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@Scobleizer We should acknowledge that not everyone is an "A-lister" so to some $500 is nearly a mortgage payment.
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Am I missing something or is this one of the most arrogant comments I've ever read?
- Trish R
No, that's pretty douchebag.
- Chris Baskind
Trish the back story is 3 or 4 FF threads ans countless tweets... But, in Jerry's defense, I think I've made more arrogant statements than that ;)
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I know the back story but that doesn't change my opinion.
- Trish R
Fair enough, then.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
If this guy is so smart, why does he have so many spelling errors?
- Phil Boiarski
I'm not an "A-Lister" and I WISH my mortgage payment was only $500.
- John Wright
Woo Hoo! My Canon 5D Mk2 shipped today from Amazon. I should have it in my hands tomorrow night. I can't wait to play with it!!
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It's a pretty sweet body. Although not without its problems if the chatter on the forums are to be believed.
- ronin
From what I understand the only issue so far is the black spots next to blown out highlights. From the examples I've seen it is not obvious unless you zoom in 100% or beyond, which in not normally how most people view photos. I have to assume that this can be fixed via a firmware upgrade. Canon is aware of the issue and will hopefully resolve it soon.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I've been checking the Best Buy website the past couple days. Today one showed up at a store near me. Bought it online, picked it up at the store. Now for the learning curve...
- John Wright
@John, I'd love to hear what you think. Do you already own a DSLR or is this your first?
- Jeff P. Henderson
Hey Jeff, been away and didn't see this. I guess you have yours in hand now too? I'm impressed so far, though I've fired fewer than 50 frames. I'm spending time in the manual and menus learning the new functions. I'll be shooting more now that Adobe has release LR 2.2 which supports the new RAW format. I have shot a few frames at iso 3200 and am really happy with the results. Much better than the 5D (which I've been shooting with).
- John Wright
Thought I would offer this up to the FriendFeed crowds... I need three things... a good air purifier, a good humidifier, and a Roomba. Any recommendations? :)
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Go ahead with the roomba!
- Robin Barooah
I second the request for a recommendation on a good humidifier. :)
- Dan Hsiao
Honeywell whole house humidifier - attaches to your forced-air furnace and delivers moisture throughout the whole house! awesome... I wish we had these on the West Coast when I lived in CA.
- Susan Beebe
We have a dinky little Vicks humidifier. It's great for just keeping 1 room comfortable during the dry winter months. And it was really cheap (like $20 from Target).
- Benjamin Golub
iRobot should make a Scooba with a HEPA air filter. It could solve all three of your needs in one!
- Kevin Fox
@John, can it do rugs and carpets without eating the edges?
- Mike Chelen
I've had 2 different generations of Roomba and I'm not terribly impressed with the long term reliability of them. They'll have to make significant changes to them before I consider purchasing another one.
- Lee Wilson
I won't condone the Roomba, as it's a sucky product. Hey, want ours? I have a Honeywell portable air purifier that works well for one small room, but if you want whole house I suggest stepping up to Susan's suggestion.
- Admiral Anika
Our Roomba can't handle our rug because it has a black border. Its infrared 'cliff sensors' perceive the black stripe as an abyss and it refuses to go on the rug (or get off it if it starts on it). Ugh.
- Kevin Fox
We bought a Roomba to help with the pet hair (2 cats, 1 dog) on our hardwood with rugs. Didn't work well at all and died completely after a couple months. Every time it went from one surface to another (hardwood to rug or back) it would leave a pile of animal hair at the border. And the little collection chamber would fill so quickly. Maybe if you had a really clean house with no dirt on the floor it would do well. I'll wait until the technology improves and try again.
- John Wright
We registered for a Roomba for xmas.
- Nation Hahn
Get a Dyson "Animal" vacuum - best on the planet!
- Susan Beebe
I've had 2 Roombas, and they break VERY easily - at least the older models. There were battery issues galore too. Check the reviews of the newer models.
- shaun mclane
As someone who loves my roomba. I'll add some qualifications: 1. I only use it on carpet. 2. If you have rugs, they have to be well stuck down otherwise it can get caught up in them. 3. I bought the 'pet' version - which I understand has now been rolled into the mainline version. 4. I run mine every couple of days which is necessary - but painless since it works while I'm out. 5. I have to empty it every week, but that's a small price to pay for never vacuuming.
- Robin Barooah
how much longer until they can empty their own dirt traps??
- Mike Chelen
Hmm... no one seems to have any thoughts or recommendations on the air purifier or humidifier, which are actually the things I really need...
- Ana
Ana: this looks like the humidifier we have http://www.amazon.com/Vicks-G.... It works well for our bedroom and is fairly quiet on the low and medium levels.
- Benjamin Golub
Hi Ana, I can recommend the Sharp FP-P60CX Air Purifier. I bought it from here: http://www.vcdiscounter.com/fpp60cx... which was cheaper than elsewhere I looked. I did way more research into this purchase than can be considered sane. This dude's reviews are super in-depth - http://www.air-purifier-power.com/top-10-.... I went with the brand and the design ultimately.
- Biao
I just bought a $25 humidifier from Target. Really basic but it works for a small bedroom.
- EricaJoy
@Biao, wow, thank you for the great recommendation. I will get the one you did. Looks really good!
- Ana
You're welcome Ana. Looked at http://www.vcdiscounter.com/pap... and found out that vcdiscounter carries some new Sharp models you might want to consider.
- Biao
What I think would be most amazing is if you found a combo unit! Air purifier, humidifier, and roomba'er all in one! :D
- Adam Lasnik
Roomba is great. We haven't used ours much lately as it looks like Babies R Us exploded in our living room, but it is a great product.
- Louis Gray
Roombas don't work well and will disappoint you. Humidifiers need to be kept sterile or will make you sick. Air purifiers don't really work well, but at least they won't harm you. :-(
- Dror Shimshowitz
Roomba on Woot right now! http://www.woot.com/
- Rochelle
Our Beagle is our Roomba, but we use the Scooba to clean up after the Beagle sweeps up all the crumbs. We love it!
- Jesse Stay
"Our Beagle is our Roomba" - methinks that'd make a great bumpersticker! :)
- Adam Lasnik
Our beagle was our Roomba, but now, our Roomba is our beagle. See: http://www.louisgray.com/live... (Are the Beagle and the Roomba Conspiring? from November of 2006)
- Louis Gray
Roomba on Woot today http://www.woot.com/
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
consider a sharp plasmacluster humidifier/air purifier. it's awesome, convenient, quiet, and relatively small. (btw, i have miserable hay fever, so i've done extensive research.)
- John Fu
if you're serious about your air purification (and i mean serious), get the IQ Air Health Pro Plus. it's big, industrial strength (like hospitals use it), and expensive, but worth every penny for ppl with serious allergies (me).
- Joyce H. Sohn
i did research in consumer reports and i bought a holmes brand air purifier. you can get at target or sears. it works well.
- Pokai
Done (well, except for the Roomba)! Thanks for the recommendations everyone... If anyone is interested, this is the humidifier I bought: http://www.amazon.com/Honeywe..., and this is the air purifier:...
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- Ana
Wounded Bird: Sad News From Washington - http://thewoundedbird.blogspot.com/2008...
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From the page: "There will be no Nativity Scene in Washington DC this year! The Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in Americas's capital this Christmas season. This isn't for any religious reason, they simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in the Nation's capitol, nor could they find a virgin. P.S. There was no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable."
- Ontario Emperor
Now if they were looking for three wise guys...
- John Wright
Yes, a 7-year-old Muslim-American kid gets a piece of the American dream, too. - http://www.salon.com/opinion...
