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If you’re angry about race, but not particularly interested in understanding why, you probably like Crash. If you’re black and believe in the curative qualities of yet another “dialogue around race,” you probably liked Crash. If you’re white and voted for Barack Obama strictly because he was black, you probably liked Crash. If you’ve ever used the... - http://misterjt.tumblr.com/post...
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I *h a t e d* Crash...
- Derrick
I refused to watch it after hearing a reviewer describe it as "an important movie about race" without actually saying anything substantive about how that was true. Just wasn't interested.
- Jennifer Dittrich
My hatred of Crash is like a searing white hot point burning in my brain. I hated it so much I was texting Akiva about how much I hated it while I was still in the cinema watching it. When it started winning awards I literally started screaming obscenities. What a piece of shit.
- veo
I agree. It's shit. Definitely the worst ever winner of the "Best Picture" Oscar of all time. It's only popular because of it's A-list cast and because it's pretending to be balanced and progressive.
- James Myatt
Because of veo, I'm probably going to die young.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I mean: Because of veo, I will never see Crash and I share his hatred for it by proxy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Until this post, I don't think I even heard of the movie. Ah, blissful ignorance shattered forever.
- Michael R. Bernstein
I literally watched up until the last ten minutes. I couldn't take it any longer. I have no idea how it ends and don't care.
- Derrick
i think crash was a decent movie, mostly due to the cast members not named ludacris. but the zOMGTHISSUCHADEEPIMPORTANTMOVIEABOUTRACE hype was some bullshit. it was neither deep nor stereotype shattering. but some of the twists were interesting.
- tiffany
As an LA resident, I hated it. Nobody interacts like these people. You never ever run into the same people all the time in this city and Terrance Howard's emasculated man-child was on some bullshit. "Hey mayne, it's real hard being black in these LA streets, mayne." Ugh.
- Jason Toney
for real: you're expecting reality from a movie jason?
- tiffany
Not reality. Honesty. Nothing about that movie was honest. Not the characters or the interactions. EDIT: See, Training Day, the tv shows The Shield and The Closer as much more honest portrayals of police and race in LA. Also, the lesser seen Boomtown and Southland.
- Jason Toney
To further my rant, the real problem with Crash is that it equates racism with prejudice and the moral of the story is that "we're all prejudiced so nobody's at fault for racism. Particularly you, white people." #getthefuckouttahere.
- Jason Toney
we don't disagree really. what i liked about it were that the stories intertwined and most of the characters weren't entirely good or entirely bad. but that could have been done with a monoracial cast. and crash was, most definitely, saved from being total crap by the performances of actor's not named ludacris. it CERTAINLY wasn't important or transformative. i just don't have any vitriol towards it. i've seen way better movies and i've seen way, way worse.
- tiffany
a sure way to have hate for this movie? Go see it with well-meaning and well-loved white friends who are very uncomfortable talking about race who, after seeing the film, LOVED IT.
- Jason Toney
We had Paul Haggis (writer/director of Crash) at school to come talk to our students. It was all I could do to bite my tongue and not go off on some ish that might've cost me my job.
- Derrick
Interestingly, I was much kinder to it than I remember in my LAist review - http://laist.com/2005...
- Jason Toney
heh. i agree with your LAist review :-). i think crash tried way too hard to be The Race Movie, rather than just a movie about people.
- tiffany
My vitriol for the film stems from two things. Firstly the fact that it's a three hour movie and uses that entire running time to POUND the same SERIOUSLY FLAWED moral lesson over and over without any hint of subtltey. It's totally ham fisted and treats the viewer like a moron. Secondly, it completley apes PTA's "Magnolia", which happens to be my favorite movie. The structure is almost...
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- veo
Heh, thanks, that helps. :)
- veo
I couldn't stand Crash. Horrible.
- Rodfather
I'll only say that for many of those who are not around diversity in daily life, being hit over the head repeatedly is a good thing.
- Michael W. May
"Crash" is the sort of movie that portrays the diversity of a big city in the way that folks from small white towns think "diversity" happens. As a native NYer, I say pah. PAH. (Also, got to meet the screenwriters through my mfa program, they were actually decent guys in person.)
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
I could have sworn that Crash was about karma.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Chris Moyles vs Scott Mills (particular on the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1).
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I prefer Scott, Chris talks too much though can be very funny, particularly with guests.
- Kol Tregaskes
Chris may talk more, but he's much more interesting. Chris also has much better taste in music. Scott thinks he's funny, but he's way too childish.
- James Myatt
I can't stand Chris' opening 'cheesy' tune, he's been using that for far too many years and no redo will help.
- Kol Tregaskes
The opening cheesy tune is epic. Its my sign of "you're early/late for work" If im in the car and i hear it, then Ill be on time for work. Chris is much easier to listen to. Scott (who is a nice guy and i got to see the Scott Mills Musical in Edinburgh earlier this year), you just feel he plays far too much r&b songs. Its a shame Mark Chapman has left the show.
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
I don't listen to either but Scott Mills was a local radio DJ around my parts (er, region (er, here in Hampshire (man, that's a lot of double entendres to avoid))) so he gets my vote.
- Mark H
Yeah, Mark Chapman is funny.
- Kol Tregaskes
I didn't realise Chappers has left, but I didn't find him funny either. But then I don't find "Comedy" Dave funny either.
- James Myatt
Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Flickr Central, Flickr Photography, Photography United, DSLR, Question of the Day
What is your flickr URL? I'm here: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Feel free to add me. Don't forget about the Flickr Photography group here: http://friendfeed.com/flickr-... And there is also a FriendFeed Flickr group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups... #whatsyoururl
- Kol Tregaskes
سلتون تو دوباره پریدی وسط بحث یه عده بزرگتر؟ :)))))
- I /-\li
http://www.flickr.com/photos... please require to be added to see my photos :D
- Valentina De Santis
I'm subbing everyone as I go. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I can't believe who I've missed here, thanks for the links! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://www.flickr.com/photos... Not much activity lately, thou.
- Marcos
Andy, 2? That's just greedy, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
That is what a homepage is for. You can reach mine through the link in my profile.
- Peter
Kol, once again, thanks for helping us all connect. There are some great photographers on FF.
- Kevin Pedraja
Now that I'm going through and adding all of these people I'm discovering that Flickr needs a grouping functionality for contacts.
- Kenton
I don't need to mention it here. You can just mouse over me to find out. The power of FriendFeed.
- Nick B.
Wow, Nick. Way to play along.
- Rochelle
John Piercy -http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- johnpiercy
I looked at at least two pages of every user who posted. I just started learning, so I bookmarked about 20 pages that I'll be coming back to. This was nice, thanks!
- Ryan Massie
Feel free to add me: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Milton Ramirez
- Milton Ramirez
Kol, I listed my url earlier but feel free to add me as a contact (http://www.flickr.com/photos...)
- Johnny
A great thread. I do believe that I have subscribed to ya'll. :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
http://www.flickr.com/photos... awesome thread! will have to check everyone out [I work there]
- Criz
http://www.flickr.com/photos... Have a nice day!
- Gabcsi
http://www.flickr.com/photos... i am here :)
- Mahdi Ebrahimi
http://flickr.com/photos... (NSFW if you have safesearch turned off)
- Michael Hocter
http://www.flickr.com/photos... . The quality of my stream varies depending on inspiration, if you're browsing I suggest my 25 most interesting images: http://www.flickr.com/photos... and my personal favorites: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Niklas Morberg
http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Bengi Gencer
- bengi gençer
Http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaymeephoto
- Chad McCoskey
from iPhone
Thanks for all the links! I'll be going through them all today. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks guys! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Keep 'em coming. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
just realized ,, ive been missing out on some awesome photographs .. AWESOME thread
- johnpiercy
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
wow, thats a lot of flickrs LOL well, thanks to you I went to flickr and set up my url.. I was amazed this was available http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- David Gross
Thank you all! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://www.flickr.com/photos... Awesome!
