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Ever notice that people continue to huddle together during photos even when it's not necessary? It's an epidemic I tell you.
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It's like when people crouch when running to or from a running helicopter.
- Akiva Moskovitz
haha, so true... that's particularly funny.
- Steve Sebestyen
from email
I have to keep reminding myself why I married him :P
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Don't lie, it's for my hot sexy man-body :P
- Johnny Worthington
XD
- Kristian Salonen
^___^
- Nia
:D
- Johnny Worthington
Hahahaha
- Mo Kargas
He uses a napkin? Sheesh you too good to mess up your shirt like the rest of us?
- CW™
Its a salad too.. WTF!
- CW™
The photo's funny but your comment sent me to the floor laughing.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
this post is total win.
- Jim Hearts FF
It's cuz he looks hawt in your underwear. :D
- Steven Perez
This is awesome. Johnny, why do you look so surprised?
- Derrick
Damn You Steven Perez! I've almost forgotten that! :))))
- directeur
Why?
- orionstarr
Nom
- sofarsoShawn
Cute Napkin
- Brent - Long Live Rock
It's the beard, right, Rachael? :D
- Steven Perez
It's all of the above :)
- WorldofHiglet
WIN
- Josh Haley
Whoa! A beardless Johnny? I must not have been around long enough!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Oppsie, I ripped a tear in the space-time continuum!
- Josh Haley
Morton Fox, metalerik, Nathan Chase and 4 other people liked this
Don't much care for Last.FM radio but I love Pandora. I haven't heard of Slacker so I'm checking it out now.
- Paul Wade
Use Pandora, never really used Last.FM
- Andrew Leahey
love pandora, but no storm support :(. in my opinion these are all very similar so it is just personal preference i guess, but in my opinion pandora seems to give you a better mix of music.
- Zach Scott
I've been using Pandora for a while but I stumbled across Slacker the other day and it looks well built, although I haven't spent a lot of time using it yet.
- Ethan
I've found that Pandora has the best Electronic music selection, Last.fm the best rock selection and Slacker the best UI (at least in my opinion) with a great overall selection of music. Don't know why I use all three though, guess I'm a bit schizo with tech.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
Pandora by far
- TheHenry
Last FM by far
- Jamie
Pandora if I could hear it but Last.fm me, though not really tried Slacker, is it good?
- Kol Tregaskes
I wrote a blog post about this subject back in July '08 that still represents a solid opinion of the state of the various services: http://nathanchase.com/2008...
- Nathan Chase
That's why I've not tried Slacker, must be US-only! :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Neither! Spotify! =D
- Daniel Bruce
Now that I think of it, I've been using Grooveshark to play specific songs.
- Ethan
Spotify isn't available in the United States. :(
- Ethan
Yep Spotify works in the UK atm, at least something does, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Used to use Pandora, but they stopped me from accessing it. Moved on to Last.fm, now they've restricted access too. Where do I go now?
- Rahul Das
Why have you been blocked, Rahul?
- Ethan
@ethan not me personally. The entire world except the US and in the case of Last.fm UK and Germany. Apparently the record labels don't want us listening to their music.
- Rahul Das
Oh, I hadn't realized that.
- Ethan
Zumeo.com - TechCrunch Elevator Pitches - http://pitches.techcrunch.com/pitch...
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Great site to see company pitches from hopeful startups!
- Steve Sebestyen
There's a movement afoot.
Tweeting from the potty is just gross.
- Geoff Schultz
Haha Geoff, I suppose one could interpret my post in that way.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
The World's Smallest Radio: Scientific American - http://www.sciam.com/article...
Finally, I can embed my radio in my head and listen to top 40 songs all day.
- Steve Sebestyen
from Bookmarklet
Trying to get some Xbox 360s repaired... hen I go to Xbox support site, the "repair" and "register console" pages are basically blank. Nice!
SUPPORT FAIL. Hehe.
- Roberto Bonini
I didn't even bother, I just traded mine at a gamestop with a few old games I didn't play anymore, got over a $100 (they don't take the hard drive) and just bought an Xbox Arcade, popped in the hard drive and voila!!
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
Man hands out cash in New York | BBC - Newsbeat - http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbea...
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"Imagine getting £35 for doing absolutely nothing. Well in New York, a man is giving away stacks of cash to anyone who's prepared to stand in line for it. The mystery man, who calls himself 'Bailout Bill', says in the middle of an economic crisis ordinary Americans who are struggling to make ends meet deserve a bailout."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
What are his coordinates? I need lunch money.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
That's gonna be some lunch. The lowest amount he hands out after hearing your sob story is $50.
- Steven Perez
Then Mortons it is!!
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
I could tell him about my unemployment...
- Mike Nayyar
That's what he wants to hear. He's handing out amounts ranging from $50 to $5,000.
