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i get distracted - http://qsprn.com/i-get-d...
Aaron Schaub, RAPatton, SportyGeek Adj. and 2 other people liked this
#workout - bench (225) 3x10, cable lat rows (2x150) 3x12, oh press (135) 3x10, spider-mans 4 sets, 1-leg push-up hops 3x20, glute/ham raise 3x8
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spidermans are a combination of inch worms and lunges
- William Harryman
Inside CNN.com's Relaunch: The Philosophy After the Facelift - http://www.fastcompany.com/blog...
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Now is the time to get in shape for your winter ski trip. Here is a few tips from Times Online (UK) to help get you started.
Ski fitness tips and ski gadgets tested and video. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
You can also ask questions on December 14th during their online ski fitness chat with ski and health professionals.
Kol Tregaskes, The Fitness Center, SportyGeek Adj. and William Harryman liked this
We'll (SHE, AHN & I) pass along more tips to help you get the most out of your ski trip and winter adventures all winter long. Cheers for more reasons to Love Snow!
- Tracy Benham
Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce risk of colon cancer - http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...
Tracy Benham, The Fitness Center, SportyGeek Adj. and 2 other people liked this
"Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, primarily found in fish and seafood, may have a role in colorectal cancer prevention, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, held Dec. 6-9, 2009, in Houston. "Experimental data have shown benefits of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in colorectal carcinogenesis, ranging from reduced tumor growth, suppression of angiogenesis and inhibition of metastasis," said Sangmi Kim, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, N.C. "Our finding of inverse association between dietary intakes of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and distal large bowel cancer in white participants adds additional support to the hypothesis.""
- William Harryman
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Give a big friendfeed welcome to my friend David Goad https://friendfeed.com/davidgo... Marketer extraordinaire, general nice guy and family man.
Mona Nomura, webosapien (Burcu Tüzün), Michelle Martinez and 5 other people liked this
Welcome David
- SportyGeek Adj.
HI David, welcome to FF!
- Trish R
Welcome to the conversation David!
- Steven (optionshiftk)
Welcome, David!
- Ladybug Heather
I look forward to fighting about marketing with you, David.
- Geoff Schultz
WWWelcome David.
- webosapien (Burcu Tüzün)
Why should marketers fight at all? Can we all... get along?
- David Goad
Ads are only annoying because they are irrelevant and distract you from the real content of the page. Highly relevant ads are equivalent to other links on a page?
Gökmen Karasu, Daniel Rowley, Vit Kolesnik and 16 other people liked this
Yes, but the trick is defining what is "relevant." People working in ads for a living tend to think that any ad that shares a topic with other links on the page is "relevant," but that's not the kind of relevance that is required. Ads should be useful content that help you fulfill the purpose for which you came to the page. (And that purpose might be "to be distracted with something cool and shiny," depending on the page.)
- Daniel Dulitz
Agree, it is not an easy problem. But take for example Google - ads are promoted to the very top spot when Google's algorithms think they relevant and in most cases Google more or less gets it right. I think the same principle should apply for all types of ads/content.
- Bindu Reddy
Ads are annoying because they are rarely objective (even if they are somehow relevant to a need I have).
- LogEx
LogEx, most content on the web is "subjective" it is the subjective opinion of someone or some organization.
- Bindu Reddy
Yes, relevant ads add value to the page, whereas irrelevant ads are spammy. But how do branding ads fit into the picture? The great Ogilvy said the first time you see an ad it pisses you off, the 20th time you see it, you're writing a check for the product. And what about serendipitous ads? Things you didn't know existed, but once you find out about them, you become interested?...
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- Stephen Pickering
Stephen, I think "serendipitous ads" also need to be "relevant". As an example if you are following/reading a tech blog and see an ad for "hair extensions" you will no-doubt be annoyed. However say the tech blog posts one "sponsored ad" about a new technology, you might find it really useful...Most tech blogs and journals including the WSJ already do this...
- Bindu Reddy
Yes, I agree. As I was writing that, it occurred to me, even something serendipitous needs to be relevant to the content. No question.
- Stephen Pickering
Yep, I have found that increasing ad relevancy is better than trying to increase coverage. If users do relate to the ads in terms of content and context the CTR is higher. I think it also depends on where the ads are shown and how they are displayed. It would be interesting to know if there are numbers that justify this case.
- Ravinder Reddy
Yes, that is the case for Google AdWords and the philosophy behind it:)
- Bindu Reddy
I think talking about this with the broadest possible term, "Ad", actually makes the discussion too narrow.
- Micah Wittman
If a producer/vendor makes a value claim that's reasonably testable AND there's high relevancy, I'm potentially slightly interested. But that's the specific type of ad + scenario.
- Micah Wittman
Micah - Agree the value claim matters a lot. In fact, I would say it also matters who the value claim is coming from.
- Bindu Reddy
the standard of relevance applies to all content, and it is a challenge for publishers
- Mike Chelen
Mike, agree with you.. this should apply to all content. Sadly ads, esp the banner / display type have a bad name because they tend to be distracting on not-relevant. Even AdSense ads are pretty banal and don't really engage you
- Bindu Reddy
Bindu, my example is small scale to be sure (last 4 weeks 8500 uniques), but I've run Adsense (multi-year test run) and projectwonderful (under a year) ads on my bebepool.com website, and the relevancy is terrible. I would approve by hand all ads in the case of projectwonderful, and it was still pitiful. I've recently pull both of those placements and am now testing out a tinyprints affiliate placement which I think has good likelihood of value to my site's user base (birth announcement cards). Jury is out.
