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What unusual item do you keep in your car, 'just in case'?
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Glock 29
- Itachi
Toothpicks. Related: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... :)
- Micah Wittman
Wow, missed that thread the first time around. Cool!
- Kevin Fox
oh gosh, I have so much random awesome stuff in my car!!
- Georgia Diehl
bodybags
- Morgan Haley
a heavy blanket. Good for when I buy plants, lime, mulch etc.
- Mike Nencetti
Linksys router, 10-port network hub, cables, laptop screen cleaners, DSL filters, napkins.
- Cyrus Lendvay
Sweatshirt, blankets, extra gloves, extra stocking cap, extra coat, extra socks... emergency candles, it gets COLD here in the winter!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Oh, and deodorant. y'know... in case of emergency.
- Cyrus Lendvay
My car registration
- Ted Gilchrist
Diapers & Wipes. An unopened package of pacifiers. Hopefully only for the new ~2 years, though.
- Steve "Daddy do it!" Lacy
A big rubber band thing-a-majinger with the metal hooks on either end for when I load my trunk with big stuff from Home Depot and cannot close the trunk lid :->)
- L Stephen Cleary
Corkscrew
- Kate Schmidt
snow scraper
- kartik vaithyanathan
Baseball mitt and cleats
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Man-sized safe.
- G. Sigh
Just kidding.
- G. Sigh
Ham radio, cigarette lighter, rescue breather.
- Glen Mistletoe
I have the usual emergency kit but for as for unusual items, I have a bed sheet, a tatami mat, and an unopened package of window blinds. The bed sheet is to cover the windshield if it's going to freeze overnight and I need to drive early the next morning. The tatami mat is for the beach. The windows blinds I bought about 3 years ago, meant to return, and never did. They're still in the trunk.
- Rochelle
A lint roller.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
A book I haven't read.
- Heather Solos
Taurus 9mm
- Spencer
Shoes, 3pairs . Halloween costume , nailpolish , bleach, bags, sweaters, bathing suit . Towels , literature book , cross, picture of a the holy mary mother of god . Guadalupe. Paper sunglasses . Holy water . 2 corsets
- Caroline
from iPhone
A poster of Tom sellick
- Caroline
from iPhone
Proof of insurance. Trust me. In Texas, that is unusual.
- Josh Haley
a billy club!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Fishing pole. Monopod. Softballs, glove, & bat.
- Rodfather
Caroline: your list is kind of hot....
- Morgan Haley
William Shatner.
- Derrick
A fork, and an old Honda steering wheel. When I still had a car. Both things came in handy surprisingly often.
- Lo
Soccer cones.
- Mahmood Padura
Envelopes.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Rubber gloves and a jumpsuit like mechanics wear. You'll thank me later, when you're clean.
- Christopher Harley
A picture of my car from behind. My "Coping with Road Rage" book tells me to be considerate of the perspectives of other drivers.
- Kelly Norton
Thanx Morgan!
- Caroline
from iPhone
Altoids
- James R
Racquetball racquet, package of socks, several copies of Wired and Entertainment Weekly (usually way out of date).
- Rob Haas
A "bug-in" backpack with nitrile gloves, particle masks, emergency SPCA blankets, flashlights, batteries, emergency am/fm radio, glow sticks, mini first aid kit, emergency water packs... I also have a large first aid kit.
- Beau Liening
from iPhone
wow - nothing. I better go add some things! Wait, I have my softball stuff in the trunk for those just in case I have an emergency softball game to play. LOL
- Paulette Garcia Morris
Video Game Costs US Taxpayers $32.8 Million - http://uk.gamespot.com/news...
"A decade after its initial foray into the world of gaming, the Army doesn't appear to be withdrawing from the industry anytime soon. In denying other aspects of the FOIA request, the Army stated 'disclosure of this information is likely to cause substantial harm to the Department of the Army's competitive position in the gaming industry.' "
- Ryan Kaisoglus
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Wow! That all looks wonderful!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Much of it was, Rachel. I had bubble tea every day - I was in heaven!
- Ryan Kaisoglus
My friend's cat Pixel LOVES me!! I mean crazy stalker love!!
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Ingegerd T, Amy℠, fatima and 33 other people liked this
It's nice to be loved.
- Spidra Webster
Even if that love comes with claws :P
- Mitch
What love doesn't?
- Spidra Webster
Luckily he doesn't use claws. He just rolls around and smushes his face into my hair and my shoulder and is a little crazy. There is a video from my last video. I will find it.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Here is the video. I am like his catnip! http://friendfeed.com/phoenix...
- Rachel Lea Fox
So sweet. My grandmother used to have a parakeet that flirted w/ me. It was hilarious.
- Ayşe E.
I love that hat on you - super adorable.
