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Evangeline posted a message

“Number one thing keeping me from getting a Mac: the cult of Mac. There's no such thing as a perfect computer, and you'll never convince me that Macs are 100% trouble-free. I'm well aware that Windows sucks--but I don't know what Mac's issues are because everyone I know pretends there are no issues.”

Thursday at 11:40 am - Link

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*Sticks big +1 Sticker* - Yuvi

I agree. I'm interested in getting a Mac, but I don't want to drink the Kool-Aid just yet. - James Ferguson

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I have to admit, Macs intrigue me, and I'd love to move away from Windows. But I like to know what to expect from a product--and not just the plus-sides. - Evangeline

My next laptop is only going to be a MacBook Pro because of VMWare Fusion. That's the ONLY reason. - Akiva Moskovitz

You can always try one out at an Apple Store. I usually have to muscle a display model away from some kid who decided to come out to the mall and talk on AIM on a friggin' computer. - James Ferguson

I have /got/ to find an Apple store. I've only had a few chances to play around with one, and it takes me so long to get used to the basics that I never really get to put it through its paces. I hear they're great for musicians who like to mix their own songs, so I eventually want one for my husband. He's not very techy, so I don't want to get one and find out it's beyond both of us! - Evangeline

Best Buy around here also has an Apple area. Or is it Circuit City? I don't know, one of 'em sells mac now and you can try one out. But 15 minutes in a store isn't equal to a month of real use. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

all summer, i watched my 'friends' on social media sites tell me i'm an idiot for using a pc and that macs were thisclose to heaven. and yet all summer long, i've heard 'oh shit, my mbp is on fire again.', 'oh crap, i just lost all my contacts on my iphone.' and/or 'oh, this is the 5th time 3 weeks i have to go to the genius bar', etc...yet when i have a problem with my pc laptop the answer is 'get a mac'. okay. - faboo mama

Can I super-like this? I've already done so in my mind. - Haggis (Sean)

agreed - Stefan Hayden

Evangeline-- thank you! I agree with you 100%. Nothing wrong with Macs, but there are reasons I don;t use them-- the cult is one, price is another. Also, losing my ability to tease my macolyte friends is a 3rd. Oh, and the unbearable arrogance of the iPod/itunes closed system. - Doug Haslam via twhirl

@Akiva - Bootcamp works fine. :) - Lindsay Donaghe

What's wrong with having a rabid, helpful, and enthusiastic support base of peers? And all the mac fans I know admit to knowing MANY flaws about Apple and its products, but extoll the virtues of the advantages. It's not that we don't think there are problems. It's just that Windows has 1000x more problems than Mac OS. - Glenn Batuyong

I'd love to say you are right but...you aren't. There are die hard fans who see everything through rose colored glasses but with increased mac share those numbers are a smaller percentage of the users. I love my mac and have had no issues outside of the occasional issue using certain services due to lack of mac compatibility. Now my bf has had some hardware issues. He had a usb connector go out on him and his mic on his laptop but other than that we have both been very please. Every computer has issues but I have to say when I walk up to my mac to do something I'm not filled with the dread I use to feel when I sat down at my pc waiting for something to go wrong. - aka Taylor via Alert Thingy

i used to feel the same way until i got fed up with reinstalling windows for the 50th time, now it's just noise. - adolfo foronda

Macs 100% trouble free? HA! Any Mac user that tries to feed you that needs to be smacked around. I am a Mac user and I will be happy to tell you they are not trouble free. (and I am really sick fo the cult of Mac myself) The newest OS release had horrible install problems that had me learn how to do command line things. If you dig around you will find people talking about the flaws. - Aden

one of the big things with macs i've found is you never go first generation unless you want to deal with problems. It is why I passed on Leopard for awhile. - aka Taylor via Alert Thingy

Evangeline. First, there's going to be a bit of a learning curve. Mac OS is easy to use, but some things are quite different from windows. Second as with any mass produced item, they spot check quality. You might get a bum one off the line. 3rd, there may be a specific piece of software you use not available for the platform. For example, the new Google Chrome browser is not yet on the Mac. 4th, you will pay more. A good deal more unless you get a mini. - Brian Norwood

For me it is not as much the cult -- that is something that surprises me but I can live with that -- but the price and the relative lack of customization. I want my computer my way. And I want options to do that. In cost that makes sense. - Vinay | विनय

Bought first Mac in 2004. It's been a very reliable machine overall and am happy with it, but it's not the second coming or anything. You don't have to drink the Kool-Aid or join some club, but do expect to pay more than you do in the Windows or Linux world. - TDavid

Who are these people that constantly have problem swith windows and re-install "50 times" and are always having crashes? I haven't had a blue screen or similar system crash in YEARS. My laptop and desktop both run well without issues except they are showing their age a bit but that's normal for anything really. Seriously, I've never understood teh "ohhh PCs are just always trouble all the time!" meme. - Jason B.