- Micah Wittman
Micah, I know exactly what you mean. It is a good idea to pick out what exactly reasonates with your audience
- Bindu Reddy
:)
- Micah Wittman
Bindu: yup, although adsense is an improvement, it still fails the relevancy test more often than regular content. new tactics like social recommendation might be the only solution because nothing can gauge the relevance as well as other humans
- Mike Chelen
I find ads displayed when I am actively searching for stuff most relevant. I don't really like the social network ad approaches for two reasons: 1) I only care about ads if I am already receptive/predisposed to what they are liking. Else, I don't really care that someone on my network just bought some speakers. If I'm in the market for speakers, it's great, if I not looking to buy...
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- Ray Cromwell
Completely agree with you on 1. You don't want your social network to be filled with deals for speakers. Clearly that is not relevant. I there is an ad anywhere it needs to be relevant... As an example if you see an ad for a new cloud-computing technology from a hi-tech blogger you are following. I would argue that it is as relevant as the other content. On number 2, I would argue that...
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- Bindu Reddy
Ray: the criteria should be whether the friend thinks the topic is worth discussing
- Mike Chelen
If a person posting the ad actually uses and believes in it, I'm down with that. But the example I read in the NYT about personalized M&Ms is one that would likely annoy me. BTW - nice pic there in the NYT Bindu.
- Hutch Carpenter
I agree... I think the biggest issue with ads is that relevancy of some of these ads to the end user. As an example John Chow writes a blog about "making money online"... People who follow him probably ideally want to hear about "making money online" and not M&Ms
- Bindu Reddy
There's a certain segment of people who are passionate about the things they recommend and/or review, and affiliate payment is a nice bonus. But it seems there's many more people who love milking the system and they are quite ingenious at it, spamming, link-farming, scamming lead gens, I just think that the monetary could potentially distort what was previously 'friendly' behavior, or...
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- Ray Cromwell
Ray, I agree with you on that as well. Payment/monetary reasons have helped promote wrong kinds behavior. The trick than is to build a system to incent the right kind of behavior. The right kind being recommendations that will be useful to your audience.
- Bindu Reddy
Ray: banner ads also appear on spam sites, if companies like google do not block them
- Mike Chelen
We had a scrimmage in Columbia today in a warehouse with a concrete floor. I took a helmet to the face resulting in a bloody lip that is now rather colorful 6 hours later. That's the bad new. The good news? Having a big ol' split lip means I'm like 99% certain to get called in for a job interview before Thanksgiving. Yeehaw.
rowlikeagirl, Kol Tregaskes, Trish Haley and 18 other people liked this
Good god. If you don't mind my asking, Tina, how old are you? I'm trying to get a sense of your body's recuperative powers...
- Spidra Webster
I'm 31, almost 32. Luckily all my derby wounds have been minor thus far: they always look and/or feel *much* worse than they actually are. The lip is no different. The injuries of my misspent youth were much worse.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
When I was younger I would have loved derby but at 44 yrs of age I shudder to think of doing it now. I'm too easy to break.
- Spidra Webster
You're such a badass. ;)
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
*feels old*
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Is it possible to be a badass wearing plaid pajama pants, wrapped in a blankie, sipping tea? If so, then I am TOTALLY a badass!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Badass is a state of mind.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
BTW, good luck on the interview you're bound to get! :D
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
See, I figure the lip will be the perfect segue into the whole derby conversation, which brings up all kinds of good things about trying new things, determination, working with a team, and being active in my community. Plus it's almost positive I'd be the only applicant playing derby so it'd make me memorable. Not that just walking in with a split lip wouldn't also be memorable, of course...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
My mom skated with the T-Birds in the 50s in L.A. I always admired that side of her personality. It is a fascinating addition to a resume.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
and in a moment of cognitive dissonance they think "Rollerball" and start asking you about your James Caan obsession. :)
- Joe Silence is not Santa
CAAAAAANNNNNN! Damn, wrong Kahn! =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Khan, perhaps?
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Tina is my hero. That is all.
- Bren -- Not Grinchy
Lol (C|K)(A|H)AAAANNNNNN!
- Micah Wittman
Pix please
- Bryan R. Adams
As somebody who's interviewed folks, I suspect that derby = Tina++ At least for me.
- Wirehead
When it's OK to say 'Bugger'
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FIR ☂, ★ Soner Gönül, Jeff P. Henderson and 67 other people liked this
Some of these are great!! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
think I'd say more than just bugger :P
- alphaxion
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
I need to find a list of UK speak so that I can incorporate it in my daily vernacular here in the States. :)
- Derrick
gotta wonder how many of these are transformers
- vijay
@derrick a fav outburst of mine is "goat molesting, gerbil felcher". If I want to confuse a person, I'll yell "yoda raped your dog". list of some apparently strong profanities removed to stop kols thread from deteriating :)
- alphaxion
Oh my stars, alpha...anything a little less, uh, vulgar? A friend I studied with here went to boarding school in London (originally from Thailand) and he used to call people stupid gits. I always loved that.
- Derrick
there's the modifier of git - get. eg "cheeky gets!". Sorry if I turned the thread blue, I was being a cuntmuffin ;)
- alphaxion
great photos wow
- Brian Hendrickson
LOL
- Derrick
Those poor little ducklings
- Hutch Carpenter
can't agree on last but one, that's dutch beer... nothing's lost!
- Mike
Poor horse!
- Rick Cogley
I feel sorry for all that beer wasted. :(
- Faraz Mullick
Bumping some old good posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
hehe - and ouchie!
