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Amit Patel
Graffiti Labs - Jobs - http://www.graffitilabs.com/
Graffiti Labs - Jobs
Graffiti Labs - Jobs
"We're making a browser-based game that lets people build anything they can imagine. It's like virtual Lego, except anyone can contribute a new piece simply by drawing it. The 2D drawings are bounding-boxed into 2.5D objects that can be used to build in 3D space." - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet
Another awesome YC company coincidentally :) - Paul Buchheit
Oooh :) - Amit Patel
OOOH ? - Gimminy
Coming soon? *taps foot* - Laura Norvig from iPhone
Bret Taylor
Our data center (SVColo) performed an upgrade to their core network switch this evening. Something went wrong, and the operation took 30 minutes instead of 5. We apologize for the problem.
we are back - K.D.
I wondered. Glad you are back! - Rachel Lea Fox
No problem. Just don't scare us like that again ;) - Mark Krynsky
Ok otherwise it was going to be an topic on Twitter. - Madhav Tripathi
I forgive you. - Vezquex
I thought FriendFeed would have deployed mobile datacenters across the US by now. - imabonehead
Talk to Scoble about getting you guys on Rackspace :) - Jason Cronkhite from Alert Thingy
Jason: we would love to host FriendFeed but any hoster will screw up from time to time so I would rather win their business on the strength of our technology and service. Our CEO puts his personal cell phone out there (I don't know of any other hosting company CEO that does that, plus mine is +1-425-205-1921). not to mention I have some major motivation to make sure FriendFeed stays up. :-) - Robert Scoble
Compete with Wave and let people run their own Friendfeed servers. - Vezquex
Thanks! I almost sent SOS via Twitter...but u guys were fast! :D - Roshan Ramachandran
Oh, and it was nice of you guys to arrange your downtime for when I was flying and off the net! :-) - Robert Scoble
The upside is I saw the 'new and improved' twitter web interface for the first time. When do I have time to do that normally :D - Micah
@scoble, that's just it. I've only known Rackspace to screw up once and it was due to some guy driving a car into the data center. Plus, all the other perks you mentioned. - Jason Cronkhite
Andy, long time :) - Micah
Something changed with this downtime, didn't it? All images are now hosted on friendfeed-media.com instead of the old i.friendfeed.com - Mitch
Mitch, the friendfeed-media change was deployed yesterday and unrelated to the outage. - Paul Buchheit
good - solncee
hey angela i am fret taylor wassup - yormayinbeni
Casey Muller
This morning we changed the format of FriendFeed subscription email messages to include more information about people who subscribe to you. Please let us know if you see any problems, and keep an eye out for more email improvements in the future.
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Thank you very much, Casey! :-) - Kol Tregaskes
Nicely done :) - LANjackal
Awesome! Now lets see support for more web services... - Jac Falcon
saw that, and it was mega-helpful. bravo. - Nathan Chase
Shoot. Now I need a subscription. - Josh Haley
I'm all for improving the format of notifications, but wonder (aloud) if it is such a smart move to include the Approve/Reject link right at the top (unless it only appears in private feeds to which someone has requested access). Right now we have the option of blocking/ rejecting a subscriber at any time but presumably not at the very outset. This may lead to more of a walled gardens' mentality, already very prevalent at FF. - ianf ⌘
ianf: approve/reject is only for private feeds. Public feeds just have a link to subscribe back :) - Benjamin Golub
Nice - Grant Bierman
that's great! - K.D.
LIKEY. - Steven Perez
I noticed this one! Such informations about people who subscribe to me on FriendFeed are useful, and makes it easy to quickly get in the conversation. Thanks for the good job! - Thierry R. Andriamirado
w00t! - David Cook
For features like this one, I'm ok to receive html emails. -MANY- html emails ;-) - Thierry R. Andriamirado
The new emails are AWESOME! - April Russo
Gmail automatically showed me the images in a subscription email, even though I never told it to (you know how gmail has the 'display images below' option). further, it doesn't give me the option to hide the images. not that I'd want to, but how are you bypassing gmail's security feature to hide the images? - chrisofspades
Chris, we don't do anything special. I'm not sure how gmail decides what images to show, you'd have to contact them or check the gmail help. - Casey Muller
Casey, you sure FriendFeed's founders didn't use some of their "we created Gmail" mojo? ;) - chrisofspades
Chris, the "show images" only applies to external images hosted on other sites. Gmail doesn't show those by default because doing so would allow people to "bug" email. We include the images with the email so that they can be displayed immediately. - Paul Buchheit
ahhhh that explains it. thanks Paul. - chrisofspades from email
Tudor Bosman
Man Already Knows Everything He Needs To Know About Muslims | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - http://www.theonion.com/article...
Man Already Knows Everything He Needs To Know About Muslims | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
"SALINA, KS—Local man Scott Gentries told reporters Wednesday that his deliberately limited grasp of Islamic history and culture was still more than sufficient to shape his views of the entire Muslim world. Gentries, 48, said he had absolutely no interest in exposing himself to further knowledge of Islamic civilization or putting his sweeping opinions into a broader context of any kind, and confirmed he was "perfectly happy" to make a handful of emotionally charged words the basis of his mistrust toward all members of the world's second-largest religion. "I learned all that really matters about the Muslim faith on 9/11," Gentries said in reference to the terrorist attacks on the United States undertaken by 19 of Islam's approximately 1.6 billion practitioners. "What more do I need to know to stigmatize Muslims everywhere as inherently violent radicals?"" - Tudor Bosman from Bookmarklet
"I almost gave in and listened to that guy defend Islam with words I didn't want to hear," Gentries said. "But then I remembered how much easier it is to live in a world of black-and-white in which I can assign the label of 'other' to someone and use him as a vessel for all my fears and insecurities." Added Gentries, "That really put things back into perspective." - Paul Buchheit
LB: #TeamMonique
Matthew 27:50-53...
