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RT @mattcutts: You can now upload/sideload ePub books into Google Play Books: http://www.theverge.com/2013...
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MoTO #TeamMonique and Steve and 4 other people liked this
I am weirded out by how some current pop songs reference Radiohead.
Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Steve and 4 other people, Steven Perez and 3 other people liked this
Ok, maybe I'm being diss. Maybe Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne really are big Radiohead fans.
- Victor Ganata
I wonder if Thom Yorke is laughing uncontrollably or weeping inconsolably at the fact that his band is being name-checked in songs that are being played 10 million times more than even "Creep" has already been. OK, you're right, he probably doesn't give a rat's ass.
- Victor Ganata
I wonder if there has ever been a Katy Perry or Avril Lavigne fan who first heard of Radiohead from their songs and decided to check it out, and the were all like WTF is this?
- Victor Ganata
I wonder if there are any such fans who listened to Radiohead and thought to themselves, WTF have I been listening to all my life? and then proceeded to set their CDs on fire.
- Victor Ganata
OK, they probably would've just selected all their mp3s and tossed them into the recycle bin.
- Victor Ganata
I've clearly thought too much about this.
- Victor Ganata
Project Little Human initiated. ETA: November 11, 2013.
Carmen, Wulffy, Georgia and 112 other people liked this
Congratulations :)
- Hedgehog
ha! i guessed right but i didn't think it proper to ask. Congrats!
- Christina Pikas
:)
- Pete #TeamMonique
#bleepyeahbuttercup. And congrats to the Nycest parents in the school.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
Congratulations!
- adf
Lol. Yes, mommy has hypermesis and has been home for the past month with no end in sight. Other than the constant vomiting everyone is healthy.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
woohoo! :)
- Hieronymous Thalidomide
CONGRATS!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
How wonderful!
- Anne Bouey
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so happy for the both of you....
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Congrats!
- Brent Schaus
Very happy for you both!
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Thanks y'all. We strongly feel its a girl, but won't know for certain for a few more weeks.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
Congrats! Hoping they offer you a Zofran pump option!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
WAHOO!! :D
- Laura H.
Congratulations!
- joey
Yay babby!
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
HappyHappyHappyHappy!!!
- Russian Space Lizard
from FFHound!
Yay! Finally I can congratulate you! :) Maybe you can talk to Kate.
- Running Slow
Congratulations!!!!
- the king of the interweb
Congrats!
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Congrats!
- MoTO #TeamMonique
congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
You know, "Barry" can be used with either gender. #justsayin *cough*
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Lol....the baby is going to have a either a very Scottish name or a very Italian name. There seems to be no in between.
- Mary Carmen
Congratulations!!!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Congratulations, that is exciting!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Christina: I also guessed right but also didn't want to ask. Also, congratulations!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Yeah, it was pretty obvious. But Scott wouldn't let me come clean till after the first trimester.
- Mary Carmen
w00t! :-)
- Steven Perez
from Android
Congrats!
- John (bird whisperer)
Wow, you've been breeding! FANTASTIC! Srsly congrats, lady :)
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
Congrats! :)
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
I look forward to little Eva's debut on the podcast. OH NOEZ POSSIBLE FUTURE INFO CONTAMINATION OF TIMELINE DELETE COMMENT
- Steven Perez
Hyphenate for the best of both: Guiseppe-Hamish if it's a boy, Carmine-Eilidh if it's a girl.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Hamish Kaidan or Isabella Suzanne.....no hyphens necessary.
- Mary Carmen
Beautiful!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
<333333!!!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Congratulations!!
- Yolanda
Would be neat to deliver the 12th. 11/12/13 :)
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Yay! I was so hoping that this was the secret! Congrats to you both.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
I'd guessed this as well - and happy I was right. Nyce. ;)
- Great Scott! Snow!
congrats!
- imabonehead
Congratulations!
- Harold
Yay!
- Jed Harris-Keith
from iPhone
Yay!!! :)
- Micah
Congratulations!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Squee! Omg!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
I wondered at one point with all the emesis.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
Congratulations, you two!! <3
- Kelli H.
Congratulations!
- Son of Groucho
YAYAYAY!!! I wondered... :))) So happy for you guys!!
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
The most awesome project you will ever undertake! Enjoy!
- DJ Stevie Steve
Congratulations Mary and Scott!