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"I'm also troubled by, not what Sen. McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said such things as: "Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim." Well, the correct answer is: he is not a Muslim. He's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is: What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is: No, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing he or she can be president?"
- Chris Baskind
The neocons, who have been working hard to work up a genocidal fury against Muslims (see, for instance, the current controversy about the Obsesssion video), cannot forgive Colin Powell for holding these views. This is the primary reason they drove him out of the Bush 43 administration.
- Sean McBride
Reasonable people condemn all forms of extremism from all religions and secular movements. They don't, like neoconservatives, obsessively focus on a single religion with the objective of igniting a global holy war on behalf of extremists from another religion.
- Sean McBride
Al Pasternak - doesn't Steven Emerson, the head of the Investigative Project, have close ties to Israel's Likud Party and their Greater Israel ideology? Even Fox News is condemning West Bank settlers these days.
- Sean McBride
I just ate a mango.
- Akiva Moskovitz
One gets the impression that Akiva has been imbibing a good deal of ethno-religious fundamentalism over the years along with the mangoes.
- Sean McBride
Getting a handle on the ideological scripts that control our thoughts and emotions -- quite a problem. Who wrote the scripts and with what motives? The world is divided into programmers and the programmed, into script writers and sleepwalkers (and the financial interests which hire the script writers).
- Sean McBride
Well, we're getting no dialogue or discussion here about Steven Emerson's ties to Likud and Likud's political agenda. Par for the course. Most of the campaign to incite a holy war between "the West" and Islam is being generated by pro-Israel militants and the Likud wing of the Israel lobby. That is the plain truth. Data mine the facts.
- Sean McBride
I think some of you should look into 0bama's history, as you can't rely on the media to do it for you. Ever wonder why most of his past is covered up?
- Spencer
Apparently Spencer Scott got the neocon memo: Barack Obama is an anti-American traitor, terrorist and secret Muslim Arab.
- Sean McBride
I don't get the whole "Obama's secret history" thing... What do we not know about him? He's been in the limelight for almost 2 years now... he's published 2 auto-biographies... what do people think he's hiding? What parts of his life are un-accounted for?
- Lindsay
He absolutely sucks at Scrabble. That's his big secret.
- Akiva Moskovitz
The folks at Reynolds Wrap must be selling a ton of tinfoil right about now.
- Chris Baskind
I'm a conservative and I don't think Obama is anti-American. I don't even dislike him as a person, he seems very nice. Probably someone with whom I could enjoy a round of golf. But I also think he wants to move America closer to socialism. More government means less individual freedom. That's why I won't vote for him. Of course I won't vote for McCain for much the same reason. He would increase the size of government too.
- John Wright
Still waiting for Spencer to respond... I honestly want to know what parts of Obama's life have been hidden. As for Obama moving us toward Socialism, Bush and Congress did that a couple of weeks ago. We're already on the path, whether you like it or not.
- Lindsay
Neocons rarely engage in extended discussion, dialogue and debate. They tend to self-ghettoize and take random potshots from behind the walls of their cult compound.
- Sean McBride
Al - generally speaking, in terms of the topic of this thread, I would like to see an emphasis on overcoming ethnic, racial and religious differences and focusing on cooperative and creative work based on talent and meritocracy -- in other words, in pursuing the core vision of the American Founding Fathers. I don't think ethnic or religious nationalism or xenophobia have any place in a...
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- Sean McBride
Al - and, I thought Colin Powell displayed considerable courage in expressing these sentiments. He will no doubt come under attack from many haters out there, in extremist forums like Free Republic.
- Sean McBride
Al - I probably don't have time to contribute to a dedicated blog on this topic, but I promise you that I will answer any points you direct at me here on Friendfeed as long as they are civil and substantive. Is there really much room for debate about the assertion that American ethnic and religious universalism is a good thing? Perhaps there is. :) Debate away. I prefer talentocracies to ethnocracies and theocracies. Most Americans do, I think.
- Sean McBride
I just ate a mango.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Al - good enough. Question in this comment thread: do you agree with Colin Powell that Muslims deserve as much respect in American society as members of any other religious group -- Christians, Jews, Buddhists, etc.? Imo, Powell is simply expressing basic Americanism and American universalism.
- Sean McBride
If Obama's secrets are so well-hidden that they've escaped public scrutiny, how come it seems only xenophobic racist conservatives know about it? Oh yeah, cuz they're fabricated!
- Dread Pirate PJ
I giggle every time someone says Obama will "move us closer to socialism." Dude, we're just about as socialist as Europe, but instead of free health care and education we're taxed out our asses to make the corporations and richest folks richer. I'd guess I'm paying at least 50% of my income in taxes of one sort or another, and what do I get? Wars, subsidized oil companies, subsidized farming conglomerates, etc etc etc.
- Internet's Tad
At least in Europe I'd be taxed similarly and have public transportation, free health care of some sort and the possibility that my son could get a college education based on his merits, not his parent's checkbook.
- Internet's Tad
We're so close to socialism we may as well attack and annex Canada
- Dread Pirate PJ
PJ's quack prediction of the week: watch the neocons start discrediting Powell and suggesting he's had a "socialist, liberal secret life" all along, even before his time serving Bush senior. *gasp!* Could it be?!?
- Dread Pirate PJ
Already started.
- Internet's Tad
Don't throw stones - I mean acorns - http://empoprise-ie.blogspot.com/2008...
A local Inland Empire story (from Empoprise-IE) with possible national implications.
- Ontario Emperor
So your saying that both sides are cheating liars? Wow, I never saw that one coming.
- John Wright
More than "both sides." Barr vs. Baldwin has gotten nasty, and who knows what Nader vs. McKinney has been like (I haven't checked).
- Ontario Emperor
And I forgot Baldwin vs. Keyes, which makes McCain vs. Obama seem like a lovefest.
- Ontario Emperor
Agree, I think it is the entire political machine that is the problem. Everyone wants the power for their own personal reasons. And I doubt that any of them have our best interest in mind. I'm not sure there is a real solution. Power corrupts.
- John Wright
Berke Breathed: Why I'm killing Opus - http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchy...
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I can't bear it.
- Cyndy
Bloom County was huge for me and my friends when we were in school. We even each had nicknames for each other of the different characters (I was Milo). We even successfully picketed our local small-town newspaper when they decided to stop running the strip. But when Bloom County ended, I tuned out. Everything that followed just didn't do it for me and felt like a betrayal. So, for me, it all ended a long, long time ago.
- Akiva Moskovitz
NO - say it ain't so!
- Kevin Johnson
Yes, Akiva, he's quit before. I'm kind of the same way; if I saw the later stuff I looked at it, but I didn't make a special effort to seek it out.
- Ontario Emperor
I agree with Akiva, it ended a long time ago. I never got onboard with Opus.
- John Wright
How will the recession affect film? - Times Online - http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
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"Recession? Global downturn? You’re joking, right? For in the alternate financial universe of film these normally terrifying terms are ambiguous, unthreatening and even, in some cases, downright exciting. In Hollywood, optimists are pointing back to the huge surge in cinema admissions after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 (audience figures jumped 58 per cent on the previous year) as a template for things to come. According to John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theatre Owners in America, in a recent interview in these pages, the numbers don’t lie. “In the past four decades there have been seven recession years in this country, and the box office has climbed strongly in five of those years,” he said. The strongest of those years was the most recent, in 2001, when US box office receipts rose by $650 million."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
I think that one difference between 1929 and today is that today we have both cheap/free internet options plus things like Netflix. I'd be surprised if movie theaters aren't hit especially hard in this downturn.
