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Have you ever fallen asleep on a train and missed your destination or simply got on the wrong train? Where did you end up? What is a long way?
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Question inspired from my comment here: http://ff.im/bqadP
- Kol Tregaskes
Thankfully I don't think I've ever got on the wrong train and I can't sleep on trains anyway.
- Kol Tregaskes
Wrong train once; realised after about three stops and was able to rectify the situation. Fallen asleep coming back from London (Kol, you just need to drink more to do this) but since the end of the line was one stop further than where I wanted to get off it wasn't a big deal either.
- Mark H
Not exactly.. I've woken up at the station *before* mine, convinced that it was my stop and scrambled off the train, only to have that, "Oh, bollocks" moment as the train pulled slowly away from the platform...
- Andrew Terry
That picture is awesome. And yes, I've fallen asleep on the bus several times missing my stop. I've gotten on wrong buses working on auto-pilot, forgetting I needed to take a different line.
- Admiral Anika
I didn't fall asleep and miss my stop, but I did miss my stop because I was talking to someone.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Oh yeah.In my case I was simply lost in thought and totally missed the stop. Fortunately I got off at the next station and caught the train back. Was only 20 minutes late for my lecture ( but nearly 40 minutes later than i usually get in)
- Roberto Bonini
Nope. I can't sleep on trains.
- Steven Perez
Distracted by card games, several of us managed to not only miss our stop, we ended up back at the station we started at. Therefore missed our connections (the last of the night), rerouted through another city, and ended up getting home, changing, and going straight to work the next day. Not good.
- Jaclyn
I can sleep on the way in to Grand Central Terminal, because it's the last stop so I can't miss it. On the way home I worry about missing my stop, so I usually don't fall asleep.
- Bill Scherer
I've definitely missed a stop, being sound asleep (long and early commute). The other times that I fell asleep due to too much drink, for some reason, I woke up just in time to get off at my stop. Although that one time, i wasn't looking too pretty with my glasses all askew and drool on my chin as I stumbled off the train. Good times.
- Cassandra
Steven - I fall asleep on trains very very easily. :)
- Roberto Bonini
Okay, I finally set up Google Voice. Now what do I do with it?
RAPatton, tinypants - Hagitha of FF, rob and 3 other people liked this
You can forward your cell voicemail to your GV number and trip out on the translated text..
- Rodfather
If I forward my normal cell voicemail to GV, can I still listen to my voicemail on my phone, or would I have to go to Google Voice to hear/read it?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
It can SMS your phone or email you when you get a msg. The email is a transcription AND the actual VM. So if your workflow is mostly to use your phone for checking messages, then it doesn't make much sense to use GV. If you got a new phone number with the GV account it's good to have one number to give out even if you end up changing your home or mobile number that it is linked to....
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- Josh Haley
You would have to switch back to your normal VM to hear it I think. Or dial *86? I'm not quite sure. If you switch the VM to GV, all you need to do is call your own number and listen your GV voice mail like you would normally. It's easy to switch. Dial *71 <new number>
- Rodfather
I mostly wanted a number with a local area code to give out when I didn't care to give people my real phone number. Sounds like I should just leave the VM on my real number as it is.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Ya might as well leave it. Having a public number to give out is nice. You can choose which phones it will ring. Can block numbers. Set certain contacts to groups and depending on which group a contact is in, ring different numbers..
- Rodfather
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Green robot icon - http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009...
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"Turn on Green Robot, a new experiment in Gmail Labs, and you'll see a robot icon next to people who are currently using Android phones. In the case below, Shirley is online with Android, Nicolle R. is using regular Gmail chat, and Chris I. is currently away but also on Android. Slatka is not an angry robot — she's online with Android but currently busy."
- metalerik
from Bookmarklet
Brilliant marketing.
- Josh Haley
seriously great timing.
