marathon in January.
- Mike Reynolds
i have lost 27 lbs in 5 weeks. i too kept looking in the mirror going what a fatty. only 20 lbs to go.
- nesman89
My wife is a sadist. A 2.5 hr bike ride nearly put me under. Thanks for all the positive support.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Great job nesman. I am down thirty but have maybe another 50 to go. Holy lard arse, I have really let myself go. Keep up the good work.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Congrats to both of you! Dave's down 45 and has another 40 to go. Hopefully him coming to skate with me will help him along.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Good for you! God knows when should I start!
- داريوش
Thanks Tina. I was thinking about get some inline skates, but a 300 lb man may look pretty silly learning how to skate.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Nope. We had a visitor from another team at tonight's practice: she is currently 300, she was at 340 when she started learning to skate in January. Check the rinks in your area to see if they allow inlines (it's easier to fall on wood floors, but it's also easier to fall on wood floors if you catch my drift). The good news is that skating and biking use very similar muscle groups so working in one will help you in the other.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Dave, I see a babby seat. Add babby for more weight resistance. (And parenting quality time)
- Derrick
:) Good to hear. We have a room to help keep you motivated -http://friendfeed.com/fit
- SportyGeek (Tracy)
Thanks Derrick. Baby (4) and Teenager (10) were away for the day, so Mom and Dad had the day to ourselves. I was borrowing someone elses bike due to malfuntioning crank on my bike, but the good news is today I fixed Dads bike and also affixed a training bike to Mom's bike. Tomorrow we ride as a family and I will share pictures. Here is to a happy 4th and a healthier lifestyle. Peace.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Tracey, I joined up. I need ALL the help I can get. Thanks.
- Dave - SustainedEuphoria
Anti-paparazzi device flashes lewd photographers right back - http://dvice.com/archive...
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"Whether you're camera shy or too famous to look bad in a photo, Adam Harvey's flashy anti-paparazzi purse will return fire at snooping cameras (and blind anyone around you to boot). The device is equipped with a photo cell that — once it detects a bright, sudden flash — will trigger an LED-controlling circuit to let off a burst of light of its own. The result? A good majority of the owner of the purse will be obscured by a flash, and the photo will be useless. Obviously, this works best at night."
- AJ Batac
via Bookmarklet
You could easily avoid the whole problem by just not using flash, or using a low ISO/high f-stop/short shutter speed to make the flash overpower the LEDs.
- Gabe
PawSense helps you catproof your computer. - http://www.bitboost.com/pawsens...
Jalada, Robyn Hawk, Mike Reynolds and 28 other people liked this
# If a cat gets on the keyboard, PawSense makes a sound that annoys cats. This teaches your cat that getting on the keyboard is bad even if humans aren't watching. cat-like typing detected # Once a cat has been recognized, PawSense blocks the cat's keyboard input. This keeps the cat from entering lots of commands to your programs or operating system.
- Rich
via Bookmarklet
ROFL too awesome!
- Alex Scoble
Sadly, I need this. My cat has managed to take me to all corners of the seedy internet with her toes =/
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Are you *sure* that was your cat?
- Rich
Yup. She's managed to reconfigure my browser settings in such a way that I have to reboot to get everything back to normal. I think she does it on purpose...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
wow.. screen caps of win2k!
- alphaxion
I'm tempted to get this...and a cat.
- Slippy 2.0
Thats good. I have a real problem with digs on my keyboard, lol
- Slippy 2.0
digs? oh, dogs. sorry, I have the slow.
- Kamilah Gill
What'll they think of next!
- Rick Cogley
Maaaaaaajide!
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LOL
- Mona Nomura
Just finished watching I Survived a Japanese Game Show. I <3 <3 <3 this show. :-)
- Jason Huebel
YAY! I can't wait 'til tonight's episode.
- Rochelle
oh it was tonight! so funny! sad I missed it...
- Anna Lynn M.
Majide!
- Mike Reynolds
That ’30s Show | New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/glogin...
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“O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that?” [Ah yes, Bailout 2.0]
- Anthony Citrano
Wouldn't the stimulus have been more helpful if the money was disbursed in, say, 2009 rather than the more politically friendly yet economically devastating 2010? Assuming the stimulus was designed to help, and not just as a pork christmas tree, as some argue? And if so, how would making it bigger help? Why not just argue that we should make it sooner? Can someone who understands this explain it to me clearly?
