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Is the LinkedIn Platform Dead? - http://gigaom.com/2009...
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Their Serious Business PR is still rock solid Especially because they are slow to open up for privacy invasions running amok among other more "popular"social sites.
- Bill Whetstone
I know many people who segregate LinkedIn off from Facebook or Friendfeed--different groups of friends for different social networks. Is there still a place for pure business connections who don't want to know what you had for breakfast or your score in Scrabble? I think so.
- Andrew Leyden
Next: "LinkedIn killers" start popping up
- TheIndustryStandard
That's pretty interesting. I use the Wordpress app on LinkedIn, but was wondering what others are available. Om links to a page where you can see all 10 (count 'em) apps. I can understand their worry about apps allowing mining of their data - with limited possibilities for interaction, the data is about all they've got.
- Michael Slattery
monthly visit numbers have nearly doubled in the last 12 months...hard to think the platform would be dead...maybe just not the hellbent for leather place that we've grown to expect? http://siteanalytics.compete.com/linkedi...
- jeff hammond
No. "adopted" by facebok :)
- funkyboy
from iPhone
uh, perhaps we should be leaving now... - http://jvjannotti.soup.io/post...
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YIKES!!! RUN!!!
- Harold
oooo wonder what the report was on this...looks like some of it was fatal.
- ☆彡Jazzy-B
ay caramba
- Lo the Baker
Damn
- Penguin
They ran the wrong way!
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
that truck totally scratched the guys car....what a dick
- Morgan
OH NOES!!!
- Steven Perez
Great Caesar's Ghost!
- cdogzilla | downgraded
I justs poop'd my pants
- Johnny
holy shit.
- Que Sarah Sarah
ZOMG! is this real?
- .LAG liked that
Holy CRAP!
- Jeff P. Henderson
Dang
- Rodfather
Holy mother of god.
- AJ Kohn
that's a real bowel loosener, that is.
- Joe The Sausage
I wonder what happened to those guys?
- Brent
OMG!
- Penny
INCOMINGGGGG
- Mo Kargas
YIKES!!!
- Bee
woa o_O
- !lker yoldas. )°(
He's a dumbass for trying to drift in his tanker truck anyway. Edit: Flo just said your not covered against sideways sliding fuel trucks, Go Progressive!
- surf guitar
Pretty good reaction time by some of them.
- Andrew Leyden
Hopefully no one was in the Parked Car on the freeway.
- Brent - Yes I am
They really should have run the other direction down the median. If you run away from something like that, it can still hit the cars and pitch them on top of you. Similarly, if your car is ever stuck on the train tracks, and a train comes, get out and run towards the train.
- Ciaoenrico
w00t
- emiran
Whoa!!!
- David Cook
it takes 4 sec.
- serdar kemal
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Holla.
- Derrick
Tease!
- iTad
New desktop.
- Derrick
bahaha
- Geoff Schultz {TF}
X________x
- Yolanda
Well played, sir! *golf clap*
- vicster
Very modest!
- JCunwired
Did you lose your pasties?
- Lindsay
Cup em!
- Josh Haley
Wait, is that a banana...
- JCunwired
Johnny has enough Chest Hair to run the iPhone 4 - he passes
- Jesse Stay
0___0
- AJ Batac :)
hahahaa
- imabonehead
This is seriously going into the archive.
- veo
What veo said.
- Derrick
aCk! Washing my eyes out with soap...
- Andrew Leyden
I'm embracing my Hetro-Bear
- Johnny
Thexy
- Brent - Yes I am
WoW!
- FarnOoSh
WOOT! ;)
- Beau Liening
from FreshFeed
New career as a pinup model?
- Sparky, lurking
dont do this Johnny (:
- mcd
Why not Murat? Johnny makes a great hetrobear!
- Sparky, lurking
Add a black tie and you're ready to attend a wedding! ;)
- Beau Liening
from FreshFeed
Not mine. He'd at least need an exo-suit
- Mo Kargas
Mo clearly needs to join the pinup meme! With or without the exosuit.
- Sparky, lurking
NEIN!
- Mo Kargas
My family is seriously talking about giving up TV. Right now, our DirecTV bill is nearly $100/month, and we're subscribed to no movie channels (no HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc.) and no sports channels. Just basic (albeit HD) channels and local.
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We do all over-the-air and internet, no cable subscription (I may reconsider come college football season though)
- Jesse Stay
It's funny how "giving up TV" seems to mean "giving up cable."
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
That is way too expensive. I pay $49 for 200 channels with HD. But it's bundled with Internet and Phone (Landline) for a total of $120. We don't need the landline but it is a requirement for the Alarm system.
- AJ Batac :)
I get all the HBO and Showtime shows (FTMP) via Netflix DVD
- Jesse Stay
I don't know but I can't live without my HD sports channel :)
- AJ Batac :)
I get most my sports via ESPN360
- Jesse Stay
The MLB app for the iPhone's pretty cool, too if you like Baseball
- Jesse Stay
Between iTunes, Hulu, and such I haven't had cable or an antenna in years.
- Sparky, lurking
I'm finding that the biggest adjustment is waiting for some shows to come out on DVD (mostly HBO/Showtime stuff and a few other locked down cable shows) but otherwise OTA (which I'm now doing on my laptop with a tuner) + internet streaming covers me and HD quality is good. I would imagine Netflix streaming would be super helpful with a TV set.
- Maria Niles
I barely watch tv except the local stuff. Most shows I watch online of download.
- Outsanity
When I went through my last period of unemployment, I switched off DirecTV and only hooked up the rabbit ears during the 2004 presidential debates. Despite the fact that my apartment complex pays for basic cable, I never hooked it up and didn't have functional TV for five years (2003-2008) and I really didn't miss it. In fact, right after I first switched it off, I felt *relieved* and...
