Adam Helweh - Likes - FriendFeed

Now, rather than from a hard drive, imagine PS loading from an audio cassette tape - a whole truck load of them. You wouldn't need an animated GIF, you'd just need a GIF. - Micah Wittman

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - Josh Haley

:)) cool - Shandiz

omg it's very scary looking at this for too long - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

at this time i'd be tempted to reset my computer - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

almost there :) - ★ Soner Gönül

Go get a cup of coffee while it's loading. Fly to Columbia for a cup. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

Adobe Reader also does that. One of the reasons why I use Foxit Reader for PDF's. - Vishy

Vishy: Try Adobe Reader 9. They fixed that issue, it doesn't load all its crap on launch any more. Now it loads it on demand instead. Adobe Reader 8 did the slow load you're talking about. - Otto

:))) - Armand

What the hell is it loading? - Xitong Liu

I think.. and i'm not sure here.. but I don't think it's supposed to be loading still after 3 days. Should I Force Quit? :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless) from IM

give it a few more minutes.... - Mike Nencetti

Just hold the whole system under warm water for about 7 1/2 minutes. that should help complete things once and for all. - Morgan Haley

Reticulating splines? - LogEx

+100000000 LE - Haggis (Sean Loyless) from IM

I am still waiting :) - ashish

how warm was the water?? :-) - Morgan Haley

Going to attempt right now! #%*&%@#NO CARRIER - Haggis (Sean Loyless) from IM

Josh Haley

Awesome paint job. Looks real.

Tuesday - Comment - Like - Share

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Dead trucks make me sad :-( - Jesse Stay

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Josh is on fire. Oh wait, no, just his stream. - Stephen Mack

not good - VAL D. Zone

LOL - rowlikeagirl

lol - Toby Graham

LOL[cubed] - Adrian

lol Haley - Christopher Galtenberg

AJ Batac

This. is. a. Home. Entertainment. System. #notmine

Tuesday - Comment - Like - Share

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Is Marty McFly plugging a guitar in, back there, too? - Andrew Terry

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eardrum rupture in 3...2...1... - AJ Batac

Audiophile audio cones. And a Giant sub behind the set. #wow - Acharad Sami vanJoulee

Is it ok to put the entire system right in front of the gigantoid sub like that? - ronin

can you turn the volume up to 11? - VAL D. Zone

That is so whack, I don't even know where to begin, hehe. - Alex Scoble

Start by turning it ON, Alex. ;) - AJ Batac

Louis Gray

FTC Disclosures Made Simple For Bloggers With Conflicts (Collect and Use the Entire Pack!) :) - http://blog.louisgray.com/2009...

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What I don't understand is why no one is talking about StumbleUpon. Nowhere do they tell their users that they are slipping in ads, but one out five pages smell an awful lot like payola. No where on the page does it say that company X is sponsoring that hit, they just try and pretend like it social content that's been recommended by people with similar interests. This seems a lot more deceptive to me than most conflicts of interest - Davis Freeberg

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Cool. Would be awesome if we could dynamically add them to a post based on tags :) - Roberto Bonini

BTW - The best ones are behind the link. :) - Louis Gray

I've gotten a free book before but I want to level up to "some sweet gadgets"! - Rochelle

Awesome. But where is "writer is friends on FriendFeed"? - DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt, I assume we could have made 20 of these. But Jeannine is too good to be free! She got Mad Scrilla for this work. :) I would have added advisory roles and social networking buds, real life buds, friends of a friend, blah blah blah. - Louis Gray

Louis++ for "Mad Scrilla" LOL! - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Davis - there's an icon for sponsored links on the FF and IE toolbars that looks like a dollar sign (at least the last time I used it). Disclosure: I worked on the IE toolbar and put that feature in (to reach feature parity with the Firefox toolbar). - Matt Mastracci

Louis, these are fabulous. Although, Full Disclosure: The FTC has no jurisdiction where I live :) - Micah Wittman

LOL. ... love "mad scrilla" heee! - Jenna Bilotta

These are great but there is one missing for when you are promoting your own products or services in a review. - April Russo (app103)

LOVE those graphics -- funny!! :D - Susan Beebe

Where is the "Writer got CRAP and is willing to accept bribes." badge. - CW™

Get off my lawn, CW. :) - Louis Gray

Wheres the "I've got my own consulting company" one ;) - Roberto Bonini

Roberto, I wanted one for "I'm an advisor", but Jeannine and I stopped at these eight for now. - Louis Gray

Louis Gray

How to Customize Your Facebook Page - http://staynalive.com/article...

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Joe Pierce

Lets be honest, you would make out with any of the people in this picture.

November 30 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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#Idhitit - Joe Pierce from email

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DIBS ON JEWEL STAITE. - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

not really but I wouldn't rule them all out. I call dibs on the hottie in the front dressed in black. - pea

dibs on sloppy seconds with JS - Morgan Haley

DIBS ON JEWEL-MORGAN SAMMICH - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

Only the women folk, in my case. But, yes, I would. - Mark Jepsen

DUH! - Shannon

Am I the meat or the bread in that sammich ??? - Morgan Haley

hee hee....of course I'm the meat. - Morgan Haley

Nobody took dibs on Gina? I'm disappointed in you all on the other hand DIBS. Also, Woot! For Morena with hair! - Joe Pierce

I'll take Alan and Adam :) - aden

Cool photo! What kind of lens was that shot with, 21 mm maybe? Oh I like Gina best. Strong legs. - Adrian

the man on the left, not with him. - gayemanas

The dude from Barney wearing the chucks? No. He's older than my dad and not Sean Connery. Can't do it. - nakachi

I choose the Serenity spaceship (and Gina) - Isola Virtuale

Just Jewel - RAPatton from iPhone

Rawr! Too much hawtness! - josh neff, geek at large

Nathan Fillion - VAL D. Zone

no - CW™

yes, no, yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, yes - Katie: Whelmed Overly

I won't deny it. Except maybe Book. I love Book, but not like that. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

#idhitittwice - Steven Perez

Anyone one of those in a skirt would do...doubly so for Ms. Baccarin. I would welcome a visit by her any day. - JA Castillo

*sagenod* - Michael W. May

Yes but especially any of those women, Mal, and Ron Glass. Such a crush on Mal it isn't funny. - Call me Bronco

Any? No. But more than one, and not just the guys, either. o_O - Derrick

I don't know who these people are - except for Ron Glass who is old-school. I watch very little network tv. - jbrotherlove

#indeed - Amber, Random Time Lord

IT'S ONLY THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOW EVER MADE OH MY GOD. I'm feeling extra Napoleon Dynamite-ish today. - Call me Bronco

well, maybe not the old dude with the grey hair - Loc

Ron Glass a.k.a. Silver Lightning - Joe Pierce

Sarah thinks Firefly is the greatest TV show ever. Sarah gets an instant subscribe. :) - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

No. - Mellissa Claus

No - ★ Soner Gönül

Nope... :O) - Jeannette Høvring

mmm... yep, pretty much across the board. Firefly rawks!!! - Bette Cooper

That's a pretty unflattering picture. Particularly for Summer. - James Myatt

yes - Alternating Reality Books

Maybe not Shepherd. He's a little old. - Jason Huebel

actually, I wouldn't even consider it. - Jim Hearts FF

Jim: ok, so you wouldn't make out with any of them....but how many would you have sex with? - Morgan Haley

yes no yes no yes no no no yes - AJ Batac

Derrick

Make Your Own Ukulele Kit - http://playgrounder.com/stuff...

November 30 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"You don’t have to fly to Hawaii to hear the sweet sounds of the ukulele. With the Make Your Own Ukulele Kit ($40) you can be strumming the four strings in just a few hours. You’ll need some common supplies like sand paper and glue, but all parts of the instrument are included. Once it’s assembled you can stain it or paint it however you want for a completely personalized look you can’t buy in any store." - Derrick from Bookmarklet

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WANT! - ronin

Oh, wow. - ha3rvey (needs soup)

If I had any musical talent at all, I'd be all over this. - ha3rvey (needs soup)

why, for the love of god, did ukeleles become the latest fad and stop being objects of ridicule? - DJF

cos they're awesome. for some of us they were NEVER objects of ridicule. - Joe Silence is not dead

Pah, I'll just wait for Ukulele Hero(TM) to arrive on some games console. ;) - Tyson Key

*puts on loud Hawaiian shirt* ;-P - Anna Haro

Paging Josh Haley! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

DJF, because punk irony meant seeking out things that were ridiculed and putting them in people's faces. Once that was done, people rediscovered that ukes are easy to learn to play, very portable, can be cheap (although not as cheap as they used to be), etc. - Spidra Webster

I play ukulele too. Not as well as Josh, but well enough to impress the chicks. And by chicks, I mean small baby chickens.. And good luck keeping this in tune... - Morgan Haley

Izzy lives! I made my own dulcimer about 30 years ago, and learned to play it pretty well. Alas, it's now in the possession of my erstwhile spouse (who doesn't play it at all, btw.) Here's a link to Izzy's best: http://1800sunstar.com/ztracks... - Mark Jepsen

all ukes are not created equal and i've never met one that had rock solid tuning. i blame the neck and the string material. - Joe Silence is not dead

Now that is a truly cool DIY! - Martha

take one "Uku" and add two "le"s. Done. - Jemm

Pre-assembled body? Pfft. Go the Stewmac route for the real deal - http://www.stewmac.com/shop... - Ken Sheppardson

Jemm - do you know what an 'uku' is? You might want to re-state things.....ewwww! - Morgan Haley

@Morgan: After that comment I'm not sure if I want to know so just tell us already ;) - Jemm from fftogo

Flied lice, anyone? - Josh Haley

Really? - ★ Soner Gönül

I agree with Ken. Stewmac is much better. Then join one of the online instrument building forums to ask questions. - Greg Guitarbuster

Steven Perez

Turn a Lightbulb into a Mini-Terrarium - Garden - Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/5413999...