- Mike Nencetti
Yay! Congrats to you both :)
- Jen
*bumpity* because it's MC and Scott. LITERALLY!
- MoTO #TeamMonique
YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Congratulations, that's fantastic news.
- Yvonne
Con'grats !!
- Peter Dawson
LMP? :D
- ووووزلا
Congrats!!! =D
- David Cook
<3 Awesome.
- Pixie
Yay! :D
- Michael W. May
Congratulations!
- Jim #TeamMonique
I just saw your pregnancy whine post and I think all of downtown Sac heard me say, "Wait, she's pregnant?" (scroll back scroll back scroll back, find announcement) Wow! Congrats to you and Scott.
- Corinne L
Thanks, Corinne!
- Mary Carmen
Congrats!!!!
- Rachel Walden
I am so fucking sick of Guy Kawasaki.
Angel R. Rivera, Trish R, Jimminy IS Everybody and 4 other people liked this
What's he done lately? Overall, I think I might take him over Farhad Ubiquitous Manjoo...
- Walt Crawford
Nothing but a steaming mess of Twitterhea.
- Laura Norvig
I need to unfollow that douche. And to think I used to think he had something to say ...
- Laura Norvig
He's been a ghost since at least 2008, I think he actually has 2-3 people behind his Twitter account.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Ha, just went to Twitter and his was the first tweet in my stream. I unfollowed. It feels soooo good.
- Laura Norvig
He admitted a few years ago that he uses interns to tweet on his account. And I agree he's a douche.
- Trish R
All he cares about is his follower count. I used to think of him as someone who knew about agile business practices and social media. Now he just tweets about everything and anything.
- Laura Norvig
[redacted drive by Cristo comment]
- Laura Norvig
Thanks. Excellent answers. I never followed him, so I've been spared.
- Walt Crawford
I also don't like that he tweets the same thing more than once in a day.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
I followed him mostly because I thought he was handsome
- MiniMage
He doesn't retweet what others post, and he doesn't seem to at reply very often, but at least he does sometimes.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
I heard him talk as featured speaker at a Highwire Members Spring Meeting last year. Was very unimpressed. His whole (unprepared) talk was explaining/bragging about how he got a high follower count by... you guessed it, using interns and tweeting everything 3 times per day.
- Heather Piwowar
Not just a girl - Jaime Moore photography - So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses..." - http://www.jaimemoorephotography.com/2013...
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Bruce Lewis, t-ra: not givin up, Micah and 25 other people liked this
"...no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Disney Princesses, from their beautiful dresses, perfect hair, gorgeous voices and most with ideal love stories in the mix you can’t help but become entranced with the characters. But it got me thinking, they’re just characters, a writers tale of a princess (most before 1998)…an unrealistic fantasy for most girls (Yay Kate Middleton!). It started me thinking about all the REAL women for my daughter to know about and look up too, REAL women who without ever meeting Emma have changed her life for the better. My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but she was born into a country where she can now vote, become a doctor, a pilot, an astronaut, or even President if she wants and that’s what REALLY matters. I wanted her to know the value of these amazing women who had gone against everything so she can now have everything. We chose 5 women...
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- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
Very cool and cute, bur are annual portraits a "thing" now?
- Soup in a TARDIS
My mother got annual portraits when she was a kid in the 40's. The photographer did a full page ad of her through the years, beginning from when she was a toddler.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I had annual portraits from when I was a kid. I know lots of people who do and I know people who don't. In this case the photographer is the kids mother, so she gets more than annual photographs.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Saw Jane 6 days ago. Good speaker.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
Hear hear!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Realization just set in: Holy crap, I'm 46 years old. DO NOT WANT.
Starmama, Steve and 4 other people, Sima and 43 other people liked this
Oh, please
- Anne Graham
Beats the alternative!
- Spidra Webster
Hah! You're both right. Just came from my physical -- clean bill of health other than a bit of cholesterol and vision starting to go. So I have a lot to be grateful for. But 50 is only four years off, how did this happen?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
maybe you'll start aging backwards once you reach 50?
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Babe in the woods, you are.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
50 is pretty badass. I hope I make it there!
- joey
It is! And me too. But I'd rather be perma-35.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
35 was AWESOME! I'd go back there in a heartbeat.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
I have a sudden urge to get a sports car for some reason. Blondes seem attractive. What does this mean???
