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Braden Kowitz posted a link

Ben Folds Five reunite for first show in nearly a decade

Thursday at 7:04 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Rachel Garb and Michael Leggett liked this

OMFG: Reinhold Messner is one of my favorite albums. I'm totally going to this show. - You via Bookmarklet - Braden Kowitz via Bookmarklet

Agreed. That particular album holds a very distinct time in my memory. - Josh Teague

Bummer — it's a bait-and-switch. He's only playing one show with "the five", the rest are solo. - Chad Thornton

I just booked tickets. I'll be in Raleigh less that 24 hours, but just enough to catch this show. - Braden Kowitz

Steve Lacy posted an entry on slacy's microblog

Hug a programmer

August 28 at 11:12 am - Link

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Dustin posted a link

Oh Noze!

August 26 at 3:10 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Wally Punsapy, Alan Le, Yoan, Rachel Garb and 5 other people liked this

We've had this posted on one of our Engineering Managers door for a while. Super cute. - Erin Caton

Kristy Duncan published a photo on Flickr

Parking Lot Amusement ...

August 8 at 10:39 am - Link

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Rich Thomas published a photo on Flickr

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August 8 at 1:11 pm - Link

I know that guy! Now, just to figure out where you are.... - Steve Lacy

Is that the VUDU cafeteria? ;-) - Rachel Garb

Stewart bookmarked a page on delicious

Codebox Software - The 100 Most Common English Words

August 7 at 1:27 pm - Link

Paul Haahr, Anne Bouey and Erin liked this

Ai! Only 38/100 - Stewart

36/100 And I feel dumb after the rest were revealed. - Kevin Fox

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43/100 and I too feel dumb for missing the others - Tudor Bosman

once I started to get it, "think like a first grader" was my strategy.... but sadly, I mustered only 35. - Erin

Also got 35. Fun game. - Cyrus Lendvay

Clever game. 41/100. - Rachel Garb

51/100. Pathetic for someone who actually works with stopwords for a living - Paul Haahr

Stephen Mack posted an entry on Zeigen

Remodel done

July 31 at 9:03 am - Link

Rachel L Fisher, Brian Johns, Ken Gidley, Georgia Diehl and Erin liked this

Wow! That's a long list! I would love to see the before & after photos once you've unpacked the camera! (but I do know this great photographer who could probably help you out... :) ) ... I'm inspired to call our architect now and bug him to get going on our projects! - Erin

Congrats on completing a HUGE project! - Ken Gidley

I can't wait to see the new place! I was reading your list too fast and I thought one of the items was "repainted the back lawn." :-) - Brian Johns

It did get a lot of paint on it during the work... Looks kinda like ghost grass. - Stephen Mack

Looking forward to seeing it! - Rachel Garb

Anyone who randomly wants to stop by and take a look, please do! Brian, if you're looking for a place to practice post-remodeling photography, look no further! :) - Stephen Mack

Scott Beale shared an item on Google Reader

416 Random People with RoR on their resume + Reply All = Reverse Flash Mob

July 28 at 8:01 pm - Link

Rachel Garb, Scotty Allen, Daniel Dulitz, Ryan Paul and 5 other people liked this

That's classic. I remember this sort of thing happened from time to time when I worked at a 30k+ person company. I always thought that it would be a good way to identify and weed out the bottom 5%. - cjw333

Heh, I was on this email except no RoR on my resume - Clint Ecker

Kevin Fox posted a link

Meow mix « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?

