Stephen, very happy to see new features like this, but I think the "death" part is the major users reducing their activity. I'd love to see some support from Facebook in promoting FriendFeed more to encourage those users to go back. Or maybe they don't want to? Regardless, bonus for me! Thanks Benjamin - you're awesome!
- Jesse Stay
Jesse, fair enough but major users always did come and go. Some of the departees who left said they were doing so because there was no new development. Clearly not all development is halted. Last week Paul hinted that FF may receive a major new feature, and characterized his participation as "20% time" -- I'll take that.
- Stephen Mack
I backed down off the all caps. The group "best of" is really useful, love it.
- Stephen Mack
Stephen, I agree - I'd just like some confirmation that Facebook cares about all this so I can know whether to focus my efforts on Facebook or FriendFeed or both.
- Jesse Stay
I noticed the best of on the iPhone the other day, wrote it out on a cake and then ated it.
- Josh Haley
Jesse, I think you should focus where your users are focused. What do SocialToo users want? But if they want Facebook focus, you should still keep an eye on FriendFeed, since the future Facebook will look a lot more like FriendFeed.
- Bruce Lewis
Paul Buchheit said the FB acquisition was attractive because of shared vision/direction. I would be surprised if a lot of that vision wasn't already embodied in this product right here.
- Bruce Lewis
not enough, best of day should be like a stream that can be traced back
- ffcode
All you wanna do is zooma-zoom-zoom-zoom an' a boom-boom?
- Bubba Botts
Until I enlarged the image I feared that might be an "occupied" casket in the background! (To which I could only think "Man, that is one SWINGIN' funeral!")
- Mark J Colonel Colonic
Lord.... ah well, I'd never be mistaken for a "good" dancer, but when I'm on the dance floor, no one is having more fun than I am. No one. It's just not possible.
- MoTO Bott
That's not much more than a mile from here. I used to stay at the Days Inn next door (originally built as the York Hotel, now Hotel Indigo) when I was in meetings in the building behind you.
- John Craft
oh baby, the Grand Canyon is Awesome. Isaac Hayes's Black Moses was awesome. This is a young man so hung over it hurts to inhale. There is a lot of vodka in that glass with a smidge of orange juice for coloring. They tell me I had a ball on that vacation. I don't remember much. I do remember leading a crowd of people from McDaniel (Techwood) Dorm onto Tech's Main Campus. We had a boom...
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- MoTO Bott
Hahaha. "I recall sticking my head into a dorm lobby and asking - "Blazing Saddles" style - "Where the white women at?" See ... this *is* awesome.
- Kristin
"Where the white women at?" This was Georgia in the mid 80's. <-- and you made it out safely? LOL
- tiffany
Yup. I had no fear (or shame) back then. I had this whole Bill Murray goofy/cracking wisely/court jester thing going for me. When people got angry, or in my face, I disarmed them with "goofy hedonistic logic". At least, that's what I called it.
- MoTO Bott
from Android
Yay! The graphic has officially been flipped! No need for nostalgia.
- Louis Gray
Kenndy actually makes a good point here... :)
- Roberto Bonini
Merry Eggnog! ... and jeez, what's with the rude comments? It's the holidays. #relax
- Mona Nomura
I think everyone knew exactly what you meant jeremy :)
- Roberto Bonini
Jeremy, perhaps there's a misunderstanding. As a rule, FriendFeeders celebrate Festivus - maybe someone mistook this thread for the Airing of the Grievences ceremony. In any event, I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you're gonna hear about it!
- John Craft
Last week, the news broke out that Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning. Today we hear that 18-year old Griffin Kramer, son of former NFL Quarterback Erik Kramer has also died of excessive drinking. I found this great article discussing ...
- Shevonne
Ok so what is the normal drinks for a man ? The article sez 4-5 drinks for man. but nowwhere does it indicate duration.. I mean I have 3/4drinks every evening.. but its like over a 2-3 hr cycle..
- Peter Dawson
@Peter It's usually in a span of an hour.
- Shevonne
in an hr ?? wow that seems that unfair to the alchohol.. how do heck does one down 4/5 drinks in a hr.. you supposed to drink to enjoy the drink !!
- Peter Dawson
Downing shots, playing drinking games, sometimes loneliness and depression can cause you to excessively drink in a short span of time
- Shevonne
"It's official: Mint is now ready for Canada. You can see your financial accounts in one place, set budgets, and do more with your money — for free. We support all major Canadian banks and accounts, and find you personalized savings so you can spend less. And our award winning Mint app is available in the Canadian iPhone and Android app stores."
- AJ Batac :)
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I guess I'm with you now, Shey. After my initial login... I logged out. Now I can't login back. It's always showing the "internal app error"! GRRRRRRR
- AJ Batac :)
I've contacted support, they replied 15 hours later and re-activated my account. Now all my setup, banks, cc and all info I've created are gone. I'm starting to hate Mint.
- AJ Batac :)
Yuck. They said they would escalate my issue to the engineers. That was over a week ago.