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- vicster
A coworker has the MLB app on his iPad and quality is great. Plus he was able to keep up with soccer as well.
- Maria Niles
We cancelled cable because we weren't really watching much television and it seemed like a waste of both money (I think we paid about what you do for the same) and some of our time when we'd get sucked into watching things that we weren't really actively interested in just for distraction. We have Netflix and still have some basic channels. It ended up being a good thing for us because...
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- joey
FYI, I'm using "TV" in the common sense of "publicly-available programming," not the physical device. It's just a bit disconcerting to have the price creep up year after year (we've been with DirecTV nearly 10 years now).
- I like big Botts
I don't like how tv obsessed I've gotten, but when I go to my parents house (no cable) I miss tv. Also, a lot of channels don't come in well especially when it's windy. My parents think they are trying to force everyone on to cable just to get good reception.
- Heather
I cancelled cable in Tucson, and it was easy enough that I didn't set it up here. I occasionally miss shows, but I'm willing to buy a season pass on itunes for the stuff that doesn't stream for free (I'm not a torrent user, just my preference to not be). I do have an antenna for the local news. That said, I did opt for much higher speed internet with this move, so that the things I do watch online and the downloads are smoother for me.
- ellbeecee
I pay around that much for basic cable and Internet. I'm think of going Dish with the sports package but I hardly watch TV these days. I don't think I could ever give it up because of sports, live events, and news.
- Rodfather
I just have a regular TV with rabbit ears - I get really good reception so I don't need cable for everyday stuff. I can live without a bunch of choices.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Sometimes I think I can quit, but I still have to have my TV, all the channels.
- Eric
Been livin without it for years. :) Looks too weird when I do see it on the rare occassion. All sitcoms are written so poorly that have to tell us when to laugh with a track. Crime shows think the real world has to have a yellow cast to it so all the actors look younger. And making it in real life especially now takes more skills than any participant claims to have on any show called "Survivor"..
- Melanie Reed
We have this discussion at our house at least once a year when we realize how ridiculous the bill is getting. I don't watch the tv at all; all my shows I stream over the internet. My husband loves his cable programming, however, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.
- Jenny R
Are there no free-to-air channels in the US?
- Melly Botts
I haven't had a tv for a few years. I really don't miss it all that much.
- Katy S
There are, Melly, but my house happens to be situated in a ravine so that I can't really receive anything. Even with line-of-sight (like our old house), we could only get two channels, and one of them was pretty fuzzy. I don't watch much at all, but my wife does.
- I like big Botts
I could very easily make the transition to cablelessness. The internet provides me with many resources.
- Geoff Schultz {TF}
Same here Glen
- Melanie Reed
Me, too, Glen. That money could be put to better use.
- Jack&Cleo
I never thought it was possible, but I've gone a month so far, and I haven't missed a single episode of Real Housewives. (yes, I watch it) One can go w/o TV and still enjoy plenty of bad TV via the internet.
- Liza + = ?
I dumped cable and it was great. I save almost $1800 annually and really didn't miss it. Not even sports, once I found online alternatives. I hooked up a Mac Mini to the TV and switched to online solutions and haven't looked back. Blogged about the setup here: http://penguinsix.com/2009...
- Andrew Leyden
Melly: There are FTA channels but because of the vast size of the US you can only get a signal from stations within about 50 miles of your home, which are the 4 major network, a public broadcasting channel, and usually a few others. HD signals only go about 35 miles. And then you have terrain issues on top of that. Satellite FTA exists across the US but most of it is ethnic-programming for non-English speakers.
- Andrew Leyden
"Nine" and I live about a mile apart. I get all the Baltimore and DC TV channels, 3 PBS stations and several independent stations with my indoor antenna. She needs cable to get good reception. My WiMax 4G is flawless, hers is sketchy. Go figure.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
i know a bunch of people who have switched to dish from directTV saving a bunch of money each month...
- Chris Heath
Gave my TV to my brother. Only time I missed it is on SyFy Saturday Nights. Otherwise, I don't miss it at all.
- Steven Perez
My HD upgrade invoked a 2 year contract. Bastards. But I will at least make the months good ones. I suspended for summer and my contract will stretch in turn, but it's better than paying for summer tv that blows.
- Josh Haley
Yes, I'm so glad we have Freeview over here in the UK. Now with HD channels and I pay nothing apart from the cost of the PVR. (our name for a hard drive recorder similar to TIVO)
- Technogran
"You don't ask a woman if she wants to have another baby at the exact moment she's having a baby." - http://qwotebook.com/drew...
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In my case, you don't ask for at least two and a half years.
- Melly Botts
In my case she comes to you 6 months afterwards
- Jesse Stay
My former manager's husband was an OB who was banging his head on how to educate people about various birth control methods. He finally hit on it and started offering the classes at the hospital in the immediate days after a delivery. Usage rates soared once he had an audience willing to listen.
- Andrew Leyden
yeah, took about 6 months for her to start wanting another one.
- Alex Scrivener
Wow. I think if an OB came to me trying to tell me about birth control in the days after I'd just had a baby, I would punch him.
- Rochelle
Apple Responds to iPhone Antenna Problem: Hold It Differently and/or Buy a Case?! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Wonder if a piece of electrical tape over that corner would work.
- Andrew Leyden
RT @shanselman: RT @gen WOW. pic of space shuttle take off taken by skydivers http://i.imgur.com/NwfUx.jpg
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This is a nice one taken by Combat Air Patrol around the Shuttle. http://penguinsix.com/2010...
