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Wellbeing Realizations of 2009 - I spent a lot of time in 2009 thinking about factors that affect my daily... http://notes.sublime.org/post...

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News is tricky - aside from how it makes you feel. Humans like to stay up to date - but it is a /very/ inefficient way of learning things. - Tim Tyler

Agreed - there's a tiny amount of signal < 1%, coupled with mostly redundancy, noise, and bias. The biggest problem is the non-signal elements can be important social currency. - Robin Barooah from email

Kol Tregaskes to Kol's feed, Google Reader, All Things Google, Appetite, TheNextWeb Forum

What is your Google Reader URL? Mine is http://www.google.com/reader... #greader

August 9 - Comment - Like - Share

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I share all sorts. :-) Lots of photos, photography and tech stuff though. Feel free to sub to me if you like. :-) BTW, you can see who is following you here: http://www.google.com/reader... #whatsyoururl - Kol Tregaskes

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http://www.google.com/reader... - Michael Hocter

Thanks, Michael. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... :-) - Müjdat Korkmaz

More often I end up sharing directly through FF even if I find it on GReader, but sometimes I share there. http://www.google.com/reader... - Tony, Paradox of FF

http://www.google.com/reader... Just about internet! - ★ Soner Gönül

http://www.google.com/reader... I'm glad you asked this right now. I just realized that several people are following me and I didn't even know it. I hope it hasn't been this way for long! - Michael Fidler

Michael, it's not been clear until very recently, you can see notifications here: http://www.google.com/reader... - Kol Tregaskes

Love yr posts :-))))) - Johni Fisher

http://www.google.com/reader... - Lode Nachtergaele

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... ;) - alebaffa from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - OnuRC

thanks for starting this thread - here's mine http://www.google.com/reader... (mostly social media stuff, a little food, and occasional randomness) - Chris Rogers

http://www.google.com/reader... - James Slater

Kol, thanks! I wish it would tell me when they started following, I'll have to keep a better eye on it now. - Michael Fidler

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kevin Mohr

http://www.google.com/reader... - LouCypher

http://www.google.com/reader... - zsafwan 

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tony C (Unrated)

Mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - hope you enjoy! - outofmyarse

Just noticed that Reader now allows grouping of people you follow! Wondering: is Reader going to become a competitor (instead of complement) to FriendFeed? - Chris Rogers

http://www.google.com/reader... - Steve Lowe

http://www.google.com/reader... - Always looking for more ppl to share links! - Liza

http://www.google.com/reader... - M F

Ah so that's your name, M F! ;-) I'm wanting to live in that area too, nice around there? - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Simon Tracey

Yes it's alright I moved here two years ago, I was in West London before that - M F

GREAT FEED - I am finding so many great ppl to follow - this is great. - Liza

M F, I like to move to just over the other side of the stream from you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

And your pics are great! I am going to be stuck in greader for a while! - Liza

http://www.google.com/reader... - phil baumann

Well wave your hand Kol when you get here - M F

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jason Wehmhoener

http://www.google.com/reader... - But I only really use google reader as a simple RSS reader. Follow people on FriendFeed. - Anton Tanderup

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andy Sternberg from fftogo

Hehe, M F. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Kim Landwehr

Thanks for your latest bookmark there, Kim. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - mridul

feedly.com :) - Zach Landes

https://www.google.com/reader... - Bryan R. Adams

http://www.google.com/reader... - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

http://www.google.com/reader... #greader #whatsyoururl - Ron Bailey

http://www.google.com/reader... - Parvez Halim

http://www.google.com/reader... but everything I share in reader comes on to FriendFeed. - Aram Zucker-Scharff from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - Daltonsbriefs

http://www.google.com/reader... - the stuff I share there is also on FriendFeed. - Hanna Wiszniewska

http://www.google.com/reader... mine are mostly science items - Sally Church

Mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Mostly Tech. - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nick Humphries

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ozgur Uckan

http://www.google.com/reader... - mixed up content in Portuguese (mainly), English and Spanish. - Marcos

Liza, oooh I love the post on generating Mandelbrot fractals in Excel! - Sally Church

http://google.com/reader... - Anton

http://www.google.com/reader... - Shawn Farner from twhirl

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kevin Whalen

@rogersdc / Chris, Google Reader is obviously been trying to become more social, but I'd really like to see FF come out with a bookmarklet that makes sub'ing RSS feeds to FF easier/faster. Right now it's a manual process involving either a new Group/Room or Imaginary Friend. Should be 2 clicks tops.. Also see: http://friendfeed.com/alexsch... - Alex Schleber

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andrew Leahey

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Geller

http://www.google.com/reader... - Zachary TG

http://www.google.com/reader... - Vince DeGeorge

http://www.google.com/reader... - Lin Yong from NoiseRiver

http://www.google.com/reader... - Baard @ Pixum

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jason A. Nunnelley

http://www.google.com/reader... - Louis Gray

http://www.google.com/reader... - Travis B. Hartwell

http://www.google.com/profile... - James (!?)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Warren Butler

http://www.google.com/reader... - Brandon Ball

http://www.google.com/reader... - "Jazzperous" Isaksson

http://www.google.com/reader... - Joe Dawson

http://www.google.com/reader... - guilherme

Thanks everyone! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - dkb

http://www.google.com/reader... - Adi

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mathew A. Koeneker

http://www.google.com/reader... - Alex Scrivener

Here is mine : http://www.google.fr/reader.... I share (mainly on French sites and blogs) about libraries, literature and arts, human and social sciences, photography :-) - Nadine Pestourie

http://www.google.com/reader... Google and other tech stuff, as well as other random things of interest. - Californian

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Luckhardt

http://www.google.com/reader... - Peter Ghosh

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/profile... - Kim

http://www.google.com/profile... http://www.google.com/reader... - Kamilah Gill

http://www.google.com/reader... - Robin Barooah

Keep 'em coming, I'll add you all later today. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Patrik Johansson from Android

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dobromir Hadzhiev

http://www.google.com/reader... - Arthur Guy

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nathan Rein

http://www.google.com/reader... Politics, photography, humor, news, tech, entertainment - amygeek

Thanks for starting this conversation Kol! - amygeek

http://www.google.com/reader... - Shevonne

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dean "Karnatos" Michaud

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Johnson

No worries, Amy. :-) Thank you all! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Andrew Roche