@aka Taylor Very true, I learned that the hard way with iTunes. - Evangeline

@Jason I switched during XP when SP2 was out because of the constant and neverending virus issues I was having. Not to mention the constant driver issues that seemed to pop up. I had the hardest time gettting ANY peripheral to work with my PC. I hated printing because it was ALWAYS a gamble as to wether it would work or not. The one thing I've really come to believe with my mac is 9/10 it will just work. Its cliche but so far for the last several years it has been true. - aka Taylor via Alert Thingy

now i haven't alwasy been happy with my Applecare...but that isn't any different then the experience I had with Dell and Gateway CS. At least for the time being when I call Applecare I still get someone who speaks English well enough for me to understand. - aka Taylor via Alert Thingy

Lindsay, I'm not a huge fan of dual-booting. If I can run Adium and PC apps at the same time on the same desktop, I'll be happy. - Akiva Moskovitz

Just like with any belief system, you take what you need and you leave the rest. I use macs, won't spend my own money on a windows computer, but I don't consider myself a cultist. I just know what works best for me. - Cecily Walker

I think you need to stop worrying about the stereotypical Mac fans and jump into the real world where most of us live. Honestly, there are zealots in everything, but most Mac users I know hate those types. - Vincent Ferrari

I work with macs, but haven't bought one for home yet...but when you run a mac side-by-side with a Windows PC, you realize the value...(Let me just say that if I'm going to spend a thousand bucks on a new laptop...it'll be a Mac...) I used to think Mac people were elitists until I actually used one in a working environment for a length of time...once I did, I was converted... - Sean McGee

@Vincent If this isn't the real world, does this mean you're all a figment of my imagination? Because if so, there should be a lot more baked goods in this imaginary world of mine. - Evangeline

sean, you brought up an another issue $$$. you can get a very good and fast pc notebook for under $1K. i understand that because of the price, macs are a status symbol for many, but i just want to get my work done and play my video games. i would rather spend my cash on my games rather than on the machine that can only run a portion of my games. - faboo mama

@faboo mama I consider myself a casual user--I just use my computer for the internet and writing in OpenOffice. It's hard for me to justify spending over $1000 for casual use. - Evangeline

The price is my big block. I'd like to get one and call it Sheppard, and then call my PC McKay. - Nine - Like the number

They'll never do this, but if Apple decided to license Mac OSX for use on every x86 hardware out there, Microsoft will be soundly defeated - Sean McGee

Drink the Kool-aid Eva. I just said your name like wall-e if you couldn't tell. PS I dont know if your a dude or a dudette sorry your stuck with Eva either way. - Geoff Schultz

One of the reasons that Mac OS is so stable is that it doesn't support every x86 box out there. It is tuned to Apple hardware. Gaming is the biggest minus. It's not that Macs can't run games, there are lots of games only writen for PC. At one point the Mac with Bootcamp was the highest rated for Vista, most likely because Apple had all the drivers bundled with Bootcamp - Robert Hafer

Amen, and +1. I've looked at macs several times, and then I stop and say "do I want to be one of THOSE people?" of course, I own the domain os-agnostic.com,. so that should give a hint as to my stance. :) I'll stick to Linux for now... besides, I can't afford a mac. - Karin Dalziel

@Karin My dream is to one day figure out Linux. I want to be a Linux evangelist so badly. - Evangeline

Evangeline: It took a good amount of time. I started with Linux on a spare computer about 2.5 years ago and then moved it over to my main work computer. Now I use linux as my main computer and as a fileserver for all the other computers in the house. You could try Ubuntu out w/ Wubi as a baby step: http://wubi-installer.org/ - Karin Dalziel

I do still use Windows, though- Netflix on demand, abc.com watch now shows, there's lots of things that, unfortunately, require Windows. :( (oh, and photoshop. Though I am getting better w/ GIMP) - Karin Dalziel

for me, mac > windows. especially with parallels. but linux is the secret lover i visit on occasion. thinking about going all ubuntu for my next laptop. - tiffany

