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La Figa » Michael Jackson Memorial Will Cost L.A. Millions, Family Takes 9000 Tickets for Themselves - http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2009...
Toni Zhang, Carlton Prest, Carolyn Chan and 19 other people liked this
"Los Angeles city councilman Dennis Zine thinks Jackson's family and AEG Live--the promoter of Jackson's now-canceled London concerts which owns the Staples Center where the service will be held and Nokia Center where it will be simulcast--should cover the costs, especially because LA is facing $530m budget deficit. Zine, who once tried to pass legislation against paparazzi chasing celebs, said: If the Jackson family's gonna spend $25,000 on a gold casket, I would think that AEG and the Jackson family could help defray the costs so it's a safe and secure environment for mourners that want to come. He's got that right. It's estimated that the cost to the city in police overtime, street services, sanitation, and related services will be over $2.5 million and rising by the hour, which is more than what the Lakers' championship parade would have cost the financially beleaguered city. Only the Lakers' picked up half the tab, and private donations covered almost all the rest. The Jacksons and AEG have not been so forthcoming."
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
Interesting. L.A. is hugely in the hole. $2.5 million on this seems a touch excessive. Maybe they should have considered charging for the tickets to this event to cover the city's costs.
- Thomas Hawk
I don't see how the family should be expected to pay directly for government services that are provided for free to every other citizen. Granted this event is bigger than the average funeral but I don't see how you can realistically bill the Jacksons for it.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
I'm not sure that the family should necessarily pay except to the extent that they took 9,000 tickets for the event for themselves (who has 9,000 close personal friends?). Personally I think whoever gets the tickets should pay. If the family wants 9,000 tickets (roughly half of the tickets to the event) then they should be billed for that. If the general public wants the rest then they...
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- Thomas Hawk
I think the good thing the Jackson family should do is foot part of the bill. Yes, normally government services around a funeral are provided for free, but this memorial goes a bit above and beyond a normal funeral.
- Rene Wirtz
Of course the Jackson family does have ample funds to pay for it and it would seem to be a good thing for them to do. Personally I don't think taxpayers should foot a dime for this. I think the family should have been told in the first place that if they wanted a memorial service of this magnitude that they'd either have to pay for costs of it, arrange for the donations for it, or not be allowed to have it.
- Thomas Hawk
And you know they're recording this and will be selling it shortly. Disgraceful.
- amygeek
Taxpayers should not fund this.
- TranceMist
It looks like MJ's family may be going the way of MLK's family. . trying to make a dime off their dead relative at every opportunity possible.
- Dave Roth
But LA will make more sales tax from all the people flocking there to the funeral.
- Dawn
maybe Dawn, but I doubt anywhere near to the costs. Certainly they could discount the cost by projected sales tax revenues. I bet a fair amount of the people at the memorial though are in the immediate area and did not fly in just for the event.
- Thomas Hawk
[OT] in italian, *la figa* mean *the pussy* :D [/OT]
- Roberto
from fftogo
Viva la figa.
- Zio Bonino
Good to know Roberto.
- Thomas Hawk
sempre viva
- azael ماسيمو
from twhirl
nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum
- Zio Bonino
Who knows if these numbers are accurate but here's an L.A. Times story claiming a $4 million boost to the L.A. economy because of this event. http://www.latimes.com/busines... From the article: "Hotels, restaurants, tourist destinations and airlines reported a massive jump over the weekend in business and reservations, and they foresee a continued surge that they hope will jolt the local economy -- at least for a few days."
- Mike Doeff
interesting, maybe the hotels should pick up part of the cost.
- Thomas Hawk
I guess a way they could have avoided this was to charge for the tickets and explicitly state that it will go towards the cost of the service.
- Cassidy
The Government will put you in a pine box and cover only 200 dollars of your burial. Then again that would have saved the California Taxpayers, (I used to be one of them) a whole lotta dough! All this nonsense over the death of an entertainer. Sorry folks, I just have a hard time with having the public foot the bill for what should be a private issue let them pay for it if they want a...