LOL here we go again :o) http://www.google.com/reader... I share a lot of blogs and funny stuff that I read, it's neat how I can share and it gets posted all over by friendfeed. - David Gross

http://www.google.com/reader... - Joe Bonner

http://www.google.com/reader... - Vlad Bobleanta

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ivan Pavlov

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

Don't know that I have one, as I eschew most things Google.... - Mike Shields

Not sure if I've already shared it, but my URL is http://www.google.com/reader.... - Tyson Key

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ethan

Thank you guys. - Kol Tregaskes

your welcome kol - Tony C (Unrated) from IM

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

I think that I over-loaded my poor G-Reader by adding all of you. ;-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

Here is my feed: http://l.clipotech.com/shared - I will try to add all of you on this list :) - Svartling

Don't forget to add all out new contacts in to groups. Otherwise we cant comment on each others shared items. - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Almost exclusively tech, including humor/cartoons and productivity. - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

http://www.google.com/reader... - I share items about productivity, gaming, movies, and misc. stuff from the Google "cool" via Recommendations feed. Thanks Kol for starting this thread because I've been trying to cut down on the number of feeds I subscribe to and instead just follow interesting people. - Dusty Edenfield

Svartling: good point about adding people to groups. I noticed I couldn't comment on items that were shared by some users. - Dusty Edenfield

Thanks everyone. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - (jeff)isageek

http://www.google.com/reader... - Roberto Bonini

http://www.google.com/reader... - ★Kristy

I've (we) written a lot of more good tips on how to use Google Reader in Google Reader comments. It's too bad we don't have permalinks in Greader so we can share our notes and comments. Otherwise I could have posted a link here. Here are some on friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/svartli... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - David Peacock

here's mine! Love some of the new features... http://www.google.com/reader... - tomit

http://www.google.com/reader... - Ken Sheppardson

I don't think I added mine yet: http://www.google.com/reader... - LogEx

Thank you. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - DGentry

Almost missed this one! http://www.google.com/reader... - Patrik Arwengrim

http://www.google.com/reader... - Frode Stenstrøm

http://www.google.com/reader... - Aaron Krug

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tristan Seligmann

http://www.google.com/reader... - Russell G

http://www.google.com/reader... - Dani Radu

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kenton

http://www.google.com/reader... - Remo

I guess I best start sharing stuff, then. :D - http://www.google.com/reader... - Bette Cooper

http://www.google.com/reader... - I guess I'm a bit late to the party, but here's mine. I share mainly technology, photography, design... and other random stuff. - Ryan - @magicofpi

Thank you all. - Kol Tregaskes

Yes! The list I was looking for! I'll get my info on here as soon as I get on my netbook - Kamilah Gill from email

http://www.google.com/reader... - George Hall (Australia)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Gtp19

http://www.google.com/reader... - ha3rvey (wants confit)

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kamilah Gill

http://www.google.com/reader... - Bluesun 2600

http://www.google.com/reader... - CAJ, somewhere else

http://www.google.com/reader... - Martha

Thanks for posting this Kol. Never paid any attention to my shared items folder before but just did! - Martha

http://www.google.com/reader... - Eric Logan

The conversation is really blowing up (in a good way) on Reader. The most important reminder currently is to set up groups and allow commenting. That is NOT on by default! - Vince DeGeorge

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tapio Kulmala

Vince, exactly! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nik

mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - Daryl Hunt on FF

Not sure how I missed this thread. I share lots of tech news, some programming stuff and a little more at http://www.google.com/reader... - Rob Diana

There is also a group that collected a bunch of reader shares at http://friendfeed.com/share-y... - Rob Diana

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nick B.

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mike Nencetti

http://www.google.com/reader... - Slappy Line

http://www.google.com/reader... - Sean Brady

http://www.google.com/reader... - Spidra Webster

http://www.google.com/reader... - Or just go to: Sharing settings on your google reader shared items and search for: Avi Joseph - Avi Joseph

http://www.google.com/reader... - Pete Delucchi

Thank you all. I think I have subscribed you all now (except those feed in languages I don't understand) Here is mine again: http://www.google.com/reader... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Nathalie, Dreamer of FF

I've started to follow a few of the people here but there's quite a few, so will take me a while :) - My currently fairly bare feed is: http://www.google.com/reader... - Roy Herrod

http://www.google.com/reader... - Steven Perez

http://www.google.com/reader... - edythe

http://www.google.com/reader... - http://friendfeed.com/kevinar... - Kevin Arth

http://www.google.com/reader... - topics include a bit of everything, but there's a fair about of Android-related stuff in there - Chuck Falzone

http://www.google.com/reader... - Damond Nollan

http://www.google.com/reader... - Californian

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mike Reynolds

http://www.google.com/reader... - AJ Kohn

http://www.google.com/reader... - MLx

http://www.google.com/reader... - German - mostly politics and crude funny things. Maybe some new technology - JoeD

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jesse Stay

http://www.google.com/reader... - Grant Bierman

http://www.google.com/reader... - Neal Jansons

Thank everyone. - Kol Tregaskes

There are a few entries here you might like to read to help you. This one: http://ff.im/6CkQj explains about adding people to groups to allow them to comment and why some don't stay in groups. In this one: http://ff.im/6F9pQ I suggest a way to track a large number of shared items using PostRank. This: http://ff.im/6Ci0P and this: http://ff.im/6AM35 has a few tips on using GReader as a lifestreaming service. And this: http://ff.im/6EMT1 gives a few examples of GReader bundles. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... I mostly share ART with a little bit this and that thrown in for good measure. - Kimber Scott

http://www.google.com/reader... - michael sean wright

http://www.google.com/reader... - Bryce Roney

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jon, the Beartato of '10

Ryo: Same here :) "completely moved to Google Reader / Twitter / Posterous" All my followers, please subscribe to me on Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader... or my lifestream: http://l.clipotech.com/lifestr... - Svartling

http://www.google.com/reader... - Alexander Kruel

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tristan Hambling

http://www.google.com/reader... share various science research and news - Colby from iPod

http://www.google.com/reader... - George Moga

http://www.google.com/reader... -- nothing shared yet; still learning several social networks & services, so it might take me a while... - Dennis Jernberg

http://www.google.com/reader... - Adrian Scicluna

http://www.google.com/reader... - Mark O'Neill

Those of you above whom I already follow on FF/Twitter/etc., I've subscribed to your feeds. As for the rest of you: if you follow me on GReader, I'll follow you back. - Dennis Jernberg