- WorldofHiglet
The photo with the pole in the driveway looks like it was designed that way.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
2yuz.com, 'Like' robot (frɐnc), SportyGeek Adj. and 8 other people liked this
love 'em
- Anna Haro
I love his technique.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Sunday afternoon at the park with the twins (and some dogs)...
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Bruce Lewis, Bindu Reddy, SportyGeek Adj. and 7 other people liked this
Love it when I see kids getting outside. :)
- Danielle Brigida
The motion shots in 2 and 5 are intended to be motion shots. The blurriness gives you an idea that these kids can motor now. :)
- Louis Gray
I love the one with a dog. It looks like there is a serious conversation going on there. :-) I love it when you share pics of your little ones Louis.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Kids come with warp speed now? Sweet!!
- Mo Kargas
Here we are....
Mahdi Ebrahimi, Holly Rae, Kazutaka Ogaki and 26 other people liked this
This would make for a great sketch. If only I knew of someone talented enough to capture the moment that way :)
- Mark Krynsky
Moved in? Grats!
- Stephen Mack
Yes, that would make a good sketch subject...
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I might have to draw it later on. Harold noticed the reflection in the glass, and I do like that. I've already started on some other subjects for the day, though. Stephen, just started. A few boxes of Harold's are under the side of the kitchen island.
- Kamilah Gill
I took a shot with a crazy reflection too tonight http://friendfeed.com/krynsky...
- Mark Krynsky
congrats...................enjoy you new home!
- VAL D. Zone
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Kol Tregaskes, mjc, ffcode and 19 other people liked this
:)
- Laura - not edifying
Woohoo
- Mark Krynsky
I have no sound.
- Laura - not edifying
Standby
- Johnny Worthington
is it true????
- WorldofHiglet
Okay, nothing yet, but hey :P
- Mol, Santa Claws
Yay
- Heather Solos
<--standing by her computer
- Mol, Santa Claws
The hamsters are a bit rusty after the weeks off
- Johnny Worthington
Did they forget how to work the computerthingies?
- WorldofHiglet
<--has had a day full of win and this just tops it off :)
- Heather Solos
Rusty wires not good :P
- Mol, Santa Claws
off air?
- LogEx
We're coming... TWSS
- Johnny Worthington
<---hums some Adam Ant
- Mol, Santa Claws
Doing pre-broadcast checklist - innuendoes: check!
- WorldofHiglet
rusty hamsters: check!
- WorldofHiglet
Pineapple? Check.
- Laura - not edifying
steam-powered intertubes: check!
- WorldofHiglet
Frankie Says 80s retro t-shirt check
- Mol, Santa Claws
mangoes: eaten!
- WorldofHiglet
Hawaiian pizza: no such thing!
- WorldofHiglet
Can you hear us?
- Johnny Worthington
beard: missing....MISSING!!!!
- WorldofHiglet
not yet
- WorldofHiglet
can't hear ya, keep reloading FFundercats site
- Mol, Santa Claws
I can*NOT* type tonight
- WorldofHiglet
still says you are off air dudes
- WorldofHiglet
It's still on Ustream, right?
- Mol, Santa Claws
WHY ISN'T MY CHINESE FOOD HERE YET
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I ordered it 10 minutes ago, this is unacceptable.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*puts on some Adam Ant while waiting*
- Mol, Santa Claws
Do we get it free if it's late?
- WorldofHiglet
TWSS
- WorldofHiglet
Can you hear me now?
- LogEx
still off air
- Mol, Santa Claws
Nope
- Eric Logan
DYSP!
- Laura - not edifying
Hmmmmm
- Mol, Santa Claws
Hi !! - Volume is good.
- LogEx
Sound!
- Laura - not edifying
okay hear yeah
- Mol, Santa Claws
I hear you, Josh.
- Laura - not edifying
Sounds like a teenage girl wanting to go to the Twilight movie and can't :P
- Mol, Santa Claws
Oooh, the system is kinky!
- Laura - not edifying
Great, now I want Chinese food.
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
I just FB poked Johnny, that should fix things.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
You're popping a bit choppy Josh
- Mol, Santa Claws
*gives Penguin a cheese rangoon*
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Choppy
- Mol, Santa Claws
What is this Battlestar Galactica?
- Mol, Santa Claws
I think it's Josh's side
- Mol, Santa Claws
Does that make Johnny a Cylon?
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Josh is choppy too
- Mol, Santa Claws
Guys, you're both choppy
- Mol, Santa Claws
Oooh that's bad
- Mol, Santa Claws
Both of you sound like Cylons
- Mol, Santa Claws
Josh has a high-freq listenable chop, Johnny is just borked up.
- LogEx
don't download a thing
- Mol, Santa Claws
Make sure your computer isn't updating things
- Mol, Santa Claws
still choppy
- Mol, Santa Claws
Is anyone else having choppiness with Josh and Johnny? I hope it's not just me
- Mol, Santa Claws
Choppy here, too, Mol.
- Laura - not edifying
1 banana 2 banana 3 banana
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Working on it, sorry guys
- Johnny Worthington
from IM
Yeah even uStream is timing out. Might be on their end
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
That's okay, Johnny
- Mol, Santa Claws
Not doing much tonight
- Mol, Santa Claws
It ain't no thang, guys. We've waited this long, what's a few more minutes?
- Laura - not edifying
Whatcha eatin', Haggis?
- Laura - not edifying
Much better!