- Thomas Hawk
I agree with Thomas. And taking it one step further, the quality of home theater systems means there are fewer movies I feel the need to see on the "big screen".
- John Wright
The other thing is I think that there is a backlash against the high price of movie theaters. At least for me with a big family it's so cost prohibitive. Movie theaters should consider offering bigger discounts. Kids under 5 free, bigger discounts on kids 5-12, etc. I liked it when the AMC theater in Burbank let me bring my own food in. More theaters should do that.
- Thomas Hawk
theatres aren't owned by Hollywood. -- content is -- whether you download, netflix, or see it in theatres, it still needs to be produced.
- Prolific Programmer
yeah but I bet that they make less money on content viewed at Netflix or downloaded for free on the internet than they do in movie theaters.
- Thomas Hawk
I love Dr. Pepper. That is all.
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and he loves you too
- RAPatton
Drink a Bite to Eat at 10, 2, and 4 o'clock.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Ever tried warm Dr. Pepper? As in heated up like tea ... actually warm Mr Pibb is the OG, but the Pepper works as well.
- Clay Newton
With you. I love me a good Dr.Pepper, and the diet version is the best diet soda IMO.
- Steve Isaacs
Ha! "The" diet version? Part of why we love Dr. Pepper is for its many fountain-inspired diet flavors.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
dr pepper jelly bellies are great and so are the diet dr pepper popcicles
- RAPatton
Don't you want to be a Pepper too?
- Far
+1000 e
- Anna Haro
@Aden: Where would one start looking for this cane sugar version of Dr. Pepper?
- Cheryl Jones
I don't care if this makes me sound insane, but it's Dr Pepper not Dr. Pepper! You can order sugar-cane DP from the Dublin bottling plant. Hot Dr Pepper needs to be made with the sugar-cane stuff. (I did a DP vacation once to Texas.)
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
I've driven through Dublin, TX on the way elsewhere. I should have bought some.
- Yolanda
Go on the tour! They give you a cup of some of the best Dr Pepper ever.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
@Aden: Thanks! I'll consider getting some Dr P "Dublin style" online. My cousin also love Dr P, so perhaps I'll get some for a Christmas "stocking stuffer". :D
- Cheryl Jones
I love Dr Pepper too. Thanks for the heads-up on the sugar-cane stuff!
- Mitchell Tsai
Thanks to this tweet I just ordered Dr Pepper to come with our pizza!
- Internet's Tad
Sipping one right now!
- John Wright
I am not ashamed at all to say I have the empty cardboard husk of a 12-pack sitting in my fridge right now. It's wasting a bit of electricity, but also serves as a reminder to me that, yes, I do need to go out and get some Pepper at some point.
- Pete Delucchi
"Solves everything" :)
- Baard @ Pixum
i liked this for how edythe ends her tweets (sometimes) with "That is all." That is all. A lot of gravitas there.
- Nathan Rein
very John Hodgman like http://areasofmyexpertise.blogspot.com/
- Live4Emma (L4S)
live4soccer, just reading Areas of My Expertise last night. I hope you all know that there are 51 states. The 51st being Ar, of course.
- edythe
Diet Dr. pepper is the closest one to the originall too IMO
- Jeff Quinton
I know 5 people who are now voting McCain/Palin. First time voters or always Dem before.
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They need to be re-educated quickly. One wonders how they can possibly reconcile the extreme differences in viewpoints. I must take into account that I'm in NorCal, where the majority of people would probably vote for Obama or Clinton, had she won, and the minority who would vote for McCain probably do so for some sort of misperceived economic advantage (which is really a delusion), and they mostly don't really agree with Palin's viewpoints.
- Cathryn Hrudicka
Are they idiots?
- Brian Sullivan
???
- Anna Haro
What reasons did they give?
- AJ Kohn
I know ONLY 5 people who are voting McCain/Palin!
- jcunwired
funny, this will most likely be the first time i'm voting democrat.
- Morgan
+Morgan
- Anna Haro
{{{{ Morgan }}}}
- jcunwired
I have generally voted Republican in the past as I am against big government and more in favor of personal freedom. I don't see either major party candidate as embracing less government. McCain might say it in his campaign but his past record indicates otherwise. Obama is quite open in his plan for more government programs. So for the first time I will likely be voting for a third party candidate.
- John Wright
@AJ: An aunt and uncle who are strong Clinton supporters don't like Obama. The others, because of Palin.
- Larry Huffman
Cathryn: "re-educated"?
- Larry Huffman
Pol Pot Politics
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Is it just me, or are all nerds good comedians?
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Its just you.
- DGentry
Hmmm... I'm starting to figure out why my wife laughs at me so much...
- Kevin Johnson
it's definitely just you.
- Morgan
I'll buy that... provided the audience is primarily other nerds. ;-)
- Kim Mahan
Humor/Laughing is the result of intelligence. Very dim people usually don't "get" jokes and are rarely able to make them themselves.
- Adam Turetzky
Nerds are good comedians cuz they have hard jobs and have to laugh or they'll pop a bubble!
- Susan Beebe
It's true, because wit requires intelligence.
- Trish R
Depends on the nerd
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Big difference between having a good sense of humor (most nerds do) and being a good comedian (most nerds are not!). I think so many smart people over think jokes and don't tell them well. But they do understand a lot of subtle humor which the masses don't seem to get.
- John Wright
I try my best with funny comments, ususally I can make one or two a day?
- Colby Olson
+1 Adam. This summer I found people laughing at comments I made, and I wasn't even trying to be funny.
- Voyagerfan5761
This is Lindsay on Tad's computer... He went out to get some stuff for lunch... so tempted to do something mischevious. ;)
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i'd be interested to see what you come up with... :)
- idnan
Gay Porn on the background or setting the DPI to the lowest custom size it can go are my usual tricks: http://www.lawfirmsoftware.com/support...
- mjc
Hah! Well his computer is downstairs right now at the kitchen table (his office gets too hot in this heat) and we have an 11 year-old so the pr0n idea is not a particularly good one in this case!
- Internet's Tad
Awww... he's back... and telling me to skedaddle.
- Internet's Tad
Aw man, nevermind
- Mona Nomura
Yay! Caught her before she did something evil.
- Internet's Tad
did you?
- idnan
I'm always up to no good
- Internet's Tad
Years ago, I actually debated sneaking onto Mr. Mage's computer and installing the Nude Tomb Raider mod. I know he'd have freaked. Does that make me a bad person?
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
from NoiseRiver
My roomies used to change my background to midget porn if I didn't lock my machine.
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
My roomies know if they get anywhere near my Mac, they will get drop kicked in the head :)
- Mona Nomura
My personal fave trick (on Windows) is to screen shot the desktop, set that image as the background, move all their desktop icons into a folder (so they can recover them) and drag the task bar to minimum size. Funny to watch them click on thing and they don't open. Even a reboot doesn't seem to help!
- John Wright
Lol, that is brilliant John. We used to set a 4 minute Operatic anthem to play whenever a friend would click on his "start" button...I'm not sure if it still works, but he had to wait until it had finished before he could do anything else :)
- Zee.
The trailer for W by Oliver Stone looks dope... wtf with all these great video today JCAL!?!? http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Oliver Stone movie about W? Yeah, that will be objective and unbiased. Maybe he could get Michael Moore to review it for accuracy?
- John Wright
OMG what SUPERB casting. As for John Wright's comment about "unbiased" ... let's face it, at this point all but the most dense Republicans would likely agree that W's been a lousy impact on both the Republican party and this nation. Well, except for the delusional ones who still support the man I fondly call Shrub.