I'm sharing some pages now, including a few of my past blog entries. - Dennis Jernberg

http://www.google.com/reader... - Imabug

easier to just follow and edit groups from search url>http://www.google.com/reader... - Ru Viljoen

http://www.google.com/reader... - John Ladd

http://www.google.com/reader... - Marko Saric

http://www.google.com/reader... - Pete Gilbert

Because I have issues with data duplication, I have merged this list with the google reader shares room feeds. You can view the Google spreadsheet at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc... - Rob Diana

There are a bunch of shared feeds that I could not resolve the Google username for because they did not have a named profile set up. - Rob Diana

tristanhambling, your link didn't work. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

Thank you very much, Rob! - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Right now I'm testing it in comparison to Netvibes. It's yet to be seen if I end up making the switch. - Brad Williamson

http://www.google.com/reader... - ronin

http://www.google.com/reader... - Muge Cerman

https://www.google.com/reader... - Mo Hall

http://www.google.com/reader... - Tal Shafik

http://www.google.com/reader... Mainly photography related things. - Sven

It would be really handy to have all these shared feeds as an opml file. Has anyone added everyone? Care to export an opml of the shared feeds? - Paul Jacobson

My shared stream is at http://www.google.com/reader... - Paul Jacobson

Paul, can do that but it will be out of date the moment I post it as I'm getting more new users all the time. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Damond Nollan

Maybe someone could hook up something via Yahoo Pipes (or whatever) to automatically generate the OPML? - Tristan Seligmann

http://www.google.com/reader... - Yant

Damond, I'm getting that deja vu feeling. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Whoa, hey, I'm late to this. I'm here: http://www.google.com/reader... :-) - Jordan Hofker

I'm http://www.google.com/reader... Not really comfortable with the custom URL though since it can only be your gmail username. Makes it really easy for spamspiders I think. - TobiasVerhoog.com

Tobias, possibly but not had any problems myself though Gmail has the best spam filters around so I probably not noticed. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Please dont tell me I have to add everyone manually like I did with Facebook yesterday?? *sigh* - Julia Ault

http://www.google.fr/reader... - Olivier Castets

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Hofmann

http://www.google.com/reader... link to my bundle with all my feeds that i have in friendfeed too - Chris Hofmann

http://www.google.com/reader... mostly webdev, photography news, music, world news which i get interested. plus half of them may be article in Japanese. sorry. :-p - browneyes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Edmund Tay

http://www.google.com/reader... - Jez Arnold

Thanks all! - Kol Tregaskes

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

spread those tentacles thats what i say (I'm generally sharing comics, animation, and interesting weirdeness) : http://www.google.com/reader... - Paul Greer

Exactly, Paul. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Gerald Hildebrandt

There are a few people that have not added me to a group and so I cannot reply to some of your comments. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - flaimo

http://www.google.com/reader... - Charles Owens

http://www.google.com/reader... - Johnny

http://www.google.com/reader... - Kenley Neufeld

http://www.google.com/reader... - OK I'm in. Late as always. Will post my thoughts, feedback and pleading requests for help over in Google Reader so please follow me over there. Eat your own dog food and all that. - Andy C

MF/Kol = I live in Kingston on Thames. It's OK apart from the traffic (continually gridlocked) and the shops (girls just lurve them). Handy for getting into London both airports and out to the Thames Valley for work type things. Richmond Park and the river in walking distance is great too. - Andy C

phew.. - Paul Greer

Andy, Richmond Park and the others around there are the appeal really. Good place to go photographing and cycling while being very close to London I think. - Kol Tregaskes

Teddington (across the river from Kingston Upon Thames, is where I think I'd like to live. Just 'cos it's cheaper than everywhere else around it. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

https://www.google.com/reader... - Customized with numbers - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

@Kol many years ago, we made the mistake of asking an estate agent in Surbiton whether it was any cheaper than Kingston. She replied 'No - of course not. We are on the fast line to Waterloo' and looked at us as if we were dog excrement. - Andy C

I've checked rental prices in the area several times over the last 2 years and Teddington is definitely cheaper. I'm not buying, no way I can afford that. ;-) All a pip-dream anyway, need a steady job and I've not had that for a while. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... Enjoy! - Arvin Dang

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com.au/reader... - Threepwood

http://www.google.com/reader... - jcunwired

Mine; http://www.google.com/reader... - S.D.Allen

Thanks guys. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - masstrovato

http://www.google.com/reader... - Chris Myles

http://www.google.com/reader... GReader, Twitter, and Delicious (plus my own sites) are my primary hubs now. Y'all please join me on GReader. - Chris Baskind

http://www.google.com/reader... late as always - Raymundo Roxas

Thank you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - barbarars

Trying Google Reader.. Share your friendfeed feed WITHIN Reader. (see http://ff.im/6WRIk) - Chris Myles

http://www.google.com/reader... - Claude LaFrenière aka climenole :) - Claude LaFrenière

anyone use google reader on windows mobile professional? I cant seem to get it to work and when I try to go to the mobile site it takes me to the regular site. - David Gross

Nope, sorry can't help you there, David. - Kol Tregaskes

http://www.google.com/reader... - Christopher A Carr

http://www.google.com/reader... - Russ jackson - Russ Jackson

Sweet! http://www.google.com/reader... - Jesse Baer

http://www.google.com/reader... please add! - Brendon Wadey

Jesse, I saw your share of this FriendFeed thread on Google Reader! - John E. Bredehoft

David, I use mobile Google Reader on an older phone with Windows mobile. My bookmark begins with google.com/reader/m/view - John E. Bredehoft

Here's mine...http://www.google.com/reader... - Oscar Antonio Moralí

Aloha! http://www.google.com/reader... - Ryan

check it out...http://www.google.com/reader... - Cos

Will share tech, science and skepticism, and education news stories: http://www.google.com/reader... - TC

in case anyone missed it, mine is http://www.google.com/reader... - David Gross

http://www.google.com/reader... - Irma Vermaat

more cool - Brent - Loving Life

http://www.google.com/reader... - Anthony Citrano

http://www.google.com/reader... - James Ferguson

http://www.google.com/reader... - Otto

I share interesting articles about Internet music, social media, open content and copyright issues: http://www.google.com/reader... - David Holmes

Tim Tyler

Google redefines the term "open" - http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009...