- metalerik
For the record, remember how I said I use FriendFeed for everything? Guess who Matthew and Sarah's babysitter is going to be tomorrow? --> http://friendfeed.com/schmeesy
rob, Lu Tao, Anne Bouey and 31 other people liked this
Social media THIS.
- Louis Gray
*swoon*
- Derrick
In before the "MYbabysitter.net" IPO
- Stephen Mack
We get to use photobooth while you're out. Right? Can't wait to hang with the twins!!! :-D
- Lisa L. Seifert
Awwww... Thanks, RAP! *blush*
- Lisa L. Seifert
I want to babysit!
- Rochelle
That is awesome.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Rochelle, that would be great! We will trade you Sarah for Audrey so Matthew can meet his future wife.
- Louis Gray
Kid swap!
- Akiva Moskovitz
My sink is leaking.
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My link is sinking.
- Kevin Crader
My ship is sinking....
- Roberto Bonini
patch it with twitter
- Allen Stern
Is 140 characters enough??
- Roberto Bonini
Drip!
- Charlie Anzman
Perseid Meteors by Moonlight - http://www.skyandtelescope.com/communi...
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"The little bits of interplanetary grit making up the Perseid meteoroid stream orbit the Sun with a period of about 130 years, like their object of origin, Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The richest part of the stream is strung out near the comet itself, which last dipped through the inner solar system in 1992. So the shower's annual sky show has waned of late — gone are the great Perseid meteor displays of the early 1990s."
- Michael McKean
from Bookmarklet
I saw them once as a child, on vacation. I never see anything cool in the sky because of light pollution.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
The Storefront Churches of Chicago by Dave Jordano - http://www.themorningnews.org/archive...
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Christopher Harley, rob, Rochelle and 3 other people liked this
Small details make a space unique, familiar, and alive. Photographer Dave Jordano knows that a personal, individual spirit can bring a place to life, and, in his “Article of Faith” series, he shows us it’s not only how, but where congregations pray that defines their faith.
- Cee Bee
really interesting collection of photos. i've been to a few chapels in my life where just the wrong mural or color on the walls just creeped me out
- Melissa
there are tons of these types of storefront churches all over brooklyn, which i believe at some point contained the highest concentration of churches in the entire usa
- Cee Bee
i believe that. i've walked through the BK a few times and often wondered just how many churches i saw within a 20 block radius.
- Melissa
Rest Stops, R.I.P. - http://www.good.is/post...
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Andy Bakun, The Catz Meow, rob and 5 other people liked this
"For decades, states have defined themselves through their charming roadside rest stops. Now, they’re losing ground to supersized highway chains. GOOD visits a few of them to figure out what went wrong."
- Brad Williamson
from Bookmarklet
The "Arts & Culture" room focuses on the smarter side of the Web. Join us and embrace new insights ;-) http://friendfeed.com/arts-an...
- Brad Williamson
Arizona just spent a ton of money revitalizing our favorite rest-stop: Sunset Point at the top of the hill up from Phoenix on I-17.
- Chrimmus Tad
I guess Texas is doing the opposite. Building new, large rest stops across the state. Some of them are very nice http://www.dot.state.tx.us/mnt...
- Robert Kenney
Cool — most of Texas's have WiFi
- Mistletoe Glen
va rest stops have wifi but are still getting shut down, :(
- chaz2b
History of Russian nesting dolls for micahwittman and tamihania - http://russian-crafts.com/nesting...
M F, Hanna Wiszniewska, The Catz Meow and 10 other people liked this
Thank you so much for these pics. I love Babushka dolls and collect them. They are incredible :)))
- fatima
I love nesting dolls as well, my grandmother has a collection of them.
- Joe
Only on FF can one subject lead so easily to a big surprise. This one started on Eleanor Roosevelt quote. http://ff.im/5IJnN
- Myrna
A very organic thread. Elenore's that is.
- Joe
Awesome... I used to call my Russian great grand mother Babooshka ( I guess it's sort of like Madar bozorg and Maman bozorg )
- fatima
25 Best JavaScript Tools For Designers - http://www.dzone.com/links...
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Have fun gaming last night?