I moved over just about a year ago (to a low-end MacBook). You are right, it's not perfect, nor is it 100% trouble-free. I still don't own any other Apple products (including an iPod). All that said, this is the best laptop I've owned, and has fundamentally increased my productivity, despite having to learn the OS. I'm a former die-hard Windows guy, and doubt I'll be going back anytime soon... - Jeremy Toeman

There totally are issues, as with any machine, but the "cult of mac" is a natural occurrence when you feel a kinship and symbiotic relationship with a device as opposed to an acrimonious one. There is a reason Mac users are so fervent; Apple makes (generally) a fantastic product. I've been a mac user, then defected and became a windows user/mac hater, then came back. I love Mac and am much happier with it. Hating Mac users is for me, silly. If Windows made a great product, the roles would be reversed. - Steve Isaacs

I really want to move to Ubuntu on laptops, but power management continues to be a huge issue. For instance, my little Sony Vaio TX gets about 33% more battery life on Windows than Ubuntu. I know I can tweak the power settings, but have not had time. :( If there were a good Ubuntu laptop that was actually optimized (that it, they didn't just throw the OS on there with no tweaks) I'd love to buy it. - Karin Dalziel

Steve- I in no way hate Mac users. I used to be a "go mac!" person. What I dislike, like Evangeline, is people who act like you'll have no problems ever if you move to mac. Or that everyone can afford a mac. :P - Karin Dalziel

I never had a Mac, but I have like 10 WinTel boxes in my house. I love my new Mac, in fact I'm using it right now. I have to say the experience is good, I have not had any issues. - Chris Clark

Evangeline, the reason you don't hear about Mac issues that often is because there isn't a lot of them. For example, OSX has never crashed for me that I can recall, and no viruses. Issues: like a PC, new stuff has hardware demands. Firefox occasionally plays up due to plugins...but that's not just a Mac. WMV files can be a pain at times. - Duncan Riley

Shawn Collins commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Sarah Palin Speech at the Republican National Convention

Thursday at 9:56 am - Link

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"So many smart, stinging lines in there. It was funny on the Fox News coverage - they had to prompt Howard Wolfson to criticize the speech, because he was lavishing praise on it. I find it unusual that a lot of coverage points out that a speechwriter wrote it for her. I don't recall ever hearing that clarification for Obama." - Shawn Collins

Leah posted a message on Twitter

“@adelemcalear just two months. Nov 4 is election day. (Also exhausted by politics)”

Thursday at 10:47 am - Link

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Phil Crissman posted a message on Twitter

“I'm going through a phase where I think The Who are possibly the greatest rock band of all time. It's a good phase.”

Thursday at 8:39 am - Link

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There are definitely worse phases you could go through. I think back to my Kriss Kross phase and try to forget it. They will however make you Jump...Jump. - James Ferguson

Kriss Kross ain't a phase, it's a way of LIFE. - Akiva Moskovitz

I think my wife likes this phase better than my recent Black Sabbath and John Zorn phases. :) - Phil Crissman

I managed to avoid ever going through a Kriss Kross phase. I was too old, thankfully. - Phil Crissman

Phil Crissman posted an entry on philcrissman.com

Kool Aid, Confirmation Bias, and the problem with Democracy

Wednesday at 9:14 pm - Link

Ontario Emperor liked this

Very true! My only other observation is that a candidate, in addition to winning the undecideds, has to motivate his/her own followers to actually go to the polls and vote. In the US, this is a big challenge, so you recruit a Palin or Quayle or Ferraro to rally the true believers. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

I agree. I think I referred to that also, but it might not have been as clear. That's why I don't write about politics any more, it just depresses me. :) - Phil Crissman

Bwana McCall shared an item on Google Reader

Firefox counters Google's browser speed test

Wednesday at 8:16 am - Link

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I told ya, Mozilla already is on top of this and so is Apple. Competition is good, ya? - Bwana McCall

ah I wondered if TraceMonkey might have pushed the Chrome release a little bit, could be - David Knight

Lindsey Smith posted a link

Color + Design Blog / 50 Colorful Wallpapers: Full Spectrum Love by COLOURlovers

Wednesday at 8:16 am - via Mento - Link

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Some fantastic wallpapers here . . . must see them all - Lindsey Smith via Mento

Another awesome wallpaper site to bookmark at work. Thanks! <3 - Aden

Nice stuff although some of those have resolutions fit for 13" CRT monitors... - Mirko