November 29 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Why limit your mini-terrarium output to plain old jars? You can reuse a burned out light bulb to create a smaller, desk-friendly nature space." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

I love this. - Lindsay

Admiral Anika

Aw YEAH! I found my Easy Bake Oven cake tin pusher thingy. It's on bitches!

November 25 - Comment - Like - Share

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LMMFAO - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

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lololol - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

x_x. (but wait: i have an easy bake oven too ... that i got at 28.) - tiffany

I think my current Easy Bake Oven was either for Mother's Day or Valentine's Day. I know I got it in '07. I have all *kinds* of stuff to bake. *happy dance* - Admiral Anika

what's a turkey take in an easy bake? like 6 days? - Morgan Haley

Wow, hard core! Thanksgiving via Easy Bake Oven! - Richard ¿digame? Walker

LOL @ cake tin pusher thingy. - Derrick

that pic is too funny. I bet you'll get sketched tonight ;) I don't peek to see who's ahead in my Best of Day - Kamilah Gill

OMG... *covers his ass and runs for his life* - Adrian

LOL - Parth Awasthi

Hahaha - Rodfather

Is that a multi-use tool? It looks like you can use that to choke someone from a distance. - imabonehead

Without reading the text I thought Anika was about to blow giant bubbles. - Mark Krynsky

Well that looks familiar.. - Mo Kargas

I used to skip making the cake and just eat the boxes of mix... Yeah, that probably explains a lot about me. - Lindsay

That's awesome. - Give 'Em DBizness

It would be more awesome if I could remember where I put my Easy Bake Oven. *sigh* - Admiral Anika

It's your facial expression that makes this one so full of win. - April Russo (app103)

This pic just keeps making me laugh. - ha3rvey (needs soup)

Lol, that thing would fit right on your chin, you know. - Rick Cogley

I should use it to prop me up while I'm working. - Admiral Anika

AJ Batac

Steady Now, We Don’t Want to Alarm the Door - http://www.photobasement.com/steady-...

November 25 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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rofl - VAL D. Zone

It can be dangerous if it's shocked, too. :-> - Rick Cogley

Someone gave the creeps to the door :D - Acharad Sami vanJoulee

Lindsay

So... Looks like we're going to start P90 on Sunday. I'm way intimidated. But got to do something about my health/weight/figure. Tad is gung-ho... hopefully his enthusiasm will motivate me to get out of bed at 5:30am every day to do this.

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good luck! It looks interesting. - John Wang

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Good luck you guys! - Admiral Anika

Good luck. It definitely looks challenging - Rodfather

We're doing P90, not P90X so hopefully we can deal.. yeah, it's gonna be tough, but if we do it we'll be a lot better off (I keep telling myself this... I HATE pushups and crunches with a passion so it's going to be very hard to keep motivated for those). - Lindsay

you gotta tape your sessions or it didn't happen :) - imabonehead

lol, fat chance of that, imabonhead (pun intended). :D - Lindsay

Good luck! We're here for support. - Spidra Webster

Awesome Lindsay - good luck to you both! - Trish Haley

How did it go? - John Wang

wake up at 5:30 *and* exercise? yikes :D - Mike Chelen

Mark Krynsky

McRib has been found. Quest completed, experience obtained, stomach has leveled up. - http://krynsky.posterous.com/mcrib-h...

November 21 from Posterous - Comment - Like - Share

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Beautiful shots if I may say so myself. - Mark Krynsky

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you health nut you! - VAL D. Zone

I am so jealous!!! - jamar78

Yes, nice documentation, but no comment on the choice of McDonald's... - Kamilah Gill

Arrr... you lucky basterd! How good was it? - Adrian

As Tony the Tiger would say...Grrrrrreeeeeeeat - Mark Krynsky

*dead* - Derrick

el...oh...el - Adrian

om nom nom nom! - imabonehead

now I want some McDonald's fries and a Coke. sigh. - pea

Someone needs to invent a McRib version of the McGangBang - Mark Krynsky

Hah, I just realized I said that as if it requires rocket scientists - Mark Krynsky

I have no idea what a McGangBang is. Confused ---> - pea

Pea...it's a McChicking inside two double cheeseburgers http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009... - Mark Krynsky

oh that's so many shades of wrong that I think I lost count. NO. - pea

Achievement Unlocked. - CW™

None around me yet :-( - Jesse Stay

Somethings always bugged me about McRib... They're boneless, right? Isn't boneless ribs sort of any oxymoron? - Ken Sheppardson

I don't question the genetically engineered workarounds McDonalds performs to bring us food. Next you're gonna tell me that McNuggets don't come from chickens. - Mark Krynsky

Chicken Slurry, Mark. Look it up. Actual, NO—don't. - Micah Wittman

Well they could call it McPork or something. Is it actually rib meat? That seems like a *lot* of work for somebody to de-bone ribs. Maybe that's why they have it for a few years, don't have it for a few, have it again. Maybe it takes a few years to de-bone all the ribs for another batch. And if you're going to name it for the part of the animal where it comes from, they should have the McBeak, McTail, etc. - Ken Sheppardson

Frankly, it should have been called McMagic, because that's what it is. Something greater than the sum of it's parts. - Adrian

Sadly I've always wanted one... but never actually gone and gotten one. - Shawn Whitmire

Deconstructing McRib -- the story, the photographs... http://www.foodfacts.info/mcrib... - Jeff P. Henderson

Jeff, that pic of the McRib washed off to expose its pallid fakeness?? 'Nuff said. - Kamilah Gill

Thanks Jeff but even knowing the truth behind the McRib does nothing to deter me from still wanting it. - Mark Krynsky

You mean to tell me a magician doesn't really have a rabbit in his hat? Pfft... Seriously people, how easy is it to get on a high horse about McDonalds food. Come on... we're having fun here. - Adrian

Who's getting on a high horse? We're merely presenting the facts. No opinion has been stated one way or the other (at least right here by me). - Kamilah Gill

Kamilah, look at photo #2? What do you see? Pure joy! Do you think that lovely man wants to hear facts at that very moment? When you're at a bar downing a shot of tequila and cheering for your favorite football team do you want to hear about what it's doing to your liver? Nope! Anyway, some of us are pretty sensitive about our irrational affection for the McRib... and high horse was probably too strong a term... grumblegrumble...apologies...end rant. - Adrian

Right, Adrian... we're having fun here. I think those of us who have fun deconstructing the stuff can coexist with those who enjoy eating it, no? I mean I enjoy me some Quarter Pounder now and then as much as anybody, but I don't pretend it's actually "food" per se. ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

It's alright, we're cool, Adrian :) - Kamilah Gill

love the McRibb. - Ned Garcia-Mathews

No worries folks...we all have vices that can be deconstructed to show their evilness...in the case of the McRib it's only around for a short time so it couldn't cause me much harm even if I wanted it to. - Mark Krynsky

*group hug?* - Adrian

Louis Gray to Louis's feed, BabyFeed, Kristine Gray

Scenes from "Daddy! Give me the iPhone! I want it now! (Part 400)", starring Sarah.

November 21 - Comment - Like - Share

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I would have given her my iPhone :-P - Jesse Stay

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Trust me, she had it plenty, Jesse. I had simply taken it back. :) - Louis Gray

Tell her she can have my iPhone - Jesse Stay

Just don't tell JJ - Jesse Stay

If it wasn't the phone, I'd be the remote. Still cute! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com from iPhone

sarah is upset because after reading her favorite blog, she is upset that dad has an iphone and not the clearly better droid. - Allen Stern

ahaha the next step will be "register me a domain" :D - Roberto

++Allen/Roberto hehe nice thread completion there. 3rd photo's my fave. 87j - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

The 3rd photo is her looking to her mother for a little help and not getting it. - Louis Gray

Jesse, if I'd known it was that easy to get a free iPhone offa you: WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! - Spidra Webster

Dissatisfied with the Shuffle already? - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Spidra, sorry, it only works on Sarah :-) - Jesse Stay

I looked for a nice iPhoney suitable for someone her age, but the closest I could come was a plush dog toy and I know that just won't cut it. http://www.teacupspuppies.com/dogtoy1... - April Russo (app103)

tech girl :) - ffcode

She needs to go ask a new Droid owner for their old iPhone. Might get better results. - Josh Haley

Why is he keeping crying? - Xitong Liu

Your kids are growing up. Cute (: - Murat Can Demir

Helen Sventitsky

Awesomest...sashimi...plate...EVAH!!! - http://bigstarlet.posterous.com/awesome...