- Michael Fidler
I did, thank you. :) Just logged out a bit ago from playing today as well. I hope you're having a good day.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Yep. No complaints; well I would like to get my 360 running, but no receipt still.
- Michael Fidler
Seriously? That's been awhile, right? Gameless that long would drive me nuts. You should find yourself a good free MMO or something.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
It wouldn't be so bad if Windows 7 ran all my new games reliable, but it doesn't. Very inconsistent! Like what. I like RPG's
- Michael Fidler
Anarchy Online Classic is free now, but you have to pay for the expansions. Hmm...
- Neal Jansons
from IM
I used to play Rubies of Eventide, it was interesting http://www.cyberwar.net/
- Neal Jansons
from IM
So I could try it and pay for it if I like it. I don't care about money; scratch that, I do, but not 15 or 20 bucks a month
- Michael Fidler
Well, if you are willing to pay for a MMO, WoW is the way to go, of course. Or EQ2, that got pretty good, but I keep going back to WoW
- Neal Jansons
from IM
WoW is too trendy, not my style. Whats EQ2
- Michael Fidler
I like fantasy D&D type games as long as they're good. So pick one for me.
- Michael Fidler
There is a reason it is popular, but that's cool. I have been playing on and off since beta. My wife and I met in college and courted partially in WoW. EQ2 is Everquest 2
- Neal Jansons
from IM
That's the other reason, everyone has been playing it so long. I don't want to be the new guy.
- Michael Fidler
Graphics are important to me. So that's the one. Pay up front or how does it work?
- Michael Fidler
There are always noobs, but I understand the concern. Because of school and life I have yet to have a single max level character in like...4 years.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
I think you can do it as a direct download from the the sony store. Then you get a free month
- Neal Jansons
from IM
thing is, as usual with MMOs, there are a few expansions...I played up to Ruins of Kunark, but I don't know the ones after. I liked all the other expansions pretty well...extra races.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
I think I'll try it. It has a good history, and Sony is great at MMO's so what do I have to loose.
- Michael Fidler
I had a lot of fun with it, but school and life happened and I just drifted off...oh, and if you ever want to check out an awesome sci-fi MMO, check out Eve Online.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
I was followed by a guy here right after E3. He 's the owner of the D&D franchise and he's beta testing a new online version. I'm sure he would let me join. It might be good for once.
- Michael Fidler
You told me about EVE once and I would rather go Fantasy. I grew up playing D&D with dice and manuals.
- Michael Fidler
Figure's too.
- Michael Fidler
Yeah, I played D&D as well. The D&D MMO was ok, but everything was instanced so it gets claustrophobic.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
You tried the new one, I know it's different than their last effort. I heard that one sucked.
- Michael Fidler
What about Guild Wars?
- Michael Fidler
Guild Wars was fun, I played that for awhile. I am on a mac now and unwilling to bootcamp just to play games so I don't play it anymore
- Neal Jansons
from IM
It was good, I would recommend it.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
This is why friendfeed is great. Easy to have a conversation and nobody cares, I think:)
- Michael Fidler
Yeah, in Twitter they get pissy after just a little back and forth
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Dinnertime...good luck picking a game you like!
- Neal Jansons
from IM
the only problem with guild wars is it's never discounted, but I don't think they have monthly fees either. Also, I want the newest thing out that's good.
- Michael Fidler
Thanks!
- Michael Fidler
Richard Burbridge Fashion Photography | Trend.Land - http://cyanatrendland.com/2009... (via http://friendfeed.com/fashion...)
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a bit sophisticated Holden :))
- Myrna
Holden, don't click link. I chose the more moderate shots. I'm a bit conservative here.
- Myrna
First of all, whats NSFW and second, see how FF can expand your world. Maybe that's your next post. How has or does FF expand your views, ideas, thoughts, etc
- Myrna
Holden, and it all started with a few fashion shots. :))
- Myrna
What is NSFW?