I know. I found a great argyle wall once but they took down the high res one >.< - Lindsey Smith

+1 Mirko. My res is 1920x1200 - Shey

Great wallpapers. - Svartling

Emma posted a link

Movie-makers name their classic films of the past 75 years

Wednesday at 8:06 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Film makers and celebrities voted overwhelmingly for the classics when asked to pick a film to share with future generations, in a damning indictment of contemporary cinema. Of the 75 people polled by the British Film Institute (BFI), only nine chose movies from the past 20 years. - Emma via Bookmarklet

Kind Hearts and Coronets IS totally flawless. The Third Man is the most overrated classic. If you really want modern classics Amelie and Miyazaki's last two masterpieces. - Toby Graham

"The Oscar-winning producer Lord Puttnam, chose one of his own films, Local Hero (1983)" *coughdoughbagmovecough* sidenote: I loved Empire of the Sun - Michael W. May

I liked the 60s list best - RAPatton

Toby, agreed. Kind Hearts and Coronets is indeed fantastic. - Patricia Hanrahan

Any Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness is fantastic. Amazing actor! - Emma

Russellreno posted a link

Six Degrees of Separation Is Now Three

Wednesday at 8:21 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"According to the study, the average person is now connected by just three degrees within a shared “interest” or social group instead of six. In fact, it found that people are usually a part of three main networks: family, friendship, and work." - Russellreno via Bookmarklet

Last night at the Atlanta Photographers Guild, we decided that in Atlanta there are only 3 degrees of separation. This morning I find this link. - Russellreno

Mike Fruchter posted a message

“Has Chrome become available for download yet?”

Tuesday at 6:26 am - Link

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not yet - nouhad

I bet it will take a while - João Almeida via twhirl

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Want an invite ? .... (Just kidding !!) - Charlie Anzman

a guy on my Twitter seems to be using it... - Rebkin

It's at http://gears.google.com/chrome... - but word is it won't work until nearer 11am PDT. - David Petherick via twhirl

what time they releasing it? - Barak B

Still waiting. Glad I didn't stay up for it. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

I was up until 5:30 AM..but not because of that. I checked though... (c: - Rebkin

No browser for you! You come back: one year! - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 Akiva! - Anthony K Valley

@Akiva you're the «browser nazi» LOL - Rebkin

lol Akiva, awesome - Zee at WeDoCreative

I think we all hear it same day when it's released. - Daniel Schildt

When it does come out, I'm sure I'll see hundreds of posts on Friendfeed about it. - Morton Fox

How about now? - John Cooper

Should be released at 11am PDT. Google is holding a press conference at the same time: http://theosmblog.com/2008/09/... - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Thanks Jason. - Mike Fruchter

Google Chrome Announcement is now live - Mike Fruchter

Watch it here- http://google.client.sharehold... - Mike Fruchter

Chrome has an incognito mode. Very interesting... - Mike Fruchter

Download link let's me hit the button, but nothing happens. :( - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Jason, the live conference is still going on. As soon as its over the downloads will work - Mike Fruchter

Yep, the download is here - http://www.google.com/chrome - Andy Davies

Posting from chrome! - Richard Bradshaw

Looks like it's working for some. Pirillo is installing it now. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Download here ----> http://dl.google.com/update2/i... - Mike Fruchter

I have it running now. - Jordan Hofker

testing a few minutes ago - Ryo

me too - Rebkin

working download link: http://www.google.com/chrome - Jason Shultz via twhirl

James Ferguson posted a message on Twitter

“Last night I had a dream that I went to a complicated movie theater owned by Ben Stiller who was in crutches.”

Tuesday at 6:18 am - Link

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I dreamed of battlestar galactica, klingons and monkeys http://friendfeed.com/e/ea3075... - RAPatton

Ok. You win. - James Ferguson

There is no win, we both had odd dreams. I had a lack of sleep head ache, but I tried to write down as much as I could last night. - RAPatton

l0ckergn0me published a photo on Flickr

Google's Hardest Smack Across Microsoft's Face - EVER

Monday at 3:54 pm - Link

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Phil Crissman commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Some Ruby & Rails Tricks at philcrissman.com

August 28 at 5:46 am - Link

"It looks like you're correct about named_scope, my mistake. It turns out the Rails project I am working on has the 'has_finder" gem installed in /vendor, and I mistakenly thought that what I was doing was already part of Rails. I'll have to correct the post, thanks!" - Phil Crissman

Aaron posted a message on Twitter

“wish I could change the 'Photos' link in the menu at the top of gmail to point to Flickr then all of the options would be useful”

August 26 at 1:04 pm - Link

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Tad - just Tad posted a message

“Who wants to go to TadDex? I've lined up experts on bacon, mangoes, living in scorching deserts, wife-annoying, dorkery and general nerditude.”

