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September 30 at 7:36 am - Link
Amen to this. Needless precision is senseless. - matt hollingsworth
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Maurice Sendak’s Concerns, Beyond Where the Wild Things Are - NYTimes.com
Maurice Sendak’s Concerns, Beyond Where the Wild Things Are - NYTimes.com
September 10 at 8:41 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"He is, at heart, a curmudgeon, but a delightful one, with a vast range of knowledge, a wicked sense of humor and a talent for storytelling and mimicry." - Abby Martin via Bookmarklet
Liking for curmudgeonliness! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Let the wild rumpus start. - Hutch Carpenter
wonderful article, and an interesting look inside this very talented man's soul. - matt hollingsworth
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Why I did not make Olympics
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September 10 at 7:49 am - Link
My son did a vault face plant *twice* during warmups at his first competition (he was 9 I think)-- the coach reassured him after the first with a "just go out and do it again" -- which he did (fortunately he came 2nd in the event). Some of these accidents shown here could have been life threatening though so I am not sure what the right response to these should be, - Brian Sullivan
Brian - I agree. Especially the last incident with the vault. That's not really funny. Some of the other things actually did make me laugh, though, especially the bicycle guy getting some payback after he pushed down a competitor. - matt hollingsworth
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My Awesome Son Jackson
August 29 at 11:10 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
I'm super excited that I get to take my 7 year old son Jackson to an A's baseball game tonight just him and I. He won two club level tickets at the golf driving range by hitting a 175 yard drive into a bucket a few weeks back. He kept trying for the bucket over and over again so that he and his dad could go to a baseball game together. He's such an awesome kid. I'm so lucky to have him (as well as the rest of them and mrsth) in my life. - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet
good looking kid. gonna be a hit with the ladies when he grows up - Cee Bee
What a beautiful boy. - Abby Martin
+1 Cee Bee. - Yuvi
That's a great shot. - Jeff Jones
awesome! You two have a blast! - jerry
he's lovely Thomas. :) - Anna Haro
Have a great time. I take my sons to a Dodgers game every year and they love it! - RAPatton
Handsome kid. He's gonna make a lot of girls cry when he's 18 ;) - AJ Batac ♘
EOS 5D is getting very popular - AJ Batac ♘
you are indeed blessed, Thomas! - matt hollingsworth
a bucket @ 175 yards? thats impressive. - Bryan Clark
Jackson Hawk is a cool name. It has a Chuck Norris vibe to it. ;) - Chris Luckhardt
@Chris: Yeah, I thought Jackson Hawk was a cool name as well. I would have LOL'd if Thomas had named him Hudson though. =) - jerry
bello come il sole :-) - Sereneeta
@chris & @jerry, you know that Thomas Hawk is not his real name. It is just his pen/stage/photog name. Which in a way makes him even cooler than he already is :-) - Mark Anderson
@Mark: why you gotta bust my groove in hopes that he'd have a "Hudson Hawk"?? =P - jerry
Maybe his last name is really Five. - JodyUnwired
Oh my gosh, he is absolutely darling! - Karen Swim via Alert Thingy
He's a cutie! - Tamar Weinberg
Nothing like a father / son outing to a baseball game. Have fun. - Mike Doeff
That's an awesome story! It's such a treat for both parent and child to be able to spend quality one on one time with one of your children. Have fun! - Jeff P. Henderson
omg he's adorable. totally going to be a heartbreaker. :-) - Corie "Viper" Jones
could be a model ,, TH ,, nice to hear the father /son at a ball game stuff . Hope its a great game ,, Im sure there will be pictures ;) - johnpiercy
That's one photogenic kid. - Kevin D. White
Congrats on raising a good boy. Not an easy thing to do. - Brad Nickel
So handsome boy. congrats ☺☺☺ - Mahdi Ebrahimi
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Not Not Geoff Schultz posted a message
“I have to do a survey for my Astronomy class. I think I will FriendFeed Survey”
August 26 at 8:32 am - Link
Okay so here is the Survey. Please only give the Option Number. What is the reason for the seasons? Option 1: The Earths Orbit! [OR] Option 2: The Earth's Tilt [OR] Option 3: 1+2 for Sally! No comments other than responses to the survey please! - Not Not Geoff Schultz