December 22 - Comment - Like - Share

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Google are "open"? What horseshit! - Tim Tyler

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"Our goal is to keep the Internet open, which promotes choice and competition and keeps users and developers from getting locked in. In many cases, most notably our search and ads products, opening up the code would not contribute to these goals and would actually hurt users." - Tim Tyler

That's right - the *internet* is open - but *Google*'s source code is not. - Tim Tyler

They've done a lot for openness, thinking "net neutrality" and much more. If they maintain closed source systems, they do so at their own risk. That's reasonable. - John Douglas Pritchard

It may be reasonable, but it does call into question their motives in lecturing others on the virtues of openness when their own example is one of striking a balance between open and closed. - Robin Barooah from email

I ~think~ they're promoting constructive and productive environments among those who have preference for little beyond their balance sheets. - John Douglas Pritchard

Tim Tyler

The Art of Community - http://www.culture-buzz.com/blog...

December 22 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

My first ever Bookmarklet post! It works - yay! - Tim Tyler

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FF should add the ability to post images from a specified URL without using the bookmarklet. Downloading and uploading the images manually sucks. Facebook can do this - why not Friendfeed? - Tim Tyler

Because FriendFeed is no longer being actively developed. - Robin Barooah from email

Maybe partly - though it didn't have this feature before either. - Tim Tyler

They probably thought the Bookmarklet was enough - and it *is* pretty good, though it doesn't work everywhere. - Tim Tyler

Robin Barooah

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Workbay Chair - http://www.bonluxat.com/a...

December 16 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Looks like the Mad Hatter should be sitting in that. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

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I think the 'hood' should be shaped like a giant Cobra's head. - Robin Barooah from email

Something like this? http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_ass... - Jonathan Le Plastrier

that looks perfect - Robin Barooah from IM

Robin Barooah

Google to Start Selling Own Phone Next Year - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

December 12 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

"The opening line is provocative, but I didn't read the article because I'm not a subscriber. Do they have evidence to support the claim that google will sell these to the public, or is it just a guess based on the rumours?" - Robin Barooah

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009... - Tim Tyler

Robin Barooah

Google Chrome for Mac released (beta) - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

December 8 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

"I am not referring to the general google updater that comes with the google pack. I mean the silent autoupdate that chrome for windows has." - Robin Barooah

Robin Barooah

Google Chrome for Mac released (beta) - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

December 8 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

"Does anyone know whether this has auto-update?" - Robin Barooah

Robin Barooah

Short Chat Server in Clojure - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

December 7 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

"They don't look very comparable to me. Unless I'm mistaken, the clojure one communicates with telnet clients who maintain a socket connect, but only relies on the basic libraries which ship with clojure. The scala one is a webapp that is sitting on top of a lot of specialized machinery provided by lift. They are both short chat applications in the new cool languages on the JVM, but other than that they don't seem very comparable to me." - Robin Barooah

Robin Barooah

Guns don't kill people. Ideas do.

November 24 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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No. Ideas are powerless without a mind to engage, enforce, propagate them. People kill people. - Mo Kargas

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I don't think "ideas" has ever been listed on a death certificate as "cause of death". - Rochelle

Wow - friendfeed is still alive :-) - Robin Barooah

Do people without ideas kill people? - Robin Barooah

Depends on what your concept of an idea is. People can kill each other for no discernable reason. - Mo Kargas

People kill people, but guns and ideas help. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

mo - do you think that's true for a majority of killings? - Robin Barooah from IM

I cannot say, since I don't have statistics on that. I will say that people kill each other usually for a 'reason', however bent such a reason is. - Mo Kargas

If there were no guns, people would just use knives and hammers. Or rocks. - Archangel ωαřмaiden

This is incorrect. The only way ideas can be used to kill is with Mind Bullets. - Will Higgins™

Ridiculous, by now that base NRA cliche holds no meaning someone has to pull the trigger of the GUN which kills people. & people aren't rushed to the hospital for an idea wound to the chest. - sofarsoShawn

with all due respect shawn it's not 'ridiculous' - but I'll agree it's hyperbole. I'd have thought it was obvious that I didn't mean that ideas themselves are used as weapons, but that ideas drive people to do a lot of killing, some of which involves guns. - Robin Barooah from IM

perhaps I should have avoided the trigger word 'guns'. I don't pay a lot of attention to mainstream debates about such things. This certainly wasn't meant as a defense of the NRA, or an argument about gun control. More that we should pay just as much attention to the other ways in which our ideas cause can death. - Robin Barooah from IM

Again, it's not the idea itself. Even the most extreme idea is nothing without the free will to enact it. The idea is an excuse, responsibility lies in the enablers action. - Mo Kargas

mo - if you are trying to say that we are responsible for the ideas we choose to act on, then I agree with you wholeheartedly - Robin Barooah from IM

I'm saying we are responsible for what we do with those ideas. Killing people because of an idea still puts the responsibility on you, as you chose to enact it. - Mo Kargas

does that make the people who carry out the death penalty individually responsible for the deaths of the convicts? - Robin Barooah from IM

Guns kill people like spoons make people fat. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from fftogo

@Robin In my opinion, yes it does, since they enable the ideas and laws of the state. Same deal for soldiers. You enable the idea, the law, by committing the deed. It's still "you" that has done it. - Mo Kargas

Society's perspective on it is irrelevant. It's always your choice to enable an idea or law. No man is a marionette, where the idea pulls strings that activate his arms or legs. - Mo Kargas

doesn't that assume the capacity to question the ideas that one receives from others? - Robin Barooah from IM

Indeed, it does and I believe every single person has that capacity (with the exception of people with physical damage). Wether it is encouraged or not is debatable. - Mo Kargas

in order to exercise that capacity, don't you have to be aware that you have it? - Robin Barooah from IM

And who isn't aware of such a capacity? If you're not aware that your actions can affect your world, something is terribly wrong. Exceptions to the rule. - Mo Kargas

I meant the capacity to question the ideas on which you base your actions. I suspect most people are aware that they can evaluate their own actions. Are you sure that most people are aware that they can question the ideas they use to make those judgements? - Robin Barooah from IM