- Steven Perez
Cassandra Pedersen Art and Design - http://cassandrapedersen.blogspot.com/
Interesting Art
- Steve Sebestyen
from Bookmarklet
Hurricane Season 2008: Cayman Islands - http://caymanhurricanes2008.blogspot.com/
Realtime hurricane news - Cassandra Peterson Reports!!
- Steve Sebestyen
from Bookmarklet
42/m/FL/32789 - My real name is Robert. I program and game. - http://nicerobot.org
Kol Tregaskes, Anthony Farrior, AJ Batac and 3 other people liked this
and listen to music like a MOFROG! i saw your last.fm page!!
- Hao Chen
LOL I do listen to a LOT of music :)
- ·[▪_▪]·
Your age is m, sex is FL, and location is 32789?
- Rochelle
I kinda broke the rules :) and excluded my age. I was born in 66. I think maybe i''m becoming sensitive about my age so i excluded it.
- ·[▪_▪]·
Damn you're old!!! That's a joke... I mean you are old(er) but it was intended to be funny... ok... I'll shut up now
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
lol
- Colide81 (James)
YOU'RE YOUNG AT HEART!
- Hao Chen
You're the youngest old man I know. ;)
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Lol
- Colide81 (James)
It’s Over: I’m Through With Web 2.0 - http://www.webomatica.com/wordpre...
Chieze Okoye, embee, Steve Sebestyen and Andrew Badera liked this
Great post Steve. As painful as it is for many geeks, the time has come for everyone to swallow a dose of reality.
- Steve Sebestyen
The time came a long time ago. Some people are simply now having it shoved down their throats. Any smart businessperson saw it coming the first time around, and anyone who was there the first time around should have seen it coming this time too.
- Andrew Badera
Businesses with no expectation of profitability have never made any sense to me.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I was reading about the collapse of "2.0" (nasty term) last year. The thing that really concerns me isn't with the fall of another round of sites, but with the way that governments are eyeballing the net after the bluster of 2.0 has brought our little freedom of expression squarely before their attention. It's no conincidence that a number of high profile blog posts have lead to big meatspace shareprice batterings.. Keep an eye on Europe and the US pressing forward with a limited "push content" net plan.
- alphaxion
I'm actually curious to see how many ycombinator ("build something cool first, then find a way to profit later") startups will make it through.
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
I respect your stance not to dance on the graves of companies which will fail over the coming months. However, I am not sure that all Web 2.0 applications are done for. Just as these was no place in a post 2000 world for Pets.com there are many silly applications which will disappear, but others with real benefits to users will continue, and if well managed will ultimately drive a revenue stream
- Lorraine Ball
I agree Lorraine, this is a post a liked -- this is what I wrote on the subject. http://howtosplitanatom.com/the-new...
- Steve Spalding
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I married one, and so did he. ;)
- Daynah
I refer to her as my "Chic Geek" -- we would both agree that her level of chicness definitely outweighs her geekness but thats alright, I have enough geek in me for the both of us ;)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
It is taking forever to buffer but I am cracking up already! I am not the geek!
- Brandy Lea
I am the geek.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
It's confirmed my boyfriend is a geek! Travel: it's too the point of him not even wanting to go to Vegas! I need this book!
- Brandy Lea
I'm such a geek... but she calls me a dork, lovingly.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
This is my defininition of geek: A person who has chosen concentration rather than conformity; one who passionately pursues skill (especially technical skill) and imagination, not mainstream social acceptance. Given that definition, I so am a geek and so is my hubby! Geeks and proud of it :)
- Elsie
from twhirl
I swear! It's amazing the lack of priorities people have in a crisis... Who CARES who's fault this is... we need to figure out how to fix the problem! Would you people sit around and argue about how the fire started when you're in a burning house or would you get outside and grab a hose??
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It matters to them because we're only weeks away from an election - every single House member wants to be re-elected. THAT's why they're all acting like this.
- Internet's Tad
Lindsay, I made the same comment on a post just a few minutes ago and I agree. To me, today's mess is the perfect example of why we (as citizens) need to make major changes in the people we've chosen up to this point. Time to clean house.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
Just another day in politics. Don't have to actually get anything done, just need to LOOK like you're doing something.
- ronin
Screw the election... we have longer term and more immediate problems to deal with.
- Her Lindsay-ness
@Steve A-freaking-men!
- Her Lindsay-ness
In this case it matters. Why on Earth would intelligent people want more of what caused the problem in the first place? The government needs to stay the Hell out of this and let the market correct itself. The storm analogy is flawed because no one can cause a hurricane. As far as the burning house analogy; do you just build another house while the pyromaniac stands there and watches with anticipation?
- Mattb4rd
+ a gazzilion for this Lindsay!!!! Well said indeed...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
i don't know if you've noticed over the past 20 or so years, but whenever there's a problem, the GOP is the first to point fingers at Democrats and minorities, yet never offer suggestions. I refuse to listen to children whine, so just ignore those types of people here and have intelligent conversations with people who can hold one.