- Cathy Brooks
from twhirl
I didn't say I thought he was a good president. I just don't get my news from Hollywood. And the reason I don't like Bush is because he isn't a conservative. The government has grown more under Bush than any recent president, even Clinton. And that's saying something. Every time the government grows I have less freedom. We have less freedom in this country today than at any time since the revolution. And I only see more of the same with either of the two major candidates in this election.
- John Wright
Lets lay off the poli and say this movie looks like a fun night at the movies - along the lines of Dr. Strangelove and maybe a dash of Superbad...
- Roger @ CineVegas
Seriously, he gave me some great insights into mobile enterprise market. Says RIM is at huge risk of losing major market share.
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Agreed. If RIM don't shape up and if apple continues to market the iPhone as a buisiness device, they don't stand a chance.
- Jonathan Aird
Its not that simple,Enterprise penetration takes years with major reliability & stability concerns.It will take iPhone years too
- Roger Kondrat
My company has a huge investment in BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) infrastructure. Not likely to just toss that out and build out support for the iPhone.
- John Wright
John Wright, same as my workplace. *sigh*
- imabonehead
Roger, how long do you think it might take if it were to happen? What do you think the refresh cycle is on the equipment? And what might it mean to replace or merge into the backend? Or is the cost too great and there is effectively a lock-in for years to come no matter what any other company might provide?
- Loren Heiny
@Loren Well I am not a Mobile/Telecom guy but strictly from a business point of view iPhone isn't compelling enough a 'Tool' to convert hundreds of thousands of dollars in technical support, hardware, and software. Its not practical in a $$s sense. Additionally iPhone is an Apple product and Apple has never really played ball historically with business so there is some history too. Oh and one more thought, from a tax/investment perspective most companies won't turn over technology until after 3-5years. :)
- Roger Kondrat
My company is already talking about Enterprise iPhone support. One of my friends runs the servers for his company and they are doing the same thing. We are in very different sectors but both have iPhone support coming. It will be a perk in a year or two that you will see on recruiting pitches. Just watch.
- Andrew
I know a number of top execs from mobile companies here in the telecom corridor and they have iPhones too, or envy them, or are in denial. Yes we geeks talk about it all the time, and the web 2.0 crowd has woken up to mobile because of iPhone, but it really is a whole new game, and many in the industry have still not wrapped their heads around it all. Still, you can't count RIM out. Denial is a powerful force, and blindness to superior UI's and toleration of ugliness has a long history.
- Dean Terry
1mm IPhones is great but Sony sells 100mm cell phones a year and Nokia 150mm. If Apple starts selling 1mm iPhones every weekend or ever week...
- Indio Apache
from twhirl
The question isn't scale. The question is: do the most desirable employees we have want these things? And is our competition going to offer them?
- Andrew
Yea, but a lot of the stuff Nokia and Sony sells should be given away in a box of cereal or Cracker Jacks.
- Andrew Leyden
RIM might lose market share? to who? certainly not Apple, at least not for another 4-5 years.
- Bob Blunk
Until Apple can provide fine granular control of device policies that RIM has, they won't be able to break into big companies.
- Ernie Oporto
Bob, so you don't see RIM losing any existing customers to Apple? I know of one architectural firm that's switching. But agreed, a couple dozen users in one small business is inconsequential. To me, though, I'd watch what happens with new customers. That's where it's bound to be the most interesting.
- Loren Heiny
I agree with Ernie. Without the ability to issue policy groups of or individual devices there are going to be problems getting big companies to let go.
- Sean Brady
You ever sat down to surf the net a little and realized that nothing is really all that interesting at the moment?
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Blame Scoble for not finding something interesting. :-)
- Robert Scoble
That happens frequently on Sat and Sun nights for me - that's why I'm hardly online on the weekends.
- Nathaniel Payne
No: that's never, ever happened.
- Chris Baskind
Every other day. It's strange.
- Mark Trapp
that's when you surf friends-of-friends on Facebook :P
- Phillip Jeffrey
Blame Scoble: He hid all the good stuff so he can blog about it on Monday.
- Russellreno
I like Scoble's idea. He's to blame for everything anyway, including soggy rice crispies. :-)
- David Risley
that's what StumbleUpon is for :)
- Tom Foreman
2^32 channels and nothing's on? ;-)
- Karim
I hate soggy rice crispies.
- Russellreno
More than a few times. That's what's so great about FF, Twitter, Facebook etc. There is almost always something interesting.
- John Wright
That is such a *down* feeling isn't it, i.e. realizing nothing is really all that interesting at the moment"... *sigh*
- Susan Beebe
probably once a day
- Allen Stern
yes?!! thats what I was talking about!!! I called it webression
- Alemsah Ozturk
Who got you into Friendfeed?
Mitchell Tsai, LouCypher, Larry Kless and 18 other people liked this
Robert Scoble.
- Hao Chen
Roshan Vyas http://friendfeed.com/rotron
- Mona Nomura
scoble for me too
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Scott Bourne
- Matt Donders
you know what...i don't remember - but it was most likely the lovable huggable Mr. Scoble
- Zee.
Louis Gray
- Bwana ☠
Scoble, mostly. Then Laporte, I guess.
- BISQ
I had a backstage pass.
- Trish R
Twitter
- Adam Turetzky
edythe
- RAPatton
laporte and calicanus yacking about it on the last TWIT
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Mr. Laporte.
- Jonathon
great question, think i first became aware via @leolaporte took me awhile for it to sink in. but once you're in- you're IN.
- michael sean wright
Scoble's rambling about it got me to give in and look at it long enough to realize how useful it is, and I was hooked.
- Lee Adkins
Mark Evans (though he doesn't know it)
- Jeremy Toeman
Facebook.
- Clay Newton
Thomas Hawk
- Alan Le
Bwana
-
Can't remember, either Trevor Smith or Andrew Wooldridge
- sergiooo
AT&T DSL newsletter telling me I had a free Pro account with the service.
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
God, it was a blessing
- Stepan Mazurov
crack dealer
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
The pusher down the street.
- Anna Haro
Louis Gray - kept bugging me to try it out :)
- Frederic
Aaron and Erin
- Adrienne Van Houten
I really can't remember. It was back on March 16 when I joined. Louis - maybe it was you?
- Hutch Carpenter
@anna - beat you to it ;)
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
AndyC
- Michael C. Harris
Thomas Hawk.
- John Wright
My good friend called "curiosity."
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Scoble I think. Or Leo, not sure.
- xero
techcrunch review -> Bret Taylor invites you to try out Friendfeed!... beta testing
- xekc
louisgray.com
- Robert Seidman
homeless man told me "look deeper into the internet...and you will find friendfeed"
- Pokai
@Eric -- Damn you Eric! (with fist in air)
- Anna Haro
Scoble, I think.
- Morton Fox
Louis Gray
- Larry Kless
from twhirl
Man, I had no idea the internet was actively marketed by crack dealers, drug pushers and homeless people! Makes sense though and seems pretty obvious.
- Adam Turetzky
i found it by way of finding some way to aggregate all the social networks... the conversations taking place now were never even a thought back in the beginning
- Nathan Chase
I heard about FF on Twitter.
- Bill Sodeman
from fftogo
Jason Toney
- Melissa
Is it awful that I don't remember? Someone gave me a code back before it was out of Beta. Could've been Scoble - could've been a lot of people :\
- Lucretia Pruitt
Definitely Robert Scoble.
- Joanmarie
Eric Eldon or @eldon on twitter got me into FriendFeed.
