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Chris Baskind posted a message
“Beginning to think I'm not social enough for social media.”
yesterday at 3:55 pm - Link
Ask not whether you are social enough for social media. Ask instead whether social media is social enough for you. I know that makes no sense, but in my defense, it IS Friday. - Slippy Lane
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“Try about:memory on Google Chrome...”
Try about:memory on Google Chrome...
Tuesday at 2:41 pm - Link
Atul: May I re-share this in the Chrome Room, please? - Mona N.
Absolutely. - Atul Arora
این یعنی چی؟ آخرش - Amir GT
I did, and according to this Chrome is using about as much as Opera and IE7 combined =/ - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
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someecards.com | ecards for when you care enough to hit send
someecards.com | ecards for when you care enough to hit send
Tuesday at 12:16 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Wait, Herbert Hoover gave his endorsement already? Who'd he pick? - Vincent Ferrari
Was Hoover actually the worst, or did he mainly have bad timing? I don't recall that he started any big wars anything like that. - Paul Buchheit
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I like this one:http://www.someecards.com/uplo... - Gabe Schaffer
if starting wars is the criteria, wouldnt ie korea/vietnam be bigger? - bob
we didn't start the korean war, and we kinda-sorta didn't start vietnam - Jeremy Raines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... says "Ranking at the bottom of most polls are Warren G. Harding, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan." - ⓞnor
It's nice to see that Pat Buchanan is following in his forefather's footsteps. - Gabe Schaffer
This entry is in the most liked list of ffholic.com! Congrats! :) - FFholic.com
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Lori the laptop cop!!
Lori the laptop cop!!
August 28 at 3:32 am - Link
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Mitchell Tsai posted a link
Low Lounger by Low Lin Kiat [Freshome - 8/26/08]
Low Lounger by Low Lin Kiat [Freshome - 8/26/08]
Low Lounger by Low Lin Kiat [Freshome - 8/26/08]
August 28 at 1:06 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Dsigner Low Lin Kiat created this low lounger as a new approach to home decorating. Shaped like single flower petals the lounger can be arranged singularly or if space permits, you can have and entire set of them placed around a center table. Shaped like a saucer, the lounger allows you easy space but is without any backrest. The idea looks quite interesting, and for now is just an interesting concept. - Via - Mitchell Tsai via Bookmarklet
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Nathan Chase posted a link
The $15 McDonald's Double Pounder
The $15 McDonald's Double Pounder
August 25 at 2:11 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Ughhhh - Michelle Martinez
OMG . . . I feel so ashamed for wanting one -_- - Lindsey Smith
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Going to the gym to work off the lbs I gained just looking at that! - Michelle Miller
I didn't know McDonald's could add patties to the burger. - Morton Fox
While I just threw up in my mouth a little, I am impressed that McD's would consider such a customized burger. - Josh Haley
I'd like to supersize this burger and while you're at it, can I have a side of angioplasty? - Mark Wilson
my heart just jumped out of my heart and ran down the hall afsdadkoaw 34uigasdfn;naw eyrhowehtasm,.vn asdawrough 3333333333 - Morgan
*barf* - Shey
+1 Morgan. That's an excellent comment and I gagreoalER WeGaerA lAgk wiewh you 100% ;lqkg;lAlAIO AHg;;b;b - Akiva Moskovitz
There goes my desire for BK. Yeah, I'm having pancakes tonight. - MiniMage via NoiseRiver
that just looks so disgusting. one can only imagine the amount of fat and sodium in that monstrosity. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
That looks foul. - Amber Horner
Didn't know you could order extra patties at McDs. Hmm... - Mitchell Tsai
That is so wrong - Britney Mason
America -- fuck, yeah! - Chris Baskind
*BARF* - Haggis (Sean)
*wonders why anyone would want one McDonald's patty, much less more than one* - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
so that's 2 pounds of ground beef right there. I think I eat about that much beef in a month. - Jason Kaneshiro
it's like someone can't do their fractions properly - Josh Haley
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Sanjeev Singh posted a link
Inside the World of Blizzard
Inside the World of Blizzard
August 21 at 12:54 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Why does Blizzard succeed where others don't?" asks Jay Wilson, a lead game designer with a shock of spiked hair and a wry disposition. "It isn't a magic trick. We work at it, and if a product isn't good enough, we cancel it." - Sanjeev Singh via Bookmarklet
"You know a game is ready when management has to send e-mails out after lunch begging people to get back to work," - Sanjeev Singh