- Anika
This is why Washington is broken. Crap like this.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
@Mattb4rd - I'm of the opinion that we should scrap it all and start over... and in that case the history doesn't matter who started it... They're ALL to blame but it doesn't change anything going forward if we do as Steve suggests and clean house. But that also doesn't mean we can do nothing... The market is not set up to correct itself.
- Her Lindsay-ness
First rule of handling a gov crisis find somebody to blame..
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
@Gregory; That school is tougher when you're stupid. (I'm not calling you stupid, just saying life is hard, it's harder when you're stupid)
- Mattb4rd
No one said it has to be a perfect fix. There's no such thing in a world that's constantly changing. But our focus should be on that fix instead of who caused the problem. Can't make progress looking backward. Not to say you shouldn't be aware of the past (don't want history to repeat itself) but you have to move on to get anywhere better.
- Her Lindsay-ness
Lindsay, if I might tread on dangerous ground here, I do agree with you. Perhaps some are concerned as to "why" the fire was started in order that we do not make such mistakes again. If I have been informed correctly, the bail out package was simply a tourniquet to stop the massive blood loss, and allow us to operate on the issues under a little less stress. However, tendencies are to seek to blame. I have my feeling on some heads that should role, but this should not distract from us setting a course...
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Finger pointing at a time of crisis just shows you how lame our leadership truly is...fabulously f*cked!
- Susan Beebe
Sorry, I hate to spam, but... http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- l0ckergn0me
Sometimes we have to dig deep and find the root cause in order to solve a problem, but this is way past that
- Susan Beebe
I hate to stretch an analogy, but you throw water on some fires and you make them spread, e.g. magnesium. I am NOT comfortable that this bill is not inflaming the problem. First do no harm.
- Eric Lewis
@Ken - I wasn't a fan of the bailout plan. I am not an economic expert so I don't really know what the best course is, but I do think that we need to get a lot of very smart people in the room and possibly kick some of the politicians out of it and have them figure out the best solution for the short term AND the long term. The blame game is wasting precious time and energy. We can take care of punishing the people who got us into this mess later.
- Her Lindsay-ness
Eric: And if it is your BEST FRIEND who is on fire? Do you do nothing and thus "do no harm" or do you act and throw water on the fire, even if it might get worse? Seriously.
- Ben Parr
Chris, thanks for the video. Very refreshing information and suspected by many. Ben, to further your analogy, stop-drop-and roll... It's the same thing as attempting to rescue a drowning person. You have to be a strong enough swimmer to save both yourself and them. Lindsay, I agree. I strongly feel that if you pull back the curtain, the Congress is listening to the voters (at least more than half). Just not the ones on TV I fear - so called leadership.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Ben: We gotta go to war now! NOW NOW!! WMD WMD!!! NOOW!! Sound familiar? The ONLY time I want government to act quickly is when the ENTIRE nation is in agreement. And sad to say, we just aren't on the approach to this problem. Until we are, slow is what we are gonna get.
- Berial
Ben Parr: So you would feel better about yourself, having killed your best friend faster and with more pain? To each his own, I guess. In this case, I don't see the panic. Margin calls are a bitch, but extending them is no answer.
- Eric Lewis
I don't think a bailout is going to fix the fundamental flaws in our economy. At best we can push off the real pain to our kids. But I think we have done enough to screw up their future already.
- Seth Gottlieb
from twhirl
Brian, thank you! That is what I'm saying too... Let's get some education on this... Not TOO much, but enough to help us through what is a very complex issue for the average American. I think America is very divided on issues at this point. Just look at poll numbers, just look at the $700B bail-out plan vote. Lindsay, what I fear we are allowing this issue do to all of us is spread the disaster scenario even further, we are allowing someone else to dictate the pace of our actions - which you know is flawed.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
It's posts like this that make me understand where panic originates. Those shouting FIRE are convinced of their righteousness.
- Eric Lewis
Eric, sorry if you think I'm being righteous, but if it's being righteous to suggest that we need to be more concerned about the future than the past then I am fine with being labeled that way. All I care about is finding the best solution for this problem and spending our time and research effort trying to figure out who's to blame does nothing. We should spend that same effort trying to understand the consequences of our next actions and pick the best option. Egos be damned.
- Her Lindsay-ness
So, the economy: are you worried yet?
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Have been for a while. Spent the past couple of years cleaning up my credit, now I'm in the build an emergency fund stage, so I guess that the timing couldn't be 'better' so to speak...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, you rock. I did the very same thing. Aside from my mortgage I have no outstanding debt, I'm hoping it's enough to ride this out.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
I ask because too many people I am around on a daily basis aren't. Real head-in-the-clouds stuff: "I'm doing all right. I think it's all a media thing." They're also some of the people, I suspect, who are running to an ATM to pull cash out of the bank right now.
