“Here's something to try: if you have a group of similar topic feeds in Google Reader AND you find yourself sharing them a lot, make a FriendFeed Room and add the feed of that group of feeds (under Manage Subs>>Folders & Tags) to the room. Then invite some friends you think would like it to the room.”
I've easily watched this 20 times. The last little baby girl picture with the pigtails gets me every time! - Paul Reynolds
If you have ever answered phones for a living, sales or tech support, you know that you have wanted to do something like this at least once in your life. The more random and innocent the caller, the better. - Derek Coward
James, if I've seen this one 20 times, I've seen that one 30- LOVE IT! I'm pretty sure it's a viral done by Monster.com or somebody. I've been meaning to follow up to see if it was ever looked into. - Paul Reynolds
“Finally cooling off enough to consider getting in the hot tub again in the evenings. Just dumped in a bunch of chlorine and put the jets full on to freshen everything up!”
Is it just me or did Cringley completely change the subject of the article halfway through with no warning or explanation? Maybe it's formatted on the actual article page... Nope. - Paul Reynolds
Ooh, very cool. I want to play with it. Still no scrobbling though. - Araceli
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“In attempt to weasel in a delicious veggie burger and fries from the diner down the street, I declared a new Friday night tradition of Diggnation and burgers. The flaw in my plan is that Diggnation doesn't come out until after 7pm and I'm S-T-A-R-V-I-N-G.”
"I have a question for you: did you have an iPhone EDGE before the 3G and migrate over to the 3G? I'm just trying to figure out what could cause this. I have a 16GB and it was my first iPhone. I have about 30 apps on it and never jailbroken. It takes right at 3 minutes to sync and back up. I've got about 8.5GB free on it right now." - Paul Reynolds
Because, hey, even the most slapped together projects deserve a cutesy name and a logo! Frindo is a PHP script you embed in a webpage that pulls your FF stream and outputs it in plain old CSS wrapped HTML. No PHP or MySQL knowledge required. I gotta say the Google Code stuff is very cool. - Paul Reynolds via Bookmarklet
Wow. That logo is BIG. I kinda' thought FriendFeed would scale it down. Sorry, folks! - Paul Reynolds
2 downloads so far. Maybe I need dashing good looks and a British accent. :oD How can I win Mona's heart? (For those that don't know what I'm talking about, search for "sweetcron"). - Paul Reynolds
I remember the MacTech print magazine to be pretty cool (it actually had *code* in it). But the website is nothing but a press release echo chamber. I submit to you Exhibit A. - Paul Reynolds
“I can't stress enough how awesome NetShare for the iPhone is. My cable connection is down this morning and I'm happily zinging along on my 3G connection.”
I just looked this up Ooh, that is very cool. Too bad I don't have a 3G iPhone. Do we have a 3G connection here in Charleston? - Araceli
Yep. NetShare will work with EDGE too, but the 3G speed is almost as good as browsing with my cable connection. The set up is a bit fiddly, but it's not so bad once you do it a couple of times. - Paul Reynolds
You mean have the iPhone browse over your cable connection? I do that via Wifi at home. But browsing over 3G vs WiFi on the iPhone is almost no difference in speed normally. Both are pleasantly quick! - Paul Reynolds
I have WiFi at home. But I mean when I'm out on the town and the EDGE connection seeks to mock me. Guess I just need to get a 3G iPhone. One day. - Araceli
You may have to trot down to King St and have an old guy sell you an iPhone 3G! Why are there so many old guys working in that store? Then we can talk about how awesome it is right in front of @willia4! - Paul Reynolds
Yes, but what shall I do with my old one. It sucks that its not even a year old, yet. And I'm up for mocking anyone who doesn't have one, if only so the iPhone will take over the cell phone world. I actually had a young guy when I did my one and only visit so far to the Apple store. - Araceli
Hrm. You'd have to check if you're eligible for an upgrade to get the cheap price. I guess the responsible thing to do is keep your iPhone EDGE. I think if I had owned one before the 3G came out, I wouldn't have upgraded. Responsible is boring! - Paul Reynolds
Well guys, I don't have an iPhone. I'm more than happy with my Blackberry Curve. My cellphone provider, Alltel, were trying to sell me a wireless router last time I was in their store, and it would be tempting if the speeds weren't even slower than cable or even DSL. I want it to be faster, faster - certainly faster than the paltry upload speeds we have now. Cellphone networks certainly seem more reliable than Comcrash though. - Ian May
Ian, I had a Curve before the 3G an enjoyed it very much. If web browsing wasn't my primary mobile need and I weren't considering writing software for the iPhone, I would have probably kept it. You can tether with the BB, but I believe it's true tethering and the cell providers can track those packets seperately. The neat thing about NetShare is it's done over Ad-Hoc WiFi and acts as a proxy server, so it just looks like you're browsing the web from your iPhone. - Paul Reynolds
Also, I'm not elitist and would never make fun of anyone** for not having an iPhone. (** - except @willia4.) - Paul Reynolds
Ian, I had Alltel before the iPhone. I think they're another crash waiting to happen. They're website in particular is out to get people. And I spend way more time on the internet with my iPhone than on the phone. I got it for all its other capabilities, apps, internet besides the phone. lol - Araceli
“The HVAC guy I hired over 3 months ago just called out of the blue at 8AM and said they could come start on the replacement TODAY and install window units to keep the house cool for the week it will take to do the install. Huh? How about a little advanced notice, dude.”
We've got house guests next week or I would've had him come do his thang. But since the old ass HVAC unit is keeping the house at a brisk 72, I'm not really in a hurry to spend the money. - Paul Reynolds
I got tired of everybody going all goofy over Sweetcron when I've been doing the same damn thing on my website for a few months! So I made a *really* quick and dirty configuration screen and put it all up on a Google Code project. Just requires PHP and your current FriendFeed account ID, no MySQL or adding services required. Sweetcron looks better, but you can customize this as much as you want. - Paul Reynolds
The name "Frindo" is a play of words off the fact that this is a window into your online life via FriendFeed. - Paul Reynolds
I'm tired and read it as FriendFeed aggravates your online activity. - Heather
I'm tired too. So I read it that way as well. Let's go to sleep. ;o) - Paul Reynolds
I was so tired, in fact, the first couple of file check ins had my FF API key in them. Oopsie! I caught it last night fortunately and reset my key. - Paul Reynolds
“Tracy ran straight to the TV as soon as we got home to put it on the Gamecocks. As soon as she saw "college football", she lit up and turned absolutely giddy. I'm happy for her.”