- Laura - not edifying
sounds better
- Mol, Santa Claws
Sounds good here.
- Eric Logan
LOL you both sound good now
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Oops Johnny is a bit choppy
- Mol, Santa Claws
good enough for who it's for
- LogEx
Skype is my favorite of all time.
- Louis Gray
yes
- Heather Solos
Yes.
- Laura - not edifying
Yup!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Ok got a work around. My laptop is running connected to the car radio and the Sprint Mifi is providing internet. FFUNDER!
- CW™
Nope
- Jimminy
Now on to drive home. ;)
- CW™
LG! I WILL GO FB POKE WHILE HE IS DISTRACTED
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Dang it. I had my "hooooo" ready!
- Laura - not edifying
A bit rusty
- Louis Gray
Yay!
- Laura - not edifying
Uh oh
- Mol, Santa Claws
Did I just lose the sound?
- Mol, Santa Claws
:(
- Laura - not edifying
but, um, yeah . . . ? I lost audio too.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
They're still talking. No sound?
- Louis Gray
No sound
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
all I'm getting is crosstalk
- LogEx
I can mime it.
- Louis Gray
Guys, no sound
- Mol, Santa Claws
Do it in sign language!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Mime is old school. Interpretive dance is the wave of the future.
- Mark Krynsky
UStream meter is picking up nothing. POWERING THROUGH
- Louis Gray
wasssaaaaaaap
- Alfredo
Podcasting...not just like riding a bike.
- Mark Krynsky
Hmm, what would Leo do in this situation? :)
- Mol, Santa Claws
Not use uStream. XD
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Do JOhnny and Josh know there's no sound?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Guys, no sound
- Mol, Santa Claws
They probably realize it
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
They're Baaack!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
They know. Josh is working on it.
- Louis Gray
Holy crap, one of my pcs is POSSESSED
- Josh Haley
:)
- LogEx
Can you hear us all now?
- Josh Haley
Yes
- LogEx
Yes
- Eric Logan
Yup
- Mol, Santa Claws
sweet. SORRY FOLKS
- Josh Haley
Hey...what's this.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Hi Sarah, welcome to FFundercats, the podcast by Friendfeeders, for Friendfeeders and with Friendfeeders
- Josh Haley
Awesome! Who's talking right now?
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Louis Gray, Sarah June.
- Laura - not edifying
Now Johnny Worthington.
- Laura - not edifying
Thanks Laura.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
-->
- Louis Gray
Hi Louis! You sound like I imagined. Very nice guy.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Robert is starting to rub me the wrong way lately. I still like him though.
- Mol, Santa Claws
Understood, Mol. That's what he does. :)
- Louis Gray
Twittah. :)
- Laura - not edifying
FriendTweeter. :)
- Louis Gray
Great point - here are all these services trying to imitate the very features that they used to complain about - and that they said were the reasons FF couldn't survive alone - the reasons FB had to come along and buy us.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Sarah Lane used to do that, but now she's on FB and she seems to connect more with people.
- Mol, Santa Claws
Exactly, Johnny.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I like FB and will defend it
- Mol, Santa Claws
I think where you will connect will depend on where most of the people you want to connect with are. That's why I spend time on FB. Because a great deal of my friends and personal acquaintances are there. But I also really like FF. But FF is a different type of service.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Who brought the aussies?
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Nothing wrong with FB. It's a great place to connect with our real friends/family.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Exactly Mary! And I think that the people I connect with there wouldn't enjoy FF because it would be overwhelming.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
But what a surprise last week when I was using FF to say things my family couldn't hear, when my mother was dying, and then the boyz started piping my FF onto FB! I had to do some fast resetting before thw wrong things got in front of the wrong eyes!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
WOAH INTERRUPTING THE EPDISODE WITH ALL CAPS! W00T!
- Jim Is Not Smart
Where's Josh?
- Mol, Santa Claws
Welcome, Jim. :)
- Laura - not edifying
I can't hear Josh
- Mol, Santa Claws
Where did Louis go?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I think we lost Josh.
- Laura - not edifying
Do'h
- Johnny Worthington
Yeah
- Mol, Santa Claws
Where'd everyone go?
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Louis is babysitting.
- Laura - not edifying
Yes.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I can hear you
- Jim Is Not Smart
And how
- Eric Logan
Ah!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I hear you, Johnny.
- Laura - not edifying
Yes, welcome, Jim and I can hear Johnny.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
No
- Jim Is Not Smart
No Josh yes you
- Mol, Santa Claws
Yes Johnny, no Josh
- LogEx
I just gotta say that I investigated socnet services forever <emdash> FF is the only one I liked.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Hello everyone. Johnny, pants?
- Jim Is Not Smart
Yes - you were gorgeous!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Still looked like Edna Turnblat from Hairspray :P
- Mol, Santa Claws
Bosoms!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
FTW!
- Jim Is Not Smart
OMFG
- Mol, Santa Claws
LOL.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
k-mart needs that kinna thing
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
ROFL.
- Laura - not edifying
Yep - you were doin' it right.
- Laura - not edifying
I've had that problem with sports bras before.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
crying
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Holy crap :P
- Mol, Santa Claws
lolercatz
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Rachael should have snapped a pic for us.
- Laura - not edifying
We full-figured gals really need the ones with the clasps. ;-)
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Love it
- Heather Solos
no Josh
- Jim Is Not Smart
still can't hear Josh
- Mol, Santa Claws
Still no Josh.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Yes we do Mary!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
but loved your story, JW
- Jim Is Not Smart
I had to use Line in with SoundFlower in October. Also make sure Soundflower is turned on in the menu bar.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
you should start speaking in innuendo Johnny
- Jim Is Not Smart
wow
- Jim Is Not Smart
Heh.
