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My Way News - AIG execs' retreat after bailout angers lawmakers

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"Less than a week after the federal government had to bail out American International Group Inc. (AIG), the company sent executives on a $440,000 retreat to a posh California resort, lawmakers investigating the company's meltdown said Tuesday. The tab included $23,380 worth of spa treatments for AIG employees at the coastal St. Regis resort south of Los Angeles even as the company tapped into an $85 billion loan from the government it needed to stave off bankruptcy." - DeWitt Clinton via Bookmarklet

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Doesn't look like those spa treatments did much good. - Jim Norris

I'm sorry but every one of those pricks who went on this paid for trip should be sent to jail - Steven Hodson

Jail is too good for them and that's at taxpayer expense. Hang 'em in the public square and make them by the rope. - Warner Crocker

A massage is what...$150/hr? That is a lot of massages. - peter

@peter - or maybe those were "massages". - DeWitt Clinton

i'm just glad the AIG saga has a happy ending. - peter

Yup. Everyone got fucked in the end. - DeWitt Clinton

peter posted a message

“how do i disconnect my friendfeed from my facebook? i dont want my friendfeed stuff to show up in facebook.”

Saturday at 2:28 pm - Link

I simply deleted the FriendFeed app, but there may be settings in the app to do it also. - Chris White

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Removing the Facebook app is the way to do it if you don't want it in Facebook. - Bret Taylor

ok in the new facebook - how do i remove the app? - peter

When you first login, the apps should be on the left side of your home page. Use the edit button. - Chris White

thanks. you can't just "remove" an app anymore. you have to "deauthorize" it. - peter

Jess Lee posted a link

Ex-Google Employees - The Google Diaspora - Esquire

October 1 at 2:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Includes some interesting quotes from Salman, like "Tell them to go fuck themselves" and "With the white guy, I know he's stupid. Whereas with the brown guy, he better be fucking brilliant." - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

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Wow. - Bret Taylor

You can take the man out of Microsoft but you can't take the Microsoft out of the man. (i'm ex msft too) - peter

I really want to "like" Peter's comment. - Jess Lee

so ex-googlers, what did you think of the article? (as an ex yahoo I thought they spent too much time on the google-formed VC firm....providing the choice quotes above)....what ex-googlers (outside of FF and Polyvore) should we be on the lookout for? - Adam Kazwell

In case if anyone wonders about the "Indian Diaspora" article on the side, yes, apparently it's the Big Diaspora Issue. http://www.esquire.com/feature... - Richard Chen

I can't believe that people are still writing articles about people leaving Google... - Kevin Scott

"Any large company, especially one that went public four years ago and is beginning to see its first generation of pre-IPO employees become fully vested..." --- This didn't make sense to me. Are they confused how vesting works? Are employees who started before 2003 not being counted as part of a generation? - Chris White

rarely do i read something that evokes such a strong feeling of the essence of salman! - Charles Hudson

OMG!! no way... awful! - Susan Beebe

There is a fine line between being realistic, sharp, challenging, even skeptical, and being an asshole. I sometimes worry that late arrivals to Google didn't get to experience the earlier culture where we pushed each other to think hard but it never got personal. - Christopher Sacca

Ah, the old "say 'fuck' a lot and act like a huge racist dick and it'll make me seem important" strategy. Funny how people can spend years at Google but not pick up an ounce of Googlyness. - Benjy Weinberger

Amen, Benjy. Goes for any company, actually. - Rob Schonberger

@sacca: I arrived sorta late (Jan '06) and definitely got to experience the good culture... and I think it still exists though by nature it's fragile. Oddly, in contrast to Peter's comment, some of the most Googly people I've worked with are ex-msft. - Moishe Lettvin

Why couldn't they find some engineers to interview? You know, doers? Instead we get to hear about the latest posturing from some MBA dudes. - Gregor J. Rothfuss