- Andrew Leyden
Hey Andrew... thanks for the link! Please note that your blog seems to have been hacked, the link at http://penguinsix.com/2010... gives a Malware warning when looked at in chrome. If your running wordpress, you might want to check into it. Ken
- Soulhuntre
from email
VLC Media Player updates. Better HD, dropped SHOUTcast support. - http://thenextweb.com/apps...
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Shoutcast/AOL got all corporate on them and it's a sad development, sort of. Just opens the market for some plugins to other services I guess.
- Andrew Leyden
List job positions you've had over the years: [NOTE for discussion go to: http://friendfeed.com/post-re... ]
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(paid positions) [NOTE: for discussion: http://friendfeed.com/post-re... - so this post can have a tidy list of lists. THANKS! ]
- Micah
Tree cutter, life guard, swim instructor, fastfood restaurant manager, insurance sales agent, graphic designer, systems admin, programmer.
- Micah
Bag boy, inventory specialist, graphics designer, sports reporter, newspaper editor, ISP tech support, internal on-site tech support, build engineer, software developer in test, software developer. Pretty much in order.
- Akiva
Gardener, delicatessen assistant, labourer, sound insulation engineer, software developer.
- Mark H
Cashier (at a Christmas tree farm), education assistant, social work assistant, discharge planning coordinator, social service aide, social work case manager, birth doula.
- Rochelle
Bartender, baker, greens keeper, VP of sales in home building, GM of CR, bar/restaurant manager, life guard, record/video store clerk, film developer, consultant, tomato picker, corn detassler, lemonade stand owner, baby sitter, construction laborer, hostel desk person.
- SAM
babysitter, fast food slave, lifeguard, telemarketer, AT&T operator, bartender, office assistant, data entry operator, computer operator, call center drone, dogwalker. bonus volunteerism: librarian, babysitter, dogsitter, adult literacy tutor, litterbug buster.
- Starmama
VP of Awesome.
- Derrick
babysitter, ice cream scooper, comic store worker, record store worker, grad hall cafeteria worker, library assistant, legal assistant, admin asst., data entry, computer store worker, Apple Demo Days demonstrator, volunteer coordinator, asst. editor, traffic coordinator, substitute teacher, customer/tech support, QA tester
- Spidra Webster
stock clerk, cashier, vacuum cleaner salesman, musician, violin repairman, computer assembler, computer tester, sysadmin, netadmin, secadmin, manager, sec director, it architect
- Kevin Johnson
worked at The Limited, language lab assistant, american express service rep, barista, human resources program assistant at an academic library, teaching assistant, research assistant, asst prof.
- adf
Paperboy, plaque engraver, teaching assistant, tutor, freelance writer, baker, snack bar manager, admin asst., screenwriter, film producer, graduate school department coordinator, library school student (roughly in order).
- Derrick
blacksmith assistant, farm work (with minor veterinarian tasks), construction (carpentry, plumbing, electrical), IBM assembler language programmer and systems analyst, waiter, sommelier, wine consultant, self-employed data & communication services, actor, LAN admin, WAN admin, telecomm engineer, VoIP engineer, project manager, program manager.
- JCunwired
Hah. How in the hell did I pass over this: comic & gaming store manager.
- Akiva
Babysitter, math tutor, poll worker, language lab assistant, summer camp assistant, office assistant, computer lab assistant, temp employee at hardware store, music librarian/archivist at a museum, music archivist at a university, head of special collections at a university. Contract work doing proofreading of a city HR manual.
- Rollin' in the LB
Lawnmower, draftsmen, fastfood trainee, rental agent
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Computer teacher, lawn mower, paperboy, NFL ballboy, concession stand manager, bicycle messenger, legislative correspondent, legislative assistant, legislative director, student webmaster, research assistant, project attorney, counsel, startup founder and CEO, government subcontractor, chief operating officer, consultant.
- Andrew Leyden
Starting at age 10: baby sitter, bell pepper picker, assistant in a photography studio, dance instructor, lab tech, admin assistant, media services tech, peanut vendor at world series, computer tech, play therapist for autistic kids, data entry, marketing and service manager, cafe helper, database maintenance, PR for a restaurant, volunteer coordinator for crisis line, customer service rep, trainer, all around tech head, and unemployed schmoe.
- FFing Enigma
Tutor, delivery person (flowers), zoo intern, research assistant, office assistant, Peace Corps Volunteer, bartender, beverage manager (in a casino), server, lab tech, mystery shopper, translator, teacher (ESL, chem, bio)
- Shannon Jiménez
Babysitter, tween-sitter, pizza cashier, shoe salesman, baseball instructor, Enviro Health and Safety inspector, engineer-lite, Program Manager
- SteVe C
Computer tutor, legal word processor, caterer, speech & debate coach, self-defense instructor/model mugger, computer trainer, web site developer, computer book author & technical editor, software release coordinator, software release manager, operations manager, operations director.
- Stephen Mack
Oh, I forgot: I was also briefly a check processor at a bank.
- Akiva
Pizza maker, concession stand attendant, gas station attendant, record store clerk, conservation lab technician, paralegal, carpet layer, farm laborer, customer service rep, merchant service rep, customer service trainer, life insurance back office operations associate, registered rep (equity, fixed income, option, precious metals, control/restricted securities trader)
- cdogzilla | downgraded
Software Engineer.<EOF>
- George S.
Sandwich maker, tutor, bagger at dry cleaners, speech writer, closet organizer, personal shopper, seamstress, DJ, pizza order taker, security alarm CSR, Circuit City cashier, UPS CSR, wedding planner, UPS truck loader, A/R, ink/toner sales, newspaper delivery, publicist, ghost writer, cigarette girl, account buyer (advertising), research assistant (magazine), archivist (record label), public relations, photographer. My current title (haha) is VP of Operations.