August 23 at 6:40 pm - Link

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You forgot Legos! - imabonehead

Ok, ok - LEGOs and catering by Mona! - Tad - just Tad

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in ! - Mattb4rd

Will sushi and ramen be served? :P - imabonehead

I'm there. I'll bring my dice. - Derrick Burns

Oh hell yeah. And sake bombers for all! Plenty of veggies for the non-omnivorous too. - Tad - just Tad

Send me an application. - Russellreno

Will the mangoes be wrapped in bacon? If so I am in - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

There'll be a mango/bacon/sushi/ramen buffet. All you can eat. And yeah, lots of gaming tables. - Tad - just Tad

Sorry, I'm already committed to hosting MiniCon. But...will there be swag? - MiniMage

Yes please! - Abby Martin

...and karoake of 80's music too? - imabonehead

Karaoke of 80's and 90's music after a 3 drink minimum. - Tad - just Tad

I need someone to design a mascot... - Tad - just Tad

If your in Arizona, I'll be there! - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Yeah, we're in AZ. :) I think TadDex would have to be in the spring... - Tad - just Tad

If its free, count me in! - Mona N. via fftogo

I wonder how many participants I could fix in Casa del Donaghe? Maybe 8 or 9. :D - Tad - just Tad

If Tad gonna give a drunken aikido demo, I'm in! - imabonehead

I'm there! - Andrew Trinh

sounds like fun times! - (jeff)isageek

Actually we'll have 30 minutes of Lindsay mercilessly beating me up with Aikido. That ALONE would be worth the price of admission! - Tad - just Tad

Lindsay says we'll have a field trip to Cracker Barrel. - Tad - just Tad

I'll bring the turkey bacon! (Because I suspect that no one will want it but me.) - Evangeline

you mean FriendDex - fotographic

TadDex == FriendDex except hosted by Tad. - Tad - just Tad

count me in Tad .. - fotographic

i want to join in, but i don't drink alcohol. may i fulfil my three drink minimum with chocolate milk? - idnan

You cover expenses. I'll do Keynote - Charlie Anzman

Are you guys trying to piggy back on NomDex? Take a look: http://friendfeed.com/e/fc31ff... - Adam Helweh

We need a mailing list and a website so we can keep this convoy moving. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Did I hear sushi? I'm in. - Ayşe E.

Tad's doin' Bacon. I'm there. - Charlie Anzman

I'm in. But no Mac worshiping allowed. - Josh Haley

How about just gnereal digital worship? - Tad - just Tad

Tad would you like to merge TadDex with NomDex? We have a site and Twitter account already. - Adam Helweh

Call it Bacon-con, and I'm there:-) - Duncan Riley

Bacon- Con LOL I just freaked out the dogs laughing at this one... - Earl E Morningwood

Mike Fruchter posted a link

Very Long-Term Backup

August 21 at 12:40 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Long story short, it took eight years. Last night at a ceremony at the Long Now museum in Fort Mason, one of five prototype disks Rosetta disk was presented to the Oliver Wilke Foundation, a Frankfurt-based linguistic center, who help support the project. The disk is 3 inches in diameter, and mounted beneath a glass hemisphere. One side of the disk contains a graphic teaser. The design shows headlines in the eight major languages of the world today spiraling inward in ever-decreasing size till it becomes so small you have trouble reading it, yet the text goes on getting smaller. The sentences announce: “Languages of the World: This is an archive of over 1,500 human languages assembled in the year 02008 C.E. Magnify 1,000 times to find over 13,000 pages of language documentation.”" - Mike Fruchter via Bookmarklet

Wow - that's cool. - Tad - just Tad

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this beats my pencil of the month posting by a mile! - Cee Bee

"The Rosetta disk is not digital. The pages are analog "human-readable" scans of scripts, text, and diagrams. Among the 13,500 scanned pages are 1,500 different language versions of Genesis 1-3, a universal list of the words common for each language, pronunciation guides and so on." - Mike Fruchter