Aren't good VCs supposed to add some value to a venture besides the cash? Anyone can sign a check, after all. These guys sounds like they actually subtract value! - Benjy Weinberger

In my experience, it's rare for a VC to add any "value" other than writing a check. In fact there are some great examples of .coom startups which were ruined when the VCs took executive control and screwed up the company's direction. - Dave Saunders via twhirl

This was bad PR, but I've only had good interactions with Salman. - Chris White

Salman's a great guy, and has assembled a great team over there. It's good to inject some pragmatism into the VC world every now and then. =) - darren

Jason Shellen favorited a video on YouTube

Sarah Palin Can't Name a Newspaper She Reads

September 30 at 5:06 pm - Link

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"alaska isn't a foreign country" - peter

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I love that Katie Couric cannot hide her look of contempt at 35s. - Erica Baker

I can't name a newspaper I read. - Amit Patel

Saying she reads the Internets might have helped. - Chris White

I can name 2 newspapers I read in Alaska. The Fairbanks Daily Newsminer and the Anchorage Daily News. That was 4 fricking years ago and I can still name them. - Erica Baker

A weekly paper in Alaska: http://www.petroleumnews.com - peter

There are no words...I mean like gee...she's all like...WTF - Rahsheen™

(A) Honesty: "I read the Wasilia Moosehumper, but usually just have time for Family Circus and Dear Abbey". (B) Lying: "I read the Journal, Harper's, the Economist, and the Harvard Law Review". (C) Cluelessness: "Um. All of them." - Steve Weis

Maybe she didn't want to give free advertising to the papers???? Or maybe... just maybe.... she's out of touch with her state and the other 49 - Anthony K. Valley ©

Couric: "What about blogs, do you keep up with any blogs?" Palin: "Yes, I read any of the ones put in front of me. I read all of them Katie." - Jason Shellen

Why are you all so hard on her? She said she reads most, all, and any put in front of her. Oh, and a vast variety of sources. How can you argue with that?! I mean, personally, I've only read a "bunch," so she has me beat - I think. - Vince DeGeorge

I read a bunch too. Google News. Memeorandum. FriendFeed. Between the three all the world's newspapers come into my view. But at least I could tell you something about them. How can we get her to go away? Please make it stop. I really hope this helps the Republican Party purge themselves of all the Religious Right jerks who've destroyed that party in the past 20 years. - Robert Scoble

"I also read all the internets." - Chris Messina

I can't name a newspaper I read cause I don't read newspapers. I get all my news from the screen in front of me or a little bit from the TV. - Mathew Ballard

What's a newspaper? - Metta (Kamath)

I think the important thing to remember is we are not 'picking on her', we are trying to hold her to the high standard the office she is applying for demands... - John Worthington

Why does it feel like, the worse Palin appears, the more likely she's actually going to get voted into office? Oh, I remember now. That's what happened in the 2004 election. - Victor Ganata

I tell you one thing, she has really made me appreciate Hillary... - Vince DeGeorge

She should NOT have said she "reads them all". WTF kinda answer is that. I'm trying not to be on the Palin hater bandwagon, but she just won't work with me... - Rahsheen™

Wasn't it like this with Quale too? - Dave Saunders via twhirl

she reads "all of 'em. any of 'em." she's very entertaining! god bless her - Cee Bee

Alright, that's it - Palin has officially entered "un-parody-able" territory. Any joke about how uninformed she is only pales in comparison to the reality of how uninformed she is. SNL has got nothing on this Katie Couric footage. - Adam Kazwell

Gonna say it again... Principle from South Park - John Worthington

good god help us. This is it. I'm utterly disgusted at the joke that McCain and his campaign have made out of our election process and our government as a whole with this woman (sure, there are people there I'm sure who don't like her, but this nonsense was allowed to happen). - Chieze Okoye