- Myrna
Myrna posting porn again? :D
- Geoff Schultz
LOL, Holden, he's in his teasing mood. :))))
- Myrna
So what does NSFW mean?
- Myrna
Not Suitable/Safe For Work
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Shey, thanks!
- Myrna
Myrna - "Not Safe For Work" (i.e. containing content that's either considered rude or obscene by some, or containing nudity or similar things that you probably wouldn't want to show in a workplace)
- Tyson Key
Geoff, so do you like????
- Myrna
Thanks Holden and Tyson....got it!
- Myrna
Trippy
- James Stratford
James, hmm trippy?
- Myrna
Yeah, I think I like them. I think the ones you picked out were the best. To be fair though, they don't invoke any emotional response in me.
- Geoff Schultz
Geoff, not like the bird on the twig moon shot?
- Myrna
You mean the one with Jack in the Box? mmmmmm. Now, I'm hungry.
- Geoff Schultz
But still kinda shiek, don't you think?
- Myrna
Yeah, Jack in the Box thingie.
- Myrna
Oh definitely, it looks right out of vogue.
- Geoff Schultz
It is right out of Vogue Italy LOL
- Myrna
Oh well that explains it.
- Geoff Schultz
So what's for breakfast?
- Myrna
A burnt Eggo Waffle (burnt because my toaster and I don't have a good working relationship) :*(
- Geoff Schultz
So no cooking? The egg comes inside the waffle ready made?
- Myrna
From fashion to food, is that backwards?
- Myrna
No cooking at all, comes frozen goes in the toaster goes into my belly. I eat them naked, no syrup. Food is so important in the fashion world that most of the models taste theirs twice. Sorry I just made a bulimia joke how insensitive of me.
- Geoff Schultz
Laughing is good guys..making light of life in general helps cut the ugly stuff. Greg, you weren't pointing at anyone in particular but good to dialog on eating disorders in general.
- Myrna
and btw, that's why I like you 2. You're honest with humor.
- Myrna
Does anyone know how to add photos with the edit button? This shot was supposed to be in the group I chose here... http://ff.im/5K4bP
- Myrna
Police asking for help in search for missing Lafayette girl | Lafayette Online - http://www.lafayette-online.com/communi...
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"Anyone with information about the location of 16 year old Quinta Leathem is urged to call the Lafayette Police Department detective section, at 765-807-1250 or WeTip anonymous hotline at 1-800-782-7463."
- Janet Forte
from Bookmarklet
NISSAN | Nissan Develops New "Forest AC" Air Conditioning System - Controls Aroma and Humidity to Help Create Ultimate Cabin Comfort - http://www.nissan-global.com/EN...
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From the page: "Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the development of a new "Forest AC" air conditioning system, which systematically controls cabin temperature, ventilation, aroma and humidity to create an optimal interior environment. Utilizing a number of advanced technologies, the system is designed to recreate the refreshing climate, fragrance and natural breezes of relaxing forest settings. It was developed based on the results of a joint research study with the Tokyo University of Science on the effects of aroma on human mental activity."
- J.D. Rucker
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Encyclopedia on Concentration Camps - washingtonpost.com - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
"Shapiro says that the sheer number of camps may end one of the lingering protestations surrounding the Holocaust -- that ordinary people knew nothing of the killing underway in their locales. "In most towns, there was some sort of prison, or holding area or place where people were victimized," Shapiro says. "Think about what this means. For anyone who thinks this took place out of sight of the average person, this shatters that mythology. There was one Auschwitz. There was one Treblinka. But there were 20,000 other camps spread through the rest of Europe." Says Shapiro: "What we are seeing in this project is that all of Europe was a camp.""
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
Color Me Happy: Benjamin Moore's Paint-Matching iPhone App - http://www.geeksugar.com/3182153
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Wow subscribing to the USGS recent earthquakes RSS feed makes ya realize how unstable this planet is! http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcente...