July 28 at 6:29 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Tanath, Jason Boyles, hashem, Rachel Garb and 19 other people liked this

My photo made it to the front page of icanhascheezburger. My life is complete. - Kevin Fox via Bookmarklet

Grats! My own caption to that would have been, "Bet you can't eat just one." Ahem. No, no, no, I mean: "Dey come out at night mosly. Mosly." - Stephen Mack

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My caption would be 'Trashy Kitties' but I just uploaded the bare pic so other lolcatters could caption it and let the best one win. - Kevin Fox

Congraz! - Mitchell Tsai

Excellent! I loved this photo even before I found out it was yours... :) - Bill Sodeman

Congrats! Cute pic, cute kitties. - Anne Bouey

Kevin++, yes, your life is complete. - j1m

William Uranga posted a message on Twitter

“BTW TiVo has a Linkedin Group for (verifiable) alums http://is.gd/12YW”

July 24 at 1:35 pm - Link

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Rachel Garb posted a link

iTunes GRAMMY Contest on iGoogle

January 10 at 5:35 pm - Link

Stephen Mack liked this

My latest work project just launched! - Rachel Garb

Looks nice! Now do one for Celebrity Apprentice! - Stephen Mack

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My score was............... 1. - Stephen Mack

I wasn't eligible to win, but of course I played along too. I scored 4! - Rachel Garb

Hey, I won ten free tunes thanks to this app! :) - Stephen Mack

Rachel, it's been saying "Keep this gadget on your page, and soon it will change into the iTunes Essentials Gadget" for a few months now. What's the statute of limitations on "soon"? - Stephen Mack

Oh and Happy Birthday :) - Stephen Mack

Stephen, "soon" is finally here! iTunes has their new gadget in place. If you deleted the old one, get the new one here: http://www.google.com/ig/adde?... - Rachel Garb

Rachel, thanks -- by coincidence I finally removed the old one a couple of weeks ago, but I put it back now. Great job! - Stephen Mack

Stephen Mack posted an entry on Zeigen

tivo.com update

July 17 at 2:30 am - Link

Yay! It looks so much more TiVo-y now. Congrats! - Rachel Garb

Sacca posted a message on Twitter

“Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for. Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.”

July 16 at 5:03 pm - Link

Chris Maughan, Rachel Garb, Daniel Dulitz, dario and 36 other people liked this

There's something in this statement that explains why people love to use tools like Twitter but are unwilling to pay for it and hate to use complex app's like SAP but are more than willing to pay for it. - Mike Doeff

I wonder if this has anything to do with Stockholm syndrome? - Robin Barooah

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Perhaps the most successful companies are the ones that break this rule. Apple, Google, etc. - Brian Glick

Well, I would not say complexity is easy to build but rather obtaining/maintaining simplicity is harder to build for. - Jauder Ho via twhirl

very well-said - Neal "thePuck" Jansons via twhirl

I think some of the complexity of enterprise apps like SAP comes from their decisions to address multiple niche use cases that people are willing to pay for. - Kris

It seems like there's a lot of effort involved in simplifying things, it involves a global perspective of what you're doing and ultimately you may have to move slower down a narrower path than if you simply added complexity, but perhaps the results are more stable and more valuable. - Robin Barooah

Wow - well put! and soo true! - Susan Beebe

This is a good statement - vey good statement. DO the credit's got to you ? - Peter Dawson

Could be that complexity adds a non-financial transaction cost that makes the money a much smaller part of the TCO. Companies are willing to pay it because the benefit they get is presumably greater than complexity cost + financial cost. Simple companies like Google and Apple are profitably able to go after more marginal niches. - Jonathan Tang

when a firm calls themselves a Solution Provider, you can be sure that they are really a Problem Provider. They get you to exchange an acute problem, the need to manage information, for a chronic problem, complexity that must be outsourced. - Neil Kandalgaonkar

@Peter Dawson - I came up with that after spending a lot of time this afternoon thinking about a startup with whom I have been working. (Not Twitter, btw). Thanks to all the nice things people have said and even more thanks to folks who keep the conversation going. I love that about FF. - Sacca

@Sacca, thanks for that. I sent the Linky to my friend in UK. He runs a blog on simplicty which is ranked Top 100 Management and Leadership Blogs" by HR World :)- http://simplicityitk.blogspot.... - Peter Dawson

Kevin Fox favorited photos on Flickr

July 10 at 3:39 pm - Link

Allison Kipta, Cathryn Hrudicka, Paul Buchheit, April Buchheit and Brian Johns liked this

Weird photo ordering. The first and last ones are of kittens we're fostering. The middle one is a video where the videographer is struck by lightning. - Kevin Fox