- Steven Perez
I've got debt, but cash to cover it as I take advantage of 0% rates right now... With the changes in the market, I'm slowing down the amount I pay on that debt to keep cash on hand (as my cash is earning my interest).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Beyond worried. Now resigned to the fact that the worst might come. Can I come and sleep on your couch?
- Robert Scoble
No, not while i still have a job.
- ·[▪_▪]·
As long as you don't mind cats, I've got room for three before anyone has to sleep in a recliner or on the floor...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Scoble: sure! You ever been to Albuquerque? :D
- Steven Perez
Steven: not yet! :-)
- Robert Scoble
Been so for months.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
For the record: I have a little money, but I think it's time to diversify and reup my skills in the trades, just in case.
- Steven Perez
Steven, that's why I started the skilz thread. What can you do that doesn't involve tech or computers http://friendfeed.com/e...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
i think it might be time to get one's money out of the bank and the system before it's too late.
- Cee Bee
Tina: yeah, saw it I did. Time to get a toolbox, I think.
- Steven Perez
No. I'm aware, but not afraid.
- Patricia
No. I'm just shoring up for ways to get work in more stable economies.
- Helen Sventitsky
I've been worried since 2004!
- Morton Fox
In Democratically controlled house, 90+ Democrats, 133 Republicans voted against bailout.
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Gee, and I thought it was the Republicans who were to blame for the bailout FAIL
- Craig Eddy
i though nancy pelosi had the votes to deliver the bill? obviously not?
- Jonathan Jesse
They're not gonna let you go there. It's the Republicans' fault.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Serious question: Why were you for the bailout?
- Blake N. Cooper
If you go by the numbers the GOP is to blame, yes, the DEMS could have passed it alone but it didn't pass. THAT'S the issue. EVERYONE in Washington is to blame for not have their shit worked out. Time to put aside personal agenda's and focus on the country, this is why we elected these bozos. To me, this is just proof we need to do some housecleaning (no pun intended).
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
Isn't Nancy Pelosi a senator? What does she have to do with the house vote? I think the house is run by Harry Reid.
- Alex Scoble
Opposite, Alex. Nancy is Speaker of the House. Harry Reid is the Senate Majority leader.
- Nathaniel Payne
@Alex, I think (hope?) you forgot the </sarcasm> or </kidding> tag.....
- Craig Eddy
It's clear that there was bipartisan objection to this bill. You can't blame one party or another for its failure.
- Ontario Emperor
the problem is the Ameircan public was against it and let their reps know. I blame leadership for not explaining in a way the public understood the ramifications of doing nothing. If you have heard the arguments and understand them reasonably well and still oppose it fine. But many in the public just think I am not willing to help millionaries out.
- R. Ferguson
Using these numbers, that means ~60 Republicans and ~140 Democrats voted FOR the bill.
- Nathaniel Payne
I actually think this is a good thing. Both dems and repubs had valid issues with this rush to bail everyone out without data or confidence that it will work. We need to get this done right, not just quickly.
- Peter Ghosh
Ahh, my bad...Idiotic moment on my part.
- Alex Scoble
understandable given today's stress
- cjmart
It's castor oil, and the Dems sure as hell don't want their brand stuck on the Bush administration's medicine. They agreed to meet Republicans half way, but got stood up.
- Mark Czerniec
The Right Wingers are now trying to spread the meme that black folks caused the current financial crisis. Wow. Stunned. Breathless. Unimaginable. WTF?
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Now, Tad. Be fair. They're blaming Hispanics, too.
- Steven Perez
that is just sooo wrong!! WTF? is right!
- Susan Beebe
Seriously? Do we have a source for this?
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Tad, its been going on for awhile now. Throw in a little Bill Clinton, and you have pretty much the full picture. Extremely lame.
- jcunwired
Plenty of investment bankers made a million and then leveraged for a $20 million dollar McMansion. Everyone got caught up.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
+10 Steven
- Dork Knight (not Ha3rvey)
Lindsey, it's all over FriendFeed. Yesterday, I saw 5 posts on it and today a few more. Here's one: http://tinyurl.com/3u8ge2
- Anika
How about the greedy white men who wanted more than they could afford?
- Cyndy
This is what I am worried about: Morons that need to blame a group en masse. Wait for it. . . .wait for it . . . Jews are next on the list. That train's never late!
- Peter Ghosh
So why are we in this current financial crisis?
- Mike Lewis
This has everything they love. Blame Clinton. Blame minorities. Unfortunately, the CRA only covers about 30% of the insitutions that provide loans. The truth is the subprime crisis is all about greed on wall street and they loved securities backed by homes. People made a lot of money.
- stretta
from twhirl
@mike: WHITE people, of course.