That is very cool! - AJ Batac

i want one! - Susan Beebe

Sweet and looks cool and shiny - major bonus for raccoon like aliens. - AJ Kohn

Phil Crissman commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Flex and Rails

August 21 at 9:16 am - Link

":sigh: It's true. I've been busy (but then again, everyone's busy). Some ideas for new posts are percolating. Or perhaps they are steeping. Or fermenting. At any rate... yeah. I'm still here. I keep meaning to write something, but I keep having other things intrude in the priority list. I will return! I haven't wanted to write one of those "gee I haven't written in awhile" posts, so I've been waiting until I actually have something to write...." - Phil Crissman

Phil Crissman commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Displaying a Gmail ATOM Feed In Google Reader

August 7 at 6:15 am - Link

"If you mean a downloadable file, you'd have to look up the PHP docs on file IO, I don't think it should be too hard. If you just need a feed, you don't need to do anything different; say the above file was your-url.com/bacn.php, you would just use that address, and an atom feed should be returned. Even better might be SimplePie (http://simplepie.org/), which was not around when I wrote this and looks very easy to use." - Phil Crissman

Dave Winer posted a message

“Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fcuk about Facebook?”

July 23 at 5:20 pm - Link

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No. - Michael C. Harris

Q: Does it need to be flying? You may be restricting your responders to a smaller subset of all people not giving said "fcuk" (flying or non-flying) about Facebook. - Phil Crissman

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Nope - I'm not just a member of the club, I'm the GD president. - Tad - just Tad

I am also a non-fcuk giver. - Michael Nally via twhirl

Okay I see your point. It doesn't have to fly. A regular old fcuk will do. :-) - Dave Winer

I have to give one, it's the only social network that my friends belong to!!! - Chris Rivait

You do care, otherwise you would not say that - Gabriel

@chris, I have a lot of friends who are only on FB as well. But admitting something has functionality is not necessarily the same as _caring_ about it... if Facebook ceased to exist, said friends would find accounts on some other social network. Ergo, I really don't care much about Facebook... :-) - Phil Crissman

Some of my friends are only on Facebook too. - Morton Fox

+1... though throwing a flying fcuk on the Super Poking application may be a huge hit! - Mona N.

you are not alone - Rom Feria

No, you are not alone. I care just enough to glance at FB news when it comes over Google reader. - Kreg Steppe

I wouldn't even bother giving Facebook a fcuk. Flying or otherwise... - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Facebook? What's that? - mace

facebook...hmmm...nope don't care about it - BCK via twhirl

What? Face...wtf? - Ronald

sounds like you have no need for facebook? - Chris Jones via twhirl

Every time they make headlines I kind of glance at those headlines cringingly from the corner of my eye -- I don't care, and I don't want to care, but I do worry that they might get up to something that will require me to care. - Tegan Dowling

not hardly - Kevin Williams

I've never signed up. My life is too action packed to make trying to maintain superficial relationships worthwhile. - Mrsth

Um...haven't used it yet and might never. - Mathew A. Koeneker

No, you are not. - Harvey Simmons

facebook's strength is in connecting you to people you know, whereas friendfeed/twitter connect you to people you dont know. - Aziz Poonawalla

Never even been to the site. Just do not care. - Evangeline

no, facebook and myspace are both going downhill. Making it have too much, or atleast trying to. - Squid

I still really enjoy Facebook, not really over made up with the changes but I think they are foundations for something bigger! - Joe Dawson

Facebook is for all the people in theory you know to act like dicks and brag about their shit and here is for meeting cool people who if are dicks you hide - Cecil Sandus

There are braggers everywhere in all walks of life, every friend I have there is close or someone I respect! Well close as in they were a part of my life! - Joe Dawson

No, even though I got an account s while back, I feel the same way as well... - Queco Jones

no you're not alone. - Jason Kaneshiro

I have way more 'friends' on Facebook than any other network, but I spend less time there, and engage in fewer meaningful interactions, by an order of magnitude. So, yeah, pencil me in for a failure to give a fcuk. - Derrick Burns

We're the wrong age group. Seems like the teenagers and even some of my young software engineers use it more (and in place of) email. I certainly don't understand it, but it seems true. - Bill Rice via twhirl

I won't lose face - William Meloney

All of my friends use it as well (it's that age group that Bill is talking about) and it's pretty much impossible to escape. The weird thing is, teens/young-adults are quick to use tools like Facebook and Myspace but rarely branch off of those large networks and venture into things like Twitter, Friendfeed, and the cooler, smaller apps. - Brandon Titus

