Now that I think about it, I could do with about 10 more options :) - John Worthington
I have yet to discover someone who: 1. is passionate about photography 2. lives near me *AND* 3. wouldn't mind teaching me to share their passion. When I do, I think I can revisit this post. Liking to be able to do so. - Michael J Cohen
New Zealand, New Zealand, New Zealand :-D - Kol Tregaskes
@jerry Petra is in Jordan. Amazing to walk down the Siq and have the treasury appear from nowhere. I have traveled to lots of the places mentioned and my biggest regret is not doing more people shots. They have so much character but I don't have the confidence to photograph, especially in a Muslim country. - CJPhoto
Chernobyl (city), the abandoned V-2 rocket base at Peenemünde, and the reefs around Rotan. - Chris Baskind
'We have had an abort and are looking at data. The vehicle and the pad system are fine. Please stay tuned, liftoff could still occur tonight.' enough already. I'm going to Taco Bell. - Josh Haley
I didn't hear, what was the flash before abort? It was about six seconds or so after T0. - Loren Heiny
I think their xmpp hose just went down...I am so funny...ahem... - Kamath
well, they've got about 45 min left in their window to figure it out - Chris Kim A
Another try at a 10 minute countdown - Loren Heiny
Thanks everybody (EVERYBODY) for your wishes. I sincerely appreciate it. I've really only had one present so far and it's been one of the most awesomest presents ever. - l0ckergn0me via Bookmarklet
@maccast informed me that he, you and I are all Birthday sharers!! Happy Birthday - clearly, this was a good day for geeks to be born! :) (p.s. I'm way older...sigh) - Lucretia Pruitt
“Anyone else have an iPhone 3G spontaneously lock and only do emergency calls? Really pissed me off when waiting for call from wife earlier today in a store. Yes, I am an AT&T fully authorized subscriber.”
This has happened to me... I also get drop calls where my call to my girlfriend or someone else would drop and I'd try to call them back 5 or 6 times and my iPhone would tell me "call failed" or something to that effect. When I go back to my Blackjack 2 I never have these issues. - Brandon LeBlanc
It was infuriorating. Esp when I missed an appt w/ my wife because I never got her call. First function is to be a phone. If I had any idea what caused it, I could avoid the behavior but it was working fine just 20 mins prior and went into the de-authorized mode by itself. After syncing back at home, all was well again... - Sean Alexander
"Good sandwiches, not a fan of the pizza. As an East-coast transplant, their pizza doesn't even qualify. Overly doughy, undercooked and oily in my experience. I've had Dominos and Pizza Hut that…" - Sean Alexander
"Steve Jobs has asked me to write a posting every other day or so to let everyone know what’s happening with MobileMe, and I’m working directly with the MobileMe group to ensure that we keep you really up to date. In the 14 days since we launched, it’s been a rocky road and we know the pain some people have been suffering. Be assured people here are working 24-7 to improve matters, and we’re going to favor getting you new info hot off the presses even if we have to post corrections or further updates later." - Louis Gray via Bookmarklet
very interesting... I haven't had problems this week, but they do need to fix issues quick before the fail whale wags her tail. - Bill Sodeman
hmm. for Jobs to request this says that he is supremely pissed at what is going on. heads most likely rolled. - Jamie
Someone at Apple may call it "a posting," but there's nothing about it that's a blog. Also, how is it promoted to MobileMe subscribers. - Rex Hammock via twhirl
Oh good, you reminded me to cancel the trial. It's pretty but quite unstable. - Aviv
Paid for a year, totally unusable, get "server not available" at least three times a day plus sync load kills outlook, waste of time and money, the phone is amazing though - Patphelan
"Completely renovated over a two year period, we've watched what was previously the Colonial Inn transform. Apparently the location was featured in "Twin Peaks" as the outside shots for "The…" - Sean Alexander
Spousal acceptance factor (SAF) is what we use. - Sean Alexander
"invisible to partner" factor is more useful term i.e. means 'does not need to know' and/or 'knows but tolerates' - Ian Fogg
It's a little of both, but it's a customer reality. When I was monitoring Moxi discussions on AVS Forum, a number of posters volunteered that the U-I "passed the wife test." Depending on the price point, there may also be a family budget agreement that needs to be negotiated - Michael Markman
NO. it's the same thing as generalizing that men like to have big honking speakers. - Jeremy Toeman
It's not like you can set out on a 2 year journey to 'discover' that Vista doesn't actually suck. And Columbus died still thinking the earth was flat, so how does that figure in to the metaphor? - Kevin Fox
AJ, great idea on the Fail Whale theme. I added a second targeted ad around the concept of Microsoft looking for Twitter's lost fail whale. http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/... - Thomas Hawk
