ChrisHeath: Is this some sort of scam? I have to sign up for this group, then invite all my friends, THEN when 75% of them also sign up for the group it will notify me that I have themes to choose from. Why would facebook do themes like this? Reeks of scam or at least fake. What is (and where are) facebook's privacy settings for groups that you... - http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
LA Weekly: Four of the top 10 stories happened in Los Angeles, including: Jackson's death; O'Brien's takeover of the Tonight Show; Chris Brown's assualt on Rihanna; and Heath Ledger's after-death Oscar win.
- SoCalConnected
Noted director Terry Gilliam of Monty Python, Brazil and 12 Monkeys fame will be making his way to Attack of the Show tonight to discuss his new film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Find out what he has to say about working with an all-star cast that includes Johnny Depp, Tom Waits, Colin Farrell and, of course, the late Heath Ledger. Chris Gore will also present a special Monday version of DVDuesday with his top holiday flick picks, so be sure to watch G4 at 7:00pm tonight.
- Johnn Luevanos
Phill ♫ HaPpY BiRtHdAy‼ ♪ To my friends: Chris Breck, Dawn Patterson Vaccaro, Ed Carrington, Inga T. Davis, John Heath, & Ted Mendoza - Wishing you all Health, Wealth & Happiness!
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- Boris Loukanov
Live now: This Week in Tech 225 with John C.Dvorak, Jason Calacanis, Brian Brushwood, Robert Heron, and Jason Howell... http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here....
is the friend feed unsuspectingly slow? Is everyone in a secret wave I don't know about
- Andrew Euell
I really want a Droid but what do I do with my Storm?
- Willy Monroe
Leo calling his mom on air, invading her privacy(?) - want her to login to Facebook to see privacy settings, was - as Dvorak just said - radio/podcast history. Great moment. :)
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
Leo, bring your mom on the show next time. We like her.
- Willy Monroe
I can verify that Facebook's privacy settings were all defaulted to "public" when I logged in last week - like Jason says
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
ChrisHeath: ahhhh. I thought he started on MBW. thanks.
- sunkenplanet
Web enabled TV will arrive soon. Watch internet TV and surf the internet from your easy chair but can the network handle it?
- Willy Monroe
Leo, When will TVs that are internet enabled arrive? We can watch HuLu without running a wire across the living room from the laptop to the TV.
- Willy Monroe
Hey Leo, Did you get the Nokia N900 yet? Whaddaya think about it?
- Robert Cloud
Roz Savage just tweeted: "They stole everything. My laptop, iPhone, wallet, video camera, reading glasses, journal, drivers license. No insurance. DEVASTATED." http://twitter.com/rozsava... :[ Sad news.
- sunkenplanet
@ Richard thank you. I thought it was burried in Bruce's archive. Didn't know that he quoted himself as a reaction to Darth Schmidt. Great quote.
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
I can confirm that if you have not edited settings in Facebook and log in now it defaults to having your profile and updates publicly visible. http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Eric Leone
i guess changing your privacy settings is a good thing then... i had changed my passwords and it kept all my old privacy settings
- Chris Heath
just shut down the video after the not nice comments and images.
- Allen Stern
I just took a screen capture of the Facebook privacy settings. This was with my test account that I have used to test the Facebook Connect service, not an account I just created today. http://screenr.com/0vU
- Eric Leone
of course eric if you had just created the account today then it wouldn't have prompted you about the privacy changes
- Chris Heath
Keep your salary. For the work you do and the trail you're blazing, you deserve the salary, donations and more. Facebook = Walmart. Schmit Vader is a good Sith name. Great show
- echostreamer
Leo, with all due respect, this idea of having people donate money to pay your salary while they still have to endure the ads is seriously screwed up. It's a real insult to your audience. Think about it. I love you man, but this is really messed up. Oh, and don't ever tell people you're objective when it comes to sponsors with this whole Sync/Mustang crap. You edited out my comments on...
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- Bill Heald
Actually, commenting when you dont know the whole story is "screwed up." The donations are a way for the Community to buy into and have a part in the Twit network. Similar to a commune or buying a stake in the network. This model actually reduces the amount he takes from the big picture, while still allowing us to take part (donations.) It is obvious these comments are coming out of old...
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- echostreamer
echostreamer, I love your comment because I love being accused of "old media thinking." I don't give a flying rat's ass about Leo's model, or yours, or anybody else's because I'm speaking as a consumer of the TWiT product. And I'm not going to pay Leo for his media while having to listen to ads, any more than I would pay for any audiobook that was filled with ads. Old media will soon be...
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- Bill Heald
bill, you don't have to donate and that's the point. and if you do donate it has nothing to do with the advertising. as a journalist i'm sure you do know the definition of donate, right? it's not a subscription
- Chris Heath
oh, and why did you delete your first comment... i thought it was pretty good
- Chris Heath
I work in big media also. The only difference between you and me is that I know the ships going down and Leo's got the life raft. I sniffed you out as old media, I get credit for that right? This isn't a multinational corporation, the rules are different for advertising, revenue, and donations (not to be confused with subscriptions.) Your rebuttal is a spelling correction.....nice...
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- echostreamer
No, I don't consider myself old media, or big media, or new media. I'm just a journalist, who does print, web, you name it. I find the term old media in such discussions as a very adolescent pejorative, because journalism is journalism regardless of the delivery media. Or, it should be at least. And my rebuttal was not solely a spelling correction. Read it again. My rebuttal has to do...
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- Bill Heald
Bill, no need to dream we have that already in TWiT and it's network - get off your high horse and take off your blinders... it's been a long day for all of us.