- Laura - not edifying
Waaah waaaah waaaaaah
- Mol, Santa Claws
epic
- Jim Is Not Smart
*slurp*
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
nope no Josh
- Mol, Santa Claws
woah
- Jim Is Not Smart
I hear you, Josh.
- Laura - not edifying
No Johnny
- Mol, Santa Claws
Josh yes
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
hear you, Josh
- Mol, Santa Claws
The unaccented guy.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
josh only
- CW™
this all happened when I showed up
- Jim Is Not Smart
"This is so jacked up" - MOW?
- Laura - not edifying
I'm sorry
- Jim Is Not Smart
Geez Jim.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
uh oh
- Jim Is Not Smart
Oddly enough tis was when I launched Soundflower to see how to configure it on the Mac - I know you're a bit new to your mini
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Uh oh, we lost Johnny
- Mol, Santa Claws
Jim, it's been like this. You didn't break the whole thing. Some of it, maybe.
- Laura - not edifying
so someone call johnny on skype
- CW™
now I've done it
- Jim Is Not Smart
Okay, there he is
- Mol, Santa Claws
Oh yeah!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
he's just playin with us now!
- Jim Is Not Smart
This is hilarious
- Josh Haley
he's all family and junk
- Jim Is Not Smart
Well, his family should have called him and not just focus on FB
- Mol, Santa Claws
FB has some bugs, but I still like it
- Mol, Santa Claws
I'd go to FF
- Jim Is Not Smart
Sound quality is going down, Johnny
- Mol, Santa Claws
Uh oh.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
dang
- Jim Is Not Smart
your breaking up red 5
- CW™
It's Louis - I'd definitely go to FF. There's also this nifty thing called SMS for real emergencies. That's how I reach my brother.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
hello josh
- Jim Is Not Smart
Hello Josh
- Mol, Santa Claws
See what happens when y'all take all that time off? #FFunderFAIL
- Laura - not edifying
Hey Josh!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
woah... I hear you both!
- Jim Is Not Smart
I can hear both of you. :)
- Laura - not edifying
Yes and yes
- Mol, Santa Claws
Two voices! It's a miracle! But I'm still Jewish. (Reform so I can FF on Shabbat.)
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
O.....Kay
- Mol, Santa Claws
Yes
- Mol, Santa Claws
Two voices AND recording? Technical heights!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I'm not leaving. That is it.
- Jim Is Not Smart
We have reached the pinnacle of our technical prowess tonight.
- Josh Haley
I just got here. So it better not disappear.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
As long as FF is here, I'm here.
- Laura - not edifying
yeah, Sarah's here so I'm staying.
- Jim Is Not Smart
+++Sarah June, Laura and Jim.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
and Laura's here. So I'm staying.
- Jim Is Not Smart
*blush* Oh Jim.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
There are a ton of great people that are here.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Similar to Fox declaring a presidential winner 15 hours after the polls opening. :)
- CW™
and Johnny
- Jim Is Not Smart
and Josh
- Jim Is Not Smart
I tried to explain FF to someone the other day. I'm pretty sure she didn't get it.
- Laura - not edifying
Exactly.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
and.... uh
- Jim Is Not Smart
oh, yeah Louis
- Jim Is Not Smart
Barry
- Jim Is Not Smart
Bunneh
- Jim Is Not Smart
As long as Johnny is still wearing dresses and sports bras, I'm here.
- Laura - not edifying
etc
- Jim Is Not Smart
Bunneh is fun!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Yep Laura!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
And the rest of you, too. Y'all are awesome.
- Laura - not edifying
A ton. I can't tell you how great FF was the last two weeks - maybe the hardest two weeks of my life in a lot of ways, and the FFers were HErE.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
are you dropping the ranty pants now, JW?
- Jim Is Not Smart
Why? you've never doen that before.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I know what you mean Mary!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Drop trou?
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET CUT IF THEY DROP US.
- Laura - not edifying
Just sayin'.
- Laura - not edifying
BTW, it was a lot of you guys on this chat who were there with me. Thank you all for your kind thoughts and letting me rant when I needed to.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
but people are arriving as well... no?
- Jim Is Not Smart
Yes.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Yes, they are. Like Sarah June.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
*hugs* to MaryB
- Laura - not edifying
Group hug! :)
- Laura - not edifying
sorry I missed it Mary. :(
- Jim Is Not Smart
*hugs all around*
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
*hugs*
- Mol, Santa Claws
And i'm also under the impression - because he said so in so many words - that we're Paul B's personal feature-development playground if he chooses.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
yes yes
- Mol, Santa Claws
Shit. Slept right through the combcack.
- Spidra Webster
MySpace always sucked. I think that's why I never got into it.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
hello Spidra
- Jim Is Not Smart
Hello! Thanks!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Hey S[idra.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I loved Myspace and now it sucks
- Mol, Santa Claws
True.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I mean Spidra.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
What about LiveJournal.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
so... did I miss an announcement of some sort?
- Jim Is Not Smart
Do you think those who use Myspace (musicians) suck?
- Mol, Santa Claws
Some of my favorite bands are still on Myspace
- Mol, Santa Claws
No Mol. That was the only thing about it that I liked.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Hi, Mary! Just woke up from ill-timed nap..