- Jonathan Swerdloff
Most of the stimulus is yet to be spent, so it would seem that would help. In any case, the jobs report suggests there will be no short-term inflation problem.
- Mike Reynolds
From what Krugman has been saying deflation is currently the problem.
- Alex Scoble
"There won’t be any cooperation from Republican leaders, who have settled on a strategy of total opposition, unconstrained by facts or logic. Indeed, these leaders responded to the latest job numbers by proclaiming the failure of the Obama economic plan. That’s ludicrous, of course. The administration warned from the beginning that it would be several quarters before the plan had any...
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- Alex Scoble
"Right now the risks associated with additional debt are much less than the risks associated with failing to give the economy adequate support." That's for those who think that government should be cutting spending and not increasing it. Disagree with me? Fine. But disagree with Krugman? Have fun with that.
- Alex Scoble
@alex: is disagreeing with Krugman somehow verboten? Is he God, or just an economist?
- Anthony Citrano
via BuddyFeed
Heh Anthony, sorry that was spillover from a different thread where someone was arguing that in this economy the right thing for the government to do would be to cut spending, which is totally the wrong thing to do.
- Alex Scoble
Source Code For Over A Dozen 7600 Games Released - http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009...
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"Note: If you are going to Mirror these sources or place them onto your own site, please have the respect and courtesy to include with them - Source: www.atarimuseum.com as these wouldn't exist if I hadn't of climbed into a filthy dumpster at 3am in the morning behind the old Atari building in Sunnyvale and salvaged them and restored them from their diskettes."
- τorƍue
What are the legalities of re-using such code? Will we see old Atari games on Android?
- τorƍue
Scotland - http://www.digart.pl/zoom...
Rick Kaiser, Myrna, Andrea G and 23 other people liked this
That's Scotland? Wow. I would have guessed the Western US or deserts of Asia.
- Anika Malone
Scotland is quite the dynamic place
- Mitch
It's actually this place Loch Etive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- M F
Beautiful
- Barbara
Bull sharks take to Louisiana swamp | WAFB - http://www.wafb.com/Global...
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“[B]ull sharks are not just hanging around the bayous and swamps. They have been caught some 900 miles up the Mississippi River.”
- Anthony Citrano
Derrick's smile always makes me want to smile.
Mike Reynolds, Joe Pierce, Jen (SquirrelGirl) and 16 other people liked this
Agreed. It's very infectious!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Awwwwww. :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
- Derrick
What economic forces will lead to job creation instead of job losses?
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Stabilization of real estate market will reinforce liquidity into banking and allow business more flexibility to spend and grow.
- Chris Greene
If that's true, I wouldn't expect to see a recovery any time soon.
- Alex Scoble
Less tax burdens on small business... http://www.drjeffcornwall.com/2009...
- Paul Reynolds
Consumer demand which will require at least a slow down in layoffs to sub 150k (arbitrary number)
- Geoff Schultz
I'm with Geoff on consumer demand. Businesses will begin hiring when they see that hiring people means increased revenue.
- Mike Reynolds
China will stop accepting near-worthless US dollars, forcing us to make our own clothes, shoes, electronics, etc.
- Ladybug Heather
I agree with Paul - it's all about the small businesses. the amount I pay in tax to run my little company is ridiculous considering the tax breaks the big guys get. i should just tell the government i actually transport corn soaked in oil instead...
- Jeremy Toeman
when the government stops spending money it doesn't have and decides to become economically sustainable by tackling entitlement programs in this country that threaten to bankrupt far worse than any mild recession is, or might...there will be no growth in this country until we get our long term fiscal house in order.
- Zachary Adam Cohen
You won't find many economists of worth that will agree with you when it comes to federal spending.
- Alex Scoble
via IM
Government investments will help with consumer trust, which in turn leads to consumer spending increase. Plain and simple Keynesian economics, I have yet to see it fail. But of course, that is far too socialist for this country to adopt.
- Rene Wirtz
LOL, Rene, we're already doing it albeit our stimulus doesn't go far enough. But yeah, our government will have to spend MORE and not LESS to get us out of this recession.
- Alex Scoble
It's not just the stimulus check, it's about government in investing in infrastructure, education, social environment. Right now that's exactly where they want to or are going to pull the plug, with the adverse effect.
- Rene Wirtz
people buying stuff.