More kittens? - Benjamin Golub

I really like the lightning video! (I like cats too, but the lightning video is shocking!) - Brian Johns

I'd love to hear about your kitten fostering experience sometime. - Rachel Garb

kittens provide much-needed soothing after lightning-strike video - j1m

Ross Miller posted a link

why cats « Lolcats

July 8 at 9:42 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Tom Stocky, Sean McBride, Sheila Taylor, Emily Miller and 42 other people liked this

:))) - Amir Homaiy

LOL! - Michelle Trent

haha thats a good one - (jeff)isageek

I've never actually read comments on lolcats before. I never realized they commented in *lol*. Kind of weird. - Tac Anderson via twhirl

LOL - AJ Batac

HAHAHAHA ROTFLMAO - Emily Miller

Jon Wiley posted a message on Twitter

“Testing of fire doors has turned my building into a maze.”

July 8 at 8:42 am - Link

Surprising how long it takes to test fire doors. - Rachel Garb

Rachel Garb posted a link

Walk for Good

May 19 at 1:49 pm - Link

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My latest work project just launched! - Rachel Garb

Grats! - Stephen Mack

Kevin Fox posted a message on Twitter

“"Get a TiVo. If you get your cable co's PVR and never use a TiVo you won't know that your PVR sucks, but get a TiVo anyways. Love yourself."”

May 13 at 3:12 pm - Link

Rich Bragg, Stephen Mack, Rachel Garb, Louis Gray and Daniel Shaw liked this

I use a DVR at home, albeit barely. What're the core differences? - Adam Lasnik

"bong bong" and "badupe a dupe" .... music to my ears. - Erin

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badup badup badup! - Kevin Fox

things Tivo can do that other PVRs can't: 1.) scheduling from the web. 2.) TivoToGo 3.) network and stream content from other computers in your house 4.) keyword search for programs. The list goes on, but these are the most important to me. Also, I'm not familiar with other DVRs besides what Comcast provides, and Tivo. I've used both extensively. - Nathan Johns

I don't use any of those features but still love my TiVo. I've heard horror stories from friends who use the cable companies DVR and missed shows because of it malfunctioning. TiVo *never* makes a mistake. It isn't even very expensive when you consider that getting one from the cable company usually costs $10/month anyway. - Benjamin Golub

Ah, thanks for the clarifications. I watch very little TV, so for me the distinctions are minimal (and I don't *want* to know about other awesome programs I should be watching; I want to spend *less* time in front of glowy things :D). - Adam Lasnik

Just remembered, though... I got my parents a Tivo a year ago and they still have 2 years of prepaid service on it. But they just bought an HDTV, and I bought them a non-HDTV Tivo, so they plan to get a DVR via their cable company and move the Tivo into the bedroom (with the older TV). Might it be more cost effective over a few years for them to get a newer HDTV Tivo, since I'm understanding they could use it for both TVs? EDITED TO ADD: Nope, just called Tivo. One box per TV required :( - Adam Lasnik

Adam, for better or worse, my TiVo has helped me be oblivious to most new shows. It's seriously cut down the amount of TV I watch, and every minute is stuff I very much want to see. It's awesome. - Kevin Fox

I definitely watch less TV now too. Because I won't sit and flip through the channels. I also like that I don't feel pressured to watch a show just because it's new and on right this instant...I'll watch it when I feel like it. - Benjamin Golub

Kevin, Benjamin... that's surprising and reassuring :-) - Adam Lasnik

Adam, the most cost effective route is to get the two tuner HD DVR from your Cable provider (usually ~$9.95/mo). What you get via TiVo is a better user interface and the ability to do keyword records. for example, if like Uma Thurman's stalker, you want to record everything with her in it, including appearances on David Letterman, or all movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock you can do that easily via TiVo and won't likely be able to w/your Cable companies DVR. TiVo's interface IS better, but if mostly what you'd do is just get "season's passes" (record all new episodes) of your favorite shows, the cable DVR is the better way to go. - Robert Seidman