November 21 from Posterous - Comment - Like - Share

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Taken @ Spanish Springs Sushi, Sparks, NV Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... - Helen Sventitsky from Posterous

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*covers Penguin's eyes* - Yolanda

That looks delicious. - Jason Huebel

With the exception of the tuna (which was just ok, not that thrilled with its consistency), it was quite delish!:D - Helen Sventitsky

Hehe @Yolanda, thanks! - Penguin It's Cold Outside

Penguin no likey the sashimi? :/ - Helen Sventitsky

She posted earlier that she's fraidy of fish. So, I was protecting her. :) - Yolanda

Joshua Denney

Lady Gaga performing before she went gaga - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

November 21 from Digg - Comment - Like - Share

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I have come to the conclusion that she is actually talented. - Adam Helweh

Haha, yea I agree. I didn't think anyone read my FriendFeed! :D - Joshua Denney from email

Louis Gray

Paul Buchheit on the reason FriendFeed sold to Facebook: "The opportunity at Facebook is very substantial."

November 20 - Comment - Like - Share

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"The biggest component is the question - what is the value of Facebook? It is a very successful company and is going to get more so in the future. There is a lot of opportunity in the social and realtime. Facebook is in a unique position that will prove to be very lucrative." - Louis Gray

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Interesting... - WorldofHiglet

All about the Benjamins? - Brian Sullivan

Nothing wrong with pursuing the Benjamins -- that's what creative capitalism is all about. Friendfeed's founders probably couldn't have picked a better moment to sell the company for the price it did. - Sean McBride

I still want it to stay right here .... Period. - Charlie Anzman

Paul is smart :) - Susan Beebe

Hmmmm, if we assume there is a golden handcuff situation going on, how long until Paul departs and uses the funds to build FriendFeedHD XL Ultimate Edition? - EricaJoy

I like where you're going with this, Erica! - Laura Norvig

+100 Erica. - Adam Helweh

Iván Abrego

reposted via: elenak93 origin: harebabablog 28 reposts - http://meme.yahoo.com/ivanfil...

November 21 from ivanfilios - Comment - Like - Share

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microscopio!!!!! - Ferzvladimir

Admiral Anika

So, I made this epic sandwich you're totally jealous of; fresh baguette, lettuce, tomato, onion, "cheddar", avocado, chicken...Only problem is that as big a mouth as I have, I can not eat this thing. I'm *gnawing* it.

November 9 - Comment - Like - Share

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your eating that now? - Adam Helweh

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Yep! - Admiral Anika

you lost me at "onion" ... otherwise sounds fabulous - Bren, Not Grinchy

Bren! That shocks me you don't like onion. - Admiral Anika

I love cooking with onion, but I don't much care to eat it raw (or cooked, for that matter... I really just like the flavor it imparts in cooking) - Bren, Not Grinchy

drop the tomato and add some ranch dressing! - Justin Korn

Bren, that's like me with mushrooms. I'll cook with them, but prefer not to have to eat them. Justin, I skipped on the ranch this time around. Something about this chicken and ranch that just isn't pleasant together. - Admiral Anika

Ah, okay, Adam...I thought it was about 9:30. I just saw it's almost 11:15. Time for bed! - Admiral Anika

Admiral Anika

Her: What is this long crazy word? Me: Typewriter? Her: What the heck is a 'typewriter'? Me: It's what we typed with before computers. Both kids: *BEFORE* computers? OMG.

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Man, you must be old! ;-) - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

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Next up: explaining 8tracks... - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

That was back when there were dinosaurs, right? - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

They're still laughing thinking that I lived before home computers. I realize it's because they're used to 50 and 60s movies with room size computers. - Admiral Anika

And pre-cellphone? Telephones used to be connected with wires and if you were out you had to use a payphone! - Nick B.

Oh man, when I explained payphones to them a couple of years ago, they oldest acted like I was making stuff up. - Admiral Anika

I had to explain what a rotary phone was yesterday to mine after we saw one in a movie. The look on their faces was priceless. - Sels

My optician showed me the eye test for young children.One picture was of a black rotary phone. Every kid identifies it as a T shirt. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

A friend in Texas took her kid to the optician and their eye chart for kids were corporate logos. She was pissed and walked out to find another doctor. - Admiral Anika

Corporate logos seems particularly bad from the perspective of being able to test the ability to see. They are, by design, very distinctive and recognizable, even if blurry. - Andy Bakun

Good point. I hadn't thought of that. - Admiral Anika

Me and my friend were playing the old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game on his XBox 360, his son came in and commented "the graphics are so bad that doesn't even look like a video game." ...I suggested we wash his mouth out with soap. - Joe Pierce

A few weeks ago, I put in some classic Atari disc in the PS2. My daughter said, "No wonder you and daddy wear glasses. These games make my head hurt!" - Admiral Anika

I have an Atari Flashback 2. Who wants to play Combat? - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

This is why I've always maintained when I have kids they get the video game progression I had. Start with Atari and Coleco-vision games, move on to some old school computer games (Oregon Trail and Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego-like) then NES, then SNES/Genesis, then Playstation etc.... ....It may be for the best that I don't have kids, I've put too much thought in here. - Joe Pierce

OMG Eric, when I told her we used to play Combat for hours, she looked at me like I lost my mind. The boy declared it "boring". And they went to play with lint to prove their point. - Admiral Anika

I think I'd better start ours on Yars' Revenge right away. He's been playing Little Big Planet for a while- don't want him to get spolied! :) - Matt Mastracci

My kids are weird with what versions they like to play/watch. They prefer the older versions of Sonic or Pac-Man, but the newer versions of Super Mario. - Admiral Anika

haha..............they wouldn't know a phone with a cord - VAL D. Zone

Have you ever tried to explain the rotary phone to them? - Joe Pierce

...then we stood up and walked to the TV and turned a dial to change channels but it dodn't matter there were only 3 CBS, ABC, NBC but Bonanza was in COLOR... yes I am old thanx for asking - WarLord

I don't have to. They've seen rotary phones in the wild. We almost bought one at the beginning of the year, but figured it wasn't safe. They've seen phones with cords...we do have a fax machine. - Admiral Anika

The other day someone asked me if we still had a TELEX machine at work. - Nick B.

And all this is pretty funny considering my daughter thinks we need to go back to using quills to write. She already told me that for her birthday, she wants a quill and ink set. - Admiral Anika

When I was young I wanted to write with a quill, until I tried writing with one. Not so easy. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Same here. I think she'll outgrow it. I hope she will, at least. - Admiral Anika

Maybe she does think I'm *that* old. We're watching Storyteller. I said, "I used to watch this as a kid." And she asked, "In black and white?" - Admiral Anika

I usually tell my niece and nephews: "Before Youtube..." lol. It helps contextualize. - anna sauce

You walked to the TV to turn the dial? The dial had fallen off our TV and we had a pair of vice grips on the stub where the knob used to be in order to change channels. - Andy Bakun

You know, when I read this earlier, I immediately though of the scene in Ferris Bueler's Day Off where the principle is on the phone with Cameron claiming to be Ferris's girlfriend's father but thinks it's Ferris, and Ferris calls on another line and they show the blinking "on-hold" light dramatically. There's a lot of passing the receiver around and avoiding getting twisted up in cords. Then, later in the day, this movie was on. - Andy Bakun

Josh Haley

A Clockwork Orange, the Younger Years

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WIN! - directeur

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LOL - Jason Huebel

Nice. - anna sauce

test - Josh Haley

hahah Genius - Adam Helweh

"Milk Plus" - J. Abdul-Qahhar

YES! Love it! =D - David Cook

Moloko goes straight to me gulliver - Slippy "WildBeard" Lane

Can't hate on this, as it's one of my all-time favorite films. I just hope the poor kid hasn't actually seen the movie. - Curtiss Grymala from iPhone

Robert Scoble

FRIENDFEED IS SO AWESOME!!!!

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There, does that make everyone feel better? - Robert Scoble

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FU Robert...but we still love you... - Bill Heslin

Your killing me man! - Owen Greaves

FU too but I still love you. - Robert Scoble

Ladies and Gentlemen, the REAL FF Manic Depressive, Robert Scoble! - Internet's Tad

Dont' - Bill Heslin

You must be back on your med's again Robert : ) - Owen Greaves

You talk out both sides of your mouth so much, I presume this is sarcasm. - jcunwired

This means our yapping really got to him ;) - ...

Robert is coming in because he's for the Yankees...so thanx robert - Bill Heslin

*channels Dvorak* I'm not buying it! - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod

Me neither...MVB - Bill Heslin

I shant comment on another RS post...I loves my FF peeps...We rock - Bill Heslin

MVB: seems that everyone here wants this, so this is what I'm going to post. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade. - Robert Scoble

Robert, I have no problem with you not liking FriendFeed as a service or not getting anything out of it anymore. You had valid points about forums. What bothered me was the language and the tone of your initial post and screenshot that singled out and attacked the people of FriendFeed. You don't have to like the service or find it interesting but there are more respectful ways to communicate that...ways that don't personally offend the rest of the users and cause them to get defensive and angry. - joey

joey: you're right. I was wrong. But I'm not getting fed here anymore and I didn't communicate that well. - Robert Scoble

Sorry Robert, ever read the story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" ? Check it out. - ...