- EARL (Born in the USA)
The housing and other construction sectors can be a driving economic force.
- John D Reasor
The government may be able to stimulate some growth in the economy by dumping truckloads of money into work creating jobs. But that is fake growth and long term means nothing....The corporate tax rate in this country is one of the highest of the western developed nations. That is outrageous. Cut corporate tax rates like Ireland did and you'll see companies shifting operations here and...
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- Zachary Adam Cohen
And yes, Earl, people buying stuff....I have no problem with a knowledge economy. I have no problem with losing a 55k a year auto parts job, as long as we create the 80k knowledge job.
- Zachary Adam Cohen
Alex: Who cares what economists think? They are always wrong...dismal science and all...John D. the housing market still has a LONG way to go before asset values normalize. Commercial real estate has yet to collapse like residential housing has, and when that happens, well, you can expect to see Dow 6000 and unemployment around 11%. I bring the pain hardcore from the pain
- Zachary Adam Cohen
Even the ones who get it right mostly think that Keynesian theory is the proper way to go. That has been borne out through historic evidence and observation. Of course that doesn't mean that the government spends unwisely. They have to put the money where it will do the most good. That's a problem in a democracy.
- Alex Scoble
++Heather
- jlt-Janet
Cut government spending and reduce corporate taxes.
- Russ Jackson
That's exactly the wrong thing to do, Russ.
- Alex Scoble
I'll do my part by buying and iPhone 3Gs in September
- Jim:Rockin the Helvetica
Well the first thing is wrong...the second one may be ok.
- Alex Scoble
does anyone trust any government to spend this money wisely? of course not..so why try? What happens when a person is in debt? Do they take out even MORE debt? of course not. they spend less and save! Why should a government act any differently?
- Zachary Adam Cohen
It doesn't matter if you trust them or not, it would be a HUGE disaster for the federal government to cut spending in the current economic climate. They are the spender of last resort. Unless you are banking on the situation getting worse than it already is, there's no reason to call for a decrease in federal spending. None.
- Alex Scoble
How can you increase government spending and reduce corporate taxes at the same time Alex
- Russ Jackson
CA is a prime example of what will happen to the US if we continue to spend and tax.
- Russ Jackson
By accepting the fact that you'll run up the debt in the interim while stimulus and tax cuts are making their way through the system. And no, CA is not a prime example. California is a very poor example because their legal requirements for passing a budget is quite different from the federal government.
- Alex Scoble
Agreed on CA process. But they spend beyond there means. But our debt is beyond being able to be paid back. The Chinese are already beginning to put in place a way of dumping massive amounts of t bills on the market as soon as they have agreements with other countries to use a different form of currency.
- Russ Jackson
We the people of this great country will not accept higher taxes to pay for bigger government.
- Russ Jackson
If bigger government means more efficient government I would agree, sadly one hand does not know what the other is doing and bigger will just make it a cluster **** of epic proportions - IMHO
- jlt-Janet
For my part, I have been trying to spend more money, at groceries, at restaurants. I am lucky to be able to afford it, even though the wiggle room is very very small. But saving, or hoarding, money is definitely not the right way and if government gives the good example by investing in things that are useful for everyone, it will have a positive effect on the people. It's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Rene Wirtz
@jlt you are right big government will never equate to efficiency.
- Russ Jackson
@rene if the government invested in meaningful investments like our infrastructure, ( similar to the way China has done) than people would not have to hoard money. At this point saving money is the prudent thing to do as we will most certainly have hyper inflation in the next 5-10 yrs.
- Russ Jackson
Just a random thought here. How much of the taxpayers money goes into let's say campaigning for president? We are a computer age so stop the months of campaign trail and do town hall skype type meetings. More green for the earth, less time spent NOT doing your appointed position so in a sense better time management for the government.
- jlt-Janet
@Russ: saving is always prudent. What I meant was that people should not curb spending completely and hoard as much as they can. If you spend a little more and save a little more (it sounds contradictory, but it's really not, because all you need to do is spend wisely) it will help the economy more.
- Rene Wirtz
Have another country take the United Nations. The cost NYC would save for parking tickets alone could pay for a good deal of better healthcare for the entire state as well as all the illegal things done under the cover of diplomatic immunity. Lessen the pensions for top government officials to match the average pension for a regular worker, percentage and not full pay with yearly increases.
