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MG Siegler posted a link

I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You - NYTimes.com

Friday at 11:45 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Richard Chen, Gavin, shayne catrett, ***™ and 5 other people liked this

"Facebook and Twitter may have pushed things into overdrive, but the idea of using communication tools as a form of “co-presence” has been around for a while. The Japanese sociologist Mizuko Ito first noticed it with mobile phones: lovers who were working in different cities would send text messages back and forth all night" - MG Siegler via Bookmarklet

Bill Gates used to have "movie dates" with Melinda while he was traveling. They'd each see the same movie and then get together by phone afterwards to chat about it. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Richard Chen posted a link

Calif. Aims to Concentrate Growth to Cut Use of Cars - washingtonpost.com

Saturday at 11:25 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"The measure, known as SB375, aims to give existing and new high-density centers where people live, work and shop top priority in receiving local, state and federal transportation funds. The idea is that such developments check sprawl and ease commutes, in turn cutting the car pollution wafting through the Golden State." - Richard Chen via Bookmarklet

Adam Lasnik posted a message on Twitter

“FactCheck.org is one of my fav (@nonpartisan) sites http://tinyhttp.com/mcfactchec.... And they are equally harsh on the Dem's messaging.”

Friday at 2:44 pm - Link

Richard Chen, Bret Taylor, Sacca and Atul Arora liked this

er, meant &nonpartisan. Darn habits re: @key :P - Adam Lasnik

Sacca posted a link

Sarah Palin and Republican Hypocrisy

Friday at 7:53 am - via Reshare - Link

Richard Chen, Nisha Pillai, Mike Boudreaux, brendan and 7 other people liked this

This clip is just. Too. Good. - Sacca

Which one is it? Can't see youtube at work... Is it the one where she calls Hillary a whiner for calling her critics sexist? - Jason Carreira

Jason - yes, as well as the Karl Rove duplicity, O'Reilly ripping on the Lohan's, etc. - Patrick Lightbody

Paul Haahr posted a link

Mystery Solved! - Talking Points Memo

Friday at 7:41 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Richard Chen, Simon and Benjamin Lee liked this

"I mean, is this the RNC or a scene out Spinal Tap or Waiting for Guffman?" - Paul Haahr via Bookmarklet

ƃuɐʞ posted a link

The risks of using Google Maps

Friday at 11:55 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Mandi, Chieze Okoye, Renato Albano, Lu Tao and 51 other people liked this

A more mindful Google Maps user can avoid crashing into the origin. - John Lam

Tom Stocky posted a link

still psyched that I got to meet Michael Tilson Thomas last night!

Thursday at 9:28 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Avni Shah, Sophie Yip, Weezer Taylor, Shannon Jiménez and 4 other people liked this

My dad introduced me to classical music with his records (especially his rendition of Rhapsody in Blue: http://tinyurl.com/mttgershwin) -- it was really nice to meet him in person and shake his hand. - Tom Stocky

I had no idea you were a symphony opening night guy, Tom! - Sheila Taylor

@Sheila: I'm not, just lucked into some tickets this year thanks to a very generous friend. It was a really fun night! - Tom Stocky

Looks like fun! - Sheila Taylor

That LA Phil + MTT recording is goosebump material. Nice! - Richard Chen

hunter walk posted a link

Republican mouthpieces pan Palin while they think they're off-air

Thursday at 1:44 pm - Link

Brian Glick, Kevin Hessel, David Young, MG Siegler and Richard Chen liked this

These folks are Republicans? Really? - AJ Kohn

Whoops! Ridiculous! - romerotron3000

Kevin Fox posted a link

20 Insane Comic-book Style Photoshop Effects - PSDTUTS

Thursday at 1:34 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Nathan Henderson, John Lam, Dan Hsiao, Richard Chen and 20 other people liked this

Great for future reference - Kevin Fox via Bookmarklet

Great find; thanks. - Evan Sims

neat. - Dustin

Kevin, you mean for when FriendFeed releases its operating system by sending out a comic book...? ;-) - Tony Ruscoe

this is awesome for reference. 8^D - Chieze Okoye

Jason Shellen bookmarked a page on delicious

Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - washingtonpost.com

Wednesday at 10:33 pm - Link

Mack D. Male, Michael Leggett, Rodfather, Stupid Blogger (aka Tina) and Richard Chen liked this

Considering laminating this to carry in my wallet. - Jason Shellen

What a great visualization. I wish FriendFeed automatically pulled the large image into FF. - Michael Leggett

What this lacks is a total -- how much more debt does McCain take on as a result of his policy? - Michael Leggett

Evan Williams posted a message on Twitter

“Cool: @pennjillette is on Twitter. For reals.”

