Are you going dark this week or would a week without tech lead to withdrawals? I think I'd be 5150'd around day three...
- Thomas
from FreshFeed
she has her iphone, as long as the battery will last... dun dun dunnnn...
- Fee501st
I'm expecting her to make tech gadgets out of snow once she cracks.
- Carlos Urrutia
its been snowing here on LI NY for hours now and its a mighty blizzard and a Northeaster to boot
- VAL D. Zone
They do have broadband in Connecticut. It's not like it's off the grid. If she's not at home, she'll be in a snowy Dunk. Most of them have free wifi.
- Dave Friedel
We're going to NYC. I'm really looking forward to it, and kind of glad it may be white, but I'm not looking forward to the cold temperatures. California has seriously thinned my blood. Highs in the low 30s sounds scary.
- Laura Norvig
from iPod
@Dave LOL, yes we have broadband here in CT and run on Dunkin'. :-)
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I used to live in Providence, the center of the Dunk universe.
- Dave Friedel
snow tends to lose its charm after a while...
- WarLord
I had that same problem was @leolaporte. I had to re-follow to get it to show.
- Nolan Alston
Hmm. It looks like there are millions of Twitter feeds I'm not showing up in.
- aldenoneil
And by minions, I of course mean Fee.
- Paul Reynolds
Will you guys let me know if I pop back into your timelines over the next few days? It was a known issue and they've been working on the fix.
- Veronica
Veronica: last i see on the public timeline was your comment about answering as eric cartman. I'm obviously not counting your replies :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Your most recent comment came through :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I've noticed that some time ago but I thought it was just me.
- Sylvain Nadeau
hi am samer can you add me and how are you
- samer jamal
Amy: You need to remove the dust from the heatsink. Use compressed air.
- Sylvain Nadeau
from iPod
Assuming you have a bad fan: Take it apart... more. Just keep looking for screws. That sounds like a great machine to learn on. Worst case is you broke an old, overheating laptop. Once you full dismantle and rebuild one, you can do it on any laptop. It's not as scary as it appears.
- Dave Friedel
Sounds like Dave will replace your laptop if you screw it up. Wow, nice one Dave!
- Jerry Perez
Yes I'll replace it. I didn't say with what.
- Dave Friedel
Dave: It's only 2! I'm superstitious, I don't want to take it apart any more a) because it's badly designed b) because I have terrible luck with these things c) because it's already come back from the dead twice. (Laptops and wine do not mix.)
- Amy
Eggs cook at a lower heat though. :) Maybe I could try with one of those microwave poaching dishes...
- Amy
Could you make some bacon and toast with that. Mmmmmmmmm. And put the kettle on.
- Dave Friedel
Second the compressed air advice. Mine was hitting 95C and switching itself off when gaming. Blew air through it, left it for a bit to let any condensation evaporate. Then next gaming session it didn't even reach 65C.
- Ghworg
lol, alas it's a laptop. I'd say it's a badly designed one too.
- Amy
compressed air should definitely work at least a little.
- mjc
My laptop would overheat and shutdown by itseft in less than 10 minutes after being powered on. It took me some time to figure out how to fix it. I blew compressed air through the heatsink at the back of the laptop to remove the dust and the overheating problem disappeared.
- Sylvain Nadeau
Will this work if I'm texting from Canada?
- Sylvain Nadeau
Sylvain Nadeau: you can just try and see, it sends a confirmation to make sure, if you get a confirmation, you type YES, then it probably worked
- Fee501st
Fee: I just followed Veronica's suggestion and donated via PayPal.
- Sylvain Nadeau
Iiiiiiiiiinteresting, and you're all guys, right? On paper I'd probably want to agree with John (dendroica) but...I'm 27 and I definitely don't think I'd go younger than 21, I don't know about up the way, maybe +10.
- Amy
I think women in general seem to think '-5/+10' or thereabouts, which is kinda interesting. (Maybe only up to a certain age, mind you. And maybe it's just the women I know. I have one friend who's bf is at least +12, another who's is +10.)
- Amy
I would date guys who are 15 years older than me; probably one year younger.