- Mona Nomura
Ayşe, that is awesome!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Mona, thanks. this is one of my favorite hats. Especially cool for when I don't feel like caring about my hair! :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
Like you in that hat, Rachel!
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Thanks Ryan! I like me with a cat on my shoulder! ;)
- Rachel Lea Fox
New data plan: Two mirrored 1TB (or 1.5TB) drives attached to my Mac Mini Server. Any advice on external TB drives that are fast/low power/RELIABLE?
Kol Tregaskes, Taras Brizitsky, mjc and 2 other people liked this
This makes archiving handy as well. Just pull one of the drives off every 6 months or so and store it offsite, replacing it with a new one.
- Kevin Fox
How do you handle the mirroring? Your own script? I think the best right now is the WD green drives. They aren't terribly fast but they are low power and reliable.
- Benjamin Golub
I'm planning on using OS X Server's native RAID functionality. I do like the WD green drives, though they're a bit cagey about their *actual* RPMs. Somewhere between 5400 and 7200. As a network share either is fast enough though.
- Kevin Fox
My experience confirms what Benjamin said. Since a month ago I am using two WD15EADS in a DLINK DNS-323 as RAID-1 and I am very satisfied with the setup. I disabled the spin-down with WDIDLE.exe to address the load count issue, but was not able to successfully use WDTLER to enable TLER on my revision of the disk firmware.
- Vlado Handziski
Another vote for the WD Green drives...though I thought they were all 5400 RPM? Either way, unless you are concerned with super fast access times, for long reads/writes they work just fine for me (mostly to/from a 10,000 RPM drive via eSATA). Also, they are very, very quiet.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Sadly, I've had a Newer Tech 1TB drive (from OtherWorldComputing, who I love) fail twice in the last year. Sized to fit under a Mini, I really like the form factor, but having to deal with warranty replacements twice in a year sucks. They do have a 3 year warranty at least, but....
- Ken Gidley
Why not use that 4-bay Mac Pro server you've got? If you have 1 drive for the boot/accounts drive then you can make a 3-way RAID with the remaining slots. You've already paid for the enclosure that way and you just need bare drives and a few minutes in Disk Utility.
- Brian Johns
Town to photograph every car that enters and leaves - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17...
"The Tiburon police chief, Michael Cronin, told the Chronicle: 'I think it makes the community safer.' The strange thing is that Tiburon, a northern suburb of San Francisco, isn't exactly Oakland. It doesn't enjoy high crime figures. Indeed, some might say that the most criminal elements in the place are to be seen on the racks of its clothes stores."
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Imagine that you are about to be reincarnated (as a baby human) and can pass along 140 characters of advice. What would you say?
TobiasVerhoog.com, barbarars, Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa and 59 other people liked this
Assume that the baby will be born into circumstances similar to your own, if necessary...
- Paul Buchheit
Wow, that's a stumper of a question! :)
- Susan Beebe
Learn all that you can, be noble, true, humble, love much. Seek wisdom from your family and friends
- Susan Beebe
I wouldn't need 140 characters: "in whatever you do, strive to do it as well as you possibly can." 64.
- Bren -- Not Grinchy
from iPhone
Floss. :)
- AJ Batac
"It's mostly an illusion"
- Paul Buchheit
Never stop learning, enjoy the little things, cherish friends & family, try your best, keep an open mind, and indulge yourself occasionally.
- Nathan Chase
chase your passions, the rest follows. observe everything. work, love and play hard. change happens. live full and balanced. 3
- Charles Ying
What goes around comes around.
- imabonehead
I think Nathan has it! At least he said exactly what I would have written. :-)
- Victoria Plautia
Don't panic.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
from fftogo
Risk is not an option. And eat your vegetables.
- Micah Wittman
Study Thomas, he has more answers than anyone else you will read.
- Alex Scrivener
Number to a Swiss bank safe containing cash, guns and numerous passports. Yes, it is from a movie.
- Peng-Toh
.....so are we trying to guess the meaning of life here? essentially I think that's what this question boils down to. I only need two characters:
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
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- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
Fear the fail whale.
- Jim Norris
"If you think you already know the answer, you will never know the answer"
- Paul Buchheit
Alex, which Thomas?
- Paul Buchheit
Plastics, my boy.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from iPod
You're a towel!
- Vezquex: God of FF
Don't fear the fail whale.
- Paul Buchheit
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, if you were in their position.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Everything is transitory.
- John E. Bredehoft
Don't tell them I told you this. They'll think you're nuts!
- Larry Hosken
"There's always an easier way"
- Paul Buchheit
I'm surprised no one's quoted Kurt Vonnegut yet. :)
- April Buchheit
April, is that your advice or an observation?
- Clare Dibble
Observation.
- April Buchheit
Stay away from the mohel.