Wednesday at 10:37 am - Link

Richard Chen, Jenna Hutchsion, M. Donaldson, Michael Fidler and 3 other people liked this

hunter walk posted a link

Diddy Blog #16 - "John McCain Is Buggin The F%^k Out'"!

September 2 at 8:10 pm - Link

Richard Chen, Isaac Hepworth, Andrew Burd and MG Siegler liked this

"Alaska? I don't even know if they're any black people in Alaska" - hunter walk

"Alaska M*****F*****?!" - Jesse Lorenz

the publicity and viewcount fully drives home the point that youtube is itself an unusually efficient democratic platform. is the irony deliberate? ;-) - Isaac Hepworth

Bret Taylor posted a link

Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web

September 2 at 3:17 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Todd Jackson, Adam Kazwell, Derek Collison, Carlos Eduardo Buarque and 122 other people liked this

"Brian Rakowski walks to the whiteboard in a small conference room in Building 41 on Google's Mountain View campus. A lanky, gregarious man in his twenties, Rakowski is the product manager of a top-secret project that's been under way for more than two years." - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet

Congrats on the great article, Brian. - Bret Taylor

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this aint gonna happen and here is why http://www.alleyinsider.com/20... - John Kotsaftis via feedalizr

awesome... I just wonder how much microsoft is going to fight back against the onslaught - James Campbell

Choice FTW! - Slippy Lane

@john: alleyinsider is the last source i will trust as to whether it is going or not going to happen. But, really, as @slippy says, choice FTW! The rest will just pan out. - Ashwin Bharambe

That picture is great. It looks like a band photo. - Andrew Burd

Internets are the new rock'n'roll, Andrew, didn't you hear? - Slippy Lane

The photographer, Joe Pugliese, has a great website: http://www.joepug.com/ In fact it's so great I haven't got round to reading the Wired article yet - Adewale Oshineye

Enjoyable read except for this completely bizarre paragraph -- "Not long after that, Brin and Page came by to check in on the furtive beginnings of their browser. "I remember sitting at my desk, which at the time had a stuffed snake running along the back of it," says Pam Greene, an engineer on the team. "Sergey was bouncing on one of those exercise balls, watching Darin give a demo, and petting the snake." - Osi

"The snake, called Mr. Bigglesworth, seemed to purr softly in Sergey's lap, providing a calming influence during the demo. However, when one of the tabs crashed, taking the browser with it, Sergey's voice took a more strident turn. "I have gathered here before me the world's best developers," Sergey began, "and yet each of you has failed to kill Internet Explorer. That makes me angry. And when Sergey gets angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, people die!" - Karim

Sergey then pressed a nearby console button that retracted Darin's chair into the floor below. A flash of flame could be seen as the screaming developer vanished from the conference room. - Karim

/likes Karim's comment - Philipp Lenssen

Somebody help me!" Darin pleads. "I'm alive, only very badly burned!" This proves to be very distracting, and after being interrupted several times, Sergey picks up his phone, and reports the situation to a henchman. "I'll go deal with it," he assures Sergey. "If someone opens the retrieval hatch, I can get out," Darin explains. At this point, the hatch opens. Darin is at first grateful, but then a gunshot is heard. - Geoff Longman

After a pause, Sergey is satisfied Darin is dead and attempts to continue explaining his plan, only be interrupted by Darin again, who says indignantly "you shot me! You shot me right in the arm! Why did you-". Darin sentence is cut short by a second gunshot, which proves to be the end for him, as the hatch is heard to close. (http://www.moviedeaths.com/aus...) - Geoff Longman

Guys, if you want Google-related pulp fiction, check out this choose-your-own-adventure game :) http://blogoscoped.com/googlea... - Philipp Lenssen

awesome! - April Buchheit

this entry is the most liked of FriendFeed in last 24 hours (based on ffholic.com data) Congrats! - FFholic.com

This entry is in the most liked list of ffholic.com! Congrats! :) - FFholic.com

lol, plug plug. - Slippy Lane

Google’s Chrome is aimed at Windows, not IE This is no longer about browser but about the an entire marketplace spread between desktop, mobile and web. With Chrome, Google’s taking a shot at Windows, not paltry Internet Explorer I’ve covered this in more detail on my blog http://sachendra.wordpress.com... - Sachendra