I saw this mentioned this weekend, but I agree. It's cruel to put her in this position. She clearly isn't knowledgeable enough to answer these questions. She also clearly freezes up when challenged. They had to have some clue these were traits of her's before putting her up there. - Andrew Burd

more shit...this has got to go AWAY now dammit!! this is sooo stuoooopid! - Susan Beebe

this is a totally different stage than she's used to. they might not have known she would be like this under these conditions. <trying to give benefit of the doubt> - Jon Price

You know what I take away from this? That she reads and believes anything put in front of her. Let's hope the Taliban aren't sending her spoofed articles. *removes tongue from cheek* - Lindsey Smith

So you think she could name a newspaper and not get in trouble? Saying you read them all is a polite reply without picking favorites. - Dan Nimtz via twhirl

No, say "I'm not gonna give them free advertising", say anything that doesn't sound totally random and moronic - Rahsheen™

Just say "Time" or "People" any thing at all.... Well; any thing except what you did say. - J. Abdul-Qahhar

she gave the same exact answer W gave, except he also tossed in 'the Google'. - Faboo Mama

What's the shortest book in the world? The Sarah Palin book of Political Philosophy - Ivan Pope via twhirl

Not judging perspective, but Bush was proud not to listen to news and katrina happened under his nose. They had to basically put a You Tube style of clips in front of him so he could figure out what was happening. I am very concerned about someone who doesn't expose themselves to news that doesn't filter through their handlers. They should not be so easily controlled. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Dan: "get in trouble"??? with who? even if she said National Review Online, Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, she still would have covered her ass on the right-wing side. Hell, I'm not running for anything (yet) and read those all the time. I wouldn't even expect her to read them everyday, but at least be able to list something. - Faboo Mama

Has anyone bothered to check if she can read at all? Illiterate VP overcomes diversity..wins election and hearts of Americans. Interesting strategy. - Matt Musgrave

I just brought myself to watch this clip. My God. Seriously? Seriously? Are they for reals? Seriously? How Katie didn't just stop the strolling and say point blank "Please, just name one newspaper you read.", I'll never know. Although, the look on her face was awesome. Your face said it out loud Katie. - Yolanda

I'm sick of giving her the benefit of the doubt. She's had how long to prepare and CAN'T NAME A SINGLE NEWSPAPER IN THE US?? Any other position where she's this clearly mismatched (scratch that, unqualified) for the role, ANY OTHER POSITION, and she would have been laughed out of the room. This is completely ridiculous. - Chieze Okoye

w. Sadly Tina Fey's excellent parody is straight up. She doesn't need to presenhy wouldst a caricature, just the real thing... she get into trouble for naming a newspaper. That's ridiculou - Tim Wolters via twhirl

"all of em" she read all of them. - MG Siegler

Palin is a near Dubya-grade imbecile :( - Tim

Ok, we all agree. Not smart. Perhaps the title should be: "Sarah Palin Can't Name a Newspaper She Doesn't Read." What would your alternate video title be? - Jason Shellen

"I think the Onion has some great insight" But seriously, say WSJ, NYT, Washington Times - heck you'd even get points for USA Today. - AJ Kohn

If she says 1 particular newspaper, then people will drill down on that paper and assume that is the only place she gets her information from... and if she says 1 newspaper, the moment she has an opinion about something all media will be able to link it to one newspaper and its potential biases. She answered the question strategically here. I don't mind the answer. - Mike

She is totally in touch with the "microcosm of America" -- who actually reads newspapers or magazine anymore anyway? Reading is for lefty wimps. - Pete Delucchi

c'mon, she pretty much said she only reads what is put in front of her (at this point by Republican party handlers), which to me is actually worse than not saying "all of 'em" or "getting in trouble" for name dropping the wrong ones. basically it says she reads only what someone tells her too. I could never support someone that has this little curiosity about the world. - Jon Price

This reminds me of a sign here in Austin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/r... :) - Tim

I think a bird that makes on a newspaper could name it. - Steve Rubel

I think it's amazing that people are actually trying to explain this away. Seriously, you guys? - Chieze Okoye