"And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people." - LB: #TeamMonique
I was looking at this passage this morning. Did those people who were resurrected just keep on living until they died again? - LB: #TeamMonique
I have no idea - MoTO #TeamMonique from Android
That's a good question. Never thought about it before though I'm sure I've read that passage numerous times. - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique
Focus more on the curtain being torn. More important. - Mike Nencetti
Mike, I agree about that, but I was just curious. :) - LB: #TeamMonique
Just like Run Lola Run. - Meg V. Meg
I've never seen that, Meg. - LB: #TeamMonique
Yes, they did, Laura. - Steven Perez
Or did they go up to heaven when Jesus went? - Headless Gnad Kicker
I was always taught they were assumed to heaven. - Janet:#TeamMonique
This post is not approved by #PimpJesus - Lisa | #TeamMonique from Android
We need to rewrite it in the PJV! - LB: #TeamMonique from Android
Did the LOLspeak Bible ever get printed? - Headless Gnad Kicker
This makes a better case for the Zombie Jesus edition. - Michael W. May
I love all y'all. So does Jesus! All flavors... ;D - Lisa | #TeamMonique from Android
I just assumed Jesus' death caused a zombie apocalypse. - John (bird whisperer)
Ah, the harrowing of hell. This is the source of the line "he descended into hell" in the Apostles' creed. Biblically, hell is the place where the dead rest or sleep. And Jesus is the savior not only of everyone after his life, but of those before his life, too. Through the crucifixion and resurrection, those who had died were raised to eternal life with Jesus. - Ordinarybug Heather
They feasted on the brains of the living, obviously. - Paul Buchheit
LOL, Paul. Heather, does that mean that when Jesus ascended, they did, too? - LB: #TeamMonique
I'm not sure that is part of the Catholic bible - I'm going to have to look it up when my mum gets back. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
is there any mention of Bub in that bit of Matthew? - Hieronymous Boosh
This and the passage in Genesis about the heavenly beings "sleeping with" earthly women and fathering giants have always intrigued me. I'm sure the Genesis passage mention is good for another thread. :) - Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
Huh. I always read that verse as meaning that the earthquake threw the bodies out of the tombs. That kind of thing has happened before, even in recent history. - Steven Perez
Steven, if they went into the city, there's more going on than the earthquake! - LB: #TeamMonique from Android
Lois, that's its own special verse! - LB: #TeamMonique from Android
That would depend on where the tombs were. In general, Jewish tombs weren't very ornate affairs. A person could almost walk on top of one and never know it. Depending on where they were located; Jerusalem is quite hilly, after all. - Steven Perez
Steve Gillmor
Twitter has broken adding Twitter accounts to FF
try adding a Twitter identity to your FF account. I'll wait - Steve Gillmor
Works for me, no problems removing and re-adding my Twitter account. - netik
tinagillmor tries to add her twitter feed, gets an error. Says "could not find the given account." - Steve Gillmor from IM
bit quick to conclude that twitter has broken with FF don't you think? - Christopher Harris
no christopher if it's FriendFeed's problem I'll be talking on NGL in 30 minutes - Steve Gillmor
Happened to me as well, once I clicked the checkbox below the name and put in the password it worked for me. - J Allen
Jtio what checkbox, the one for Protected? - Steve Gillmor
yes I noted this problem yesterday and today - FF said it could not locate new twitter feeds I wanted to add. - Vernonkell
Don't blame Twitter; I just checked our feeds and are definitely sending tweets to Friendfeed, and they are receiving them. - netik
People are also having difficulty following people. I've seen many messages over the past couple of days with that complaint. - Karoli
Yes, the one for protected updates - J Allen
Where do you go to tune into the NGL live?? - Dave Winer
Bret Taylor of FriendFeed on NewsGang Live at 1PM Pacific stream http://tinyurl.com/6ze734 - Steve Gillmor from IM
Something not working with Twitter? That's truly surprising considering they are the most reliable service on the net. - Bjorn Stromberg
i log into twitter and start following a user - cool. i go to FF and try to set up an imaginary friend (enter name, select twitter service, enter twitter name click "import twitter" and BAM: "We could not find the given account" whoever is causing this, it sux and needs to stop. - MikeAmundsen
interesting. I saw that a bunch of tweets seemed to come into FF 30 minutes late yesterday. I wonder if this is part of a strategy on Twitter's part to disrupt Twitter service within FF in order to undermine the competition without coming out and taking the heat for publicly pulling the API from them. I hope not. - Thomas Hawk
Figures the day I finally give in to starting a FF page and I can't wire up my Twitter account. - Tina Chase Gillmor
We're running into some rate limiting issues, but I'm working with Twitter to get them fixed. I just put out a work-around for now, so you should be able to add your Twitter account now. Sorry for the difficulty. - Paul Buchheit
Welcome to FriendFeed Tina. - Thomas Hawk
Wait, what's broken? Twitter or FriendFeed? Don't understand the post. :( - Mona Nomura
Broken for me at the moment too... - HostelManagement.com
same issue for me - Sinan Yuce
Same issue for me. It says "We could not find the given account" when I want to add the Twitter account... - HDG Ticaret
i am able to add one of my twitter accounts with password, but not another. the second one i still get an error account not found. this sucks. - Sriky
friendfeed is pulling my tweets from twitter. I want to stop this. In settings, I am not allowed to do it anymore. Can someone help? - Fatmanur Erdogan
Same issue, @Fatma, servislerden twitter'ı sil. - siniradam
SteVe C
Discovery cancels 'Dirty Jobs' - latimes.com - http://www.latimes.com/enterta...
Discovery cancels 'Dirty Jobs' - latimes.com
"There are countless dirty jobs, and someone's got to do them -- but now we won't get to see Mike Rowe trying his hand at them: Discovery is pulling the plug on on its long-running reality series "Dirty Jobs." Rowe, the show's host/creator/executive producer, announced the news in a blog post Wednesday. "A few weeks ago, I was officially informed that Dirty Jobs had entered into a new phase," he wrote. "One I like to call, 'permanent hiatus.' Or in the more popular industry vernacular, canceled."" - SteVe C from Bookmarklet
Boo - not my man crush :( - SteVe C
Boo. - Kelli H. from Android
Lame :( - Tamara J.
STEVE! *feigns jealousy* - SAM
You're still my wood man SAM. Wait, not sure that sounded right. - SteVe C
All good things... - Brian Johns
:( that's just horrible - Sir Shuping is just sir
I like that show. :( - Stephan Planken from iPhone
Whut. - Steven Perez
No wonder it had basically disappeared as of late... - Julian
Dammit, I just got cable again, and now they kill one of my favorite shows. - Steven Perez
NOAO! - Xabaras (G.O.)
(In Italy we are way back in time, maybe a couple of season are still at large for me to watch) - Xabaras (G.O.)
Need to make room for more honey boo boo :( - Paul Buchheit from iPhone
Really sd to read this. But Steve's comment almost makes up for it #WoodMan - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Rachel Lea Fox
Buster is very happy to be home after his operation!! #foxfosterkittens
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He is now taking to the cone pretty well! - Rachel Lea Fox
We've renamed him "Buster Bluth" :) - Paul Buchheit
HA HA HA @Paul - Corinne L
Nice Paul!! - Rachel Lea Fox
Cassie's cat Oliver looked a lot like that when he was a kitten. - Scoble, Alex Scoble
His eyes, they look right into your soul! - Janet:#TeamMonique
Amit Patel
VC&G | Wikipedia is Deleting BBS Game History - http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index...
VC&G | Wikipedia is Deleting BBS Game History
"As we speak, certain vigilante Wikipedia users are hard at work erasing whatever scraps of little-known BBS door game history that resides in Wikipedia's databases. The first casualty in this war was the entry for Space Empire Elite, which was deleted early this morning." - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet
dammit. - Hieronymous Boosh
I hate deletionists. - Paul Buchheit from iPhone
I still browse wikipedia but I've given up contributing to it. They'll just delete anything I edit. - Amit Patel
This makes me very sad. - Brian Fitzpatrick
Josh Renaud has mirrored the pages and is hoping to build a BBS game history wiki: http://breakintochat.com/wiki... - Amit Patel
Thanks for sharing the link to the wiki, Amit. - Josh Renaud
Paul Buchheit
If the presidential election were going to be determined by a board game, what game should be used?