- Anika
Camp counselor/campcraft teacher, camp counselor/song leader/chaplain(heh), stage manager, costume designer, folk singer, English teacher, social worker, Adult Ed teacher, saleslady, proofreader, teacher's aid, social worker.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Volunteer helpline operator for BMUG, Student Liaison, Reviews Writer, S&M Assistant, Independent Software Developer, Webmonkey, Web Designer, Product Designer
- Kevin Fox
Data entry clerk, house sitter, retail sales, landscape worker, construction worker, retail sales manager, computer support person, IS Manager, IS Director, CSO, oh, info sec instructor too
- Kenton
Oh, forgot paper boy.
- Kenton
mailframe computer operator - 1980's style computer room. 9-track tape, punched cards, batch processing, raised floor.
- Mike Nencetti
Car lot gopher, car wash worker bee, infantryman, Sgt, Bookie, Paramedic, Sales Rep, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Senior Consultant, Senior Manager.... And the best one - Dad
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
from iPhone
Baby sitter, Burger King cashier, Burger King manager, food truck vendor, book store associate, telemarketer, convenience store clerk, audiobook reader, housekeeper, barista, coffee shop manager, small mammal handler, small mammal handler, teacher, small mammal/herp handler, crew leader/wildlife poo collector/orienteer, wildlife biologist.
- Jenny R
Pizza box folder (12 years old), dishwasher at Chinese restaurant (14 years old), pre delivery inspection worker for school bus company (15 years old), third cook (16 years old), main cook (17-18 years old), pantry cook (18-19 years old), short order cook (20-21 years old), temp worker - lots of industrial and factory worker positions (22-23 years old), web developer (22-23 years old),...
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- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
In no particular order: house cleaning, babysitting, grounds keeper & general maintenance at a vocational high school, sandwich shop counter person, prep chef in training at an Armenian restaurant, diner waitress, retail cashier (eventually promoted to merchandiser), supermarket cashier, meat wrapper/deli clerk, vacuum sealer operator, assistant operations manager and dispatcher for a...
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- April
Babysitter, rollerskating rink attendant, Santa's helper, housecleaner, lots of different reception/office admin/data entry roles, customer service officer at Centrelink, sales assistant at In2Music, freelance writer/editor/proofreader. Also did volunteer work at a vet surgery and a creative arts school.
- Melly Botts
Staffer at summer day camp, porter/dishwater at nursing home, workstudy at college honors program, summer help at brewery, tutor, business librarian, Kirby vacuum salesman, charts/research at Billboard, assistant at Corp for Radio/TV, asst at Tommy Boy, then jr. publicist, then Mgr of Media Relations, moved over to Jive as Dir of Publicity, founder of FAB Communications, sometime college admission test proctor
- Bryan R. Adams
Labourer, Dishwasher, Construction (Turf technician), Executive Assistant, Sales Representative, Desktop Administrator, Graphic Designer, Supervisor
- Shey
New House: Coming Soon. Achieved. Offer Letter Accepted. :)
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We're staying in Sunnyvale, but now there is room for baby #3!
- Louis Gray
Have my room ready.
- Derrick
Nice! That is a very lovely house :)
- Georgia
Congrats! When's the housewarming party? I'll bring the spinach dip and the funk! :D
- Hookuh Tinypants
Yay! Room for visitors and a party deck!
- WoH: Minding her Botts
Looks great! :)
- Rochelle
It looks wonderful! Congrats!
- aden {Wookie keeper}
Congratulations!
- Anne Bouey
Louis, that's awesome, grats! What's the zip?
- Stephen Mack
Well done, sir.
- Josh Haley
:D
- Valz 4 Botts
Very nice! :)
- JA Castillo
Congrats!
- AJ Kohn
Stephen, the zip is 94087. We've been in 94086. :)
- Louis Gray
Derrick and Shey (and Pea and tinypants and all), would love to have you visit. July will be busy.
- Louis Gray
That's a mansion in the UK. Nice, Louis!
- Kol Tregaskes
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/zip... looks good!
- Stephen Mack
Indeed. That is huge by UK standards- smaller houses are cheaper to heat in winter, whereas larger houses are easier to keep cool during the Californian summer. In any case, congrats. And ustream the house warming ;)
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Congrats to you both.
- Anika
Congrats!
- Spidra Webster
Congratulations!
- vicster
Hey Louis you are a great achiever well done keep those babies coming Kristine. Txxxx
- Thomas Power
"Keep those babies coming"? Uh-oh.
- Louis Gray
it takes two to tango Louis ... you were there weren't you?
- Thomas Power
/blocks Thomas :)
- Louis Gray
Congrats Louis!
- Jesse Stay
Of course, this is my second home. FriendFeed is my first. :)
- Louis Gray
Good show, Mr Gray!
- Prolific Programmer
Nice pad, I'm seeing a distinct lack of robogargoyles and SAM sites though
- Mo Kargas
Sorry Mo, those are in the backyard.
- Louis Gray
Love the deck up top in front. You don't see that too often these days. To what Mo was saying you could use something shoulder-fired up there. :)
- SAM
Always
- Mo Kargas
I just visited Sunnyvale! My friend lives there because her husband works for FB.
- Lis
congrats, Louis! it's a nice house.
- imabonehead
Congratulations! On the house and the bun in the oven!
- Trish Haley
Congratulations Louis! :)
- Oguz Serdar
from iPhone
WTF. I shit you not. I was just going to look at that house with my wife on Saturday. I won't give away the address, but I'm surprised that it's still listed on Redfin. We live just a few blocks away in an apartment and this is a really sweet deal.