I disagree, I believe everyone has that capacity to question the ideas they hold. Regardless, they still control their actions, if they decide to do something, they are still making a conscious choice, wether they choose to recognise it as such or not. - Mo Kargas

hmmm... I believe that that capacity, like consciousness itself, is something that can be developed, or not, depending on the opportunities and efforts of the individual. That doesn't mean that I think that some people are less responsible for their actions than others - just that some people are more limited in their choices because they are not aware of alternative perspectives. - Robin Barooah from IM

Robin Barooah

Development Journal for Price of Persia - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

November 22 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

"Fantastic read. I love the way he charts the ups and downs in his personal motivation. It's a great reminder to be persistent." - Robin Barooah

Robin Barooah

Apple's Mistake - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

November 19 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

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"I found it an interesting read. I especially liked the sentiment, "An organization that wins by exercising power starts to lose the ability to win by doing better work.", which I firmly believe. However I don't see how PG shows that Apple is somehow winning by exercising power. Can someone clarify this? PG even? I don't hear any explanation of how their exercise of power is helping them win." - Robin Barooah

Robin Barooah

Taos - http://gallery.me.com/rbarooa...

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Earthships! - sara

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Yes! Have you been there? - Robin Barooah from email

Nope-- but I have read a lot about earthships (and other 'handmade' building techniques). Did you go inside any? What did you think-- ready to grab some tires and go off grid? - sara

I went inside the 'visitor center' which is itself and earthship. It was pretty impressive. I also spent some time doing mud plasterwork at the zen refugue, so yes - I was quite inspired, although it's probably easier in NM than in the Bay Area. - Robin Barooah from email

Paul Buchheit

Almost nobody understood my earlier webapp idea, so I'll try again. Imagine you were looking at a website such as FriendFeed and you wanted to create a near pixel-perfect copy but in a way that you could move things around, adjust shadows, etc. I want a tool that makes that easy.

September 5, 2008 - Comment - Like - Share

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And without taking screenshots or copying the html, since the point is that it should have the power to quickly create something that looks just like our current ui. Also, it should be web based, because then fonts, etc will be right, and also I hate installing things. My previous attempt at explaining this: http://friendfeed.com/e... (Balsamiq is not what I want). It does not need to produce html though, so it can cheat anyway it likes. - Paul Buchheit

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So you wanna something like "html to png/psd"? Editable graphical interface with layers and stuff? - Selim Yoruk

No, not at all. My point is that you could look at the the FriendFeed ui (with your eyes) and then create something that looked just like it. - Paul Buchheit

Fireworks is pixel perfect, correct font sizes and previews image in browser. Yes/No? - Toby Graham

Are you looking for something like what is mentioned in this article - http://www.labnol.org/interne... - Atul Arora

Are you want something like web-based rich page editor which works with objects in manner the human see them and want change them? - водка и актимель

I guess it's difficult to explain something that doesn't exist :( - Paul Buchheit

thats piracy!!! - Arjun

Paul, I like the idea, it's got merit. There's plenty of tools that do half the job, that is, snip the page. The second part, i'm not overly familiar with the tools out there. The manipulation. I guess you could snip the page, and embed into your tool a js library, like scriptaculous, and attach special event significance to the controls/tags, for moving, dropping, dragging. - Stu Andrews

I think I get what you mean now and I agree. That's not very helpful but hey. In the mean time you could edit the page live using firebug maybe? - Toby Graham

It seems to me like you want the Visual Studio Win Forms designer for web apps hosted and served to designers as a web app. Drag and drop elements onto the page and adjust their properties in a property grid. Then send a link to others so you can share your concept. - Eric Schoonover

For this, I use simple vector graphics editing app, like Xara or InkScape - I just make screenshots and use them as raw building blocks - usually I cut out from them small elements like controls/text-blocks/images/etc... In vector graphics enironment managing such kind of blocks is much more easier than in photoshop. - Phil Smirnov

remembers that this idea has been described by David Siegel in 1997 in his book : Creating Killer Web Sites (http://tinyurl.com/5skw63) - Oaksun

Paul, i think the edit-page command on ubiquity with the ability to: visually edit css and publish the changes is close to what you are describing. - Ian

Eric pretty much nailed the description of the dream tool that I think Paul was asking for. In my dream the web app is truly collaborative and has an active GUI. So you can adjust those properties using a mouse or tablet and anyone else on your design team can watch as you do it so they can make suggestions and modifications as you work. - David Muir

Let's say you want to make a mockup of FriendFeed called "FriendFood". You want it to generally have the same layout, only the top blue bar will actually have a background made of lasagna and a font that is made of French fries, and what shows on the page is everything people write about food on the regular FF, like "pasta OR bean OR potato OR steak". But you'd like someone to be able to do that from the web and without messing into much coding. Is that it? - Rodrigo Jaroszewski

http://blogoscoped.com/video... - Philipp Lenssen

I use OmniGraffle for this purpose. - Jason Wehmhoener

Could you achieve it by using Firebug and tweaking the CSS? - Shakeel Mahate

So something with the usability of say, omnigraffle, but that only used webkit for its rendering. With text controlled and positioned by actual css so that line spacing etc were correct, although again with a simpler UI than CSS has. - Robin Barooah

Paul - I _just_ came across a site that did exactly that. Unfortunately, Safari's browser history is failing me and I can't find it anymore. Doh! - Patrick Lightbody

Paul, not sure if you're still reading, but are you looking for interaction design changes as well, or just appearance? - Mark Trapp

Did you try "PENCIL" an add-on for Firefox http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/ - Francois Lamotte

I had never heard of Pencil, but it sure looks a lot like what I think Paul is describing. - Jason Wehmhoener

I use ScrapBook Firefox extension to capture the page as is, and then edit that using Firebug. - Jughead

Paul, I totally got you first time - anyone who thinks it's not a good idea has plainly misunderstood :-) It's the next step up from sketching out your UI on paper, n'est pas? - Slappy Line

Thanks @Francois. Pencil looks quite promising... - Ashwin Bharambe

Firefox Webchunks? Does only the snipping part though. Perhaps an add-on to webchunks that will let us use all those chunks together. - Vamsee

it'd be kind of like pushing edit on a wiki, right. like, firefox would have an edit button then you could visually redo the page - Coleman Foley

There's also Axure RP, something I found a while ago. http://www.google.com/search... - Jauder Ho

Dosen't ASP.Net do that already??? - Roberto Bonini

One quick tip in Photoshop is to turn off anti-aliasing and use your various web fonts (Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, etc.) and use your preferred font size in pixels/points... This will provide you with screen accurate font appearances and sizes. The biggest problem with a "pixel-perfect" browser rendering is that it will never be consistent from browser to browser. They all render ever... more... - Nathan Chase

Robin Barooah

Skinny dipping in the rio grande :-)

November 2 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Be careful to avoid the pollution. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

Very nice. We were actually in some hot springs that outlet into the river, and only spent a few seconds in the actual (ice cold) rio grande. - Robin Barooah from email

Robert Scoble

Techmeme: Mac sales grow 11.8% as Apple takes 9.4% U.S. market share (AppleInsider) http://bit.ly/WVsgl - http://twitter.com/Techmem...