- jlt-Janet
@Rene, well said. With the government continuing to spend out of control it will eventually starve small business owners like my wife and I out of business. That's why I'm of the opinion save save save.
- Russ Jackson
alex: I actually DO believe the situation must get much worse than it already is in order for the real long term changes that are necessary to be put in place. I don't want the economy to rebound too soon, cause that will mean we will have escaped paying the piper. We can no longer afford to do that. In order for the US to get back to a long term growth plan, we are going to have feel...
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- Zachary Adam Cohen
Rene, Russ: I agree completely that getting our national savings rate higher, and keeping it there, is prudent. I expect the economic situation to worsen rapidly this fall. This holiday season is going to be awful. But even if disaster can be staved off, consumption habits are not going to return to 2006 levels anytime in the next ten years. There has been a massive psychological break from that behavior.
- Zachary Adam Cohen
It would have been cool if the bank would be willing to loan us money against purchased stock. But meh, I won't need a bank in a few years and then they will want to loan me money. Kinda funny really.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
Ease lending to small and medium businesses ASAP. Give second-time, third-time etc home buyers the same incentives.
- Charlie Anzman
Innovation and creation of startups. Support your local mom-&-pop businesses.
- imabonehead
@imabonehead well said new and small companies may lead the way out.
- John D Reasor
Confidence and innovation. People and businesses who are not afraid to spend money. Creative and entrepreneurial ventures that are not stifled by over regulation or large corporations who feel their market may be threatened.
- Chris Rogers
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Real-time search. We have it. It's here. - http://blog.friendfeed.com/2009...
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Try http://friendfeed.com/search... It's also fun to watch the embedded search on the blog blog post (http://friendfeed.com/search...). You can see people discussing the blog post, from the blog post, in real time!
- Paul Buchheit
cooool
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
coooool
- zsafwan
GREAT !
- Stanislas Jourdan
Eeee. Awesome.
- Mark Trapp
via iPhone
Impressive! Now you can save real time searches as embeddable widgets. That's just awesome! This is a massively POWERFUL feature. Thank you FF team!
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Lol, you flipped the switch before the post came out as far as I can tell. I was searching for it and I couldn't see it.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Yowsa. Makes quick easy work out of social media monitoring, don't it?
- Ian Wilker
YAY!!! FriendFeed staff rocks, that's all there is to it =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Congrats Paul to you and your team! Another one bites the dust!
- Jorge "JungleG" Escobar
WAAAAAAAAA.. meta real time search.. love the concept of embed a real-time search !! Way to Team FF -- luv u guys !! :)-
- Peter Dawson
Do you guys sleep? Honestly, love the constant output and attention you guys pay to user feedback. I know this highly requested and probably not easy to implement.
- Frankie Warren
Twitter Killer!
- David Schmidt
Thanks so much Paul & Co. Excellent work!
- Leo Laporte
hey love they way they launched search.. espcially when its close to "Search Marketing Day 2009" !1
- Peter Dawson
Thanks Leo. Jim and Gary did most of the work on this one though.
- Paul Buchheit
Track is back! This is a gamechanger.
- Mike Doeff
via iPhone
Track is back!
- Christian Burns
via iPhone
Excellent news.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
via BuddyFeed
I think I'm going to scream if I hear "track" again - someone please define it for me
- Jesse Stay
Wow, great work!
- Meryn Stol
I stand in awe of your hackfullness.
- Ted Gilchrist
Good work. Much-anticipated.
- Louis Gray
@Jesse: It's a dead twitter command "track keyword" sends you realtime updates whenever the word is used. Think of it like realtime google alerts for friendfeed.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I'm pretty sure Gillmor et al kept calling it "track" because that's what Twitter called it back when they had it for a week.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
On a related note, live embeddable searches mean that I can hack together my own FF embeds for the pages that don't have them yet, like say "comment:dpritchett" http://friendfeed.com/search...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Daniel, Twitter never had this - this isn't "track"
- Jesse Stay
you guys rock.
- Karoli
...wowsers! Very nice!
- JA Castillo (جاسون)
The blogpost said they're working to implement "keyword notifications" Jesse, that will be "track"
- Frankie Warren
Twitter's brought back track, it's just no one cares. You can now have updates by keyword on Twitter pushed to you, via XMPP, just like track used to. Gillmor says that's not track.