- Shey
Mint.com is awesome, and their app keeps me on track wherever I go
- Shevonne
"Last week, I spent the afternoon visiting the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in lower Manhattan. I brought a film crew and a sign that said "I Am The 1%, Let's Talk." The purpose was to understand what was motivating these protesters and try to educate them about what caused the financial crisis. I went down there with the feeling that much of their anger was justified, but broadly misdirected. Indeed, there were plenty of heated discussions. I did little more than ask how much of my earnings I should be allowed to keep. In return, I was called an idiot, a fool, heartless, and selfish. But when we started talking about the issues, it seemed like the protesters fell into two categories: those who generally understood and agreed that Washington caused this mess, and those who could only recite Marxist talking points. It was the latter who usually resorted to calling names once I pointed out the hypocrisy of their positions. They might shout, "the banks have taken over the regulatory...
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- Morton Fox
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That's an easy way to ignore him, isn't it, Rene?
- I like big Botts
Yes. If he has something meaningful to say I will listen. But he doesn't. Simple.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
I mean, have you been to an occupy? I have. Three different ones. And there's not just 2 camps like Schiff says. But those were the only 2 he wanted to see and he really only wanted to talk to 1, because that made his argument so much easier. And laughably incorrect.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
"Obviously, this is paradoxical. If they're blaming government for causing this problem, why would they suggest more government as the solution?" <-- Let's replay in slo-mo the slight of hand right there. So squeezing the choice down to a binary 'more' or 'less' government—that's the field of play? Sorry. Meaningful, strategic, and enforced regulations so one industry doesn't tank a whole nation(s).
- Micah
Thank you Micah... I started to point this out... and just frustrated and deleted my comment.
- SAM
And really, blame the government? It was the lack of government regulation (i.e. Reagan's deregulation) that caused the economic meltdown, not the abundance of government. I thought *everyone* knew this.
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
"Mt. Rainier has quite a few tricks up its sleeve for adding additional beauty to the Pacific Northwest, from the majestic snow-capped peaks, to the mysterious lenticular cloud displays. But another trick it pulls off during the fall and winter is to cast a big shadow on a brilliant sunrise. It only happens when the sun rises farther to the south as we head toward the winter solstice and has to be in the exact position to where Rainier blocks the first rays of morning light. Having a nice cloud layer around can sure act as a canvas as well!"
- AJ Batac :)
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I glimpsed Mt Baker through the fog this morning, wreathed in clouds with a red sunrise behind it. No shadow but magnificent sight anyway.
- WoH: Minding her Botts
My friend took a phenomenal photo os this yesterday, too. So breathtaking.
- joey
I was too far from my screen and read that as "marketing koalas", John.
- Spidra Webster
They missed out the land sharks in Sydney..
- Mo Kargas
I live somewhere between the convicts, fires, Danni Minogue and the giant spiders. They missed out on killer snakes, scorpions and centipedes the size of your forearm though.
- Penny
"Yes, we know that Metta World Peace was the first one to be voted off DWTS (why couldn't the 2010 Lakers be beaten so handily?), and that Glen Rice apparently had a "respectful" evening in 1987 with that "sweetheart" Sarah Palin (respectful? sweetheart? gag me with a bore spoon), and that D Wade got fiesty in the lockout negotiations (apparently he takes control in business meetings as well), but sometimes an NBA player ripe for satire gets a job moving furniture, and sometimes you have a comic book text creator, and it all comes together."
- AJ Batac :)
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That's fucked up. Glad the movie is going ahead.
- Kirsten
Been wanting to see this for quite some time. QUITE SOME TIME HOLLYWOOD. Other than Cheadle, I'm not thrilled by the cast. But... *shrugs*.... When do we get Robert Smalls and Harriet Jacobs? I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE FOREVER, HOLLYWOOD
- MoTO Bott
Well, there might be a reason for that. I'm sure if they think really hard about... oh, nevermind. If Hollywood were going to get it, they would've by now.
- Jennifer Dittrich
And understand, I'm taking Glover's comments with a grain of salt. But I don't doubt there's some grain of truth in there also. #badlymixedmetaphors But if Mel Gibson, an Aussie (yes I know he was born in the U.S.) can make a fairly decent splash (no I haven't checked the figures) on a made up period piece about the revolution, why can't we make movies about true and compelling American...
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- MoTO Bott
#NFL players hate fans breaking 'em down to fantasy stats, but my team in my money league has Antonio Gates, Julio Jones, DeSean Jackson: 2 catches TOTAL—complete stiffs! O_o
@Todd: good point, I have Vernon Davis in another league, 2 games in, he's got nothing... of course, he can't throw the ball to himself, but how about involving a weapon like that in the game plan, Coach Harbaugh, who btw, loved involving TEs down at Stanford
- .LAG liked that
I think the 49ers just want to feel like they've tried with Alex Smith enough to warrant $50 million. What a waste.
- Shey
Shey... true, the Niners took Smith, gave him $50 million... and then in the same NFL draft, about 22 picks later, the Packers take Aaron Rodgers. I wonder what the world would be like right now, if we could go back in time and reverse those picks
- .LAG liked that
That's not a world I'm interested in seeing :)
- Shey