- ★ Soner Gönül
Couldn't find the page, Soner.
- Kol Tregaskes
I just went pro :D http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- MλTT
Cool. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you everyone! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
G Dan Mitchell: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- G Dan Mitchell
Great shots, G. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you.
- Kol Tregaskes
Keep 'em coming, I'll add you all later today. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
/micahwittman
- Micah Wittman
http://www.flickr.com/photos... DavidePatti
- Davide Patti
Thank you all!
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you.
- Kol Tregaskes
http:///www... - I haven't updated it, photo-wise for a long time, since I was getting dangerously close to exceeding the 200 item limit.
- Tyson Key
Thank you.
- Kol Tregaskes
This is me: flickr.com/photos/vestigialconsciousness/
- Parth Awasthi
http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Peter Mutuma
- Peter Mutuma
there are some great pictures in this list!
- Chris Rogers
Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Question of the Day, The Facebook Experience, Appetite, TheNextWeb Forum
As we are now #Facebook users, what is your Facebook URL? ;-) Mine is: http://www.facebook.com/koltreg...
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I have a Page too but don't use it yet: http://www.facebook.com/pages... I only have 20 fans. ;-) #whatsyoururl
- Kol Tregaskes
http://www.facebook.com/trenton... ...but watch out for the tumbleweeds rolling across my profile.
- Trent Olson
http://www.facebook.com/hedwyg *sobbing quietly over here in my corner*
- Ladybug Heather
I will have a little cry later................
- Kevin J Hatton
i have one but have used it less and less as FB has sucked more and more. i now log in a few times a month at most.
- Joe Silence is ashes
Thanks everyone!
- Kol Tregaskes
Now I'm glad I got my vanity URL for FB. However I'm not about to go crazy friending y'all just yet as I hate the interface.
- Kenton
http://www.bit.ly/meganlynch <--- my fan page for my music http://www.facebook.com/mmeganl...
- Spidra Webster
http://www.facebook.com/tutivil... - Oh, how I hate this.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
http://www.facebook.com/krynsky Haha. I was just going to ask when you were going to start this.
- Mark Krynsky
iphigenie, just like my ff id :D
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I didnt really want to add everyone i know on friendfeed to my facebook, i like to keep them seperate as much as i can. but you know what, fuck it http://www.facebook.com/simon... add a note saying you;re from friendfeed if you add me, then i can group everyone up :)
- Simon Wicks
http://www.facebook.com/wangyip .. edit: ditto what Simon said above - add a friendfeed or FF note in the message if you do add me
- Wang Yip
http://www.facebook.com/scott... [EDIT: I only intend to had people to FB that I have subscribed to and/or interacted with here on FF.]
- Scott of Two Countries
Simon, I thought that a while ago, then just added everyone too. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Just added you Kol :)
- Simon Wicks
OK, you've all convinced me and as Simon requested, please note FF in the request. http://facebook.com/kenton
- Kenton
Thanks, Simon. I've not started going through these yet. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm only going to add the people i actually talk to on here. I have a lot less people on my follow list than you, so its a bit easier for me :)
- Simon Wicks
Remember, guys. According to FB, you're only allowed 5000 friends. Spend them wisely.
- James Myatt
Hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Facebook.com/hoogenboom
- Wes Hoogenboom
from iPhone
If anyone of you are Gtalk'ers, check out the list here: http://ff.im/6mySB
- Kol Tregaskes
/glemak on most services
- mike "glemak" dunn
As if we weren't before? Were they really that many people here who didn't also have a FB account, even if they didn't list it in their profile? I've been with FB since 2004
- LANjackal
here. i am your fan now :D
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Thanks all.
- Kol Tregaskes
Screw that. Find me here: https://friendfeed.com/jcunwir...
- jcunwired
http://www.facebook.com/bigstar.... But I think you knew that already, Kol. :)==;)
- Helen Sventitsky
Helen, yep. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Well, with this news it is pushing me to start using my real name for web services and to kill (or at least slowly stop using) the tomit persona that I have used for many years. Find me here... http://www.facebook.com/ronaldb...
- tomit
http://www.facebook.com/julia... - but no hearts or flowers please..:-)
- Julia Ault
http://facebook.com/thereal... - someone else done stoled my name before I could. Jeepers!
- Tsali, The Native of FF
http://facebook.com/andrewr... - may as well change my "have met" Facebook policy!
- Andrew Roche
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I could never agree to their TOS. The fun of working for paranoid folks.
- Neal Krummell
http://facebook.com/4fthawa... (of course :P )
- Brad McCrorey
I was already a facebook user... http://www.facebook.com/cassidy...
- Cassidy
ugh.. I hate doing this... http://www.facebook.com/timhoec...
- Tim Hoeck
FF better figure out how not to destroy themselves (if possible) with this merger. Friendfeed in the FB interface will not work. I think FF really just f*cked themselves.
- Ethan
Well http://www.facebook.com/elstudi... - Kol, your Posterous sharing post earlier today was more fun.
- Eric Johnson
People who complain about FF+FB are like people who complain every time the FB home page changes. Even if it's better, they complain...
- Gus
never spend any time there... not worth time...
- Valeria Maltoni
I hate Facebook...
- Oscar Mota
My company has one if you want to be a fan of a small web design and marketing firm :) http://www.facebook.com/pages...
- Justin Rains
FB gets no link love from me facebook.com/tinapbeana
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I have to think very hard if I want to continue my existing Facebook profile or create a new one ...
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
http://www.facebook.com/gbierma... - not like I use it much anyway...
- Grant Bierman
I'm on Facebook, but I don't have a name in my profile URL (yet; I'm still new...). But if you want it, it's http://www.facebook.com/profile... -- if you friend me, tell me you're from FF.
- Dennis Jernberg
I don't freaking have one because I never wanted to sign up for Facebook. :P Now I find out that through no fault of my own I'm technically a Facebook user? GAH.
- Cheryl Jones
if u want facebook http://www.facebook.com/sefa... ███
- Sefa Karapinar
Keep 'em coming, I'll add you all later today. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://facebook.com/sonergonul Feel like a star.
- ★ Soner Gönül
http://www.facebook.com/nzbuu/. I wasn't going to do this, but I'm going to indulge and see if I can make FB work like Scoble thinks it can.
- James Myatt
LOL I knew you would do this :) http://www.facebook.com/parvez...
- Parvez Halim
http://facebook.com/alex.covic - I will friend everybody - for those of you concerned with friend/family + privacy = you can create lists (just like ff-groups) to keep FF-users in a different corner;-).
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
Update: My profile may not have a name-type URL yet, but here's the short way to get there: http://profile.to/jernbergdr
- Dennis Jernberg
http://www.facebook.com/nadine... (I use it and like it)
- Nadine Pestourie
yeppp : http://www.facebook.com/burakyu...
- Burak Yüce
"Like" only because I'll have to find you guys somewhere :( http://www.facebook.com/people...
- Kamilah Gill
http://www.facebook.com/lyanghs... - friend me :)
- Lyang Hsueh
http://www.facebook.com/ozubey i knew this was coming, this is why i got my url with my FF nickname.:-)
- Özhan Yiğitler
http://www.facebook.se/elina... (xoxo:-)
- anjelina
http://www.facebook.com/krz9000 i hope they write a proper friendfeed friend importer
- Chris Hofmann
http://www.facebook.com/iainbak... +1 Chris, I'd hate to lose all the friends i've made here :((((
- Iain Baker
http://www.facebook.com/barryow... I hope they (FB) don't screw it up too much...
- Barry Owens
http://facebook. com/mosyagin
- massagin
http://www.facebook.com/gilbert.... Is there a simple way to add say the entire list above?