- Jesse Stay
That's why I hate the term "track" - no one knows what it is. The way Paul is explaining it, as real-time search, is a much better way of explaining it.
- Jesse Stay
I guess we're still missing the realtime notifications piece that folks want. You can shape the firehose to watch terms in realtime but you can't yet get it pushed outside of FF via email or IM?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Daniel, Twitter has that right now, but Gillmor says that's not track
- Jesse Stay
/me prints up a few hundred "That's not track!" t-shirts
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Killer feature. I'm watching news about Honduras scrolling by. Very useful.
- Chris Baskind
Jesse: Oh, i'm with you... Real-Time Search is a better term :)
- Frankie Warren
BTW, integrating this into my blog right now
- Jesse Stay
Me too Jesse. Making a new static page for that comment:dpritchett search I mentioned
- Daniel J. Pritchett
this is definitely cool and all, but what about API? We are falling way behind on feature sets :)
- Tim Hoeck
It's like an alternative to watching TV, in a literary sort of way.
- Ted Gilchrist
awesome!:)
- m.0
kewl!
- phil baumann
Yay! This is the killer feature (once it's in the API, of course ;)
- Brandon Titus
I'd love to see a blog post about how this is implemented. Real-time search has some interesting problems.
- Chris Lamprecht
I take it back - I can't integrate this into my blog until I can filter it to a single list. I really need an embed for "comment:dpritchett list:e20" except lists are still virtual in that no one other than me can see them unless I use the atom export.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Awesomeness! I'm loving this right now.
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Wow you guys rock!
- Alfredo
I am sloooooooooooow. But what/where is the template to make the embeddable widget. please?
- Marg Uerite
You're right Jesse - it's not exactly Track but it's getting a lot closer. The old Twitter Track allowed you to set up multiple search terms (e.g. track iphone) and get those delivered to your IM with zero time lag. At any time you could type "track" to see what you're currently tracking and "untrack" to untrack something - e.g. "untrack iphone". There are some third party tools that...
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- Mike Doeff
Paul, is there a way to change the title of the embed? The long search string looks kinda bad.
- Jesse Stay
Mike, Twitter offers that today. Gillmor says it's not Track.
- Jesse Stay
Marg, after you do a search, click the "Share / embed search" link to get the embed code.
- Dan Hsiao
Jesse, are you sure? Can you provide a URL describing this feature? I think you're referring to Twitter Search (and saved searches) which is totally different.
- Mike Doeff
Mike, it's in beta and available to developers, but it's back, minus SMS support: http://staynalive.com/article...
- Jesse Stay
Jesse, when / where did Gillmor say that isn't track? I'm pretty sure that Steve just wants the old track brought back, with some filtering capabilities added (the old Track didn't filter out blocked accounts).
- Mike Doeff
Yay! Have been eagerly awaiting this. :)
- Rick Turoczy
Mike, he's said in various comments. Looks like Track to me... Heck, it's even called "track".
- Jesse Stay
BTW this is on staynalive.com now (look in the sidebar): http://staynalive.com/
- Jesse Stay
for my italian friends: stica...
- Alberto D'Ottavi
via fftogo
Jesse - you can hide the ugly search bar with a little quick CSS - it's <h1> under an easily identified class.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
via IM
Daniel, good idea - I'd love to change the title more than that though.
- Jesse Stay
just a few minutes work and I have a FriendFeed realtime search embedded in a blog http://www.amsterdam20.nl (web 2.0 event)
- Jeroen De Miranda
My #laterzheenu tags can be of some use nao. Like right nao.
- Mohomed Abdullahi
Yeah
- Brian Sullivan
FF guys: we like your style :) --- way to go!!
- Harscoat
I think I'm going to cry
- Bwana
awesomesauce!
- Simon Wicks
This is a really great innovation, congrats friendfeed team!
- .Garin Kilpatrick.
Thanks, Jim and Gary! Lots of hard work for a very cool result!
- Anne Bouey
HhhhhUuuuuuGggggEeeee !!!
- Harold Cabezas
I want to 'Like' this *twice*! many thanks!
- topo
The first step in a storystreaming platform!
- Kevin Sablan
Whoa. Wow. And Yes! Fantastic work, FF team.
- Micah Wittman
Good stuff although should support negative operators such as I should able to search my name in the all posts NOT coming from me. I've tried "from:-username" but it doesn't seem to work.