- David Cohn
Yuvi
- Sudar
rassem frassem Louis Gray and his rassem frassem Pollyanna-esque posts about how EVERYONE NEEDED to be on the rassem frassem site. I reviewed it. I didn't like it. I STILL don't like it. And yet, I'm here. Grr.
- Cyndy
I just signed up. It was easy.
- geoff
Alan Le. That guy's trouble.
- Jon Galloway
Followed local tweeps over here a couple of months ago, signed up, but barely touched it until reading a post on Cecily Walker's blog. Now I'm hooked.
- Ayşe E.
erhan erdogan, one of the writers at turkish web 2.0 blog www.webrazzi.com
- ahmet bulent
For me it was the conversations/community here really, knew of FF in passing due to work but my normal circle of friends weren't here. Info-sharing and conversations were great as I waded in and I was pretty much hooked by end of first week.
- Casey
Scoble. He says, I do. And before anyone asks, the cliff has to have a pretty view at the very least.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Barney Fife
- Brandon
Bwana.
- cecily
I was looking for recipes on how to feed lots of friends and this popped up. ;)
- Moved to Facebook
from NoiseRiver
I first read about lifestreaming on RWW, they had an article on lifestrea.ms! I was interested in such a service and between Techcrunch and RWW I got involved with FriendFeed shortly after!
- Joe Dawson
Robert Scoble (his blog anyway).
- Jake (aka Jawee)
probably Hawk.
- Ryan Brenizer
Probably reading Techcrunch
- Igor Poltavskiy
Voyagerfan5761. I just got too curious on what I would look like as an imaginary friend.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Scoble
- simonpure
When Scoble cast his vote for FF.
- Mike Reynolds
Thomas Hawk
- Mrsth
Either Thomas Hawk or Robert Scoble, not sure...
- Holger Eilhard
Either Louis Gray or Corvida, or both.
- Phil G
Scoble for me (via Twitter)
- Brian Sullivan
Probably Hawk...
- Jeremy Brooks
Cyndy - have you turned into a Hanna-Barbara bad guy cartoon character?
- Phil G
tserra: http://friendfeed.com/tserra
- Marcos Marado
Came across an article in one of my GReader feeds and curiosity took over from there...
- JA Castillo
T. Hawk
- Squid
A tweet from Scoble, which if i remember correctly was: 'Folks, we are having a 24 hour twitout, checking out FriendFeed. See you there.' I followed him to this wonderland; Still tumbling, deeper everyday.
- Parth Awasthi
I first saw it on Facebook, then Louis said it had a web site.
- Russellreno
Morton Fox, of course. Darn him. :)
- Great Scott!
mentioned by Mashable in a Google search result, called DeviantArt "the FriendFeed of art sites", made me want to investigate further, I Googled that, and the rest is history... and Edythe, will you share with us your origin myth? I'm a little curious.
- Kamilah Gill
Ayelet Noff (http://friendfeed.com/blonde20) via Digg shout
- LouCypher
Liam DelaHunty probably: http://friendfeed.com/liamvic...
- Kol Tregaskes
MSFT just polled the Pro photographers here at the conference in the autidence informally. 10 to 1 Canon users over Nikons among the Pros.
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It was a show of hands thing so very informal. Could be 7 or 8 to 1 as well. Clearly the Pro crowd here though uses Canon over Nikon. Other manufacturers were not even mentioned. Strictly a Canon vs. Nikon show of hands thing.
- Thomas Hawk
Wow wouldn't have thought it would be an informal landslide....
- Snay Trivedi
I am wondering if the D3 will slowly get the Pros to switch to Nikon or if the cost of glass will prevent it
- William Reveal
from feedalizr
Microsoft keeps talking about the importance of backup and photo storage at this conference. Wonder if they have something interesting in this space coming down the road.
- Thomas Hawk
How were conference goers selected? It doesn't suprise me that Canon shooters outnumber Nikon shooters but that ratio seems very skewed.
- Brian Sullivan
I think Pros still clearly prefer Canon.
- Thomas Hawk
"Pros" needs some definition
- Brian Sullivan
more PC users than Mac too, correlation?
- dbcohen
That's because you're all lemmings. *ducks and runs*
- cecily
So having a Canon makes me a lemming? I'm sorry that's the height of ignorance.
- Mike Lewis
from Alert Thingy
I knew I should have brought my hammer to work with me! :P
- Mike Lewis
from Alert Thingy
PC users make smart choices in cameras, too. *hides in bomb shelter*
- No FB
Canon and Nikon are equally good for Pro use. I know many who use Canon and many like me who use Nikon. Some argue the glass for Canon lenses is superior. Perhaps.
- Photo Larry
from twhirl
When I was researching to buy my first DSLR, the consensus I found was Canon for pros, Nikon for amateurs. That was anecdotal because that's what everyone I talked to said was the practice, not necessarily the way it should be.
- Gregory Pittman
Canon is a MUCH larger company than Nikon. However, I just didn't like the feel of their cameras, and I prefer Nikon glass to Canon. That's what works for me.
- William Beem
I love how competitive it has become. We all win as long as these companies put out great products!
- Mike Lewis
from Alert Thingy
canon has been the industry standard for forever so it isn't any surprise at all.
- Damien Franco
agree @william
- Alexander Rode
That is quite a difference in preference. I also like Canon products.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
for the last few years canon has been killing nikon at the high end digital range. nikon has been working hard to catch up but the damage may have already been done. both companies make great cameras today and will continue to do so for years to come
- sam b-r
Should asked about D3 vs Cannon 1 DS MK3 and what they think. Scott Bourne just switched to Nikon: http://twipphoto.com/index...
- Roberto Bonini
Wow, looks like Canon wins!
- Susan Beebe
I use/love Nikon, but I don't care what people have...as long as it takes pictures.
- Kreg Steppe
My guess is it's about the same ratios among us amateurs using pocket sized cameras as well. Just spent sometime in BestBuy stores. Couldn't help noticing most people walk out with Canons.
- shelisrael1
Wow, you mean I can be happy because I own a Nikon and I favor the underdog at the same time. Cool!.
- Dennis E. Hamilton
from twhirl
I use Canon; it just works for me. YMMV. However, Canon's wide angle glass is not the greatest so I'm starting to look elsewhere for alternatives. The 21mm f/2.8 Distagon is insanely sharp but it's no longer in production and copies are priced into the stratosphere.
- Jauder Ho
hmm, that adds a new wrinkle to my decisions. One of the benefits(so I was told) of the Nikon is the ability to use the same lenses through the years? Personally I like Zeiss lenses, so whomever has those I tend to go w/.
- clarke thomas
nice post, making my decesion easier
- Ryan
I chose Canon for two reasons. The first was that it felt natural in my hands. The controls seemed to be where I would want them. The second (and perhaps more important) was that two of my friends friends have Canon. It's great going on a shoot and having double the arsenal of lenses. But I think both are great choices and the competition makes for better equipment for everyone.
- John Wright
Hmmm.. I agonized for weeks over what DSLR to purchase for my first one. I wavered back and forth between Canon and Nikon. Then, I went to the nest camera store here in Austin and ended up buying a.... Sony. It was the best bang for my buck and with the Minolta lens options available out there I have been very pleased with my decision. Of course, I'm no pro.
- Jeff Jones
@shelisrael1 - P&S cameras are a different world. The margins are razor thin and Canon is larger than Nikon; better able to absorb the costs. Nikon's recent statements indicate that it wants to focus on the higher end market. Given it's position against Canon, that's a wise move. It can't complete as a commodity.
