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Tamar Weinberg added a product to the Amazon wish list Tamar's Gadget Wish List
Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11
August 12 at 12:42 am - Link
Need this for outdoor webcamming. Help appreciated. ;) (wink necessary) - Tamar Weinberg
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Baseball: Robert Stevens posted a link
Gibson's 9th inning HR told by Vin and baseball cards
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May 24 at 11:56 am - via Reshare - Link
Reposted to Baseball Room with apologies to Louis Gray. ;>) - Robert Stevens
Very cool. I could listen to Vin Scully all day long. One of his best calls. - Mike Showalter
More >> Hide. :-) - Louis Gray
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Andrew Dobrow posted a link
Twitter's business model
May 25 at 4:36 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Ads only when they're scaling goes kerplunk. - Andrew Dobrow
Haha, that's funny. - jjprojects
Well, actually twitter launched japanese translated interface last month though, when you switch to japanese interface, Google Ad-sence also appears. - browneyes
But no US .com business plan yet. Their recent stability would be perfect with this plan, but then we might never see uptime again. ;-) - Andrew Dobrow
That's pretty amusing. :) - lilbyrdie
This is more than amusing :) - Yuvi
Inspired! - Mykl Roventine
great! reminds me of some charming 404-sites that hyped some time ago (in germany). - Esther Rudolph
adblock plus is your friend to avoid that future - Daniel Robitaille
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Hugh MacLeod posted a message on Twitter
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Matt Harwood posted a link
May 24 at 5:23 pm - Link
Downloading it to give it a try right now, though I do love my AlertThingy! - Stephen B via Alert Thingy
Wow, this is slick. Thanks for the recommendation....via feedalizr - Ian Linkletter
I love AlertThingy too, ukstevieb! Though I like to try new apps (addicted to AIR). Sadly, feedalizr is great but some UI oddities appear now and again. Is alpha after all ;-)...via feedalizr - Matt Harwood
This looks pretty and all, but it's difficult to tell exactly what it does. There's not even a legible screenshot so far as I can tell. - Prunella
@Matt : that's the reason i switched back to alert thingy. - Mladen Srdić via Alert Thingy
thanks for the tip...just installed, and so far so good. AlertThingy has been bugging me lately the way wide images mess up the ui, cutting off all the alerts on the right......via feedalizr - Trent Olson
wow - Duncan Riley via twhirl
Is there no way to collapse comments in feedalizr? I have to scroll like 5 pages to get through some of my feed's comments. - Mark Trapp
@prunella - it's like AlertThingy. @itaforma: not that I know of, but that would be nice!...via feedalizr - Matt Harwood
giving it a try - Shey
pretty nice! ...via feedalizr - Jamie
trying it out. will let you know if like better than twhirl...via feedalizr - Photo Larry
wow this is coolthanks for pointing out!...via feedalizr - Morgan
Yeah, looks good...via feedalizr - Ross Maguire
Only failure is a lack of Twitter account support from what I can see + it's a little fat (wide). other than that, very nice indeed...via feedalizr - Duncan Riley
It looks like it has twitter support Duncan...via feedalizr - Ross Maguire
Duncan, it has twitter support! Hit the twitter logo up top and fill in details. Can post to twitter (but not "read" twitter) - Matt Harwood
@Duncan: and you can reply to tweets by clikcing the little back arrow button next to the tweet...via feedalizr - Trent Olson
Mine hangs when authenticating, WTF? (OS X version) - Shannon Coolican via Alert Thingy
Feedalizr just underwent a huge facelift and makeover. Much better now. - J·Phil·Glockner
Trying it now. Alert Thingy is better but both of them have uncomfortable UI. Twitterrific would be the best if it incorporated Friendfeed...via feedalizr - Parvez Halim
I agree Phil, I tried it before and wasn't too keen. Now I'm in lurve (needs room support though - I'm sure it's coming)...via feedalizr - Matt Harwood
I dont see any inline support for Twitter though, my twtr + FF contact list doesn't match up so I still need to import from Twitter. Working on fixing this though :-) - Duncan Riley via twhirl
Thanks. It's very cool. I tried Alert Thingy first and every external link clicked launched my html editor. Curious. ...via feedalizr - Prunella
I still prefer web - Shey
I like it too, matt!!!! :D...via feedalizr - Adam Robertson
Prunella: sounds like you have html files set by default to open your html editor on your system. Don't think that's an issue with AlertThingy :-) - Matt Harwood
I'm not really feeling it. Might try it again after a while once they add some more functionality like collapsing comments and such. - Vaughn via Alert Thingy
very nice indeed...via feedalizr - acedanger the maverick
Giving it a try now.. I like the concept :) - Brad McCrorey
I uninstalled it already. It kept jumping to the top every time someone posted something new. I couldn't even finish reading one set of comments before I was cut off. I still prefer web as well. - David Cook