- Chris Heath
and another thought... wouldn't it be nice if you only paid for a newspaper when you wanted to? they do have all those ads in there that you have to 'endure'.... and how come my copy of the paper has ads in the first place? i pay monthly for it, they shouldn't make me endure all those ads!
- Chris Heath
Twit is all free, you dont have to pay anything. Its completely free to all of us. If you are talking about "print" media, you pay for the product AND have to endure the ads. Thats 2 forms of payment and breaks your "rule." (Im sure whatever print you work for has ads and charges for the paper or mag so you are contradicting your own "rule.") With Twit , there is NO form of payment. I'd...
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- echostreamer
Here's the thing: you're right when you purchase a print pub you pay for and there are ads in it. Point well taken. However, when I'm reading a news story it isn't stopped cold by an ad in the middle of the copy that I have to read before I can continue with the story (although as you know a lot of online pubs do have ads you have to work around or click through that interrupt copy)....
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- Bill Heald
echostreamer... don't feed the trolls - this guy is a dunce - don't waste any more of your time
- Chris Heath
Oh, man, I am so busted! Discredited. Exposed. And I thought I had punked you all with my devious, dunce-like trolling. Damn you, Heath! Damn you to heeeeeeeellllllllllllll
- Bill Heald
I see your point, I just think it is short sited. This isn't a multinational corporation where if one division runs out of cash, you simply siphon it of from somewhere else or reorganize you finances. Private companies are different. The ability to donate is for our benefit. If you have a good suggestion, they'll implement it usually mid-show. You suggest shows, guests, formats,...
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- echostreamer
It feels like I'm performing an "Old Media Exorcism" in this thread. "The power of Twit compels you!, The power of Twit compels you! I need an old Geek and a new Geek."
- echostreamer
Heres a thought...LOSE CALACANIS!! Sorry, whether you like a president or not, comparing ANY US President to Stalin or Hitler is unacceptable and you shouldn't tolerate that on your show. Period. I realize 90% of the tech blogging community seems to be on one side of the political spectrum but can we please keep twit about the tech? Please? Please?
- John A Cook
John, wasn't he comparing Schmidt's comments to things that Stalin and Hitler said? I don't recall a US President being brought into that conversation.
- Chris Heath
Also John, one of the beauties of America is our freedom of speech, right?. It sounds like you would rather Leo be more like those dictators and punish Jason for his views.
- Chris Heath
It was definitely about Schmidt's comments that "If you aren't doing anything wrong, you dont have anything to worry about." Calacanis's remarks were about the CEO (president) of google.
- echostreamer
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- Samson Michael
I like how Google Chrome deals with OpenSearch. It appears to cache the XML definition as it auto-discovers them. Just start typing the domain and then hit tab to search it. Much nicer than manually installing a new search for each domain like Firefox does.
It also appears to work for sites that don't publish an OpenSearch spec. I think it does something smart to figure out where your result endpoint is and what your query parameter is.
- Bill Strathearn
This has always been one of my most favorite features of Chrome. I'd like to see them fold in Opera's method as well so I can configure a given search if Chrome's auto-discovery doesn't work exactly right.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Don't know what I'd do without it. Saves me lots of time when doing research across blogs.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
or, it's just doing the google site:
- Chris Heath
@ChrisHeath it's a site search trick, not google search...
- İsmail Aşcı
I'm not sure I like it. I often use Google site search to bypass a site's own search because Google is often better. Now when I type in site:sitename.com it automatically defaults to the site's own search.
- Jesse Stay
Haven't been able to live without it, feel lost when I'm using other browsers.
- Andrew Trinh
Akiva, configure by right clicking the location field, "Edit search engines..."
- Raphael, Raphael
Jesse, strange. I just tried doing a site:site.com search and it worked as expected. The behavior might be different in Windows.
- Akiva Moskovitz
You can also add one manually, just use the url and "%s" (minus quotes) where the query goes, and it adds "search+term+goes+here" if your search is "search term goes here"
- Nathan Snyder
Chris Unitt gets the low-down on the Forward mural in the Custard Fatory car park on Heath Mill Lane by Newso, Juice 126 and Zoot for the Forward exhibition in November.
- Nicky Getgood
Thanks to ChrisHeath's brilliantly simple suggestion to call, I've found out that the company with the job opening will not be open on Friday. This means I get to take my time and rework my resume properly for this position. It also means it's a company which gives the day after TG as a holiday, which is something I always appreciate!
Here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the past week. Fraser Nelson congratulates Michael Heath, and introduces Britain’s AWOL ally. James Forsyth praises Chris Grayling’s commitment to elected police commissioners, and finds an example of corruption that is shocking even by the standards of the Karzai government. Peter Hoskin says that Brown has misjudged the Afghan waiting game, and sees Ed Balls dump Gordon Brown into another lose lose situation. David Blackburn argues that Gordon Brown has been hoist by his own petard, and challenges
- bairnpunter
Here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the past week. Fraser Nelson congratulates Michael Heath, and introduces Britain’s AWOL ally. James Forsyth praises Chris Grayling’s commitment to elected police commissioners, and finds an example of corruption that is shocking even by the standards of the Karzai government. Peter Hoskin says that Brown has misjudged the Afghan waiting game, and sees Ed Balls dump Gordon Brown into another lose lose situation. David Blackburn argues that Gordon Brown has been hoist by his own petard, and challenges
Had this idea 20 years ago, nice to see for real! GoodGuide iPhone App Scans Bar Codes for Environmental/Heath Ratings http://www.fastcompany.com/blog....
ChrisHeath: does anyone know of a way to get twitter lists imported into friendfeed? i tried the other day, but it doesn't look like twitter is exposing the rss of the lists via the web interface... is there an api or something else that can be used to gab the stream of tweets from a given twitter list? - http://friendfeed.com/friendf...