Robert, I respectfully disagree, but as a designer I'm probably more finicky about the look and feel of the product. Season passes are nearly all I use my TiVo for but I wouldn't trade it in for a Comcast box if you paid me. I've used my mom's a bunch and she misses shows and generally trusts the experience a great deal less. It's also just not as friendly, more like a RAZR UI than an iPhone (okay, maybe the TiVo's not an *iPhone*, but at least a *Blackberry*). - Kevin Fox

Alas, in this case, Tivo is shooting themselves in the foot. I called them and they said: 1) Can't transfer the remaining 2 years on the prepaid service plan to anything other than a retail box (e.g., can't purchase a web special). 2) Can't use a rebate unless opening a *new* plan. 3) Can't use a Tivo for more than one TV. So given all this and given that my parents basically just do "season pass" stuff, a Tivo is just way too expensive for what they need, and it's clear Tivo doesn't care about loyalty :( - Adam Lasnik

Kevin, I have had a TiVo (or four) since1998, so you're preaching to the choir kinda. But more people are clearly voting for generic DVR due to cost. TiVo's share of the market has dipped to around 20% of all DVRs and it will sink lower. If you have $200 extra to spend AND you don't mind paying 3 years worth in advance to get down to $9.95/mo., then sure -- go TiVo. But many people factor cost into the decision. Most people, really. Edit: including Adam, who apparently was commenting at the same time! - Robert Seidman

If you know your way around Linux and have time for a project, you can build your own open source TiVo for a couple bills and some change. It can do everything a TiVo can do and a whole lot more, as it's infinitely hackable. One year of XML program listings costs $20. Google "mythtv" - Larry Rubin

Adam, as an 8 year TiVo owner I've always had the impression that TiVo is *all about* customer loyalty. You find very few people who have used TiVos and have then ditched them for other PVRs (Robert being somewhat of an outlier), and TiVo's made an effort to let users transfer their lifetime service to new boxes in my experience. TiVo may be more expensive and not for everyone, but it's not at all clear to me that TiVo doesn't care about loyalty. The fact that their market share has gone from 80% to 20% is *far* more a factor of market growth than of people switching away from TiVo, as their quarterly subscriber counts can attest. - Kevin Fox

Kevin, I'm not an outlier, I still use TiVo, but I'm a realist. It's hard to compete with "free" and TiVo is not actually competing very well in terms of adding new subscribers. Edit: *every* quater for like 7 quarters now TiVo has lost more subscribers than it added, though this was due more to DTV bolting from the TiVo deal and not really supporting the existing boxes than a loyalty issue. - Robert Seidman

I happily display an Apple sticker and TiVo sticker on my piece of junk car. - Louis Gray

I was orginally a Replay TV fan, when they went out of business and almost immediately got a TiVo, what my local cable company, Comcast offers doesn't interest me at all. - Kim Landwehr via Alert Thingy

With TiVo, you can now listen to almost any song ever made (thanks to Rhapsody) and watch practically any show ever aired (thanks to Amazon Unbox). These are just two of the many many features TiVo has that are superior to our competition (yes, I work there). Plus it's actually cheaper than most cable offerings -- despite the box being "free" many cable companies charge you a box rental fee, a DVR fee, and additional fees, all of which are add up to something much higher than our service charges. Get TiVo! - Stephen Mack

I couldn't agree more, Kevin. I've been using TiVo since it first came out and cannot live without it. Recently, I got a DirecTV DVR and a Comcast DVR, and I can't believe how completely unusable and crappy they are on so many levels. But you are right, if either of those were my first experience with a DVR, I would never know how so very much better it could be. It is sad to me that TiVo isn't doing better. - Rich Bragg

Kerah posted a link

HBO: Autism: The Musical - Watch the Film

March 31 at 3:01 pm - Link

I know it's an hour and a half long, but I couldn't turn it off. I was up way past my bedtime watching it. These people (the children and the parents) are amazing. - Kerah

Me too. It brought tears to my eyes. - Rachel Garb

Bay Chang shared an item on Google Reader

Julio Diaz got mugged on his way home from work. But...