Wow, people still use newspapers to keep in touch with what's going on in the world? - Michael Pick via twhirl

WOW! Did she name names after this clip? Or was this the end of the question ? - Sumit Chachra

C'mon, people, she reads all of them! Any of them! - Dror Shimshowitz

the hilarity just doesn't stop. fun fact: sarah palin got her degree in... journalism! - Leonard

Thinking that PT Barnum is wishing he could charge for the spectacle coming up on Thursday. Wow. - Casey

Ana posted a link

Somali Pirates Tell All - They’re in It for the Money - NYTimes.com

September 30 at 3:35 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Daniel Schildt, Hassan Ibraheem, John Lam and 7 other people liked this

"“We just saw a big ship,” the pirates’ spokesman, Sugule Ali, told The New York Times. “So we stopped it.” He said that so far, in the eyes of the world, the pirates had been misunderstood." - Ana via Bookmarklet

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I know this is really serious stuff, but I couldn't stop laughing out loud while reading this. - Ana

Too bad this didn't happen on Pirate Day. That would have been amazing. Someone should tell the actual pirates about that for next year. - Dana D

Was just going to share this! Loved that the pirates actually had a spokesman. The idea of this guy giving an interview to the NYT from the deck of this pirated ship surrounded by several pissed off navies is priceless. Liked too that he felt it necessary to say they eat "normal human being" food. Wished they could have just published the entire transcript of the 45 minute interview... - Nathan Young

i'd like to party with these pirates. - peter

Seems more articulate than Sarah Palin. I wonder if she eats normal human food. - Chris White

“Killing is not in our plans,” he said. “We only want money, so we can protect ourselves from hunger.” When asked why the pirates needed $20 million to protect themselves from hunger, Mr. Sugule laughed over the phone and said: “Because we have a lot of men.” - Sanjeev Singh

Seriously, this is the funniest thing I've read all day. "He said that so far, in the eyes of the world, the pirates had been misunderstood. “We don’t consider ourselves sea bandits,” he said. “We consider sea bandits those who illegally fish in our seas and dump waste in our seas and carry weapons in our seas. We are simply patrolling our seas. Think of us like a coast guard.”" - torque

Christopher Sacca posted a message on Twitter

“Was shocked by Google's closing price until I read about the irregularity. Unrelated: can someone buy me some new boxer shorts? Thanks.”

September 30 at 4:27 pm - Link

Try Tide. - peter

Ken Norton shared an item on Google Reader

61 Nobel Laureates

September 26 at 2:24 pm - Link

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Yesterday 61 Nobel Laureates released a letter endorsing Barack Obama for President - Ken Norton

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is there a winners@nobel.org alias where they talk about who to endorse? - peter

@peter they mostly just kick it on livejournal, i heard. - Christopher Sacca

Yeah, but 85 Ig Nobel laureates endorsed McCain! - Jim Norris

In this anti-intellectual time in American history, isn't getting the endorsement of 61 Nobel laureates pretty much the death knell? - Jeff Eddings

Christopher Sacca posted a message on Twitter

“Where is the easiest place to host a static branding page using my own domain? (A single page with a logo and contact info. That's it.) Thx!”

September 25 at 11:44 am - Link

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sites.google.com - peter

peter shared an item on Google Reader

Michael Moore’s Slacker Uprising Now Available

September 23 at 12:10 pm - Link

Richard Chen liked this

iTunes download just became available. 1.04GB - Richard Chen

movie sucks imho - peter

Gah. Might save it for later then. - Richard Chen

Christopher Sacca posted a link

The Renewed Mind Is the Key

September 21 at 11:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Keith Pelczarski, Derek, sirish and 2 other people liked this

(via @crystale) I really cannot describe how simultaneously hilarious and disturbing this stage performance is. If you only click on one thing today, make it this. - Christopher Sacca via Bookmarklet

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Oh wow. - Bret Taylor

It's going to be a sweet, sweet, day when Pat Robertson unleashes his Crumpin' Disciple Brigade. - Chester