- Leo Laporte
Crush the enemy. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of the women.
- Internet's Tad
"Think big. Code small."
- Paul Buchheit
For April: "There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind."
- Paul Buchheit
Phase 1: Collect Handerpants; Phase 2: ?; and Phase 3: Profit
- imabonehead
Just wing it. It'll be cool.
- April Buchheit
Let's git rid of 140 chars nonsense limid.
- Petr Buben
"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, try telling April that next time she is frustrated with you; I'm sure it will help ;)
- Clare Dibble
Just told my son this tonight -- Leave the earth better than the way you found it.
- joe is...
Don't be such an asshole, asshole.
- Rodfather
@Paul, Aquinas
- Alex Scrivener
"Don't believe it when people say you can't do something. Prove them wrong."
- Cristo
Assuming my reincarnated self has wifi and a smartphone, I might point him to Des'ree's 1990s pop hit: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Doug
Treat others with respect. Feed your intellectual curiosity. Don't accept limits others place upon you and often, patience is required.
- Louis Gray
"Nobody else knows what's really going on either."
- Amber, Random Time Lord
LCD is better than plasma
- Alex Scoble
"Its not that bad, stop sh*tting yourself, ;)"
- chaz2b
++Leo, that sounds like very useful advice. :)
- Ruchira S. Datta
In the end it really doesn't matter, enjoy it while it lasts, do what makes you happy, try not to sabotage the happiness of others.
- April Russo (app103)
Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff.
- Laura Norvig
"Dear Reincarnated Self: my head is frozen with the Life Extension Foundation. To get cool advice pls unfreeze me at ur earliest convenience."
- Philipp Lenssen
"Dont be afraid to take chances or march to a different beat. In the end only the soul counts, don't sweat the small stuff. Listen, learn."
- Grant Bierman
Dr. Cable. Watch it. ;-)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I dare you to do better.
- Charles Ying
"Please ask the next generation to increase maximum message length."
- Ray Cromwell
BTW, Commander Data was able to get away with sending only 2 *bits* of information into the future/past to break out of a 'groundhog day' scenario. The message: 3
- Ray Cromwell
There once was a site called Twitter. It was worth a billion dollars...
- Sean Kelly
Exercise every day, learn to program asap. I have discovered a truly marvellous proof that these are the right things to do which this twee
- j1m
"I've finally discovered the secret to a contented and effective life, which for you, begins now. This joy can be yours. Just claim it by t" <snipped by character limit>
- Kurtiss Hare
Search for the will of the creator. Prefer the heaven of love to the hell of power.Every moment is unique.Train empathy. Give. [ yeah, I kept in the character limit! Twitter is like life sometimes, only, hu, more limitted :-]
- Willi Schroll
L^2>∞ love of life is greater then time and space. Compassion destroys the destroyer peace above me below me around me down me radiate peace
- Robert Higgins
That's easy: Join friendfeed as soon as possible.
- Jim Hearts FF
don't sweat it kid, you just got a do over...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
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- Edward Coffey
"Propose multiple solutions to every problem. Or choose your own life."
- Ivo Danihelka
Learn Math.
- Alternating Reality Books
"Context is everything."
- Bruce Johnson
from BuddyFeed
@RayCromwell - see my first comment ;)
- Charles Ying
"Listen." The other 133 characters are superfluous.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Ray Cromwell has said it best *rofl* please increase message length!! It doesn't get any better than that! Words of wisdom!! :)
- John Tastad
Seek truth
- Shakeel Mahate
Love always wins. Don't sweat happiness: find joy. (ponders how to translate the "becoming a man" speech from Secondhand Lions into 140 characters...)
- Ladybug Heather
Remember to save often...data and money. Live life like you have a reset button.
- Brian Merriman
Ignore advice. You'll figure it out.
- Todd Hoff
I won't develop the ability to type until years later, so I guess my only advice is "Ga Ga" and "Ball."
- Fleagle
Frankie says RELAX
- VAL D. Zone
It's not just you, they're all crazy. Make as many friends outside the family as you can. You'll want to leave home. Do it. Don't look back. (this is a seriously awesome topic!)
- Lo
Follow your heart. Don't worry about failure because apparently reincarnation is real. Snooches!
- Kevin Fox
Dont let others decide for you what is good and right for you. Not even this message.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Learn your math. Especially Geometry. It will make your coding SO much more compelling!
- Joe Nickence
"Don't tweet"?
- Marcos
Actually, I prefer FF..
- ★ Soner Gönül
Well I won't list all 140 but 1 I will is: Do not live your life to live..Live it to die. In other words, prepare for death because all life is about is another chance to get it right so you can end Samsara.
- Merlyn Seeley
"In your past life, you never understood why people liked Twitter."