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"Legendary Pictures, the studio behind blockbuster comic book adaptations like Batman Begins and 300, is currently working on a big-budget, live-action film based on WoW slated for 2009.". I wonder if Mr T will play a night elf mohawk :) - Sanjeev Singh
the environment/game theyve constructed is certainly more impressive/usable than ie second life - they need to borrow their technology :P - bob
So, pretty much like any good company then: produce quality and only quality :) - Vincent van Wylick
I met Pat Wyatt in 1995, when he was the VP of Engineering at Blizzard. Unlike most other game companies, he was competent and knew the code inside out. I could, however, tell you war stories about the first Diablo... - Piaw Na
Piaw, tell everyone :) - Sanjeev Singh
I've always been impressed by Blizzard games rarely crashing or buggy, and being smooth/fast. It's not that I wonder why Blizzard succeeds where others don't. I wonder why others fail at such simple things. Why do so many games require the CD in the drive? Or have 8 splash screens telling you all their favorite software and hardware companies? - Amit Patel
I'm sure it doesn't hurt that Blizzard can afford to take the time to get things right. Not all game companies have that luxury from what I understand -- many are living from game to game, and that puts tremendous pressure on to hit dates, not ship perfect products. Still, it's to Blizzard's credit that they continue to focus on quality rather than milking franchises for all they're worth in the short term. - DeWitt Clinton
Yes with $600m/yr in profit and only 250 employees, they can afford to focus on quality. - Sanjeev Singh
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Chainless Bicycles - Nulla Minimalist Concept Bike
Chainless Bicycles - Nulla Minimalist Concept Bike
Chainless Bicycles - Nulla Minimalist Concept Bike
Chainless Bicycles - Nulla Minimalist Concept Bike
August 11 at 1:04 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
=O WOOOOOW - Mona N.
That looks weird... - Outsanity
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What's wrong with weird? I'm called that all the time. - Mona N.
Pardon my doubting nature, but those wheels just don't look safe. Tacos are for lunch, not for riding on. - Chris Baskind
WANT - embee
science perversity :) yes, status-quo-ish is to think of bikes with chains. Now to completely change our perception of it won't happen that easily!! It looks coll but not coz it has no chains :) - Hayk Hakobyan
Wonder if that can take "mountain bike" type of abuse. - Ernie Oporto
Light Cycle lite! - Brian Norwood
Yeah, I have to agree with Chris -- I'm not sure if a bike like this would be safe to ride. - Corie Allison
It does look different, but lightweight. Actually it looks almost like that one South Park episode where Mr. Garrison invents the wheel that you have to stick one "end" (looks like dilldoes) into your butt and you power the vehicle but sucking on another dilldoe! Remember that one?? lol lol lol - Sheryl
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Corie Allison posted a link
Blacks, Whites Put Differences Aside, Work Together To Make Better Burger | The Onion
Blacks, Whites Put Differences Aside, Work Together To Make Better Burger | The Onion
August 4 at 10:47 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
my favourite bit: "I don't believe I've ever been served so delicious and fresh-tasting a hamburger in my life," said Louisville-area bank teller Morton Wallensky, who visited the restaurant Monday on his lunch hour. "This is the taste of love and cooperation among all God's children, and I wish that the people of all nations could take a big bite for themselves." - Trent Olson
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Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - Boston.com
August 2 at 7:47 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
This thingy is so freakin cool! - Michael Klier
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Mark Wilson posted a link
Ride With Hitler
Ride With Hitler
August 2 at 11:05 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
OMG, that's amazing - Eric Berlin
Nothing quite like a big-brimmed hat in an open car, too. ;-) - Chris Baskind
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Same principle with masturbating. - dkb
This is sheer genius. - Bill Barol
And Hitler never chips in for gas! - Jason Puckett
haha Jason! Especially invisible chalk-outline Hitler! He doesn't even buy a bag of chips! - Ňicķ
Hitler is a freeloader. Son of a bitch. - Mark Wilson
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Alexandru Savu favorited photos on Flickr
I got me a car, it's as big as a whale
We'll ride down baby into this tunnel of love
Everybody's gotta learn sometime
July 27 at 9:01 pm - Link
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Dave Winer posted a link
Al Pacino's famous speech in Any Given Sunday
Al Pacino's famous speech in Any Given Sunday
July 26 at 2:29 pm - Link
Righteous! - Christopher Harley
Al Pacino rocks! - imabonehead