- Spidra Webster
I wish there were something that had a better UI for that type of thing.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Twilight ruined vampire movies
- Mol, Santa Claws
Twilight ruined teenage girls. Wait...what?
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Oh - thanks for the hugs - i was too busy typing a sec ago.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
If Leo Laporte came to Australia, Johnny would go nuts, I bet
- Mol, Santa Claws
Louis rocks! I'm a fangirl. And proud of it.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
OMG. Leo and Johnny - That's a MOW.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
What kind of announcement do you think you missed, JJ?
- Laura - not edifying
the man drops consistent science ... like that
- Jim Is Not Smart
lol
- Mol, Santa Claws
sounds like someone said something about ff that I missed earlier
- Jim Is Not Smart
"Thanks for playing. Here's your candy."
- Josh Haley
Keanu Reeves was in Buffalo and if I saw him I'd fall over
- Mol, Santa Claws
here's your 'candy'
- Jim Is Not Smart
Zoe's laughing like she's on laughing gas.
- Spidra Webster
lol
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I gotcher candy right here. Wait, what?
- Laura - not edifying
LAURA!!!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
JJ, if they said anything big, I missed it, too.
- Laura - not edifying
nice... good thoughts
- Jim Is Not Smart
I'm picturing Rachael and Trish standing over you with rolling pins.
- Spidra Webster
Very sad that we missed this.
- Akiva Moskovitz
okay Laura
- Jim Is Not Smart
Couch potato, standing by.
- Laura - not edifying
WAIT
- Mol, Santa Claws
Nothing big - just a recap of the last four weeks and a thread with Johnny and Robert.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I do. There's chocolate right here. Geez, people!
- Laura - not edifying
Hey Akiva!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
so what is the MOW?
- Jim Is Not Smart
crap!
- Jim Is Not Smart
CAMN
- Mol, Santa Claws
Shit. I forgot to post mine to the FF room as well so it would be visible to people not on my feed.
- Spidra Webster
Thanks for playing. Here's your candy.
- Laura - not edifying
damn, couldn't get the photo thing to work
- Mol, Santa Claws
:(
- Mol, Santa Claws
Yes, it is.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Hello!
- Akiva Moskovitz
:)
- Laura - not edifying
Bertie Bott's.
- Laura - not edifying
Reposted as a cross-post.
- Spidra Webster
Just my luck. I got an ear-wax one.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Welcome back, guys. You were missed.
- Laura - not edifying
WB Josh & Johnny
- Mol, Santa Claws
Ho!
- Spidra Webster
c yiz
- Jim Is Not Smart
Special Black Friday show where it's all fake commercials.
- Spidra Webster
G'night, all.
- Laura - not edifying
FFundercats on a Boat
- Spidra Webster
Welcome back and have a great weekend.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Bye!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Love it!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Not sure I understand it.
- Spidra Webster
Didn't know about show notes --->
- Spidra Webster
Okay . . .
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Bye guys!
- Spidra Webster
Earlier I think is better - but we have jobs.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Gnight!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
How do you have live voice and recorded source at the same time?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Ah.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I am.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Made it!!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
...sort of...
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
The Moo Cards thing.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
And I'm home..
- CW™
Any open source podcast server software?
- CW™
What about somewhere on places we already own?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Yup
- CW™
Sprint EVDOa
- CW™
Soundcloud?
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
How much?
- CW™
Is it a question of hosting space - just storage?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
had to pull over a couple of times only to then hear its technical issues on your end.. :)
- CW™
So bandwidth download issue.
- CW™
cause storage is not the issue.
- CW™
I have my SIL on an unlimited-bandwidth site.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
It's not terribly sophisticated but
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
sister in law
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Dude.. it was a fun experiment
- CW™
now I can drive home and listen to you guys.
- CW™
Her accounting firm
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
I keep my SIL there too
- Jesse Stay
It's Bluehost -
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
yo
- Jesse Stay
So bandwidth usage.. 15gb per month?
- CW™
but they say it's unlimited. It's in the contract.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Bluehost is unlimited
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I use slicehost - bandwidth is pretty acceptable there
- Jesse Stay
That's how Comcast nailed Dave Winer.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Cause if its 15gb at .17 cents per GB Amazon S3 is the way to go
- CW™
tons of companies use it. Easy to do if you want help
- CW™
slicehost is not free - you could move it all over there though
- Jesse Stay
So here is the pricing for Amazon S3.. http://aws.amazon.com/s3...
- CW™
If we put it on Kathy's site it's as good as free. She's paying $3 a month.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
If you want.. here is the calculator for Amazon services. http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5...
- CW™
Slicehost is just $20/mo for 100GB transfer, 10GB storage
- Jesse Stay
Cut and paste it
- CW™
3 tb/
- CW™
I think we don't have any problems here.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Hello ppl - no offense, but this seems to be less fascinating than usual?
- Amy℠
screen cap ..
- CW™
S3's good too - I use that for my backups
- Jesse Stay
You could even charge us all to host the podcasts on our clients' sites just for the name exposure.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
the show is over.. this is tech support help now.
- CW™
It could be a rotating thing.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Amy it's because I joined
- Jesse Stay
3462.06/3072000 MB
- Josh Haley
LOL. Good night . . . It will be better next week I'm sure. :-)))
- Amy℠
Used/total max available?
- CW™
3072000 megabytes (abbreviated as M or MB) 3000.00000 gigabytes (abbreviated as G or GB) 2.929688 terabytes
- CW™
I think we can handle it. FFers are supposed to know how to use computers -
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
MB
- Josh Haley
Now if this were the FBercats, changing RSS feeds might be a problem.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
They have agents for that grunt work.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
SMbercats.. SocialMediaCats..