- Dork Knight (not Ha3rvey)
Steve said it best on another thread: You mean the repeal of the Glass-Steagal Act with the Gramm (yes, Phil)-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act? Here's a link to the Center for Research on Globalization that contextualizes that and other causes: http://tinyurl.com/4729cf and here's the Wikipedia link for the Gramm bill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G... - steplow is Steve
- Peter Ghosh
Three words - FLIP THIS HOUSE. When you buy a house for 100k, make 50k worth of improvements, and sell it for 300k less than 3 months later.. . .um, yeah, it's going to have an effect. The behavior was only encouraged by banks, Home Depot, the TLC network, etc.
- Peter Ghosh
Tad, it's that mentality that's going to lose the election for Barack if the polls remain close. I posted a message earlier that during an informal poll this weekend among friends (and I'm ashamed) that 4 out of 15 people OPENLY indicated they would NOT vote for Barack because he's black. I live in the NYC area and this came as a shock to me. Vote against him for his policies, not his skin color. I'm disgusted and am seriously rethinking some of my friendships. Racism is alive and well, unfortunately.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
+100 Peter.
- Steven Perez
I like blaming TLC for it. And Ty Pennington and those annoying Sears commercials.
- Cyndy
Don't blame the Sears commercials...some of them have Felicia Day in them, which is pretty cool.
- Alex Scoble
Tad, you're not being entirely honest here - they're blaming gays as well.
- Alexander Carlill
Can someone show me a link to this meme? I don't see any that in this thread that link to it
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Shey - I provided 2 links...
- Internet's Tad
I clicked your links Tad and I saw the article -- but where's the meme? If there are people on FriendFeed blaming Blacks for the crisis, I want to know about it.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
It's not so much a FF meme as a political discussion meme across all outlets. Of course, if $700 Billion had REALLY been spent on mortgages for minorities, wouldn't ALL minorities have a nice house now?
- Jason Carreira
This is a time when some of those far right pricks are showing themselves.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
I'm sorry Shey - I didn't mean a FF specific meme. I meant in general. It's a political meme propagated by some in the GOP.
- Internet's Tad
Ann Coulter said that one of the causes was affirmative action. Is that what you mean?
- Trish R
I apologize, America. I caused the financial crisis because I am black. Please forgive me.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
No way Rah! You fix it and you fix it NOW young man.
- Internet's Tad
pure desperation. i wouldn't rise to it. its the intended plan - to divert attention from the real 'dire' issues
- ray
Yes, Peter. And as everyone knows, the only people on those shows were black people. </snark>
- Anika
many of the pundits who have shows and continuous appearances on FOX have stated this unapologetically (cavuto, malkin, hannity, coulter, etc). it's like a memo went out somewhere along the line to come out and make this part of economic downfall in order to garner support for their side. it's no coincidence
- Cee Bee
no, its not the a-holes at the top who got greedy? Lets just blame a major portion of the population that couldn't afford how ridiculous the housing market had gotten, and followed the golden carrot they projected in front of them. And by the way I know plenty of white sub-prime borrowers. Racism pisses me off, majorly.
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
It's not even honest racism. It's cold, cynical fake racism. These folks don't REALLY believe that black people caused the crisis. They're just saying it in an attempt to rally the extremely ignorant and racist elements of their base. The same folks who think Obama is a sekkrit Muslim. They're in a panic mode because the majority of their base is demoralized and they're trying to rally any troops that'll listen.
- Internet's Tad
Tad: I blame these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Berial
This is why I hate the radio.
- Pete Delucchi
If you are in the market for the long run, this is a BUY opportunity. If everyone continues to sell, the snowball will continue to grow. Find the strong companies and be ready to watch the market flux. I'm putting more money into the market in the next few days.
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Am I wrong? Opinions?
- Justin Korn
Agree, now if I only had the time to find the strong companies...
- ronin
You're not wrong. Long term you are right. It's the short term (next two years) that could get pretty uncomfortable. There is potentially more pain on the downside. I would take a dollar-cost-averaging approach to coming back into the market. (IE, if you have $10,000 to come back in, put $1,000 in every month). That will protect your $10,000. You might miss some gains, but you might miss a lot of pain too.
- Robert Scoble
I think you're right, Justin... Wish I was one of the lucky ones who had the extra money sitting around enough to invest.
- Her Lindsay-ness
S which tech companies are STRONG??
- Simon May
I wish I had money to do that with.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Even if you don't have the money to invest, but you have money in the market, as long as your investments are in solid companies, don't panic. Panicking will only fuel the "depression" further.
- Justin Korn
If you have any cash lying around. It's good advice overall, but right now its very volatile. All should be very careful on what they buy into. Flight to quality.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
@Robert - Good advice. This is actually investing 101. You should never invest $10,000 all at once, but rather spread it out over 10 months at 1,000 per month or 20 months even at $500 per month.
- Justin Korn
Yes, the smart buy when everyone else is panicking.
- Daniel Miessler
Agreed. Every pull-back is a buying opportunity for solid investments. We've all said at one time, "If I only bought _____ when it was at $_____." There are a lot of those right now and I agree with Robert's method of buying in small chunks.