- Gilbert Harding
http://www.facebook.com/mbravo - most updates autoimported from Flickr though
- Michael Bravo
Thank you everyone. I've added you all but feel free to say no, I know some people keep FB for personal friends only. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lol I think this is wrong haha don't mind me I'm being silly
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
http://www.facebook.com/wordsfo... - I would really like to have FriendFeed friends there so Facebook could possibly be more bearable.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Jannifer, that link takes me to the home page.
- Kol Tregaskes
http://www.facebook.com/jenn2d2 should be it.
- Jennifer Dittrich
It does? try looking for Jannifer Stoddard
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Yeah, I've had a few of those from the list above, not sure what's going on there. OK, will do. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://facebook.com/carlton... And I love new peeps! ^_^
- Carlton Hackett
I have added you as a friend ;)
- shâhin
I do not use it much LOL I just post to it from other sites so to fill up my friends stream, I do get messages and some status in text. Anyone who really wants to add me, use the facebook link on my profile. :o)
- David Gross
www.facebook.com/drodzand you won't see much since I got the privacy settings on max in Facebook. Just another reason why I think Facebook is completely different from friendfeed. I hope they keep friendfeed running because I use both services in diametrically diverse ways.
- David Rodriguez
Thank you.
- Kol Tregaskes
http://facebook.com/brodiebeta I just posted asking for the same thing =) http://friendfeed.com/iphoneg... You rawk Kol
- Brodie Beta
http://facebook.com/timedalkat Will be weird to integrate you folks with Grandma.
- timedalkat
Cool, Brodie. :-) Thanks everyone!
- Kol Tregaskes
Hey, FB is for real life friends :-). Not for random web strangers :-P?
- Richard A.
Mine is http://www.facebook.com/daniel... and I am from Argentina (BA)
- Daniel Alejandro Severo
http://www.facebook.com/waltrup... ... Deja Vu... didn't we do this already one? LOL! If you send me a request, please just mention FF. KThnxBye.
- Walt Ruppar
http://www.facebook.com/kimbers... (I can remember if I commented on this already. I don't see "You" on the list, but I'm tired. So, hopefully, I didn't. If I did, oh well.
- Kimber Scott
Thanks all!
- Kol Tregaskes
. . . amy_beer. I think. I've never used it. No, I'm pretty sure.
- Amy℠
Amy, it's not that.
- Kol Tregaskes
I spend an inordinate amount of time there... - http://facebook.com/Americhick
- Bette Cooper
http://www.facebook.com/gregsmi... - Greg Smith
- Greg Smith
facebook.com/wins1 I hv a FF list in FB, pls. mention FF to populate it.
- Wins Fern
mine is david.grosz
- David Gross
from email
My FB URL is: http://www.facebook.com/creativ...
- Cathryn Hrudicka
Thank you all!
- Kol Tregaskes
How do you get facebook.com/yourname? Mine is a somewhat longer Url...
- TrafficBug
TrafficBug: You can get your custom Facebook URL here: http://www.facebook.com/usernam...
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
http://www.facebook.com/webalon... - looks like you can change it only once. Confucious say: "Choose your name well...." :I
- Rob Schieber
Thank you.
- Kol Tregaskes
I do like your photography page. I am a fan now.
- Faraz Mullick
Isn't there a FB friend limit?
- Araceli
There is, Araceli, although it was several thousand people, if I remember correctly.
- Tyson Key
5,000.
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm just loving the new Facebook beta. :D
- Faraz Mullick
mine is http://www,facebook.com/robcair...
- Rob Cairns
i sent a request (please please please by my friend), ;)
- chaz2b
I always thought that FriendFeed was the new Facebook. ;)
- Tyson Key
Facebook is the new FriendFeed. ;)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
Thanks Rob, I had forgotten my username for I always used my email address to login - I found there is a settings > username > change thing that lets you change your username once and then you get a facebook.com/username url!
- TrafficBug
I am thinking about just using my Public Page more. Keep my regular profile for family and coworker data. Follow me here if you want more of the type of posts I do here of Friendfeed. http://www.facebook.com/pages...
- tomit
yep
- Brent - Loving Life
nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
- Tsali, The Native of FF
from IM
I raise your bump with a "Hide"
- LANjackal
http://www.facebook.com/DavidHo... - I use it to aggregate and share links on Internet music, open content and social media.
- David Holmes
What is your Twitter URL? What do you tweet about? Mine is http://twitter.com/koltreg... and I tweet about all sorts :-) #twitter
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Feel free to follow me. This thread could get messy. :-) #whatsyoururl
- Kol Tregaskes
Sorry I had to delete the first post of this, so apologises for the few that posted their URLs on that one.
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/jcunwired I could use some more followers too. I hope you folks aren't bots! :)
- jcunwired
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/niczak -- I tweet about the following: Programming, databases, parenting, living & enjoying life, and involvement in lots of local activities here in Northern Nevada.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Thanks, Nicholas.
- Kol Tregaskes
Well I'll still be on Twitter once FF is integrated into FB. Join me on Twitter? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/chaz2b my posts start here for what i post on twitter
- chaz2b
you rock, Kol! Good community building here.
- Valeria Maltoni
http://twitter.com/andrewroche - politics and random stuff (a lot of it from here funnily enough).
- Andrew Roche
I have most of you (didn't have Valeria for some reason, but just added), mine is http://twitter.com/jungleg -- see you on the other side ;)
- Jorge Escobar
Find me at http://twitter.com/andrued... and my news updates at http://twitter.com/gearlive
- Andru Edwards
http://www.twitter.com/jimgold... - photography and social media
- Jim Goldstein
http://twitter.com/magicofpi - you might see a lot of ff.im links there, but I suppose that'll change soon...
- Ryan - @magicofpi
http://twitter.com/jwang392 - web design, iphone app development, hawaii events
- John Wang
http://twitter.com/onWave - I post links from a useful Twitter tool I made... and sometimes mundane stuff...
- Gus
http://twitter.com/fcbosa - social media, blogging, design, inspiration.
- Oğuz Serdar
Thanks guys.
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/Chronotope - Mostly I tweet about tech stuff and news local to the Northern Virgina area. I also touch on video games and get some blipping in.
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
http://twitter.com/kandeezie - randomness and nerdy gadget/tech love. :-p
- Kandeezie
http://twitter.com/gabediaz - Design, development, WordPress and all things in between.
- Gabe Diaz
http://www.twitter.com/puffadd... I tweet about ninjas lol.
- Jason
I basically tweet politics at http://Twitter.com/hopechat; i follow discussions on books, gardening and general stuff on http://Twitter.com/ruthdfw; grantwriting and freelancing on http://Twitter.com/words101 and for anything related to Dallas and surrounding cities it is http://Twitter.com/NDGEditor
- R. Ferguson
http://twitter.com/movieguyjon - I say weird shit, bitch at random times, and will say more weird shit. Occasionally I'll post fun things too, with a smidgeon of inane. :P
- Jon, the Beartato of '10
http://www.twitter.com/rutgerb... tweet about my daily life (aka status updates), tech and photography.
- Rutger Blom
from iPhone
Pretty clever way to work in a plug for your timeline.. I like your style, Kol ;)
- Brad McCrorey
Http://Twitter.com/Polizeros cleantech, the economy, leftwing politics
- Bob Morris (polizeros)
from iPhone
http://twitter.com/sonergonul Feel like a star.
- ★ Soner Gönül
Keep 'em coming, I'll add you all later today. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/niron (isn't it obvious?)
- Nir Ben Yona
http://twitter.com/feeniks ... anything that comes to mind at that particular moment :)
- Bhowmik Shah
http://twitter.com/dennis_... (don't forget the underscore) What do I tweet about? Tech, fiction, art, music, politics, comics, and of course my fiction. Occasionally some Seattle or Bremerton related stuff. I also have TwitterFeed tweet my blogs, and I always tweet from Flickr.