- Shevonne
Hehe, so weird that guys/girls are opposites in that way. Although, not surprising.
- Amy
Dude Owl City fucking rocks. Don't hate ;)
- Itachi
Well, I know, that's why I was awaiting the tour news so I could go see him. :) I don't mean to single him out in particular since his email just says, 'European tour....yadda yadda...starting in the UK' I mean musicians in general, it happens quite frequently.
- Amy
That's like a North American tour with 20 dates in the US and 1 in Canada.
- Dave Friedel
Yeah, those Canadians would be getting a pretty bum deal there! :)
- Amy
I was offline a few times in the last few weeks. I guess I didn't go far enough to see what I had missed.
- Sylvain Nadeau
There was a link to the womens guide on FB -- I figured you guys were a little advanced for the videos :)
- Veronica
You're going to teach geeks about women? What aspect? The user interface? The skinning system? The hardware? Maintenance? Defragging?
- Matthew DeVries
After market customization? Cool paint jobs? God knows they don't need an improved cooling system *thinks about his secretary in her winter coat all damn summer*.
- Matthew DeVries
lol, ok, 'defragging' sounds way dirty in that context.
- Amy
Veronica, as much as I want to, I can't follow everything that you do. Sometimes life gets in the way.
- Sylvain Nadeau
I wouldn't say you're exactly the target market for a women's tech guide anyway, Sylvain. :)
- Amy
Amy: I know but I might still be able to learn something even if it's only how to explain something to someone who is not as geeky as I am.
- Sylvain Nadeau
I swear, it's like the force. I can sense I am going to win something great.
- Dave Friedel
It's possible, Dave. She could be doing all this as a ruse to get your address so she can exact revenge for the cat-lady costume. Don't open the box if ticks... :)
- Thomas
1/10000 chance of winning. I like those odds :)
- Sylvain Nadeau
I'm telling ya, I'm going to win. It is going to be huge.
- Dave Friedel
"Friends and Family of Veronica are not not eligible, void where prohibited, many will enter few will win" There always fine print ;)!
- Fee501st
Dave: Were you wafting your hands around and wearing a robe while you wrote that? Coz I don't think Jedi mind tricks will work in this situation...
- Amy
Amy: LOL. but it would be impressive if it did :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I have foreseen it. I shall win a grand prize and be the envy of all my friends.
- Dave Friedel
Oh Mystic Dave, what do you forsee in my future?
- Amy
That you will not be winning the contest. ;P
- Dave Friedel
I kinda pictured lots of muppets in her future :)
- Carlos Urrutia
lol! I was looking for a bit of a broader prediction there
- Amy
She could have had more after wards, for "medicinal purposes" of course :)
- Carlos Urrutia
from Android
Amy: It's not just the quantity of drinks but also how fast you're having them that determine if you're drunk or not.
- Sylvain Nadeau
I heard when starts hugging people for no reason, that's when she is drunk ;)
- Fee501st
Sylvain: And a boatload of other things. I was an alcohol licensee in a previous job.
- Amy
Bombay Saphire Gin rulz! Very smooth so you can drink it straight up or with a little tonic. Great in the summer. Viva la Gin!
- echostreamer
glad you had some fun . . . I think I'm like you V, I sip my gin and enjoy it with a little tonic and lime. . . keep having fun and tweet me when you are. G
- George Ordway
I love gin! And I'm with echostream, sort of. Bombay Saphire is good straight up or in a martini. If I'm mixing it with tonic then I knock it down the regular Bombay. No use wasting the good stuff with a mixer.
- ChiliMac
There would have to be some sort of PC assembly competition, too - fastest to build a bootable PC wins...
- Thomas
Just saw the the video, and the first video of her showing her mad hula skills :) _Damn_ you're good! :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I can't compete. I haven't seen my Hula Hoop in over half a century!
- George Brickner
Wow, you're pretty darn good at that. I had no patience for it as a kid - I think I threw ours over a fence in frustration. Probably along with the pogo-stick...
- Amy
Amy: You'll probably like the new pogo sticks then. you can REALLY jump on those :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Hey, now there is an idea. A video of veronica on a pogo stick.