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yeah, I'm definitely more scared being this close to 50 but that has a lot more to do with where I personally am in my life than the age of 50 itself. I'm sure other people do really well with it. (I'm permanently about 22 in my head...except slightly wiser and more world weary. You can be permanently 35 in your head!)
- Spidra Webster
I am this many *holds up 5 fingers* on the inside.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
12. Or 666.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
The four year count down until the welcome to 50 colonoscopy!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Hush now, young'un.
- Jim #TeamMonique
Yes, sir. *shamefaced*
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
In all seriousness, there's a certain feeling of triumph that comes with getting a clean bill of health after a CPE. I had mine today too.
- Jim #TeamMonique
I remember 46...I think.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Craig Ferguson is 51.
- Hieronymous Thalidomide
As am I
- Friar Ticket to Ride
You could be my Dad...
- Mo Kargas
You youngun. Ya know - we have a grownups' table you can join here at 50. Remember, m9m? Also, I didn't even start learning proper HTML/CSS until I was 47, nearly six years ago.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Get back to me in about 15... ;) #olderthandirtwellatleastsomedirst
- WarLord
Damn. We should really all be asleep (except Johnny and Mo).
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Stephan is old enough to be my friend. ;)
- Janet:#TeamMonique
LOL Mary, these are the true hours of aged wisdom, right?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Does this mean I'm not old enough to be your friend Janet?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Apparently. Also, the pills are in the kitchen. ;-) And I've been going to stand up and go there for an hour.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I worked a 13 hour shift and came home to become very angry with other half. Anger does not bode well for sleep. Going to see if I can grab two more hours before I am back at work. Hope you have good pills.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I have GREAT pills. But I respect them, too. They're like big dogs - gotta keep a certain perspective.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Melly, you're old and young enough to be my friend.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Sleep fast, Janet!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Didn't you get the memo? 46 is the new 25 :)
- imabonehead
That's pretty old!
- Eivind
Youngster.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Boy please. You're only as old as you feel!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I *feel* 32 today. But somehow that doesn't add up properly when I subtract my birth year from the calendar year. Odd, that.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
For the record. Melly is also old enough to be my friend......and niece!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
And Brad Pitt is 50 and C U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
And Methuselah made it to 969 :)
- Eivind
And he was D E V O U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
There should be a Devo, UT.
- Spidra Webster
Adding injury to insult: I just had my first eye exam in 5 years. I need reading glasses. :-\
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I've been putting off my eye exam since I'm pretty sure I'll need them, too. :-/
- Yvonne
Wow, I thought Kevin & Rachel had done an app: http://www.tuaw.com/2013...
Jimminy IS Everybody, Steve and 4 other people, Jennifer Dittrich and 2 other people liked this
LOL! I saw that too, and I was thinking they named it after us! ;)
- Rachel Lea Fox
That looks fun.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
The only problem is that the base came is free but the prices on buying things in app are pretty high.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Do you need those things?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Pretty much. You start with one set of monsters and to be able to play with any other set of monsters you have to pay. The one set of monsters is fine, but even the computer plays with the other monster sets, and only being able to use the one set gets boring after a while. Also new maps cost. I don't mind paying in app, but their fee system is way high. Even buying the bundle that has everything in it is $8 which for an iphone game is too much in my opinion.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Yeah, $8 is pretty high compared to most apps of that type.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
At least it's not Super Monster Bros. Knock off of Mario and Pokemon IP + in app fees for a lot of things of $20-100. http://www.ign.com/videos...
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Jimminy, gak that is horrible! I just know that in a game I would want to play through game center with other friends, I wouldn't want all of us dependent on paying that much money. The $8 is for the pack with all the current items, they call it Season 1, so they intend to have more seasons which I assume will cost similar. Can't do it.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Are kale chips the new sweet potato fries?
Hieronymous Thalidomide, Steve and 4 other people and imabonehead liked this
Yes.
- t-ra: not givin up
from Android
I forgot my iPad at work. Hold me.