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- The Catz Meow
Isn't this bringing a large amount of money to the city as well? All these tourists, reporters, etc. have to pay for lodging, food, entertainment, etc..
- Angel Smith
Yes, the sales tax and service taxes collected during the last 2 weeks since his death far surpass whatever costs the city will incur for police staffing of the memorial. I wonder if the city will reimburse the Jackson family for any portion of those proceeds, since they could have easily transferred all of this to, oh Las Vegas for instance. Moreover, why all this grandstanding about a...
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- Cole Jolley
See What I Can Do - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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Kol Tregaskes, Derrick, Mark Williamson and 31 other people liked this
awesome!
- obolonskyi
very cool
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Wow! This new GMail crashes three times less often now that the beta tag has been removed! (Oh, it didn't crash before either)
Keith Bourgoin, Rob Diana, sam b-r and 8 other people liked this
You must have some special A-lister Gmail. ;P My Gmail crashes 4 - 6 times a day. I have to check it on my phone.
- Admiral Anika
Ha. Anika, you are in my personal A-list....... (alphabetically)
- Louis Gray
*snort* You're my L-word.
- Admiral Anika
My gmail has now been down for the last 2 hours :((
- Iain Baker
Pick your line, Play your game. - http://www.taylordavidson.com/writing...
sam b-r liked this
"You’ve got to pick your own line, create your own desire path, find your own vision. People can copy your content, copy your tactics, but they can’t copy you."
- Taylor Davidson
I respect this photographer for getting the shot. I want to see the shot 5 seconds later.
Figbar, Daniel Dulitz, Michael Sheldon Reed and 138 other people liked this
I wouldn't like to be on that ride, even if Monica Belluci is waiting for me in a corset at the end of it. No way!
- Rajtilak Bhattacharjee
Question. Do elephants smoke?
- William
What are the 2 in the far left doing?
- Nitin Nanivadekar
That's an E Ticket ride.
- Christopher Harley
Oh. My. Gosh.
- Dane Findley
Whoa ! :D
- Faraz Mullick
Technical question: Do you really want to be hitting the elephant over the head if you find yourself in that situtation?
- Chris Kenton
from twhirl
یا حضرت فیل!!
- آدمیرال
NSFW
- Nitin Nanivadekar
When you got to go, you got to go!
- Pedro Fonseca
THAT is why I would rather walk.
- Zed Darkman
Wow. That elephant's hung like a horse.
- John Craft
THAT is why you always march the male ahead of the female elephants. Lesson learned I guess... I'd rather not see the shot 5 seconds later.
- Rafael Robayna
Dear Google, If I wanted you to keep resetting my "results per page" back to 10 results every so often, I never would have set it to 100 results in the first place. How about we just keep mine at 100 results from now on out. Paging sucks. Love, Me.
Richard pancakhaus Walker, Rob Schieber, Raoul Pop and 17 other people liked this
true say Thomas
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
At least I'm not the only one with that problem...
- Holger Eilhard
I get this all the time, I thought it was the browser (FFox or Chrome) doing this.
- Kol Tregaskes
I have the same problem.
- Justin Yost
theoretically what browser you are in should not matter as long as you are signed into Google.
- Thomas Hawk
Whoa. Illinois Governor tried to sell Obama's seat? Damn.
Bill Sanders, RAPatton, Ontario Emperor and 11 other people liked this
Illinois is almost as corrupt as Louisiana, the difference being Illinois is able to function pretty well even with the corruption
- RAPatton
Haven't been paying attention to the news all morning, so not sure how breaking it is, but he was arrested on corruption charges some time today. There's supposed to be a news conference about the arrest at noon.
- Mark Trapp
"Fitzgerald's office said the 76-page FBI affidavit alleges that Blagojevich was taped conspiring to sell or trade Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat for financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife, including an annual salary of $250,000-$300,000 at a nonprofit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions." http://www.foxnews.com/politic...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
USAToday is doing regular updates on the breaking story here: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadl... "Update at 11:40 a.m. ET: Federal agents searched the governor's office in Chicago, according to the Tribune. Update at 11:20 a.m. ET: At noon, you can click on this link to watch a live feed of the news conference that federal prosecutors are scheduled to hold...