- Ryan Kaisoglus
the world is made of atoms
- bob
Crawl back in?
- dannysullivan
Use the force. Search your feelings. Live long and prosper.
- Charles Ying
When the time comes, cut the blue wire.
- David Gaw
There's always something bigger than you.
- Daisy
Dear new self: whatever you do, don't make all the same mistakes with your life that I did with mine. For example, you should never ever try [MAXIMUM MESSAGE LENGTH REACHED]
- s t e v e
Don't put twinkies on your Pizza.
- Will Higgins™
You, are fine. To hell w' 'em if they think you're not pretty/funny/smart/rich enough.
- Summer
Find Stuart Diamond and take his negotiation course when you're 16. Love yourself so you can love others. Also, reincarnation exists, and you were a geek in your previous life.
- Daniel Dulitz
Don't wish for what you aren't. Life will be far more interesting than you could ever expect. Play with the cards you're dealt, and have fun
- Bette Cooper
don't play safe gamble every day
- WarLord
Call me Stewie, bow now and pay later. Put another coal in the power plant so you can continue watching this homage and choke on the fumes. [140 and referenced Family Guy, ideology, commerce, ecology, choice, and lost will.]
- William 'Bill' McPhe
"Tom Cruise must be stopped. By any means necessary."
- Otto
Otto, you have room to add "--your mission, if you choose to accept it."
- Micah Wittman
Life is all about ass. You're either covering it, kicking it, kissing it, busting it, laughing it off, or trying to get a piece of it.
- Mona Nomura
Mona, you forgot the part about being one.
- April Russo (app103)
live!
- barbarars
Be kind to animals, nature, others & yourself. Do what you love. Love what you do. Never stop learning about the world around you.
- Bronson Harrington
Try to find the 140 characters you would pass along to your reincarnation.
- Eszter Susánszky
Nap.
- A Mitchell
Today: boring errands like oil changes, housework. Tonight: video gaming Left For Dead!!
Today: boring things like work, work, and work. Tonight: deciding whether to keep playing through 'CoD: MW2' or switch over to 'L4D2'.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Expelled for wearing a miniskirt… in Brazil (pic) - http://observers.france24.com/en...
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A 20-year-old tourism student has been expelled from a Sao Paulo university after chaos broke out on campus when she turned up in a short dress
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
The actions/reactions at that school are mind-boggling. Just wow.
- Micah Wittman
Crazy
- Rodfather
It's horrible that students treated her this way. There is no call whatsoever for treatment like that. I would however like to say something about some clothing lately. It's hard to tell from these photos but from the one where she is standing up it looks like that is an incredibly short dress and not likely appropriate for a school setting. I'm all for dressing sexy, but in the...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
They upheld their collective standards of conduct. Who are we to judge?
- Dawn
Dawn, her being expelled shouldn't be an issue, that is the schools judgment. The treatment that the students gave her should not be condoned though. There are better ways to handle it such as reporting it and having the school ask her to go home and change or something similar. No one should be harassed in this manner for any reason whether they are right or wrong.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I remember in Junior High School when one of my teachers lectured all of the girls who were wearing mini-skirts (early 70's vintage) and he said in very plain words "I don't want to see your underwear when you're in my class!" I don't remember much about the rest of the class because I was too busy imagining what he must be seeing every day! The adolescent mind boggles!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
i wonder if she was wearing underpants, and thats just being left out for political correctness?
- chaz2b
Lots of learning going on in that school, if that video is any indication.
- Andy Bakun
Yep, they'll be ready for the Olympics. What will the distance runners and swimmers wear? Carnivale outfits? Oh, wait.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
bullet proof vests, ninja masks, and various weapons for accessories
- chaz2b
Why other students chant those words? are they jealous?
- Mahmood Padura
But after all she should get a good grade in her class she has attracted enough internet tourists and probably some real ones to her country.
- Mahmood Padura
Catholics at large :)
- A.T.
You will like this. And vice-versa, OK? - Top 50 worst videogame voice acting - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Most awesomely horrible thing EVER!!!!! It should be Top 50 worst videogame voice acting and script writing!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Most sounded overcooked or indifferent: "I must jump to that other building. Ok."
- Neal Krummell
Once again, we PC gamers get neglected...though in this case, I suppose that is a good thing.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Alie and Georgia Present: The McNuggetini - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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I think i'm in love with the redhead...
- Ryan Kaisoglus
PhoenixFeather Photo Stories - Rachel Lea Fox - This Is Halloween! - Haunted Fox Hollow '09 - http://stories.phoenixfeather.net/25-this...
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Paul Buchheit, Penguin It's Cold Outside, SuezanneC Baskerville and 14 other people liked this
2009 was the best year ever in our little Fox Hollow haunted yard! Not only did we expand, more than doubling our size, by continuing a full U-shaped path into our co-conspirators yard (The Awesome Lendvays), but we also added 15 actors throughout the haunt...
- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
Oh, video will be coming soon!
- Rachel Lea Fox
It was such an awesome night. Our friends really brought the haunt to.. life.
- Kevin Fox
Great blog post, Rachel -- saw a lot of details that I missed when visiting. Great job.
- Stephen Mack
Very cool! Had a fun walk thru on Friday with Lisa, she jumped at least 3 times. :)
- Ken Gidley
It was a lot of fun! I don't understand how you raised more money the first night vs the second? That is strange.
- Dario Gomez
We think it's a shifted perspective on Halloween itself. Off Halloween, you're a guest viewing a presentation someone has put together for you but on Halloween you're going around door-to-door collecting stuff from people. We also didn't push donations hard at all. If we just made the box more visible we'd probably collect a lot more. Nevertheless, the main point was entertainment, not fund-raising, so it was okay.
- Kevin Fox
Perhaps it was more friends/family on Friday, who have a more personal connection to Kevin/Rachel and know about the kitten fostering they do, too.
- Ken Gidley
Another excellent point.
- Kevin Fox
Amazing job, guys. It's obvious how much effort you put into this. One year i'll make it!
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Ken, I think you are right about the focus. Also on Halloween we had mostly trick-or-treaters who aren't carrying money around. Some of them had parents who might be, but not all parents went through, they just waited out between the driveways the way that they would if the kids were just going up to ring the bell. So they didn't see the donations bucket. Also at one point we...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
Thanks all!! Ryan you totally need to come out!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Many parents don't carry much besides keys and phones while chaperoning their trick-or-treaters. Did your notice about the event mention donations for the kitties? I don't remember.
- Anne Bouey
Anne, some did and some did not. We weren't pushing the donations real hard or anything. We were just looking at why Friday raised more than Saturday. People out on Halloween just aren't thinking about giving donations.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Sorry if I'm gushing and bumping but I still can't believe how well this year came together!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Gush away, Rachel! It was awesome!
- Anne Bouey
can someone tell me what the difference between Flight 1 and Flight 2 is? - http://rommy.se/post/233713299
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My guess: it's a code-share flight. One was booked under the actual carrier, the other under the code-share partner. I once had booked a flight with one carrier, arrived at the airport and have to check in with another carrier, then actually flew on a plane owned by a third. Very confusing.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Exchange calendar is SO BAD that IBM holds a patent on how recall declined meetings. http://www.patentgenius.com/patent... #FUBAR
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That's awesomely awful, or awfully awesome.
- Neal Krummell
Exchange is SO STUPID. Just because I decline a meeting doesn't mean that I never want to see it again, be aware that it's still happening, or want to waive the ability to change my mind. If I have a meeting conflict and have to decline a meeting, then a few days later the other meeting changes or is canceled, I have *no idea* that the first meeting (that I can now happily attend) exists!
- Kevin Fox
I think you've just explained why it's so hard sometimes to get people to RSVP meeting invitations: they want to make sure they absolutely can or can't attend before sending the RSVP to Exchange/Outlook's black hole.
- Mark Trapp
The lack of centralization for an organization is what really kills me. Newer users move their copy of the meeting without realizing there's no notification to the owner, and no warning that you shouldn't do that. Or for all users, the owner changes the meeting but neglects to send out the update (or the update fails to arrive for all users) and then half the attendees don't know why the other half isn't in attendance.
- Stephen Mack
Also, there are three options: Accept, Decline and (depending on the context you're looking at the event) 'Maybe' or 'Tentative', which mean very different things ('uncertain' vs 'yes, without confidence').
- Kevin Fox
We use Exchange here at EMI too, and it's just unbelievably bad. I'm scared to know how much collective productivity is lost due to these sorts of issues.
- Eric Case
I don't decline meetings anymore because of this. The only state I use is Accept or nothing at all. It's even worse as a remote employee not being able to see what is going on
- Benjamin Golub
The same here Benjamin. I have another gripe - for the programs I run I often took quick notes in the meeting calendar. If a meeting is rescheduled, it not only removes future instances of the meeting, but everything in the past as well. The logic behind this functionality defies reason.
- jcunwired
isn't there an option to display 'declined' meetings like iCal?
- kartik vaithyanathan
"Accept Tentatively" is your workaround friend.
- Jason Silverstein
What's the difference between 'accept tentatively' and just taking no action?
- Kevin Fox
Kartik, all my searching says 'no'. It's been suggested to me that I write a script that regularly looks in my 'trash' folder and forwards any events in there to a new 'declined events' calendar, but that just makes me ill.
- Kevin Fox
Kevin, I don't think this is even possible if you're on a server connection.