3 = 1 + 2 - Sally Robinson
Both - Morton Fox
2 - elroy via twhirl
2 - unless the earth's orbit is oval as well . . .doh! I hate these trick questions. - Chris Loft
2 - Yuvi
3 - Charles
Jesus is actually the reason for the seasons. - J450N
2 but you should do surveys where the participants can't see each others responses - Jason Carreira
these options are so Earth-biased - THAT ONE grizzled
2. The Earth's orbit distance change is negligible. Make sure to put the answers in a graph! - Brandon Titus
3 - Shey
3 - JoEllen
Instead of "The Earths Orbit" you should have said "the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit". In which case the answer would be 2. As it stands, 3, because the tilt would have no effect outside the context of an orbit. Please don't draw conclusions about scientific illiteracy from these survey answers. - ⓞnor
Thanks for the input folks appreciate it. - Not Not Geoff Schultz
I wouldn't consider a question like this for the purposes of scientific illiteracy. I'm happy to be in a community where the vast majority know what orbit is. - Not Not Geoff Schultz
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Another World, Another Planet
August 26 at 6:10 am - Link
Andrew - such a beautiful picture! - matt hollingsworth
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Ryan Brenizer posted a message
“Tonight's haul from the delivery guy. D700, SB-900, new Macbook Pro. Was it a good night? Actually, it kind of sucked. But all those things are really cool.”
July 30 at 9:44 pm - Link
I lied -- it really sucked. - Ryan Brenizer
Sorry to hear. :( - Nick Takayama
I'll take the MacBook Pro and wait for the new 5D replacement. =) - Jauder Ho
hope tomorrow is way better. - Doug Robertson
The day is more than stuff, for sure. Sorry you had a bad one, congrats on the new gear. Can't wait to hear your experiences with the D700. - matt hollingsworth
... and definitely hope tomorrow is better for you. - matt hollingsworth
I hope, things are going to improve..., new toys sometimes help... - Ulrich Hilger
Today, so far, has been just as bad. But at least I can whisper sweet nothings to my D700 to give me solace. Plus today has only been about 10 minutes long. - Ryan Brenizer
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Akiva Moskovitz posted a message
“Hey, there. Yeah, you: Mr. Fingers. You do realize that you don't need to actually TOUCH my monitor screen to point at something on the desktop, right?”
July 30 at 11:09 am - Link
My favorite is when he pushes hard enough to discolor the nearby LCD pixels. - Akiva Moskovitz
The monitor of a co-worker here is covered in fingerprints. It's disgusting. - James Ferguson
I touch my monitors all the time. DON'T JUDGE ME! - James Williams (willia4)
Hi there, its Mrs Fingers. Mr Fingers is touching your what? - Yolanda
I just LOVE doing that ;) On my monitor, that is. - Yuvi
that's a big pet peeve of mine. don't leave your dirty prints on my monitor please. - Alan Le
Yes, around here we call that "Finger F*@&ing" the monitor. - Michael Beck
Oh I HATE it when anyone touches my monitor screen. I want to amputate their nasty greasy fingers. One good thing about working from home, is that no-one else goes near my screens usually, but it even bugs me if I'm working at a clients, and someone touches the screen I'm working on. - Ian Hussein Maverick May
hee. that bugs me, too. - edythe
I think it's the iPhone condition- I accidentally touch pad everything! - anna awesomesauce
For real. - Monique(boring)
the worst is when they point at something on the screen with a pencil or pen -- gives me a heart attack - Trent Olson
The only person who doesn't get yelled at for that is the owner of the company. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
Every time this thread pops back up at the top of my FF page, I run my fingers down my laptop screen. Just because I can. :) - James Williams (willia4)
easy for you to say. Not so easy to say when the fingers are on a 3, 5, 6 and 7 year old. :) - Thomas Hawk
it's kind of like the people who think they not only have the right, but the obligation to touch your baby once they come within 10 feet of you and utter something involving the word "cute" or "precious" :) - matt hollingsworth
Hah! We don't let people touch the baby unless they are blood or dang near close to it. "OMG! He is gorgeous!Can I hold him?!" "Uh...No, not really" - Rah™
How else are you going to point at those little dried up cough and sneeze specs. ew. - Andrew Smith