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Napoleon Dynamite vs. Spider-Man 2 - http://www.flickchart.com/B1515DE...
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Yeah..I think that's the one I'm gonna go with. Spiderman is cool and all, but...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN -- THE PENINSULA WILL SOON BE RETURNED TO "THE STATE OF WAR", NORTH KOREA SAYS.
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R.I.P. KWOD 106.5...1991-2009...you carried me through all the music that made my life memorable. I'll miss you. http://www.news10.net/news...
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Oh wow. One of the former DJ's just followed my Twitter stream after I posted this.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
:(
- Alex Scoble
what a bummer! those guys really made my high-school years when they started playing the Cure, DM, and all the stuff I used to have to go to SF and listen to Live 105 for...
- Bren -- feeling merry
Whoa! You used to live around here? Yeah, KWOD made my high school years as well. I remember they did this funny contest at the Depeche Mode World Violation concert at Cal Expo where one of the DJ's dressed like David Gahan from the "Enjoy the Silence" video and walked around with a chair, and if you caught him when he finally sat down and were the first person to blurt out this lengthy sentence, you won $1000 on the spot. I miss that stuff.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Live 105 is pretty much the only actual "alternative" station we have in the area now. 98 Rock carries some of the same stuff, but it's still in a different vein. Here's the radio station that replaced KWOD: http://90sbuzz.com/ I should point out that right now they're playing Bryan Adams. Someone save me.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Yeah, Bay Area radio has been sucking for the last 10 years or so.
- Alex Scoble
I grew up in Sacramento. Moved away in 2000.
- Bren -- feeling merry
Unfortunately, this pretty much mirrors the problem with radio everywhere. Portland only has one alternative station as well.
- Alex Scoble
Satellite radio/internet radio/ipods... commercial radio just can't really compete anymore.
- Bren -- feeling merry
There was a radio station in Portland that I used to like to tune into when I made my annual trek up to Washington. I don't remember what it was, but I would always find it somehow. Last year I couldn't find it at all. I was bummed as hell. It was kinda alternative...rock alternative whatnot. Hm. Yeah, I knew Bay Area radio was doomed when The Bone 107.7...the best classic rock station in the bay...started considering Puddle of Mudd and Green Day "classic rock". No. I'm dead serious.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Yeah, I knew Bay Area radio was doomed when KSJO went lights out.
- Alex Scoble
Hey! I 100% agree with you. That's the station that really got me into "modern" music, and eventually electronic/techno. First song I ever heard on KWOD in Sacramento was "Baby Got Back"... no fooling. But their best part was the Saturday night mixes. I would record those and listen on cassette all week long. (9th-11th grade era)
- Louis Gray
First song I ever heard on KWOD was by The Cure. *sigh* I have to say...the station they've replaced KWOD with isn't *awful*...they're literally an all-90's-all-the-time station now, which is great because that takes us back to the heyday of KWOD. But it also includes all the hip-hop, r&b, rap, pop, etc. and not just alternative or grund/alt rock. So. Grrrr.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
In Portland, it must have been: 94.7 KNRK http://www.knrk.com/
- Christopher Harley
Well, to understand probably why they made this move is to go back in history to the 80's, before KWOD, on the same dial numbers. Back in the 80's it was all modern music and pop. No rock and roll at all.It was almost a mirror of that other famous station down there, I think it was 102.5? But it was more with modern music than that station was, like Depeche Mode, while 102.5 was Madonna. That is why they kept modern music in the 90's and just added more rock and roll and alternative.
- Ken
Actually when I think about it, wasn't it called KWOD even in the 80's? You guys are really lucky, up here where I live in the Sierras, we have 1 single rock and roll station, which is pretty much exactly like 98.5. I still remember when 98.5 was KZAP in the early 80's. Then 93.7 changed to 98.5 in the mid-90's.
- Ken
oh..that's sad. I hate when radio stations disappear. :(
- Anna Lynn M.