I guess it's like falling in love with a four-star Thai restaurant that slowly switches to some other kind of food. - Robert Scoble

Mehmet: I've read it many times. So you're right. Fine. FriendFeed is awesome. Now what? - Robert Scoble

The worst part is that my "best of day" is dominated by people posting all the different reasons your post was wrong. - Bruce Lewis

Bruce: we're even thanks to that man-boob liking photo. - Robert Scoble

Whew, now I can sleep well! - Herb Hernandez

WoW! I just unsubscibed from Robert...MY feed just went way back to REAL people... - Bill Heslin

Here we go again.... is this 1110? - Ed Millard

Bill: exactly. - Robert Scoble

Don't you all know what bait smells like by now? - Josh Haley

Muah Robert!...hehheeh - Bill Heslin

Yes Josh - Bill Heslin

Anyway, what kind of tech stuff are you looking for? - Bruce Lewis

Josh: nah, yesterday's posts were bait. This is just me saying hi. - Robert Scoble

Bruce: I've already found it, you don't need to find it for me. - Robert Scoble

I still like you, Robert. We've had good conversations. Just... Perhaps you could have handled it a little differently, is all. Best of luck in whatever is next and I'll see you around the net. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod

Mmmm....bait! - Bruce Lewis

Bruce: I'm not going to fall for your bait. - Robert Scoble

Bait?? Why can't you just leave us alone Bobbie? - Bill Heslin

MVB: fun still ahead! - Robert Scoble

Bill: you are welcome to block me. Then you'll be alone without me. - Robert Scoble

I was just answering Josh. I'm not baiting anybody myself. - Bruce Lewis

The food's the same here, you just made a serious mistake by stiffing the wait staff. Face it Robert, you're a fast food kind of guy. - jcunwired

jcunwired: I enjoy fast food as much as anyone but I do try to temper it with veggies. - Robert Scoble

Not that there's anything wrong with that. If you need tech "news" you don't want to hang out on a site that's exactly the same kind of awesome it was two months ago. - Bruce Lewis

Oh good lord, a blanket apology/explanation is plenty sufficient. He doesn't need to come to each of our houses and prostrate himself before us and beg our humblest forgiveness. We need to learn more from that Baboon that Benson played in the Lion King. - Matthew DeVries

Bruce: I'm not going to fall for your bait. FriendFeed is awesome! - Robert Scoble

Why is Scoble trying to kill Friendfeed? - Cliff Gerrish

Cliff: why would I try to kill something so awesome? - Robert Scoble

My "more wrong" blog post was (in tone) bait. My comments here are real. - Bruce Lewis

I swear Robert you like to toy with people because they are so predictable : ) - Owen Greaves

Why indeed? - Cliff Gerrish

Because he has the delusion that he can. - jcunwired

Is this what it is going to come to? People ripping each other apart until there is no one left alive when the lights are turned off? - Mathew™ one of a kind

jcunwired: I couldn't "make" FriendFeed despite pissing off thousands of people over on Twitter by constantly talking it up. I guess everyone forgets that. Same over on my blog. And I've shown FF to thousands of people during speaking engagements. But, no, all that work didn't help make FriendFeed hyper popular so, no, I don't live under any delusion that I can, then, get anyone to leave. FriendFeed is awesome and nothing I say can change that. - Robert Scoble

At the Boston FriendFeed meetup I was the only one who found Robert Scoble through FriendFeed. Everybody else found FriendFeed through Robert Scoble. - Bruce Lewis

I found you through FriendFeed and I'm grateful for that! - Robert Scoble

you could say that that it's a sad sack of going nowhere, now that the team was acquired and told Steve Gillmor like 8 times in the last Gang that a bunch of the best features here were too much for the 300 million nuffnuffs that use Facebook. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

if you wanted to say something about FF not being awesome, that is. - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall: oh, you were listening to the latest Gang. There was a LOT of news in that Gang and Steve and I were wondering if anyone would notice. - Robert Scoble

it was hard to notice with the thick fog of PR bs. mostly seemed like bad news and non-news. would love to know what I missed :) - Marshall Kirkpatrick

i don't mean to be un-understanding, FB is a huge org with hundreds of millionso f users, billions of $ at stake. i'm sure i'd speak cautiously too - Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall: yeah, if I were FriendFeed execs I would speak carefully as well. The transcript comes tomorrow, we'll dig through it and highlight anything really useful in the Gillmor Gang. There were a few things that clarified where they are going a bit. - Robert Scoble

Transcript? FriendFeed execs? Did an interview happen with Bret, Jim, Paul, Sanjeev? - Bruce Lewis

http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Matthew DeVries

Bruce: we had Bret on last week. - Robert Scoble

OK, well...welcome back, then Robert. http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Josh Haley

That's great. Will there be a transcript? - Bruce Lewis

Bruce: yes, Gillmor told me today it's coming "soon." Hopefully tomorrow. - Robert Scoble

Josh: I won't be baited. FriendFeed is awesome. And now I'm off to play with my kids. Be back tomorrow for more awesomeness. - Robert Scoble

Good night! - Bruce Lewis

What does he mean by "awesome?" - Cliff Gerrish from iPhone

My work is done here, ooh wait, it isn't. - Amit Morson

My favorite link on FF and it not being "hyperpopular", http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Ed Millard

ScobleGate - Joe Silence is not dead

Somebody needs to post the man boob licking photo with Scoble's body and complete the circle. I'll start my stopwatch. - Louis Gray

LOL Louis!!! - jcunwired

It would be too easy. - Josh Haley

no target of opportunity is beneath me. - Joe Silence is not dead

Why? - AJ Kohn

Aascoble, you makin me crazy I tell you, you crazy kid! - Eric @ CSTechcast.com from iPhone

See, you know Robert's being facetious when his contribution doesn't end with: "And here's why: 1 ..." - AJ Kohn

ROBERT. LOL. - Mona Nomura

AJ: I don't have to do those tricks anymore. Look at all the comments! - Robert Scoble

Never satisfied. Tell me how much you love FF every waking hour. - Jason Hill

And, anyway, I understand everyone here knows at least 60 reasons why FriendFeed is awesome, no need to iterate through that list again. - Robert Scoble

@Robert: I miss it though! You're welcome any time. In other news, the world of the Internet is a fascinating place. I wouldn't be anywhere else. - AJ Kohn

Always here. Like every time I long-on. Robert is infinitely connected. Is it happiness? ... a disease? ... or both?? :) - Charlie Anzman

Hehe - Keep it comin' big guy .... - Charlie Anzman

Now what's Scoble up to? You gotta watch this dude he's pure trouble. The kind I like :) - Jeunelle Foster

Here is my entry in Louis's contest, is there a prize, if so did I win? http://friendfeed.com/edmilla... - Ed Millard

OH GAHD! *gouges out own eyes* - Joe Silence is not dead

So confused... but don't care anymore. Can't we just go back to how it was before? Everyone posts/likes/doesn't do whatever they want. - Jan Ole Peek

Louis, Robert probably already has a real picture like that somewhere. - Jesse Stay

Josh, I want the transcript to your video - Jesse Stay

I enjoy friendfeed sooo much!! I hope it doesn't go anywhere but gets optimized! Great site to make great connections and meet a bunch of awesome people! - John Tastad

hahahahaha - ffcode

You are over here checking it out, right? It must be awesome then. ;) Enjoy those kids! - Martha

Don't go away mad, just go away - Gunny doesn't side-hug™

Yeah! Everyone is feeling better now! - Red Label

OMFG. Really? - ruhöküzü.

no - Alfred C. Ingram

UGHH, YEAH EVERYBODY HAPPY NOW ~ well perhaps, if it had a shred of sincerity - sofarsoShawn

Admiral Anika

The house down the street has blasted Thriller 34 times since 5:30. It is almost 8pm now.

October 31 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Wow. I'd be considering a way to cut their power. - ha3rvey (needs soup)

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Did you do the dance? Maybe they're waiting for you to do the dance. - Sarah G.

There are other parties going on. It's official: I'm SICK of Thriller. - Admiral Anika

OMG. The song was just started AGAIN! And yes, I think part of the reason it's annoying me, is the almost Pavlovian response I have to do the dance. - Admiral Anika

...darkness falls, across the land... - .LAG liked that

Teehee ... - Rene Wirtz

Stop it! Can't resist the shoulder shrug! - Admiral Anika

...whosoever shall be found, without the soul for getting down... - .LAG liked that

*pops and locks zombie style* - Admiral Anika

Internet's Tad

Robert Scoble is fearless. And brings our total to, what, 5?

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What the heck is this?! - Adam Helweh

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They're just one beach and one appletini away from http://friendfeed.com/akiva... - Akiva Moskovitz

Whoa. - Derrick

What Shel doesn't count? - Brian Sullivan

I think this was part of the promotion (maybe unscripted) for their book "Naked Conversations" - Brian Sullivan

YAY! - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

So even Robert Scoble is part of the topless meme. Excellent! - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Am I the only only laughing my bits off that he now works for Rackspace? HAahahahahhahahaha!!!!! - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

OMG that's so perfect! HAHAHAHAHA WIN! - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Hehe Tina - until they see this pic ;) - jcunwired

topless meme!!! - anna sauce

HAHAHA - mjc

a little bromance is great for the soul...... - Lokei Atikus™®

LMAO! digging Tina's comment. :D - vijay

...HIDING in 3-2..... - .LAG liked that

There is a lot of history to this picture. It was taken in Mike Arrington's back yard at the last Techcrunch party to be held in his house. This was a launch party too for our book Naked Conversations. It sounded like a good idea at the time. JD Lasica shot the photo and my wife and dad were within a few feet. - Robert Scoble

This pic totally reminds me of when SF incumbent mayoral candidate Frank Jordan posed in the shower with two morning shock jocks. Ran on the front page of all the papers. Jordan lost, btw. - Sue Radd

Sue: I guess I never will run for mayor then! :-) - Robert Scoble

Nice...just the picture to see before I walked the dog and made my coffee. ;-) - Mathew A. Koeneker

we do not deserve this - Giovanni de Paola

ahahah - Giovanni de Paola

OMG :) - Gökmen Karasu

DAMN IS IT REALLY SCOBLE? - Alp

There really should be a caption competition for this pic - Ewan MacLeod

Bump for good times. - Mark Krynsky

Be scared, be very very scared. - Paula W

O_O - Danny Minick

Robert Scoble

The most damning thing is that no one from the FriendFeed team or Facebook has joined the community here that is talking about it to tell us what's happening in the future. That, more than anything I've written or said communicates the future of FriendFeed.