- Andrew Smith
Couldn't agree more Justin, my companys Stock Purchase plan period just ended and as an employee I immediately get 15% over my initial investment. I've cashed out and am reinvesting into the market. With many stocks so depressed now's the time to make a great buy.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
If you don't have time to pick stocks, use ETFs or index funds. However, I see 3 more years of ARM resets so I'd proceed with caution for at least the next 2 years.
- Morton Fox
I don't know about anyone else but I'm in the market to buy!! Cheap, cheap, cheap!!!
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I was advised to hold in US markets but buy in foreign markets. Not sure why, that's why I pay a broker.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Mark, understandable but investing (if you can) I think applies across the board for the most part. The US market isn't the only one feeling the pain right now. But you're right, I'm not doing this alone. I'll make the final decision but I'm relying on my broker to help me find the best investments.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
How Big Is The Bailout? - http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_dai...
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fascinating stuff
- Will DeLuca
from Bookmarklet
great graphic
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Puts it into perspective... it may be irrelevent now.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
So for those who claim that the Republican Party (with a little Democratic help) plunged us into crisis over a seven year period, this bill would allow both parties to achieve the same result in seven days.
- Ontario Emperor
I'm a believer in "hope for the best, prepare for the worst". With that in mind, what are you skills that have nothing to do with IT, computers, design or being a 'knowledge worker'?
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Horticulture, Cooking
- Josh Haley
"Hope for the best but expect the worst" may actually be the unofficial motto of the field of Internal Medicine.
- Victor Ganata
I play guitar, I'm a writer, and I have run and owned bookstores for the last decade. I just prefer tech :)
- Neal Jansons
from twhirl
Drywall, painting, concrete, a bit of carpentry, demolition - Pop made sure I didn't spend all my time in front of a computer screen.
- Steven Perez
@Victor: and possibly insurance...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I'm screwed.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
Well, uh...I'm good at sales. Oh crap I'm screwed there too! GAH!
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Alright, my skilz: I can make soap, cook on a woodstove or open fire, and knit really big squares (which I will chose to call blankets).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Wow, I'm so rusty at everything, I can't even think of anything outside my profession, which pretty much just requires me to think. I can, however, operate a manual or electric typewriter, many types of lawn care equipment, and various firearms.
- Steve Lowe
Entrepreneur, Finances, Legal, Business, good eye for interior design, photography, Life Guard, CPR / medicine / health care, Veggie and flower gardening, horticulture plant care (i can propagate roses in my sleep), cooking, baking, milking cows, sheparding (yes, i know the difference between calling sheep and goats!), horse care / shoe horses (ferrier), small home repairs, some sewing, art work, laundry, pet care. (I had an interesting childhood to say the least)
- Susan Beebe
Wait! I know how mow a lawn!
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Landscaping, love-making...
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I can sew, I can garden, I can still type and handle multi-line phone systems. I can camp, I can do minor home repairs, and I know how to can things. Bring your tomatoes over! And I can help people with resumes. :D
- Cyndy
I can deliver refrigerators. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Electrical Engineering Design, FPGAs, Microprocessors and all the surrounding errata.
- Steve Spalding
Lawn mower repair. I flunked a class my freshman year in high school and was sent to 'shop' to learn a skill.
- Andrew Leyden
I'll be screwed if things get really bad. Outside of general techy stuff, all I can do is basic customer service (retail, answering phones, etc.). Fortunately, my girlfriend has the skills for us to make a good go of it at living in the woods. ;)
- James (@willia4)
Plumbing, electrics, building work ...
- Simon May
Oh, I forgot sewing! And I do know how to milk a cow and a goat (know how to cook them both, too).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Writing, Photography, Construction and related stuff (painting, electrical, plumbing), Handyman, Gardening, and a few more. But why do you think IT is what's going to suffer? I think IT will continue to do fine. There'll be some belt-tightening all around, but things will go on.
- Raoul Pop
photography and hugs
- Shawn Duffy
from twhirl
I'm a decent writer and illustrator. But they're definitely more skills than talents.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
@Pop I don't know about that. Tech stocks are some of the hardest hit right now. Even Apple is down almost 10% for the day.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
After 14 years living in the country, you pretty much learn how to do everything (If you want to) ... not to mention being surrounded by farms. Long way from the 'suburban' days but contrast was healthy and educational.
- Charlie Anzman
Raoul, I don't think anything is necessarily going to happen to IT. But if it does, I don't want to be left holding nothing more than my laptop....
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Oh! I know how to sew too! My sewing machine is my bff! I can also: knit, crochet, and embroider. I can help put up drywall, helped my dad when I was younger. I can also shop til I drop, does that count? I can speak Spanish.
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
In my short life so far I have been a printer, receptionist, cop/security, chaplain assistant, medical administration and a wannabe tech geek.
- David Cook
does lawn darts count?
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
Leadership. Parenting. Gardening. Crises management. Cooking. Writing. Piano. Sing. Public speaking.