- Carlos Urrutia
Carlos: Nah, I've learnt my lesson: rollerblades etc. = fine, things that require skill = not fine
- Amy
John Fillers likes Amy Sansom's loves cheese comment on Veronica Belmont's Friendfeed post.
- Fee501st
Amy Sansom likes John Fillers' comment about liking her comment about loving cheese on Veronica Belmont's Friendfeed post
- Amy
Carlos Urrutia likes Amy Sansom's comment about John Filler's comment about liking her comment about loving cheese on Veronica Belmont's Friendfeed post.
- Carlos Urrutia
Veronica: Nice moves! Personally, I wouldn't last more than 5 seconds.
- Sylvain Nadeau
Thomas Serio started to like Veronica's liking of cheese in response to Carlos Urrutia's liking of Amy Sansom's comment about John Filler's comment about liking her comment about loving cheese on Veronica Belmont's FriendFeed post, but sadly his hands fell off halfway through typing it...
- Thomas
A phone that works when you need it to *is* awesome.
- Dave Friedel
Verizon might get swamped when it gets the iphone, but i dont think it will be bad has AT&T im sure not everyone will switch!
- Fee501st
I don't get it. Surely AT&T are charging all the iphone users enough to cover the costs of upgrading their network and installing new masts and whatnot?
- Amy
Amy: Money is probably not an issue in this case. There are other resources required like qualified personnel.
- Sylvain Nadeau
Sylvain: lol, surely they have the money to... Ohh, I see what you're saying, it's run by eejits! ;)
- Amy
I don't know, I'm pretty fond of my Verizon Mifi card too! That with my Touch eliminates the need for an iPhone stuck with AT&T.
- Happa Haoli
I just love how so many of the iPhone faithful almost take the Verizon commercials personally, as if it's a direct attack on them. God forbid someone pokes fun at the Church of Apple.
- Fleagle
Fee: That's the thing - I've not had the connection and dropping issues with AT&T as I did when I was on Verizon (which I was for years). Not saying AT&T hasn't dropped the ball with the iPhone - repeatedly - but outside of *major* cities like SF where congestion is a problem I think a lot of the AT&T bashing is nothing more than folks wacking at the pinata of the month...
- Thomas
Thomas: Yea, my AT&T service is good around me, Only complaints is it only EDGE in my area and its spotty at best at my workplace.
- Fee501st
Cellular sucks in this country. That's it. I'm so moving to Japan.
- Dave Friedel
Cats take better care of themselves when I'm away.
- Veronica
If you got dogs, it might take care of the cat situation for you...
- Thomas
One time i killed a motherboard by plugging a Firewire motherboard connector in a usb motherboard connector, turn it on and saw blue smoke! But I RMA it anyway ;)
- Fee501st
I like Taylor Swift. (for her musical talent)
- Jim Bednarz
I cracked and almost destroyed the headphone jack of my iPhone in a tantrum where I threw my purse at the ground, and the phone went flying out. It was an unintended casualty.
- Veronica
oh, i was going to say the Original iphone deserved it with its funky headphone jack!
- Fee501st
The only *nix command I know by heart is ls -la
- Caleb
I dropped a 10 thousand dollar betacam videocamera on the job. Was in grass and only busted the light and mount.
- Josh Haley
I managed to snap part of the staircase in my parents' house and 'fixed' it by putting it back together and colouring in the chipped bits with brown crayon (they didn't notice for years). Never did get around to glueing it...
- Amy
I once called my second grade teacher "Mom". In front of the entire class. While shouting at the top of my lungs.
- Mike Nayyar
I hate cellphones, actually phones in general.
- Jimminy Fuller
I got mad at my mom once when I was a kid, and went to her record collection and picked one, broke the album, and put it back in the sleeve. Never told her. Don't remember which one.
- Veronica
One time when i was a kid, a broke a figurine that my mom love by running threw the house, i blame it on the cat.
- Fee501st
I crushed my hot wheels cars in my dad's vice grip and have terrible pile ups
- Fee501st
I used to hate Shirley Temple movies because I was jealous that she was a small child (I was also a small child) that could sing and dance better than I could.