- CW™
ok gotta go. Taking Kamala to see Twilight then off to go douse my eyes with bleach.
- CW™
Me too. Gotta pick up 14 yo from movie.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
L8tr
- CW™
You too.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
Night.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
g nite
- Josh Haley
Goodnight
- Eric Logan
dreamhost has unlimited transfer for about $10 a month, $20 for vps
- Mike Chelen
nite nite................:B
- Pam Gwenzi
Phys Ed: Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious - Well Blog - NYTimes.com - http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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"Researchers at Princeton University recently made a remarkable discovery about the brains of rats that exercise. Some of their neurons respond differently to stress than the neurons of slothful rats. Scientists have known for some time that exercise stimulates the creation of new brain cells (neurons) but not how, precisely, these neurons might be functionally different from other brain cells. In the experiment, preliminary results of which were presented last month at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago, scientists allowed one group of rats to run. Another set of rodents was not allowed to exercise. Then all of the rats swam in cold water, which they don’t like to do. Afterward, the scientists examined the animals’ brains. They found that the stress of the swimming activated neurons in all of the rats' brains. (The researchers could tell which neurons were activated because the cells expressed specific genes in response to the stress.) But the youngest...
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Vitamin D and Your Genes | Precision Nutrition - http://www.precisionnutrition.com/genetic...
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"Great, just as us northerners enter into winter with the days getting shorter and getting even less sun exposure, I tell you sunlight is good. But is there more to the story than just how much vitamin D you make from the sun or eat in your diet? For example, is there a genetic component to our vitamin D status? Some studies have found the skin colour affects how much vitamin D someone can make. People with darker skin make less vitamin D. The theory is that people with darker skin traditionally lived in areas that were sunny year round. Thus, they didn’t need to be so efficient at converting sunlight to vitamin D. Their bodies had to worry more about absorbing too much solar radiation, thus they produced more melanin (skin pigment) to protect themselves. On the other hand, people with lighter skin lived in areas with less sun year round, so they needed to be more efficient at making vitamin D from the little sun they got. But let’s say we’re not comparing dark to light skin, or...
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Leveraging FriendFeed for authentic science education - http://scienceoftheinvisible.b...
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I'm looking for input on this, so comments please.
- AJCann
from Bookmarklet
hm, interesting, AJCann, my comment would be: why be prescriptive (only) - students are inventive, let us see what else THEY might think up for everyone's science-related benefit, let students teach us about what they like doing on the web and where - and build these possibly upcoming habits into OUR research processes :-)
- Claudia Koltzenburg
While I tend to agree in principle, these are first year undergraduates Claudia, and they need quite a lot of guidance at this stage of their careers, otherwise the majority would flounder.
- AJCann
One of the nice things is that it is open ended. Prescriptive provides them a way in but there is plenty of opportunity to take it further if the student finds it useful and engaging
- Cameron Neylon
good points, thanks, and, yes, well, I am not officially teaching ;-) so your experience is certainly based on larger numbers of students. In running our OA journal, we do continuous wiki-based co-training, so I am mostly learning, really, from my Russian student assistants - and that is fascinating, hence my observation :-)
- Claudia Koltzenburg
AJ - looks like a good plan. So far I have not made the FF assignments in my class mandatory (worth no more than 2% of final grade) but I do that because I have about 200 students. With smaller classes it certainly could work. BTW - I don't even teach RSS anymore :)
- Jean-Claude Bradley
I have 200 students :-) I wonder about RSS, FF is a sort of halfway-house replacement to a full strength RSS reader like Google Reader.
- AJCann
ouch - that is a lot - I look forward to seeing ways you found to be effective for managing. I've only got 30 with mandatory wiki projects and it is bit tough to keep up.
- Jean-Claude Bradley
I found this thread through the Friendfeed on Twitter group. I'm really excited to connect to all of you!
- Holly Rae
I ran Friendfeed past one of our students last night. They were quite enthusiastic, in fact a bit worried about getting addicted to "Facebook for science" and wondered if they'd be able to get any "work" done.
- AJCann
That's great AJ - are you using a group or a room for your students? - it would be cool for my students to interact with yours on FF - I'll mention it at my class tomorrow.- I've told them in an informal way to pay attention to this room http://friendfeed.com/cheminfo - we could also set up a joint room where our students can learn from each other how make the best use of FF for their research projects
- Jean-Claude Bradley
Sadly, our course started 4 weeks ago and we went with Google Reader and delicious rather than FriendFeed for this year. I now have to wait a whole year until I can roll this out. How I wish I could turn the clock back 4 weeks!
- AJCann
too bad - next time then
- Jean-Claude Bradley
"we could also set up a joint room" - sounds like a very good experiment to me, it could be a public room, of course
- Claudia Koltzenburg
I will never set up a private room on FF - defeats the purpose
- Jean-Claude Bradley
:-)
- Claudia Koltzenburg
Private rooms can be useful for some purposes, e.g. administration, data archiving.
- AJCann
yeah there are uses, they are just rare. for example, it is possible to import private rss feeds (such as facebook notifications) and manually screen them
- Mike Chelen
I am willing to acknowledge private rooms might have some applications - sometimes it just feels good to be categorical :)
- Jean-Claude Bradley
AJ -- I've done something similar to this, but using a reader, academic bookmarking system, and class blog -- students (undergrads, but 4th in this case) got to choose reader and bookmarking system. None would use Delicious b/c it wasn't sufficiently "academic" looking, nor does it have the citation tools they crave. But we communicated through the class blog, which was not so bad b/c...