- no name
It looks like a great house.
- DGentry
Congrats Louis!! Awesome looking place.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Nicely done!
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
Sorry, Bill! :)
- Louis Gray
That's alright. It goes to show two things: 1) the housing market is the bay area is heating up again. 2) the realtime web is friggin amazing. I found out about this before my realator and before any authoritative MLS information.
- no name
Love the Redfin! Mega-congrats to you Louis. Looks awesome.
- Michael Leggett
Friendfeed is your first home. The best system in the world remains un-famous, why is that?
- Thomas Power
Nice looking house Louis! Congrats to you and your family!
- Jeff P. Henderson
I just checked out the listing on RedFin. Very Nice! Very similar to my house in Cambrian Park, SJ. You picked a great area to live in. I grew up a few miles from your new house in Mountain View right on the other side of 85 from where you will be located.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Nice house. The listing is still there. Since everyone here is talking real estate in SV, how tough is it to add on / remodel a house in that area? I see a few places that I could afford, but would be better if I could add a bedroom or two. Is zoning pretty strict?
- Andrew Leyden
Congratulations!
- joey
The place looks beautiful Louis. Congrats. That balcony looks comfy.
- Adam Helweh
Congratulations! I know the feeling. We were just in the same situation a few months ago :)
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Enjoy your new home for your growing family.
- Joe Hackman
@Andrew, it is not hard to get a permit to add on to an existing house in most cities in Silicon Valley. There are some neighborhoods full of smaller homes that just about everyone of them have been remodeled. You can check with your Realtor to find out what the process is in the particular area you are looking at. Now is a good time to do a remodel. There are lots of contractors who are looking for work. You should be able to get a pretty good deal.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Good luck in your new place young man :)
- Charlie Anzman
Thanks Jeff. I think that might be the cheaper way to get a house the size I need.
- Andrew Leyden
Prediction: Apple will DROP The iMac and sell an IOS based Mac Mini as a dev platform. The Mac Pro will still be around.
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Not for a long while. Not until the IOS can accomplish all of the consumer oriented tasks that iMac users need. I agree with you, but I think it'll be at least 3 or 4 more years...
- iTad
Nope. They may drop the MacBook before they do that. The iMac + iPad is a great combination.
- I like big Botts
They should make a touchscreen iMac that can launch the iOS like they do with FrontRow. Also, they should make an iMac that can be taken off the stand so the stand becomes a type of dock
- Johnny
Certainly not until the CPU on an iOS device is as powerful as the one in an iMac. You think they'll be there in 3-4 years?
- Victor Ganata
Not quite. Far more likely apple tv will run iOS and be the new dev toy. No need to canabilize the big money iMac.
- Andrew Leyden
My guess is what you'll see is a merging of iOS and OS X in the future. I mean, really, what benefit do you get from the OS X desktop UI that you don't get from iOS? You have icons in a single row in the dock rather than icons in a grid; you can put crap on your desktop, which you shouldn't do anyway; it still relies on outdated hierarchical file systems; you can have multiple windows...
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- Akiva
Yes, a merging of iOS and OS X is more in line with what I was thinking.
- RED Brand Media
I really hope you are wrong. I got my iMac 27 yesterday. :-)
- Jorge Ortiz
I hope I'm wrong too. Love my iMac and OS X.
- G Dub of the Carolinas
HACKED? Just logged into Gmail this morning and the first message was a warning saying my account was accessed from America!! :-(
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Sorry! I will log out.
- Louis Gray
I caught a nasty Trojan by accidentally and foolishly downloading an email attachment last night, maybe run a scan and check for any nasties. Update all your passwords too. Thats what I've been doing all night/morning. This is 2nd nasty Trojan I've caught recently, last one was from Facebook. :'(
- Halil
Thanks, Louis. Hehe! ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Seriously though, that's a little worrying. :-( I can't see anything wrong on my account.
- Kol Tregaskes
Run MS Essentials full scan and it found this: http://www.microsoft.com/securit... and now running Spybot.
- Kol Tregaskes
It was an accident! I swear!
- Vicarbott
change PWs and check where you IP is coming from: http://tinyurl.com/28saya9 -maybe it's being routed funny.
- Kelly W.
What is your anti-spyware supplier? Maybe you need a better one if it didn't detect it. Please tell me you don't use Norton or McAfee.
- Halil
Kelly, seems correct, so not that.
- Kol Tregaskes
Halil, answered above.
- Kol Tregaskes
LOL @Louis
- rowlikeagirl
Malwarebytes and Spyware Terminator (both free) usually work for me.
- Citronella
Did you check the IP address they said was used? You might find out a bit more about the incident from that.
- Andrew Leyden
Sorry, Kol. For strong passwords, use passwordmaker.org (firefox plugin). Before using it, change the default to only generate alphanumeric passwords of length 12 or more (so that the default settings will always work). If you use the same password form sites other than gmail, this plugin will help because it generates site specific passwords. But that also means, the crack was simply...
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I had a scare like that a few days ago. Geolocating the IP I found out it was actually Meebo accessing my account, and it coincided with a day I used Meebo to connect to that particular GTalk account. Do you use a similar service?
- Rodrigo Jaroszewski
What is a good domain registrar that is not named GoDaddy.com or Register.com? Trying to get some suggestions to pass along to a friend. Thanks!
Melanie Reed liked this
Name.com - let me know if you need a contact there
- Sally - Skyrimmin' It
Thanks!
- JA Castillo
Now I just forgot the name of my registrar......
- Roberto Bonini
I use Netfirms. Very cheap and no problems.
- Vezquex
mydomain.com... not the slickest interface in the world, but reliable.