Jen, Catherine Pellegrino, Steve and 4 other people and Rodfather liked this
A 17-Year-Old Girl Creates Twivo, a Program to Save the World From Twitter TV Spoilers http://zite.to/16hrSVs
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Steven Perez, MoTO #TeamMonique, Lisa | #TeamMonique and 5 other people liked this
Love the use of -ivo as a "timeshift modifying suffix"
- Steve and 4 other people
I am the oldest of five. #saturdayff
Anne Bouey, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Micah and 3 other people liked this
I am the oldest of five. #saturdayff
Yvonne, MoTO #TeamMonique, Steven Perez and 15 other people liked this
My next oldest sibling is my brother Phil, a hematology-oncology post-doctoral researcher, living in Sacramento, CA, and he and his wife have a 10 year old daughter, Sarah. Then my sister, Joanna, who teaches sitar and studied in Calcutta, and now lives in Berkeley. Then my brother Robert, who is an electrical engineer, and he and his wife just had a baby girl, Amelia; they live in San Jose. And my brother Harry is 13 years younger than me, and is a music and sound effects designer who lives in Canada with a stepson, Holden, who is 9.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Have people already forgotten about the Lisa? The Apple III? The Newton? The Cube? Rhapsody? Copland? There's a reason why people were skeptical about the iPhone when it first came out.
Iván Abrego, Starmama, Steve and 4 other people and 6 other people liked this
i remember the NeXT cube. bloody expensive magnesium box. also remember the Lisa and the III. i'd forgotten the Newton til now.
- Hieronymous Thalidomide
The reason people were skeptical about the iPhone was because it was a non-phone maker launching a phone that only had limited success when similar phones (like the Siemens SX45) a few years previous didn't do so well... at least all the press I read pointed to that.
- Johnny
Plus, you have to take into account that after all those things they had huge successes with the iMac, iPod etc. so "did people forget" is probably tempered with "They had decent recent form"
- Johnny
I dunno, anecdotally, the idea that Apple sometimes comes out with total crap that no one wants to buy never really died. The idea that Apple always lays golden eggs is quite recent and seems to be already foundering.
- Victor Ganata
Yeah, that iPad was a stinker
- Johnny
I think you have to at least count for time. I don't remember New Coke being mentioned once when Coke Zero was launched.
- Johnny
More recent although far less catastrophic: .Mac, MobileMe, Final Cut Pro X, Ping, Maps, iTunes 11.
- Victor Ganata
IIRC, people genuinely thought the iPhone was awesome for its web browser (most smartphones back then were doing WAP), its then-large screen, and it being a smarter iPod. We didn't even know then how apps were going to change everything. The skepticism was about (1) lack of 3G and (2) the $600 price tag. But Apple was doing the same thing Motorola did with the Razr, going from a high...
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- Andrew C (✓)
And like Johnny said, the iMac and iPod were hugely successful for Apple, so the iPhone seemed like more of the same Jobs magic.
- Andrew C (✓)
Being in possession of a Newton, the only way in which is was inferior to a Palm was its inability to connect with PC's. It had better storage, better handwriting recognition, and had the ability to use a modem far in advance of Palm. The device itself wasn't deficient, but people couldn't imagine how you'd use a device you didn't directly synchronize with your Windows PC. Things don't always fail because they're "bad" or because they're marketed poorly.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Jennifer, side note: I remember I ended up buying a Palm over a Newton in part because of the price difference, performance (Newton felt sluggish to me), and form factor -- Newton was way too big. The PC connectivity issue wasn't a big deal for me. Also most of my coworkers had Palms. But I'm sure I'm not a typical consumer.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Form factor was definitely an issue, it just feels odd to me that so many people think of it as a terrible product overall -- I'll admit, I didn't have one when they first came out. I got one years later, and was amazed at how much better it performed than most of the Palms I had to help support at work.
- Jennifer Dittrich
To be fair, some of these "failures" were solely due to not selling well, not necessarily because they were broken products (although a few of these did start off broken then got fixed but it was too late, and some of these were entirely vaporware.)
- Victor Ganata
My OP was tangentially inspired by a Techcrunch post http://techcrunch.com/2013... (yeah, why am I reading Techcrunch) on Google Glasses trying to compare it to the iPhone, and, like the first commenter, I thought the Newton was a much better comparison: a novel high tech device with no significant practical use case.
- Victor Ganata
But I also thought the implicit underlying assumption—that just because a company is doing well doesn't mean it can never make mistakes—is preposterous.
- Victor Ganata
Just as hindsight demonstrates some sort of handheld computing device was inevitable (and is likely to displace desktops and notebooks as the dominant mainstream computing paradigm), some sort of direct optic visual interface is probably inevitable as well, but, just as people tend to forget Xerox PARC came up with the GUI and Apple came up with one of the first handhelds (the first one that was actually called a PDA, at least), I suspect people will forget Google came up with the eyeglass display.