- Veronica
I refuse to watch any of the Saw films because I don't want my friends to see exactly how much of a wuss I am (I'll either faint, puke or scream like a little girl - the jury's out)
- Amy
I took my parents car when I was 14 and drove all over Connecticut. Broke a sway bar in it try to do fancy spin outs. Admitted I took car but lied about how it got damaged. "Avoiding a bad driver"
- Jim Bednarz
Veronica: what about Zombie movies? like Zombieland?
- Fee501st
Haha, Jim!! I once drove to Mystic from Hartford and didn't tell my parents, and I got lost and had to pull over and cry.
- Veronica
Veronica: Everyone does that (talking to themselves). I have conversations with my friends in my head.
- Amy
Er...to clarify, that's my ACTUAL friends, not imaginary ones!
- Amy
I dont care much for Horror movies either, but dont mind zombie movies
- Fee501st
I will probably see ZombieLand and pass out.
- Veronica
Veronica & Amy: same here i talk stuff out to myself
- Fee501st
Haha! Veronica! Thats too funny. I cried after I broke the car. Didn't know how I was going to to get it home from New Britain to Portland. Ended up just driving it really slow down Route 9.
- Jim Bednarz
Amy: Are you going to go all Tyler Dyrden on us?
- Caleb
I used to take my brother to the skate park in New Britain :)
- Veronica
New Britain is my hometown. Moved to Portland when I was 12
- Jim Bednarz
When I was 5 I moved from NY to CA. Upon hearing my New York accent, my new school put me in the slow kids class for two years...
- Thomas
I the person that keeps playing all WWII FPS
- Fee501st
MVB: It's only when I have something REALLY exciting to say and totally forget to tell people. It gets rid of the 'omg, must tell people nao' feeling. :)
- Amy
I was actually pretty good at sneaking out, I was never caught.
- Veronica
Amy: I think the whole social awkwardness of being a Geek :)
- Fee501st
I used to think The Darkness' song, "I believe in a thing called love" was actually from the Queens of the Stone Age. (Yes, it nearly got me fired!) Also, I used to think all Jehovah's Witnesses were probably black or vice versa. You had to be there. And 8 years old.
- midnightgolfer
I like the smell of a Propane engine also
- Fee501st
I can feel when TVs are on in other rooms.
- Veronica
I got into a drinking contest with one of my 'friends' (he likes to show off) and told him I'd had 1 shot more than him, when really...I went to the toilets and just left it there.
- Amy
Veronica, been on the Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce?
- Jim Bednarz
Veronica, NO WAY REALLY? I can too, i tell my friends that but they say im full of BS so i have to prove it them! Even new tvs like LCD and Plasmas?
- Fee501st
Nice! One of the best wooden coasters in US.
- Jim Bednarz
This is the most interesting thing I've done all day.
- midnightgolfer
Fee501st: Nah, they would delete the files and leave the album information in iTunes untouched. That way the album stays but you can't listen to it >:)
- Carlos Urrutia
Amy- And best of all, it would look like it was an iTunes bork so she'd never know :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Oh yeah, I still haven't gotten around to PROPERLY learning to drive and I find horror movies as entertaining as having something heavy land on my crotch.
- Carlos Urrutia
Deep down in my heart of hearts all I ever wanted to be was loved by someone... okay just kidding. I actually try to live as vapid a life as possible and gauge success by the number of times I get to consume bacon before I pass on to the great dust heap in the sky.
- Jay Cuthrell
The best part about that is the profile picture. This is a man who's SERIOUS about his Gaga.
- Veronica
Veronica, unless you got pics he won :)
- Fee501st
I'm going to repost that picture and then you'll be sorry.
- Veronica
I've yet to complete 90% of the video games I've purchased.
- Carlos Urrutia
/me goes and finds the latest episode...
- Carlos Urrutia
Wayne likes Friendfeed better than twitter
- Wayne Sutton
Not the latest episode! I'm not there! :0
- Veronica
Let me rephrase that, the most recent episode with the lovely Veronica Belmont :)
- Carlos Urrutia
Nica (Eron, ronic, vero, eronic, to many cool sounding small names in your big name) - This picture made me think of you, not an otter, but still geeky. http://friendfeed.com/dariusm...
