This morning we changed the format of FriendFeed subscription email messages to include more information about people who subscribe to you. Please let us know if you see any problems, and keep an eye out for more email improvements in the future.
I'm all for improving the format of notifications, but wonder (aloud) if it is such a smart move to include the Approve/Reject link right at the top (unless it only appears in private feeds to which someone has requested access). Right now we have the option of blocking/ rejecting a subscriber at any time but presumably not at the very outset. This may lead to more of a walled gardens' mentality, already very prevalent at FF.
- ianf ⌘
ianf: approve/reject is only for private feeds. Public feeds just have a link to subscribe back :)
- Benjamin Golub
I noticed this one! Such informations about people who subscribe to me on FriendFeed are useful, and makes it easy to quickly get in the conversation. Thanks for the good job!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Gmail automatically showed me the images in a subscription email, even though I never told it to (you know how gmail has the 'display images below' option). further, it doesn't give me the option to hide the images. not that I'd want to, but how are you bypassing gmail's security feature to hide the images?
- chrisofspades
Chris, we don't do anything special. I'm not sure how gmail decides what images to show, you'd have to contact them or check the gmail help.
- Casey Muller
Casey, you sure FriendFeed's founders didn't use some of their "we created Gmail" mojo? ;)
- chrisofspades
Chris, the "show images" only applies to external images hosted on other sites. Gmail doesn't show those by default because doing so would allow people to "bug" email. We include the images with the email so that they can be displayed immediately.
- Paul Buchheit
You know what sucks? Looking up bands / artists you would like to see and realizing that NO ONE comes to Florida. If they do, it's to Tampa, Miami or Orlando and it's usually during the week. #firstworldproblems
getting beaten and tasered by bored/power-mad FLA law enforcement officers doesn't help.
- Joe The Sausage
Lemme see. Who does Jax get? A sampling...Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Hank Williams Jr., The Moody Blues, Travis Tritt, They Might Be Giants, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum, Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Gregg Allman, Gordon Lightfoot...
- JA Castillo
Pink Martini are playing Tampa in April. And guess what? It's on a week night! LOL
- JA Castillo
JA my brain skipped over the country. I say Elvis Costello blah blah blah TMBG Blah blah blah....
- G Dub of the Carolinas
The local scene here is less than the best, so that's not helpful either.
- JA Castillo
I have never been into either Elvis Costello or TMBG, but at least those are good acts. #silverlining ?
- JA Castillo
we have a great little music bar called the handlebar. they get lots of eclectic acts like Parliament and Hank Williams the 3rd.
- G Dub of the Carolinas
Just found that Young The Giant is playing in Jax Beach in March. That's a start!
- JA Castillo
Hmm, Sleigh Bells + Diplo in February...
- JA Castillo
Jax is pretty crap for live music, I agree. That's why my band has only played there about 2-3 times. The Burro Bar is a pretty cool venue though, and they have some great beers.
- Nathan Chase
Regarding FB/FF - Here's how it's [probably] going to work. You will most likely have an account merge, all of the services FriendFeed supports will now be aggregated on Facebook, and all of your FriendFeed friends will be in a "list" on Facebook. The FF Groups will become Facebook Groups. The FF lists will become Facebook Lists.
the only thing that might get lost in the shuffle would be the Saved Searches - those don't have an equivalence on Facebook, and may be hard to port over...
- Nathan Chase
still the issue at hand is the past data... if they could figure out how to port over all the previous conversations and comments to Facebook - that would be a monumental achievement
- Nathan Chase
I'm feeling a little nautious just thinking about it.
- Daniel Sims
I dont't want this. Don't like facebook. Don't want to be there. I think Friendfeed is over for me:(
- Ozgur Uckan
"Reason #1 is essential in my book. Boxee can play anything - I've never had a file format it couldn't play back. The interface is also very family friendly, which goes a long way too as I don't have to be the one to navigate to content if others in the house want to watch something specific. The social features are very nice - underhyped I think as no other device does anything similar."
- Nathan Chase
"The cop-out answer: an unedited, raw footage continuous screening of any and all home video/film footage of my family. The hypothetical answer: since I'll die once the film has ended, logic dictates choosing the longest film ever made: Modern Times Forever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... The answer expected: my #1 film, The Empire Strikes Back"
- Nathan Chase
And there's another page! EDIT: I might steal some of the categories.
- caj needs a haircut
The 2nd page is for stuff I don't generally need fast access to. I'd pack more in the folders if iOS let me. I could if I jailbroke, but it's not that vital to warrant it. Plus, tethered jailbreak is for the birds.
- Nathan Chase
from iPhone
He bravely waited in the line for almost 2 hours to meet him. He got real nervous when it was his turn, but then when he got up there he was all smiles.
- Nathan Chase
When he's not emoing it up, maybe, sure. But man you just want to punch him in the face any time he's doing anything related with his band. Something like... http://i307.photobucket.com/albums...
- Nathan Chase
Nope, don't want to punch him in the face. I love 30StM. Okay, that one maybe, it's horrible.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Now there's my boy. <3 Those baby blues...*swoon*
- Hookuh Tinypants
He could get it, but I always want to feed his hot, scrawny ass. Also, he can't scream in high pitches when we're doing it; dude's voice is way higher than mine, and it'd ruin the mood.