March 28 at 1:52 pm - Link

Rachel Garb, Daniel Dulitz, Chris White and Lilly Irani liked this

That was amazing. Thanks, Bay. - Lilly Irani

Rachel Garb posted a link

Community Outreach Project

March 29 at 11:32 am - Link

I'm helping to put on events that showcase the innovative work of local non-profits. If you're free on Tuesday April 8 at 7pm, please stop by our first event at TiVo! - Rachel Garb

Rich Thomas posted a message on Twitter

“...and the answer was YES. Don't tell my family. They would be upset with twitter knowing first.”

March 17 at 4:37 pm - Link

Ok, mum's the word! - Stephen Mack

Woohoo! - Rachel Garb

Steve Lacy posted an entry on Slacy's Blog

Bye bye, GTI

March 17 at 2:07 pm - Link

Welcome to the Prius community. Great color choice! - Rachel Garb

Stephen Mack posted a link

The Fruit Graph

March 11 at 12:09 pm - Link

Rachel Garb, Keith Pelczarski and Ragani Harris liked this

Remember the xkcd comic about the fruit graph? (http://www.xkcd.com/388/) Now you can go crazy with your own. - Stephen Mack

Cool! I found that my easy/difficult meter depended more on how my stomach dealt with processing the food in addition to how hard or easy it is to actually eat the fruit. For instance my stomach doesn't deal well with the acid of tomatoes so they had a much more difficult rating for me that I imagine they have for most people. - Rachel L Fisher

Jeremy Zawodny bookmarked a page on delicious

Cats Help Shield Owners From Heart Attack

March 10 at 9:53 am - Link

Rachel Garb, Ray, Tudor Bosman, Rachel L Fisher and Kevin Fox liked this

yay for me! - Jeremy Zawodny

yay for cats! - Tudor Bosman

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I knew they were good for something. - Mark Interrante

I wonder if having multiple cats has a greater effect. On the other hand, I assume after you pass a certain number of cats, the effect reverses: http://www.stupidvideos.com/vi... - Kevin Fox

Well, if you get too many cats, they just turn evil and will eat away at your corpse before the neighbors even notice the smell... http://youtube.com/watch?v=JWF... - Brian Johns

Brian, that milk commercial is awesome! - Rachel L Fisher

I think of that commercial every time I hear someone crossing over the 3-cat threshhold. I'm just glad it's still up on YouTube so I can get my fix from time to time. - Brian Johns

Kevin Fox posted a link

Cool Tool: FURminator De-Shedding Tool

February 12 at 12:36 pm - Link

Florian and Ray liked this

If you have a cat who sheds, this is the best brush ever. When we started using it on Nym I swear we collected enough fur to make another cat! - Kevin Fox

wow, I didn't think cat brush when that popped up in my feed! - Roshan Vyas

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When will I be able to "Like" comments? Roshan that is exactly what I was thinking - Benjamin Golub

You all scare me. - Kevin Fox

Is this any different than a regular 'flea comb'? - Steve Lacy

What sort of batteries does this device require? - Brian Johns

For what it's worth, the one that I own has 90% less resemblance to a sex toy. The design of this one is rather unfortunate. I don't know if they're very different than a flea comb, but I never noticed a flea comb to be exceptionally good at combing a cat's undercoat. Brian, no batteries, sorry. :-) - Kevin Fox

I second Kevin's experience: you would not believe how much fur this brush can get off of your cat! - Rachel Garb

I so very much did not think "cat brush." - Alessandra Novak

Stephen Mack posted an entry on Zeigen

Namephreak

February 5 at 9:30 am - Link

My cousin (last name also Garb) is a fashion designer. - Rachel Garb

:) I always thought it would be amusing if I worked for Apple on the Macintosh. - Stephen Mack

Hi, I'm a Mack. ;) - Amir Gharaat

And then we just find someone whose initials are PC so he can say, "Hi, I'm a PC!" - Stephen Mack

Rachel Garb posted a link

Adviewr

January 10 at 7:53 pm - Link

Being beautiful just isn't enough. - Rachel Garb