- Brad Nickel
nothing...absolutely nothing.
- cjmart
Printer's assistant
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
I have lived in the boonies most of my life. Agreed with Charlie, it makes one extremely self-sufficient. I wouldn't exactly call myself skilled at roughing it, but does the ability to pee outside without being arrested count? :)
- jcunwired
Gardening, cooking, sewing, costuming, art and crafts, writing, photography, financial planning, handyman-type repair, simple automotive DIY, trail navigation.
- Morton Fox
There's always work for a Rovian Neocon.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I can cook, play the piano, write.
- Mark Wilson
Seriously, keep that thought in mind the next time you see your doctor ;)
- Victor Ganata
electrician... left that more than a decade ago though.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
...wondering if Jason still knows how to split wood...
- Cyndy
I forgot fire: I can start a fire like a mad-woman thanks to camping and having a woodstove. I can make soup for 6 from dried beans, salt pork, and 1 potato, 1 onion, and 1 carrot. And thanks to my survival book and the Discovery channel, I think I know about 3 different ways to get potable water...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I make budda brownies so I'm set, I think business is about to pick up
- Steve Sebestyen
I know kung fu.
- Steve Lynch
The husband and I are pretty versed in most rudimentary survival skills: hunting, cooking, and preserving food. I have enough in the pantry to live off of easily for several months. He's an industrial electrician with plenty of mechanical knowledge, together we and the kids can weather quite a storm.
- Heather Solos
I've been debating on a way to share good stuff like PDFs etc with the FF community, so I decided this morning to use a drop at Drop.io and feed it in. First contender is a PDF full of stick figures explaining the economic nose dive =)
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Comes up a bit wonky, no detail... Does Evernote do RSS feeds?
- Johnny Worthington
John, I setup Drop.io just because I'd used it before as a file recipient. If anyone has a better suggestion than I am all ears =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
great idea Tina!
- Zee.
Glen... even better! OK, I'm going back to bed...
- Johnny Worthington
Just so you know, my wife just asked why I got out of bed and I said 'I needed to suggest something to a friend" She asked if it was a FriendFeed friend and I said yes. Her response... "You are so lame, FAIL"... God I love her so much :)
- Johnny Worthington
I'm checking out Scribd now, so we'll see if it's more intuitive. And John: you don't fail! WIN!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
If it's what I think it is, that document is fantastic and simple... I posted a Powerpoint version of it on Dropbox but nobody looked at it *sniffle*. Still, the dropbox interface is great for this sort of thing.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
Steve, I'll take a look at Dropbox as well. I like the Scribd interface, but am having a bear of a time figuring out how to get a feed of just my documents... But yes, the document is very easily understood, though perhaps a touch crass at times. Not that there's anything wrong with that =)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
could I comment that I love the stick figure post?
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Ken, it's hilarious isn't it? I've no idea where it came from, but I'd love to find out and give the author +123948719 internets.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
You can save PDFs to Delicious and other bookmarking sites too.
- Roney Smith
Roney, these are PDFs that are on my desktop; does Delicious now offer upload capability?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, you could use Evernote (if you set up a public notebook it does have an RSS feed you can subscribe to). The only problem might be that you're limited to 40mb of uploads a month with the free account. I don't know how much space your PDFs take but it's an option. :)
- Her Lindsay-ness
A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now | Feeds | ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/feeds...
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Pandora only has a matter of DAYS left to save itself. Please pass this on and call your congressperson!!!
- Jennifer Leggio
from Bookmarklet
I would be so sad if Pandora went away. :(
- Jennifer Leggio
I spent a year running an internet radio sation/social networking site - it's really tricky to make this work. I hope they do it (I couldn't)
- Iain Baker
We need to contact our congress people. The National Association of Broadcasters issued a petition to thwart the progress that Pandora, Sound Exchange and the RIAA came to right before they were getting close to having hope.
- Jennifer Leggio
Thanks Jason!!
- Jennifer Leggio
Reposted! :)
- Colide81 (James)
i would certainly do something, if i was in the USA. sorry, pandy....
- Trent Olson
You can do something. Spread Jen's post. Let it be heard from the rooftops, your weapon is friendfeed, Delicious, and blogs. Your weapon is your mind. So stand up and fight! Let it be known who you support! Take up your weapons weather it be your blog, or friendfeed, or chatting with other people and let it be known what is going on. It doesn't matter if you live in the USA or not we all have weapons and we all should use them. SO LETS FIGHT!
- Colide81 (James)
Bump. Now that the debate is over, maybe bumping this will be noticed more. Come on people doesn't anyone care about Pandora? Doesn't anyone care to fight for something we all like on the net?????
- Colide81 (James)
Damn, I gotta call someone!! I figured there would be a link. Is there?
- Steve Sebestyen
https://forms.house.gov/wyr... <--- use that
- Jennifer Leggio
Thanks!!!