+18 James - Akiva Moskovitz
My husband looooses it when I accidentally touch his monitor... too F*ing funny! - Susan Beebe
Oh, good, there is no video. If there was, I couldn't watch it. That is a Monk-like issue of mine ;) - Michael W. May
My monitor is not a touch screen... so don't! Never can get the fingerprints off. - Lurking Grue
Also, Mr. Fingers, stay away from my iPod too. Only my greasy fingers get to smudge up that tiny little gadget. - Pete Delucchi
99% of people in Taiwan over 40 all Mr. Fingers... - Mark Forman
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July 30 at 2:05 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
beautiful! - matt hollingsworth
those are some powerful eyes - (jeff)isageek
this photo is amazing. Congratulations!!! - Misha
very beautiful woman - Cee Bee
Pretty - AJ Batac ♘
Cute :) - Iain Baker
beautiful pic. - john conroy
Intense and sultry :) - Toby Graham
wow, stunning. - Zee from WeDoCreative
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July 30 at 10:44 am - Link
This would be so badass. How can we make this happen? - Sol
Yes please! - Justin Korn
Totally! With a little 12s icon & everything! :-) - mindi
yes, please please. I could go on for 12 seconds about how much I want this. - matt hollingsworth
ditto - please to build! - Jeremy Toeman
yes please!! must build. - ryan
yes hook it up - Ishmael
I want it. Yes please. - drs650
Yes please! 12Seconds.tv support would rock! - David Howell
I would love to see 12secs integrated into FriendFeed. Let's make it happen. - Chris Rodgers
I agree. - delgado
gotta have it!!!! - Amy Wood
Let's integrate 12seconds in Seesmic, so it will be automatically integrated in FriendFeed ! - Philippe Bovigny via Alert Thingy
i love the idea of FF integrating 12seconds! - (jeff)isageek
12seconds support please - johnpiercy
anyone have any idea how to help make this happen? - David Beach
Beach - NoiseRiver has done it: http://noiseriver.com/entry/d9.... See if you can get in touch with Directeur (creator of NoiseRiver: http://friendfeed.com/directeu...) - Justin Korn
Though, that really doesn't help with making it happen IN friendfeed... - Justin Korn
It's gotta be a simple factor of how the feed is being processed. Seems like other media is picked up just fine...except for 12seconds (not blaming 12seconds, just saying it soudns like a more basic issue that could help future services as well) - Rah™
Agree with Rahsheen. Beach - you can also check out the NoiseRiver room: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/no... Directeur is very active there. - Justin Korn
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July 22 at 11:33 am - Link
This is the first I've heard of Things. It will be interesting to see how this compares to Remember the Milk (http://rmilk.com), which is what I use today. Thanks for sharing this. - matt hollingsworth
I keep switching between this and OmniFocus - Adam Turetzky
I was considering OmniFocus, but this is so darned cute. - Ryan Brenizer
have you tried using jott.com? I've used it for a while now to keep organized, especially while away from the computer. they just announced their iPhone app (free) and it looks pretty cool. - Neil Bernhart
That looks interesting. Thanks, Neil! - Ryan Brenizer
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July 22 at 10:10 am - Link
Despite a couple of snarky comments on this article, I think that vacation photography is great - albeit probably not huge - market. As @ryanbrenizer pointed out, if a family is going to spend a big chunk of change on a vacation, why not have some high quality images - a "visual narrative" to remember it? - matt hollingsworth
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July 18 at 9:54 am - Link
I, too, was excited this morning and even felt kind of warm and loved by the big U.S. exclusive iPhone provider - like maybe they really did want to be closer to the cutting edge and show their highly-paying customers some goodness. What a mess they have made, however. It's like my boss sending me an email that I'm getting a raise, then saying "oops, sorry, I didn't mean that" ... then doing it again! - matt hollingsworth
lol, made me laugh with that headline - Gregory Lent
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Thomas Hawk posted a message
“mrsth (she's the best) has been waiting in line 40 minutes at the Walnut Creek Apple store to buy me an new iPhone. Wives are comparing whose husband is giving them the most for waiting. Seems like shoes, purses and dinner seem to be the top offerings so far.”