- Matthew DeVries
Jason - nothing wrong with that, Now I? I can still sing the full theme song to Jem. (glamor and glitter, fashion and fame)
- Matthew DeVries
Yes Michael, as I said, it would be nice, and actually weird if everyone really gave their True confessions...and it would be Hollywood gold...
- Bill Heslin
I once suggested going to see "Spice World" in the theater. In my defense, I'd been up for 48 hours...
- Thomas
And as I said some seemed true and heartfelt
- Bill Heslin
When I was born I had a stroke in the white matter.
- Michael Weems
Matthew - I hated that they changed the theme song in the 2nd season.
- Jason Wong
I saw the Monkees in concert at the Hartford Civic Center when I was in High School.
- Jim Bednarz
And high school was in the late 80's. Not exactly the music of my generation.
- Jim Bednarz
Despite most of my 'indie cred' music on iTunes, if you were to take a gander at my iLike profile, you'd see that "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson is in the top 5 most played in my library.
- Fleagle
One more before bed. I was a huge fan of the Charmed TV series.
- Jim Bednarz
I'd confess something, but it'll go to the confessions room to be private, else I need some sex for so much time now, I almost can't cope anymore, I wouldn't want to be forced on the dirtiest streets with that in mind. ;p
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Well, there's one way to stop a thread dead in its tracks.
- Fleagle
When i was a kid the Cacodemon in Doom would scare me!
- Fee501st
When I was a kid I saw 80% of the posidon adventure then was sent to bed (never got to see the 'happy' ending) and cruise ships STILL freak me out
- Amy
I haven't eaten seafood since I was a little kid after I had a nightmare of a giant crab coming after me.
- Carlos Urrutia
from Android
I like booty panties( please don't have to explain it on here).
- Terence
I'll be speaking at the Twitter Conference about Tips and Tricks at 10:15am. Yesterday I had to follow the comedy panel, and today I have to follow Tony Robbins! Bad scheduling, lol. http://www.ustream.tv/channel...
I did mine and it took less than 40 seconds to calcuate. I did Veronica's and it's still calculating after 2 mins. I wonder what the 'Illegal' part is.
- Ejji
Probably discussions on file sharing, I'd guess.
- Veronica
Probably those illegal things you do for Coffee ;)
- Fee501st
Mine is really wrong. And apparently I'm undecided about attending something called 'rock the farm'. Which is news.
- Amy
I tried "Mickey Mouse" after 10 mins (I exaggerated hehe) the top three are Online, Fame, & Sports.
- Ejji
I tried with my name but it was someone else. There are too many of us with the same name.
- Sylvain Nadeau
It found me and some others who I'm not related to. There was a George Brickner in Congress once upon a time, but I'm not him.
- George Brickner
Pretty fascinating... Wish you could dive into each category after it finishes...
- Robert Rose
Hmmmm, pie! (insert SFX that I can't speel)
- George Brickner
Here the interview where she says it http://breakthruradio.com/ its the Matt and Emily show, its Monday the 14th show, its in the player box on the left side! Also its a cool interview!
- Fee501st
Wow...that is a great example of how to illustrate the texture of the food as it's being made. Lots of macro shots with tiny depth of field. Very good photography, very good food! =)
- Rick
Do you watch Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel? That guy will eat ANYTHING.
- Jason Wong
Someone said the S word! and i though they didn't cuss! ;)
- Fee501st
Your expression while eating the escargot is hilarious! I went on an escargot hunt when I was in Paris last time and those wee buggers are decidedly more difficult to find than expected. :(
- Amy
Amy: Some of that food looks good and all, but just give me a Pizza and i'm happy! lol
- Fee501st
Amy, scargots are faster than light. They always scape from me when I hunt them. As well as mushrooms do :(
- Iñaki Rodriguez
Fee: You gotta experiment, you only live once! Mind you, I can think of worse fates than living off pizzas. ;)
- Amy