It was the body popping which did it for me!. FTW - Jason Brooks

BTW Bret while your here please can have a look at my Sonica music room missing some pages, since all this new Beta biz, Sorry Chris for phonejacking your post..Cheers. - Jason Brooks

This should be The New Rickroll. - abacab

+1 @abacab - Christopher Sacca

i'm somewhat speechless after watching. sadly now i cant get that f***ing song out of my head. shit - they got me. - peter

Wow, I don't really have word to describe my reaction. - Clare Dibble

"He gives us the power to conquer and win." Who or what exactly are we fighting? This weekend we went to a parade in Indiana, and there was a baptist church float singing "there's power in the blood of the lord". Sounds kind of cannibalistic if you ask me. Then again, during his time, Bach was writing innovative music for the church. It really hasn't changed. Church is part entertainment. - Robert Felty

OMG, that was awesome. I love the part where the guy breaks it down. Pop-n-lock buddy. - Derek

Speechless - JonathanJoseph

Uh, No Way, International.... - Keith Pelczarski

Protestants.... - Jonathan Keller

MG Siegler posted a message on Twitter

“the new microsoft ad is at least 10,000 times better than the seinfeld/gates ones.”

September 18 at 7:43 pm - Link

Jason Kaneshiro, Mo "Killer Bee" Kargas, Michael J. Cohen (mjc) and 2 other people liked this

link? - Anthony Farrior

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Really deflates Apple's ability to use their ads. - Mark Trapp

No, I don't think so.. the Apple ads are funny - Jason Carreira

http://is.gd/2PiY.... I have to say I like the seinfeld/gates ads better - Trevor

It's boring, the Apple ads are funny. I kinda liked the second Seinfeld one. - Steve Isaacs

Microsoft's chalk ads were a lot better. These are kind of pointless. At least the Apple ads can be funny. - Chris White

i feel like everyone who is a PC in those ads should really be a Mac - peter

Paul Buchheit posted a message

“What does this red icon mean?”

September 18 at 10:56 am - via mail2ff - Link

Dobromir Hadzhiev, J·Phil·Glockner, Eric @ CS Techcast and 4 other people liked this

check engine light? - Alan Le

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It just appeared yesterday and I have no idea what it means. (I'm referring to the red circle thing right below the tachometer btw) - Paul Buchheit

Looks like a camera, did it only come on when you were taking the picture? - Casey Muller

Looks like brakes. - Gabe

what kind of car is it? - Tsega Dinka

Check the headlights and brake lights - Will Dearman

It means that your 100,000 mile rollover is coming up soon. Par-tay! - Glen Campbell

97 bmw 328i - Paul Buchheit

That light means your brake pads have worn to the point that the sensor was tripped. - peter

you got to change your brake pads - dario

So I need new brakes? - Paul Buchheit

brake pads, yes - peter

@Glen lol - anna

Don't cars have owner manuals? - Brian Sullivan

computer sensor ... most newer cars are loaded with sensors - johnpiercy

It's the "startup succeeding" light, congrats :) - Chris Lamprecht

PC Load Letter - Jim Norris

The strange thing is that the car has a digital display that tells me when it's low on wiper fluid, etc but for brakes it gives me this cryptic icon. This car's interface reminds me of Linux a lot. It also has two completely separate temperature control systems (one goes red to blue, the other makes you enter an exact temperature with an arrow). - Paul Buchheit

off topic, maybe you should implement that red light icon when you get an incoming message on your FriendFeed acct. :) - imabonehead

what is a better icon for "brake pads worn, get them replaced?" perhaps the icon in your car is in German. - peter

Coffee is done? - Brian Norwood

PlatyPirate Bri++ - Rahsheen™

Looks like it has something to do with the LHC being online. That's probably why it hasn't been on until just now. :) @Paul - Break pads. Get them replaced pronto. If you burn through the pads the damage will be very expensive. - torque