Why totally uninstall mate? It is alpha with many bugs, sure, but its general design is so much smoother than the twhirl experience (no offense to Loic :-) )...via feedalizr - Matt Harwood
Wow, this is extremely slick. Thanks for the heads up!...via feedalizr - Evan Sims
doesnt alertthingy also bump stuff to top with new comments too? I wish some app would know not to do that...via feedalizr - Photo Larry
well, that was a fun hour or so with Feedalizr, before it seemed to crap out on me. I'll have to check back on it again in the future (maybe the next time AlertThingy craps out?) - Trent Olson via Alert Thingy
I had the same experience Trent Olson. Gave it up... maybe until a later alpha or even a beta. It's very slick though. - Prunella
@Matt Harwood thanks, I had considered that, however links in any other (non-browser) application have no problem activating the link in an actual browser. I'm no application developer, but it strikes me as something that can be controlled. - Prunella
Matt: "Why totally uninstall mate? It is alpha with many bugs, sure, but its general design is so much smoother than the twhirl experience (no offense to Loic :-) )..." I am suscribed to all you tech-savy people on FF and I have all kinds of different RSS Feeds on my Outlook 07' that alert me to all kinds of new software and websites to try out. If I like it, I keep it. (ie: my love for friend feed) If I don't, I uninstall it so that I don't bog down my hard drive with software I don't use regularly. I'll probably give it another shot when I hear you guys/gals rave about the new upgrades or a feature on it that I didn't catch making it worth keeping. btw: no offense taken. - David Cook
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Baseball: Robert Stevens posted a link
YouTube - 80/20 or Ted Williams says goodbye.
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May 23 at 8:37 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
The Splendid Splinter homers in his last at bat and stiffs Red Sox fans when he chooses not to tip his cap. - Robert Stevens
List of players with a home run in their final at-bat: http://www.baseball-almanac.co... - Robert Stevens
audio of Williams' last AB: http://www.baseball-almanac.co... - Robert Stevens
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Dave "Maverick" Winer posted a link
Play thiis when Twitter is down. (There's no words there!)
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May 20 at 12:40 am - Link
the original tape was stronger in showing the anger - pixites
Hahahaha really good actually. And funnier than I expected. - Rex Pechler
whoa. "max headroom" flashbacks. - Brad McCrorey
That was great! - Angsuman Chakraborty
I love the pencil throw at the end. - Drew Lucas
very funny! good find - acedanger the maverick via twhirl
Has any service been able to keep standing after all those falls? - David Álvarez
hehehe. nice! - kosso
I find it amazing that BillO knows exactly how it feels when Twitter goes down! - Dave "Maverick" Winer
Somewhere Philo T. Pharnesworth is pissing himself. - Tom Landini
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eva sourpuss published a photo on Flickr
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May 15 at 11:06 am - Link
It's always about the Bears with you, isn't it? - Mike Showalter
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Thomas Hawk commented on a story on Digg
May 7 at 3:10 pm - Link
"Aggressive dude calling his lawyer. Aggressive dude: Hey Mr. Lawyer man. Someone took a photo of me and put it on the internets. I want to sue his ass. Mr. Lawyer Man: Uh, sorry Mr. Aggressive dude, it's not illegal for someone to photograph you or post your photo on the internets. Aggressive Dude: But Mr. Lawyer Man, it's on digg now and my friends are starting to mock me over it. Mr. Lawyer Man: Sorry dude, maybe you shouldn't have been such an asshole to the guy. Aggressive Man: What, (in the best jerky boy voice possible), what kind of lawyer are you? how about I SUE YOU then! Mr. Lawyer Man: Goodbye. And please pay me my $150 bill by the due date this time." - Thomas Hawk
Reminds me of the poor dogpoop girl in Japan. ...except the lawyer way. :-( - Mitchell Tsai
Thomas, I absolutely LOVE your action script above... fabulous!! a movie awaits you!! - Susan Beebe
It´s now on the third spot with almost 2000 diggs :-). - Henrik Johansson
And now it's "403 Forbidden", heh. - John Mueller
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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter
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Tamar Weinberg stumbled upon a site on StumbleUpon
May 1 at 2:10 pm - Link
You need to be a lot more careful about the content you endorse online because people are watching. For example, I just watched Stariuss thumb down this article. Guess what? Behind your avatar, you're not so anonymous after all. - Tamar Weinberg
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Edith Frost posted a message on Twitter
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Mike McC posted an entry on Mike McCracken
April 25 at 10:27 am - Link
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Chris Brummel favorited a video on YouTube
The techno viking on Beat it!
