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Jesse Stay posted a message on Twitter

“FriendFeed doesn't seem to work very well for timeline-based discussion. It orders it by latest comment/like so you don't get the latest 1st”

June 9 at 10:18 am - Link

Tim Hoeck, Marc Ryan, Swaroop, Joe Dawson and 16 other people liked this

I noticed that as well, and there is not an option to change the view. =( - John Tyra

perhaps plurk would be better for this?! - acedanger

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But it does work well for identifying hot topics. One option is to attach comments to an item and use the comments as a timeline. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Yah, we should fix this, especially for events like this. - Bret Taylor

Plurk is frustrating if you are following more than a few dozen ppl. - Rafe Needleman

Bret, when is FF getting Plurk support? - Rafe Needleman

Bret, how would you "fix"? - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Offer the ability to sort things by date published I think is the simplest way. - Bret Taylor

Perhaps a room based setting that admins can set; "do not bump entries" - Benjamin Golub

i actually like this feature because the interesting stuff bubbles to the top. - Seth Gottlieb via twhirl

Bret, I agree. Two views - by date or by last comment - would be plenty. - Delete Me

God I love Web 2.0! Market research at its best! - Stanton Champion

Simple is good. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

I actually had success just following the main "Friends" feed because you catch all the new posts there, and it's close to a "newest first" at least. I still don't get Plurk. - Jesse Stay

Russellreno posted a link

louisgray.com: TheStatBot Analyzes Top Tweeters, TechCrunch, Makes Techmeme

May 28 at 7:26 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

James Vasak, Anthony Farrior, Louis Gray and Thomas Hawk liked this

Louis: I am a big fan of Yovi's work. I enjoy color pictures too. As a retired analyst I appreciate what he does. His quick rise to the Techmeme leader board is a testament to his ability and the niche he fills. Yea Nuvi. Note: I would post his to your room but that feature is disabled. - Russellreno

Take away: The FF Post to Rooms feature only works if you highlight text before hand. - Russellreno

Yuvi's work is always top rate! - Thomas Hawk

edythe posted an item on Tumblr

"If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them."

May 28 at 12:14 am - Link

Joanmarie, Igor The Troll, Cecily Walker, Jason Toney and 24 other people liked this

duh - RAPatton

ha. - edythe

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Or, the only book they have is an obviously unread copy of "Tropic of Capricorn" on their coffee table, leave immediately; it's just a prop. - Ginger Makela

hee, Ginger. - edythe

Now you tell me. :) - Harvey Simmons

Funny but true. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Yeah, always check for binding creases and seams. If you're looking at pristine copies of Sun Tzu's Art of War or Mitch Albom's "Five People You Meet in Heaven," that's a magazine reader right there. - Mark Trapp

I visited a place a friend was house-sitting once. It took me ages to realise what was wrong. Eventually I realised there was not a single book - David Owens

What do you do if they have books, but dog-ear the pages? - Kevin Fox

yikes. I only buy photography books anymore. There's plenty of Nietzsche on the shelf though from years back. - Thomas Hawk

What if it's wall-to-wall Dan Brown? - Iain Baker

Iain: RUN! Also, "Left Behind" series. - Harvey Simmons

The phrase 'wall-to-wall Dan Brown' just made me die a little inside. - Akiva Moskovitz

Kevin, dog-earring can be a good sign. It says: I love books and reading, but don't regard them as sacred objects. However, I don't approve of dog-earring library books. - Ginger Makela

What if its wall to wall O'Reilly Animal Books? - six mokes

That's a keeper right there, six. - Mark Trapp

Thomas, photography books are fantastic. My husband buys only photo books, and they're great investments: limited print runs and only one edition, usually. It's fun to look them up on amazon to see what pristine copies are going for on the used market. Wish I had an app to track that! - Ginger Makela

Ah, that's my problem. They see all the computer books on my shelves and they just leave! :) - Morton Fox

@Morton Nothing wrong with that! :) - Bartek Gniado

Unless they're about Pascal. - Mark Trapp

What if they have audio books? Does that count?? - David Cook

audio books do not count! - sam b-r

but someone with cooking books. That would be a good sign. - Baard Overgaard Hansen via fftogo

Comic books? :) - Adam Lasnik

Any girl with comic books is good by me. - RAPatton

comic books count! - edythe

Five People You Meet in Heaven does not count. Nor do audio books. If all you see are audio books, run faster. (or wall-to-wall Dan Brown. :D ) - edythe

