But bats are so cute... they look like little puppies. Seriously, look how cute they are: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog... ... They aren't mean either, they need comfort just like a puppy. - Brandon
LOL she noticed a strange movement in her bra. I bet that scream woke up a few people. - Earl E Morningwood
i've always found bats pretty fascinating. the vampire bats at the zoos, with their little bowls of blood. - edythe
oh, my. oh, brandon, that link--those little bats...all bundled up in tiny blankets...that is so unbelievably, awesomely, incredibly, charmingly, darling-ly cute. :) :) :) :) - edythe
@polly ... i think you might just like bats more than me. I saw a documentary on those bats about a year ago and it completely changed the way I felt about them once I saw how cute they were :) - Brandon
"Expert German dollmaker Marcel Offermann has garnered much media attention in the past with his dolls of famous people such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Pope Benedict XVI, the Dalai Lama and Lady Diana. Now he is paying tribute to the latest political figure to make history: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama." - Barry Wynn via Bookmarklet
LFTP is sophisticated ftp/http client, file transfer program supporting a number of network protocols. Like BASH, it has job control and uses readline library for input. It has bookmarks, built-in mirror, can transfer several files in parallel. It was des - Morton Fox
LFTP is sophisticated ftp/http client, file transfer program supporting a number of network protocols. Like BASH, it has job control and uses readline library for input. It has bookmarks, built-in mirror, can transfer several files in parallel. It was des - Morton Fox
“Friendfeed needs a "pause" button to stop auto-refreshes. I sometimes go to check a link someone's posted, and when I come back to "like" it or comment, it's already scrolled off the bottom of the page. ”
Nathan, as a workaround, if you keep a comment text box open, auto-refresh stops. Now you just need to remember to click on comment before getting lost in reading :P - Mark Trapp
Heh, Mark, how many times a day do you have to post that workaround in people's comments? - nathan
Once a day usually, apologies if I already told you that. - Mark Trapp
No no no. Not Pause. Tweak the ajax to make it refresh faster and make a dedicated "later" link - Anthony Farrior
@Mark not at all, but you came back with that so fast I figured it must not be the first time...heh - nathan
Let's hope that a person doesn't [accidentally] press any keys, and then hit "enter" when the comment box has focus. - possible248
“Okay, I think I've set up my Dropbox account sufficiently to start using it. Who still needs a Dropbox invite? Leave your email here and I'll get it to you.”
Just wrote something similar. I'm really disappointed - not the greatest of ideas and really poor execution. - Vince DeGeorge
Okay, now I have to try it because I'm a sucker for bad. :) - Morton Fox
I'm holding back trying it because I hate opening windows in a virtual machine. No Mac version is just insane - Duncan Riley
I wrote about it, too. But I'm willing to try anything once. - Hao Chen
tried it out today and wasn't too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
Why? I thought it was a good try, and represented enormous potential to be the next SecondLife, as it's able to run 3D stuff in your browser without having to download very bulky programs like SecondLife? SecondLife didn't work for me when I first tried it 1 year ago. It always crashed.. Never touched it since.. - Winston Teo
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it's not a social medium... it's a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google's first efforts are crap. They are betting the farm on distributed though, and this seems to fit with that strategy perfectly. - Kevin
No Mac version is beyond insane, it is just flat-out stupid. Why on earth didn't they wait until they could release it for every platform? I mean, unless the Windows folks are being used as open beta testers.... Just seems very odd. I agree with you Duncan. - James Mowery via twhirl
I hate to say it, but I agree. The quality of the graphics is great, but the UI is downright awkward to use. The pop-up bubble messages are annoying and I didn't see any way of private chatting. Customizing your avatar is pretty minimal too. - Jim McCusker
When a polished product exists in the market - i.e. Second Life.. why... oh... why! would you release this product that is clearly only in a pre-alpha version state? - David Silvernail
Second Life did not interest me, so I passed on Lively today. - Russellreno
Mine kept closing itself down before I could choose a character. Will keep trying. - sergiooooooo
yea im a pessimist as well in regards to those kinds of web apps. I have no faith in that kind of freeform avatar stuff. - Anthony
was lively rushed out the door because of vivaty? - Kevin
We geeks really need to be careful of seeing everything as an opportunity to critique, if not outright bash. Can't anything just "BE" what it is for an hour, a day, a week. What possible harm would come from someone trying it out? - Douglas E. Welch via twhirl
No Linux version? Typical. Of course, it's Google. That means I *must* try it. :D - possible248
Thanks for the tip. SL is bad enough so I'll definitely avoid this. - Jonathon
Yeah, I'm not really digging this app. I grew out of this virtual life phase on the internet a long time ago. - Dennis Jackson
Google is many many generations away from turning this into something useful, but at least they got one thing right - they put it on the web, not the desktop. - Nicholas Molnar
I'm surprised they didn't compare it to Twitter, because that would be comparable. /smirk - Eric Rice
i'm surprised they didn't call it "first life"...or would that not have been "googley"? - Brian Ries
Second life appeals to 30-40 year-olds. Look at the pictures you just posted - it's a kiddy world (cute nonetheless) :-) And others are far better integrated than the lame "Facebook integration" Lively offers. But still - it's Google... - Gaby Benkwitz
WebKut is an AIR application that allows you to capture web pages, or parts of them in a very simple way. It provides you 3 capture options: the entire page, the current view, or only a selection. - Morton Fox