- jcunwired
*sigh*
- Kevin Fox
I think we're all missing the point here: meetings suck.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Watching something called "Zombie Strippers" on Spike.... hmmmm... is afraid....
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Apparently in this movie a bunch of philosophy majors became strippers and then zombies became the "in" thing so they became zombie strippers. And then two of them had a strip duel. I wonder why this never got theatre time... *lol*
- Rachel Lea Fox
and then this zombie shot ping pong balls and poll balls out of her you know what!! GaaaaaaaHHHHHH!!! OMG this is bad!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
This sounds like the parties I always heard about but somehow missed..
- Michael W. May
Michael, I hope not... they were very whacked, and I never want to see a zombie in a pastie again!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think it was in theatres briefly, actually. I remember when it was being made. Maybe just in major cities or festivals, though.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Rachel, it's not this 'Zombie Strippers', is it? http://www.imdb.com/title... - Starring Jenna Jameson and Robert Englund in an awesomely over-the-top role (yes, even more so than Freddy Krueger)
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Ryan... yup that is it. we jumped in part way in and Jenna wasn't live when we saw her. Jandy... really. I can't believe anyone would go to see this in the theatre.
- Rachel Lea Fox
You'd be surprised, Rachel - hardcore horror/cult film fans love stuff like this.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
This comment is useless without pics.
- Jim Norris
Up in the Air - http://www.netflix.com/Movie...
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It doesn't come out in theaters for another month and it's already in the Netflix Queue. Nice!
- Kevin Fox
This is my "throw it in there and wait to see the reviews before ripping it out of the queue in dissapointment" strategy.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
The 'So You Think You Can Dance' Auditioner's Guide
Pokai, Rebecca Sun, Amber, Random Time Lord and 4 other people liked this
I like this very much, but it's missing paths for visually interesting ethnicity and unusual names with even more unusual spellings.
- Kevin Fox
I'm happy to add to / update - figured I wouldn't capture everything - suggestions are welcome!
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Lol, so true. Don't forget about "Were you recently in a physically debilitating accident?" and "Do you need this show in order to escape your dead-end existence?" and "Are your grandparents here?"
- Rebecca Sun
+1 Rebecca. I hate to sound heartless, but sob stories don't make great dancers. Sometimes they just pull votes away from more deserving dancers.
- Jason Huebel
hmm...let's see if John Woo can, in any way, redeem himself with Red Cliff http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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It's an amazing film...I loved every minute of it.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
good to hear! with that rave review, i will definitely go see it.
- rommy
Take note (in the first half) of the studies in leadership styles among the main characters. Some emotional intelligence expert will be using this film to teach one day...
- Ryan Kaisoglus
I'm pregnant! It's a girl! Woohoo!! Anyone have any baby stuff that needs a new home?
can catalyurek, Benjamin Golub, Rachel Lea Fox and 4 other people liked this
Congratulations!
- Mark Novak
Holy crap. Big news! Many congratulations to you and Cy.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Congratulations! We have a Graco SafeSeat1 infant seat and folding stroller. Bought new, used until Anyanka got too big. It's brown/green. A whole bunch of stuff just went to a friend due in November, but anything they don't want we can circle back to you. Pretty much all our clothes and infant toys are gone, though....we gave them away pretty quick. No intent for a #2. :)
- Alessandra Novak
Congrats :)
- ipek aral kişioğlu
Updates: A holiday in France followed by the swine flu (or not) - http://www.freerommy.com/2009...
Your positive review of Swedish healthcare seems to ignore the fact that you didn't get treated for your illness because the system was prioritizing certain types of people over others. If you believe in a socialized approach, shouldn't everyone have access to all available treatment?
- Ryan Kaisoglus
To prioritize someone based on medical necessity is, in my opinion, justified AND with the greater good in mind. My illness wasn't life-threatening and didn't require treatment, so I don't believe I should've received treatment for it. Under a less-sufficient plan, a pregnant woman would've gotten turned away before me because she didn't have the correct bureaucratic small print or wasn't as profitable for an insurance company as I was.
- rommy
When i'm as sick as you were, I could give a rip about the greater good ;-) You might find this article, 'How I Got Well in India for $50', interesting - http://www.salon.com/news...
- Ryan Kaisoglus
The flu is the flu. It's a common illness that hundreds of thousands get each year with a very high survival rate that, like every other illness, is over medicated, particularly for otherwise healthy people. As far as I'm concerned, only the people that need to medicated for the reasons of survival for it should be medicated for it.
- rommy
Ugh...I'm having serious friendfeed problems. :/ but it's a good discussion worth discussing in person! we need to catch up soon...
