WHAT HAPPEN ROBERT WERE ARE MY SUPERHERO FEEDS?! THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE SUPERHERO ARTICLE ON YOUR FEED!!! are you feeling alright/? - Caroline via twhirl
"“It’s a dead business,” said John Dillard, who pioneered the commercial farming of catfish in the late 1960s. Last year Dillard & Company raised 11 million fish. Next year it will raise none. People can eat imported fish, Mr. Dillard said, just as they use imported oil.
As for his 55 employees? “Those jobs are gone.”" - edythe via Bookmarklet
Given the state of energy and transport costs, which will only continue to rise, it surprises me that this is not turning around. - Michael W. May
It's starting to get to the point where the idea of wrapping a metaphorical towel around my face and pretending that nothing exists but me, my friends and the people I find interesting. Everything else just seems to spell "DOOM!" - Dan Kaplan
"Keith King, the president of Dillard & Company, calculates that for every dollar the company spends raising its fish, it gets back only 75 cents when they go to market." I'm not sure if transport costs are factored into this, but domestic producers have to transport their goods also. - Ontario Emperor
Actually not "just" - I'm watching a DVR'ed copy of a tape delayed broadcast. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
Ah, now they've gotten to Sepp Blatter and his modern slavery comment. They read 3 letters, all critical of Blatter. Then St Louis & McMahon lit into Blatter. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
McMahon on Blatter: "He only opens his mouth to change feet." - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
I remember when I first arrived on the Reed College campus in August 1979. "Rock Lobster" was BLASTING out of one of the windows in the Old Dorm Block. In retrospect, the end of the song drags a little. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
An additional comment (I'm mobile at the moment): could it be that the third party apps that wither and die are the apps that themselves are not blessed by a sound business plan? For example, I could conceive of a service that searched for tweets that mentioned both Milli Vanilli and Slim Whitman. If I had to pay for API access, I could argue that my creativity had been stifled. But if I had chosen a project which interested consumers, and for which data existed, perhaps the money to fund API access could be found. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
“Is there no one more interesting than Mike Arrington? FriendFeed tells me I find him most interesting. Louis Gray is still #2. Who is your most interesting FF'er according to FF stats?”
People I find interesting
Robert Scoble
Thomas Hawk
Steve Rubel
Scott Beale
Shey
Louis Gray
popurls
Leo Laporte
Kevin Rose
michael arrington - Andrew Smith
Says I find Chris Pirillo and Mona tied. It's definitely right, I am a big fan of Chris. - Michael Narciso via NoiseRiver
Louis Gray, You, T. Hawk, Queen of Spain, Hutch, Shey, Michael May, Technosailor, Tac Anderson and Michael Fruchter - although I have a feeling if Mona N keeps it up she may make the list soon - the expected camera phone pic of her in the emergency room with her fist in her mouth will probably be the tipping point ; ) - Marco
Louis is my #1, followed by Steven Hodson - Colin Walker
@steppek, @thomashawk, @scobleizer in that order. - Mike Wills
I'm not even following Mike Arrington ;) - Colin Walker
Mike is not in my list. Mine begins like Marco's: Louis Gray, Robert Scoble and T. Hawk. - Alejandro S.