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April 22 at 3:39 am - Link
YES! - Mike McC
I'd never heard of this video before this, but apparently I'm pretty late to the TechnoViking party. - Chris Brummel
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Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter
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Robert Scoble shared an item on Google Reader
April 16 at 12:12 pm - Link
Pretty useful list. I think I'm doing about 8/10 of those things. Need to get round to consolidating my emails atm :) ...via AlertThingy - CannonGod
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Louis Gray shared an item on Google Reader
April 7 at 7:14 am - Link
Can you imagine that he wrote that while Shel was staying at his house? Ouch! - Stowe Boyd
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Chadwick Dahlquist favorited a video on YouTube
The Onion: Are We Giving Robots Too Much Power?
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March 25 at 11:18 pm - Link
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Chris Brummel bookmarked a page on delicious
April 2 at 11:11 pm - Link
They're trying to rename the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. - Chris Brummel
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Louis Gray shared an item on Google Reader
April 3 at 3:20 pm - Link
Internet meme deathmatch is just what I needed this morning... - Philip Tomlinson
Here is the original source (long version) of the "Dramatic Look" prairie dog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Mike Reynolds
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Paul Buchheit posted a link
Facebook story from 3 years ago.
March 26 at 9:37 pm - Link
"A year ago, Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06-’07 had a pretty good idea. He wanted to make a website that would connect the Harvard campus. Everyone would have a profile to list their favorite music, hobbies, and inspirational quotes. They could even list their courses! Who knows, maybe people Zuckerberg didn’t even know would use it." - Paul Buchheit
"Last July, TheFacebook fell nearly $60,000 in debt!" - j1m
Thanks for interesting link. - Daniel Schildt
And some great vintage Zuckerberg quotes at the end: "“Part of what I’m learning in being out here—and this probably sounds like way too serious for me—is how to be a businessman,” he says. “I always pictured it like some older people who, like, take themselves really seriously and have lawyers do everything and try to like write contracts that are just really advantageous to them. And like, I’m kind of learning, that’s not it." - Kevin Fischer
Yeah, the quotes are wonderful. There's just so much to like about this article -- it really show how far you can go in three years. - Paul Buchheit
Great find-thank you for sharing. Love the bit about sharing a house with Shawn Fanning.... - susan mernit
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Louis Gray posted a link
The Largest Blogs Are Still Rapidly Growing their Subscriber Base
The Largest Blogs Are Still Rapidly Growing their Subscriber Base
March 28 at 11:20 pm - Link
TechCrunch is on pace to hit 1 million RSS subscribers by mid-fall. Some very interesting data from BlogPerfume and RatingBurner. - Louis Gray
not to re-open a can of worms or anything, but there's been a good bit of controversy about how one should interpret #'s of rss subscribers. http://mashable.com/2007/10/15... - Eric Eldon
@Eric, note who made the first comment on that Mashable story. Also, I ran VentureBeat's data as well, but I didn't think BlogPerfume was accurate there, so it was not included. http://www.blogperfume.com/fee... - Louis Gray
fair enough. i guess i just ignore rss numbers because i'm not in a position to judge what's driving the growth or usage. re: vb. the redesign and some other feed tinkering has been messing with feed reporting, although our internal feedburner stats don't show any sort of drop. strange. - Eric Eldon
not to re-open ANOTHER can of worms, but I seriously wonder: are those really blogs? Don't get me wrong: I subscribe to 90% of those feeds, but they feel more like online magazines to me than like blogs. - Rubin Sfadj
Is there a real difference? all these top blogs are media companies using blogs as content management system. that's it. - Kfir Pravda
Charts have a way of inspiring worm can opening... - Jason Kaneshiro