- Roger Benningfield
Yahoo Domains is pretty easy but gets pricey.
- Andrew Leyden
Videos released of Joran van der Sloot with Peruvian woman in hotel - http://wireupdate.com/wires...
RAPatton liked this
This guy sounds like a professional scumbag. His behavior post-Aruba has been bizarre.
- Andrew Leyden
packagingoftheworld to packagingoftheworld's feed, Design (Tasarım), Design {Sweet} Design, Creative Design, Designers Who Design Things, DesignThing, Graphic Design, Graphics N' Design, Packaging Design
Heinz Dip & Squeeze | Packaging of the World: Creative Package Design Archive and Gallery - http://www.packagingoftheworld.com/2010...
zajebiscie, özgedemirbaş, Numan Çebi and ♥ ךaךņZ ♥ liked this
Still haven't seen one of these in the wild yet.
- Andrew Leyden
We got these at a burger joint or sandwich shop a few months ago. There's not enough ketchup in them, but my kids loved them anyway.
- Anika
What's your favorite site for booking air flights?
Kol Tregaskes and Steven Perez liked this
To be honest, 9 times out of 10 I end up booking on the individual airline site. They always seem to have specials not listed at kayak or expedia or travelocity.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I love Kayak, but they're just a fare finder. You can't book there.
- Kevin Fox
Airlines direct. I try to maximize airmiles on every flight / get upgrades so pretty local to my alliance (One World).
- Andrew Leyden
An iPad.
- Louis Gray
Is there an app for that, Louis?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Ask Mitchell Tsai. He is the savant of travel.
- Spidra Webster
My answer for everything is "An iPad"
- Louis Gray
Facebook (my default answer)
- Jesse Stay
Louis, what makes you so awesome? Hehe
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Jesse, Which do you like less, cats or Facebook?
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Alex, definitely cats
- Jesse Stay
Southwest.com
- iTad
You changed from your default answer! I've been tricked!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
You got me!
- Jesse Stay
I check WestJet, then AirCanada, and then I let them fight it out on the lowest price for a direct flight. And I'm usually buying 5 tickets.
- Micah
Bah, just checked Southwest and they're no cheaper than Alaska flying from PDX to SJC.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
kayak for finding, expedia for booking
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
I usually check Expedia (I like a lot of their booking features) and Bing (Farecast is awesome) and then check Kayak just for price but usually don't see anything different. If I see something promising I look at supplier direct, too, to compare the prices, because I know they don't always release their best rates to OTAs. I am usually really picky about timing and not just price.
- joey
Alex, Lindsay says there's a HUGE difference between flying Alaska and Southwest. She HATES Alaska. Also, doesn't Alaska charge for bags, etc?
- iTad
Alaska charges for 2nd bag, yes. The one thing I don't like about Southwest though is that they don't do assigned seating.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I prefer not having assigned seats, and I hate having to walk through 1st class on airlines that offer that. If I get my boarding pass early enough, I can sit at the front of the plane without paying an arm and a leg.
- iTad
Expedia
- Shey
Expedia. Never had a problem with it or a reason to use anything else. When I've browsed around, I've never found a place that was remarkably cheaper. Although the last few times, I've just booked directly with the airline.
- Rochelle
like Micah, I'll check WestJet, then AirCanada, then maybe Expedia or Travelocity to see if the prices are any better. but usually end up booking with WestJet.
- Nathalie
Pro-Hamas “Aid” Flotilla Attacks Israel - http://thedanashow.wordpress.com/2010...
IDF has released video. You can see the soldiers, armed with paintball guns, being assaulted the moment they got on the ship. They then switched to their side arms after the attack. http://www.jpost.com/Israel...
- Andrew Leyden
Assembling desks and chairs for Sunfire Offices --- http://twitgoo.com/wjz49
Anne Bouey, imabonehead, Tracy and 11 other people liked this
Quite coincidentally saw this video of Youtube's early days - in which, they assemble chars as well -http://www.youtube.com/watch... Is this a common thing at US startups?
- Space Cowboy
Also niniane, are you working at http://www.sunfire.com/ ?
- Space Cowboy
It is unrelated to sunfire.com. We are http://sunfire-offices.com.
- niniane
I think assembling chairs is common, because people buy them at IKEA and they come unassembled.
- niniane
Is that a Wild Shadow Studios cofounder I see there?
- Rob Shillingsburg
Alex picked Niniane over me!!
- Amit Patel
Yeah I was going to ask if that was Alex. :)
- Private Sanjeev
Amazon used some old doors lying on crates as their first office desks. I know use a dead company auction house to get startup furniture. Cheaper than Ikea.
- Andrew Leyden
Amit, you can also come work from the office! At least come visit.
- niniane
I'd love to come by!
- Amit Patel
I think it's a common thing at startups that buy their furniture from Ikea. :-)
- Piaw Na
Amit, you don't know me but, I used to read your game related-articles with great enthusiasm. It looks like you are not working at Google anymore? :(
- Space Cowboy
I probably won't be able to come by for a few weeks. :(
- Amit Patel
Ok. Come and see us in a few weeks!
- niniane
I have a few boxes full of video tapes I don't need or want anymore... What can I do with them? Are they recyclable? Would the be worth donating (does anyone use VCRs anymore)? How do I dispose of them with a clean conscience?
Maybe this site could tell you? http://earth911.com/
- Melly Botts
Cool link, Melly. Thanks. I was curious about the donation angle too, but good to know they can be recycled.
- Lindsay
What's on the tapes?
- Melly Botts
They are movies... Not recordings I made. I used to have a pretty big collection in college and somehow it has travelled with me through about 6 moves and more than a decade... Time to let it go since I can't even play them if I wanted... They see taking up too much space in the garage.