- Dennis Jernberg
http://twitter.com/marcoda... Twitting about Communications, Marketing and something about myself :)
- Marco Dal Pozzo [mdp]
http://twitter.com/tofu916 I tweet about black people and I use a lot of foul language. then I repent. follow mi! :)
- Tofu De la Moore
from BuddyFeed
http://twitter.com/hoof I tweet a lot in Dutch, about design, photoshop, 3d and everyday life.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
http://twitter.com/wordsfo... - I actually respond to people to want to chat with me ;-)
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
http://twitter.com/alexgamela i tweet about media and journalism, and sometimes silly stuff. also in portuguese.
- Alexandre Gamela
from twhirl
http://twitter.com/glenc but I have to warn you, I stopped following people on Twitter a while ago. I have about 300 subscription notices (unread) in my email.
- Glen, Bespectacled Elder
i post about film and television editing/post production, I'm a bit of a gadget nerd, and i like anything funny on the web. i love followers... http://twitter.com/toddzelin
- Todd Zelin
I'm sure you're all interesting but following 6,000 is my limit. ; )
- Liz
http://twitter.com/cgranier - I tweet about many things -usually tech-oriented, reply to everyone who @'s me, and have lately been posting a lot about #FreeMediaVE, bringing attention to the struggle against communism in Venezuela. Feel free to follow me. @ me for a quick follow back. No spammers please.
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
Thank you all. I hope at least some follow me back else I'll hit my follower limit soon. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/may_gun My music career, interaction with ppl, The Guild, Wiggly Wigglers.
- Spidra Webster
http://twitter.com/casschin - I mostly post up funny/odd web gems and nerdy tech news. Occasionally, I tweet what I eat.
- Cassidy
http://identi.ca/andyc Microblog about all sorts but mainly OMB and how much I dislike inferior legacy services. No names, no packdrill.
- Andy C
http://twitter.com/Felter i tweet about all, but i don't retweet my FF message. From twitter to FF only. if you follow me in FF, you can read my tweet.
- Felter Roberto
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http://twitter.com/abrudtkuhl - web strategy & internet marketing + random stuff
- andy brudtkuhl
twitter.com/icetiger
- Kim
twitter.com/andi1984 - elearning, web 2.0
- Andreas S.
http://www.twitter.com/jbschro... - everything. mostly tech
- Johnny
http://twitter.com/islanddog Tech, Gaming, and everything in between
- Spencer
http://twitter.com/cacarr - Tech, Cognitive Science
- Christopher A Carr
http://twitter.com/livepaola (bilingual, in Italian and English)
- Paola Bonomo
http://twitter.com/ozuckan, trilingual, in Turkish, in English, in French, all sort...
- Ozgur Uckan
Thanks again. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/antifreeze Obviously.
- Seth Blank
Twitter.com/mathewballard and I tweet mostly about graphic and web design.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
from iPhone
http://twitter.com/PhilBaumann - I'll tweet about anything stimulating, contentious or jackassy.
- phil baumann
http://twitter.com/alejandroz and I tweet about...everything.
- Alejandro
You know, you could have just started feeding in your tweets here and achieved the same, right? Or would that have been too subtle?
- Mr. Gunn
http://twitter.com/glitterpoet Don't mean to offend but it's usually not religious. Porn, drinking,dancing, music,makeup....I still do healing work. I just don't talk about it much anymore.
- Gabrielle V
My twitter stream is the typical... random thought bubbles, food porn pics, and shared items relating to technology, politics, and $$$. http://twitter.com/sean808080 is where you find me. Oh and I like unicorns and fairy dust.
- sean808080
@fossilhuntress or fossilmaitress (I kept getting my email cracked and getting locked out hence the duplicate); all content, linked to digg, delicious... mostly science, paleo and random banter...
- Fossil Huntress
http://twitter.com/joeygibson - I tweet about WDW, Java, Groovy, Scala, iPhone, politics, etc. I'm loads of fun. :-)
- Joey Gibson
http://twitter.com/burak - I tweet about technology, gadgets, stuff that matters
- Burak "cyrus" Bayburtlu
http://twitter.com/super_g... I tweet about bathroom trips, stupidity and cougar sightings
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Fossil, it's @fossilhuntress http://twitter.com/fossilh... The other one doesn't exist.
- Kol Tregaskes
It's @bookhling for me. I usually tweet about DIYBio, computers, books, and what I ate for dinner. :)
- Sung W. Lim
@JacquesMuffin and I tweet mostly about music.
- Olivier de Villardi
Thanks guys.
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/satanwyj 中文用户 :)
- Roger.Wei
http://twitter.com/lachmir I tweet about dumb stuff
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Thanks everyone.
- Kol Tregaskes
I have ceased being a twitter user since they are such twats (management)
- Richard A.
http://twitter.com/erier2003 - I write about technology, journalism, and Star Wars. But mostly Star Wars. :)
- Eric Geller
http://twitter.com/sonergonul Of course ;)
- ★ Soner Gönül
Maybe this is a good time to 'reactivate' this thread. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Don't forget the other lists can be found at the hashtag: #whatsyoururl
- Kol Tregaskes
@ffcode
- ffcode
http://twitter.com/brexians all about #travel #photography #sci-fi #space and #weird! join and joy
- Demetrios the Traveller
http://twitter.com/wangyip - mostly stuff from FF (tech, startups, web apps, sometimes things about math, medicine, fitness) - I've followed a few here on tech stuff (Edit: Thanks Kol for the thread)
- Wang Yip
http://twitter.com/eoghann... - I post sci-fi news (tv, movies, books or comics I'm probably a fan of it), some tech stuff and the occasional round of venting.
- Eoghann Irving
I have Twitter lists now, and I've started one up for FriendFeeders: http://twitter.com/dennis_...; if you want me to add you to it, @-mention me at http://twitter.com/dennis_....
- Dennis Jernberg
Thanks everyone!
- Kol Tregaskes
Just followed you. Btw, mine's - http://twitter.com/jaypee
- JP Habaradas
http://twitter.com/DavidHolmes - Focusing on Internet music, Open Content, and the Social Web. I use lists to group/filter the people I follow.
- David Holmes
Anthony Citrano to Anthony's feed, Photography United, fashion photography, Photographing, Photography as Art, Photoshop, Fotograf
Demi Moore may sue photographer over retouch talk | MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
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“Ignoring the legalese, the lensman has decided to stand his ground...”
- Anthony Citrano
FRACK YEAH!
- Johnny Worthington
Amen, brother!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
DAMN THE MAN. SAVE THE EMPIRE.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
She's suing for the return of her hip?
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I thought she was suing to pay for the shortening of the one arm. #confuzzled
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
This is so crazy - why stand by such a crappy retouch? Good luck Anthony, kudos for sticking to your guns.
- Joe
The reach of this story just got reachier.
- Micah Wittman
Oh well, then. In the words of Bender - they're boned.
- WorldofHiglet
I wish they had spelled your name right, though, Antiny.
- WorldofHiglet
They did call him "the lensman" though, which sounds like a superhero to me.
- Joe
Good luck, and please keep us posted. They are being such douchebags...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
You all remember the Consumerist not backing down from the Cash 4 Gold retaliation http://consumerist.com/2009... right - they held their ground, light was shed in a dark corner, and justice prevailed. It's not always that clear cut, nor easy, and battles can be lost; but it's right. It's a completely different set of circumstances here, but the principal of it is universal. All the best, Anthony.
- Micah Wittman
@WoH: thanks, they be fixin' it soon, I trust.