October 14 from Twitter / Favorites from... - Comment - Like - Share

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osx ftw - Logan Lindquist

that will be reversing soon enough ... very sorry i bought one - Gregory Lent

gregory - from your tweets it sounds as though you may have an actual hardware problem - have you had it checked out? - Robin Barooah

Anthony Citrano

Maine Senator Snowe (hovering near the figurative exit) says GOP has ‘moved toward an ideology that has contributed to our erosion as a strong national party’ & GOP leadership response to Specter move was ‘not constructive’ and that GOP ‘needs to recognize the reality of the situation we're facing’.

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And she's right. Denial is hastening the death of the GOP. - Anthony Citrano

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This pattern is very similar to what happened in england at the end of the Tory era. Tony blair took the center position, and the conservatives ended up flailing around at the extremes. It was easy to dismiss them as a nasty failure, but everyone lost out because there was nobody to credibly question the government. i.e. no loyal opposition - Robin Barooah

Snowe says GOP direction is “catastrophic” and “the sooner we can emerge from this political wilderness.. [and realize] we're losing some very good people and [Congressional] seats [that are] very difficult to replace .. if we don't reorient the philosophy and views ... of the Republican party that [have] alienated so many Americans, including mainstream Republicans...” - Anthony Citrano

“.. it is deeply troubling and something the Republican party better recognize or we'll continue on this path of erosion.. [It] raises very serious questions about the future viability of the Republican party.” - Anthony Citrano

Sen. Snowe has been a consistent voice of reason on this - if there's no room for moderates in your party, your party will ultimately become fringe. Big political parties are built on a million tiny negotiated compromises; if you go "us or them" on too many issues, you lose everyone. I don't want to see the death of the GOP, I want to see it regain the ability to reason and compromise with both its adversaries, and its adherents. - Jennifer Dittrich

@jennifer: I agree and I have a lot of respect for Senator Snowe. The GOP needs many more like her, not fewer. - Anthony Citrano

My favorite part of her op-ed:"It is for this reason that we should heed the words of President Ronald Reagan, who urged, “We should emphasize the things that unite us and make these the only ‘litmus test’ of what constitutes a Republican: our belief in restraining government spending, pro-growth policies, tax reduction, sound national defense, and maximum individual liberty.” He... more... - Steve

this is one of the many reasons Snowe's vote this week was not surprising to me. - Anthony Citrano

If Snowe jumps ship like Spector, I really wouldn't be surprised. Always thought she was a wolf in sheep's clothing in the GOP who have gone so far right it makes moderates increasingly uncomfortable. - Sally Church

Michael

Hazard Reduction in Scala Actors – Stiegler - http://samskivert.com/2009...

October 6 from samskivert - Comment - Like - Share

We've always been at war with Eurasia. - Michael

Anthony Citrano to Anthony's feed, Mozilla Firefox, The Apple Room

Just tried the “Stainless” browser for the first time (thanks, Corey! http://friendfeed.com/icorey). Seems promising. Wonder what the likelihood is that we'll see robust development around it as compared to Chrome? I have some nitpicks with Stainless, but it's only at v0.7, so I'll hold off... :) - http://www.stainlessapp.com/

October 3 - Comment - Like - Share

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Have you tried any of the recent chromium nightlies for them mac? I grabbed one about a week ago and haven't looked back, and I was a safari afficionado for years. Not all the features are quite there - e.g. printing, but what is there is now very solid and I've found it to be more usable than safari - just the combined search and location bar speeds things up a lot. - Robin Barooah

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Nice! Hadn't heard of this, and I really miss the combo search/address bar from Chrome, on the Mac. I'll give this a spin! - Cole Jolley

funny, started to try it today. very fast. faster than chrome but lacks elementary browser feature (url bar history, autocomplete, keyboard shortcuts,....) maybe for later - Ouriel Ohayon

Yeah, I've been using this since about version 0.5... it's improved a lot since then, and I use it occasionally. I do like the parallel sessions feature, where you can be logged in to multiple Gmail accounts (for example) at the same time. - Ryan - @magicofpi

Robin Barooah

@Scobleizer actually google wave works great on iPhone - you just have to 'proceed at own risk' http://yfrog.com/0mchxlj

October 1 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Can't iphones do screencasts? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

you mean like this one: http://screencast.com/t... ? - Robin Barooah

you can also create a shortcut so that Wave launches in its own process, outside of safari: http://screencast.com/t... - Robin Barooah

sara

New vacuum - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

September 26 from Flickr - Comment - Like - Share

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You'll be expelled from school if you're not careful. - Robin Barooah

Terminating dust with extreme prejudice! - Mo Kargas

I headshotted the dust bunnies. - Jonathan Le Plastrier from iPhone

Michael

Why am I surprised? - http://samskivert.com/?p=889

September 20 from My work is the finger work. - Comment - Like - Share

Funny the way the error fingers bad XML. What about that NPE halfway down the stacktrace? - Robin Barooah from email

Robin Barooah

Hewitt is Right, Ament is Wrong - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

September 2 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

"This argument sets up a false dichotomy. Comparing the internet to the app store and claiming that just because the internet is a free for all, every service that is built on top of it 'should' also be a free for all is simply illogical. Because the internet is as free as it is, we have the fortune of being able to choose between a heavily curated store - the apple app store, and some competitors who claim they will be more open - e.g. the Android Market. This is analogous to what happens in the high street. I could rent a retail space, and then allow anyone who wants to come in and set up a table selling any legal goods, or I could rent the same space and carefully choose products that I think my customers will value. Some people will prefer the trading hall, and others will prefer the department store. The point is that it's a good thing that Apple can provide this more curated option for those of us who want it, and that others can provide alternatives for those who don't like..." - Robin Barooah