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- Daniel J. Pritchett
sell??? are you kidding me! that's simply evil... whoa!
- Susan Beebe
Hubris is nonpartisan.
- Chris Baskind
I bet you this crap happens all.the.time. Right under our noses.
- Josh Haley
What's the bid at? Where do I sign up?
- Jered Hofker
talk about STOOOpid! Busted
- Morgan Haley
If I was this guy's brother, I'd be SO 'i'm telling mom'
- Morgan Haley
"Grant noted that Blagojevich was elected in 2002 after Illinois Gov. George Ryan retired in the face of looming federal corruption charges. Ryan was convicted and sentenced in 2006 to six and a half years in prison."
- RAPatton
In his history book Dave Barry Slept Here, Barry points out that Nixon and Agnew ran on a campaign theme of "Law and Order." Hubris indeed.
- Ontario Emperor
"A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree." - http://furryrabbits.tumblr.com/post...
sam b-r, Chris Weige, Rodfather and 6 other people liked this
Oh I get it. True statement. I've taken a few cruises and I would make a terrible sailor.
- Russellreno
new tumblr theme?
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Karim, Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕, Kelley and 4 other people liked this
I love Dave!
- Katy S
ESPN: Chat with Ivan Maisel - SportsNation - http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat...
Morgan, sam b-r, Mark Trapp and Michelle Martinez liked this
"RAPatton, (Dublin OH): Ivan, would you say that the way that Kevin Craft overcame 4 interceptions in the first half to lead the Bruins over a much more talented Tennessee demonstrated the heart of a panda, and how far can that leadership carry UCLA? Can they become a Pac-10 power in coming years? Ivan Maisel: (2:11 PM ET ) I have never heard the expression "heart of a panda." What does that mean? I would say that Craft's gutsy comeback in the second half went a long way in that locker room. If he stays healthy, the Bruins may have a chance to be respectable. That's as bland an endorsement as I've ever read. Or written."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
He called me out, baby!
- RAPatton
Ha, beautiful, beautiful
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
Thanks for the laugh, I am cracking up here.
- Michelle Martinez
LOL - punk'd?
- JA Castillo
I encourage you all to use Heart of Panda as expression to mean whatever you want it to mean, as long as you use it.
- RAPatton
you must have gotten bored today, but that is funny :)
- Kamilah Gill
that is awesome. heart of a panda. totally throwing the guy for a loop behind the keyboard. +++ RAP
- Morgan
really need to concentrate on work, but want to dupe ESPN chat people into agreeing someone, anyone really has the "Heart of a Panda"
♥patricia♥, Emma, Mona Nomura and 4 other people liked this
I was able to get several of the to use it last year. It is my hope, that I can make it as popular as my "pics or didn't happen," but this would be better because heart of a panda has absolutely no obvious meaning.
- RAPatton
It looks like the noon chat was scrubbed, so I will have to try later, but I posted one of the times I did it last year for you. Yes, I am odd, and I have odd ways to amuse myself. http://friendfeed.com/e...
- RAPatton
I did it! http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat...
- RAPatton
awesome baiting. Much fun.
- Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
For anyone who thinks this is idiotic, I concede, but no one gets hurt.
- RAPatton
awesome
- sam b-r
ShaGhayeGh, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Hisham Sadek هشام and 7 other people liked this
former female co-worker just called me a "stud" as we chatted -- ha!
BeeLing, sam b-r, Nathan Rein and 11 other people liked this
How insulting! I'd demand to be compared to a 2x6 at the very least!
- Roger Benningfield
Roger, I'll take any praise where I can get it. It just goes to show you that Oracle DBAs have a distorted definition of what stud is and can see beyond a man's exterior into the complex SQL a man can craft.
- RAPatton
Praise: @Rap your morning tweets about the sunrise make me all giddy!