- Anthony Citrano
Hang-in there
- Mel Buckpitt
While I agree that Demi Moore is starting to take this too far, at the same time I do have to say that the guy who did the Photoshop work should have at least checked to make sure that things were lined up correctly. Photoshopping a image is one thing, but not keeping an eye on your work is another.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
is demi that insecure??
- Terry O'Fee
i mean i could say something about her and ashton as well.. ;)
- Terry O'Fee
@Anthony, have you dared them to post the original RAW file to prove you wrong?
- Jeff P. Henderson
Good luck, Anthony.
- James Myatt
The truth hurts don't it? :P
- Susan Beebe
Demi needs to sue the ham-handed p'shopper. She's definitely missing a chunk of hip, unless she's an alien. Talk about shooting the messenger!
- Rick Cogley
Firefox 3.5 is Now the World’s Most Popular Browser - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
Proving that popularity doesn't always correlate with quality.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, are you saying FrF is not a quality browser?
- Kol Tregaskes
It would be silly to say that FF isn't a good browser. I prefer Chrome.
- Christopher A Carr
I prefer Chrome too but that's not to say FrF is a bad browser, it's just that there is a better browser available now. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Chrome FTW
- James Myatt
No trains today, so can't get into work! Bloody useless, I was at the station for ages, all it said was "Delayed" but nothing came. :-(
No T-mobile flashmobs to entertain you, eh?
- Spidra Webster
At Edenbridge? LOL, no it's barely got a platform let alone room for a flashmob. ;-) The platform wasn't even salted this morning, neither was the path leading up to it. It's a completely ignored station. It doesn't even have a ticket machine as it's not manned in anyway. We have to rely on getting tickets while on the train and a ticket inspector to have enough time to get down the...
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- Kol Tregaskes
I was freezing standing around for ages too. :-( Not a good start to my last week of work.
- Kol Tregaskes
I'll bet it was. Small stations are more exposed. I went to some unusual places on my UK trip but I don't think any of the stations I went to were quite that small.
- Spidra Webster
Cambridge-KGX trains were fine today. No more than the usual delays of 3-5 minutes.
- James Myatt
Stuck In Customs HDR Photography - http://www.stuckincustoms.com/
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One of my favorite photographers!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
from Bookmarklet
Stuck in Customs is awesome. End of.
- James Myatt
How to Observe Meteors « NewburyAS - http://newburyas.wordpress.com/2009...
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"One of the good things about meteors is that you don’t need any equipment, just your eyes and a bit of patience. Even in a so called ’shower’ it is rare to get more than one meteor a minute, don’t be surprised if you see nothing for five or ten minutes, then two in a row."
- James Myatt
from Bookmarklet
What phase of your educational cycle was your favourite?
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Explain what you liked about it. - today's Plinky question: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
For me it was college and in particular Business Studies. Why? A very good teacher.
- Kol Tregaskes
College. Went to a small, liberal arts school. Great environment, and I learned how to learn, if that makes sense.
- Alex Scrivener
Tough one, I liked both primary and high school (our whole year pretty much all got along), uni 1st time around was 4 years of drunken insanity with awesome people, and 2nd time around was shedloads of work with yet more really awesome people. I wouldn't change any of them given the choice.
- Amy
High school. It was wild and you didn't need to think about anything :D
- LouCypher
the current phase.. learning anything I want, and dont need to sit for an exam :)-
- Peter Dawson
@amy, you pretty much describe what most uni students go thru :)-
- Peter Dawson
University, all of it.
- James Myatt
BBC News - BBC Sound of 2010: The longlist - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
"Fifteen of the best rising music stars have been named on the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2010. The list is designed to highlight the most exciting musical talent for the coming year and the artists have been picked by 165 UK-based tastemakers. They each named their favourite three new acts and those with the most votes were put on the list. The top five and winner will be unveiled in January. Little Boots, Adele and Mika are among the previous Sound of... winners."
- James Myatt
from Bookmarklet
Based on previous years' lists and winners, I'm sure most of these guys are awesome. Shame most of them won't have records out yet.
- James Myatt
I think I was passed by the @googlecar today and took some video. http://www.youtube.com/watch... notice the spinning camera on top at 70 mph!
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What's even funnier is they probably had their cameras out taping the Scoblemobile as just as fascinating an attraction ;-)
- Jesse Stay
Huh-uh - I guess someone is going to appear on Google Street View. :)
- Olivia Lovag
What is the normal turn around time from the car taking pictures to appearance in street view?
- Brian Sullivan
Other pictures I have seen of Google transport carrying out shots for Google Maps Street View have had the Google logo on the vehicle... I have never seen any of them in the UK yet. Heh
- Geoff Jackson
My brother saw one in Manchester, probably a year ago. I suspect that Google are taking a more incognito approach these days after all the objections from the general public: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
- James Myatt
Police U-turn on photographers and anti-terror laws - The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/news...
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"Police forces across the country have been warned to stop using anti-terror laws to question and search innocent photographers after The Independent forced senior officers to admit that the controversial legislation is being widely misused."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
I think the concern here is that the law hasn't changed, the police are simply now choosing to obey it. It seems for too long they have simply done their own thing irrespective of the legality........I'm struck that as well as being a force for good, the police in the UK pose a significant threat to the normal reasonable privacy and freedom of everyday folks.
- winckel
"However, unnecessarily restricting photography, whether from the casual tourist or professional is unacceptable and worse still, it undermines public confidence in the police service." Good to see ACPO are beginning to see the same thing that photographers have been thinking for years.
- James Myatt
"Section 44 of the Terrorism Act allows the police to stop and search anyone they want, without need for suspicion, in a designated area. The exact locations of many of these areas are kept secret from the public, but are thought to include every railway station in and well-known tourist landmarks thought to be at risk of terrorist attacks." - I dare say a terrorist would get better...
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- Roberto Bonini
BBC - Viewfinder: In the eyes of the law - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs...
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"Is it a crime to take this photograph?"
- James Myatt
from Bookmarklet
"Photographer Martin Parr told the audience at a recent event organised by the British Journal of Photography (BJP) that he believes it is possible that street photography could be banned in the UK within five years. "
- M F
It looks like if it is not a crime now it might be one soon
- M F
Now is the time to forceably resist this ridiculous trend!
- Gordon Herd
Not quite sure how, but it's getting pretty ridiculous.
- James Myatt
Ridiculous maybe, but most people don't object to increasingly encroachment by police and government. Maybe it's time for direct action. FITwatch are a good bunch of guys fighting back > http://fitwatch.blogspot.com/
- winckel
Exactly, that's what worries me, most people are indifferent, oblivious and occasionally even happy when civil rights are eroded.
- M F
Seems that there's a "Photographer, not Terrorist" meet tomorrow following this: http://twitter.com/LDN...
- James Myatt
@e4misfits is getting pretty silly. "OMG flashback, no flashforwards, no flashback"
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Don't diss misfits!!
- Amy
Sorry, but it is definitely pretty silly. Not sure if it's genius silly or stupid silly though. Probably 60:40 genius:stupid so far.
- James Myatt
Well...yeah, it's about delinquants who get superpowers...what did you expect? :D
- Amy
It's Brodie's Birthday today, wish the iPhone fangirl a Happy Birthday! :-) - http://friendfeed.com/iphoneg...
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And buy her a Nokia. ;-) Happy Birthday, Brodie! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
Happy birthday (almost). Even though you like the iphone.
- Jeremy (on vacation)
Well you can't have it all, eh? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday!
- James Myatt
Awe! Thank you=)
- Brodie Beta
Happy B'day to iPhone Gal !!
- Nayan
Edited title. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Happy Birthday, Brodie!
- Andrew Terry
Happy belated birthday, Brodie!