Warning: I have too many self help books. - Russellreno

the next question is, is the inverse of this question true? - edythe

Ginger: I found a photo book from 1981. The appreciation doesn't cover the shipping. Your post did move me off my chair though. - Russellreno

Yellow wall of "For dummies"? - Andrew Smith

Kindle OK? :) - Mike Doeff

Condomize! lol - Igor The Troll

Mike Doeff, hee. Kindle. You raise an interesting point. - edythe

kindle is only a supplement; no books, no dice; the best books should always be owned! If I love a book from the library, I go buy it. - RAPatton

Mark Anderson shared an item on Google Reader

Beware of Using Web Host Disk Space for File Backup [Backup]

May 28 at 6:17 am - Link

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I have been using rsync scripts to a dreamhost account for this type of backup for a couple years. Now this article has me worried. I guess I should start looking more deeply into Amazon's S3 solution. - Mark Anderson

I used to rsync to Dreamhost too; now I use dropbox though. It works REALLY well. I just wish I could pay for more space (since S3 is so cheap anyway). - Benjamin Golub via fftogo

I just checked the cost of S3 and at minimum it would be $45/month for my critical data. If I wanted to backup all my data I'm looking at $112/month. Right now I'm paying $120/year for 300GB of storage at dreamhost. I tried Mozy.com and it's cost competitive. It just doesn't allow rsync from my NAS and the service is very slow and frequently timeouts. So back to the drawing board. - Mark Anderson

Jun 9th: I just received an email tonight from Dreamhost saying I'm breaking their TOS and I can either cancel my account, delete my backup files, or pay for a new service they are offering to store my backups at a cost of $0.20 per GB per month. So they are now even more expensive that S3. I guess I will be canceling my account. - Mark Anderson

Paul Buchheit posted a link

Reykjavík has a population of 118,861. Sunnyvale has a population of 131,760.

May 20 at 3:00 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Nick Lewis, Steve Isaacs, CollisorHadronalisMagnus, Benjamin Golub and 24 other people liked this

I'm guessing that Reykjavík is a more interesting place to visit or live. I wonder why that is, and more importantly, why can't a place like Sunnyvale be interesting? - Paul Buchheit

Hi Paul, I had the best lobsters ever in my life in Reykjavik. Very small lobsters but so tasty, amazing. I loved it and would love to go back there. - Loic Le Meur

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl... - viki saigal

The above link on Iceland- worth a read in line with the thread on Reykjavik - viki saigal

The sky in those two pictures is amazing! It makes me want to pack my bags right now. And doesn't Rekkjavik also have Bjork? ;) - Cyndy

I visited Reykjavík a couple years ago and it was a pretty cool town. And the direct flight from SFO was really convenient. I think its biggest problem is that the rest of Iceland is just so utterly spectacular that it's hard to justify spending more that just a small fraction of the time in the capital. - Simon

The Johannes Kjarval collection at the Kjarvalsstadir museum is well worth a visit - "Kjarval is famous for his interpretation of Icelandic nature. He captured the beauty and the mystical quality of the land. His landscapes express a comprehension of nature based on the gift for entering into it and perceiving it from within, along with a strong sympathy for all living things that inhabit it." (http://tinyurl.com/3u95qf) - Thomas Brox Røst

Sunnyvale features the global world headquarters for louisgray.com. I assume that outweighs anything Reykjavik has to offer... - Louis Gray

Must. Visit. Reykjavik. Before. I. Die. - Stephen Pierzchala

Someday I'm going to go there and take pictures :), Reyjavik I mean, not Sunnyvale. - Thomas Hawk

@Louis I've seen the sky over Sunnyvale. Or, whatever blocks the sky. It looks NOTHING like that. - Cyndy

@Louis: Don't be so sure about that - you are competing with with Eve Online ;-) - it is developed using Stackless Python - http://www.eve-online.com/faq/... - Amund Tveit

Ah, my old home Sunnyvale. The Wikipedia article Paul posted has a nice panorama of Reykyavik. - Mike Reynolds

Let me know if you figure out what makes a place interesting. I can't get your line paraphrased as "we only know our own life, and then only barely." Out of my head. - Clare Dibble

Don't underestimate the climate difference :) - Michael Bravo

Robert Scoble shared an item on Google Reader

Microsoft's Brand Confusion Runs Deep

May 7 at 5:59 pm - Link

Nelson Biagio Junior, Daniel Falk, Nikpay, marshal sandler and 9 other people liked this