- Michelle Marie Miller
Why thank you, Michelle. I like the ones about rain, but we have been dry for a while.
- RAPatton
She's not female anymore?
- Andrew Trinh
No, she is all woman. I should say former coworker who happens to be female, but that would be too easily understood.
- RAPatton
That just tuned down the interesting.
- Andrew Trinh
She is from a polygamist marriage; does that make it more interesting? He mother was the second wife. She is ethnic Chinese from Malyasia
- RAPatton
did she just say, "hey, you're a stud," like out of the blue, or was there a context?
- Nathan Rein
it was about the hygienest hitting on me; my former coworker is happily married and not into me, but like I said I'll cling to any praise I can get!
- RAPatton
@rap oh, you definitely know how to pull strings and make deals ;)
- A.T.
Get your coat love, you've pulled!
- James Tenniswood
drummond buckley photography - http://www.imagefixation.com/#
Andy Denmark, Jeff P. Henderson, Jauder Ho and 11 other people liked this
Drummond has some great images of San Francisco -- one of the better photographers out there shooting our city right now.
- Thomas Hawk
Admire the simplicity. It takes a keen eye to render cityscapes without clutter.
- Thomas Brox Røst
Some gorgeous photos there. Pity there is no RSS feed.
- Roberto Bonini
I've been a contact of Buckaroo on flickr for years, and have met him on one of his SoCal visits. He hasn't posted any photos on flickr in 10 months, I check his stream at least 2-3 times a month to see if he's back on flickr. I love his SF images and have been jonesin' to see more of his work. Any idea why the hiatus from flickr?
- Neil Bernhart
@Neil: Whats his Fliker username?
- Roberto Bonini
SF buckaroo (http://www.flickr.com/photos...)
- Neil Bernhart
Thanks Neil!
- Roberto Bonini
Buckaroo's still around shooting but hasn't been publishing to Flickr for a while. Justin, Jeremy and I ran into him shooting with Patrick a few weeks back shooting out on Treasure Island.
- Thomas Hawk
Going to Neil Young's house to interview his audio engineer and see his new digital studio. Pinching myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.
Mathew A. Koeneker, Chris Luckhardt, Ontario Emperor and 39 other people liked this
WHAT? Of all the cool things you do...this one is really making me jealous. Enjoy and learn much. Then post it all!
- Josh Haley
Beware of the Cinnamon Girls?,lol
- Scot Duke
Just don't get him started on the Bush Administration and I think you'll get out of there alive.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Lucky you !!!
- Nir Ben Yona
coudl u ask him why he doest want to stay in canada ? This is a torontian askin ..after all he has never given up his canadian citizenship , but stays in the states like for 30plus yrs
- Peter Dawson
yeah while at my fav song of his "The Needle and the Damage Done,"
- Peter Dawson
Robert, please keep all the cameras rolling! You'll want every moment!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
I hate you, hate you , hate you!
- James Kendrick
he's working on electric car stuff now, I'm sure he'd like to talk about that too
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
Very nice gig to get. What is the interview for?
- Dale Adams
Please ask him his stand on DRM. I'm really curious to know if he shares Neil's vision on that one...
- Marcos Marado
from fftogo
How lucky can you get??
- Steve
Do me a favor and check out how much storage he's got.
- Brian Ziel
Cool!
- Dread Pirate PJ
from Alert Thingy
how do you get so lucky?
- Lee Kent
and bring an Alabama flag to give to Neil. He'll like that.
- Josh Haley
You have the BEST neighbors, Scoble...
- Lisa L. Seifert
holy crap, I envy you
- Sheraz Mahmood
from twhirl
Holy Moly That Is Cool! @Josh: A Southern man don't need him around anyhow!
- Mattb4rd
See if he'll dish on who will be at this year's bridge concert. Inquiring ticket buyers want to know!
- Bill Sanders
Matthew: we hung out in his old mobile recording rig. What a hoot. Bill: Neil wasn't there, he's on tour in Europe. We'll have a separate interview with Neil someday, this was mostly to see the technical aspects of making music. Hearing his stuff straight off of his two-inch-tape was freaking awesome.