Yep, looks like brake pad light. Buy yourself an engine fault code reader (about $140). Good investment, pays for itself very quickly. If you change your own oil, like myself, you can reset lights as well. Search bavauto.com - JC Rifleshot

Paul, it's break pad warning for sure. Check here for other signs and their definitions: http://www.bmwe36blog.com/2008... BTW, if the light stays on, it's recommended you get it taken care of ASAP. - Tsega Dinka

It means the Large Hadron Collider didn't kill the universe. - Shey

Yarr shey wins thread. yes it's the brake light - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

This reminds me of something rather annoying and bordering fraud. Certain "brake" companies offer free brake checks. Did you know that everytime they check the brakes they have to grind down your brake pads in order to put everything back together? I once ran into the situation where the brake pads started out fine, but would have become too thin in the process of putting the brakes back together. I was forced to pay on the spot (since they wouldn't have put the brakes back together for fear of liability). - torque

the rear breaker ... ;-) - manfrys

torque, I think it's the desire to get get your money that drives them more than the fear of liability. Holding your car hostage is a good way to get your money. Try calling the police next time. - Paul Buchheit

Hehe - well, technically I could have had the car towed back home. In any case, be wary if you are offered free brake checks. - torque

it means: time to change your break pads - Phil "Barack" Smirnov

it means: you're lucky this unuseful red light still works after 99.000 miles! - lbonesini

@peter It doesn't have to be an icon. Mine just squeal when they're about to go out. ;) - Manas Tungare

it means your odds calculator is broken... you're car can no longer tell you your odds of surviving through a desert while driving at 300 miles per hour. - Dave Dash

bob posted a link

Fed to give AIG $85 billion loan and take 80% stake - International Herald Tribune

September 16 at 5:48 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"In an extraordinary turn, the Federal Reserve agreed Tuesday night to take a nearly 80 percent stake in the troubled giant insurance company, the American International Group, in exchange for an $85 billion loan." - bob via Bookmarklet

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How many billions (trillions?) in liabilities did we just assume? - Paul Buchheit

Paul - We didn't assume anything. The Fed is a private company. If the Treasury took them over then it would be your tax dollars on the line. - Andrew Burd

Andrew, I have to worry about my non-tax dollars as well. How will the Fed cover these liabilities? - Paul Buchheit

Actually the Fed may make money on the deal. - Peter Simard

What? Seriously? This has to be unprecedented. - Alex Power

Paul - The Fed funds itself through interest on the loans it provides plus the operations from its subsidiary banks. And they have a LOT of money. They just got a lot of collateral to loan out a huge amount of money and they should profit on the deal. It's actually cool. - Andrew Burd

what interest rate does the fed charge? oh sweet for them - they set the rates! - peter

I'll have to think about it, but in general I'm suspicious of any "free lunch". If they're effectively just pumping a lot more money into the system, then that will reduce the value of the existing money. - Paul Buchheit

Paul - It's a loan so there is a beginning and an end. The money supply isn't affect. BUT it isn't a free lunch. There's the moral hazard of companies believing they can get so big the Fed won't let them fail. Plus if enough of these happen and the collateral goes bad, we end up in a situation like we had in the 1800s with unregulated currencies, Which sucked. - Andrew Burd

But... I spoke too soon on this. The updated articles I'm reading says that the Fed loaned out the Treasury's money. Now I have to imagine that the Fed put a guarantee on that money, but we'll see how it's structured tomorrow. - Andrew Burd

"The swaps are not securities and are not regulated by the SEC And while they perform the same function as an insurance policy they are not insurance in the conventional sense, so insurance regulators do not monitor them either." What could go wrong? - Jim Norris

hunter walk posted a link

"in what respect Charlie?" -- OMG, save us, please save us.