Louis Gray, Robert Scoble, Dave Winer, Corvida, Caroline (Vixy), Steven Hodson, Bwana McCall, Andy C, Susan Reynolds, Erin Kotecki Vest (Queenofspain). - Ontario Emperor
I'm sorry to say this here, I swear I'm not showing off, but NoiseRiver tells you for real if someone may interest YOU! :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
I need web stats to tell me who's interesting? - Michael Markman
People you find interesting
Duncan Riley
Louis Gray
michael arrington
Robert Scoble
Charlie Anzman
Chris Baskind
MG Siegler
Paul Buchheit
Mark Trapp
Kevin Hessel - AJ Kohn
I have a close one but, Scoble wins for #1 spot today. My own boyfriend comes in second. Oh dear. - Candace Holly
Muhammad Saleem, you Mr. Scoble, Jeremiah Owyang, MG Siegler and Duncan are my most interesting. - Ben Parr
Numbers 1,2 and 3:Thomas Hawk, Scott Bourne and Robert Scoble but It's a close race. - Bob
Robert Scoble, Paul Buchheit, Steven Hodson, michael arrington, Duncan Riley, MG Siegler, April Buchheit, Benjamin Golub, Frederic, Bret Taylor - Louis Gray
Thomas Hawk by far, but Mona N. is catching up - Justin Korn
Louis is way ahead of the rest , Corvida, Steve Rubel and Scoble are fighting for being the second best - Dobromir Hadzhiev
Edythe, T Hawk, L Gray, Scoble, Emporer, Patton, Rubel, Covida, McCall and Arrington. - Russellreno
You, then Chris Pirillo, Duncan Riley, Louis Grey, and someone who has apparently blocked me -- the wretched bastard! ;-) - Chris Baskind
Louis Gray, Robert Scoble, l0ckergn0me, Steve Rubel, Steven Hodson, Dave Winer, Loic Le Meur, Charlie Anzman, Shey (although this list tends to change fairly frequently) - Duncan Riley
my top five, in order: edythe, Dave Winer, Scott Beale, Duncan Riley, Robert Scoble. Wow, edythe is my #1!! - Anthony Citrano
Michelle Miller, edythe, Mona N, Ryne Nelson, Erin Kotecki Vest - Roger Benningfield
Louis Gray, Robert Scoble, Steve Rubel, Brad Coy - Morgan
Edythe, Sacca, Paul Buchheit, hunter walk, Ginger Makela, RAPatton, Dick, Russellreno, Louis Gray, Mitchell Tsai. - Casey
Mine is (heh) Kevin Rose, then Alex Albrecht. Hmm? This doesn't surprise me whatsoever. - Lise
You are my most interesting person according to FF, but I'm a new member so that could change... - Brian Wilson
Mine are: Louis Gray, Paul Buchheit, Eric Eldon, Frederic, Robert Scoble, Scott Beale, Bret Taylor, Steve Rubel, Jess Lee, Steven Hodson - MG Siegler
Mine is an interesting mix of photography and tech. In order: Thomas Hawk, Louis Gray, JA Castillo, Brian Auer, Mathias Pastwa, Robert Scoble, Eric, Raoul Pop, directeur, Chris Nixon - Michael Hocter
edythe, ontario emperor, cecily walker, RAPatton, and Kyle Hebert. - Jason Toney
l0ckergn0me,ijustine, Veronica, and Robert Scoble are my main interests according to FriendFeed. :) - Daynah
I've realised I can't possibly do justice in a finite list, But; three people whose stuff I can't ignore: Karim, Edythe, Thomas Hawk. - Parth Awasthi
My top 5 (according to FF stats): Louis Gray, Steven Hodson, Robert Scoble, Colin Walker, and Jeremiah Owyang - Mark Dykeman
Steve Rubel, l0ckergn0me, Robert Scoble, Tad Donaghe, Duncan Riley - Richard Bradshaw
In order: Robert Scoble, Steve Rubel, Louis Gray, Jeremiah Owyang, Michael Arrington, edythe, mrsth, Michael Gartenberg, Dave Winer, Scott Beale - Thomas Hawk
My top 4: Robert Scoble
Louis Gray
michael arrington
Bret Taylor - Alex Hammer
Assemblage 23 got its start in 1988, when at a Depeche Mode concert, founder Tom Shear heard the opening DJ spinning industrial dance music. Prior to hearing this type of music, Shear had been creating primarily synth-pop and post-punk type music, as well as playing bass in a punk band. Hearing industrial music for the first time proved to be something of an epiphany for Shear, as he had finally found a form of music that combined the electronic sounds he loved from his synth-pop background with the heavier, darker aggression punk represented. - Ontario Emperor
Woah. It just sort of stopped working for me. I must have been using it while they performed the "upgrade" to the site. After a minor hiccup, I'm back to listening to music. - James Ferguson
Still having problems, even with IE7. http://mrontemp.blogspot.com/2... I should note that I'm not using the last.fm software, preferring to use the web player instead. (I don't want to load one more software program on my computers if I don't have to.) Is everyone else in the room using the last.fm software? - Ontario Emperor
I normally play my own library via foobar2000 or through the last.fm desktop software, both of which is fine. Trying the flash player now and am not having any issues in FF3. I do have the latest flash; dunno if that could be your issue at work or not (doubtful at home). It does seem you must be logged in to use the flash player, though. Opera is crapping out with the "Opps" without being logged in, works when logged in. That seems key: Log in. - Michael W. May