- Robert Scoble
You have an amazing life Robert with the people you get to interact with!
- Joe Dawson
Dale: my producer, Rocky helped build his studio when he was 12-years-old. His dad built it, which is one reason we got in, but the real reason was to talk to his audio engineer about how much quality of his music is lost at CD-quality (Neil wants people to be able to listen to music recorded at 192 khz per second -- CD's are recorded at 44.1 khz). We listened to his music recorded at 192 and then on CD and it's not even close. The quality difference is so extreme.
- Robert Scoble
ask him about his new car :)
- Kingsley Joseph
from twhirl
I learned that Neil was one of the first artists to try digital, but that he went back to analog tape recording (the tapes cost about $1,000 per hour, by the way) because he didn't like the emotion that he could capture on analog.
- Robert Scoble
Kingsley: we'll talk about his electric car project when we do a real interview later in the year.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, vinyl purists have been saying that for years: digital can't capture the heart between 0 and 1.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Digital captures exactly what the heart is, cold and calculated!
- Geoff Schultz
The Beatles – You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - http://www.last.fm/music...
David Worrell, Mark Trapp, RAPatton and 3 other people liked this
amen
- RAPatton
Some of these off-take versions from the Anthology set are better than the known recording. Could be because they seem 'new' and most have a live quality.
- Michael W. May
America's Drunkest Cities - Forbes.com - http://www.forbes.com/2006...
Mahdi Ebrahimi, edythe, Kevin Hessel and 4 other people liked this
"Milwaukee isn't just your average brewing town. It's the hardest-drinking city in America, according to Forbes.com's ranking of America's Drunkest Cities .... Coming in second on our list is another chilly metro: Minneapolis-St. Paul. The twin cities ranked No. 2 for adults who reported having had a drink in the last month, No. 3 for binge drinkers and No. 12 for heavy drinkers. Rounding out the top five drunkest cities are Columbus, Ohio; Boston; and Austin, Texas."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
We are only number 3? That is outrageous. All my friends are going to get on my case for sabotaging our chance to be the "best."
- RAPatton
#32. Feh.
- Mark Trapp
I knew Milwaukee would be on the list, but didn't expect first place :-o I suppose it's best for my health that I moved :p
- Robert DeBord
I'll take the split between Boston and Providence. ;-)
- cmiper
Ironic Sans: Idea: How I would do iPhone cut and paste - http://www.ironicsans.com/2008...
sam b-r and Glenn Slaven liked this
Charlie Anzman, edythe, sam b-r and 8 other people liked this
retro seaside outfits for norma jean, ursula, jean, audrey, joan and others ...
- RAPatton
I found a suit at Goodwill that was similar to #2. While the thoughts of zips and hook'n'eye closures on a swim suit boggle the mind, I've got to admit putting such a suit on makes you instantly feel like a 50s pin-up.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Most likley due to my swimming background, I've always had a fondness for one piece bathing suits.
- RAPatton
would you really wear a bathing suit you bought at the Goodwill?
- Nathan Rein
Nathan, with the way this suit was designed it was no issue to try it on over standard 20th century underwear.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Coffee Stat! This is not a drill!
Michael W. May, sam b-r, Russellreno and Michelle Martinez liked this
Pediatrician's update: Matthew is now 6 pounds, 8 oz, and gained 17 oz in 14 days. Sarah is 5 pounds, 3 oz, and gained 10 oz in 14 days.
Franklin Pettit, Hutch Carpenter, Marco(aureliusmaximus) and 13 other people liked this
Solid! Congrats.
- Chris Baskind
Great news! +1 on the congrats.
- Mike Fruchter
congrats to all concerned!
- Prolific Programmer
WOW Congratulations!
- Mona Nomura
twins rock... I've got two girls....