- Ferruh Mavituna
OK, you guys are wicked talented! It's kind of scary, but I love it. So what's next? Just kidding:)
- Michael Fidler
Ferruh: you just have it a bit backwards... try -from:username instead :)
- Ross Miller
WOOOOOOOOOOW. Friendfeed is really pushing some cool features out :). Friendfeed is the best :)
- alfred westerveld
How can we embed FriendFeed search?
- Mike Reynolds
Mike - There's a link at the top of the search just beneath the red bar.
- Mitch
A box will pop up, take the HTML code from the bottom of that box.
- Mitch
Thanks Mitch!
- Mike Reynolds
Nice the embedding code can be dynamic.... <iframe src="http://friendfeed.com/search..." frameborder="0" height="600" width="400" style="border:1px solid #aaa"></iframe>
- Mike Reynolds
Thanks @Ross it works fine now, love the RSS output.
- Ferruh Mavituna
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- tabbr
Woo! So: will this cause a FF server meltdown anytime soon?
- Tim Tyler
very good!
- standin
Highly addictive--great stuff! I did notice that if you do a search like [google] you'll see dupe stories streaming by quite a bit (e.g. the TechCrunch story about Google Voice shows up over and over right now). Not sure if it's possible to de-dupe based on destination url a little bit more?
- Matt Cutts
two months after redesign, we have access to real-time search. good news bc my preferred search engine is friendfeed. ;)
- Franc ☺
We are there, in the battle against Twitter
- Michael_techie
Best search engine became better :)
- Chirag Chamoli
I can't say enough how amazing this is. So, I ordered a bottle of real-time translation to go with this magnificent feast of real-time search :D http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
- Micah Wittman
Just to show what is possible now with this feature, I've built SteroidFeed: Go here to see it as well as download the files: http://friendfeed.com/lph... Latest version is 1.01.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
It's amazing!
- Lizunlong
I've been waiting for this since the new UI, excellent, thank you Paul and FF! I'll give this a play later. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Micah, really looking forward to having your scripts work in Chrome. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This is great. Well done, guys.
- James Myatt
Awesome :D
- Praveen Vasudev
great!!
- Mike Chelen
Friendfeed's Real-time Search - http://blogoscoped.com/archive...
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Business Standard :: Run-up to the Budget 2009-10 - http://www.business-standard.com/ecosurv...
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"Painting a picture of a resilient economy, the pre-Budget Economic Survey 2008-09, tabled in Parliament today by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, said India could grow up to 7.75 per cent in 2009-10, up from 6.7 per cent in 2008-09, provided the global economy, particularly the United States, bottomed out by September and the government was able to push the button on significant economic policy reforms. The World Bank had recently said India would grow 8.1 per cent in 2010, ahead of China (7.5 per cent). The numbers in the survey also suggest India is finally ready to rub shoulders with its northern neighbour."
- Parth Awasthi
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The economy, according to the survey, can count among its strengths the large services sector which has historically been less affected by cyclical downturns than manufacturing, a strong farm sector, robust savings rate, ambitious infrastructure development programme and upbeat foreign investors. The "shock absorbers of the economy," it said, were the sound banking system, large foreign...
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- Parth Awasthi
WHAT NORTH BLOCK WANTS Some key policy prescriptions For fiscal stability, simplicity * Limit LPG subsidy to 6 to 8 cylinders a year per household * Limit kerosene subsidy by ensuring that every rural household has a solar cooker and lantern * Convert fertiliser subsidy to user nutrient-related subsidy * Revitalise disinvestment programme to raise at least Rs 25,000 crore a year *...
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- Parth Awasthi
For financial markets * All financial market regulation under Sebi * Allow high net worth individuals to invest directly in the markets * Set up centralised debt management office * Align voting rights in banks with equity holdings * Phased increase in FDI in banks
- Parth Awasthi
For energy efficiency * Decontrol petrol and diesel prices * De-nationalise coal to allow private entry * Sell oil fields to private sector
- Parth Awasthi
For business * Raise FDI limit in insurance, defence, allow it n multi-format retailing * Allow private entry into the provision of passenger train/railway services * Remove need for prior government permission to retrench workers but raise compensation requirements * Ease contract labour laws Amend Factories Act to increase workweek to 60 hours from 48 hours
- Parth Awasthi
Twitter just got better - http://anzman.blogspot.com/2009...
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