- Victor Ganata
*waits for his wetware plugs*
- Hieronymous Thalidomide
I just got a phone call...guess who won first place in the May's Bouquets show at the art studio?
David Cook, Pixie, Tamara J. and 30 other people liked this
Yay!!
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
So pretty.
- ᏓᏰ #team Monique
good for you Shannon
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Congrats!
- John (bird whisperer)
This show is usually all paintings and large pieces ... I fear I've caused a stir :-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Way to go!
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Nice job!
- Anika
It's beautiful!
- Heather
So does Stephen Mack drink? If so, I shudder to think of the spectacle we might make. Unless of course, someone showed up with Google Glasses.
ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ, Eric - seven eleven, Starmama and 15 other people liked this
I hope you appreciate what I did there.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I do, sir, drink upon occasion and appreciate your doings. I would greatly enjoy clinking glasses with you while discussing Glasses and other matters.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I'll be needing Google Bifocals before long.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
DID YOU SEE WHAT CRISTO DID UP THERE?? *applauds*
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I see it clearly THANKS TO MY GOOGLE CLEARVUE CONTACT LENSES.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
So when we get drunk will your Google lenses keep me from looking like Denzel? #antibeergoggles
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I'm sure the augmented reality features of the #googlebeergoggles will allow us to make anyone appear to be anyone else.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Stephen's even fun to hang out with if all you've had is diet Coke <3
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
If only Google Goggles worked with real time oral communication, y'all might be safe. Given that isn't an option, I'd go with some sort of disguise and deny everything later.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
#derrickhrm disguises...
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Mechanical Keyboard Guide - http://www.overclock.net/t...
Victor Ganata, Scoble, Alex Scoble, Steve and 4 other people and 9 other people liked this
Picky keyboard geek nirvana. Tons of technical information about how keyboards are put together. Switch types (like "cherry blue"), cap types, rollover, bouncing, etc.
- Amit Patel
from Bookmarklet
I just learned that Logitech has a gaming keyboard that uses cherry brown; I'm quite tempted, as my current gaming keyboard is great for games but awful for typing on. I'll go to Fry's on Friday to check it out.
- Amit Patel
Me, what size are you looking for? That is the first thing to consider: full size or ten-keyless? I find ten-keyless more ergonomic as you can have your mouse and keyboard closer together, but it's a personal choice. It's my first ten-keyless and I thought I would miss the number pad, but as it turns out, I'm ok without it. I learned to touchtype the numbers much faster now.
- Adrian
If you want no click, you want the red switches. They are the best for gaming as they are very smooth. I have a blue switch ten-keyless Cooler Master "Quickfire Rapid" and really dig it for typing as it's the clickiest, but not so much for gaming as the click is distracting. Thing is... I type more than I game. They have that keyboard in red switch as well. By all accounts it's the best...
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- Adrian
Design your own keyboard: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index...
- Adrian
Thanks Adrian. I'll take a look. As for the ten-keyless.. I would find it a bit weird. Using the Mac wireless keyboard at times for other machines proved to be weird. I would have to consider this some more.
- Me
Choice is freedom, my friend. ;)
- Adrian
Oh yeah, if you look at that first link I posted, Cooler Master now has a full-size Quick Fire XT (scroll down a bit). What makes these Quick Fire boards special is that they are rebranded Filco boards, which are high quality, but much pricier, enthusiast mechanical boards. Not only that, but the font used on the keys is the Babylon 5 font, if I remember correctly. :D Of course, the keys are fully removable and replaceable, as with all mechanical keyboards.
- Adrian
Using the mouse with the left hand has the ergonomic benefit of placing it as close to my full-size keyboard as to a compact keyboard.
- Jean-Marc Liotier
Proper keyboards click ! I sleep with my Unicomp...
- Jean-Marc Liotier
Jean, good point I'm actually ambidextrous with a mouse, but don't do it often. I always wondered why they don't put the number keypad on the left. That would also have the added advantage of being able to reach an enter key with your left pinky.
- Adrian
I still miss the old clacky keyboards. I've been tempted by http://www.daskeyboard.com/product... , especially the blank ones, but they're too big for me. I'm used to laptops. I don't want a number pad taking up space, and I don't want to have to move my hands to reach a separate pointing device. Does anyone make an 84-key keyboard with good mechanical switches, a pointing stick, and a trackpad?