Mousetrap - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Jenga. For sure Jenga. - Ross Miller
I'd want to answer Risk or chess or even Settlers of Catan, but I think the most likely answer would be pigeon chess. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define... - Tudor Bosman
Also, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... for a good novel centered around this idea. - Tudor Bosman
Axis & Allies. - Rochelle
Yes! Cards Against Humanity would be perfect! Although, I'm not sure it counts as a "board game", since there's no board involved - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
I'd vote for the winner of a best of 7 chess match. I actually thought about it the other day. Settlers might be better from an actual value proposition though. - Gimminy
Clue - Eric
Ticket to Ride - Jennifer Dittrich
Sorry, definitely - ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Chutes & Ladders. - John (bird whisperer)
I'm with Jenga too for the inside joke value. Else.. mmm: Battleship? - Zu from AOD from Android
And which game would each candidate prefer? Would Romney win monopoly? - Paul Buchheit from iPhone
RISK - JA Castillo
Diplomacy. After all, "John F. Kennedy played it in the White House. Henry Kissinger played it to hone the skills that would make him secretary of state." (http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago...) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone
Hungry Hungry Hippos - Jed Harris-Keith
Jumanji - Morton Fox
Operation - Eric
Go. - Joe Boone from iPod
Go +1 - Roux
Battleship. - Steven Perez
Stephen Mack stole my answer. So, I'll go with Mystery Date. - Laura Norvig
Civilization - Todd Hoff
I've been trying to think what game Romney would win, and am drawing a blank. Obama might not be very good at poker, but I don't think Romney would be better. - Bruce Lewis
Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots? - Laura Norvig
Chinese chess. - imabonehead
do you know that friendfeed search is broken for about 3 weeks - ƑoЯооξ M.D
Doom. Oh oops. Not a board game. - Rodfather
Makin' Bacon? (Well, you COULD play it on a board! Any ol' board!) - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
On a more serious note, it should be a variation on Monopoly or Rail Barons, except that rather than buying up real estate or rail lines, you would travel from place to place currying favor with huge dollar donors by giving out little i.o.u.s for preferential treatment once elected OR you would have the option of staying basically true to your broad constituency by seeking small... more... - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I think you're on to something there, mark. Slime - the game of politics - Greg GuitarBuster
Republic of Rome - Maryam
That boxing game from the 90s where you slam the button until the other guy's head pops off... - Ross Miller
Is liar's dice a board game, technically? - Micah from FFHound(roid)!
Paul Buchheit
Blastoff!
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1st pic. Oh la la April! :D - AJ Batac
Oh man, the gang plank is gone and you can't get inside into the cockpit and living quarters like you could at Burning Man. - veo
Yeah, apparently there are a lot of rules when installing public art in SF. - Paul Buchheit
^ Ha. Yep. - Micah
i like the pic - James O'brien
Juicy Salif (P. Starck) http://www.eyeondesign.it/wp-cont... - MisterQ
Paul Buchheit
"Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you."
Not sure where it came from. Possibly Jack Kornfield. Heard it quoted in a song. - Paul Buchheit
Is that your answer to my question about HGTV? - Clare Dibble
Before you can program your mind you need to deprogram it, and the best way to deprogram it is to get to the bottom of and master intellectual history -- the invented and artificial but influential ideological tape loops that control collective human behavior among all cultures, and about which most people are entirely unconscious. Fully conscious people create and control cultural and ideological systems and loops, they are not controlled by them. - Sean McBride
Too much work. Just tell me the answer. - sofarsoShawn
I googled it for Shawn. It's a quote from Jack Kornfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...) and it's found in Evil Nine's Cakehole (http://www.youtube.com/watch...). - imabonehead
Thanks imabonehead :) I was being I guess, very lamely sarcastic to highlight that our minds "programming" or its deprogramming comes as a result of the world itself telling us how to. ~ In short, I'd like to thank this quote for telling me how to think, oh shit... kinda back where I started... ~ ~~> Russell's quote, with your 1st link, has much more explanatory relevance - sofarsoShawn
Many years ago I had a self hypnosis tape and "Every facet, every dept of your mind etc etc...." were the opening words. I can't remember the title of the tape and have been trying to find it. I remembered the opening lines and typed them in when they came up i thought I had finally found the CD i was looking for. can any-one here help me with this? - Sweetdreams Johnny
I never heard this quote but believe it is a great one! - Fred Bucheit
iam 35 and i just now got it - James O'brien
from the bible - James O'brien
i might be some one u might want to talk to - James O'brien
Paul Buchheit
How to get into Y Combinator - http://samaltman.com/how-to-...
"For most startups at this stage, the best predictor of success is the founders. So, the most important parts of the application for me are the questions about the founders' backgrounds and the most impressive things they've done.   We're looking for evidence that the founders are smart, effective, and determined.  If you can't go through your application and point to evidence for all three, that's bad.  Don't be shy about telling us why you're good, but don't write a bunch of meaningless marketing speak either. I view the questions about the business largely as an intelligence test, but I'm always excited to read about a great idea.  There should be no obvious holes in your plan--i.e., if you're taking on a huge competitor, have no apparent monetization plan, etc., you need to address it.  It's very rare that I read about a brand new idea (and it's likely the startup will change or refine ideas), so I'm looking for deep insights I haven't heard heard or thought of before." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet
Hi Paul, Then we must talk. Our Platform is getting ready by mid August for Test marketing! Rgds @hengavalli - Hengavalli Pradeep
Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Quick with the one-liner
"You have the Midas touch. Everything you touch turns into a muffler." -- Henny Youngman - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety." -- Steven Wright - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"When I die, I would like to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather did. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"When I grow up I want to be a futurist because I want to know what happens next." - Kevin Fox
(Is that one by you, Kevin?) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
It has my name after it. right? ;-) Seriously, I ws going to give myself attribution, but it seemed weird to say "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox" - Kevin Fox
On the other hand, you just said "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox" - Kevin Fox - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Me fail English? That's unpossible." -- Ralph Wiggum - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"If I were manager of a Black Angus restaurant, I'd have one person responsible for going out at dusk to make sure the 'G' lights up." -- Emo Philips - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield - Kevin Fox
I'm still waiting for a fireman and stripper to have an affair; I can see the see the headline now, "Stripper Caught on Fireman's Pole" - Gimminy
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." -- Yogi Berra - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- unknown - Dylan Parker
(Dylan, per this site, http://www.lspace.org/ftp..., that great line is by Terry Pratchett from "Jango.") - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with ‘Guess’ on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem?’" -- Peter Kay - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I was on the street. This guy waved to me, and he came up to me and said, “I’m sorry, I thought you were someone else.” And I said, “I am.” - Demetri Martin - Aneto
I LOVE Demetri Martin. That is not a one liner. Just sayin'. - Lisa | #TeamMonique
"The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you're on the job." -- Slappy White - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins." -- Mae West - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
There Stephen, I "liked" your thread, are you happy now?! ;) - Georgia
My happiness is infinite and unbounded. -- Me - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." -- Oscar Wilde - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents." -- Billiam Coronel - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Marge, I'm not going to stand here and lie to you, so I'll be at Moe's" - Homer S. - Mark Layton
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes." -- some guy on Reddit - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
