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New post on my blog: an open letter to the guy who put the just a geek audiobook on his web.. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbac...
Karen Mohler, Josh Jones and Jack (a.k.a. Jeber) liked this
I was so taken by this, I went and bought the audiobook, and am listening to it over the next few days.
- Keith Rowland
Snow Leopard packing antivirus software? #apple - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
Danny Minick, Osman Üngür, tiffany and 2 other people liked this
bump for dupe.
- Joshua Schnell
This feature is a "negativity" and "spite" magnet; voting always is; which is why FF, FB, flickr adopt "faving/bookmarking* than "voting". *' like ' is meant to be just a shorter/nicer name for bookmark. Let's remove this feature.
Kol Tregaskes, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Nia and 32 other people liked this
Remove a potential "dislike" feature? Absolutely!
- Kol Tregaskes
Hmm, I've always thought that "Like" should be named "Bump", "Thank" or "Promote", for what it's worth.
- Tyson Key
What Tyson said.
- Spidra Webster
The ultimate issue for me is how to to flag something that might be a negative thing (war, earthquake, death, etc.). "Flag" might work since it has no negative or positive connotation.
- CAJ, somewhere else
+1 for "Flag", Curtis
- Tyson Key
"Like" has become a common term though. I'd say keep the term to avoid confusion.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
To me, "flag" is something negative. A lot of websites use "flag" to mark something as against TOS, for admin to review.
- Rochelle
I don't think "Dislike" is necessary. Adding a comment like ":-(" or "ugh" or "sorry" acknowledges and bumps the post without the double meaning that comes along with "Like" for those who feel uncomfortable with that terminology.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
How about 'lame'?
- Sparky
I wouldn't say "flag" that's like "Flag for moderation". I think bump or promote work well because that's what it does. You may not like what you're bumping but you think it deserves attention.
- Spidra Webster
like is just a re-tweet...doh...a tool to pull content to your followers..its not about "liking/disliking" something
- Chris Hofmann
"vijay bookmarked this" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
- dthree
+1 Chris .. " vijay promoted this ". sounds good enough
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I dislike "Dislike". No.
- Kamilah Gill
Make up a new word. "Vijay flurked this".
- Sparky
I love Sparky's idea! but "flurked" is a no. Makes me sound dirty and mean =P
- vijay
Blurmed? Schwelled?
- Sparky
I agree with Bump and not having a dislike.
- Alex Scrivener
how about "spread" ? like a disease
- Chris Hofmann
what also is needed is comment rating with + and - it could be used like digg does (filter the bad stuff, sort by most +,...)
- Chris Hofmann
Removed that bullet point from the wiki page. I'm all for some other moniker besides "like" which could be more neutral of opinion or emotion - something that says "I took notice of this and so should you", but not in those exact words because it would take up too much space :P
- Kevin L
lol Kevin! :D We can put up a poll with about 10 options for an alternative next week.
- vijay
ha! okay! put it to vote. i liked that openff.com won btw.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Tumblarity anyone? ;)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
agree, although I often feel awkward "like"-ing bad news or other things I disagree with but want to bookmark
- Dan Brickley
i *like* "dislike". way to go (i think suppressing negativity is stupid...)
- minus-one
It's not really suppressing negativity - if you dislike something, you can always say it in a comment.
- Ryan - @magicofpi
it's the same with *like* - why not to say it in comments then?
- minus-one
(we want equal rights)
- minus-one
"like" = bookmark. sometimes you don't have any comment but you just wanna bookmark it.
- vijay
then do not call it "like"! (what a strange wording...)
- minus-one
like = "I like that this was brought to my attention". Technically it's a strange wording but practically it doesn't work.
- vijay
like I said earlier, we will be putting some alternatives for "like" to vote next week. I will DM you the thread so you can also throw in options that you think are good alternatives to "like".
- vijay
@vijay: "I like that this was brought to my attention" <- try to do the same trick with「お気に入り」... ;)
- minus-one
yeah, call it "reshare" already (or something...)
- minus-one
hai. "okininatta" right? :D
- vijay
i mean try to expand its meaning to "i'd like to share this..."
- minus-one
because in Japanese version *like* is「お気に入り」
- minus-one
(and it means "like" only)
- minus-one
we have some options now. waiting for people to come back from their weekends on monday to roll the options in front of them
- vijay
If you dislike something, click 'hide'. Job done. A 'dislike' feature will just create an unecessary spirit of negativity.
- dkb
i agree DKB
- Roberto Bonini
I think the point is to have the same functionality without the implication that the post pleased you in some way. For example, bad news - it doesn't seem right to "like" it, but you want others to see it in their feeds. Somebody start scouring the dictionary :)
- Kevin L
Personally, I like "behold" or "heed"
- Kevin L
Watching the bats.