- Shevonne
Bump one more time. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
You guyz are so sweet ;P
- Brodie Beta
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
"You have answered 21 of the 19 frequently asked application questions" Ahh...well done Seek.com.au
Well done finding those extra questions. :)
- Amy
Outstanding commitment
- James Myatt
Lone officer 'kills Seattle police shooting suspect' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
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"The officer ordered the man to stop and show his hands, but the suspect tried to run away, said Assistant Police Chief Pugel. The officer then fired several rounds at the fleeing suspect, he added." I am at a loss as to why it's reasonable, let alone lawful to kill someone for running away from the police.
- winckel
from Bookmarklet
Well, when he's killed four other police officers and he's been on the run, and has a history of violent crimes, the police might find they have just cause in killing someone, running away from them or not.
- Derrick
I think, once it's been proven he killed four other officers, you may be right (though that starts to look like extra-judicial execution). Until then, he's a fleeing suspect who's just been shot dead (with multiple rounds - presumably deadly force was intended) who's been killed for fleeing. The rule of law it isn't and it really doesn't seem to have much place in a civilised society.
- winckel
I agree with you, and I'm not one to take death lightly at all. But given what's happened here, I think it's pretty clear that this man has been a violent offender all of his life, and there is no doubt whatsoever that this man was responsible for the deaths of these officers. He wasn't just a fleeing suspect, he was THE guy. I'm not a violent person, I don't relish the death of anyone; what occurred here was horrible for all involved.
- Derrick
I agree with winckel; sounds like extra-judicial execution to me. But then lynchings are a fundamental part of American culture.
- James Myatt
I live in Seattle so this is on the local news right now. They just said that Maurice Clemmons had one of the murdered officer's guns and aimed it at the officer who shot him.
- Rochelle
@Rochelle. If that's true, I've no issue with officers defending themselves from death and injury. Would be interesting to know if that's corroborated by other witnesses.
- winckel
Did they use the word "allegedly" when they described that scenario?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
And what's corroborated by the crime lab as well.
- Derrick
There were no other witnesses. The officer came across an empty, running car this morning, got out of his cruiser to investigate it, and found Clemmons next to the car.
- Rochelle
Rah, I don't recall the exact wording.
- Rochelle
I guess we won't ever know the whole story, but if the officer basicaly shot a fleeing suspect in the back, regardless of the crimes he allegedly commited, that's pretty messed up. Seems like there is a lot more to this story than that, though.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
whatever happened here, Huckabee is damaged by association with the original release
- winckel
Regardless of whether he's THE guy, you can't execute someone without due process. This should not be tolerated in a civilised society. And that's assuming that capital punishment has a place in a modern civilised society at all.
- James Myatt
Ok, thanks for clearing that up.
- Derrick
I'll wait for the Michael Bay -movie based on this story that will explain everything...
- Jemm
neither Latimes nor CNN refer to a gun being pulled and pointed at the police officer - which seems odd for reputable journalism, if it did happen, it's a pretty salient fact given the guy was shot dead
- winckel
Jemm, there's nothing here for Michael Bay to use for a movie. There are people involved, no spaceships, robots, airplanes, or things that might blow up for no reason at all.
- Derrick
@Derric: I'm pretty sure he can remove all the substance and drama from the actual story and add some of the items you mentioned. More likely all of them.
- Jemm
I'm not responsible for CNN or LA Times so I have no idea about that, but I tend to trust a local reporter on the scene, talking to local cops than a national news mega conglomerate.
- Rochelle
@Rochelle, I'd be inclined to agree
- winckel
Rochelle++
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
My big hard drive (where all my important documents are -- photos, music, tax returns) is showing signs of failure. No bad blocks that I can tell (yet), but the occasional characteristic "ATA command failed, controller reset" sound. Given how cheap disks are these days, I'm going to build a RAID setup next.
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Options: 1. cheapest: two mirrored disks using my machine's built-in hardware RAID controller.
- Tudor Bosman
2. custom-built, small, cheap-ish OpenSolaris / FreeBSD box with ZFS, and two (mirrored) hard drives (or four, for twice the space and striping). This requires more work, but it gives free snapshots.
- Tudor Bosman
What is that sound?
- Andrew C
3. ReadyNAS NVX (sadly, they factored "snapshots" into the enterprise NVX version, not the home-office NVX Pioneer version). Expensive, but probably the least hassle to set up.
- Tudor Bosman
Andrew: a click as the heads reset, then a half-second whirr (during which your computer is likely frozen) as they realign.
- Tudor Bosman
So yes, I'm taking suggestions :)
- Tudor Bosman
I have one of these: http://www.amazon.com/gp.... Price was right for me since I didn't have a desktop to cannibalize and everything I wanted worked out of the box (Time Machine and media server)
- Benjamin Golub
Ben I've been looking at that WD. My concern always is ... 2TB is too small :)
- Deepak Singh
Go with the OpenSolaris/ZFS box. (Or FreeBSD 8?) You can then install custom software (Crashplan?) to do offsite backup also. You can build a 4x1.5T setup for $600-900 depending on the CPU/RAM.
- Joe Beda ()
Deepak: they do have a 4TB version (2x 2TB disks), which is of course 2TB if mirrored.
- Tudor Bosman
Joe: I'm kind of leaning that way myself. I don't need a lot of CPU, as there will be only 1-3 hosts accessing it concurrently.
- Tudor Bosman
So now I'm looking for recommendations for a small, well-ventilated micro-ATX case with at least 4 drive bays. Hot-swappable would be nice :)
- Tudor Bosman
After my raid issues of the last week, I've decided on the following plan: One master 1.5T disk and one 1.5T 'delayed mirror' disk that gets synced up every 24 hours. Once every few months I pull the delayed mirror off, call it a snapshot, and store it off-site, and replace it with a new 1.5T drive. This system protects against single-drive faulure, catastrophic site loss (theft/fire),...
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- Kevin Fox
DROBO!
- James Myatt
Definitely agree with Joe
- Mo Kargas
I wish there were some sort of open source Drobo project. At a minimum, it could just be a list of suggested cases, motherboards, etc for a ZFS appliance.
- Ken Sheppardson
Question: What are you trying to protect from? RAIDs are great for high throughput (striping) and high uptime (mirrors). If you're not overly concerned about either then I'd suggest a more traditional incremental backup solution.
- Kevin Fox
Ken: There's FreeNAS, I'm sure that people on their community have some advice. I just haven't looked at it yet.
- Tudor Bosman
Kevin: I'll need some form of offline backup as well. Recovering 1TB+ of data from offline backup is bound to be painful, though, so I'd rather save that for catastrophic events (ie. things an order of magnitude less likely than a disk failure)
- Tudor Bosman
'k. I'll only add that I had a 4-disk RAID array that went south because of directory problems. The fact that the data was redundant didn't help recovery one bit (and actually made it harder). As of this morning it looks like I got the data back, but I've learned not to trust RAID as a comprehensive parachute. Data corruption can happen lots of ways, and not all of them are protected by RAID.
- Kevin Fox
Here is hardware that worked well for me for OpenSolaris, based on Mike Herf's experience: http://bedafamily.com/ZFSServ...
- Joe Beda ()
Ordered a box with five 2TB WD drives (Newegg had them on sale, 5 per customer limit). As I don't really need more random read bandwidth than a single disk, it will be RAID-Z, and likely using FreeBSD 8. I'll post updates as I build this thing.
- Tudor Bosman
Fail whale. MORE PRODUCTIVITY! Oh, and hello again FriendFeed. Backup for the whale. :-)
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Ain't it the truth!
- Gregg Morris
Guess that answers my question. Twitter must be down. ;(
- David Damore
Twitter is definitely down.
- Robert Scoble
Heh--I was wondering when you would show-up. :-)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Seems like a hard fail right now.
- David Damore
Ahoy!
- phil baumann
you know it!