(Seen on a fridge magnet) "It speaks well of the human race that we allow our teenagers to live." - Dylan Bennett
"This is the worst kind of discrimination. The kind against me!" -- Bender, Futurama (yay renewed!) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Futurama got renewed?! When where. :) - Dario Gomez
"The wages of sin are death. But by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling." -- Paula Poundstone - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to perform a specified task?" "A finite number: one to perform the task and an additional number to act in a manner stereotypical of the group in question." - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing." -- Dave Barry - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should... - Tyson Key
Aperture Science: "We do what we must, because we can" - Kevin Fox
'I sprayed spot remover on my dog and now he's gone.' –– Steven Wright - Akiva
'I came home the other day only to find that everything in my apartment had been stolen and replaced with an exact duplicate.' –– Steven Wright - Akiva
'Do you know why Jewish husbands die before their wives? Because they want to!' –– Henny Youngman - Akiva
Very nice, Akiva, keep 'em coming. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
[Not necessarily a one-liner but a personal favorite] When interviewing a woman who had six children, Groucho Marx asked her why so many. She replied, 'Because I love my husband!' He said, 'Well, lady, I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth every once in awhile.' - Akiva
'I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.' –– George Carlin - Akiva
[Another personal favorite] 'I'd never join a club that would have someone like me as a member.' –– Groucho Marx - Akiva
Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you! - Morgan
'You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.' –– George Carlin - Akiva
'Everything in moderation including moderation.' - Akiva
'This sentence is a lie.' - Akiva
"In the future, everyone will be obscure for fifteen minutes". - me - Michael R. Bernstein
"Very good, then we shall fight them in the shade!" - Chris Charabaruk
"If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me." -- Bobcat Goldthwait - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
The funny thing is that the video may end up helping him a lot more. Getting someone else to even out the fight doesn't work so well when the cops have billy clubs, mace, tazers and guns (not to mention the law). - Kevin Fox
He's a little beyond help now though... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' - Leslie Nielsen (via Gmail clips box just now) - Paul Buchheit
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg (RIP) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." -- Groucho Marx (as Capt. Spaulding in "Animal Crackers") - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." -- Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Never argue with an idiot. Someone else might not be able to tell the difference. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
"Trust me, that fall won't kill you. But the deceleration poisoning is a bitch..." - Jonathan Disher
"When you're Amish, everyone's relative." - Kevin Fox
"Recently I got caught masturbating -- to National Geographic. Not my finest moment. I don't know who was more embarrassed, me or my dentist." -- Anthony Jeselnik - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
#humdaybumpday (I've been trying to find this post again for more than a year now! I missed it a lot.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Sleep is a waste of time and unproductive." -- Kevin Fox
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Words to live by. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
ROFL You're awesome, Stephen. - Anika
I submit the following caption: "I was sent here to kick ass and create new social networks. And we don't need any more social networks." - Brian Johns
*snort* - Hieronymous Boosh
So LG didn't coin that? - Josh Haley
this could lead to a #myquote meme! - Abhishek
Josh, hmm, maybe it was Derrick who said it originally. (Or Johnny, as pictured.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone
"This is such a strange meme." -- Stephen Mack - Kevin Fox
Kevin, you forgot the picture. #FFtrollquote - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone
"sleep is a weapon" -robert ludlum - Peter Dawson
BTW, Brian, your alternate caption is awesome. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone
No, I didn't. - Kevin Fox
And yes, BJohn's quote is awesome. Stephen should do a remix. I'd be proud of that one. - Kevin Fox
Oh, I get it now. - Josh Haley
Peculiar. - Paul Buchheit
So what we have here is a picture of Paul with a quote from Kevin that's actually Louis' catchphrase? #3fer #crossingstreams #mixingmemes - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
WoH: Oh dear, you're right. I messed up. I thought it was Spidra's quote attributed to Steven Perez with a picture of Mike Nayyar. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone
Thanks, Mark. The double eyebrow tweak is a very important touch. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Did Paul change his avatar to this pic (minus the text) just recently? - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
LOL. Now people let's continue this meme! - AJ Batac
Oh, now THAT is how to rock the meme. - Le Slip Anglais
that's epic. - imabonehead
where is Louis Gray? - ThinkEzy
Sitting right next to me right now, playing poker. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
YOU STOLE MY BIT. By the way, search for that phrase in Google. I own it. :) - Louis Gray
I think Stephen knew exactly what he was doing, which makes it all the more fun. And Louis? #SULGOMH - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
That's a squad suppression weapon. - Kozan Demircan
"Go ahead and +1 my day" - imabonehead
BUMP - AJ Batac
As good now as it's ever been... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
That DooM style face is perfect - Mo Kargas
AB - kotak
"Say FriendFeed is dead. One. More. Time." - AJ Batac
This does the heart good of any true FriendFeeder. - Mary B: #TeamMonique from iPhone
Paul Buchheit
Last friday I taped an iPhone to my head and ran around Paris capturing the most famous sights in a single (somewhat shaky) shot. Here's the video: http://vimeo.com/12906858
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*spot reserved for a later comment* - Micah from iPhone
Now we know what that 94 minute video was. :) - Gimminy
that explain other FF posts, looking for tapes and where can one upload large video files ;-). - Tzury Bar Yochay
Yeah, I never did get the duct tape though, so I had to use clear packaging tape instead (with a sock stuffed between the iPhone and my hat to get the correctish angle). - Paul Buchheit
Patent it NOW - Josh Haley
Well, this is just genius! - Eric - seven eleven
When you said you ran you weren't speaking metaphorically. - Eric - seven eleven
Very Cool Paul! - Jeff P. Henderson
great and inspiring - Nenko Ivanov
this was perfect, I opened up my Paris map and followed you :) - İpek Aral Kişioğlu
I'm surprised you were able to follow. I didn't have a map (my iPhone was taped to my head!) so I made a number of wrong turns, though the high-level route was pretty basic. - Paul Buchheit
Saw the vimeo on your stream and watched a little of it. Great stuff! Cool to see new iphone vid quality. (er 3gs? quality, hmm) Oh yeah, and enjoy Paris! - Jay
It's actually a 3GS, not an iphone 4. - Paul Buchheit
I think I might tape a photo of Paul with an iPhone taped to his head to my head because I want to get arrested for being a menace. - Akiva
You can fit an iPad on my forehead. - Josh Haley
Ahhh this explains the "ducktape in Paris" stuff LOL :D (that picture is full of geeky win!) - Susan Beebe
@Paul just curious how much battery did you have left after you were done recording? - BRҰANSAҰS
Something like 22%, as I recall. I had put the phone in airplane mode to reduce wireless consumption and also because I'm concerned that an incoming call would stop the video or something. - Paul Buchheit
Not bad. I guess you could get at least 2 hours of recording on one charge. - BRҰANSAҰS from BuddyFeed
Nice idea, OP - LANjackal
this is definitely on the list of 'quirkiest things ever done with an iPhone'. :-) - Olivia Lovag
this is so romantic - τorƍue
awesome, you just needed a gun and it would make a cool REAL-time FPS :) - Emil Kirichev
oh thanks you soo much!!! I love it! - Bojan Babic
surprisingly un-shaky - Sally Relton Shakespeare
Avg. speed: 9.48 km/h (9.23 mi in 94 min, see red track http://maps.google.com/maps...) - Jérôme
Paul had the initial idea for Google Glass exactly two years before Google launched Glass. :) - Space Cowboy
Now, if only he had thought of Gmail. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!
I hope this isn't the start of a "people walk around cities w/smartphones taped to their hats" trend. - ronin
I hope it is - Mo Kargas
If so, it'll just be transitional until smartphones are replaced by glasses-phones. Or smart glasses. Do we have an official name for those yet? - Andrew C (✓)
Tudor Bosman
High IQ in Childhood May Predict Later Drug Use - http://children.webmd.com/news...