- William Beem
I'd assume there's some selection bias in the attendees.
- Eric P
@ Mike Lewis, see Canon people can't even take a joke. I'm brand agnostic, and have even recommended Canon cameras to people who have asked. So dismount from that horse, if you don't mind. :)
- cecily
@shelisrael - I prefer Canon's point and shoot cameras to Nikon's (and just about everyone else's). The reason I didn't get a Canon SLR when I was in the first in the market? Because I have ginormous hands and the Rebel XT felt tiny in comparison to the D50 I eventually bought, and because I couldn't afford a 30D or 5D.
- cecily
We chose a Canon for our first DSLR on you a recommendation from a pro photographer.
- Robert
I'm not buying that poll. Maybe Canon has turned into Comcast and stocked the room?
- ThePicMan
And most "pro" drivers drive trucks and buses, but I'll stick to my BMW thanks. OK, not a brilliant analogy but everyone knows that Nikon has been playing catch up on the pro photography front. They have the line up now but the existing pros still have the legacy gear. it's going to be a long time before the balance shifts (if it does). Also, they used to say that nobody got fired for buying IBM, isn't that a better analogy on the photo front?
- Fraser Smith
Strange how a Pro camera poll has spawned so much debate about P&S and Prosumer models.
- ThePicMan
@clarke thomas - Zeiss has several lines of manual focus lenses that fit the Nikon and several other mounts. See http://twurl.nl/x2p15o. However, they do not have one that directly fits a Canon which will require the use of an adapter. On the flip side, due to the large diameter of the Canon lens mount, it is possible to use lens from quite a few vendors although you have to test for clearance from the mirror.
- Jauder Ho
Personally, I'm waiting to see if Zeiss will make an updated version of the 21mm Distagon. www.16-9.net is a useful resource if you are interested in lens comparisons. I would also add that the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 looks to be a pretty impressive lens too.
- Jauder Ho
Call off the cheeseburgers, we're back. I could use a G&T though. It's 100 degrees.
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Order canceled. Have fun on the hike?
- xero
For medicinal purposes I'm sure. Can't be too careful!
- John Wright
You need a BrainTonIQ
- Andy White
from twhirl
8 deg C here :) Cheeseburger yum, but not for breakfast.
- mark.kemperman
from feedalizr
A G&T? Would that be a Gin and Tonic? :-)
- Mark Sheppard
G&T with Bombay Sapphire=perfection
- Lee Skarbek
I was about to ask/say the same thing Mark did... glad I read all the comments
- Gaspare
Agree with Lee. Can't beat the Bombay Sapphire! Mmmmm. Wish I had one right now.
- Melissa Goetsch
Leo, I respected you before, but now that I know you are a G&T man, you are at a whole new level sir! Throw in an extra lime for me...
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
from twhirl
ahhh a man after my own heart. I use the excuse that the quinine is good for my leg cramps.(and it is)
- Garrett
Wall•E was the best movie i've seen in a long time!
David Sandey, mike "glemak" dunn, RyanEs and 10 other people liked this
I guess I am going to have to take my son instead of waiting for video store copy.
- Chris Leckness
My son saw it Friday and really like it. I'm taking the whole family later this afternoon.
- John Wright
Great movie!
- Jason Wehmhoener
Winer blocked me here from discussing shit with him further.
E.J. Alcantara, Tyler Crowley, paul mooney and 7 other people liked this
So much for his free speech bullshit. If you can't beat someone, censor them.
- Tim Finucane
Thats his M.O. apparently. Ill bury all these assholes. One by one.
- loren feldman
same here, for a pretty innocuous comment
- Jeff Quinton
LOL
- Susan Beebe
How is putting your hands over your ears censorship?
- Ken Sheppardson
Because Dave isn't putting his hands over his own ears, he's putting them over the ears of everyone who is participating in the conversation. And beside, it's fucking hypocritical to talk about free speech and then hide from Loren by blocking him. He claims he wants to take a stand. Quit running from the person you have a beef with and take a stand. He's just being a coward the way he's acting.
- Tim Finucane
it might be time to tell the story behind what happened at podtech with loren.. re: loren and scoble. shel is acting all innocent but robert went after loren when he did work at podtech and as a result that caused Loren to lose his sponsorship away .shel is roberts partner and has tangled with loren on other occasions...so it was they who went after loren .. maybe it's time to set the record straight on this..
- John Furrier
interesting John...
- Jamie
Thanks John, if people only knew what we really know huh old pal? You're a good guy John.
- loren feldman
Was that in the leadup/fallout around the "black tech blogger" video? http://blog.wired.com/busines...
- Ken Sheppardson
John Furrier ? the founder of Podtech ? So you know what exactly transpired , why dont you break the ice and set the record straight ?
- Peter Dawson
Getting blocked by Dave Winer is a right of passage on the web. Dave has had some very famous feuds like with Calacanis at Gnomedex or Curry about PodShow. I'm surprised it took him so long to jump in on this one.
- Rob Safuto
take it as a badge of honor.. I know I would
- David Parmet
Oh I know gnomedex. http://www.1938media.com/gnomede...
- loren feldman
you've got your winer number!
- Jason Calacanis
Aww boychik-sure you'll live and do just fine. Maturity on the interwebs rarer than correct English grammar in a George W. Bush speech.
- Mark Forman
ES! - AY! - PEE! Tell 'em Shel sentcha! ROFLMFAO!
- Mario Olckers
and just like that John just kicked this little soap opera up to 2.0... man, revenge by puppetry is a bitch!
- Tyler Crowley
Dave Winer is blocking everyone... I just got blocked. hahahahahaha....
- Jason Calacanis
It's good that John is telling the truth. Scoble and Shel got Loren fired... they went after him, and then Loren went after them.
- Jason Calacanis
Thanks for giving the shout out to John, Jason. John Furrier was always good and honest to me.
- loren feldman
In the final analysis, all social media will have been about personal vendettas writ large.
- J T. Ramsay
Isn't it clear why Loren was fired? Wasn't it because of the outrage from the public over his videos the public deemed racist? Had he been at Coke or Microsoft, he would have been fired as well. It continued even most recently with his continued horrible treatment of Julia Allison.
- Mark Lepzig
Remind me not to get on your bad side, Loren. Also, most of the folks commenting on this entry I have not subscribed to yet.. proof that there are different circles of people here on FF.
- Phil G
Yeah, I blocked Whiner a while ago. I don't mind if you disagree with me as long as you respect my opinion. Obvious that Whiner doesn't condone disagreement. So much for embracing diversity...
- John Wright
I really want to buy a Ford GT - http://www.mahalo.com/Ford_GT
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but with a Corvette and a Tesla on the way I don't think I can justify--or fit--three sports cars in my driveway. I think I'm getting addicted to not only poker, but also fast cars. midlife crisis??!?!!? :-)
- Jason Calacanis
from Bookmarklet
I thought the same thing last week, but was yearning a Porsche GT-2...
- Sonny Gill
My latest obsession? Keeping the Prius @ 50 mpg or greater.
- J T. Ramsay
do u really need a car ?
- Peter Dawson
@J.T. Ramsay 50mpg, dayam, that must be nice.
- Sonny Gill
@Sonny Gill 50mpg feels like a disappointment. I got over 52mpg with four adults and luggage in the car. It was awesome.
- J T. Ramsay
By the love of God don´t do it! Jeremy Clarkson ( www.topgear.com ) bought one and it was rubish acording to him. Audi R8, now that is a Super Car.
- Pedro Fonseca
from twhirl
I have a Ford Mustang GT, does that count?