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I keep hoping someone will tell me I'm wrong and will post a slide deck about the future of FriendFeed. But the lack of information is confirming what I'm hearing from my sources. - Robert Scoble

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So true - nail in the coffin! :(... - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

It's Sunday. - Admiral Anika

Anika: geeks in both companies are online and working on a Sunday and last night is NOT the first time I've been talking about the lack of direction here. Also, over the last week lots of blogs have been posting about the traffic hit that FriendFeed has already seen. - Robert Scoble

If there really was a team working on FriendFeed you BET they would contact us on a Sunday. They used to in this old days. - Robert Scoble

Remember, Facebook has a PR team of more than 10 people. You think they aren't watching what people are saying about Facebook nearly 24/7? Not in my experience. They are the most engaged PR team in a new company I know of. - Robert Scoble

The reality is that this is still a very useful service, and people stay because of the functionality and the community. There is no other service out there that accomplishes what this one does. There is still nowhere else to go. - LogEx

LogEx: that's true, but it's also true that most people will go places where there's a clear future. Unless it's just to post non-consequential things. Me? This is both my fun time (which is why I'm still here) as well as my business (I won't be betting any of my business decisions on doing stuff here because of this lack of direction which tells me that no one is really working on FriendFeed actively anymore). - Robert Scoble

Robert, I understand the perhaps reasonable conclusions you're reaching, but breaking the silence could send too much signal to FB's competition when they'd rather send more silence which ends up, really, being noise. - Micah Wittman

FriendFeed is like an old dying dog left out in the pasture alone; abandoned by its Master to die in the silence. - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

Most social network content is ephemeral. If people really want their stuff to have a clear future, they should own and host it on their own domains. - LogEx

Robert, so maybe you're not giving their PR _enough_ credit. It's speculation on my part, granted. - Micah Wittman

Micah: sorry, that dog don't run. Healthy companies signal future directions, even under NDA. It would be pretty easy to meet with a few members of the community, NDA them, and tell them what's going on. If Louis Gray came on here and told me he's under NDA and that I'm wrong then I'd feel much better. The truth is I've talked with people inside Facebook and I know what the former FriendFeed team is working on. Hint: it isn't FriendFeed. - Robert Scoble

Logex - yup! - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

I still wish they'd make it open source or something so that people could continue to develop on it. :S - Lindsay

Susan, I don't think "human master - canine pooch" analogy really applies to Friendfeed team - community that's formed. - Micah Wittman

By the way, Facebook meets with bloggers/journalists all the time to give us secret hints at what's coming. I've been to Facebook several times this year for just that. Facebook has no serious competition, by the way, so they don't make PR decisions based on what Twitter is doing. - Robert Scoble

I guess I'm not most people then. If I find something that works, I prefer to stay put as long as it meets my needs. New things are nice, but I don't have time to constantly try out new services to see if they are better that what I am presently using. (That's why I follow people like Robert ;-)) The new shiny service would have to be significantly better than what I presenlty use to make me want to switch. - Jeff P. Henderson

Do you have any services that offer the same functionality, are widely available, and actually have a future, Robert? How about offering a solution for once instead of just bitching? - LANjackal

Robert. Can you reveal the information you have from your sources. Discussions where one person has information they won't reveal is frankly frustrating. If you have some inside knowledge yet continue to make statements like this and FriendFeed is dead? then it really is frustrating to the community. - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

If your business is posting to social media, and you think your content is "consequential" based on how long it will be around on the web ... I think you've misunderstood the current moment in social media. - Joel Bennett

There's much less interaction than there used to be - but I still have faith in the users. This (was) is a vibrant and interesting place to be - and that's testament not only to the people that made the site, but also to the people who breathed life into it. I'll be following friendfeed still, but i'll also be following the friendfeeders i've met here. I'm not sure where the future is, but it'll be something to do with the people here. I'm sure of that. - Iain Baker

+1 - LANjackal from IM

Micah - lack of innovation and development on FF platform will cause obsolesence soon. Social web apps must innovate or die. When Facebook acquired FF, we all knew that FF would wind down due to this. Communities will migrate to current platforms that meet their needs. I am sensing a large contingent of the FF community is about to leave FF, myself included. - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

Re Tina: IIRC she got laid off and is prolly busy trying to find new employment - LANjackal from IM

@Susan: "social web apps must innovate or die" really? tell that to Twitter, lol - LANjackal from IM

Robert, did Wolfram-Alpha indicate their future direction being a $50 iphone app? All I'm saying is Facebook's strategy may include support to FF that's not in a time-frame worth pushing through PR yet. - Micah Wittman

My favorite thing about this whole "Facebook is dead, move on" campaign is that these guys are basically just trying to shoe you BACK to the service they talked most of you OFF of in the first place: Twitter. I'm still looking for their motivation. - Joel Bennett

Only one thing to say. Jaiku - Moved to Facebook

FB is dead? Anyone who's saying that in view of their soaring stats and the roaring success that FB Connect has been needs their head examined - LANjackal from IM

The way I see it, Robert, your constant bitching and declaring friendfeed dead is what is killing the community. While the software it runs on may be dead, the community is not. I have to separate it and explain it to you, because you don't seem to understand the difference and how being a vocal part of this community affects it. The more you put it down, the more people won't come here... more... - April Russo (app103)

^ My thoughts exactly. http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - LANjackal from IM

Susan, social web apps need utility/affection by a set of users. If cutting/bleeding edge aficionados is the particular user set in question, then what you said generally holds true. But it's not the general case unless a true replacement (in this case for FF) is available. - Micah Wittman

I don't think he's killing the community, he's just killing the community's participation with him. - Alex Scoble

Robert. Can you advise the information you have from your sources? - Johnny Worthington

I am stuck in the middle on this one... - Allen Stern

Fair point, Alex. I think this issue needs the two Scobles to put their heads together and clear the air. - Micah Wittman

http://ff.im/6HqPf - Chris Lasher

Naw...I like friendfeed. I'm not going anywhere as long as my friends are here. - Alex Scoble

Me neither :) - LANjackal from IM

Amen, Alex. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

Is Friendfeed dying ( if it is) because of it being purchase by Facebook, or by members reaction to that purchase? Did people forecast the death of Friendfeed and then leave, therefore creating the exact scenario they predicted. - Kim Landwehr

That's exactly what happened - LANjackal from IM

Robert, doesn't this put the denouement on the donkey for all those who thought it too sharp a call to say what was going on in that sale and before it? It seemed fairly clear to me what had been going on mainly from seeing the actions at the time of the sale and "doing the math". As Aristotle said: "Plot is character" - Melanie Reed

Some times the lab rats do understand and stop sniffing for the cheese, looking up at the lab coats above them with a knowing twitch of the whisker. - Melanie Reed

Can FriendFeed be another StumbleUpon two years later? http://stumbleupon.com/sublog... EDIT: "I don't want it happen though. I hope FFers let me entertain us again on FB" (excerpted from http://ff.im/6pO0a in Japanese) - NaHi from f2p

I'm more of a social media *consumer* than I am a participant. From a consumer's point of view, FF is more interesting than its competitors. A nice place to hang out, enjoy, learn, and sometimes discuss. Less guesswork is involved in deciding whether to click through to sources. From a consumer's perspective, as long as it remains interesting there won't be a reason to move on. - howard shippin from BuddyFeed

Johnny: yes, my sources inside Facebook tell me that the FriendFeed team has been split apart and is working on Facebook items only. So far no one has refuted that. - Robert Scoble

April: you can believe that I'm personally killing the community but that really is giving me far more power than I actually have. The community has dramatically changed in the last two months. The alpha geeks I follow and that I build my business around have largely left. Everytime I meet geeks at conferences they tell me they are not spending as much time on FriendFeed as they did before the sale to Facebook and that the lack of direction from the team is largely responsible for that. - Robert Scoble

And, April, if you read my blog post you'll see that I believe a new community is already moving in here -- one that doesn't care if the technology will see new features. - Robert Scoble

I'm not on FB that much, but do people from their team actually get involved on the site? Is that even possible, with the privacy controls? I said it on another thread: you can't serve two masters. If FB is paying the bills now, that's probably where erstwhile FF staff must spend their time. - .LAG liked that

I agree with Robert here - Matthew DeVries

.LAG: yes. I have dozens of Facebook employees as friends over on Facebook and they do engage all over the place. - Robert Scoble

.LAG: the head of PR at Facebook, Brandee Barker, even has a Twitter account: http://twitter.com/faceboo... and there are TONS of employees who hang out on both Twitter and Facebook like Dave Morin, head of Facebook's platform team. - Robert Scoble

Kim: I did one of the first interviews with the FriendFeed and Facebook teams after the sale was announced (within the first hour) and even then you could tell that Facebook had no plans for FriendFeed's technology and mostly wanted the team. The fact that Gary Burd (who ran the Google Talk team and is VERY influential in Seattle technology) has already left speaks VOLUMES to what is going on behind the scenes. Guys like Gary don't leave if they are having fun and making a huge impact. - Robert Scoble