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
Thanks for all the help!! - Lucia, from Pandora
- Pandora Radio
:-) Fight fight fight! Use your weapons to spread the word. Call your congressman, get out and pound the pavement for Pandora.
- Colide81 (James)
from fftogo
THE BILL JUST PASSED! Now, on to the Senate.
- Pandora Radio
A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now | Feeds | ZDNet.com - http://friendfeed.com/e...
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I'm putting my call in tomorrow morning.
- Steve Sebestyen
Katie Couric just said "It really was experience versus judgment, wasn't it?"
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That was very well put.
- Alex Scoble
Yeah, that's what I thought....
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I would tend to agree with this, Tina.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
In fact, I have the same question with Biden and Palin, actually.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
That debate should prove *most* interesting. My husband will be at pool, so I will be free to yell at the TV whenever necessary.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
From a high level it might appear that the VP debate would be the mirror image of tonight but I think Biden will be careful not to come off as condescending.
- Steve Sebestyen
from twhirl
Oh, I can't wait for the Biden / Palin debate! It could take 'experience vs judgment' to a whole new level. I just can't see Palin speaking with any depth on most of the topics. She has not been able to do so thus far, I can't see that changing over the course of a couple of weeks.
- Jeff P. Henderson
As long as Biden doesn't come across as McCain a la "I don't think Mrs. Palin understands..." then it's all good.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
SO... WHO WON?
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Obama.
- AJ Kohn
Obama.
- Nathaniel Payne
Jim Lehrer
- Steve Sebestyen
Jim did a GREAT job moderating.
- Nathaniel Payne
America
- ※Fu※
Yeah. 1UP Lehrer.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yeah, I say Jim.
- Rochelle
The vodka bottle. *hic* I mean, Obama.
- Steven Perez
advertisers
- Pete Delucchi
The pork barrel manufacturers.
- Kelly Norton
The FF'er that participated in this room won..
- CW™
Obama! 'You said it was going to be quick and easy, you were wrong. You said we would be viewed as liberators, you were wrong. You said we would find weapons of mass destruction, you were wrong.' Hell yes!
- Aaron Krug
Obama! And if Obama wins the election, no win he wins the election then we the people will win!
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Obama. This will keep the momentum going in his favor.
- Alex Scoble
If you think Obama won then go over to DrudgeReport.com and vote, because McCain is kicking a$$ there...
- Jim McCusker
Obama, but thought Mccain would do worse
- Gordon Swaby
Obama!
- Anna Lynn M.
http://www.drudgereport.com/ vote on the drudge report they have 72% mccain
- Anna Lynn M.
I definitely think Obama won, but I'm "out of touch."
- Lainie
Obama, but McCain did better than I figured. If McCain says that lame Miss Congeniality line again I'm gonna slug him through the TV
- Internet's Tad
Obama
- R. Ferguson
Obama crosses the stage to shake hands and McCain's like, "WTF are YOU doing here?"
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Again people, you MUST take into account the poor vision and lack of mobility on the part of McCain... don't let the makeup fool you, he's old... real old
- Steve Sebestyen
Saw that, my wife said the same thing!
- Aaron Krug
Maybe he died in 2006 and he's a puppet? 4ft tall ventrilioquist with his hand moving the lips. "Don't put me back in the box! Don't put me back in the box! Please!"
- Matt Harwood
This was fun
Anna Lynn M., Aaron Krug, Steve Lowe and 3 other people liked this
Yeah I like this. We all need to do this again. You Bush haters and McCain haters make sure to come again. Ok? I like taking potshots at all your complaints and whining. Also you all give me a good laugh, with your attempts of throwing mud at McCain. :)
- Colide81 (James)
Only if you promise to attend James... we need balance... otherwise THE FORCE will be too strong
- Steve Sebestyen
I don't think this debate will swing votes dramatically.
Anna Lynn M., MikeAmundsen, Akiva Moskovitz and 5 other people liked this
good then the damage McCain did before the debate will stick in the polls.
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
I think that this will keep the inertia moving in Obama's direction.
- Alex Scoble
Nope. My vote is still undecided and, if you haven't figured it out yet, my vote will decide the election.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't think there's going to be many swing voters this elections... there's more polarization now than in a long time
- Steve Sebestyen
The one thing I've learned from this debate is that I need to not hang out online when the next debate is on. These debates are going to decide my vote and I need to pay more attention to them rather than chatting about them with my FriendFeed digipals
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It's hard to divide attention, that's for sure.
- Steve Lowe
aww but this is so much fun.
- CW™
That's why I'm recording the debate so I can go back to watch it again tomorrow and let it sink in... tech is so great!!
- Steve Sebestyen
Heh, yeah Akiva...if you are undecided, then you should be watching and not playing with us kids.
- Alex Scoble
This much multitasking has become a way of life for many web-workers.
- Vinay | विनय
I'll be reading the transcript later. Takes a lot of the emotion out of it, which for me is a good thing.
- Katy S
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