- David Parmet
from twhirl
Louis..Congrats..gotta love healthy babies. My daughter is 10 weeks today and just broke 14 lbs. Needless to say, she's taken to nursing. Here's a great photo I snapped last weekend of all the babies from our birthing class ranging from 5-10 weeks: http://twitpic.com/59hu
- Mike Kelly
congrats louis!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I would love to filter out entries that contain the following words, at least for a few days: Twitter, Plurk, Identi.ca, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft.
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matt, liz and madeline - what happened? - http://www.mattlogelin.com/archive...
AJ Kohn, Susan Beebe, carlotta fancypants and 20 other people liked this
"matt, liz and madeline life and death. all in a 27-hour period. what you read here is what follows."
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
tragic
- RAPatton
that's so horrible.
- lisa-k
but he has been working his way through it so admirably.
- edythe
Wow. Thanks for sharing this. Now I'm going to kiss my husband and kids.
- MLx
my gosh. i can't even begin to know how that would affect me
- Cee Bee
cee bee, I know.
- edythe
I can't even imagine. I'm not the only one needing a kleenex, am I?
- Yolanda
life
- Mitchell Tsai
There just isn't words. I hope sharing helped you.
- Victor Ryden
no way, Yolanda...I'm right there with you.
- lisa-k
wow. speechless. numb. tears.
- sam b-r
This is the first time FriendFeed has made me come close to crying
- Dan Kaplan
choking back tears. This is an amazing thing to read and the husband writes very well, I'm sure the blog will be a wonderful healing aid for him. I watched Bergman's Wild Strawberries yesterday and, combined with reading this blog, I'm stuck lying in bed contemplating how to make the most of the precious time with those I love.
- Zach Landes
This is tear jerker-- wow . This is such a sad story. I book marked his blog !
- Peter Dawson
yeah, the blog has really been vital for him. he is also a really great photographer. i love his pics of downtown L.A. http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- edythe
I've just been going back through the archives: it's impossible to not be moved by this. The record from before and after, and that he kept writing... this is heavy stuff. Have to stop reading every few minutes to prevent myself from bawling.
- Mark Trapp
Another lesson in 'suck up every day .. we never know what life will bring next'. I don't know him (thanks for the info edythe). This is really, really sad. From the ultimate high to the lowest low in 1 minute. Rough.
- Charlie Anzman
Can't really like this, so I'll [appreciate].
- Lisa L. Seifert
+1 Lisa
- Parth Awasthi
Such a sad story. I'm glad that the father seems to be coping as well as can be expected. +1 to Lisa and Parth.
- Cheryl Jones
aie
- anna sauce
:(
- Dread Pirate PJ
Horrific. As a father of two this shredded my composure. Add to that my best friend is expecting his baby girl to be delivered today and I haven't heard from him yet.
- John Samuelson
How truly sad and moving. I can't say anything more.
- Steve Lowe
John: expecting to hear the BEST news from you later today!! Stay positive... :-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
OMG. Y'all are going to need to give me a warning. I can't deal with sad stories about babies or mamas. Also, I hope that he sued the pants off the hospital. They have these nifty little compression things that they put on your legs when you are on bedrest for any significant period of time to PREVENT that.
- Cyndy
This needs some kind of WARNING. I wish him luck, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.
- Toby Graham
He's wearing her wedding rings in the pictures. That just really got to me.
- Corie
My friends' little baby girl Isobel was born this morning, all are well! Although this seems the wrong place to post this, I had to answer Lisa...
- John Samuelson
wow
- Aprille
Can someone keep bumping to the bottom and make sure April doesn't read this one. April... do not read!!!
- Cyndy
unreal...OMG how sad!! :-(
- Susan Beebe
f@$k!
- AJ Kohn
@Corie, yes, I spied her ring too. I was trying to tell my friend about the story this morning and I got all watery eyed again.
- Yolanda
That's great, John! Phew... :-) Corie, I noticed her rings in the pictures as well. TOTALLY made me bawl like a little girly girl. :-(
- Lisa L. Seifert
Where have I been for the past 2 days? Down for maintenance!