April - Robert actions and Roberts threads have nothing to do with the death of Friendfeed. Robert's threads still have traffic and activity. The place where I see, where Robert would probably not ever be able to appreciate is the fact that there was once a time when a postless thread was impossible. Every single one of my threads had traffic. Even if it was one or 2 silly posts of... more... - Matthew DeVries

http://friendfeed.com/bwana that right there.....that is the saddest thing. That was once what I considered to be the most important account on Friendfeed. - Matthew DeVries

That's a stupid call he made for himself - LANjackal from IM

I'm a new user. i quite enjoy what's here, at the moment. I can't say that I'm a sophisticated social networker, but I have already grown to trust many of the folk i've met here. Like someone earlier in the thread said, if enough of my friends on friendfeed decide to move on, i'll likely follow. i don't suspect that that kind of 'distant early warning' would arrive via Facebook. - T. Brent, technopeasant

My experience on FF does not hinge on Robert. The community of thinkers and feelers will find a way to interact, here or somewhere else. By the way, some of us are left out of the loop 99% of the time when it comes to knowing what's next. Welcome to the club. - Aron Michalski from BuddyFeed

Matthew: you aren't the only one to notice this or tell me the same thing. Many won't point it out in public, either, because they just don't want to piss off those who are still here. Me? Being public with what I'm hearing, experiencing, deciding, etc is the way I deal with life and the conversations with others tend to either confirm the direction I'm aiming in, or they pull me back from the brink. So far not much has changed my opinion, and, in fact, has augmented it. - Robert Scoble

Aron: Twitter is about to turn on lists. That's one feature FriendFeed had over it. Within six weeks they will turn on a new retweet feature that looks more like FriendFeed's "likes" than it looks like RTs, so that's another feature. Twitter is working on real time search and I'd expect them to turn on a much better search within six months. So, what's left? Comments. Those are added on... more... - Robert Scoble

I still get a lot of activity on my posts but it's not what it used to be. The big thing I've noticed is a rarely get new subscriptions yet I'm still quite active here. Going from getting several or more a day to one or so a week is a big indicator to me of FriendFeed's decline. - Akiva Moskovitz

It's time to open source FF. Start the chant. - Todd Hoff

is it possible that things are levelling off, naturally? can growth, here or elsewhere, expect to be exponential forever and ever? - T. Brent, technopeasant

Brent, you bring up a salient point. For some, the constant movement is what they are really excited about more than the community. This is not to say that these ones don't enjoy the community, they obviously do. But they enjoy the "building" up of it. It's like getting trapped in the "I always want to be falling in love" feeling and never, as you bring out, get to and enjoy the natural leveling off. Some do enjoy that part. And there may be enough of them to keep this version of FF going. - Melanie Reed

There's a problem with stasis, though. For one, it almost always leads to entropy and, for two, it means that there isn't an influx of new blood. It's the same people doing the same things having the same conversations. It decreases how dynamic the experience is. It becomes stale. - Akiva Moskovitz

I'm not saying that FriendFeed's hit that stage yet but it most likely will. I'm still having a great time here but it's not nearly as exciting as it used to be and, no, that's just because the honeymoon period's worn off. - Akiva Moskovitz

Akiva, I respectfully disagree. It's like exploring a new path in an old garden. This is the place most people are either afraid to traverse or have not developed the discipline to want to go there. There are always new things yet to be discovered in the same relationship. We just get "ants in our pants" not wanting to sit still long enough to discover it. ;) - Melanie Reed

Melanie, oh yeah? Well, you're WRONG! In all seriousness, I think it's two sides of the same coin. And I want both. It's why I hang out both on Twitter and FriendFeed. I get different (but good!) experiences out of both. - Akiva Moskovitz

Matt - Yup, I've experienced the same thing as I have over 2,500 FF followers and now see a very low user engagement; whereas, in the past, I could get a ton of likes / comments on any topic. Now I see only crickets!! FF is dying. - Susan Beebe from BuddyFeed

Akiva, Its more about learning to "exult in monotony". ;) - Melanie Reed

Hah. Sorry, Melanie, but when it comes to social networking, I'm definitely polyamorous. - Akiva Moskovitz

Akiva, I've just come to appreciate the wisdom of Solomon: that there is "nothing new under the sun". lol Or as Shania Twain would say: "That don't impress me much." - Melanie Reed

With Friend Feed I can go to the site, and watch in realtime all the action going on with those I follow. I see Likes, Comments, Pictures, Nicely grouped and can type more than 140 characters if I want to. With Twitter, it's all a kludge to add on this and that and this client or that client and I just don't see how Twitter compares technically to FriendFeed at this time. Twitter was... more... - Keith Rowland

Yeah, the 140 character cap is the most baffleing thing that makes me wish FF wouldn't die and Twitter become king. I want more than 140 characters, I want it in real time, I want it in conversation, and I want it 100% free of super poke and my highschool neighbor's grand mother following me. - Matthew DeVries

It is the weekend and some people sleep :) At least that's how I'm looking at it ..for now.. plus I'm begging: Friendfeed please don't go away.. - http://new2me.posterous.com/friendf... (via http://ff.im/a57K2). - Chris Myles

FF activity is like the Bears defense tonight... far less vibrant than you'd expect - Jay Cuthrell from BuddyFeed

sorry 2 say that Scoble friendfeed is slowing down 2 :( - polou/indigo_bow

Not dead yet. Thank goodness. - Aron Michalski

The truth is we know nothing more than a few weeks after the sale when the team commented that they will keep it going as long as they could. We all knew development would stop. We all knew it would run on auto-pilot. No one here seriously expects FriendFeed to continue forever but a lot of us aren't pulling the plug and walking out the door. Interaction is down, to be expected, and I'm... more... - Johnny Worthington

well-put, Johnny. - T. Brent, technopeasant

Agree Johnny.. - Chris Myles

Here we go again... - BLOGBloke

OH MY DEAR LORD! THE FRIENDFEED TEAM ISN'T INSTANTLY AVAILABLE ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS! ALERT THE MEDIA! - Glen Mistletoe

Glen, the last 13 words took your statement from accurate to inaccurate - Matthew DeVries

What Twitter client are you using these hours anyway Robert? Have you checked out CoTweet? - Matthew DeVries

Regardless of the Friendfeed team's lack of comments, the volume on some threads like this does prove to me that life still exists on FF. I will agree that the volume is lighter but nothing has officially shown me that Friendfeed is dead, only bogus news articles trying to create news... - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Look at FriendFeed. Look at Facebook. Which one needs improvement? Of course the team isn't working on FriendFeed now. But they're still using it, and would be upset if Facebook killed it. Facebook values them. They won't kill FriendFeed. - Bruce Lewis

strictly speaking, since the time of the sale facefeed staff have added new features http://friendfeed.com/friendf... posted news about technology development http://friendfeed.com/friendf... and responded to user support http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - Mike Chelen

Mathew: I use Tweetie on iPhone for almost all Twitter tasks. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

You also started it at 3am in the morning on Sunday - kind of a bad time to get their attention, don't you think? - Jesse Stay

Social Media Epertistes are vampires, they'd shrivel up and die otherwise after a night full of exsanguination orrrrrrrrr we could just fwd. this to the Feedback Room [done] - sofarsoShawn

Great, so its over? I wonder how many times the community is going to be willing to put themselves into something like this before we realise that all this stuff needs to move over to an open platform. I have a few great great communities die because of financially/politically motivated owners. shitty. - Jason Strachan

Which reminds me: Anybody know how the OpenFF project's going? - Dennis Jernberg

We had this discussion about the future of Friendfeed back when the buyout was first confirmed. We assume it's treading water, and maybe some day we'll be surprised by an update. - Vezquex: God of FF

Shawn, well done - Jesse Stay

Vezquex, yeah - how many more times do you predict this will come up again? FriendFeed just gave an excuse for people to say something's dead. I predict this will happen many more times until it is actually dead or they start really vamping it up again. No one in this thread has the authority to know that. - Jesse Stay

Maybe we will just roll our own waves. - Sean Oliver

Re: Shawn http://bit.ly/g7zYA - Matthew DeVries

Let's stop comparing elephants to fleas. Even if having 10 PR people allowed Facebook to be the "most engaged" new company, adjusted against the number of inquiries originating from members, 10 people cannot support that volume. With 250 million (or how ever many more) members, the right level of PR staffing would have to be closer to 250 (one PR person per 1 million members) to get... more... - Rich Reader

Wow, I hadn't realized Bwana had completely left. Did he blog about it? - Laura Norvig

I'm not sure if he blogged about it, Laura, but he certainly did talk about it...I'm surprised that he made his feed go dark as abruptly as he did. - Alex Scoble

Laura, Alex, yeah that abruptness took me by surprise too. My iphone shed a pixelated tear. - Micah Wittman

screw this thread.... Robert Scoble crushed my friendfeed fantasy... and you people are still talking about friendfeed being dead, Now let the damn thing die quietly thank you...... - Cjay

Start using Hide, Cjay - Alex Scoble

All Hail FriendFeed. FriendFeed is dead. Long Live FriendFeed. I like it better than wave, twitter, fb. If anything the signal to noise ratio has improved. - Robert Higgins

Paul's Response on Read Write http://thenextweb.com/2009... - Robert Higgins

You guys do know that Paul did post about this,right ?? Rendering Roberts shock a moot point. - Roberto Bonini from iPhone

Paul Buchheit speaks up! http://ff.im/a8LNU - Susan Beebe

Every time I see this, I keep thinking that "damning" is entirely too strong of a word... - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

The walrus replied - Steve Gillmor from iPhone

Roberto (and the walrus): oh, really? Did you READ what Paul wrote? How does that differ from anything I've said? - Robert Scoble

Robert, you said FriendFeed is dead and Paul said it isn't. Keep in mind you're using said "dead" site to respond. - Allred

Twitter is undernourished FF is chronically ill. FB is fat with clogged arteries and 10% of its users have disabled accounts including me. - Darrell Hudson

Daynah

Here's @louisgray, me, & @jesse at @TechSet's @Blogworld party, taken by @dragonal. #bwe09 - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

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My FriendFeed friends! :) - Daynah from Bookmarklet

Great pics, Daynah! - WorldofHiglet

Thank you WorldofHiglet! :D - Daynah

Mo Kargas

VRRRROOOOOMMMM! - http://mokargas.soup.io/post...