- Seth
I went to Fry's and tried a blue cherry (black widow), brown cherry (logitech g710+), red cherry (cooler master). The blue cherry brought back memories of clicky keyboards and how much I love them. I had buckling spring back in the day. I had hoped brown cherry would be a nice compromise between typing (blue) and gaming (red) but it just didn't feel good to me. Blue was too clicky for my gaming needs; red didn't seem much better than what I have now. So I ended up getting nothing :(
- Amit Patel
Amit, I have done the same thing recently. I understand how people love the clicky, but when it bothers others in the same space, I can't justify it. Best thing so far seemed like a membrane keyboard. Felt nice as far as giving feedback, was quiet, but the cost was just too damn much and not practical.
- Me
I've tried the browns, blacks and reds, but settled on the blues. Just feels great to type on. I did not care for the browns or blacks, as both felt like a mushy compromise between blues and reds. I want to pick up a simple (read: non-cheesy gaming oriented) backlit ten-keyless red for gaming at some point. But the clutter!
- Adrian
If I get a blue cherry it will be for use at home, without other people around. This keyboard looks intriguing — http://www.techpowerup.com/forums... — it supports both usb and bluetooth, with up to 10 bluetooth pairings. They say they might make a ten-keyless variant at some point. And the blue variant is already sold out :(
- Amit Patel
Wow.. switch from USB, to BT... nice!!
- Me
Bought a Max Nighthawk X8 Cherry MX Brown keys. Not very clicky but perfect for typing and gaming so far. Might get a red to try out.
- Me
I looked at cherry blue, red, brown again and didn't like the red or brown. Blue seems somewhat appealing. More reading on cherry switches: http://www.elitekeyboards.com/support... and http://www.gamezone.com/reviews... . However I also am reading about “Topre” switches and variable-resistance: http://www.geek.com/review... . I wish there were an easier way to try these out.
- Amit Patel
Agreed that finding the places that have such keyboards to try out is not easy. Central Computers has a couple and they allowed me to open up a box to try the keyboards. They also have a 15 day return policy.
- Me
It only took me a month to put together the easel Santa got her. That counts as a huge success, right?
Lisa | #TeamMonique, mina_sydney, Dario Gomez and 36 other people liked this
Damn Santa got the hardsel instead of the easel!
- Todd Hoff
Todd made me laugh so hard, I almost fell out of my chair. :D And I want that easel! SO. COOL. :D
- Hookuh Tinypants
sweet!
- Hieronymous Thalidomide
Hookuh: Go for it! On sale at the present time, $61.47 (normally $80): http://www.amazon.com/Melissa...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Just makes x-mas last even longer!
- Steve and 4 other people
We got the Ikea version of that.
- Brian Johns
Yvonne, Santa also got her the easel accessory kit that came with some paint and a dry erase marker and some chalk. So, uh, Melissa and Doug chalk, I guess?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
IS IT ME? AM I POPE?
Lisa | #TeamMonique, CarlC, spelling expert, grizabella and 15 other people liked this
NOPE. It's me. shhh. Don't tell anyone
- ellbeecee
Declare yourself pope, I'll join the Mackiens. Don't you already have Thursday evening services with cards & beer?
- Steve and 4 other people
Every other Tuesday. We're religious about it.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I voted for you, but they burned my vote.
- Brian Johns
Awww, thanks Sparky, that's sweet. I guess it wasn't me, unless I'm now in the running for Anti Pope.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Wow, Stephen, you have an admirer now that you're Pope!
- Steve and 4 other people
And I *almost* felt bad about nuking that spam...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
...for I am a benevolent Anti Pope.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
you gotta get your PopeMobile all tricked out now that your title is official!
- Morgan
I'm bored with this new pope already. Is it time to elect another one yet?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
According to the Onion, it is: http://www.theonion.com/video...
- Ken Gidley
Hahaha!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
initial thoughts upon the appearance of white smoke: only the first Francis? ummm, St. Francis of Assis was never ordained as priest, ok then, elections, Francis Underwood plotting at the window of his dining room :-), Francis Bacon paintings of popes. Why not Adrian VII ?
- Adriano
The real reason why parents hate springing forward becomes clear on Monday morning.
MiniMage, Harold, ᏓᏰ #team Monique and 39 other people liked this
Thanks, Ilker :) #zombiechild #damnyoudst But she rallied on the walk to school.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
On the other hand, I loved the extra hour she slept in.