- Lindsay
You could probably ask at Goodwill or similar if they take them. Otherwise maybe Freecycle?
- Melly Botts
Public Library sometimes has VCR tapes. You can donate to them or to a retirement home (many of them are just getting rid of LPs)
- Andrew Leyden
Freecycle, I see people offer them all the time (and post to say they've been taken).
- Heather
I can't share the stealth company but they will be revealing all soon. I will point back to this day as when my iPad changed my life. Again.
Pavan liked this
@scoble. Always such the Tease! how soon?
- Tony Vota
Was it Digg?: http://www.scripting.com/stories...
- Jesse Stay
Is it Cuil?
- Andrew Leyden
Spill the beans! We won't tell ;-)
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
...Pac-Man finally made it to the iPad, huh?
- .LAG liked that
100 million dollars of "vital military equipment" burns in Afghanistan supply lot fire. (Photo taken by my Marine cousin)
Mark Douglass, David Cook, Dennis Jernberg and 8 other people liked this
He adds: "One of my lieutenants and I helped fight it when it first started but had to quit when we were engulfed by a huge sandstorm. The fire could have been worse if it made it to the 450,000-gallon fuel farm that was 50 meters away! It was a crazy evening and the fire burned for 36 hours."
- Louis Gray
Your tax dollars, up in smoke. Not much different from bailing out the banks, I guess.
- Victor Panlilio
Crazy picture. Looks like some apocalyptic future where those robots in the bottom left take over.
- Andrew Smith
Wow.
- Brett Kelly
++Andrew
- Mo Kargas
Crazy.
- Mark Krynsky
It happens. I remember when I worked on Capitol Hill we were debating funding for hangars for the B-2 bomber. The hangars were expensive, but when you factored the price vs. the chance of a lightening strike hitting a plane (cost over $1 billion per plane) and it burning on the runway it made sense (statistically they estimated one plane would be lost to lightning every 10 years or so). Guess the cost of securing this depot against fire was > $100 million.
- Andrew Leyden
That sucks!
- David Cook
Looking to get some new glasses this week. Which of these six do you like the most?
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Havang, Morton Fox, Slavomira Vladimirova and 10 other people liked this
I'm after some curvy/hug your head type ones.
- Kol Tregaskes
first and third are fine !
- Viva Vida
#5 look pretty nice
- Damien Franco
from BuddyFeed
#3
- Shevonne
the last one .
- mairyland
First and last are my favorites.
- Skyler Call
Nr 4.
- Ton Zijp
I would prefer rimless but because my lenses will be very thick the screws are placed far in and it's in a real annoying position.
- Kol Tregaskes
#2
- Jenny R
These look OK too: http://www.visionexpress.com/glasses... and http://www.visionexpress.com/glasses...
- Kol Tregaskes
#1 and #3 are in fave at the moment. So Viva I'm with you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
#2.
- Anika
You should go to the store, put all models on and post pictures, so we can pick the best. I've done that with the last pair of glasses I bought.
- Irma Vermaat
Hehe, I'll be trying them on when I go for my eye test.
- Kol Tregaskes
#2 or last one..
- MafiaX
4 is the closest to what I'd wear. Without knowing what they look like on your face, I'm not sure how to make a good choice. :)
- iTad
#1
- Meryn Stol
1 & 3
- Andrew Leyden
#1 or #3
- ciw
#2, but that's just because I'm really used to that type of frame, I have 3 pairs of similar frames.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
5 or 6 - but i like bigger plastic frames vs. wire.
- Jason
5
- Shey
#1
- Squall
#1
- Arman Zonüzi
from iPod
Picked the first ones in the end. 2 weeks wait.
- Kol Tregaskes
Don't forget to post the pic of you wearing the glasses :)
- ciw
Dream on. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So how do people get to Aspen, CO, anyway? It's three hours away from Denver, and it seems like there are no flights with less than two layovers from anywhere else.
Carlos Urrutia, Oyunlar1, Chatsohbet and 2 other people liked this
Small aircraft from e.g. Denver, or drive. Or, Google "Denver Aspen shuttle."
- John Craft
yea, they have commuter flights I remember doing an Aspen adventure in MS:FSX
- Fee501st
I thought everyone going to Aspen had a private jet.
- Andrew Leyden
Here is V in her Private Jet landing at Aspen http://www.youtube.com/watch... just ignore the warnings at the start of the video, that dont mean anything... lol
- Fee501st
I'll drop you off. Hahahahaha.
- Dave Friedel
from Android
Party Pooper. :P
- Dave Friedel
from Android
I plan to be in the airport in a gorilla suit with a Tekzilla t-shirt on.
- Dave Friedel
from Android
And a poster size sign with Veronica's headshot on it.
- Dave Friedel
from Android
Might want to try something other than the gorilla suit. It's lack of mobility will make it harder to dodge the security guards trying to tackle you...
- Thomas
Dancing to Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer"...
- Dave Friedel
from Android
Carrying some Dunkin Donuts cawfee...
- Dave Friedel
from Android
OK, now I'm really not going. ;)
- Veronica
Aspen is impossible to get to, I think that was the point when the built it.
- echostreamer
See Dave, that's why you can never get close to V ;)
- Carlos Urrutia
lol, V make sure you bring your flip camera for youtube and evidence... I'm sure Dave will do something ;)
- Fee501st
She's probably going to be too busy anyway. Likely good skiing, it's still snowing up in the mountains right now...
- Dave Friedel
Has anyone ever tried acupuncture? I want to see if it will help with my stomach pains whenever I get stressed
Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™, Chatsohbet, Kol Tregaskes and 2 other people liked this
I have before. All I can say is it doesn't hurt at all. Otherwise it did nothing for me. People say it's one of those deals where you have to have it done every 6 weeks to start to notice a change. It seemed kinda like a scam to me so I didn't go back.