Ontario Emperor and sam b-r liked this
We are glad you are back. Is there any update on Big Brown?
- RAPatton
Mott the Hoople – All The Young Dudes - http://www.last.fm/music...
vicster is..., sam b-r, Nathan Rein and 3 other people liked this
Written by David Bowie. Classic!
- George Smith
i just realized he says "I got T. Rex'd"
- edythe
Glow festival, santa monica pier - Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/theguid...
Brandon Titus, Haggis (Sean Loyless), sam b-r and 6 other people liked this
"The Santa Monica city website says that last Saturday's Glow festival was inspired by the Nuit Blanche ("White Night") festival in Paris, but the combination of beach, pier, and experimental music made it pure L.A. Over 200,000 people attended over the dusk-to-dawn, 12-hour extravaganza, with over 75,000 milling through the warm night at peak times to gaze at illuminated sculpture and installations, a "grunion run" remade in glow sticks in the sand, and pulsing light shows."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
I love glow sticks.
- RAPatton
Raver!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN
- Caroline
Same here, Caroline - would love to have checked it out.
- Anthony Citrano
i heard it was lame as all get-out.
- edythe
Two clear things about being a dad. #1) I need a new camera. #2) I need to join SmugMug.
Mitchell Tsai, Sam Dodge, Kenichi Matsumoto and 18 other people liked this
Both good calls. I also keep meaning to get an Eye-Fi card for easy sync to both PC and sharing sites
- Patrick Jordan
#3) Keep the spit rags handy.
- Ontario Emperor
what's the benefit of smugmug vs. flickr for family pics?
- Morgan
Wait...what does SmugMug have to do with being a dad? They must have forgot to send me the memo. Can someone get me a copy of that memo?!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Morgan and Rahsheen, I'll let other SmugMuggers answer. My belief is there are fewer limits, more options, security, etc.
- Louis Gray
Yeah, cause dads need NO LIMITS. :D
- Chrimmus Tad
@Louis Ah! I just got it after re-reading what you said for the 10th time. Must be sleepy time now.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
ditto the smugmug question. I'd be interested in seeing the case
- Duncan Riley
I just joined SmugMug last week - love it! My favorite part is that I can upload RAW images and use it as a pure archive for my photos. Flickr then can serve as my social distribution.
- Jesse Stay
I've now got a SmugMug account. The recommendation is to get a Canon 40D. I am sure there are an array of opinions on this as well?
- Louis Gray
Curious too: why smugmug?
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Take a look at the public SmugMug photos on FriendFeed. http://friendfeed.com/public... SmugMug offers unlimited storage capacity, full-screen high resolution for photos, customized galleries, and outstanding Mac support, from what I understand. So far, Flickr is not as strong. http://friendfeed.com/public...
- Louis Gray
fwiw, i'm a flickr user and a mac user and i'm very pleased. appletv hooks right in. not complaints here.
- sean808080
@Louis - I own the Canon 40D and you can't go wrong. The thing makes me look like a pro. You won't be disappointed. Good luck!
- Ron Emrick
40D works well unless you want to spring for a 5D. Make sure you get a good lens too!
- Jauder Ho
I'm in the minority, but my feeling is that the higher-end point and shoots end up better. No, you wont' get the amazing portraits. But in the time it takes to get everything out and set up JUST right, you've missed the moment.
- Cyndy
40d is nice but the canon g9 is a good walk a round point and shoot. I like Flickr over smug, though I have yet to really dive into it.
- Don Martelli
Is there a reason for smugmug over flickr or picasa?
- Bryan Clark
IMO, the SmugMug interface wins hands-down over flickr. Gorgeous, AJAXy, user-selectable resolution, etc. You definitely get what you pay for.
- Brian Pharris
The Canon G9 camera falls between the point and shoot and the digital SLR, a great choice for the new dad. Congratulation by the way.
- Bob Gannon
@Louis firstly although not a Dad I have a very large family and all my sisters have at least 2-3 kids. Lots of Nieces and nephews. So I have some experience of every kind of parent, from camera crazy to camera+camcorder to just a picture here and there. All survived without HD, and even digital until a couple years ago. So this is my experience to you. There will be lots of things you will enjoy, taking pictures, making videos, post-production etc, but most of all you.....