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Apple seem to have practically no sandbox or security model. Their approach to viruses and spyware is to control the distribution channel. That is quite a mess. Competitors without this problem could offer a pay-per-hit app store, and a free-for-all. Apple can't do the free-for-all without exposing their customers to risk - unless they develop a security model. It is something they should have done years ago. - Tim Tyler

It think it's been a mistake to think that average people have the same hatred for "walled gardens" that geeks do. Open meadows are nice, too, but walled gardens keep out the predators and allow you more control over what grows and what gets pulled as weeds. The world is big enough for both. To say that it's somehow immoral to have a walled garden reminds me of any other zealot who pushes their own religion on others. It's unattractive. - Dawn

Tim: The risks include things like social engineering, and devious uses of legitimate mechanisms. I've never come across a 'security model' that is an effective defense against such things. In any case, my point is that Apple is providing a service that a lot of people like just as it is, and other people (Google for example) are free to create a free-for-all if they like. My complaint... more... - Robin Barooah

I mean applet-style security - the ability to execute a program without granting it the right to trash your device. Apple lacking that sort of security seems likely to become a problem for them - if competitors are able to offer it. Native apps are notoriously like unprotected sex: fun, but potentially problematical. Apple's approach is like compulsory visits to the doctor. It sort-of works - up to a point - but are they going to be able to compete with the "safe sex" proponents? - Tim Tyler

As far as I know, you are wrong about this. Individual iPhone apps can't access memory or files outside a private sandbox, and access to other system resources - e.g. location, can only be done through controlled APIs that request the user's permission. Applications are never granted the right to trash your device. The API frameworks themselves do have vulnerabilities and hidden... more... - Robin Barooah

Right, I was over-stating things - they do have a sandbox of sorts. Part of Apple's security model appears to work via the app store, though - e.g. see: http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone... - Tim Tyler

as far as I know, that's outdated information and it was closed up with 3.0 - Robin Barooah from IM

Hmm. The Apple sandbox appears to have been forming gradually. The most recent "iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.4 rejection" I found was here: http://www.rustybrick.com/subscri... However, I am now splitting hairs: Apple do now seem to have a servicable iPhone sandbox. - Tim Tyler

Robin Barooah

Under the Obama healthcare plan, as I understand it, it will be illegal not to buy health insurance. Am I right about this, and if so does anyone have any idea what the requirements for a service to qualify as 'health insurance' will be?

September 15 - Comment - Like - Share

Yep, that's what I understand-- it's been likened to auto insurance by the administration (although there are some reasonable arguments that that's not quite an apt comparison). As far as I can gather, they (the White House or Congress) have yet to come to an agreement (or make public any ideas) on what a minimum or 'basic' plan would look like. It seems like one of those things that... more... - sara

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I feel like this article in the Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/doc...) provides an interesting perspective in the debate. It basically argues that "health insurance is different from every other type of insurance. Health insurance is the primary payment mechanism not just for expenses that are unexpected and large, but for nearly all health-care expenses. We’ve... more... - sara

For sure. I mean it seems to me that being forced to pay for health insurance from one of the current suppliers will *reduce* my ability to remain healthy by taking away money I could be spending on preventative practices, and forcing me into a relationship with corporations which are thought by a majority to be unethical. It's one thing to compel people to spend some amount of money on wellness - it's another thing entirely to force us to spend money on a known-bad system. - Robin Barooah

I wish Mr Obama would make it very clear how this stuff is supposed to actually work - in detail. Right now I can only see it making things worse, but maybe that's because of a lack of any real information. - Robin Barooah

Yeah, that would be nice. Unfortunately, this whole policy debate feels like a game of political chicken where the first person to introduce actual, functional details into a public press release loses (because it give fodder to their political opponents). - sara

It's unlikely to actually happen. A lot of people are now saying it would be unconstitutional. - Dawn

Michael

How is it ever sane for iTunes to delete apps on your phone? If they're not on my Mac, copy them from the phone, don't delete them. WTFO?

September 14 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Tip 2: if you pop up a dialog saying "I'm going to delete 6 of your apps" and I click the cancel button. Do not silently delete the apps without confirmation when I try to sync a second time. - Michael

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Thankfully by restoring from a backup and redownloading the apps, I was able to restore the apps and their settings. Had I lost the settings for Peggle and the hundred+ hours I've put into those achievements, I can't be sure that the threat of life in prison would have dissuaded me from ending the life of a member of the iTunes team. - Michael

Oh for the fucking love of jesus, it deleted all of the songs I'd purchased from my phone as well. At what point did iTunes stop copying things from my phone back to my Mac when I synced it? Where's an Apple engineer when you need someone to strangle? - Michael

Oh wait, PEBKAC, I'm syncing my phone with the wrong Mac. That's what I get for owning four fucking Macs. - Michael

May I suggest purchasing a dock - and attaching it to the mac you sync with? - Robin Barooah from email

That's a fine idea, and also not leaving the Mac I sync with in the closet because I'm currently in between apartments. :) - Michael

Robin Barooah

Ars Technica Announces A Subscription Based Service - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...

September 9 from Backtype - Comment - Like - Share

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"I almost subscribed immediately and probably will. The key thing about ARS that makes them different from the average news site is that their quality is consistently high, they aren't obviously pushing a particular viewpoint, and more importantly their analysis is in depth and intelligent without being monotonous or pedantic. I'd love to pay money to subscribe to a newspaper that was like this." - Robin Barooah

Jesse Stay

. @whitehouse I am proud, as a conservative American, to have the privilege of having the President speak to my kids. Thank you.