- John Wright
I know the car. Even started its engine, having a seat my a#s 3" from the ground. This car, Jason is G!
- Eric Sausse
from fftogo
what is everyone looking forward to this weekend? reply with @jasoncalacanis so i can see it
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my brother and his family coming to town for a visit
- Mike Nally
from twhirl
@jasoncalacanis two more White Sox wins over Cubbies would be nice
- Daltonsbriefs
Richard: i'm so desperate to see Wall-E but i have an afternoon BBQ and I'm hosting a birthday dinner tonight. Grrrr....
- Jason Calacanis
@jasoncalacanis I'm working this weekend so I hope that I get good amount of rest besides that... :D
- Daniel Schildt
@jasoncalacanis I'm looking forward to a 4-day long weekend since it's Canada Day on Tuesday
- Daniel Robitaille
@jasoncalacanis relaxing in Islamorada, Florida Keys
- Fred Neil
looking fwd to wining a jackpot :)- its like $32M in canada 4 today !
- Peter Dawson
My son graduated from high school and my daughter promoted from middle school. So today we are having a bunch of family and friends over for a BBQ to celebrate. I'll be in front of the grill with the big tongs playing in the fire.
- John Wright
@jasoncalacanis not sure why u asked for handle to be prepended to the rply. any particular reason ? (further edit) - i meant, if yo hit this link you obversiously see the rply's !!
- Peter Dawson
Taking my 3 YO son to his first day of Soccer. Otherwise relaxing around the house.
- Jeff P. Henderson
John Wright: congrats on graduations!!! Peter Dawson, was going to syndicate my comment to twitter, but that doesn't seem to be working. Jeff: excellent!
- Jason Calacanis
@jasoncalacanis testing out my new Callaway Driver! Woohoo!
- Cameron
swimming with the baby & just taking it easy...
- Scott A. Swiecki
taking my 6yo bowling. FF doesn't need prefixes for you to follow, that's the beauty of it...
- Anthony Farrior
@jasoncalacanis spending the week end with my new born niece, Pia
- Rubin Sfadj
working on penthouses.com , plurking & a lil friendfeed too...
- Zee.
@jasoncalacanis The first long weekend summer means drinks, patios, and pretty ladies. That's what I'm looking forward to!
- Robb M.
@jasoncalacanis Probably going to work on some new SeRPs for Mahalo actually haha. Just worked on Lindsay Davenport and Chinese Checkers :-)
- Andrew Dobrow
@jasoncalacanis No longer looking forward, but really enjoying Podcamp Ohio right now.
- Greg Schwartz
working all weekend
- Zach Underwood
The greatest gift a father can give his children is to love and respect their mother
The Count Rob, kbourke, Shankar Ganesh and 8 other people liked this
That's awesome Noah! Happy Father's Day!
- Susan Beebe
That's a great thought.
- Vince DeGeorge
I've heard this before and try to live it. I try to take my wife away for a long weekend without the kids at least once a year. Of course I tell the kids I'm doing it just for them! This year its a bed and breakfast in Carmel in August.
- John Wright
Thanks Susan!
- Noah Carter
and the kid is thinking, "Yes, but what about the pony...?"
- Karim
Constitution Party platform on Terrorism and Personal Liberty (and habeas corpus) - http://www.constitutionparty.com/party_p...
We deplore and vigorously oppose legislation and executive action that deprive the people of their rights secured under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments under the guise of "combating terrorism" or "protecting national security." Examples of such legislation are the National Security Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the proposed Domestic Securities Enhancement Act (colloquially known as "Patriot II"), and the Military Commissions Act.
- Ontario Emperor
Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2: "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." The threat of Terrorism has not been claimed to be a rebellion or an invasion.
- Ontario Emperor
Too bad the single-party government we have now will do all they can to stifle any so-called "third party" out there.
- Dave Roth
So, Dave, I suspect that in the fall, McCain and Obama will claim that this is "the most momentous election in history" and talk about "the stark differences between me and my opponent." Dave, when you hear these statements, will you break out in uncontrollable laughter? Or will it be uncontrollable tears?
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Do you also deplore and oppose any legislation and executive action that deprives people of their rights secured under the Second Amendment? I would hope so. Most people that defend the Fourth and Fifth Amendments conveniently forget about the Second.
- John Wright
Depends on how you interpret "a well-regulated militia."
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
Murdoch of Fox News Admits Manipulating the News for Agenda - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Graham Garland, Ron Emrick, Marco(aureliusmaximus) and 2 other people liked this
Not surprised by this at all.
- Dawn M. Armfield
Yeah, like the other networks don't? Every major news media company slants the news and reports what they want you to hear to further their agenda. None of them are completely objective.
- John Wright
Definitely true, but I do wish they'd all admit it openly. News can't be objective. It's always subjective, in one way or another. Either we report it with a bias, or we pick the subjects we report "objectively" based on the agenda we want to push. Objective, unbiased, "spin-free" news is hogwash.
- Raoul Pop
That is why I don't watch the news anymore. Not even the BBC is truely objective and have in recent times changed to the same type of sensationalist tripe the ad supported networks scream at us.
- Travis Koger
The thing is, Travis, no one is objective in reporting the news. I'm certainly not objective. Anyone who says they are is likely either lying to you or to themselves.
- Raoul Pop
Agree.
- Travis Koger
Raoul, agreed.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Lance Armstrong Alpe D'Huez 2001 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Raoul Pop and Mike Reynolds liked this
Theres nothing quite like the Tour de France.
- Mike Reynolds
The music gets on my nerves, but yeah, Lance is amazingly inspirational. What he did is just fantastic.
- Raoul Pop
Very cool. That was the day Lance faked like he was having a bad day. The TV cams were all over him as he grimaced and 'struggled' to stay on his team mates wheel. Then when they hit the base of the final climb US Postal just exploded the race. Ullrich was a great rider but never had the answer to an acceleration like that on a climb. Go back to the '98 Tour and you'll see Marco Pantani make Jan look just as foolish.
- John Wright
How many folks would pay $20 a month for Twitter Pro? $250 a year for 99.99999% up time? http://patphelan.net/twitter...
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I would definitely pay for up time.
- Ron Bieber
No way I would pay $250 a year. But I certainly would be willing to pay something if it would help the service improve on stability.
- Gregory Pittman
from twhirl
I would pay something, but $250 a year would cut into my gaming/tinkering budget.
- ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les)
Not sure I would be willing to pay; I'm not that addicted to it that I need it up all the time. at any cost
- Daniel Robitaille
I won't pay that much. That's more than what I've been paying for anything else on the web.
- Morton Fox
I'd pay, but not $20 / month -- there are services that do more and they are free
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Not sure throwing money at the problem will fix it right now, but in principle, yeah, I'd pay.
- Mike Stanley
from twhirl
Didn't they recently get a bucket or two load of money thrown at em?
- Michael W. May
how could try provide that for the people that pay and leave everyone else in the dust .. kinds sounds like extortion to me
- John Blanton
I'd be willing to pay $20 a year, as I did with Pownce, but anything beyond that would be unlikely. I love Twitter, but it's far from a necessity for me.
- Evan Sims
I'd consider it; but I'm not sure I would feel any assurance that my paying a subscription would guarantee any uptime...
- Phil Crissman
That's more than I pay for hosting, for 2 sites. I like Twitter, but not that much.
- Mike McBride
Pay for FF not Twitter.
- The Dude Abides
If all I was paying for was uptime, I would stop using Twitter. You should provide the same uptime, no matter what kind of account you have.