Ken - prior to 1991, the radio station technically wasn't KWOD in its current format, which is what is being mourned. Couldn't give two shits about it prior to that period. And the new station isn't doing 80's music, it's doing 90's music. Big difference. Prior to 1991, KWOD played top 40 hits (but was completely unmemorable because KSFM did it better), though when it first acquired the KWOD call letters (named after "quadrophonic sound"), it was originally an adult contemporary/jazz station.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I feel your pain Amanda. For a little while I thought I had lost any good music on the radio when I moved up here. Then I hooked the radio to the town's cable TV system and picked up Sacramento again. But then my favorite station 96.9 The Eagle got overlapped by a local station that is harder rock stuff like 98.5. Plus I think it was messing up my cable TV, so I unhooked it. I could listen to The Eagle on the Internet, but it's just not the same to me.
- Ken
Live 105 isn't all that anymore either. I'll miss KWOD when I visit the parents in Sac, but more and more Sirius's "1st Wave" and "Lithium" fill that void. Oh, 93.7 was KROY in the 80s IIRC and had an AM station too. 102.5 was R&B at that time but had a modern music show. Funny, the only memory of KWOD that comes to me now is listening to "Under the Bridge" in the turn lane from Fruitridge to MLK jr. on my way to school. What is alternative anymore anyway? I hear the Cure and New Order at Nordstrom today.
- Tony Del Porto
Yeah, it's sad that Live 105 is a shadow of its former self. Reminds me of when Alice started going south...they used to play not necessarily an "alt" format of music, but they still stuck to a pretty narrow band of music that paralleled Live 105. And then they started playing crap like Michele Branch and it all went downhill from there. :P I just remember radio being more exciting back...
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- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Over the air stations are always chasing a larger demographic. Theoretically, if you can get a politically conservative guy to talk about sports in Spanish while playing Jack (& Jill), you'll have the L.A. market locked up.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
93.7 was KRXQ in the 80's and most of the 90's.Lots of info here, I didn't know KZAP lasted until the 90's on 98.5.Then it was a country station for a few years, and then KRXQ bought them which is what it is now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Ken
Doh - You're right (Ken)! How could I forget the 93 Rock bumper stickers. KROY was 96.9. http://www.1240kroy.com/1975...
- Tony Del Porto
Do y'all remember a pop/top 40 station that was in the lower bands in the late 80's/early 90's? I canNOT for the life of me remember what it was...it was 94-something...97-something...I don't even remember the call letters. But it had a similar format to 102.5 at the time (which was also more pop/top 40 than the hip hop station it is today). I remember listening to their top 8 at 8...
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- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
In Sacramento? Not 98.5... do you mean 93.9?
- Louis Gray
Are you talking to me or to Ken and Tony?
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I know there was one around the 100 area. It could be the same as 100.5 The Point which was made in 1989 that plays pop and contemporary music I believe. http://www.google.com/search...
- Ken
Nah, that's not it. I'll google around more later. I still have some of my old cassettes from when I recorded songs off the radio back then, so perhaps I have the call letters or at least the frequency somewhere on there. (probably wedged between NKOTB's "Cover Girl" and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus")
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
LOL cool. I trashed almost all of my tapes except about 10 of my favorites. I think I have 1 recorded tape in there too.
- Ken
I'm a packrat so I have some amazing things saved in nooks and crannies in my house. I'm not sure why I've saved some of that stuff, but there it is...
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
:( One less radio station to listen to between the desert and the Bay on I-80.
- Helen Sventitsky
What!?! I loved KWOD as a kid. A part of me is dying.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
Here's a nifty link I found about the history of the major radio stations in Sacramento: http://playlistresearch.com/sacrame...
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
That's a cool link! I still miss KZAP a little and 99.9 KRFD. Oh well...
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
Wow. Yesterday was my first full anniversary here on FriendFeed. Hard to believe I've spent a year here. - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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I pieced together the trail from my e-mails. (Thanks, GMail.) I first received the invite in October 07, but I didn't finish the subscription process until Warren Ellis mentioned it in his e-mail digest in late April 08. One year ago, I arrived. And I've been pissing people off ever since.