July 16 at 1:50 pm - Link
Still lines? Buy one next week... - Hutch Carpenter
I really can't believe there are STILL likes either! Goooo mrsth! - Justin Korn
she says she's still got another 45 minutes in line. Yikes. They are sold out of white iPhones. Good thing I wanted black anyways. - Thomas Hawk
Hey how did you manage that? I waited 6 hours for my wife.... :-) - Jeremy Brooks
I got lucky in the wife Dept. Jeremy. - Thomas Hawk
You were skeptical last month ( http://thomashawk.com/2008/06/... ). What made you decide to get one? - Mike Doeff
Mike, I wasn't going to get one but then my old one got dropped and I can no longer use the power on/off or screenlock. I wasn't planning on getting a new one, but without power on/0ff or screenlock the phone doesn't hold a charge all day. - Thomas Hawk
at least you have iPhones within your state. WA is sold out. - rick gordon
Thomas - you got a great deal! And, are getting a good phone. :) - matt hollingsworth
If she is not the main account holder, she may have trouble purchasing one; at least, that's what they told me when I was in line. - Jeremy Brooks
@Jeremy: yes, I know of one person whose assistant was turned away because of the above. - Anthony Citrano
So what did YOU promise her? - Haggis (Sean)
Im sure MrsTH will come home to a fullcourse dinner , followed by Iphone Delight after supper .. - johnpiercy
hmmm, she's pretty resourceful Jeremy. I'm sure she'll be able to talk her way into buying one. - Thomas Hawk
I have mixed feelings about mine. Battery life is terrible with 3G and Push enabled. Managed to get by so far by turning Push off and its not too bad. - Sean Davis
Haggis, I'm sure I'll figure out some way to thank her. - Thomas Hawk
I think she deserves a year of MobileMe. You can push and pull sweet nothings to each other all year long. ;) - Kevin C. Tofel
Um Thomas ... you are aware that Tiffany's is two stores down from the WC Apple store, right? - AJ Kohn
Thank you for the idea, I'm posting an ad on Craigslist stat! - Mona N.
AJ Kohn, Yikes! Tiffany you say? Gulp. - Thomas Hawk
@Thomas: Yup. I live in WC. Know the area and that Apple store well. Good luck :) - AJ Kohn
Ok, she's at the front of the line now. Buying me a 16GB in black. - Thomas Hawk
Thomas, lucky isn't the half of it. How did you train her so well, mine would never do that :-) - Duncan Riley
After waiting in line all that time Apple is telling my wife that I'm "ineligible" to upgrade until 2009. Looks like someone at Apple or AT&T hates me. So much for paying $600 for the original iPhone on the day that it came out. She's still working with the store to try and activate the phone. Hopefully this can get resolved. I wonder if AT&T is going to try and screw me even more with an early termination charge. - Thomas Hawk
Someone in FF had that same problem but when they got home and looked at their accont, they found out they were eligible for the upgrade.. Hopefully that's not the case for you! Wow, the mrs rocks! - Mona N.
Typical screw ups with Apple/AT&T. It took me 36 hours to activate the last iPhone that I purchased. http://thomashawk.com/2007/07/... When I tried to use their "generous" $100 rebate back for paying $600 for the original phone they rejected that as well. mrsth doesn't give up easily though so I bet it gets resolved. - Thomas Hawk
that's my son William on the computer at the Apple store while my wife is trying to convince Apple that I should be allowed to upgrade: http://friendfeed.com/e/33a28e... - Thomas Hawk
i spent 5 hours in line at the Walnut Creek apple store on saturday to get mine. here's my qik videos of the event: http://qik.com/morgan - Morgan
Ok, it's done. iPhone is activated. Apple said something about some of the phones that they got already having SIM chips in use and so that was the hang up. Unfortunately mrsth did end up with a $35 parking ticket over the long afternoon. Meeting up next to take her and the four little ones to dinner. Need to make sure she gets a strong cold drink at dinner. - Thomas Hawk
Surprise her with thank you choclates! :) - Mona N.