Derrick, bob, Jim Addz No Value and 8 other people liked this
pretty
- Stephanie_Happy2010!
Sp00ky g0th b4tz!!! ^o^ FWEEP FWEEP FLAPPITY FLAPPITY BONK OH G-D HOW DO I GET OUT OF HERE FLAP FLAP BONK BONK
- Akiva Moskovitz
You took a picture of my house. Heh.
- The Letter M
The bat thing? Really disappointing. We never saw them emerge in the big cloud of battiness. :(
- Laura B.
Is it wrong for me to feel a certain sense of betrayal? I didn't spend all my time here making connections, adding in interesting content and trying to get friends to join so that friendfeed would get acquired by Facebook.
Kim, sofarsoShawn, Mitchell Tsai and 168 other people liked this
I guess I should be glad that I made a bunch of new friends here and have learned a lot, but I just wish that the guys at friendfeed hadn't sold out to a company that doesn't really need what friendfeed has.
- Alex Scoble
I think betrayal is the word of the day around here.
- Akiva Moskovitz
EXACTLY!
- Kandeezie
Damn. Just heard.... Not sure what I think yet, but I worry about the openness of my info and postings.
- Mark Aitken
You guys amuse me.
- Cristo
Meh
- Andrew Roche
Whatever, Chris, I'm not amused.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
@Alex: I completely agree... and I haven't been and won't ever be on Facebook...
- Harold
not wrong at all. I actually feel a little hurt.
- Jim Addz No Value
Yeah, I think betrayed is a good description...
- Fa La La La Lindsay
But let's be honest, they built this to make money and survive. Gotta say I'm pleased it's shown to be worth something, and I'm guessing a significant something for FB to acquire them. Wonder if they were offered shares in FB as part of the deal?
- Mark Aitken
I guess we are all betrayed - in certain terms.. but FB should have done its market research before it got this property. Most of the USERS are not happy with FB type of connections or that property , so we left and looked for something better, it was FF. Now a new hunt will begin !
- Peter Dawson
I think a lot of us feel betrayed.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
What did you do it for then?
- George F. Snell III
I think it's too soon to feel betrayed. This interview made me feel a lot better about the whole deal: http://bit.ly/PReef
- Adam Reyher
from Alert Thingy
actually, you kinda did. if users like you didn't create so much value, Facebook wouldn't have acquired (notwithstanding feelings of betrayal).
- jeffscott
Yeah. That's excatly how I feel.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
Throws a sheep at Alex... Yeah, that wasn't much fun.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
I share your sentiments in many ways. I have been proud to tell others who had no idea that FF existed how good it is (lets hope not was!) Lets hope they keep the spirit alive. By the way the minute I see any target 'phorm' style advertising, I am off to find a new up and coming. I wont run to Tumblr yet but I do have one foot in already, just in case.
- Kevin J Hatton
My immediate reaction was Facebook will push ads onto their users. I think FriendFeed could be seriously screwed up with live moving ads, so that's hopefully out of the picture from a purely usability view. Friendfeed is all about realtime web information. I then wonder how in that case will the monetise the relationship. My guess? Facebook will show live conversations and hopefully they will rip out the poor IM implementation in Facebook. The purchase may be nothing more sinister, I hope...
- Mark Aitken
Feeling a bit of betrayal, or unhappiness atleast. Have a Facebook account but rarely use it since it's a walled garden. Preferred Friendfeed for better technology, organization, but even more so it's openness!
- LonelyBob
Betrayed is a strong word, but I do feel a loss of ownership. And it's not like I really 'owned' the community, or the content I put into it. All the same, I contributed, and the more a person contributes to something, the more they feel a sense of entitlement (?) or ownership. Now it's as if I've had someone just pull a rug out from under me.
- cecily
I don't give 2 cents if that's wrong or not but I feel betrayed.
- vijay
Peter, I doubt FB gives a crap about FF users. FB wanted the talent that worked at FF, not the product.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I understand the sentiment, but this is the way of tech apps;.nothing stays the same for long. Feeling betrayed is not gonna change anything. Either you roll with the changes and try to force the positive, or you quit.
- Rene Wirtz
I agree with Cecily that betrayal is a strong word. I have always understood that FriendFeed is a free service, thus I can't claim control over it. Though, really, I wonder what s going to happen to my thousands of likes, comments, posts, etc.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
:-) + :-(
- Majento
Completely concur with you Alex. Just goes to show maybe there is room for another platform...
- Arleen Anderson
As I said elsewhere, this was a talent + buzz acquisition. I sorta wish I could download my FF history and host it on my own server with SweetCron or something.