- DanielthePoet
"Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again." Didn't know people had so much to say about Charlie Weis
- David Damore
It's been down for at least five minutes already. This is the longest I've seen the fail whale in months.
- Robert Scoble
F5 F5 F5 WTF???
- David Damore
so are you starting to get the shakes? How long can you go without tweeting?
- Ben Reierson
Responding to high error rate 21 seconds ago Starting about 10 minutes ago, we began experiencing a very high rate of errors and we are working on the underlying problem.
- David Damore
would be more productivity if there was no FF ( twitter backup )
- Mihai Secasiu
Grrr.
- James Myatt
Looks like they had a similar problem about a week ago with elevated error rates.
- David Damore
Hello again? Like the girlfriend once scorned, should we accept your advances now? :)
- Louis Gray
Zing!
- Jeremy (on vacation)
Fixed now for you folks?
- David Damore
Looks like Twitter is better now.
- David Damore
Not fixed here. I skipped the '?' and had my hopes up. F5 F5
- Tim
Hey it's back... nope there it goes again. And back... nope gone again.
- SAM
Hmmmmmm
- David Damore
Back down here again too :(
- David Damore
Are you going to stay this time? :-)
- Jesse Stay
How would Google Wave be useful right now?
- David Damore
Wow 15 minutes and counting. We're approaching pre @aplusk days
- Tim
@ David - well this looks like an interesting Wave - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
- phil baumann
lol
- Mark
and is Twitter down? I never noticed.
- Jesse Stay
Is @aplush pre or post Oprah? Joking
- David Damore
lol@jesse
- Jeremy (on vacation)
Thanks Phil
- David Damore
So what was trending when it went down?
- phil baumann
Dave - sure. Interesting use case. Definitely spam would be something Google would have to work on.
- phil baumann
not sure what was trending but there was quite a lot of activity on #Spill - in Oz our opposition party is having a meltdown and are spilling the leadership in 30 mins time
- Hilary Talbot
Phil: That was really interesting. Surprised that that shooting never gained traction on Twitter. Did it ever trend? Seems like it was all about Mr. Woods the past few days.... and shopping
- David Damore
Hi everyone. Hope you are all surviving without twitter lol. Great to see you all here.
- snysctt
It's back
- Tim
For how long though lol
- snysctt
Twitter Lists are gone :o!
- snysctt
Back up. I think the FAIL Whale actually dreams of FriendFeed succeeding and killing Twitter. :)
- phil baumann
@snysctt Good catch on noticing the missing lists. Call out an APB!
- David Damore
Thanks! :-)
- snysctt
I think I broke my F5 button lol
- snysctt
Glad FF is the backup! </sarcasm> ...seriously though, I'd prefer people do one or the other. I don't reply to most of your comments because you're on Twitter and I refuse to get a Twitter account. Lame service.
- Scott Carmichael
Lets be honest, you would make out with any of the people in this picture.
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DIBS ON JEWEL STAITE.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
not really but I wouldn't rule them all out. I call dibs on the hottie in the front dressed in black.
- pea
dibs on sloppy seconds with JS
- Morgan Haley
DIBS ON JEWEL-MORGAN SAMMICH
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Only the women folk, in my case. But, yes, I would.
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
DUH!
- Shannon
Am I the meat or the bread in that sammich ???
- Morgan Haley
hee hee....of course I'm the meat.
- Morgan Haley
Nobody took dibs on Gina? I'm disappointed in you all on the other hand DIBS. Also, Woot! For Morena with hair!
- Joe Pierce
I'll take Alan and Adam :)
- aden
Cool photo! What kind of lens was that shot with, 21 mm maybe? Oh I like Gina best. Strong legs.
- Adrian
the man on the left, not with him.
- gayemanas
The dude from Barney wearing the chucks? No. He's older than my dad and not Sean Connery. Can't do it.
- nakachi
I choose the Serenity spaceship (and Gina)
- Isola Virtuale
Rawr! Too much hawtness!
- josh neff, geek at large
Nathan Fillion
- VAL D. Zone
no
- CW™
yes, no, yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, yes
- Katie is STILL hungover
I won't deny it. Except maybe Book. I love Book, but not like that.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Anyone one of those in a skirt would do...doubly so for Ms. Baccarin. I would welcome a visit by her any day.
- JA Castillo
*sagenod*
- Michael W. May
Yes but especially any of those women, Mal, and Ron Glass. Such a crush on Mal it isn't funny.
- Blackeyed P
Any? No. But more than one, and not just the guys, either. o_O
- Derrick
I don't know who these people are - except for Ron Glass who is old-school. I watch very little network tv.
- jbrotherlove
IT'S ONLY THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOW EVER MADE OH MY GOD. I'm feeling extra Napoleon Dynamite-ish today.
- Blackeyed P
well, maybe not the old dude with the grey hair
- Loc
Ron Glass a.k.a. Silver Lightning
- Joe Pierce
Sarah thinks Firefly is the greatest TV show ever. Sarah gets an instant subscribe. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
No.
- Mellissa
No
- ★ Soner Gönül
Nope... :O)
- Jeannette Høvring
mmm... yep, pretty much across the board. Firefly rawks!!!
- Bette Cooper
That's a pretty unflattering picture. Particularly for Summer.
- James Myatt
Maybe not Shepherd. He's a little old.
- Jason, Craving
actually, I wouldn't even consider it.
- Jim in Real Time
Jim: ok, so you wouldn't make out with any of them....but how many would you have sex with?
- Morgan Haley
yes no yes no yes no no no yes
- AJ Batac
Rectangles Vs. Triangles: The Great Sandwich Debate - http://www.npr.org/templat...
Mitchell Tsai, LogEx, James Ferguson and 9 other people liked this
"Kemp Minifie believes the diagonal cut creates the illusion that your sandwich is bigger. Minifie was the executive food editor for the recently deceased Gourmet Magazine, and she offers a tip to prove the triangle's superiority. Prop one half of the sandwich up against the other half to give the plate an elegant vertical dimension. The triangle isn't just more pleasing to look at, Minifie adds — it's better eating. First, there's the narrower corner, which can be delicately placed in the mouth — or shoveled in, when lunchtime is limited. And if you are not a crust lover, rejoice: The long, crustless hypotenuse gives you a very ample entrance into the softer, meatier part of the sandwich. But triangles aren't just for haute foodies. You won't catch short-order cook Nathan "Spanky" Lewis cutting a sandwich into rectangles. He's been making sandwiches at the Tastee Diner in Bethesda, Md., for 16 years and has one word for why triangles rule: "Reputation." Especially on a BLT or a club...
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- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
There's a debate?
- Admiral Anika
75% I do not cut my sandwich at all.
- Michael W. May
@Anika, no. Triangles are clearly better.
- James Myatt
Yes, triangles are clearly superior. They are proof that the sandwich maker loves you.
- Alex Scrivener
I do both to change it up. I also add smiley faces to the kids' sandwiches =)
- Shevonne
I don't cut my sandwiches at all. I never have. Just eat them whole.
- Judy Jones
when i cut my sandwiches, i do a diagonal cut. for other ppl, i ask beforehand.
- Joe Silence is ashes
Careless driver writes off Italian police's prized Lamborghini | World news | guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world...
Alex Scrivener, Alternating Reality Books and Penguin It's Cold Outside liked this
"According to the police, the crash was caused by the driver of a slow-moving Seat Ibiza who emerged without looking from a service station, clipping the Lamborghini and sending the vehicle swerving into the parked cars. The front end of the Lamborghini was crushed in the accident, near Cremona, and the driver and a passenger were injured, although not seriously."
- Derek Coward
from Bookmarklet
Noooooo!
- Jemm
Those Seat's are solid little cars! :-)
- Gordon Herd
No. Poor Lambo. I hope they can heal her.