- Steven Perez
Happy FFing anniversary =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Only a year?!? Ceiling cat will descend shortly to administer the customary bumps.
- WorldofHiglet
Is that what hit me? :D
- Steven Perez
from IM
It could be :)
- WorldofHiglet
Damn you Steven Perez!
- BEX
It's OK. Ceiling Kat aimed for my head. That's my least vulnerable spot. :)
- Steven Perez
from IM
Thanks, BEX. :D
- Steven Perez
What a sad, tragic year. WTF invited him so that I may cut that person?
- B. Hatin
Hmph. See if you get another song. :D
- Steven Perez
from IM
*looks up Kaia's cell number to sing her the Flinstones' Anniversary song over and over again*
- Steven Perez
Happy Anniversary!
- Anne Bouey
Thank you, Anne. :)
- Steven Perez
from IM
Thanks for being here, Steven...you are one of the people that make this place happen for me every day.
- Alex Scoble
Thanks, Alex. :)
- Steven Perez
from IM
Hmm...let's see...when you join FriendFeed, you get the most benefit out of the service if you engage the community, like things, comment on things. Has Steven done that in the past year? :)
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
NO, AND I'M NOW ANNOUNCING THAT I'M QUITTING, SINCE NONE OF YOU BEE-YOTCHES LIKE OR COMMENT ON MY THREADS. I AM OUT!!! [/a little sarcasm] :D
- Steven Perez
from IM
LOL, that would be a sad day indeed.
- Alex Scoble
If you get comments via IM, then you got what I just sent.
- B. Hatin
Happy anniversary! :)
- Mona Nomura
happy effing anniversary! :D
- holly
Thank you, Mona. :)
- Steven Perez
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I don't think that's how the song goes, but thanks, Holly. :D
- Steven Perez
from IM
hee hee hee :)
- holly
I looked back in my Gmail for the password verification e-mail. This would have been done on the day you signed up. Of course, if the developers here would kindly attach such information in our profile, that would be most helpful *hint hint*
- Steven Perez
from IM
I see your cunning, Kaia. I call you and then you'll have *my* number, so you can call me whenever you like. Oh, yes, I see. ... I'll call as soon as I have the lyrics. :D
- Steven Perez
from IM
I must have deleted that email, but I know that my date was around my birthday. So it's coming up
- Alex Scoble
I use Thunderbird at home, so every message I receive gets archived. That's pretty much the only reason I was able to track down the date with any accuracy.
- Steven Perez
I use gmail, but I must have deleted it.
- Alex Scoble
Cool, Steven, welcome to the one-year club. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
You and me within a day of each other :) (http://friendfeed.com/simonwi...)
- Simon Wicks
hey congrats on the year! here is to many more
- (jeff)isageek
Congrats, nice one. This also made me go search Gmail - been here since 3/23/08 ...
- Patrick Jordan
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"here's a scene in David Mitchell's coming-of-age novel, Black Swan Green, which is easy to miss unless – like yours truly – you have spent much of your life fascinated with the work of Ursula K Le Guin. Black Swan Green's 13-year-old protagonist, Jason, wanders into the home of a desiccated but still glamorous aristocrat of the old school who offers to tutor him in poetry. "Tell me," she asks, "Who are your teachers … what are the writers you revere most greatly?" Instead of offering Proust or Rilke, Jason tosses out, "Isaac Asimov. Ursula Le Guin. John Wyndham." (Not exactly what she was looking for.) "But have you read 'Madame Bovary'?" she shouts. "This is your culture, your inheritance, your skeleton! You are ignorant even of Kafka?" I love this scene not only for the way it's drawn, but for what it tells us about its author. It illustrates a journey – from the disreputable world of SF and fantasy to what we still call "literary" work – taken by many readers, including me. More...
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