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Via (@aprilbuchheit) - Mo Kargas

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What a cute kittie..Looks like a racoon - Bill Heslin

I love how the other cat makes the effort to raise it's head to see what's going on :) - 1x29

MONORAIL CAT: You're doing it wrong. - Steven Perez

But Dust Magnet Cat, doing it right! - Mo Kargas

BAHAHAHAHAHA - Jon, the Beartato of FF

The bastard's eyes!! :D Kinda "Poor me, this is how they treat me in this house" while he *actually* enjoys it! :D - directeur

Ahahahahhaahaha the eyes.. - Seyhan Çelik

OMG that is too funny - the static buildup must be amazing LOL - Susan Beebe

Human-powered kittymobile! (Like a snowmobile, only a cat. And--oh, never mind...) - Dennis Jernberg

It's the last floor cleaner your'll never need! Picks up dust, dirt, pet dander! Easy grip handle keeps you from losing control during the dirtiest cleanups. Includes patent pending see-in-the-dark headlights so you can clean up at night. Works on both wall-to-wall carpet and rugs! We're going to make America clean again, one Vacuum Cat at a time. - Andy Bakun

I almost want to do this to my cat. However, I do value my skin. :P - Jon, the Beartato of FF

Susan, indeed, that's what I was thinking! ZAP! - Rick Cogley

vileda kedisi O.o - Parfe

Roflmao - Barbo (Barbaros Üsekes)

kedi resmen zevk kumkuması yaşıyo :)) - Yasutora "Chad" Sado

Zamanında arkadaşın kedisiyle yere dökülen ne var ne yoksa süpürürdük, hiç de sesini çıkarmazdı, o geldi aklıma. Şimdi eşimle bir kedi besliyoruz bırak yerleri süpürmeyi sevmek için bile yaklaşamıyorsun hayvana, etme bulma dünyası tabi :-) - Suat Gençer

One of these days I'm going to have to learn Turkish - Mo Kargas

mo, :D - Parfe

Im sure that will be a big hit on Caturday - johnpiercy

Im gonna share that on my FB ,,, Im sure I'll take a pummelling from Aunt ( who is a Cat lover ) - johnpiercy

cant share it on FB .... Pooooooieee - johnpiercy

very funny - A Meshkatian

gijjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj :D - ariiio!!

lol - سیدیونس

that's great. Love the cat and the dog in the background... "what the...?" - Jim Hearts FF

LOL! - rowlikeagirl

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVEIT!! - Ted Russ

Sorry to spoil it, but is anyone worried about the cat being dragged around? (Gently, I know.) - Kamilah Gill

Kamilah, I figure the cat must be into it. It has claws and could certainly defend itself if it didn't want to be in that position. - Spidra Webster

Cat looks stoned (tranquil?) to me. Liked the way the other one looked up! - Deepti

Kamilah - I'd be worried if it weren't for the fact that the cat looks mega-relaxed. - Katy S

KArPEt Kitteeeehhhhhhh - johnpiercy

Oh. Okay, true. I have one myself, who would seriously damage me for attempting that. What a strange cat this one is... - Kamilah Gill

He looks stuffed - Lindsey is Fierce!

Heh, yeah, our cats would have exactly none of this. - Jason Wehmhoener

her eve lazım. - Demode

Maybe its like the Scrubs dog, except its a cat. - Roberto Bonini

چه حالی میکنه گربه هههههههههههههههه - IRCLOOP.COM (AMIR)

HOW, DID. I. MISS. THIS. ?. - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

here kitty kitty-- nice kitty-- my rug needs cleaning - pinkpackrat

Wonder if she's now electrically charged! - rowlikeagirl

That is Ross Miller before he got the scratches! http://friendfeed.com/ross - Aryn Corley

Lindsay

My Fail Whale cubicle mural. I took this a long time ago to post and forgot I did... I'll be moving cubicles soon and I will probably transfer it. It has either gotten giggles or complete lack of understanding by people who visit my cube.

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Funny that the Fail Whale is my favorite part of Twitter. - Lindsay

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heeeehheeeee - AJ Batac

it'll be priceless in 10 yrs. - imabonehead

LOL! My boss just looked at it and said "well, I guess that was like $30 worth of ink to print out..." - Lindsay

oh, man. If I didn't already love you, this would do it. - pea

Ha! Nice. - Micah Wittman

my neighbour made this :) - Tyson

It was my first "rasterbation". Turned out pretty good... I'll know how to do it better next time. - Lindsay

Love that! My coworkers would be so amused if I put that up in my cube. Maybe I should dress my cube up as Twitter for Halloween - Tamara

Oooh isnt that exciting? Wouldnt it be a symbolism for 'fail' then if you hung such a mural in your cubicle? Wouldnt you rather want something positive? - TrafficBug

@TrafficBug - the irony makes it funny... considering I write web software that is supposed to support lots of people. :) But really, I just like the whale and birdies. - Lindsay

It looks like a giant unfolded Twitter fail whale picnic napkin. - Pete Delucchi

Now I really want a Fail Whale beach towel. - s t e v e from iPod

Me too! - pea

Josh Haley

Please wait for this post to load. - http://joshhaley.tumblr.com/post...

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*Waits patiently* - Jemm

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:::tap, tap, tap:::: - Katie: Whelmed Overly

*twiddles fingers* - Simon Wicks

>.< - Lindsey is Fierce!

Any second now... - Josh Haley

::::tap, tap....:::: Oh look! An email! ::::trots off:::: - Katie: Whelmed Overly

I need to go to the mens room though... - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

MVB, you are excused. - Josh Haley

@MVB: You could miss it... - Jemm

This better be worth it. - ronin

I know, saeba, I can't WAIT! - Ladybug Heather

Its a Twap - johnpiercy

.... aaaaaaaaand I'm on to the next thing :) - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕

gee, and it's not even 4/1 yet - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

Argh! FF-auto-refresh! It must have started over. Oh well. Not that I have better things to do, anyway. - Jemm

It's always 4/1 SOMEwhere in the universe. - Josh Haley

still loading...Don't let Jim see this. It's not funny for him :( - Josh Haley

woooooo I'm hooked - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Been waiting 4 hours now.. - Simon Wicks

anticipation.. - anna sauce

OK, you all can go home now. We'll let the night shift keep an eye on it. - Josh Haley

duh, it's got to be a big file you dumb heads - sofarsoShawn

Wow, this is taking a long, long time. It's gotta be good! - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Yeah, but just HOW big could it be? - Ladybug Heather

There!! - sofarsoShawn

Oh no, sorry, thought I saw something - sofarsoShawn

wow the intertubes must be clogged tonight... <taps fingers on table/> - mikepk

That was SO worth waiting for! When are they going to make another? - Bruce Lewis

DAMMIT HALEY - Mark Wilson

Can't wait till this comes out on DVD and Blue Ray - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

So it's still loading... - Mike Nayyar

This makes me grin every time I see it. Ever so needed tonight; thank you, Josh - Michael W. May

fuck - sofarsoShawn

[courtsies] - Josh Haley

Ok...now I hate this...lol - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Dude, that was awesome! So glad I waited for the whole thing to load & tehn watched it all & reloaded was even better! - Aaron the Librarian

Every time I see this, I have to watch it again... - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

i love this post - holly

The suspence is killing me!!! - Wesley Robin Guerrero

I'm beginning to think there's something wrong here. - s t e v e

been watching for almost 9 hours and it still hasnt loaded make it stop somethings broken ctrl-alt-delete cmd-shift-w ctrl-y crtl-z - ha3rvey (needs soup)

we need progressbar here! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

this is starting to really piss me off, wtf like how fuck'n big is this son of a bitch file? Fuck this ctrl+alt+del adios MOTHERFUCKER!!!!! - sofarsoShawn

HEEHEEHEE!!!! I got my partner with it!! HEEHEEHEEEEE!!! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

I don't think it's going to finish. - Josh Haley

you think? - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Its been a whole day now... I'm about ready to give up. - Simon Wicks

keep the faith josh... any minute now... any minute - Jim Hearts FF

My brain just timed out waiting for this to load. - ronin

Damn this is stillll going! LOL - Susan Beebe

Almost a month now...I'm starting to get skeptical. - Josh Haley

I agree with Josh.. sommat funny there... - Rob Sellen :o)

Would have been a great April 1 joke - Ciaoenrico

not gonna happen - MicahBear78

Is this /still/ loading? - Michael W. May

It's stuck... I'm leaving FF forever until it's fixed! - Andrew C

Almost there. - Josh Haley

i've been waiting 3 months now. when is it going to load!? - Alfredo

load already! - Kandeezie

I've been waiting for 7 months, Alfredo. Just hang in there. It'll make it! - Josh Haley

*hides post* - Joe Silence is not dead

*presses forward anyway* - Josh Haley

I don't know what'll be more exciting. This finally loading or me finally getting a Wave invite. - ronin

I'm holding out for this. I think this will load before I get a wave invite. - Josh Haley

Andrizzle Gizzle

Ok, what is your favorite non-cuss curse phrase? I like "freaking dillhole".