- Anthony Citrano
+1 Alex. EndFeed's the word... well, how about everybody grieves for 5 minutes, then gets the search for greener pastures under way. There was plenty to be improved about FriendFeed (been saying that since well before this announcement), so I just hope that someone else has the databasing/real-time wherewithal to build something like this, improved.
- Alex Schleber
Facebook doesn't even give a crap about their own users
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Do any of these sites give a crap though Alex? I understand what you are saying and how it makes you feel this way, but I realised a long time ago.. they are ALL businesses and the bottom line is NO they don't give a crap... because they are NOT depending on you to be ok..
- Rob Sellen :o)
friendfeed at least acted as though they gave a crap...at least until today. And there's nothing about being a business that says "crapping on your customers is OK". Business is business does not equal "screw your customers to make a buck".
- Alex Scoble
from IM
That and stunned. Lately I've been describing Friendfeed to the uninitiated as "a facebook without all the crap." Unfortunately, it looks like now it'll just be integrated into all the crap, if kept at all. That said, congratulations to the FF team - this is a big win for them and they deserve a lot of kudos. I look forward to the web apps they come up with in the future.
- Chris Rogers
"Is it wrong for me to feel a certain sense of betrayal?" - in an emotional sense, no. In a literal sense, yes, unless you can show me where FriendFeed made a commitment to you that they'd never change in a way that didn't fit your ideals for the service.
- Edward Coffey
i'm just hoping they will keep friendfeed separate and use it as a testing ground for new features.
- Edgar Rodríguez
They made a commitment to us when they built a service that wasn't called Facebook or Twitter. They made a commitment to us when they listened to our feedback and participated in our feeds. They made a commitment to us with their actions. A commitment that has been forever shattered with their deal with the internet equivalent of the devil.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
Lindsey is right.. the thing is Alex... friendfeed is STILL here... ;o) YOU are still here...
- Rob Sellen :o)
Not for long, Rob. I give friendfeed a year tops.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
And forget about any improvements to the site. You know that the team will be much too busy trying to figure out what the next iteration of Facebook should look like.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I can empathize with these sentiments, but Social Media is a set of tools--I appreciate the connections I make, but I'm not getting too emotionally worked-up about the tools changing.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Yep , definitely a sense of foreboding there ... "for the time being"
- Tom Horn
why? friendfeed.com is not going anywhere is it... no reason this place couldn't stay.. what if they LOCKED friendfeed users in now.. said.. we WILL reward you users for helping us, testing things for us etc... ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Rob...did you not notice who bought them? Facebook is known for doing dick for their users.
- Alex Scoble
Absolutely not Alex, I feel the same way. About 18 months' collection of content, great friends, an open community all gone. We now are marched into an atmosphere of censorship and walled relationships where users don't amount to a hill of beans. Really, really sucks.
- jcunwired
I'm sure FF is going away one way or another; there's no way that the combined company is going to keep developing full steam ahead on both products. Is it wrong to feel betrayed? I don't know. I don't personally feel betrayed, but I guess I'm not nearly as invested in FF as you and others are. I do think the end result may be something positive though; the ability to interact with the larger FB community on this level is something that could be truly wonderful. Then again, it might just end in tears...
- Tristan Seligmann
Especially when we consider that while they built the tools, we as a community are what made it great - both with our usage, our dedication and our regular feedback to make the site better. As I said before, its our fault FB even looked this way.
- jcunwired
"...internet equivalent of the devil" - ohh-kayy...*backs away slowly*
- Edward Coffey
betrayal isn't the word i feel. it's just business. i do agree with Anthony Citrano: I wonder if there's a way to pull all of my stuff out of FF and put it on my own machine. the year I've spent here, and the 2+ years on Twitter and FB, have been to the detrimiment of my own writing and content creation. The thing about all social media is they depend on users to fill their cyber-vessels with content, and then they make a living off of that...but it's pretty difficult for you to reclaim your "stuff" later.
- .LAG liked that
If Google's motto is "do no evil" then Facebook's motto is "do whatever we want to our customers, even when it makes absolutely no sense"...yeah, I'd consider that to be bordering on evil.
- Alex Scoble
from IM
I did Alex.. Facebook sucks in many ways, they treat users like shit... BUT does this deal mean the actual end of frienfeed.com < the domain etc... what about if this place is used like a testing place and kept here? who knows?
- Rob Sellen :o)
Ironic that! ToS & privacy & UCG & bandwidth & yet how much of that can be measured without actuarial measurements of packet flow? Not surprised based on much of the commentary the past 18 months. Attribution & authenticity matters.
- Scott Moskowitz
from iPhone
Get this out of your system soon, before time runs out :) https://friendfeed.com/jcunwir...