- Roger Kondrat
@Louis continued you are likely to be like most parents (99%) and that is you won't have time to make many DVDs of trips or birthdays because there will always be some event, location, or sport you will need to attend. And the list goes on. You will be busy. Also you will have to carry diapers, bottles of milk, carriages, etc, and when you are done with the diapers it will be bottles of water and sport bags.......
- Roger Kondrat
@Louise.. Where am I going with this? Buy a point and shoot my friend a good one like a Sony or a Canon. I buy Canon's by my gf's brother also a gadget guy buys Sony's and loves them. Samsung is making amazing camera's too, in fact they just released an HD capable point and shoot. Buy a point and shoot and you will have more memories and you will enjoy those memories as they happen because won't be digging around for the right tool and complaining when it wasn't available.... Good luck! :)
- Roger Kondrat
PS. I like Flickr and have never seen the reason for SmugMug (yet). What is your reasoning? ;)
- Roger Kondrat
Roger, I like SmugMug because I can store the full sized, original images I took, in RAW format even. It's a great archival tool. Flickr's social capabilities are much better though, so I end up using both.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Louis, yes you have to join SmugMug. I use Flickr for public photos and SmugMug for private. Great for archiving too, no worries about the hard drive crashing or house burning down.
- Elliott Ng
The G9 still has slow shutter response. If you are looking to save some money, you could look at the Canon XSi which is pretty darn nice. Just a tad small for my hands. Re: SmugMug, I'll say that they have awesome customer service. Besides, they offered free tickets to see Batman on IMAX last Friday! (Disclaimer: I did take advantage of this offer but am still impressed with how they engage with their customer base)
- Jauder Ho
@Jesse Stay I had no idea that Flickr was not storing the full originals I thought that was part of the paid service.. I will check that out and if that is the case I will be very upset. Cool about the RAWs though as my gf and I were talking about SM for that reason, nice to have confirmation of that feature.
- Roger Kondrat
Roger, Flickr does store the full-resolution photos and with a paid account, you have full access to them. Smugmug has the additional feature to store the raw files if you pay extra for it.
- Ole Begemann
Smugmug vs. Flickr in one sentence: Smugmug is the better gallery site, Flickr has the better and more active community. Boils down to how you want to present your photos and how much interaction with other members you want.
- Ole Begemann
Flickr does not touch the files you upload in any way.
- Ole Begemann
Personally I'd try to wait for the new Canon 5D probably due out at Photokina in Germany in Sept. In the meantime I'd probably buy a used Canon 10D or 20D on eBay with a 50mm f/1.4 lens or the 28-135 image stabilized zoom. You could probably buy this for a lot less than the 40D and wait until the new 5D drops into your price range. The full frame sensor of the 5D is a huge jump up over the 40D. Even if you didn't want to pay up for the new 5D, the old 5D prices will drop when the new model is released.
- Thomas Hawk
Flickr recently increased their photo size limit to 20MB for Pro accounts. Free accounts get 10MB. I've noticed lately though that Flickr has still been accepting my images over 20MB. My guess is that they decided to increase file size and not actually block images over 20MB because they realize that they will need larger images that can be sold through their new partnership with Getty. Flickr doesn't support RAW.
- Thomas Hawk
Re: Edythe - Rules for the Naked Girls Eating Cum group on Flickr - http://furryrabbits.tumblr.com/post...
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"It's good to see standards enforced."
- Michael W. May
lol, mwm!
- edythe
*snicker*
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
*snort*
- Mona Nomura
Damn photos didn't show up i was hoping this could be a "educational" post...
- Cecil Sandus
sorry, cecil. :)
- edythe
ex...cuse me?
- l0ckergn0me
LOL mate.
- Parth Awasthi
This one has more comments than the original post!~
- Yuvi
NSFW ;)
- Tyler Gillies
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