High IQ in Childhood May Predict Later Drug Use
High IQ in Childhood May Predict Later Drug Use
"Nov. 14, 2011 -- Brainy kids -- especially girls -- may be more likely to experiment with marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs when they grow up, according to a new report. In the study of close to 8,000 people, those who had high IQs when they were aged 5 and 10 were more likely to use certain illicit drugs at age 16 and at age 30. The findings appear online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health." - Tudor Bosman from Bookmarklet
I wonder if this holds across cultures. I can't help but feel this may very well be tied to the fact that being smart is often a social liability in our culture, and being a smart girl even more so. I wonder if, in cultures where being smart also made you popular, you would get very different results. - Victor Ganata
"smart implies popular" and "easy access to drugs" restricts the data set quite a lot. - Tudor Bosman
Maybe they're smart enough to know that a lot of the anti-drug propaganda is just crazy lies. - Paul Buchheit
You can't really know until you try it, and while there good cocaine experiences, there are also some very, very bad cocaine experiences…. - Victor Ganata
Paul Buchheit
"Remember: I blame FriendFeed for this, and Robert Scoble, Steve Rubell, Dave Winer, and all the rest of the puppets and ex-Techcrunch analysts who, by appearing to rationally debate the pluses and minuses of FriendFeed versus Twitter, suggest FriendFeed even exists in the absence of Twitter. Nik Cubrilovic doesn’t help either with his cogent (except for the Rails part) analysis of Twitter’s scaling problems. Nowhere in this debate (most of it mercifully hidden forever behind the FriendFeed black hole where conversations go to die) was there a word spoken about the fatal Track bug until Jack hit the Off switch. Now, in the cool clarity of no pulse whatsoever can we begin to rationally approach a solution. Forgetting that Hillary has shown no indication of processing the similar lack of pulse in her White House aspirations, let’s put the blame for all this squarely on the parasite API suckers and their dark master FriendFeed. Good." - Paul Buchheit
I accuse my parents (a little MST3K humor) - Mark Dykeman
My guess is that a good deal of folks who are otherwise technology experts haven't yet mastered the "Hide" option, and seeing Twitter in FriendFeed makes them feel it's simply an echo chamber for Twitter. Hiding Twitter, and/or utilizing the many other sources that are not Twitter here in FriendFeed makes it more valuable. - Louis Gray
Someone pass around what Steve Gillmor is smoking. That is some heavy stuff he's got in his stash. I think I counted 10 words he seriously made up for that post. And why is friendfeed to blame for the XMPP/Jabber shutdown? - Mark Trapp
WTF? This guy reminds me of Gary Busey, but angrier, if that's even possible. - April Buchheit
This article simply doesn't make any sense. Please reword for clarity. - Eric Florenzano
This is very amusing :-) - j1m
I was afraid when I saw "?" there. And now...no comment... :S - Erhan Erdoğan
Is he kidding? I hope he's kidding. FriendFeed exists with or without twitter. In fact, I would love to see twitter removed from FriendFeed altogether. Guaranteed there would still be plenty of conversations revolving around the links shared, the pictures posted, etc. - EricaJoy
I don't follow Twitter at all on FriendFeed. I find it somewhat ironic that one of Steve G's big passions was (is?) "Attention Metadata" and FriendFeed via likes, comments, etc is actually a service that makes great use of attention metadata! - Robert Seidman
I enjoy that this Friendfeed post has more comments than his post on TechCrunch. - Mark Trapp
This is the most buzzword-laden web 2.0 rant I have ever read. It's like he is making words up to describe stuff every other paragraph or so. And.. what's this jab at Clinton in the middle? How random. - Phil Glockner
FriendFeed direct posts are really similar to Twitter in my mind. - Hutch Carpenter
@Paul can you share the percentage of FF users that hide twitter posts? - EricaJoy
Gillmor refuses to realize that the comment feature of FriendFeed does indeed add value that Twitter lacks. That's probably the key reason why I MOVED MY conversations to FriendFeed! Also, the sharing feature is the reason why I like FriendFeed! IF I merely wanted the 'stream of consciousness' of Twitter, I would just use Twitter! I think that FriendFeed 'exposes' the 'chinks in Twitter's armor' - Thomas Ho from fftogo
I think that Mark Trapp's observation is 'priceless' - Thomas Ho from fftogo
It sounds like Gillmor hasn't given FriendFeed nearly enough time if he thinks it's only "Twitter, but slower". I have a great time on here with Twitter hidden half of the time. If anything, let's blame Twitter for so much noise and/or so much conversation due to their issues - Andrew Dobrow
FriendFeed can definitely make it without Twitter...so many conversations occur without Twitter being involved at all. - Chris Rossini
That... made no sense to me. Still dazed from the insanity of it all. I see more conversations here on links and such than on tweets. And really, why is FriendFeed to blame for the Jabber shutdown? Seriously! - dgw
Hilarious - Aviv
Twitter is probably the least interesting feed I see on FriendFeed. - Adam Thorsen
funniest ever on tc - kosmar
This whole article was most undirectional article, I have read in recent times. I read it twice, and can't make out, what he want to say. - Varun Mahajan
Adam, same here. I personally find the vast majority of twitter messages to be extremely boring and of no use to me. - Aviv
Where are these "siloed conversation spamyards" to which he refers? You could say that about any chat system (if I understand his rather obtuse meaning) and FF discussions are quite cogent and open. (And seem especially so if you've ever spent any time in the Digg comments.) - Nicķ
I usually keep the Twitter FF feed open. FF is definitely NOT the only app pulling on Twitter's API. Hundreds of sites, clients, etc?. Twitter had (maybe has) time to distinguish itself. Just 'come clean' with regular community updates. (PR time?) So far it's been lame. In the meantime, there's no doubt Friendfeed will continue to increase it's pull. Twitter put the API out there. THEY need to deal with the results, whether they were ready or not - Charlie Anzman
FriendFeed is what you put in to it. If you add all your Twitter friends and nobody else, FriendFeed will appear to be Twitter with siloed conversations, but in that case that's exactly what you asked for. If you don't add a thousand people as friends and convince a thousand people to follow you then you won't see any of this 'spam graveyard' Steve talks about. You get what you ask for, and irrelevance is what you get if you add irrelevant friends. - Kevin Fox
It's also worth noting how much FriendFeed thrived when Twitter had its difficulties this week. That would seem to put a hole in the argument that FriendFeed is primarily a downstream service to Twitter. - Kevin Fox
Yea Cat fight !!!! - viki saigal
OK friendfeed is NOT twitter. Its something else, and I like both. (sticks out tongue)...via feedalizr - Photo Larry
He shouldn't drink before writing for TechCrunch - Alejandro
man, I honestly care jack shit about what people post on Twitter, but I find FF incredibly useful. Gillmor is seriously off his rocker with this post (which is the least legible I've seen on TC in a long time). - Chieze Okoye
4 years passed, all the comments are still valid. #humdaybumpday - Ahmet Yükseltürk
Paul Buchheit
There were some bugs in the "Twitter publishing" code that caused some entries to get published on Twitter when they should not, and others to not get published when they should. I've cleaned up the code to eliminate these problems, but it's possible some settings were lost. Please verify your settings at http://friendfeed.com/setting...
I apologize for any lost or unwanted tweets. Please let me know if you spot any other problems. - Paul Buchheit
Cheers for this Paul. How cool is it that one of the founders of FF still gets his hands dirty in the code. Once a coder, always a coder :-) - Keith Bennett from Nambu
Thanks Keith :) By the way, if none of your posts are making it through to twitter, it may be that you changed your password. To verify, simply click "Save changes" at http://friendfeed.com/setting... and we will check that your Twitter credentials are still good (and sign-out then back in to fix). - Paul Buchheit
Matthew, in general all the same settings that the old ui had are available on the new one (plus a few more), though they are now divided on to several different pages. You should be able to reach all of the the settings by clicking on the word "settings" below your name in the top-right part of the page (the dialog shows a few, and links to all the others). - Paul Buchheit
You can filter by service by searching for service:twitter (or whatever service you like), and of course that can be combined with other search operators as well. See http://friendfeed.com/search... for more. - Paul Buchheit
Thanks Paul, sounds like you pulled an all nighter to fix these. - Robert Scoble
Yeah, unfortunately the code had gotten rather involved since it was trying to support both the old ui and the new (the old ui worked on a per-service basis instead of letting you decide individually on each entry), and the logic sometimes became inconsistent. I simplified it quite a bit, so there should be less room for bugs now :) - Paul Buchheit
Thanks, Paul. :) - Josh Haley
Nice try, Matthew, I congratulate you on being awake, and carpe-diem'ing Paul here, but have to disappoint you - if FF wanted us to have favicons, they'd already issued us our favicons. Do you see any favicons that made the transition from earlier version. No? You think Paul nuked them by mistake... be my guest, and I'll be looking forward to the next couple of years' worth of your pleading for favicons when you could be learning to live both here and thereater without them. - ianf ⌘
I'm a bit confused about the "Post my FriendFeed entries on Twitter by default" and "FriendFeed (when there's no Cc box)" options. Are these exclusive? Does checking the first one mean all my FriendFeed posts will get posted to Twitter even if I uncheck the Cc box? - Tony Ruscoe
Paul, thank you thank thank you for the "Check CC Twitter box by default" option!!! That's one step closer to only needing Friendfeed. I'm almost ready to dump Google Reader AND Twitter now! - c.a.j.