- rommy
Yep - and yet we keep electing the same people from the same parties...tacitly agreeing with and encouraging them to continue screwing things up for us. The biggest problem with democracy is that the idiots will always outnumber the smart people.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Yeah, we really do need to catch up. Wish I was coming over there with Kavita...but, as she'll tell you, i've got a rather big (government-related...imagine that) problem i'm dealing with here.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Obama Backs Extending Patriot Act Spy Provisions - http://www.wired.com/threatl...
"The Obama administration has told Congress it supports renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire at year’s end, measures making it easier for the government to spy within the United States."
- Ryan Kaisoglus
'A Day Without Cats Online': Internet Ban by Urlesque - TIME - http://www.time.com/time...
John E. Bredehoft, Ryan Kaisoglus, Alex Scrivener and Anne Bouey liked this
Time says: "Someone had to hold the line against the mewing hordes. That's why the folks at the Web humor site Urlesque have declared Sept. 9 "A Day Without Cats Online." More than 40 blogs and websites have agreed to say no más to the mousers, banning cats from their pages for at least 24 hours."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
NOW you tell me?
- Stephen Mack
"A whopping 0.01% of Web users participated in the catless event."
- Kamilah Gill
silliness!
- Rachel Lea Fox
:)
- Stephen Mack
I tried to sound the early warning bell, but no one listened - http://ff.im/7yEUa
- Ryan Kaisoglus
First they came for the cats, then they came for the bacon...
- John E. Bredehoft
Obama administration: Cap and trade could cost families $1,761 a year - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
"The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent."
- Ryan Kaisoglus
"One odd point: The document written by Jaffee includes this line: 'It will raise energy prices and impose annual costs on the order of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.' The Treasury Department redacted the rest of the sentence with a thick black line. The Freedom of Information Act, of course, contains no this-might-embarrass-the-president exemption. You'd hope the presidential administration that boasts of being the 'most open and transparent in history' would be more forthcoming than this."
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Buried city on Governors Island - http://kottke.org/09...
anna sauce and Mark Trapp liked this
This sounds like the making for a great horror suspense thriller. "History has forgotten why this island just off Manhattan was evacuated and buried. There are things that should stay forgotten..."
- Kevin Fox
As you read through the comments on the original article (http://www.scoutingny.com/...) it becomes clear this is an art project, and not a genuine buried city. Some beautiful photos though and it's quite well done.
- Stephen Mack
And your horror movie intro point is certainly not diminished -- if anything, enhanced.
- Stephen Mack
It was an Army post since the Revolutionary War, and was held by the British for most of the war after Washington's retreat from New York. During the Civil War, they kept Confederate POWs there: I bet you could come up with some House on Haunted Hill type plot with that. "They lost the war, but now, they're battling for your soul" or something.
- Mark Trapp
Or the secret weapon the British were about to unleash before they were overtaken. Sort of a steampunk 18th century nuclear thriller.
- Kevin Fox
Yeah, or Hellboy III, where Cornwallis was actually Azrael, Lord of the Pit.
- Mark Trapp
Art exhibition or no, Governor's Island is worth the ferry ride. Some beautiful old buildings and great views of the city.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
The President (whomever happens to hold that office) is the Chief Education Officer. I support the right of any President to address his or her students as needed. That applies to past Presidents, future Presidents, and the current President.
Eric Logan, Keith Bourgoin and Rachel Lea Fox liked this
I happen to support the current speech, but I hereby pledge to never object to any future Presidents' speeches, even if I happen to think that that particular President is a bozo.
- Stephen Mack
While I have no problem with any president speaking to any citizens he/she wants to, there is no Chief Education Officer. Until we federalize control of public education and take it away from the states, the president has less power in this area than state governors do. That said, if the president can motivate kids to learn and work hard through a speech, then speak away.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
My internet connection keeps crapping out on me. I have a cable connection from Comcast hooked up to a Motorola cable modem they provided, and a NetGear WGR614v5 wireless router that I seem to have to unplug periodically. Any recommendations for a fix or replacement?
Jessie and Mona Nomura liked this
A peripheral that pings to verify the uplink, and which cycles power on the router when the uplink fails? Rachel has one of those. It's called me.
- Kevin Fox
Thanks, Kevin, but I'm looking for something a bit less high-maintenance.
- Jim Norris
Unfortunately, no I have a the same problem with my Comcast Motoraola Cable modem connected to my apple airport. Its very annoying
- Kim Landwehr
I have a DSL connection through AT&T. I have to unplug the modem and the wireless router every so often as well.
- Yolanda
My parents have a similar setup (Time-Warner & Airport) as do I (Shaw & Airport) and we both get the same thing. It only happens to me once every 3 or 4 months but it seems to happen once every 4-6 weeks for my parents. Both Shaw and Time-Warner have claimed unplugging and replugging it part of "normal maintenance."