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one of my favorite videos of all time. inch by inch. i've played it so many times that i have had to promise not to play it anymore though. ;-) - Jeff Sandquist
My friend and I had this part on replay for over an hour. Awesome speech. - Colby Olson
Dynamite - Francine Hardaway
funny, it doesn't seem real, in the editing, the acting, pacino is good, but the direction, the emotion is stagey, no dirt on the uniforms ... hokey - Gregory Lent
@Gregory I see what you're saying. I'm there for the speech. Pacino buries the past failures and shines the light on the NOW. It can play to any team, regardless of the goal. It's all about the sublimation of the integral self for the progress of the whole. - Christopher Harley
Darnit, here I am at 2:30am in the morning, rewatching this... - Colby Olson
Goosebumps. :D - Colby Olson
did they get the inch? - Jay Martinez
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Don't Talk to Cops, Part 1
Don't Talk to Cops, Part 1
July 22 at 4:17 pm - Link
Part 2: http://video.google.com/videop... - Kevin Fox
Very interesting; both parts. Must view. - Mark Trapp
Good information! - Brian Bufalo
This is excellent information for photographers, and other people who end up with more than their share of undue police attention. - Dave Roth
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Mitchell Tsai favorited photos on Flickr
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Big Bear lake
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George Cross Marine would jump on hand grenade again - Telegraph
George Cross Marine would jump on hand grenade again - Telegraph
July 23 at 10:34 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"But a split second later he realised his injuires would be less if he took the blast in his back and rolled over. After the announcement of the award L/Cpl Croucher recounted the seconds he spent lying on the bomb waiting for it to detonate. "I had that horrible feeling in my stomach like when you were younger and in loads of trouble. It was a feeling of horror, lying there waiting for it go 'bang'". "It took only four or five seconds to go off but it felt like an eternity. I thought that was the end." He added: "If I had my time again I would probably do the same thing." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet
"Showing a "complete disregard for his own safety" the commando was "quite prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow Marines". Miraculously the Marine's Osprey body armour and contents of his backpack saved him from the lethal shards. " - RAPatton
WOW -- that's serious bravery - Shey
And it more than instinct because he had time to figure out to roll on his back - RAPatton
That is one courageous soldier. - AJ Batac
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Chris Baskind favorited a video on YouTube
"YAC"-New York Bike Messenger
"YAC"-New York Bike Messenger
July 21 at 2:10 am - Link
Don't do this. But -- whoa. Eat ride eat ride. Not bad. :-) - Chris Baskind
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Paul Buchheit posted a link
Who's Going to Fund the Next Steve Jobs? - WSJ.com
Who's Going to Fund the Next Steve Jobs? - WSJ.com
July 18 at 11:21 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"As for Sarbanes-Oxley, or SOX, the hope was that by now firms would have gotten over the hump of learning to comply, and auditors would have stopped obsessing over minute risks. Last year the Securities and Exchange Commission explicitly advised firms to focus only on material threats to the integrity of a firm's financials. "The SEC's heart was in the right place, but the accounting firms' hearts are not," says Mark Heesen of the National Venture Capital Association. He adds that the Big Four accounting firms "continue to feast on SOX audits." Ms. Mitchell says the "SOX tax" runs up to $3 million per year per company, which can reduce a firm's market value by much more." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet
"Last quarter marked the first time in 30 years that not a single company backed by venture capital went public in the U.S." - Louis Gray
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Sarbanes-Oxley was a kneejerk reaction to appease the masses that wanted some sort of assurance that the markets weren't going to implode. After the dust settles SarbOx will be amended--if not removed--and all will be back 'to normal.' On the same note, expect similar witch hunt and follow-up legislation for this go-around. We're already beginning to see indictments for fraud pertaining to the mortgage markets... - grant
I think most new laws are kneejerk reactions to appease the masses that want some sort of assurance. - Gabe Schaffer
Some witches are worth hunting. - Chris White
I found the comments about entrepreneurs building low capital investment companies to sell to the larger competitors to be quite interesting. Could it be that these people are valuing personal freedom over still having a set of bosses? My guess is that there are far more people who want to create something, than who want to become 'industry titans' with all that entails. The out come is not always a good place for a person to be - compare Jerry Yang to Steve Jobs, or Larry and Sergei. - Robin Barooah