- Brian Johns
Pssssh, that was MONTHS ago. What's DST done for me LATELY?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
No, I mean this morning the number on the clock when she woke up was one more than last week. The sun comes up later, so she wakes up later. Awesome!
- Brian Johns
Eh? I get her up at 7 for school. Same last week as this week. So the clock says the same time. But her body thinks she's getting up an hour earlier. It's true it was darker because the sun is coming up later (relative to our adjusted clock), but I don't understand what you were saying at the beginning.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yup, had myself a crying whining #zombiechild this morning
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
I feel your pain. But great photo. :)
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Thanks, Stephan. How did your Sophie do this morning?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Same look. :)
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Longterm benefit outweighs shortterm pain. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
Steve, I'm not convinced there are any benefits. There are more deaths, though: http://www.inquisitr.com/566032...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I just like "Summer time" better than "winter time". I'd prefer it dark in the morning and light in the evening, even in winter. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
But there's a surfeit of light in the summer, and a shortage in winter. Even when we fall back, the "extra" evening light quickly disappears in just 1-2 weeks. So it's a pointless exercise of screaming against the tide. Are heart attacks and traffic fatalities worth that? Definitely not. It's long past time to stop this ridiculous and archaic fiddling with clocks.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Longest day of the year: Jun 21. Sunrise 5:48 AM, Sunset 8:35 PM (14h 46m 52s). If we didn't "spring forward" sunrise would be at 4:48AM. That would be bad. Compare with the shortest day of the year: Dec 21 Sunrise: 7:22 AM, Sunset 4:55 PM. If we didn't "fall back" this would be one hour later than the stated times, which would be fine with me, although sunrise at 8:22am might be brutal for kids going to highschool (starts at ~8am). Personally, that would be OK with me and better than the status quo.
- Steve and 4 other people
I agree. Perma-PDT is the best compromise.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Or we could just shift by :30m one year and split the difference. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
Or move to the equator?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
You people make my brain hurt. I'm all for the equator suggestion, though. I abhor DST.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
from Android
Holy crap, the Web (as we know it) is 20 years old?!? http://info.cern.ch/
Maitani, Jennifer Dittrich, Me and 5 other people liked this
... and I feel fine.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
27 Reasons Kids Are Pretty Much Just Tiny Drunk Adults http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesome... via @buzzfeed #allofthis
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AJ Batac, Mo Kargas, Stephan Planken and 10 other people liked this
x_____x
- Kelli H.
That kid is clearly a leading devotee of FSM.
- Spidra Webster
I'm at Joshua Tree National Park - @joshuatreenp (Joshua Tree, CA) http://4sq.com/11TRAuc
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SteVe C, Bren, Hieronymous Thalidomide and 5 other people liked this
That's the place to be right now, Joshua trees in bloom!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I'd love to see those trees in bloom.
- John (bird whisperer)
aah it was sooo nice :)
- Deniz Eda Goze
Happy birthday to Stephen Mack, FriendFeed's most proficient, and accurate, liker. He is loved by all, admired by many, and his works are enjoyed by all those who come in touch with them. This year, for his birthday, I am told FriendFeed has chipped in to buy him a screensaver! It will come on a floppy disk in the mail.
Stanley Mathis, Dario Gomez, system4ezmoney and 74 other people liked this
Photo by Thomas Hawk a long time ago with Stephen's first little one, Sammy.
- Louis Gray
A screensaver! But is it compatible with TiVo boxes, everywhere. Happy birthday, Stephen.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Thank you, Louis! That photo was more than 7 years ago...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Does he still use a Sinclair ZX81 as well, or is that a bit too modern? I think Charles Babbage had some kind of interesting gadget that came a bit before Apple's ipad too.
- Erik Retallick
Look at that happy face! :)
- Kelli H.
Happy Birthday to one of the nicest people I have the pleasure to know!
- Running Slow
Happy Birthday Stephen!!
- Georgia
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mack!
- Ross Miller
Happy day to you, Stephen. I hope your birthday is a wonderful one.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Happy Birthday, Stephen! I hope you have a great day!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Happy Birthday, Stephen!
- AJ Batac
Stephen, happy birthday. This is a better community with you in it.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
happy bday!
- holly #ravingfangirl
Thank you, everyone!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Happy!