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"Throw some D on it!" Various meanings have come about, but it was initially dice or defense. - Jimminy

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Stupid barstool. - Mellissa Claus

Jackhole is probably my favorite that includes no cussing. - Curtiss Grymala

I love jack hole! - Andrizzle Gizzle

I had a friend in college who used the word "mayonnaise" like a curse word. He'd stub his toe and go, "Oh, MAYONNAISE!!!!!" LOL - Internet's Tad

Son of a Biscuit - JA Castillo

"Got DANDRUFF in mah hair." "Fell into a pile of shifting sand..." - Internet's Tad

Any food item with the first name "Sweet" - "Sweet Mango Chutney!" - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

When my mom was really really mad she'd mutter under her breath " Dirty Name." It was her strongest curse. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Had a college roommate from Texas who always used "Dadgummit" - Steve

Sweet Peter on a Popsicle Stick. (Which, the more I think about it, seems like a rather vulgar phrase.) - Penguin It's Cold Outside

m9m - Are you one of the characters on Hannah Montana? They always say "sweet niblets." (I'm subjected to that show on a regular basis, thanks to having two daughters). - Curtiss Grymala

I want to like this post. - Andrizzle Gizzle

Jackalope. When I'm driving with the kids I call people jackalope. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com

god bless it! and fudge! ... I worked with kids for a long time and sometimes fudge got me into trouble cuz they thought I meant I had some to share. "But, Trisha, we want fudge." sigh. - pea

Oh god, now I want fudge. - Andrizzle Gizzle

GOD BLESS IT! ;-) ... actually, that one too gets me some not so nice looks sometimes. cuz i never say it in a nice tone. - pea

Mother jumper! (alternative: Mother puss bucket!) - Louis Gray

And "fudge monkey!" - Louis Gray

crud custard - Amber, Random Time Lord

I don't have one. I just cuss. - Rodfather

Couch stain - Eric Logan

fudge monkey is a good one. The vice principal at my middle school used to say things like "God bless America" and my mom used to say "sugar jets" a lot when I was younger. - Curtiss Grymala

I've been using jackhead here lately. - Yolanda

Dingle berry - Eric Logan

"God Bless America" instead of goddammit. - cecily from iPhone

Crap on a stick - Jason Huebel

One friend used to exclaim, "Holy Hannah!" - Louis Gray

I'm a vulgar man. Can't help it. You ask me what are some of my cuss-oriented curse phrases and I can give you a stack. Non-cuss curse phrases? Not a one. Thanks, Grandma! - Akiva Moskovitz

'YOU FARGIN ICEHOLE.' - Akiva Moskovitz

@pea re: "GOD BLESS IT", I used to work at a Catholic elementary school where the staff (including some of the nuns... actually, most of the nuns!) would frequently say "BLESS YOU" in lieu of "F-YOU". - Penguin It's Cold Outside

As the parent of a 12 yr old I have trained myself to say "FUDGE" in lieu of the alternative... But the older he gets the more I end up letting other things slip. I figure he's old enough now to figure out when it's ok to use stuff like that and when it isn't. Don't want him to be afraid of words, but realize that they are powerful to other people so he needs to only use them when there won't be negative consequences. - Lindsay

Proof: I used to hold Audrey up in front of me and say, 'You're a fuckin' baby! Look at you!' - Akiva Moskovitz

Son of a mother and shut the front door. - EricaJoy

jerkwad - Nathan Chase

Jesus on a stick. - nakachi

Mell of a hess. - nakachi

FU - Glen Rhea

LOL I say "Jesus on a stick" too nakachi! Sometimes I say "chinetas" when I'm in Spanish mode. - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕ from iPhone

I used "Fark" and "Shazbot" quite a bit, but I still curse a lot anyway. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Fracking and dagnammit. - Vezquex: God of FF

Mother Fudgecake! Son of a bisque! - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Some of these have amused me greatly. I usually just cuss too but sometimes I don't want to hurt Shelby's delicate ears. - Andrizzle Gizzle

I've been finding myself saying, "Mother of God," quite a bit lately. I have no idea where that came from. It seems horribly blasphemous somehow. I've been very good at self-censoring since the kid was born - I have to pretty angry to let loose. Last month he did very casually say, "what the fucking heck?" so I guess I was slipping for awhile, but he only said it once and that was that. - Laura Norvig

Oh yeah, and I say "frak" and all it's variations all. the. time. - Laura Norvig

Laura, that totally reminds me (for some reason) that I was saying 'good gravy' for awhile there but I absolutely hated it. I have no idea where it came from but I worked hard to make it go away. - Akiva Moskovitz

Monkey out of nowhere!! (yelled in surprise (and alarm)) - Jennifer Dittrich

Monotreme. - Spidra Webster

Actually, I say "OMG" and "What the Eff" quite frequently. My 2yr old has become fond of "What the hell," which is definitely not my fault. LOL. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

"Sweet Peter at the Pearly Gates" and "For the love of all that is holy and just!" come most readily to mind. Mostly I just curse though. @Akiva, my father loved "fargin icehole." :D - Ayşe E.

Another friend contributes: "Cluck a Duck"... and in lieu of a**hole, "Adam Henry!" - Louis Gray

Dipstick. - Mellissa Claus

@Melly - It's funny. Since this thread, my step-daughter has been using dipstick a lot lately. Hmm. I wonder if she's on FF and I don't know about it. :) - Curtiss Grymala

"French words" - A Mitchell

Steven Perez

Good morning, FriendFeed. Here's your daily moment of ZOMGWTF horror.

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Morning Steven! Looking great ;) - Parth Awasthi

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Good morning, Parth. You think? I know I scared the birds away. :D - Steven Perez from IM

Good morning Steven, love the do :D - martha

Good morning, Martha. Thanks; I did it myself. :D - Steven Perez from IM

??? - B. Hatin

Good morning, Kaia. And don't act surprised - you've seen worse after a night of handcuffs and silk scarves. :D - Steven Perez from IM

Good morning, Mohammed. :) - Steven Perez from IM

Off to the shower and work. Thank God I have the day off tomorrow. I'm gonna need it. - Steven Perez from IM

Sleeping in spider holes is bad - Matthew DeVries

You're not supposed to drink your hair gel, there. ;) - Josh Haley

*flees screaming* :D - Mo Kargas

Good morning, Steven. You show pretty much how I feel ... - Rene Wirtz

Wow... I have been bested. Well played, Mr. Perez... well played. - Dean "Karnatos" Michaud

The vest completes the look - is there an 'after' pic? :) - WorldofHiglet

dude, i wish i looked that good when my alarm went off! - Joe Silence is not dead

Josh: What? LA Looks Hair Gel Smoothies are the bomb first thing in the morning. :D - Steven Perez

Matthew: spiders fear me. Therefore, no worries. :D - Steven Perez

Slayer: hope you're happy now. :D - Steven Perez

RefD: This is me looking good. You should see me after a rough night. :D - Steven Perez

Mmmm. Happy juice. - Kandeezie

Mo: You've seen worse, Tin Head. :D - Steven Perez

Good morning, Ms. Aden. :) - Steven Perez

Good morning, Rene. :) - Steven Perez

Good morning, Karnatos. :) - Steven Perez

GOOD MORNING!! - अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das

Good morning, Abhishek. :) - Steven Perez

Oh, crap. This just showed up on best-of-day. - Steven Perez

lolz - holly

Tune in tomorrow, when I try and look even more horrific. - Steven Perez

i should take a camera phone shot of myself just after i take off my CPAP mask in the morning. i look like a fscking corpse, and not a fresh one. - Joe Silence is not dead

I think I just won the Embarrassing Photo Meme. Forever. :D - Steven Perez

GAHHHH!! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

...you look like Tony muthaf*&@#n Soprano! how about some gabagool and provolone with that face. .LOLz - .LAG liked that

Yeah, those t-shirts I wear are klassy. :D - Steven Perez

Bumping for the sheer horror of it all. - Steven Perez

Awwww... you're so sweet, trying to replace the horror of my barefoot working photo with your own terrifying visage. :-) - Ladybug Heather

I would like two of these to go please - Janet

Looking stylish! - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

That smoothie was muy delish, btw. :D - Steven Perez

How did I miss this hotness earlier? - Sparky

I hid it real well. :D - Steven Perez from IM

If you don't look this bad on Monday morning, then thank your choice of deity (or not), because your day won't get any worse. - Steven Perez

Lookin' sharp! - Laura Lou Who

I am so reposting this in the morning. :D - Steven Perez

WIN =D - Anna Haro

Wha? This is great. - Ayşe E.

Happy Birthday, Mark Vandenberg! - Josh Haley

*flees* - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

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