WebKut is an AIR application that allows you to capture web pages, or parts of them in a very simple way. It provides you 3 capture options: the entire page, the current view, or only a selection. - Morton Fox
For FriendFeed to reach mass adoption by non-tech folks, they will have to narrow their focus to an easy-to-understand and very useful mantra. Right now FriendFeed looks overwhelming and all over the place to someone who is not tech-savvy. - Dewald Pretorius
Stylevault.net is a design showcase where web designers can show off their talents and get inspiration as well as giving it. If you want your design included please visit the “submission page” and follow the instructions. - Morton Fox
Stylevault.net is a design showcase where web designers can show off their talents and get inspiration as well as giving it. If you want your design included please visit the “submission page” and follow the instructions. - Morton Fox
wow, this is interesting... gotta read this! - Susan Beebe
Not sure if this/he is racist or not but from all appearances Feldman is a bit of tool and deserves to lose this deal regardless. - Brian Sullivan
I've stated that the video itself is definitely racist and have refrained from labelling Loren himself. But I've been trying to find an apology and this is all I've found: http://www.1938media.com/offic... - Shey
it's sad that people choose to cast off a racist video like that as "comedy" or "satire" and instead attack those who who have a valid gripe with it as being too "pc." there's responsibility that goes along with having a forum such as that one. this clown shed all responsibility when he chose to make a mockery of an entire group of people. funny? what world are some of you living in? - Cee Bee
I put more faith in Corvida's judgment than in any of the other responses to this that I saw. She's a Verizon customer. She's part of the racial group that Loren was doing an alleged parody of. And I respect that it's up to her to determine just how offensive that is as part of those two groups. - Cyndy
While I am glad that Loren's behavior is being examined at the Corporate sponsor level, I feel that the industry (i.e. individuals in it) should resist jumping on his back, creating controversy and/or seeking to add to one's one fame/notoriety at the expense of another industry individual. That's not right. - Alex Hammer
Shey - I think I can label Loren. He's a jackass. I don't think he'd even argue it. - J. Phil
@Alex Did we create the controversy or was that Loren? Your logic seems a little backward. He brought this on himself. - Shey
Alex, you don't think that's a bit ironic considering that's how he's spent the last several months? Or was that tongue-in-cheek? I didn't see a winkie there. - Cyndy
Everyone should stand-up against all kinds of racism. Loren Feldman still has thousands of followers in Twitter and FriendFeed. Do something against racism and don’t follow him anymore. - Kerem Ozkan
I disagree with you Cordiva, I thinking the bigger problem which was debated last year is when is jokiiing about such subjects as racism correct or incorrect as we seem to have this unwritten rule that only the minority that is being poked fun at can do the joke.. Chris Rock's comedy skits are but one example. - Fred Grott
Wow -- what a complex subject if one is strongly against racism, strongly against political correctness and strongly for free speech simultaneously, as I am. My mind is going in every possible direction on this. I enjoy satire and parody when it is carefully targeted, and I detest vicious ethnic and racial stereotyping. I defend the right of jackasses to embarrass themselves and self-destruct. I deny their right to harm others. - Sean McBride
Fred, I can understand your stand here, but does that mean that you also like the stuff that Loren puts out, regardless of the ethical quandary? - J. Phil
J Phil does that mean that the racist gangster rap gets free pas on Verizon? - Fred Grott
My $.02: Loren exercised his right to post that video and now Corvida is exercising her right to express her strong feelings about it. I think that's exactly how it should work. Telling her to stay quiet about it makes about as much sense as telling Loren he didn't have the right to make the video in the first place. - Mike Doeff
Rap lyrics *always* get a free pass. That is a major double standard. I mentioned that back when Don Imus' firing was in debate and got shot down. - Morton Fox
Just in case anyone gets upset at Corvida's response - you might be interested in reading Loren's response to a stupid Guy K. remark in his post http://www.1938media.com/guy-k... (he wrote in the comments "Im so not sensitive about the jew thing, but this just smacked me in the face a bit" - leigh himel
All I can say is 'thank you.' That was a brave and motivated thing you did and I support it all the way. - Tsega D
My opinion anyway is Loren's right to post the video doesn't mean that he is free from the consequences of posting that video. We all too have the right to boycott, shun, or speak out in response. - Morton Fox
why are people bringing rap music into this argument as a way to level the debate? lol - Cee Bee
'm so glad that Corvida, in her usual, straightfoward and articulate way, spelled it out. If there was an equivalent to the n-word for white people that carried the same lacerating power, that would be easier. But there just isn't. "Blasting political correctness" is just the skinny tree that bad comedians of the world hide behind when they're aiming for satire and can't manage to get past crude or cruel. Loren might have been aiming FTW, but he failed. - Merredith Branscombe
@Fred Grott - It's not about the fact that he used the n-word. I know plenty of people that use it black/white/hispanic/ you name it. It's the way in which he went about degrading the African-American community. It was more than the words he used. It was the entire video. It was his looks. It was his actions. Saying the n-word doesn't get press like this if you're a true comedian. - Corvida
And Chris Rock doesn't get a free pass. Chris Rock does his comedy, but he doesn't degrade his community in the process. He points out truths and does so in a way that's not crossing the line because if he insults the African-American community, he's insulting himself simultaneously. Hispanic comedians to the same thing. Caucasian comedians do the same thing. They don't degrade, the state facts that either make people squirm or make people laugh. That's as far as it goes. - Corvida