- ωαřмaiden TeamOtto
I'm not American. As much as love a oversized belt buckle on my hat, I have no link with the Pilgrims. I don't link pumpkin pie. I have no link with (US) Thanksgiving except my notion that any day that is focused on family, thankfullness and the eating of a shit-tonne of food should at least get a gentle nod. So if you would all indulge me this...
They were NOM... Still have Post Turkey Burpage
- Johnny
from iPhone
An American friend of mine is working in Australia right now and went and bought a turkey today. Here is a photo: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos... O_O She said it had better be filled with gold for that price.
- Rochelle
The label says $6.99kg, was it a 10kg turkey? o.O
- Melly Botts
Dear lord! Do they not normally eat turkey? Our grocery store had a one day sale @58cents a pound. Rough conversion in size would be about 7.25 kilogram size (16 pounds) - total cost less than $10.00.
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
Naveen Andrews. Remember him in the English Patient?
- marthalib
Webgoddess' contribution made me immediately think "He’s got his filthy adult Pierce Brosnany eyes all over my Cordy.". I'm not sure I have a suggestion for sexiest man alive. Hmm. I'll have to think about it.
- ellbeecee
Yes, Naveen Andrews and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje! *fans self* I always have to mention Denzel Washington, too.
- Mark Kille
The sexiest men I can think of aren't celebrities.
- Kaijsa
I agree with Kaijsa. I know things like clefts in chins, full heads of shiny hair, and 8-pack abs are seen as highly desirable, but I've never shied away from a guy who liked his beer and his stomach reflected that. Average joes (that can make me laugh?), FTW.
- Derrick
Feel free to name anyone you like, of course :)
- marthalib
Yep, Derrick, I totally agree. Smart, funny, and nice is pretty damn sexy. Although I just remembered a celebrity who I find superficially beautiful: Sendhil Ramamurthy.
- Kaijsa
D: *blush*. Rochelle: "imprinted on me" is making me giggle.
- Chris Zammarelli
I can see the appeal of Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, David Beckham... Bradley Cooper makes sense too, though. Perhaps Eric Bana? Josh Duhamel? Chris Evans? I still dig Clooney, man. Gosling seems to be the other "it" guy in Hollywood lately.
- Nathan Chase
If we're judging solely on looks, my shallow heart still belongs to Tom Cruise's face. or maybe Gerard Butler.
- ωαřмaiden TeamOtto
John: Are we talking Steve Lawson with or without the goatee?
- Andy
(This is actually an important question, as I was thinking today of shaving it off.)
- Your Neighbor Steve
George Clooney, scruffy Hugh Jackman (but not Broadway Hugh), and one person that only Cecily knows.
- DJF
Alan Rickman, oh yes. I had to look him up to be sure he was the guy I was thinking of, but Chiwetel Ejiofor most definitely. A younger Hugh Grant. Oh hell, the whole bloody cast of Love Actually, why not.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Neal Caffrey has some freakily blue eyes, I'm telling you. (I don't know if his actors' eyes are equally blue. I tend to be more interested in characters than actors.)
- Deborah Fitchett
RepoRat and I clearly share a brain (?), as I'm there with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lester and Warren. Ejiofor is very underrated. It takes a beautiful man to be Lola. And that voice...oh, mercy. *fans* Rickman always tops my list, in any of his incarnations, and for his voice. It occurs to me that I'm rather taken with certain men's *voices*. Hm.
- Louise Alcorn
Hmm. Actors I think are sexy: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paterson Joseph (quite dashing in Neverwhere), James McAvoy, Hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth (oh my god that Apollo's belt), Tom Hiddleston (I blame the Memos from Fury Tumblr), and, to round out my list with a few American-born lovies, T.J. Thyne and Taye Diggs. Oh, and yes! I am all about Zachary Quinto too. Harrison Ford & Sean Connery.
- Laura H.
I have a friend who was a few years behind Momoa *and* Brandon Routh in high school. Apparently Norwalk, IA grows them hot. Also, for my money: Michael Fassbender - http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2011...
- Katie
Hrm. I remember that, but clearly I'm just not that into Bradley Cooper.
- Derrick
I keep picturing Bradley Whitford and being completely confused. But still no.
- Rachel Walden
oh yeah, i was thinking Bradley Whitford too. I had too look up this Bradley Cooper guy. No clue. Man, I'm old...
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
This whole Bradley Cooper phenomenon just boggles my mind.. Just NO. He is an okay actor that is about it. I remember when ATeam came out I made the comment that he wasn't pretty enough to play FACE.
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
I don't dislike Bradley Cooper in the slightest. I think he's fine, funny, I'd have a beer with him. But Sexiest Man Alive? No.
- Derrick
to paraphrase the great man: "still straight" (Bradley who?.. I know who he is BTW). Now George Clooney? #hecouldgetit
- MoTO Bott
I had never heard of him before. He looks like a poor man's Ralph Fiennes.
- Your Neighbor Steve
LOL @Barry - I was just saying to the boyfriend the other day that Clooney could hit anybody he wanted - male/female, gay/straight - who's gonna say no to that?
- Webgoddess Needs A Drink
I have to admit that I have been a fan of Cooper since Alias.
- Alan