We all know that Microsoft sucks when it comes to a consistent experience (they can't even get this right inside Windows, so why should we expect consistency and a great experience on the Web?) Branding? That's why Microsoft wanted Yahoo so badly. No one normal knows what Windows Live really means. It was stupid to extend the Windows brand onto the Web. - Robert Scoble

MS needs a class in Branding. They are a mess on the web. MSN? Live? Office Live? Who is running their internet marketing division? That person needs to be fired, someone needs to clear out all of that shit and start over. Just a complete mess!!! - Jacob Burke

That may be the reason they want Yahoo! that much. It's a pretty solid brand they could use to order the mess they now have. - Hernan Garcia via twhirl

Ah the YHOO thing makes much more sense know. I've never liked MSFT (Apple user) but as a marketer, their branding sucks. Releasing new products that are buggy and behave inconsistenly is also damaging in the the long run. - Sally Church via Alert Thingy

Microsoft suffers from the same lame strategy as the World Domination fanatics of yesteryear who wanted to own all the property available. By doing this, they've spread themselves too thin and the enemy has captured most of all of their castles!! stupids! - Susan Beebe

Everything MSFT do is ugly and clumsy, it seems. - John Clifton

Mark Anderson favorited a video on YouTube

DIY Photo Studio Product Lighting

April 8 at 6:20 am - Link

Phill Price, Raoul Pop and James Vasak liked this

Mark Anderson shared an item on Google Reader

Sketchy…

April 8 at 6:10 am - Link

Raoul Pop and James Vasak liked this

I love that Joe calls himself Num Nuts in his lighting sketches. - Mark Anderson

Thomas Hawk posted a message on Twitter

“25 Internet sites I couldn't live without. http://tinyurl.com/3bwcqb http://urltea.com/32yl”

April 3 at 3:06 pm - Link

Thomas Hoppe, ilan peer, Paula Hawk and James Vasak liked this

Trevor Carpenter shared an item on Google Reader

Apple, Adobe, and 64-bit Photoshop

April 3 at 11:27 am - Link

James Vasak and Raoul Pop liked this

64-bit apps are harder to write. Given the complexity of Photoshop, I can see why they wouldn't want to overhaul everything. Although at some point they'll have to do it. 64-bit is the future. - Raoul Pop

They're not harder to write... if you are careful from the start. It's when you have to port a 32-bit application where developers assumed certain word/pointer sizes that you have a hard time. There are often implicit assumptions that are not easily caught without a lot of painful debugging. - James Vasak

Right. Thanks for the correction! - Raoul Pop

Bret Taylor favorited a video on YouTube

George Bush on Global Warming - Spoof by Will Ferrell

February 13 at 12:52 pm - Link

efader, Chad Thornton, James Vasak, Christopher Black and 13 other people liked this

"Global warming is an issue that my administration is, is very concerned about - deeply. Deeply in a deep, kind of concerned way. It's, uh, I don't - I start my day and I think about the warming of the globe and how we could get it warmer." - April Buchheit

bush: liberals and god-less tax raisers are trying to make me look bad by using such things as "facts" and "scientific data." staff: mr president, you can't say they're using facts. bush: yeah, why? staff: cause facts are real, they can't be disputed. bush: how do you know that? - Chris White

in fact adam and eve drove an excursion - MG Siegler

MG Siegler liked a story on Reddit

Getting Fired At Yahoo: A Twitter Log

February 12 at 8:21 pm - Link

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MG Siegler posted an item on Pownce

If the nominees end up being Obama and McCain will...

January 30 at 9:20 pm - Link

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Louis Gray posted a link

Religious Denomination by County (Map)

January 27 at 1:32 pm - Link

James Vasak and MG Siegler liked this

It's Sunday, so this is appropriate. Interesting. - Louis Gray

Paul Buchheit liked a story on Reddit

Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn

January 24 at 10:35 pm - Link

bob, April Buchheit, James Vasak, MG Siegler and Eugene liked this

Biomass (waste) to ethanol is an obviously attractive idea. However, variability of the feedstock seems to almost always be a bigger problem than predicted. There is a company with a name including "Masada OxyNol" that promised waste to energy for NYC in the 90's and I still see it refered to in future tense (and sold off to the Dominican Republic) in 2008. Gasification can also be a probelm for feedstocks that are more liquid-y than predicted (almost all of them). I hope I missed something and they have something better, but I don't see convincing evidence that makes this different. - Clare Dibble