September 7 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Jesse, I hope you'll have a political party that can speak for you in 2010 and 2012. - Tad

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Not likely, Tad. There aren't any that represent conservatives. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

couldn't agree more mark... though i find it intersting that some democrats are looking already for someone besides mr. obama - Jonathan Jesse

I'd be delighted with a fiscally conservative party that held liberally social values (or at the very least, didn't base the party around intolerance). - Tad

Agree, @Tad. - Kurt Starnes

I'm a Bastard without a party right now. It's sad it's come to that. - Jesse Stay

Jesse, I'm right there with you. - Akiva Moskovitz

Count me in, too. - Kurt Starnes

The Bastard Party? It's got legs... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

I wrote a paper in my AP English class in high school about how this circular nature of parties takes place. At the moment the Republican party has pretty much moved so far to the right it's almost flaming liberal (again, think of it as a circle). - Jesse Stay

Mark, I'm in. - Jesse Stay

how much longer till the Republican Party splits, or has it already happened and no one noticed? - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Aaman, both parties are very split. There's just no good way of organizing the split. - Jesse Stay

Sounds like what's happening in India - centre-right party in Opposition is imploding, the centre-left party in power (the Congress(I) is consolidating power and delivering credible governance, just re-elected after full term. - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Hmm, that's an interesting topic for an article - note to self - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Tad, sounds like you need to be Libertarian. - Jesse Stay

Libertarians are still a little too far left of middle for my taste. I agree with some Social liberalism, but not to the extent of extreme libertarianism. Republicans are too far right for my taste. I need something right down the middle. - Jesse Stay

Been there, done that Jesse. For a while in the 90s I considered myself to be a hardcore anarcho-capitalist. I've realized over the years that a Libertarian government isn't suited to my own desires for humanity. The role of government should be to help hasten technological improvement and thus the Singularity. But then, I'm weird like that. - Tad

Thanks Jesse for sharing your thoughts today. You are inspiring me to keep standing up for what I believe, and not what they Party has turned into. - Sid Burgess

http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Sid Burgess

Sid, I love that song - it's inspiring. - Jesse Stay

Republicans aren't conservative enough. However, that won't stop them from rolling over the dems in '10. Luckily, polls are showing the huge surge to conservatism in the U.S. People are finally realizing the government is not the answer. - Spencer

Jesse, me too. And thanks to you I am in one of those moods... looking for inspiration today. :D - Sid Burgess

Jesse, what if fiscal conservatives left the GOP and joined the LP? Would that shift the LP rightward enough for your tastes? - Michael R. Bernstein

Michael, I guess we'd have to see. I'm definitely not moving - if one party moves towards my values I may join though. - Jesse Stay

Good man. Would that there were more like you. - Terry Hummer

Why does anyone associate the Republicans with conservatism? - Robin Barooah

Jesse - let's start our own party. I am another lost step child of the Republicans. They have all gone Pat Buchanan on us - Jeff (the マクダジ of FF) from iPhone

I'm rather irked that my own school district has opted to not show this speech live. While I can understand wanting to stay on topic within the middle and high school classes, making it a district-wide policy is irritating at a minimum. The speech is *for* our kids. I remember watching these as a kid and feeling rather proud to be an American each and every time. - Renee Hendricks

I'll be happy when this whole stupid speech is over and my kids can get back to learning about academics. - David C. Cooper

I still don't understand why people think the President addressing kids is a bad idea. There's no logic to it. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Mark, I didn't understand it either until I heard he held up Google, Facebook and Twitter, but didn't even mention FriendFeed. That's gotta be grounds for impeachment right there. :-) - Bruce Lewis from fftogo

Oh man, I retract my statement then Bruce! ;-) - Jesse Stay

Jesse, are you being sarcastic in your title? - metalerik

The problem I have is with the Dept. of Education lesson plan that in essence called for kids to be Obama's field agents. - Robert Hafer from iPhone

matalerik, not at all. I mean every bit of it. - Jesse Stay

Robert, really??? I don't remember hearing that anywhere. - Jesse Stay

Robert, please quote exactly what from the lesson plan you disagree with, instead of making hyperbolic and purposely inflammatory statements. I mean, if you've read the document. - Andrizzle Gizzle

Actually, Robert is pretty much correct, but I think it's just a poor choice of wording, really: http://www.docstoc.com/docs... "Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals." - Otto

Thanks Jesse. I find it's better not to assume what people mean- especially when it's on a monitor. - metalerik

Tim Tyler

On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets - http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi...

September 6 - Comment - Like - Share

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That bust they used for testing at the Media Lab looks oddly familiar to me. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

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surely this is disinformation designed to lure people into removing their hats when it's not safe to do so - Robin Barooah

Robin - you might be right! Perhaps the best thing to do is to employ protection - but to make sure that you are properly grounded. - Tim Tyler

and they deliberately neglect to consider the effect of wearing more than one hat - Robin Barooah from IM

Robin Barooah

District 9 looks as though it was inspired by laserblast from 1978

August 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Watched it - mostly liked it. - Tim Tyler

But did you see laserblast? - Robin Barooah from iPhone

I hadn't heard of laserblast until now. - Tim Tyler

Jonathan Le Plastrier

Denote: the easiest way to email yourself notes from the iPhone - Little Itch blog - http://littleitch.com/blog...

September 1 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Denote version 2.0 is now available on the App Store for $.99 USD. This version makes it even easier to use your email inbox for notes and reminders on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The most exciting new feature is that notes are now sent without leaving the application for a faster, smoother experience. This change also makes it easier to send multiple notes in a row. In addition, the email subject intro text, which still defaults to “Denote:”, can now be changed to any value, including setting it to be blank. Even the application icon got a little polishing." - Jonathan Le Plastrier from Bookmarklet

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"I hope you enjoy these new features. Let us know if we can do anything to improve Denote. Juana Molina’s Un Día was the unofficial theme for this release. The title translates to “one day” which is how long we wish releasing software took." - Jonathan Le Plastrier

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I can't wait to try this out. The first version made my life easier in very key moments. - jonathan

Very nice. Is there any way to pick which email account the mail comes from so I don't have to change it every time I send a note? - Casey Muller

That's a global setting on the phone. You can change that in the Settings app, in the "Mail, Contacts, Calendar" section, change the "Default Account" setting. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

The one I want for Denote is different than the one I want to send most mail from, but thanks. - Casey Muller

Cool - the ability to change the intro text means I can use it to send tasks to omnifocus - Robin Barooah

Oh.....99 cents! - Michael Muller

I still think that's too little, but I understand it. - Robin Barooah from IM

Thanks for mentioning Juana Molina.....I created a new station on Pandora and "Un Dia" came up after a while. I especially liked the rhythm. And it was great to see all the artists new to me on that station. I am so conservative, just the same old Julieta Venegas and Shakira. - Michael Muller

Her entire discography is amazing. We saw her live a few weeks ago; incredible show. If you get a chance to see her, I highly recommend it. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

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