September 12 at 12:57 pm - Link

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pls american voters - don't mistake bluster and false conviction for actually having a grasp or perspective on policy - hunter walk

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Here's my point from another note: You'd think if she's coming in to change the way things have been run in the past eight years that she'd actually KNOW the way things have been run in the past eight years. - Jeff Eddings

The people who "know" the way things are being run, are the one's doing it, and not likely to change. - Victor Ryden

no hire. - peter

I am now dumber for having watched this. - Christian

the crazy thing about it for me was the blank look in her face that she tried to cover. Charlie Gibson was trying to contain his suprise too. - Chad via twhirl

Sarah Palin vs. Miss South Carolina - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - hunter walk

James Fallows has a particularly thoughtful piece on why her response -- and its shoddiness -- is significant: http://jamesfallows.theatlanti... - Chester

Thanks, Chester - nice piece. - Dror Shimshowitz

A huge portion of American voters may be aware that Sarah Palin is ignorant of foreign policy or a host of issues, but they could care less because the presidential election is a popularity contest. In fact, many people would probably vote for Miss South Carolina if she were running for an office. - Daisy

The James Fallows piece frames this well. Thanks, Chester. - Chris Pounds

Christopher Sacca posted a message on Twitter

“Anyone have experience hosting a site on the .vc TLD? Have you noticed latency or stability issues?”

September 11 at 8:28 am - Link

really? no one has any feedback on .vc reliability? I am a bit worried about hosting my site there. Guessing DNS might be sketch. - Christopher Sacca

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imho using a .vc tld makes your site seem sketchy. www.site.vc just isn't something you encounter a lot. i would choose a worse .com domain name over a better .vc domain name. - peter

@peter What if you were a VC? Still sketchy? - Christopher Sacca

Assuming your audience is entrepreneurs, I think they can handle any TLD. It certainly wouldn't bother me. - Bret Taylor

you should check with Fred Wilson of avc.com fame - he hosts his tumblr blog @ fredwilson.vc - Atul Arora

i would still go for a .com name as your primary domain name. even if you are a vc. .com is more credible and less weird imho. - peter

hunter walk posted a message on Twitter

“Matt Damon's outspoken Palin outrage only increased my dreamy man-crush for him”

September 11 at 9:12 am - Link

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tmi - peter

yessir - anna

wishes Twitter had a "me too" button - Jeff Eddings

peter posted a message

“public message to hilary - will you please start kicking some Palin ass?”

September 9 at 2:19 pm - Link

I don't think her purpose is to draw Hillary voters so much as it is to draw the "sick of the godless liberal elitists spitting on us as they flow overhead in their private jets" voters. - Paul Buchheit

i just want someone who can get press (like Hilary can) to start revealing the facts about Sarah. And I think whoever goes after Palin needs to be a woman.... - peter

I think it's Biden's job to be the snarling attack dog. And he's doing it pretty well from what I've seen. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

peter posted a message

“is funnest a word?”

September 9 at 2:12 pm - Link

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It should be. - Bret Taylor

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Yes...it's more fun than funner which is more fun than merely fun. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

Not quite a proper word, but some dictionaries list it, since it's used sometimes. - Tanath

if it wasn't before, it is now. - ::Kristen::

apple said that the new ipod touch is the funnest ipod. sounded awkward. - peter

Spellchecker in EN-GB, flags up "funnest". In EN-US, it doesn't flag it. So, it's a real word in America, but not in England. Probably - Slippy Lane

Apple thinks so. - Rob Schonberger

Apple thinks different. - Chris White

LOL @Chris - Shannon Jiménez

Richard Chen posted a link

1958 Ferrari 250 PF Recovered In Connecticut 15 Years After Theft In Spain

September 5 at 1:52 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

just one day i'd like to walk into a barn and find a car like this...and buy it for you know...$500. - peter

The car's ownership history here. It appears "found" might be a bit generous: http://www.sportscarmarket.com... - Richard Chen

Legal analysis: http://www.sportscarmarket.com... - Richard Chen

stolen? found? what's the difference when it comes to a car like this. - peter

Jeff Bonforte posted a message on Twitter

“Yesterday I posted 20 books to Amazon to sell. I have sold 10 so far. They are selling about 1 per hour. Amazing. Demonstrates their volume.”