Nope. It's been blah since it was opened up to everyone and all those crappy applications starting appearing. Who cares who I virtually poke, super-hug, moon, or <insert verb here>? Total ridiculousness... I use it a bit for messaging friends who aren't on Twitter or FriendFeed. - James Williams

Nope. It's useless. - Sam Lawrence via twhirl

I've visited Facebook twice this year, mostly to accept all my queued up friend requests. I'm finding that FriendFeed has really let me focus back on the true distributed nature of social apps, so I'm commenting more on blogs, tweeting, blogging myself, etc. - Patrick Lightbody

No Dave. The marketing is in full effect. I'm not a fan on the new UI and I think they are overvalued. I do however, think they are loaded with talented people. - Ryan

No one seems to use the social features much, except for the wall. The sharing stuff seems to be one-to-one, it's never a conversation :-/ - Rudolf Olah

against the tide facebook is a solid platform for storing lots of user generated content ... personal preference versus using several specialized services (youtube, flickr, etc.) - facebook is akin to a content management dashboard -especially if all the 3rd party apps are ignored. that said it is not particularly text/blog-centric ... - Scott Moskowitz

add another one to the don't care for it list. i don't have anything against it other than my slight dislike of facebook "fanboys" and zuckerberg worshippers, but i don't see it benefiting me in any way - Cee Bee

Wow, I guess I didn't realize how anti-facebook a lot of the community is... Facebook was introduced my freshman year of college, so it played a big part of my undergrad experience. It's been great to keep in touch with friends since graduation. As for the conversational piece, I think the "problem" is that most of the userbase are average users. not techno-centric. if you took the whole facebook community and stuck them on ff, the conversations wouldn't happen here either. The paradigm isn't there yet imo. - Frankie Warren

I don't anymore. - Parth Awasthi

no ... too bad the tech press cannot think the same way ... - Gregory Lent

Nope. Never used it, never will. - Asteris Masouras

No flying fcuks here either, Dave - TDavid

Never created an account with FB, probably never will. Did get notice from a professional contact that he'd tried to find me there but it still did not incent me to sign up. I created a MySpace account ages ago as it was the only place some of my personal contacts were, but unless I get notification one of them has sent me a message I never log in. - Sally Robinson

None at all? http://bit.ly/1raWrD - Michael

No. I was on MySpace for a week, didn't get it, left. - K Welch

Phil Crissman posted a message on Twitter

“Just rediscovered that I still have a copy of Windows NT Workstation v3.5 on 5 1/4 floppies, still sealed in plastic, never opened.”

July 21 at 2:02 pm - Link

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have a geek ustream and video you installing it on a old computer - Chris Harris

But then I'd have to open it... it looks so pristine in its little plastic wrap. Also, that would be an awful thing to do to a computer. Even one that still has a 5 1/4" drive. If I could even _find_ a 5 1/4" drive.... - Phil Crissman

directeur posted a message

“Only Jazz lovers Poll : Share with us one of your favorite jazz tunes? Here's mine:”

July 20 at 6:20 pm - via NoiseRiver - Link

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"Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

Coltrane, "A Love Supreme" (I know, not very original) - Nathan Rein

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Too many to pick just one. How about "Take 5"? - Harvey Simmons

@nathan (nbr): Well, yes, but only mentioning the title is giving us the shiver :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

@Harvey Simmons (ha3rvey): Obvious ;-) - directeur via NoiseRiver

Would love to hear from @creativesage and @nicefishfilms too :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

naima - coltrane - Cee Bee

@Cee Bee (ultrasur1): Oh I love that one! One of my sisters is called "Naima" and I heard that the Trane wrote it for his wife "Naima" too :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

yeah, it's such a peaceful and tender song. if i had to pick one that would be it. he actually wrote it for one of his daughters - Cee Bee

Brubeck, Blue Rondo à la Turk - Duncan Riley

Central Park West--Coltrane - Anna Haro

@Cee Bee (ultrasur1): Hum... I think that it's after his first wife Niama Grubb. But I agree this is one of my favorite things in jazz too! :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

For net listening as well, a plug for KCSM, the Bay area's Jazz station. I got hooked on a visit last year and I stream it nearly daily http://www.kcsm.org/jazz91/ind... - Duncan Riley

i stand corrected. you're actually right - Cee Bee