Siddharth Deb

Thanks to Ana and the FriendFeed team for the baby tech gear! - Louis Gray via mail2ff

I am still giggling about this. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Hehehehehehe. - Roberto Bonini

"Apple on Thursday sent out press invitations with the tease, "The spotlight turns to notebooks" -- and all signs are pointing toward the launch of a sub-$1,000 Mac notebook. The invitation says the event will be held at the Apple headquarters Town Hall building at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said he was confident that Apple would be releasing a sub-$1,000 notebook. He pointed out that in Apple's last quarterly earnings call, the company hinted at a "product transition" that would allow Apple to deliver "state-of-the-art new products that our competitors aren't going to be able to match." Munster said this translates to Apple releasing a product that's significantly lower priced than the existing ones in order to hit its gross margin guidance." - Susan Beebe via Bookmarklet

Here's the link to where Ars Technica's live blogging/photos from the event will be tomorrow: http://arstechnica.com/news.ar... - Clint Ecker

I know economies are cyclic ... and I know we're in a serious downturn. But when will these smalltime, smallminded employers finally realize, you get what you pay for? That offering this sort of spurious sum only leaves you with a dissatisfied, probably indebted, employee who is a) not going to work to their full potential and b) will be constantly seeking more gainful employment. And worse, c) possibly eventually looking to engage in theft against their employer, or employer's clients, in order to make ends meet? What does it cost to find, vet, hire, train and do paperwork on an employee these days? Are you telling me that an extra $10k salary won't make up for itself quite quickly? If you've got annual turnover and even a $35k employee, $10k makes up for itself in a single year. (Assuming typical total turnover cost of 50% of employee salary.) - Andrew Badera

I really ought to learn these. I'd flat out just like to use my mouse less. - Jaemi Kehoe

I learned o=open,r=reply, and y=archive/remove label. Along with some C-v magic, just those 3 have saved me minutes at a time in processing emails. - Rah™

Woo. Go Robby (the author of that post). - Dustin

The way it was actually worded with the key sequences in context was quite helpful - Rah™

Wow. MacBook prices coming down sounds like a good thing. I'm totally overdue for a new laptop. - Laura Norvig

this must be a response to the factory leaks we've seen. interesting that it leaks too - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

Palin's views are as extreme as Cheney's, and Alaska is her Halliburton. Her defiance of subpoenas in "Troopergate" echoes Bush, Cheney and Rove in the Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame Wilson fiasco, the U.S. attorney firings and a score of other dark dealings. She ought to be held to account but like Cheney, Palin got a pass. - jeneane troopergate

She was given a hugely cushioned ride in her ONE debate - the only time anyone really could hold her webbed feet to the fire. And now thanks to Biden's courtesy and Ifill's caving, she's got a free pass to say any sort of slime. - tom matrullo

Yay on you guys flaming her, my pov from my location doesn't allow looking up to her at all as a source of inspiration. - Zu aka ElijahBailey

I wonder which shop they went to. - Rodfather

I thought it was some blog thing NYT was doing haha. The story doesn't seem far from the truth going to like Venice for bong shopping. - Rodfather

Well I'm glad it at least sounded legitimate. I was attempting to be wry... ;-) - Ňicķ

That looks promising. But looks can be deceiving... - crosses fingers - - Mona N.

I still say any Obama supporter should think that Obama is behind in the polls by a few percentage points. *Never* is the time to get over-confident. "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" - AJ Kohn

Unbelievable lead for Obama: here's the average of the four tracking polls http://farm4.static.flickr.com... - Indio Apache via twhirl

"If a pure gold plated tiles failed to satisfy your appetite for opulent home décor, then Pietra Firma has designed an exclusive line of tiles that promise to fulfill your blinged desires. This limited edition of jeweled marble tiles will find its way to your walls, ceilings and floors, but for a dazzling price. Estimated at $1,000,000/m2, only the very well-heeled folks can dare to walk over such expensive and ornamented flooring. Encrusted with more than 1000 diamonds, 2400 pieces of mother of pearl, 400 pieces of abalone shell and 500 pieces of black onyx over a square meter, you certainly couldn’t expect it to be a penny lesser than a million bucks. With the diamonds set in a slightly protruding manner, it surely will render an uber-luxurious acupressure to your feet" - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet

HAHAHAHA - Anna Haro

awesome! so electrifying! - imabonehead

I presume you have to be tall to wear that - Glen C

Prince: Electric Intercourse http://friendfeed.com/e/b23301... - MiniMage LightBlueRanger

Quick copy Hold the O key while dragging an item to duplicate it. Hit [esc] if you wish to cancel the copy before releasing the mouse. <---didn't know that! - Mona N.

"Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. This is the best free Mac software that we know of." - A.Diba via Bookmarklet

I can attest to the beauty of both VLC and Adium. I love them both and use them daily. - Soup

"Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there's no need to rely on a single third party. What's more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. This means that no one besides the owner (or an agent of the owner's choosing) can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona can rest assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where they use their laptop." - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet

i saw their presentation @ gnomedex (live/online) i instantly dl'd it but never installed it. - Carlos Ayala

wow. interesting. - edythe

sorta like lo-jac for laptops. anyone tried it out? seems like an easy app to use - Cee Bee

"In the end, the debate did not change the essential truth of Ms. Palin’s candidacy: Mr. McCain made a wildly irresponsible choice that shattered the image he created for himself as the honest, seasoned, experienced man of principle and judgment. It was either an act of incredible cynicism or appallingly bad judgment." - Parth Awasthi via Bookmarklet

Theres always the Supreme Court. - Bored

Steven Perez, I annoint you "Steven Maverick Perez"! - melmcb

No way! I hate jumping on the couch. I'll be Goose, though. :D - Steven "Biff" Perez

I would expect the leaders of our country to absolutely WOW me simply by their presence. I can see normal people anywhere, but that is one arena where I think people should seem larger than life. The other would be in movies. - Rah™

@Art I'm not going to go back and forth with you because, obviously, I'm not going to change your mind and vice versa. (If you look, that's how I usually conduct myself online. My two cents and I'm done.) Anyway, I just want to clarify that I never said that Gov. Schwarzenegger was in the Senate; only that there's been talk of him running after his term limit is hit. Also, I want to apologize if I offended you. My comment was more of a commentary on the state of education in America since civics is no longe - Oliver Ortega Chua

r taught in much of the US. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it to be an attack on you. If you check my record, I try to refrain from "belittling" people, politicians/celebrities excepted. :) - Oliver Ortega Chua

wow that nun urinal is just wrong - Cee Bee

I'd have to say a few Hail Marys if I used that urinal. - Chris Rivait

All kinds of wrong, Cee Bee. WTH. - Ayşe E.

There were worse one in my opinion >.< - Lindsey Smith

WOW...This is not just another article digging at palin - it is THE article digging at palin and her 'cultural' significance. - Anna Haro via Bookmarklet

"But watching Palin's speech, I had no doubt that I was witnessing a historic, iconic performance. The candidate sauntered to the lectern with the assurance of a sleepwalker — and immediately launched into a symphony of snorting and sneering remarks, taking time out in between the superior invective to present herself as just a humble gal with a beefcake husband and a brood of healthy, combat-ready spawn who just happened to be the innocent targets of a communist and probably also homosexual media conspiracy. She appeared to be completely without shame and utterly full of shit, awing a room full of hardened reporters with her sickly-sweet line about the high-school-flame-turned-hubby who, "five children later," is "still my guy." It was like watching Gidget address the Reichstag." - Roberto Bonini

"The rest of Palin's speech was the same dog-whistle crap Republicans have been railing about for decades. Palin's crack about a mayor being "like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities" testified to the Republicans' apparent belief that they can win elections till the end of time running against the Sixties. (They're probably right.)" - Roberto Bonini