- Jenica
Happy birthday
- Eric - seven eleven
Happy Bearthday!
- Steve and 4 other people
Happy birthday to one of my favorite people!
- Mary Carmen
Happy Birthday, Stephen!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Happy Birthday!
- Roger N
Yay! Happy Stephen Day! I hope your day is as awesome as you are!
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
from Android
That's so sweet, Lisa, and thank you all!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
RT @matthewlmcclure: Richard Stallman's comments on the manhunt are thought provoking. https://lists.csail.mit.edu/piperma...
Seb Schmoller, Steve and 4 other people, Betsy #TeamMonique and 2 other people liked this
Somehow when he says every death is a sad thing I don't quite believe him.
- Todd Hoff
For Pete's sake! RT @colinsteele: The New York Post's 'Person of Interest' Is a Local High-School Track Runner http://gawker.com/5994955...
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Brian Johns and Steve and 4 other people liked this
In other news: Reddit and 4Chan have become sources for "Major" news organizations like the Post. Ugh.
- Steve and 4 other people
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOUIS GRAY!
Biplab Das, sofarsoShawn ~presque..., imabonehead and 45 other people liked this
(How did I not realize before you have the same birthday as one of my brothers?) Hope you have a great day today, sir!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Happy birthday
- Eric - seven eleven
Happy Birthday!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Happy birthday!
- John (bird whisperer)
Happy Birthday, Oh Sleepless One.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Happy Birthday!
- Kevin Johnson
Happy Birthday!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Happy birthday!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Birthdays are a waste of time and ... oh thanks for the post, Stephen!
- Louis Gray
Any big plans today, Louis?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Happy birthday Louis!!
- Georgia
Happy Birthday!
- Juan Pablo González
Happy Bday Louis !
- Peter Dawson
Happy Birthday, Louis!
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Big plans? Nope. Had lunch with my good friend Erica, and probably get tacos tonight with the kidlets.
- Louis Gray
Happy birthday, sir. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Happy birthday :)
- Eivind
You have a most happy one on this birth anniversary, Louis.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Happy Birthday, Louis!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Hope you enjoyed your day, friend!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
: )
- Franc, a rememberer
Well, since Franc bumped this post, let me just say: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LOUIS & KRISTINE!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
This is a neat, pretty 2 minute video of Google Street View imagery. With nice music. http://techcrunch.com/2013...
Betsy #TeamMonique, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo and Steve and 4 other people liked this
I have always thought the Google Street View was one of the most audacious (and awesome) things ever created, in the history of man.
- Brian Johns
The number of people I know who are sharing the 'Bill Gates giving $5,000 to anyone who shares this picture' hoax is making my brain cry.
Louis Gray, Iván Abrego, Jeff (Team マクダジ ) and 9 other people liked this
He is? Do you have a link???
- Brian Johns
The stupid is suffocating...
- Benny Bucko <Team Melly>
from FFHound!
stupid is ageless and timeless - See 'Great Moon Hoax' a couple posts above....
- WarLord
I really don't get it. Why do people still believe that stuff?
- Juan Pablo González
Shoot, so I won't win an iPad? j/k See what I did there.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Pomodoro Technique: "The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down periods of work into 25-minute intervals called 'Pomodori' (from the Italian word for 'tomatoes') separated by short breaks." [Wikipedia] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
Laura Norvig, Hookuh Tinypants, Amit Patel and 4 other people liked this
Article begins with Underlying principles: "There are five basic steps to implementing the technique: (1.) Decide on the task to be done. (2.) Set the pomodoro (timer) to 25 minutes. (3.) Work on the task until the timer rings; record with an x. (4.) Take a short break (3-5 minutes). (4.) Every four "pomodori" take a longer break (15–30 minutes). The stages of planning, tracking, recording, processing and visualizing are fundamental to the technique. In the planning phase tasks are prioritized by recording them in a 'To Do Today' list. This enables users to estimate the effort tasks require. As 'pomodori' are completed, they are recorded, adding to a sense of accomplishment and providing raw data for subsequent self-observation and improvement."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from Bookmarklet
Anyone ever use this technique?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
No, but I need some time management zen.
- Eric - seven eleven
Read about this a while ago but decided that the kanban method was more my style.http://www.personalkanban.com/pk...
- Steve and 4 other people
I do.
- Running Slow
I would, but don't have an egg timer.
- Eivind
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