You're paying for her parking ticket too, aren't you? ;) - Mavericks of A-sauce!
funny - i got a parking ticket waiting in line too! the walnut creek parking police are like sharks in front of that store! - Morgan
The Hawk daughters have plenty of Tiffany jewels to inherit from the past 14 yrs. What I really want is the $12k side-by-side Sub-zero! - Mrsth
CPK right across the street, P.F. Chang's around the corner or dive down to Locust for something nicer at Lark Creek. A bit pricey but great drinks and cheaper than a Sub-Zero. - AJ Kohn
You can't go wrong with something clean, crisp, minimalist. I'm thinking diamonds. - Donna Mugavero
so far I'm unimpressed with 3G speeds. - Thomas Hawk
@ Duncan- how to train a wife-nightly, close living room to children @ 7:30 followup w/wine & foot rub, & intriguing conversation. Weekly date nights, date lunch every other week. Daily, grateful kisses & hugs on hellos & goodbyes. Humorous &/or provocative text messages &/or IM's. Breakfast in bed on Saturday mornings. - Mrsth
Mrs. Wirehead wants an iPhone. I do not accept Steve Jobs as my personal telecommunications savior, so if anybody would be waiting for a phone, it would be her for herself. - Wirehead
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July 11 at 3:23 pm - Link
Nice story and photo - Bob
love this project - Marshall Kirkpatrick via fftogo
This is incredible Thomas. It's sad that Frederick won't ever see our comments. Do you think he ever will? - Eric Thompson
Great idea and "Frederick" is an awesome portrait. - James
This is one of my most favorite projects being done ... excellent - Steven Hodson
he picked a great pose... great photo! - Tim Hoeck via NoiseRiver
Thomas, another great portrait! I love the expression on his face, he looks very happy considering he is homeless. What is your sense about the homeless people you have photographed so far. Do they seem at peace with the fact they are homeless or is there an underlying sense of despair? - Jeff P. Henderson
I think this is one of my favorites so far. Well done. - Justin Korn
Beautiful shot. I think your $2 portrait project is a fantastic idea. - matt hollingsworth
Nice one again! It's easy to just ignore these guys (that's what I do most of the time). By taking a picture you give them some time and show respect. I think that's great! - Daan
I truly look forward to reading your $2 portrait stories. I think I like most that you talk to them about their lives. That shot was amazing. I love the emotion. - Jeremy Kunz
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l0ckergn0me posted a message
“FriendPoll! If you care, in your estimation, which do you think is more interesting / important / exciting: the new iPhone hardware, or the new iPhone OS? Will reblog your extended thoughts with credit. If you've blogged about it, leave links.”
July 11 at 3:30 pm - Link
OS is always more important - Aaron L. M. Goodwin
For me, the OS is more interesting because of the new application platform. Also, as the App Store is available to iPod Touch users as well, its reach is potentially more broad. The barrier to entry for the software/OS is small, while the barrier to entry to upgrade hardware and service to an iPhone 3G, for first-generation users, or non-iPhone users will be too much for many people. - Louis Gray
It's all about the apps—hands down. - James Mowery via twhirl
The firmware and the app store are monumental. Much more than incremental hardware upgrades. That's why I kept my 1st gen unit. It offers 98% of the funtions of the new hardware. Including LBS. One of many thoughts: http://bit.ly/3xqiVj - Kevin C. Tofel
BTW, this post, while not being prefectly relevant, might peak your interest for discussion. I think that subscription-based products are going to dominate in the future. I believe that the app store is providing Apple the experience nece