@ Chris: do you mean that trying to find the next Steve Jobs is worth doing? Because a witch hunt only brings to mind all the collateral damage of impostors and accusations. - Clare Dibble
Clare, I was responding to grant's comment about the mortgage markets. I meant that in that case, some witches are real, and worth pursuing, as opposed to the traditional view that witches aren't real, and therefore witch hunts are inherently bad. - Chris White
Thanks for the clarification, Chris. In your opinion, who/what is the witch? the mortgage market itself? I've heard you say before that real estate prices never go down, especially in San Fransisco (except when they do). - Clare Dibble
IMO, the housing bubble was enabled by low interest rates (the Fed), lack of down payment and income requirements, interest only and variable rate loans (banks), real estate speculators, real estate agents who tell clients prices never go down and you must get in now if you are ever to own a home, and borrowers who couldn't afford the homes they were buying and then took out secondary loans to buy cars and plasma tvs. Generalizations to be sure, but largely accurate I think. - Chris White
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Atul Arora posted a link
Seth's Blog: The Long Tail and the Dip
Seth's Blog: The Long Tail and the Dip
July 18 at 6:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
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Kevin Bondelli posted a link
Photoshop Contest: 115 More Pieces of Amazing Iranian Technology Created with Photoshop
Photoshop Contest: 115 More Pieces of Amazing Iranian Technology Created with Photoshop
Photoshop Contest: 115 More Pieces of Amazing Iranian Technology Created with Photoshop
July 15 at 10:57 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
some are hilarious -- some are just wrong - Shey
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Chris Baskind posted a message
“I am considering only blogging on napkins. You will have to come to my home to get yours. I will write you a personal message in purple marker on the napkin of your choice. But I will only accept the thousand coolest, smartest people. Line forms on my porch at 8am tomorrow. Watch out for the dog.”
July 14 at 10:25 am - Link
um, what kinda dog? - acedanger
I'm not kidding about the dog. - Chris Baskind
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That would be Max the Rottie. ;-) - Chris Baskind
I've been thinking Smoke Signals... - Tad - just Tad
That why I follow you, Tad. You're an innovator. - Chris Baskind
I mentioned morse code on some other comment thread...I think that's a super idea; who's gonna do it first? - acedanger
I'll be doing cave paintings. - possible248
Di-dit / d-dah dah-dah - Chris Baskind
LOL @ cave paintings - acedanger
@possible248 I like that. Very intimate. "Look: my hand in red ochre!" - Chris Baskind
You can now address your followers as "Team Chris" - Cee Bee
Gas is too precious for the road trip to your doorstep, Chris. You guys are so old fashioned. I think telepathy is the best way to blog. Saves the time and effort of writing anything and cuts to 0 the cost of distribution/bandwidth. :) - Lindsay Donaghe
Are you Jason having a fit? - Igor The Troll
Lindsay, I simply assumed people would bicycle. - Chris Baskind
Do you have a black 16GB version? Oh, wait... - Anthony Citrano
so are hooters girls bloggers now? they write on napkins all day long - Jennifer Van Grove via twhirl
Of course, the cave paintings would only be done next to actual archaeological digging sites where hominids have been found. Imagine an archaeologist looking at a cave painting next to a skeleton of a prehistoric human and exclaiming, "They used Mac OSX?" EDIT: I think Windows 95 would be funnier than Mac OSX. - possible248
Thanks for my first hearty laugh of the day! :-) - Jeff Larche
NAPKINS! Why didn't I think of that - now I feel silly for spending all that money on Ham radio equipment ; ) - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
In reading all the comments, I was actually thinking "How many people named Chris ARE there on FF?" - Trish R
I needed a great big smile and that helped quite nicely. :) - Mathew A. Koeneker
Maybe I'll start spelling my name oddly, Trish: Krîs or something. That looks sort of Scandinavian heavy metal, no? - Chris Baskind via NoiseRiver
If you're going to start a new trend like napkin blogging, at least call yourself Krysse or Crysce. - Trish R
i'll do you one better, i'm going to be writing on people's hands - Nathan Rein
Oh man. I read this and rofl'd.' - Shawn Farner
Nogging? Naploging? Captain's naplog stardate 2008. - Yolanda
I'm working on a machine that will beam my blog right into your brain! Actually, I'm not. - Sprague D
I'm considering actually talking to people, face to face. Difficult, I know, but try to grasp the concept. - Trish R
That's not very green, Chris - Mona N.
imaginary posts are the best - Gregory Lent
Mommyblogging on diapers? The mind reels at the possibilities. -