- Anthony Thompson
from twhirl
I would rather write my own twitter if I am paying for is up time...paying for up time is like making a donation to your church/temple/mosque for blessings...say what???
- Kamath (नमः)
from twhirl
In more stable times I have said that I would pay $10/mo for a twitter w/o rate limits. So I'd probably pay $20/mo for a stable twitter w/o rate limits
- Bastard Operator From FF
Never. I would just stick with FF then.
- Jacob Nahin
Not a chance. I don't think I would even pay $20/year. Uptime is something that should be expected.
- Bob
No way I'd pay $20 a month for twitter. It's fun, but not that fun. I pay $25 per year for a pro account on flickr, so maybe $20 a year for twitter.
- John Wright
No, because most likely my friends wouldn't pay for it and then it wouldn't be any fun.
- Eric Florenzano
Funny how someone always proclaims that they would just build their own. Really? Your time is worth that little? How much do you make an hour? How many hours would it take you to build, promote and support your own version of twitter? Who would you have to talk to on "your" version?
- Lon
Yes. I would pay a yearly fee for a "pro" account.
- Lon
Never.
- James
yes i would pay a yearly fear for a "pro"
- Joshua Smith
from twhirl
I think $20 is way overpriced for what Twitter does.
- Gadiel Rivera
I'd pay for Twiter pro, but $20 p/month would be too much, considering what Flickr charges.
- jjprojects
from twhirl
Flickr only charges $24.95/year for a pro account. I think that would be enough.
- Morton Fox
This is a classic collective action problem. If enough people decided to move to Pownce or Jaiku or some other platform, they could do it for free. Weirdly, the internet seems to be failing at one of its chief promises: solving the collective action problem.
- mrshl
No thanks. With a pro account you'd get? Filesharing, storage, uptime, more robust features...sounds nothing like Twitter!
- Bryan Landers
I would not pay anything for it. There are too many other free services.
- wrecks
I would pay for an open protocol to be developed for collaborative messaging
- Jonathan Beckett
Things in life that are addictive: digital photography, Flickr, Tommy's cheeseburgers, those tangy sea salt and vinegar blue chips in the blue bag, coffee, Red Bull, and friendfeed.
Nick Humphries, Travis Koger, sam b-r and 28 other people liked this
Red Bull is training wheels for Crystal Meth. I'm already a caffiene addict - don't give me insane amounts of it!
- Internet's Tad
Chocolate, NFL Football, The Office, oh and FriendFeed
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Checking my web site stats on Mint (http://www.haveamint.com/)
- Thomas Brox Røst
Coding. Cigarettes.
- Mohamed J
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the can of Red Bull that thoughts acquire speed, the clothes acquire stains. The stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion." [sips Red Bull]
- Karim
and twitter. tommys burgers are nasty. ewww
- Photo Larry
6 replies and nobody mentioned sex? Fortunately I am here to remind you :)
- funkyboy
The other replies mentioned voluntary addictions...
- Internet's Tad
I love *ALL* that cool stuff listed in your post above! :-) Life is Good!
- Susan Beebe
I have a couple of substitutions: Red Mill burgers, Kettle Chips' Beer & Cheddar chips, and Irish cream lattes. Okay, that was more than a couple. I also agree with NFL Football (but would also add the EPL), the Office (but would also add 30 Rock). Oh, and FriendFeed. Also agree with coding (but would add mathematics). I've pretty much ruined this thread. }-{ELLO!
- Akiva Moskovitz
The internet in general
- Nelson de Witt
from twhirl
Yea Tommy Burgers.
- Russellreno
Mine would be cycling, digital photography, Flick/Twitter/FF, cappuccinos. Just like drugs all of these have a "gateway" drug. Mountain biking led to road biking. Starbucks led to Peets. Minolta F100 led to Rebel XT led to 20D led to 5D. Email led to web surfing, led to Facebook led to Twitter led to FF. Hi, my name is John and I'm and addict... Everyone? Hi John...
- John Wright
Scoble references this very conversation. http://scobleizer.com/2008...
- Russellreno
WOO HOO! I'm famous now so you better look out!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Dark chocolate, twitter, friendfeed, PSP, coffee, ice cream, biking, reading my friends' shared items on google reader!
- Maryam Ardakani
morel mushrooms!
- lisa-k
fried fish, curry, more curry, geocaching, Where's George, Postcrossing, Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr, and writing really clever scripts in Vim and Perl.
- Morton Fox
Blueberry green tea (it's my crack), and Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Matt
You're channeling me, man!
- Mykl Roventine
Green Hills tea, Friends and Friendfeed. :)
- Alejandro
Apple products, mobile phones, energy drinks, magazines, books, music and Twitter.
- israel
Ahhh...so this is what it means to have a friend feed conversation.
- Todd
Guacamole to go with those chips, hummus, email
- Greg Tarnoff
FF is becoming quite crack-like - I had to really restrain myself today so I could get work done
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
I find that I'm going to Flickr's most recent photos from my contacts much less than I used to and going to friendfeed to view my contacts and imaginary contacts flickr photos much more.
Russell G, Dennis, Adewale Oshineye and 6 other people liked this
And I see Scoble has a similar sentiment about using Google Reader less, FriendFeed more for finding blog posts. Good stuff.
- Hutch Carpenter
*coughs*
- Kathleen C
Yeah , FF works great. And just in case you're having trouble finding my feed, http://friendfeed.com/mtbjohn.
- John Wright
Your behavior makes sense. In Flickr you can only see photos and videos, while in FriendFeed you can see everything. You're going to have more incentive to go to the latter.
- Ontario Emperor
@Ontario Emperor, not only this but on Flickr you can only see the last 5 photos that your contacts upload from the most recent photo page. This means that anytime someone uploads more than 5, all but the most recent 5 get buried. FriendFeed is a much smarter way to browse your Flickr contacts photos. Now if only there was a way to mass add all of my flickr contacts as either existing FriendFeed accounts or if not imaginary.
- Thomas Hawk
I find i'm using Zooomr much less (nearly zero) than i once had. An upload bug afflicted my account in November 2006 and i still cannot upload. The friends i had hoped to draw there lost interest.
- John Lam
Why are there so many "this photo is currently unavailable" thumbnails for flickr photos on FriendFeed?
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This happens when you later "replace" the photo, for instance after a last minute edit in Picnic. I agree that this is annoying. On the other hand, it forces one to think twice before pressing the "export" button!
- Guillaume Lemoine
I saw one on your FF. The popup says it's 'Lyrical", but that photo shows up earlier in the group. Is that a photo that you uploaded and then replaced? Or did you do an edit in Flickr? Not sure, but possible explanation? [edit - all the photos in a group have the same popup as the first photo, so that doesn't tell us which photo it was.]
- John Wright
I think Flickr on FriendFeed is still a tad wonky as cool as it is. @John Wright, I never replace photos or edit photos on Flickr. All of my photos are uploaded as is. It is odd that the title pop up for all my photos in an upload session show the same title (as in the "Lyrical" example).
- Thomas Hawk
It happened to me the other day: I wasn't satisfied with the settings on the picture but only noticed AFTER I had uploaded it to flickr. I felt compelled to say "sorry" as a comment on my own flickr feed in FF for the rude caption "unavailable". I suppose it might be better to just find a way to not have these "unavailable" pics show up anymore... Is FF listening?
- Alex von Halem
It also happens if you do antyhing to modify the photo. I rotated one the other day (no clue how it ended up rotated the wrong way on Flickr) and saw that.
- Benjamin Golub
We should handle this better. Right now, FriendFeed saves all entries it sees, and we don't handle updates very well.
- Bret Taylor
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