Thanks Paul! - Edwin Khodabakchian
Tony, the "cc twitter by default" option sets whether then checkbox is checked or unchecked by default in the share box and bookmarklet. The other option ("when there's no cc box") applies mostly to the API and other off-site interfaces, such as email (mail share@friendfeed.com) and IM. For any given post, only one setting applies. - Paul Buchheit
I publish to Twitter by default but now link directly to the source. I figure that those finding outside of FF want to go to the source (while those reading on FF are already seeing the discussion). - Mike Reynolds
Hi Paul, about 15 mins ago I "shared" an item from FF here to "my feed" and "cc Twitter". But still not showing up on Twitter. Just thought I'd let you know. - Brian
Thanks Brian. It turns out there was a bug in the "Share" feature that sometimes caused us to sometimes not send the tweets (the new code errors on the side of not sending tweets). It's fixed now though. Please let me know if you spot any others. - Paul Buchheit
Paul, that did the trick! Thanks for looking into that. BTW, that was a quick fix! Just shared an item on FF and it pushed thru to Twitter instantly. - Brian
Hello Paul, when I try to publish just my google talk status to twitter and have "Link to source site instead of FriendFeed conversation" selected, it doesn't send the tweet. I'm not sure if this is because twitter seems to be having difficulty right now or if it's the lack of a source link because it's a google talk status? - ehaab
ehaab, publishing to Twitter was broken this morning, so no updates went out. It should work fine now however, including publishing updates from Google Talk. Sorry about that. - Paul Buchheit
thanks! it was driving me batty trying to figure out why it wasn't taking. - ehaab
I think it's still broken. I just posted via the Bookmarklet and CC'd twitter... no go. EDIT: my latest one just posted, must be intermittent. - Daniel Sims
Hi Paul, Mine is still not working. I have also checked the setting page. - zahedzadeh
*snort* - c.a.j.
FriendFeed News! - Eivind
Awesome! - AJ Batac
it is May 2012, 3 years passed, things are broken, Twitter makes what it promises, Friendfeed fix at top does... nothing. After oAuth decoupling and re-coupling again, fresh app access appears on Twitter control side but Friendfeed does not follow.. #PRKL - A. T.
Hi Paul, apparently there's no new certificate available for FF. Italian and Turkish users are panicking, this might be a sign that the end of FF is approaching. Can you reassure us? - mentegatto
this is the end of the world as we know it - thomas morton ☢
please, PAUL, ANSWER OUR PRAYS - mentegatto
ma che cazzo che brutta fine - thomas morton ☢
Tudor Bosman
The Last Psychiatrist: Are Chinese Mothers Superior To American Mothers? - http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011...
The Last Psychiatrist: Are Chinese Mothers Superior To American Mothers?
"I'll explain what's wrong with her thinking by asking you one simple question, and when I ask it you will know the answer immediately.  Then, if you are a parent, in the very next instant  your mind will rebel against this answer, it will defend itself against it-- "well, no, it's not so simple--" but I want to you to ignore this counterattack and focus on how readily, reflexively, instinctively you knew the answer to my question.  Are you ready to test your soul?  Here's the question: what is the point of all this?  Making the kids play violin, of being an A student, all the discipline, all of this?  Why is she working her kids so hard?  You know the answer: college. She is raising future college students." - Tudor Bosman from Bookmarklet
"And is that average class at an Ivy really better than the average class at a state school? I've taught at both: no. NB that in my example both the state students and the Ivy students had the same teacher-- me. I know there are differences between schools, I'm not naive, but most of those are social/political/sexual and not educational. An Ivy is "better" because its brand is better,... more... - Tudor Bosman
[The Wall Street Journal] "has no place for, "How a Fender Strat Changed My Life." It wants piano and violin, it wants Chua's college-resume worldview. Sometimes it has no choice but to confront a Mark Zuckerberg but they quickly reframe the story into the corporate narrative. "The Google boys were on to something, but to make it profitable they had to bring in Eric Schmidt..." The WSJ... more... - Tudor Bosman
"Amy Chua thinks she's raising her kids the Chinese way, but she is really raising them to be what the WSJ considers China to be: a pool of highly skilled labor that someone else will profit from. On second thought, that is the Chinese way." - Tudor Bosman
A great post, and that's even without commenting at all on Amy Chua's style of child-rearing. - Tudor Bosman
Awesome. - Paul Buchheit
It turns out that in the WSJ's urge to be controversial they essentially misrepresented Amy Chua and her book: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin... -- instead of being a humorous memoir where she learns that her narrow view was wrong, they made it sound like a how-to guide full of hubris. - Gabe
Huh. I suppose that's what I get for believing something published by an organization owned by Rupert Murdoch. - Victor Ganata
as i commented on a related post, this WSJ article has probably done alot of harm to her book's chances. there IS such a thing as bad publicity. - Hieronymous Boosh
hy English dads are superior: http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum... - Chris Hofmann
Joe: Do you really think this is bad publicity? Last week her book wasn't even on Amazon's top-100. Now it's #4! Remember, controversy = sales. - Gabe
From the SF Chronicle article that Gabe linked: What. "His parents, thinking he was "slow," subjected him to hours of supplemental tutoring -- and when he still failed to meet their standards, tried a different kind of intellectual supplement, making him eat an entire cow brain every Saturday until he was eight years old." - Tudor Bosman
Gabe: Last week, her book wasn't published! - Piaw Na
"her narrow view was wrong"??? Listen to what she says _now_! "if I had to do it all over, I would do basically the same thing, with some adjustments." http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-m... Sounds more like she thinks even now that her view was basically right. - Andrew C (✓)
Piaw: Amazon says her book has been in the top 100 for 7 days. Regardless, I think it's a pretty safe bet that her book would not be in the top 10 today were it not for the WSJ exposure. - Gabe
Amazon also says it was released Jan 11th. - Andrew C (✓)
This article is brilliant. - Chieze Okoye
Andrew: I didn't know what to make of the extra 3 days, but figured it was preorders. Anyway, I didn't mean "completely wrong"; I was merely trying to summarize the "transformation" and "retreat" aspects in "... my actual book is not a how-to guide; it’s a memoir, the story of our family’s journey in two cultures, and my own eventual transformation as a mother. Much of the book is about my decision to retreat from the strict “Chinese” approach..." - Gabe
I guess it is a good tactic to get people to read her book. The SF Gate story makes it seem like she exaggerated a lot of things for effect, like she didn't actually do all the things in the WSJ story, or at least not at the same level of intensity. I mean, it's not like it isn't possible to scale it back a bit and come out with reasonable sane children. How many of us were subjected to similar tactics, after all, just not to the same intensity level? - Victor Ganata
Waiting for the Jewish Mother article :-) - Sebastian Wain
Paul Buchheit
"Taking walks is the entry drug into the quiet, solitary heaven of idleness (the next level up is “sitting on a bench without a view”). For modern Americans, idleness is a shameful, private indulgence.  If they attempt it in public, they are stricken by social anxiety. They seem to fear that the slow, solitary, and obviously purposeless amble that marks “taking a walk” signals social incompetence or a life unacceptably adrift. If a shopping bag, gym bag, friend or dog cannot be manufactured, nominal non-idleness must be signaled through an ostentatious “I have friends” phone call, or email-checking. If all else fails, hands must be placed defiantly in pockets, to signal a brazen challenge to anyone who dares look askance at you, “Yeah, I’m takin’ a walk! You got a problem with that?” In America, visible idleness is a luxury for the homeless,  the delinquent and immigrants.  The defiantly tautological protest, “I have a life,” is quintessentially American. The American life does not exist until it is filled up. Even a pause at a bench must be justified by a worthwhile view or a chilled drink." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet
Paul Buchheit
The Great Stock Myth - Why the market’s rate of return—and your nest egg—may never recover - http://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...