I review chrome...need alot of work. see details on my blog http://trustseo.com/blog/2008/... - CeoSeo

The point of Chrome is the same point one would make about the iPhone. Will iPhone outsell Nokia worlwide in total number of phones sold? Not a chance in hell! Has it changed the face of mobile phones forever...absolutely. This is where I think Chrome is a fantastic concept. By open sourcing D8 Google has literally empowered every other browser including Safari and Firefox to be Windows beaters. In actual fact IE may even implemented their own canibalised V8 to canibalise their Microsofts existing fat client business. If you ask me, Google is the master of judo in this case. google 2 MSFT 0 - John Kotsaftis via feedalizr

I haven't been able to find many details about the V8 design, but it's apparently a straight JIT (no interpreter) with inline caching of property accessors. I didn't see anything about HotSpot/TraceMonkey-style optimizing compilation, and it doesn't seem to use any intermediate language. (http://code.google.com/apis/v8...) Is this the future of dynamic language runtimes? Am I a nerd? - Jim Norris

Nice to see Wired putting out a great article in a timely manner for a change - rather than spend page upon page talking about minor internet celebs and how they gatecrashed gawker media parties to build their fame. - Jonathan Beckett

Jim, tracemonkey should still be faster. Paul friendfeeded an article comparing them. I should say that tracemonkey will still be faster eventually, unless V8 adds hotspot-like tracing as well, in which case, my money would ride on V8, since Google probably has half of the hotspot team :) - Sanjeev Singh

Sacca posted a message on Twitter

“Congratulations to the Google Chrome team! I haven't seen praise this loud, uniform, and deserved since Britney Spears was denied custody!”

September 2 at 2:06 pm - Link

Anne Bouey, Harjeet Taggar, Roberto Bonini, Richard Chen and 15 other people liked this

This just goes to show that -- no matter what -- Britney and Google are inextricably linked :P. - Adam Lasnik

That logo looks familiar... http://tinyurl.com/3axvbu - Richard Chen

Richard - I loved that game! - Laura Norvig

Amit Patel posted a link

Visible Earth: Fog in California

August 31 at 10:41 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

David Vasileff, Paul Buchheit, Ansgar Wollnik, Hutch Carpenter and 2 other people liked this

Satellite image showing a very foggy day in California. Yes, most of the white is fog, not snow! The entire central valley is filled with fog. Click the links on the right to see the big image. - Amit Patel via Bookmarklet

And to think I've driven through it going to LA. On I-5. I deserve to get weeded out of the motorist gene pool for that one. - Richard Chen

Philipp Lenssen posted an entry on Google Blogoscoped

Google Chrome, Google's Browser Project

September 1 at 7:59 am - Link

Kirb, David Chu, ночной кататель шариков, Richard Chen and 22 other people liked this

Can't wait to try it :-) Anybody knows if it would still be possible for Google to be compatible with Firefox extensions? - Thomas Kjær Nielsen

Thomas, as far as I understood, it's built on Webkit rather than Mozilla so probably not. - Tony Ruscoe

Firefox extensions are basically patches to the source code, there is no real way for a browser that isn't Firefox to be compatible with them. Plug-ins have a well defined API, though, so it's possible for browsers to be cross-compatible there. (No idea if Chrome itself is or is not, of course.) - ⓞnor

Think it is too bad :-( Have really getting used to some of the FF extensions, like RTM for Gmail. Would hate to give that up for the new Chrome experience. But then again, maybe more will use Plug-ins instead of extensions. - Thomas Kjær Nielsen

Plug-ins are non-great for other reasons. Some sort of standardized Greasemonkey-type injection might be a good idea, though. - ⓞnor

Webkit + Google Gears + "a JavaScript Virtual Machine called V8, built from scratch by a team in Denmark". Google FTW! - Goran Zec

Rie favorited a video on YouTube

tokyo bicycle parking tower

September 1 at 11:55 am - Link

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Dare Obasanjo posted a message on Twitter

“According to http://tinyurl.com/6o8g53 ,Google Chrome beta ships tomorrow in a 100 markets. So perhaps it isn't vaporware after all. :)”

September 1 at 2:36 pm - Link

Matt Cutts, Franci Penov, krz9000, Richard Chen and Paul Buchheit liked this

Thanks :) - Dion Almaer

Much obliged, Dare. You'll get to take it for a spin soon. :) - Matt Cutts

MG Siegler posted a link

Obama says Palin's family off-limits - CNN.com

September 1 at 2:55 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Jim Bednarz, Kishore, Chris Martin, Ruben Llibre and 51 other people liked this

"Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president." - MG Siegler via Bookmarklet

class. - MG Siegler

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very classy - jeff

Admire that approach, wish more were like it - Sally Church

Class, yes. If the unlikely story that she lied about her pregnancy is true, it becomes a part of our politics, unfortunately, as it shows her level of integrity. - Erica Baker

Palin's views on reproductive rights, marriage, contraception, single parenthood, and what is considered "legitimate" and "shameful" therein could soon become a matter of law - so if her family is off-limits, ours certainly won't be. Just something to keep in mind! - joneilortiz

+1 Obama - Mattb4rd

+1 joneilortiz - Duncan Riley

Didn't Obama say he wouldn't want his daughters to 'pay for a mistake with a baby?' That's not making them off limits, that's using their reproductive rights for his own agenda - just like Palin. - Marianne Lenox

joneilortiz , there are 3 branches of America's government. Mrs. Palin will serve in a subordinate position in the executive branch. For her views to become a matter of law, even if she were to become President, would literally require an act of Congress and the Judicial branch would have to uphold it. ie, it aint gonna happen. - Mattb4rd

-1 joneilortiz. Presidents, and especially vice presidents, do not create laws. They can bring proposals to Congress but it's up to Congress, with a current Democratic majority, mind you, to actually create the laws. Just something to keep in mind. - Akiva Moskovitz

*hi-5* Akiva - Mattb4rd

*EXPLODING HIGH FIVE* - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 for Obama... - ChangeForge via twhirl

+1 obama - Sarah Perez

A gentleman. Classy move. - Abby Martin

I hate everything the man stands for, and yet I believe him when he makes this request. - Trevor Carpenter

If, after the last 8 years especially, you don't think the Executive Branch has tremendous effect on what becomes law - Supreme Court justices are appointed, don't forget - then you are simply misinformed. Abortion rights and accessibility, for instance, have been whittled down through all sorts of measures that work in and around legislative action. Federal funding of faith-based programs, which effect reproductive rights tremendously, have of late been the work of the Executive Branch. - joneilortiz

@Mattb4rd: didn't you hear that the VP is no longer considered part of the executive branch? - Jim Norris

@Jim Norris: No, I haven't heard that one. What's the punchline? - Mattb4rd

joneilortiz, that's a different issue all together and a very important one. You're never really voting for a president, you're voting for the Chief Justices he appoints. However, even they do not make law; they interpret it. It's just, uh, as of late, they've been making quite a miserable job of it. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Jim Oh, that's right! lol @Akiva Ya, totally. Hopefully we'll get to a place where the executive branch doesn't have their hands in all the books! - joneilortiz

Very classy. The fact is, its none of our business. Even if the crazy, cruel stories going about were true, I could not fault a mother for protecting her family. - Jody C

@Mattb4rd/Akiva, don't be silly. The very purpose of running someone as Vice/President is so that their views become law. 'Become,' you will note, as a rather broad term. The constitutional details you refer to are of little relevance to any White House whose party has a bunch of people in Congress. - j1m

@Mattb4rd http://tinyurl.com/68zz93 - Alejandro S.

@Jody, but I could fault her for lying about it to the public and press. (Assuming she did, not saying she did.) It's also a matter of judgment. The choices she supposedly made tell a lot about her character. Lying is lying, whether it's to protect your daughter or to keep your wife from knowing you got a BJ. - Jeff P. Henderson

@Trevor, You hate everything he stands for? Why? What is it you think he stands for? - Tanath

Jess Lee posted a link

best of craigslist : My women

August 31 at 12:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Sacca, Richard Chen, Riona MacNamara, Todd Nemet and 4 other people liked this

make sure to read till the end. - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

hahah - nouhad via feedalizr

that's great! - David Adam

Gabe Schaffer posted a link

Casio EXILIM Pro EX-F1: 60fps

August 31 at 1:11 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

krz9000, Josh Staiger, Amit Patel, April Buchheit and 7 other people liked this

"Users can record images not just at the instant they press the shutter button, but before! Continuously recording at up to 60 images per second, a maximum of 60 images can be saved in the camera’s own buffer memory even before the shutter button is depressed. Even if users press the shutter a little late, they will still be able to catch that vital moment." - Gabe Schaffer via Bookmarklet