- Soup
Take a 7/16ths open end wrench to every cable connection in your place. Loose connections can let noise in and cause packet disruption.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
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The best fix might be to use a real computer as a router.
- Kevin L
Running a Bittorrent client? I had that very same problem (and a Netgear router) and found the frequency to be relative to the number of open connections my PC was actively using for torrents. When I limited the number of connections, the problem went from several times a day to once or twice a month. Also, overheating of the router could be a culprit. Is it in a well-ventilated area?
- Ryan Kaisoglus
My suggestion is to dump cable and go VDSL or ADSL. I have AT&T & as much a I despise them, I have GREAT service, 99% uptime and its fucking fast with NO latency! I also am a believer in 2 Wire Gateways. I'm not a fan of Moto Cable Modems (or cable MAC infrastructure in general). #myown2cents
- Michael G. Galli
Kevin L: I might end up doing that... I have an "old" desktop that would work, but it only has one ethernet port. Have you ever set up a computer to act as a router? (Running linux I'd assume.)
- Jim Norris
Ryan: yes, I'm running a bittorrent client, I'm pretty sure that's a big part of the reason the connection seems unreliable. Are there any routers that handle bittorrent reliably? Ventilation shouldn't be a problem.
- Jim Norris
Michael: my parents have an AT&T DSL and 2Wire router, and they've had their own share of problems.
- Jim Norris
Problems with the router I mean.
- Jim Norris
I also have Comcast and had similar similar issues with my NetGear router. I ended up changing to a D-Link DIR-655 router and haven't need to reset the router nearly as often (perhaps one a quarter).
- Simon
Jim: I've heard good things about the DIR-655 as well. In the mean time, try configuring your BT client as per section two on this post: http://torrentfreak.com/optimiz... Else, just reduce the number of active open connections in your client.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
do you know your neighbors?
Our neighbors are our best friends. Literally. We built a gate between our backyards and everything.
- Kevin Fox
Nope. Never have in my entire life.
- EricaJoy
Not well, but I've met them on the city-wide "Get to know your neighbor" block party day, and we've chatted occasionally in passing.
- Shannon Jiménez
We eat pizza and watch movies together.
- Josh Wills
@Kevin: saying that your neighbors are your best friends and then following with "we built a gate between our backyards" may be a bit confusing...unless people know there was an 8 foot wall there first. :-)
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Good point. How about "we followed Reagan's advice and took down that wall"?
- Kevin Fox
TONIGHT - Sept 2, So You Think You Can Dance airs 15 best routines ever with SEASON PREMIERE Sept 9 !!!!!!!!!!! - http://www.examiner.com/x-17365...
Jason Huebel, Bryan Lee and Rachel Lea Fox liked this
can you belive it? back already! Sept 9!
- Pokai
from Bookmarklet
Fox is milking it!
- Bryan Lee
TiVo! Must set TiVo!!
- Kevin Fox
Didn't we just see a bunch of these on the 100th episode show? Though, I may watch just to remind myself of the cuteness that is Kherington.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
i'm so excited. fox must know we are so dedicated :)
- Pokai
i hope they play....sweet dreams eurythmics......
- Pokai
I wish they had chosen more that weren't just in the 100th episode, but I think their intended audience was people who don't normally watch in the summer, rather than us die-hards :)
- Shannon Jiménez
I'm just happy we got TWO Mark routines and "Hometown Glory"!
- Rebecca Sun
Disappointed by the total lack of Twitchington.
- Kevin Fox
I think the bed dance should have been in there.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Rockin Chewbaccas | My Friends (from Rochester) Video pitch to win a chance to make a big budget music video in LA. The idea Chewbacca has a heavy metal band and a song "Make Wookie All Night". The star judging it would be the sexy vixen in the video. Their pitch has some cute ideas. And vote if you are willing to sign up! http://bit.ly/8gZYG
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Chris Weige, Penguin It's Cold Outside, Mona Nomura and 2 other people liked this
Link?
- Spidra Webster
shorten link now in the header and the full link is here: http://www.atom.com/funny_v...
- Rachel Lea Fox
Olivia Munn is my biggest celebrity crush!
- Ryan Kaisoglus
Ryan, who is she?
- Rachel Lea Fox
She co-hosts G4's 'Attack of the Show', a weekday geek news show. Some photos: http://www.oliviamunn.com/photo...
- Ryan Kaisoglus
THIS is FUNNY.
- Mona Nomura
Are there any favorite free online games out there? I'm bored.
There is a free trial for Plants vs Zombies and the game isn't expensive if you like it: http://www.popcap.com/games... I also like Peggle a lot http://www.popcap.com/games... same trial/cheapish dealio!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Try http://jayisgames.com/ for recommendations and reviews.
- Ryan Kaisoglus
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