I think the interesting thing isn't that there are popular blog-format sites, but that there is a smooth ramp from tiny personal journals to mass media, and a healthy flow of sites, links, and ideas all up and down that ramp. In that sense it's not about whether they use WordPress or have a "personal feel" but whether they grew out of the blogosphere and continue to be engaged with it. - ⓞnor
@Rubin, we agree 100%. http://www.louisgray.com/live/... (The Biggest Blogs Aren't Really Blogs Any More) That's why in the story I made a chart for the big guys and one for individuals. - Louis Gray
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Chadwick Dahlquist favorited a video on YouTube
KNEECAM No.1 - the original Technoviking tape
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March 25 at 11:18 pm - Link
DON'T FUCK WITH TECHNOVIKING - Mike McC
This was the first time I've seen this. I was mesmerized. I had to watch it, like, 10 times. - Chadwick Dahlquist
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Benjamin Golub posted a link
March 25 at 7:54 pm - Link
http://www.friendfeedstats.com... is mine, and you can set the display type, if you feel fancy you can set your duration by appending duration=5 (which would say the last 5 days) to the url. I am going to open source it soon so you all can see how easy it was - Benjamin Golub
Think FriendFeed wants their URL back? :-) - Louis Gray
very cool... - don loeb
nice little thing to look at, maybe ff can stick this view into the stats view they already have going. - Nathan Eckenrode
very nice - Alex Hammer
sweet! - susan mernit
very cool - yer full of little surprises aren't you :) - Steven Hodson
these apps are coming out faster than I expected - congrats! - Frederic
The tech community has rallied around FF. Wonderful app. - Russellreno
Holy smokes, I'm excited. How long did it take Twitter to get twitterstats.com? This is done in a matter of hours! Wow! - Bwana McCall
Anyone suprised that Twitter is winning on the services list by a mile? http://www.friendfeedstats.com... - Glenn Slaven
You really capitalize on this stuff, don't you? - Brandon Titus
Really cool app, Ben! Thanks again for all the feedback this past week. - Bret Taylor
Very nice! Good to see someone making cool apps with the newly released FF API. - Scott Jarkoff
It wasn't done in a matter of hours. I actually had access to the API over the weekend. Overall the site only took like a day and half of working "here and there" on it. - Benjamin Golub
Is http://friendfeedstats.com not working for anyone else? Looks like I might have DNS issues? - Benjamin Golub
Looks neat. I'm getting an error message when I search for just my nickname (not my full name) though. - Philipp Lenssen
Ya, it's not a true search, It just takes in a nickname and trys to find that EXACT nickname in the database. So if you type philipp in there it will find you but if you type Philipp Lenssen it won't. I don't want it to be a search, and I won't be making it search for your actual name because many people can have the same actual name - Benjamin Golub
That could be confusing: "Philipp Lenssen" is the name I see on top here, it's the name I see in my account name box, etc. Not to complain, just to give you feedback (and perhaps for all of us to determine good patterns with FF-API usage). - Philipp Lenssen
I agree it could be confusing, but philipp is what you logged in with. I could easily add it in to say, look if only 1 person has that name (case insensitive) and redirect to that user page. But your nickname is meant to be pretty permament. Actually you used to be able to change your nickname on the FF site but they removed that after I asked what happens when someone changes their nickname? Everyone has a UUID too, but that is not a user facing thing. - Benjamin Golub
@philipp ok I implemented a name search too. If you type Philipp Lenssen into the box it will redirect you to your page. I take exactly what you type in there and do a case insensitve lookup for the name if nothing shows up for your nickname. - Benjamin Golub
Thats a fun stats service but more it has enlightened me that Twitter takes up 46% of the usage over all the services Friend Feed keeps track of. More than blog posts or google reader! - MikeonTV
No wonder the FF team first implemented postback for Twitter, it is the most used service. My guess is blogs (wordpress/blogger/etc) will be next. Maybe Pownce too because they have an easy to use api. - Benjamin Golub
Works nice Benjamin! - Philipp Lenssen
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