This thing not only has a YouTube mode and face recognition, it can record at 1200fps(!) or 1080i HD. But the cool thing is that it can continuously record at 60fps, so it's almost like a Tivo for real life. If something interesting happens that you wanted a photo of, just push the button and it gets copied from the buffer to your flash card. - Gabe Schaffer

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this is crazy! - eviltom

I use the Continuous Shoot feature on my pocket camera to get lots of frames, and then I pick the best one. (For an example, see http://flickr.com/photos/amitp...) I only get ~1 shot per second though, which is too slow. I've long wanted something that took a movie and let me pick the best frame. This camera looks like it has what I want, although not at the size I want. - Amit Patel

Another neat feature is that you can set shutter speeds of 1/40,000 seconds. Even the best professional SLRs have only gone up to 1/16,000. You can freeze lots of motion with a shutter speed that fast. - Gabe Schaffer

If I remember right, with CHDK on my Canon pocket camera, I was able to get 1/60,000 second shutter speeds. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/a... although that didn't require that fast of a shutter. CHDK may be lying about the camera's capabilities. - Amit Patel

Casio has 1200fps samples at http://www.exilim.com/intl/ex_... - Richard Chen

Richard Chen posted a link

Russia Claims Its Sphere of Influence in the World - NYTimes.com

August 31 at 8:31 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"Russia, he said, would observe international law. It would reject what he called United States dominance of world affairs in a “unipolar” world. It would seek friendly relations with other nations. It would defend Russian citizens and business interests abroad. And it would claim a sphere of influence in the world." - Richard Chen via Bookmarklet

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Reiser sentenced to 15 years to life for killing his wife - San Jose Mercury News

August 29 at 11:49 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Gets more graphic over at http://blog.wired.com/27bstrok... Ugh. - Richard Chen via Bookmarklet

Paul Buchheit liked a story on Reddit

Zimbabwe introduces the $100 Billon Dollar Bill. With it, you can buy four oranges.

August 29 at 12:31 pm - Link

Satish Thomas, David Adam, Dan Hsiao, Kishore Balakrishnan and 6 other people liked this

Imagine what you could buy for $1 trillion. - peter

1 trillion houses in Detroit? - Jim Norris

Detroit, Zimbabwe, maybe. - Mladen Srdić

Insert Dr. Evil reference here. - Richard Chen

Giant "laser" has gotta be around here somewhere. - Roberto Bonini

hunter walk posted a link

Barack Obama | Explaining the riddle | Economist.com

August 28 at 10:31 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Richard Chen liked this

"EIGHT YEARS ago Barack Obama was thoroughly humiliated at the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. He had recently lost a congressional primary in Chicago, and both his political and personal bank accounts were empty. The rental car company rejected his credit card. He failed to get hold of a floor pass and ended up watching the proceedings on a big screen in a car park. He returned home with his tail between his legs before the week was out" [hat tip Diego - reminding us about just getting started] - hunter walk via Bookmarklet

Audrey shared an item on Google Reader

taiwan power

August 28 at 6:07 pm - Link

Chieze Okoye liked this

none of this "chinese taipei" crap. - Audrey

Represent! Woo! (Or maybe they say "Wu!") - Richard Chen

Jess Lee favorited a video on YouTube

An Inside Look at Google Map Maker

August 28 at 8:54 pm - Link

Delzadeh, Richard Chen, Kamath and Ken W liked this

this is all very good. A lot of us in Lahore were very excited when mapmaker opened up for pakistan. So we contributed our ass off. and now it has been almost 3 months and there are no signs of that map on maps.google.com. It is useless as long as it is not on maps.google. sorry that i had to vent it out like this :) - Aqeel Ahmad

Yuichi Kawasaki posted an entry on kawasakiのブックマーク

食券の裏を広告メニューとして提供を開始した、牛めし・定食チェーン「松屋」。その企みの裏に隠された事実とは？

August 28 at 3:07 am - Link

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asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：業界著名人が続々入社　Ｇｏｏｇｌｅの人材吸収力 - 週刊朝日・ＡＥＲＡから - 就職・転職

August 28 at 12:48 am - Link

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Japanese Olympic Skit

August 25 at 1:08 pm - Link

Bill Sodeman, Richard Chen, Emily Miller, Pico Seno and 4 other people liked this

I love this game show. - Michael Leggett

Wow. This one is older: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Philipp Lenssen

Lots more "kasou taisho" vids here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Ch... - Richard Chen