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- Mickey Schafer
I'm more than happy for you to try out FriendFeed - please blog the result! :-) Although I'm generally in favour of a personal learning environment consisting of a distributed toolset, there's no doubt that this is difficult for students used to being force-fed institutional systems such as VLEs to get their heads around. In this regard, something of a Swiss Army knife like FriendFeed is attractive, as long as it doesn't turn into a cul de sac which doesn't lead anywhere.
- AJCann
Thanks, so much! My intention is to get a blog started in January, maybe February 2010. Blogging is a much scarier prospect than FF has been...
- Mickey Schafer
koltregaskes: The Emotional Investment of FriendFeed « TechWag http://ff.im/af6oJ - http://twitter.com/koltreg...
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28 Barks Later.
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Notice, though, that her Anna Wintour bob remains fabulous.
- Derrick
Behold, I have infiltrated the cats and learned their secret of laser-eyes.
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SummerZoom: Et kort øjeblik - http://fotoservice-pixum.blogspot.com/2009...
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- Yolanda
I'm Louis Gray recommended! http://www.louisgray.com/live...
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- Michael Hocter
To be exact, it's a Mike Fruchter recommendation on Louis' blog... Thanks so much, Mike! http://friendfeed.com/fruchter
- Michael Hocter
Congrats!
- Bwana ☠
totally jealous
- sofarsoShawn
wow
- Joe
very nice
- (jeff)isageek
nice
- andy brudtkuhl
Louis who? Oh the guy w/ the fake beard post! (that was great)
- Joe
No, that's another guy, this Louis Gray is...is...amaaaaaaazzzzzing
- sofarsoShawn
Same guy: http://friendfeed.com/louisgr...
- Josh Haley
Fake beard? Hey! I've been working on that thing for months in secret!
- Louis Gray
I totally thought it was real.
- Michael Hocter
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stop. please.
- joanne devault
Stop what, joanne?
- Michael Hocter
Scary
- Charlie Anzman
Bump for the good times.
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Rock'n'Rule! :D (via http://friendfeed.com/lovlou...)
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- ariiio!!
XD
- Jay
i have these pictures as my iPod background :)
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so cute. but what is it? a pillow?
- Kirill Bolgarov
haa haa, so sweet ^^
- mayamisa
Downloading Firefox 3.6 Beta for Mac. Let's hope it's faster than the previous versions.
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Oh my!! ;))) Lovely set, Emma! Goodmorning/Afternoon :D
- Brandon
Audrey <3
- Sybelle
Good afternoon b! :D I take it you like the subject of these Flickr faves? Glad you liked them, I just couldn't resist such a beautiful and elegant subject!! ;)) How are you feeling today?
- Emma
Awwwwww....there she is!!! YOU KNOW what I think of this set, baby! :-* <333
- Live4Emma (L4S)
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I think I do know EXACTLY what you think of them ... they're just, SO me, huh? :* <333
- Emma
Brandon: Yay, glad you feel ok! ;)) Me? I'm good, thanks b! Busy, busy, busy as always and the project is almost finished! Now, I'm starting work on some new designs and hopefully *fingers crossed*, I'm on course for it all to be ready in time. Definitely ttys... :D
- Emma
Ummmmm, let's see... Timeless....beautiful....classic.... Pretty much spot on, I'd say! :-* <333
- Live4Emma (L4S)
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excellent set.
- Melissa
That 4th picture was part of the pattern inspiration for my wedding dress. :)
- Rochelle
Thanks Melissa! :) Rochelle: You couldn't get anything better or more classic than that for inspiration for a wedding dress...absolutely perfect! :)
- Emma
cool
- winckel
Fabulous!
- Adrian
lovely.
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<3!
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Leaving SFO for Vegas with @gregarious @briansolis @thekenyeung and others via Virgin. Next Stop: #bwe2009.
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مداد رنگی:)
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Also Smile :))
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:) مرسی وارش
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America's hidden gems: The 20 least-crowded national parks in 2009 - latimes.com - http://www.latimes.com/travel...
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"America's least-visited national parks Mention Yellowstone or Rocky Mountain national parks, and Americans can quickly conjure images of Old Faithful or Longs Peak. Likewise, Californians can easily picture the desert cactus of Joshua Tree and Half Dome in Yosemite. But mention secluded Kobuk Valley in Alaska or the remote Channel Islands off the Southern California coast and the mental image may not come as quickly. These 20 least-visited of the 58 national parks in the U.S. offer the same types of natural beauty, exotic wildlife and adventurous outdoor activity as their more popular counter-parks do -- but with smaller crowds and enough adventure to satisfy even the most daring."
- RAPatton
1. Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska 2. National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa 3. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska 4. Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska 5. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska 6. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan 7. North Cascades National Park, Washington 8. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska 9. Great...
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- RAPatton
I used to go to Lassen ALL the time, I dove off the Channel Islands, I've been to Great Basin Nat'l. All lovely places.
- Helen Sventitsky
So... now they'll be getting more crowded? :-P
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Also, in looking at their selections, it looks like they just went by number of visitors. "Crowded" usually refers to density. So number of visitors divided by the park's area would have been a better metric.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
WTF. Half of them are in Alaska, and two are rather remote islands. No wonder no one goes to them.
- rowlikeagirl
Candy Bar Or Healthful Snack? Free Choice Not As Free As We Think (environmental influences) - http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...
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