- iTad
My brother has the same pains. He doesn't do stress well at all. Interesting question.
- Rah-PM 2012
@Tad Aww...maybe meditating would help? I'm tired of medicines that don't work, so trying to find an alternative method
- Shevonne
I recommend meditation for stress. Nothing kooky or religious. Just sit still in the dark and don't dwell on anything. Go for 5 mins to start. Then work up to 15 or 20. Counting breaths helps too. Count up to 10 breaths and then start over.
- iTad
Meditation. Also, look into biofeedback. There are people who can hook you up to stuff that monitors your stress reactions and teach you how to calm your physical reactions.
- Spidra Webster
@Spidra Never heard of that....Ill have to check it out as well. Thanks @Rah Sucks about your bro...know how he feels
- Shevonne
I also have problems with intense physical reactions to stress. Biofeedback was recommended for me but I couldn't afford it (wasn't covered by my insurance at the time...)
- Spidra Webster
It helped my gall bladder pain a lot, before I had it removed.
- Rochelle
I'm thinking of trying ot for my Crohns. The clinic where my wife had her Knee replacement was having a study using acupuncture for post surgery pain in joint surgery so its becoming more mainstream
- WarLord
I've heard good things about acupressure as well
- Shevonne
I've done acupuncture. Doesn't usually hurt and can be very relaxing. But did not help with my RSI although I've heard first-hand from people with RSI who it did help.
- Spidra Webster
You should check out what some of the medical skeptics say about acupuncture (hint: they think it is a scam). http://scienceblogs.com/insolen... or http://scienceblogs.com/insolen... and search for acupuncture
- Andrew Leyden
Acupuncture is cool. It is worth at least one try. I would get a good referral from a trusted friend. My person is all the way in Aspen Hill, MD.
- Amani
I did it (at my primary care physician's suggestion) for some chronic muscle pain problems I have. I didn't think it would work, since not much else had. I was shocked when I realized it was helping with that as well as helping to alleviate some problems I have with migraines (I've been getting them since I was 13). It won't hurt to try it. Fwiw, I do know someone who gets it for IBS and says he gets a lot of relief,
- Katy S
The thing to keep in mind is that it is different for everyone. Not every patient will find acupuncture effective, and yet many people do. The stories here seem to illustrate that point well. Every body is different, and any kind of treatment will get different results for different people. The nice thing about acupuncture is that it will not make it worse, even if it does not end up...
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- Ragani Harris
I just saw a small biped crawling around my neighbors apartment. I think it is a monkey, or possibly a Gremlin. It's hiding now.
Just a cat. Would have been cooler if it was a gremlin.
- Andrew Leyden
The only way to pass time on the train: contemplate who I would have sex with. So far, 3 girls and one guy. Probably the guy first.
Josh Haley, Jonathan Hardesty, topernic and 7 other people liked this
Mike: Putting the "Nay" in Nayyar since the mid 1980s.
- Louis Gray
That's how it starts.
- Derrick
I like this
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from iPhone
Update: two of the girls turned me down. The guy was intrigued.
- Mike Nayyar
from iPhone
Add two beers to the mix and see if your potential candidate number goes up.
- Andrew Leyden
BREAKING: Raft with member of Her Majesty's Secret Service and bikini-clad woman seen floating away from Iceland as volcano explodes
Andrew Leyden, Morton Fox, imabonehead and 3 other people liked this
The British know how to get away in style.
- Morton Fox
But he wasn't British at the end. He was Japanese (and married).
- Andrew Leyden
OH: "It smells like a Diggnation taping in here."
Chatsohbet, Kol Tregaskes, Roberto Bonini and 5 other people liked this
Did Kevin and Alex crash the Tekzilla set again? I hope they didnt get Tux wasted
- Fee501st
she's at Prager's
- Chris Heath
No wonder :)
- Fee501st
If there is a paper bag on fire on the front porch, don't stomp it out...
- Andrew Leyden
I can honestly (and happily) say that I don't know what that smells like. (no offense diggs.)
- echostreamer
It probably smells like fancy imported beer with a hint of weed in the background.
- Dave Friedel
I miss the days when they used to do live tapings at Park Chalet. Those were simpler times.
- Fleagle
they only did two there, right?
- Chris Heath
I thought it was three, but you may be right @Chris. If it was only the two, I saw both.
- Fleagle
I only remember two, but I also watch scamschool, so i know that i can't trust my own memories
- Chris Heath
You could tell that DN was about to blow up after that 2nd Park Chalet taping. I noticed a lot of the same people as before, but there were some new faces, along with some excited youngsters.
- Fleagle
well from my east-coast perspective it always seemed to me that diggnation had a large following from the beginning but when they pulled that huge crowd in london at FOWA was when i knew it was big for real
- Chris Heath
And no, I couldn't make it to Pragers... this was in the studio :)
- Veronica
that was my second guess.
- Chris Heath
See i told you those boys was in the Tekzilla set, DANG KIDS!
- Fee501st
Google Developing Tablet to Take on iPad - http://mashable.com/2010...
Chuck Kahn, yisn, !lker yoldas. )°( and 2 other people liked this
Apple vs. IBM vs. Microsoft vs. Adobe vs. Google. Who else is left?
- Andrew Leyden
StayFree
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Maybe, finally, the general public.
- Nathan Mylott
from email
I hate grocery shopping during the week, but hey... (@ Safeway w/ 2 others) http://foursquare.com/venue...
Amazon Prime. Just get your groceries sent to you in a box.
- Andrew Leyden
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