The Great Stock Myth - Why the market’s rate of return—and your nest egg—may never recover
"Stock-price increases fueled expectations of further growth, until by 1999, a Securities Industry Association survey showed that investors expected to earn an annual rate of return of 30 percent. In other words, they expected that by 2010, stock prices would have skyrocketed. ... A survey done by ING Direct in March of this year found that, even after a decade of lousy returns and a spectacular market crash, more than a quarter of Americans expect annual returns in the stock market to average 10 to 20 percent. ... But if the return is 2 to 3 percent, you’ll need to save close to 40 percent to replace almost half of your income. And a 2 percent return seems to be a real possibility—in fact, it’s a hair above the 1.8 percent that Smithers & Co., an asset-allocation consultancy, forecast for U.S. equities over the next decade." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet
gmo.com's 7yr forecasts for international and emerging equities are much better (4.9% and 6.6% respectively, vs 2.9% for US large cap). Ironically they expect "US high quality stocks" to have the highest returns, at 7.3%, and also for most bond asset classes to do far worse than equity! - Private Sanjeev
Kevin Fox
Blockbuster missed their quarterly report deadline, will file in morning. Things aren't looking good. Also, Netflix's market cap is 200x Blockbuster's.
In fact, Netflix's market cap rose by 26 Blockbusters today. - Kevin Fox from iPhone
Remember when Blockbuster was going to kill them? (or B&N was going to kill Amazon) - Paul Buchheit
@Paul. Yes and (yes). - Jim #TeamMonique
Wasn't there a time when FriendFeed was touted as a Twitter killer? - Brian Sullivan
#ZING (ouch) - Chris Heath
those claims were made by people not associated with/employed by FF, though. Like Robert Scoble. - Jim #TeamMonique
oops, delete delete delete, you're in for it now Brian - JSLeFanu
I suppose it's still worth noting that Blockbuster's (rapidly declining) revenue is 1.9 times that of Netflix for Q1 2010. - Simon
Hey Brian, the jury's still out on that one! (And Krush Groove is going to overtake E.T. one of these days) - Kevin Fox
I really like Kevin's optimism. I share it. Why not! - Christopher Galtenberg
People also said that Amazon would kill B&N and Netflix would kill Blockbuster. I think they all have their place, the market is just changing. The biggest mistakes Blockbuster has made are trying to fight Netflix at its own game. There are still waaaayyy more people out there who rent a video from a store than from Netflix. - Kenton
blockbuster's mistake was letting netflix even come to market... they should have that cornered but got leapfrogged by a startup... - Chris Heath
Blockbuster is still around? - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
i assumed something like that probably took place - that just makes it worse for blockbuster (in my eyes) - Chris Heath
April Buchheit
The Prehistory of Prop 8 | Psychology Today - http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...
The Prehistory of Prop 8 | Psychology Today
""Marriage as the union between one man and one woman has been the universally-recognized understanding of marriage not only since America's founding but for millennia.” —Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, in response to the recent finding that gay people have a fundamental right to form families based upon legal marriage. Having just co-authored a book where we survey the concept of marriage across many cultures, I’m calling B.S. on Mr. Perkins. He hasn’t got a clue what he’s talking about. But Perkins isn’t alone in his vehement ignorance. A common refrain among those arguing against allowing same-sex marriage is that doing so would alter a long-standing trans-cultural definition of marriage. Rick Warren, the controversial evangelist Obama invited to speak at his inauguration, told Ann Curry in an NBC interview that, "For five thousand years, every single culture and every single religion has defined marriage as a man and a woman." Hogwash. In fact, the world is... more... - April Buchheit from Bookmarklet
"Among the Canela people of Brazil, "Virginity loss is only the first step into full marriage for a woman." There are several other steps needed before the Canela society considers a couple to by truly married, including the young woman's gaining social acceptance through her service in a "festival men's society," which includes sequential sex with fifteen to twenty members (no pun intended) and "the mother in law's receipt of meat earned by the bride through extramarital sex" on a festival day." - Paul Buchheit
When he says "universally-recognized understanding of marriage", he means "universally-recognized by non-heathens", no doubt excluding such heathens as Mormons and everybody in the bible who has multiple wives. - Gabe
Paul Buchheit
The last word: Advice from 'America's worst mom' - http://theweek.com/article...