- James Myatt
Do You Really Need More Than 4GB of RAM? *Great advice from Lifehacker! - http://lifehacker.com/5415355...
Victor Ryden, winckel, Alternating Reality Books and M F liked this
With the price of upgrading system RAM extremely low these days, people are always asking me whether it's really worth it to upgrade beyond 4GB; today we'll answer that question for everybody.
- SK is in fucking love.
from Bookmarklet
Cheap RAM?!?! It's double what it was less than a year ago.
- James Myatt
Well it's affordable anyways.
- SK is in fucking love.
I've been watching a few UK property shows, and I was wondering if someone from the UK could enlighten me as to why a lot of houses over there have washing machines in the kitchen?
VAL D. Zone, Nia, FFing Enigma (aka Tina) and Penguin It's Cold Outside liked this
Coz for some reason they don't have laundries. Space saving, maybe?
- Mellissa
Because it's convenient.
- Mark H
That's the reason a couple of my friends have theirs in the kitchen, they don't have anywhere else to put them. On a semi-related note, I've always wondered, from watching You Are What You Eat, why the refrigerators are so small in UK homes.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
Know what's weird? I assumed it was like that in Australia too.
- Admiral Anika
A large fridge takes up valuable wine rack space so it's a big no-no.
- Mark H
No, we have laundry rooms.
- Bryce Roney
from email
And it seems to me the reason fridges in Europe aren't the ridiculous behemoths we have here in the States is that people go shopping daily for their food. Here, (most) people stock up on canned goods and frozen food. Whereas, they have little markets that are within walking distance of home. It's like what we (my family) do. We don't really have food in the house. We shop for the daily meal. We get fresh produce, meats & dairy. Our fridge is really only used to house leftovers, if any.
- Admiral Anika
Yeah... know that now, Bryce. But for the longest time, I had thought your kitchens had washing machine/sinks too.
- Admiral Anika
Easier to keep the water pipes all in the same room? With exception of the bathroom which requires privacy.
- CW™
I'm trying to think, most people here would probably have fridges on the larger side. I know ours is a bit larger than usual. Our family generally does a big shop once a week and we get meat whenever it's on special and freeze it. Mum's a big fan of stocking up on canned/packaged stuff, I think we have about 12 jars of pasta sauce in the pantry!
- Bryce Roney
from email
We do a big shop once a fortnight, including meat and bread (which we freeze), and get more milk, fruit & veg in-between if we run out.
- Mellissa
Oh, and more on the laundry front - do people in the UK mostly use dryers, or do they hang their clothes out on the line? Do you guys use a clothesline Bryce? Most families I know in Australia use the dryer for emergencies or really wet weather only.
- Mellissa
My friends/family in Europe have dryers if they live in apt. but my friends in houses use a line.
- Admiral Anika
We have a clothesline and a dryer. Tasmania has a habit of raining a lot so we do use the dryer sometimes in winter. We're using our dryer all the time at the moment because there's a building site next door to where our clothesline is and we don't want to get dust blown all over the clothes.
- Bryce Roney
from email
My old Baltimore row house has the washer in the kitchen (although there's a laundry tub in the basement). The previous owners put it there to make it easy to get the wash out to the backyard clothesline.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
m9m, that's like my current place. There's a wash basin in the basement and there was a clothesline down there. But the mudroom upstairs is where my washer and dryer are. you can see where there used to be a sink, I have hooks for a clothesline in there and a built-in ironing board with a little cubby on the basement steps for the iron.
- Admiral Anika
It's all about space. I guess in the US, if you were tight on space, then you'd go to a laundrette/laudromat or whatever you guys call it.
- James Myatt
Any good podcast or Radio Station for Saturday Morning??Suggestions welcome:)
Kol Tregaskes liked this
I actually like Radio 1, you get Edith Bowman early on then it's Vernon Kay on Saturdays and Sara Cox on Sundays.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you! Radio 1 is great, but I don't know much about their morning program. So now I'll start listening last week's show!
- Citronella
And you have Jo Whiley later on on both days. Great line up at the weekend now. Shame their weekday line-up has turns a little pants. Though thankfully we have Zane Lowe most nights. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
And Moyles in the morning
- James Myatt
Thank you both:) It seems the iPlayer will be part of my favourites. Now listening to Sara Cox, it's 12:30 here!
- Citronella
Moyles can be too much, very little music, a lot of idle chat but can be very funny. Better than the new early morning DJ, Dev. He's really annoying. I preferred Greg James but he's moved to the lunchtime gig, well deserved I'd say.
- Kol Tregaskes
RT @charltonbrooker: Anyone watching 25th Hour on BBC1? Since when did they start running on-screen profanity warnings DURING THE FILM?
James Myatt and Roberto Bonini liked this
I didn't watch much and I saw one of those notices. Quite annoying.
- James Myatt
Man, I hate the BBC.
- Amy
What do you feel is your best feature? Physical or characteristic, etc.
rowlikeagirl, LB - all new for '10!, Jon, the Beartato of '10 and Rochelle liked this
Hmm, I don't think I have one. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
My arms, my legs, my lips, my eyes, my smile, my laugh, my....everything. LOL I love me.
- Admiral Anika
My huge, swollen, throbbing brain.
- Michael R. Bernstein
I had a pretty good gall bladder until it was removed. Heh. Actually, it sounds weird, but I like my hands and fingernails. And my natural haircolor.
- Rochelle
System Restore.
- l0ckergn0me
Chris likes his reboot button.
- Rochelle
Hehe, Chris. I need one of those. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I have a reboot button?
- l0ckergn0me
Rochelle, sometimes I need an On button. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
HOLY SHIT - I have a reboot button! I always thought it was a ph{#`%${%&`+'${`%&NO CARRIER
- l0ckergn0me
My molars!
- Andrew C
I used to say my hands, but they've taken a beating lately.
- ha3rvey (wants confit)
I am a character that is for sure
- VAL D. Zone
My brain, despite its flaws.
- James Myatt
Chris wins. Everyone can go home early.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Probably smile.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
:-D
- Kol Tregaskes
My eyes.
- Mary Carmen
People say it's my smile.
- LB - all new for '10!
Dunno. Probably better off asking people that know me rather than me.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
My wife says it's my smile. And my booty. Or maybe it's my booty that makes her smile. I don't know. She smiles a lot.
- Give 'Em DBizness
I feel the same was as Kol about this. I don't have one.
- Andrew Terry
BBC News - 'World's strongest' beer with 32% strength launched - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
Benton, zephyrlily, David Cook - 2010!!! and 22 other people liked this
"A controversial Scottish brewery has launched what it described as the world's strongest beer - with a 32% alcohol content."
- Anna Haro
from Bookmarklet
The mascot seems somehow appropriate
- Mo Kargas
my prayers have finally been answered!
- Cardeen Martinez
@_(x)
- Anna Haro
64 Proof! Wow! That puts this beer in the spirits category, which starts at 20% alcohol content!
- Kurt Starnes
I've seen their other beers in the shops, not tried them yet. I love the name, "Tactical Nuclear Penguin" = :D
- Amy
I believe that spirits in the UK start at 40%, or maybe that's just whisky.
- James Myatt
I've had one of their beers from Tesco before and it was extremely tasty; IIRC, it was Punk IPA. They really do have fantastic marketing. I have a lot of respect for them.
- James Myatt
See their cool Video - http://vimeo.com/7812379 - they FREEZE the beer to reduce it = potent!
- Susan Beebe
This is going to be to be what Mad Dog 20/20 was to wine. The Danes used to frown on we Americans who enjoyed an occasional Carlsberg Elephant beer, because over there that puts you in the same class as the public drunks and public urinators (which, of course, go hand in hand.) This a lot more potent that Elephant!
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
The video is indeed excellent, Susan.
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
Only the scotts!! *que Irish immigration to Scotland*
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
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