I went in a few minutes ago; aside from a definite shortening of some of the tracks I "loved" previously, I had no issues. - Helen
Upgraded Flash to 9,0,124,0. Got an "Oops!" the first time I tried to play something on my page, then it worked the next time. Turns out the item that I clicked was my playlist, which it started to play in order (and if there was only a 30 second sample, it would just play that). I just selected a specific full track which is playing fine. Will try to play my library next, if I can find it. - Ontario Emperor
Also, double check your settings (drop down, upper right) and ensure things are set to play only in the flash player, since you don't have app running. - Michael W. May
"Play music in-page" is checked, but good suggestion. - Ontario Emperor
Some of this is to be expected - even if you brought out a bug-free new version that retained all of the features of the old version, someone would get mad at the color scheme. But I still can't play my library, and I just found out what happened to the 100+ items that fell off my playlist - as of now, playlists have a max of 200 items. At least I (in the US) have Pandora access... - Ontario Emperor
Most people are uncomfortable with change. - Jason Toney
Stanford historian Steve Blank on "The Secret History of Silicon Valley" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... When you go to the Computer History Museum (highly recommended), the earliest machines were all military in nature. - Jason Wehmhoener
The first one that pops into my mind is military, starting with the Internet itself. - Ontario Emperor
The commercialization of military technology. - Andrew Smith
Military.For those who haven't seen it, here's a tour around the Computer History Museum with Gordon Bell (the guy who started the museum). http://www.google.com/search?h... - Robert Scoble
Otherwise. I think it's built into the way the technology works. Military interests were absolutely a useful bootstrap, but Moore's Law is unique. Boots and parachutes and helicopters are also the recipients of a lot of interest by the military, but you don't see them getting twice as effective every 18 months. - ⓞnor
Yah, where are my seven league boots, anyway? nor has a point, but I think "useful bootstrap" is a bit of an understatement. - Jason Wehmhoener
the military invents all kinds of things; the humble M&M was invented for/by the military for field rations, hence the melt in your mouth not in your hands - RAPatton
If you're interested in whale blubber, check out this item that I found in Louis Gray's feed. http://www.readwriteweb.com/ar... (Incidentally, this story takes the tack that Twitter users have stayed through the down times. Maybe I'm an abberation.) - Ontario Emperor
Irrespective of gay bishop issues, I wonder how I'd hold up if a similar word analysis were performed on my writings? I don't think that my writings would hold up very well, no I don't. - Ontario Emperor
Odd. Biowallet's site says nothing about its creator (or at least I couldn't find it). I found out more about the creator in eWeek than at Biowallet's own site. - Ontario Emperor
I ran through my cafe punch card and was eligible for free coffee this morning. Normally, I always get the smallest size because it's all I need. She offered me a larger size and, without hesitation, I shrugged and said, 'Sure, why not?' This is far more coffee than I needed or even wanted but here I am with it. - Akiva Moskovitz
One of our biggest enemies is greed (but I'll be more than happy to absorb the coffee :) - Charlie Anzman
Underlying motivation - if you turn down something for free, even if you don't need or want it, you are perceived as stupid. By the way, I'm selling a printed collection of all of my 2008 blog posts for US$1,000,000 - but I'll throw in printed copies of my 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 blog posts ***AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE!*** How can you turn that down? - Ontario Emperor
Upsize it is our motto. If I type in all caps, does this mean I get to speak for the whole world? - Mathew A. Koeneker
When my girlfriend was new to living in China, she asked a friend to teach her how to say "I'm an American, and I don't speak Chinese" but she got the pronunciation wrong. She found out later that she'd been saying "I am America and you are a camel" to people for several weeks. - Jason Wehmhoener
No wonder all the good .me domain names are already taken. - Morton Fox
You have to be careful of these folks when they give you restaurant recommendations. I've sent some to great restaurants only to have them say 'the portions were too small' Response: *eyeroll* - AJ Kohn
uhhh, did you say I could have seconds of that cherry pie? - Thomas Hawk