I think this is smart. They can't directly go up against Apple on "coolness", and they're not. This is more of an end run. In a way, it's similar to the Think Different (sic) campaign: popular wisdom says that Vista is bad, but those who are dispensing the popular widsom, though well dressed, are uninformed. - Jon Galloway
i guess i'm super old school... in my early days of modem surfing (circa late 80s), this ad would essentially have windows saying: it is cool to illegally copy us! - Rob Reed
I've already been through this with some other people the FriendFeed thread mentioned by Alan Le above. I'm not going through it again but I will say that I think it's a great ad campaign and I wish Microsoft the best of luck with it. - Akiva Moskovitz
the campaign appears real; the crap on the bottom seems to have been added by somebody in photoshop. I like this quote from the zdnet article: "Vista is now actually better than its reputation. That’s a marketing issue" - Paul Whitaker
Alright so this is the real ad: http://www.tothepc.com/pic/vis... -- They're trying to say "Everyone thought the world was flat" saying "Everything thinks Windows is the same, but get the real facts about Vista, etc, etc," or something like that. Who knows, it's not very straight forward. - Aaron Myers
are you sure that they are not just trying to say everyone should just be pirates because pirates are cool? ;) - Thomas Hawk
Who messes with Pirates? Nobody, that's who. - Kristopher Tate
I'm laughing because reading it out loud or in your head sounds stupid. - Outsanity
Searching my registry for Spanish dubloons. - Akiva Moskovitz
But if everyone is a pirate, then it wouldn't be cool anymore, because everyone is doing it. Thankfully, not everybody is a pirate, though, so it's still cool to be one. Argh! - Jason Shultz via twhirl
I think the ad says everyone should drink Cutty Sark. Odd tack: if you don't love our product you're a blighted medieval-minded slug. - Michael Markman
I am starting to resent my car - enough so I may actually give it up and go with Biking and Public Transportation to get me around (both of which are excellent here in Boulder, CO) - George Smith
Amazing, I can drive about 200 miles on 1/2 a tank. If only the Prius looked alot cooler, lol. - Aaron Myers
@Jeremy not hacked but it seems do better when it's hot and I do a lot of hwy driving. - Steve Rubel
showoff....LOL...yes I am just jealous. - Ruth Ferguson
This is the wrong metric. What Steve didn't tell you is that his Prius has an 80-gallon tank. :-) - Louis Gray
I set no records with my 350Z Roadster but enjoyed driving in to work today - James Joyner
@Louis - HA! I had a mental image of a Prius towing a small u-haul for its gas and battery. - Yolanda
Wrong Louis - you know how some cars are using cleaned food oil to power their cars? Steve is using FriendFeed for his - the more postings you make here, the faster the car goes - that's why he can't use it in the middle of the night! - Allen Stern
Friend says: "If he had a 1992-1995 Honda Civic VX, or a 2001 Honda Insight, he could have done even better in terms of mileage and emissions !!!" Think this is true? - Kathleen Mazzocco
Someday I'm going to get me a Prius. - Thomas Hawk
I'd rather get a Smart or a MINI diesel-hybrid. Design is much better and they're more fun to drive. - Raoul Pop
That's fantastic! I'm renting a Prius to head up to Portland with from San Fran so that should help save us some major costs along the way - Dave Cohen
I'm driving my Vespa a lot more than my Prius. Now that's fuel efficiency. - Matt McGinnis
I told my wife I was thinking about a scooter, and she said, "Great! Then I can use it sometimes, too!" >sigh< I don't wanna share. - Harvey Simmons
if only the prius was made for tall people, I wonder if I'd fit in a Tesla - clarke thomas
Kathleen, yes it is. I had a Honda Civic (can't remember the year) long ago that gave me 45 MPG. - Jody C
That's not necessarily that big of an accomplishment. I can drive about 200 highway miles on a quarter tank with my '03 Hyundai Elantra. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
I've had my Prius for 3 1/2 years. I've never had a tank average more than about 43 mpg and my average tank is more like 39-40 mpg. Any tips for improving? - Amy Worley
Also, I'd like to add that comparing miles per tank isn't a good comparison. The Prius has a smaller tank than most cars. When mine is blinking empty I'm lucky to get 9 gallons in there. Usually less. - Amy Worley
Okay, I'm breaking my FF radio silence to reply here - howdyoudothat? And why do our Priuses drive better on hwy? - Matt
So a 45 MPG Honda Civic would still have dirtier emissions than a Prius right? Also I have to say we frequently get 50 MPG with our Prius. Am waiting for a 90 MPG Prius. - Kathleen Mazzocco
Aww, so timely, it's our 4th wedding anniversary today. This is the song we played at our reception when our flower girls & ring bearer were announced at their entrance to the reception. Thanks for posting a good memory for me :) - TheMacMommy via twhirl