September 8 at 10:00 am - Link

Particularly if you price them aggressively. They will all go within a few days. - Christopher Sacca

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pain in the butt to box and ship them, though - peter

How much does it cost to ship a book? Did you do text books? Grad School College Textbook $50-$70, let's say and what are your price ranges? - Diana Ying Liu

I always price at the lowest price (per @Sacca)...need to move inventory! Shipping is a pain, as @peter points out. Bought a lot of supplies and I work 1 block from US Post Office, which helps. I don't do text books. Shipping is generally a couple bucks if you go "Media Rate", which is dog slow. - Jeff Bonforte

Thanks, I'll just have to get the gumption to go into our storage unit and bring all the books into the house. Maybe if I pile them in my office it will force me to sell. O by the way I've heard about your Zoe misadventures via @bkobash. I feel for you. In working @ home I have a lot of ick between our Shih-Tzu Maltese and Kitty. Ella and Kitty like to throw up things on a fairly regular basis. Perhaps I'll have BK bring Ella into work so Zoe has a playmate and everyone can relive the scene from Stand By Me w the puppies leading the show. - Diana Ying Liu

That's why I think micro vertical retailers would do well to cross promote their own stuff this way: http://plumURL.com/mwb - Dave C

darren posted a message

“Why do people keep talking about how hot Sarah Palin is? Am I missing something?”

September 8 at 5:37 am - Link

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It's relative to Cheney. - Paul Buchheit

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+1 Paul - Roberto "Maverick" Bonini

Could it possibly be that different people have different tastes? - Akiva Moskovitz

I think she's a babe myself - john conroy

Age, Cheney, McCain, Hillary, nuff said - CyberCoder

No, it couldn't. - Jordan Hofker

in contrast with the others, we usually see in politics... - Pokai

Yes - Peter Simard

I find her voice a total turn-off though. Very squeaky. - Robert Felty

Alaska hot. - peter

It's the Secretly Sexy Teacher/Librarian meme. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... But don't ask me to explain it. I have an insufficient number of Y chromosomes. - Heidi Moon

I think she is very beautiful... not that this should matter. - Rob Reed

Yeah, I don't get it either... she reminds me of Peggy Hill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...) more than anyone else. She's easier on the eyes than the crusty old guys we usually see, but that doesn't make her hot. - Keith Pelczarski

Yeah, it's gotta just be a comparative thing. I understand the sexy librarian meme, but ... well, why don't we ask her town's library what they think about her. =P - darren

Hot for a pit bull? - Jim Norris

wow... there are some seriously tough critics on friendfeed... or, maybe im more attracted to milfs now that im a graying dad? - Rob Reed

David Hornik posted a message on Twitter

“I am seriously going to lose my mind if I hear another pundit use the phrase "compelling personal story."”

September 2 at 9:36 pm - Link

"one heartbeat away from the presidency" - hunter walk

Wow. Just listening to Larry King Live thinking the same thing. - JonathanJoseph

she has executive experience - peter

hunter walk posted a link

McCain taps Alaska Gov. Palin as vice president pick - CNN.com

August 29 at 11:21 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Vote McCain/Tina Fey in 08 - hunter walk via Bookmarklet

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ha! Fey just hit the SNL character lottery didn't she?! - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

hahaha ++hunter and Marco - Anna Haro

Tempted to trim the headline to 'McCain taps Alaska Gov. Palin' - Kevin Fox

He would have been better off picking Michael Palin - Peter "that one" Ghosh

@marco - SNL kicks off this season on 9/13 with Michael Phelps and Lil Wayne. Even odds says Tina Fey as Palin gives ways to a surprise Palin walk-on herself. - hunter walk

@Kevin nice one! - Peter "that one" Ghosh

Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. - peter