The last word: Advice from 'America's worst mom'
"I really think I’m a parent who is afraid of some things (bears, cars) and less afraid of others (subways, strangers). But mostly I’m afraid that I, too, have been swept up in the impossible obsession of our era: total safety for our children every second of every day. The idea that we should provide it and actually could provide it. It’s as if we don’t believe in fate anymore, or good luck or bad luck. No, it’s all up to us. Childhood really has changed since today’s parents were kids, and not just in the United States. Australian children get stared at when they ride the bus alone. Canadian kids stay inside playing video games. After I started a blog called Free Range Kids, I heard from a dad in Ireland who lets his 11-year-old play in the local park, unsupervised, and now a mom down the street won’t let her son go to their house. She thinks the dad is reckless. What has changed in the English-speaking world that has made childhood independence taboo? The ground has not gradually... more... - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet
I've brought this up a few times before. Parents don't even let kids go outside their own property anymore. I understand, but it seems to me exploring is an important part of a kid's development. - Rodfather
The nation of Flip Flops and bike helmets has lost its mind -Kids 100% safe, 24/7 365 is impossible. we want it! In the next breath we condone 500 million tainted eggs... Really is it all a reactin to Baby Boomer Parenting and will it lead to helicopter velcro parents. So is your kid playing in the park alone about safety or about something else... So no I don't understand why kids can't be kids bu lets be clear its not about them or safety - WarLord
Thing is, if anything does happen to a kid, the first thing everyone does is blame the parents. There was a kid killed fairly recently at Fort Wilderness (Disney campground) by a bus - and the overwhelming majority of comments were - why on earth was a 9 year old riding a bike without adult supervision? What kind of parent lets their kid do that? - Pixie
My first thought when reading this story was "how old is old enough to ride the subway alone?" Apparently the rules say 8. But really, I think the parent's judgment is the best bet. I'm pretty sure I walked 4 blocks alone to school when I was in sixth grade (10). I also started riding my bike about 2 miles around that age to pick up newspapers for my paper route. - Robert Felty
I walked a mile home from elementary school all the time, and it never occured to anybody that it might be dangerous. If I had to cross any major streets, though, things might have been different. - Gabe
Rob & Gabe: That was before safety was invented. - April Buchheit
I wish I could remember the details, but either Lewis or Clark as a teenager used to walk across two states, alone, to get to their farm. I remember when I read that little factoid I thought my, how things have changed. That would scare the crap out of me. - Todd Hoff
I'm surprised by how children are bestowed independence suddenly, rather than being eased into it. I very much believe this to be the root of a lot of social problems. Children are taken to and from school every day, with parents carefully monitoring who they talk to after school, and then when they turn 16 they're given a license and a car (and the freedom that comes with it) and are... more... - Tudor Bosman
I would go further and say that this happens because parents are looking for easy solutions. It's easier to say "don't touch alcohol, ever, and when you're 21, you're on your own, and no longer our responsibility" than to teach moderation (preferably by example). It's easier to say "don't have sex, at least until you turn 18 or until you no longer live in our house, whichever comes... more... - Tudor Bosman
Exactly Tudor. - Paul Buchheit
I walked to and from school 1st grade to senior year. In middle school I had to walk across town, sometimes without my friends. I never gave it a second though. I was a latchkey kid for many years so I was used to being fairly independent. One half day (high school) I asked my dad if I could go to McDonalds for lunch. He forgot and flipped out at me for going missing. "You could have... more... - Heather
I wonder if this is why so many kids aren't ready for the real world when they're 20. - Amit Patel
Here in PA, it's illegal for parents to give alcohol to their own children. I grew up in a household where, as a small child, I'd occasionally get watered-down wine with meals; better to think of it as something that tastes bad than as something wonderful that only adults get. - Phil Pennock
I grew up in a household where wine was just a part of religious ceremonies, not a beverage. Every week we'd have a Kiddush cup of wine. It's hard to imagine such a thing being illegal! - Gabe
Phil: irresponsible parenting mandated by law! That's great. - Tudor Bosman
Paul Buchheit
*hugs* - Anne Bouey
"On a more practical level, what matters most in our day-to-day lives is that we're good to ourselves and to each other." Take care. - SteVe C
This made me cry. Paul: Steve would be so proud of you, for this and for so many things. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
((Paul)) - AJ Batac
This is a beautiful, thoughtful essay. - Bruce Lewis
When I saw your post in Google Reader today, I stopped my music, took out the headphones and read every word. Well written and a important story for you. Thanks for sharing and taking the time. - Louis Gray
Thank you for sharing that with the world. - Absentee
Paul, I lost my father unexpectedly a month before I started at Google. When I saw what you and your family were going through I felt so much sorrow, but didn't yet know you well enough to share it. Thanks for writing your post. I have yet to write mine. - Kevin Fox
Respect. - Irrational Numbers
Writing releases the pain Paul so well done - Thomas Power
Great words of wisdom. - Joe Boone
that was beautiful. ((((P))) - VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Thanks everyone. - Paul Buchheit
Ross Miller
Which Star Wars characters are the 2012 Republican Candidates most like? - Quora - http://www.quora.com/Which-S...
Which Star Wars characters are the 2012 Republican Candidates most like? - Quora
"Mitt Romney: (robotic, snobby and made of gold)" -- Best. Quora. Ever. - Ross Miller from Bookmarklet
Okay... maybe not ever, but it made me laugh. - Ross Miller
Awesome. C3PO doesn't seem very psychopathic though. - Paul Buchheit
Paul Buchheit
Young, Black and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D. - http://www.nytimes.com/2011...
Young, Black and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D.
"These experiences changed the way I felt about the police. After the third incident I worried when police cars drove by; I was afraid I would be stopped and searched or that something worse would happen. I dress better if I go downtown. I don’t hang out with friends outside my neighborhood in Harlem as much as I used to. Essentially, I incorporated into my daily life the sense that I might find myself up against a wall or on the ground with an officer’s gun at my head. For a black man in his 20s like me, it’s just a fact of life in New York. Here are a few other facts: last year, the N.Y.P.D. recorded more than 600,000 stops; 84 percent of those stopped were blacks or Latinos. Police are far more likely to use force when stopping blacks or Latinos than whites. In half the stops police cite the vague “furtive movements” as the reason for the stop. Maybe black and brown people just look more furtive, whatever that means. These stops are part of a larger, more widespread problem — a... more... - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet
Horribly sad. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone
It's institutionalized racism. It's when you cross the street with your kids because you see a black or brown guy walking towards you, regardless of how he's dressed or what he's doing. When you lock your car doors because the color of the neighborhood changes, regardless of the economic stature of the area. You see 3 or more black or brown guys hanging out and call them "thugs" or... more... - Anika
:( - Amit Patel
the gun-at-head part can't be legal, can it? - Hieronymous Boosh
nice - Mariya Khan
Considering that only about 5% of stops (regardless of color) result in arrests, it's hard to imagine how they even justify this practice. - Gabe
ok ok ok - Ruslan Zakirov
Paul Buchheit
"I don't believe that any of the other candidates, except perhaps Huntsman, would cut the military-industrial complex as deeply as it needs to be cut. What Paul understands - and it's why he has so much young support - is that the world has changed. Seeking global hegemony in a world of growing regional powers among developing nations is a fool's game, destined to provoke as much backlash as lash, and financially disastrous as every failed empire in history has shown. We do not need tens of thousands of troops in Europe. We do not need to prevent China's rise, but to accommodate it as prudently as possible. We do need to get out of the Middle East to the maximum extent and return our relationship with Israel to one between individual nations, with different interests and common ideals, not some divine compact between two Zions. We do need a lighter, more focused, more lethal war against Jihadism - but this cannot ever again mean occupying countries we do not understand and cannot... more... - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet
Sounds good. I hope the big media companies choose him. - Bruce Lewis
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. He sponsored a "life begins at conception" bill (making miscarriage illegal), wants to end birthright citizenship (you have to earn your citizenship?), and wants to eliminate federal environmental regulations (after you die from pollution you can simply sue the polluter). - Gabe
And his opponents are offering a probable Iran War, an American economic collapse (as the result of that war), the creation of a full-throttle neocon total surveillance police state, and the eradication of much of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. Trade-offs, trade-offs.... It all depends on how you prioritize your issues. - Sean McBride
none of the above. - Mark Essel from iPhone
The more I learn about Ron Paul, the more wacko he turns out to be. Apparently he didn't actually know that his newsletter was be used as a fount of bigotry and racism: http://www.theatlantic.com/nationa... - Gabe
If you learned anything about the current administration, you should know this, even if someone becomes president of the USA, they won't be able to do squat unless the rest of the government will back them. RP is so outside the GOP norm that they might treat him like Obama. - Me
Ron Paul would be the Ross Perot of 2012. Interesting, possibly 10 or 12 points interesting, but ultimately not electable. - Eric - seven eleven
CW said it well. - Anika
What could be more wacko than making preparations to attack Iran after the multi-trillion dollar failures of the Iraq and Afghan Wars and the overall neocon policies that helped cause the financial collapse of 2008? THAT's wacko. Even former Mossad heads are warning that an Iran War could collapse the American and global economies. Hacking away at the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and... more... - Sean McBride
Paul Buchheit
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs - http://www.nytimes.com/2011...
"Even now, he had a stern, still handsome profile, the profile of an absolutist, a romantic. His breath indicated an arduous journey, some steep path, altitude. He seemed to be climbing. But with that will, that work ethic, that strength, there was also sweet Steve’s capacity for wonderment, the artist’s belief in the ideal, the still more beautiful later. Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times. Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them. Steve’s final words were: OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW." - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet
That was beautiful. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA
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