- jcunwired
I think betrayal is appropriate - the FB community is NOT the FF community. Even if they make it better, or build something completely new, they will at some point shut down or gut what they have here.
- Jennifer Dittrich
As long as my stuff is still indexed, I don't really care. I love Facebook - and I love watching my real friends interact with my Internet friends. :)
- Mona Nomura
FWIW TXT is a bigger "content" biz than music, movies, games combined ... Yet this was not a predictable exit? Come on ... Said many times - what is a fair split for UCG & those that skim the packet flow?
- Scott Moskowitz
from iPhone
Betrayal is definitely appropriate. So is apprehension and a little bit of anger.
- Mike Lewis
I feel the same way! I'm glad I'm not alone in that feeling. I have facebook I don't like it as much I like FF.
- Anna Lynn M.
I don't feel betrayed. I am, however, worried. And I know people will jump all over me and say that I am a fool for thinking that anything online can stay hidden. I wasn't naive enough to think I'd never be found, but I take steps to try to head that off. I don't use my full name, I don't link certain social sites to the blog, I don't let the blog be indexed, etc. And now, with one...
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- pea
I wouldn't worry about Facebook integrating your FriendFeed content into Facebook; that doesn't seem very likely to me.
- Tristan Seligmann
I feel you, Alex, and dread what is to come. But at the same time, seeing the reported terms of the deal, I don't think I would have turned it down either.
- Michael W. May
Alex - Think you'd have to agree (despite the fact we don't know everything) that they were smart. On the other hand, it's pretty obvious you're not alone in your sentiments (Funny - posted this to Robert's stream first by boo-boo :)
- Charlie Anzman
Alex, I feel your pain - but someone was going to acquire FriendFeed. It was inevitable. I'm just glad Facebook didn't buy Twitter.
- Bill Sodeman
I would rather that Google bought friendfeed and Facebook acquired Twitter. That would have been justice. This...this is a travesty.
- Alex Scoble
So would I alex..but it never happened..
- Rob Sellen :o)
Do you think Microsoft finish the job and eat Facebook?
- τorƍue
:(
- Martha
pea brings up an interesting point - pseudonymity is allowed by FF, disallowed by Facebook.And what of the FF groups?
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
τorƍue, or worse - Oracle buying out Facebook. hehe
- imabonehead
follow the money
- L Stephen Cleary
I love the way FriendFeed works, I hate Facebook interfaces. I wish there was another FriendFeed-like service to jump to.
- Amit Morson
I've never found Facebook to be intuitive, and I just enjoyed the manner of connecting here. Not sure what to feel now.
- Rick Cogley
I don't think it's wrong to feel betrayed. If Facebook bought Twitter, honestly I would feel the same way. I think they're going to shutter the store here, which is kind of sad, but we'll see....
- matt singley
My fears are threefold. I fear unavoidable unwanted integration. I fear the addition of the awful Facebook TOS, and I fear the loss of the community. That last one is the big one.
- Joe Pierce
Joe, perhaps FB may change their TOS...
- Bill Sodeman
my sense of betrayal is so strong that I made this --->- http://bit.ly/A0jWq
- vijay
It's all about the money, It's all about the dum dum didudumdum, I don't think it's funny...
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Bill, that is a nice thought but it is very doubtful. It would solve a lot of the problem I have with them if they did though. I seriously just don't want to lose the awesome community that has built up here. I mean without FF how would I keep up with Alex, its not like I live in the same town....oh wait /stalkermodeactivate!
- Joe Pierce
If you find any decent asylum, Ryo, please check a room for me, as well, please.
- Zackatoustra
from email
Guess we didn't read the Terms of Service carefully enough. :-(
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I wish it was Twitter, Google, even Yahoo but not Facebook.
- Jacque
Yes, it stings like a ...
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Would you have not spent all the time here (etc...) if you were told that this is a start-up business and could get acquired at any time? Or could run out of money and shut down at any time? At least you had a chance to make the connections and share/consume that content...for free. Looks like you're better off than you were before you joined, no?
- Mohamed J
Yes, that's probably an accurate way to describe it, a sense of betrayal. Of course, we're not paying money to use this good service though we are paying time and good will, so it can be argued I suppose that FF did not betray us. I'm feeling upset myself, because I have never liked FB much. I did not want to be on there but got invited by old friends. I don't like the walled garden...
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- Rick Cogley
Rick: +1
- imabonehead
I am agree :(
- Janice
I especially feel crappy because I evangelized FF aggressively among my friends, most of whom are on Facebook.
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
To Alex Schleber: if you build it, we will come. Seriously, what Rick Cogley said too - I love that I can interact with almost anyone, not just people I'd interact with anyway and, in my case, have known forever. I love that it's like a small, really fun cocktail party with your friends, some of their friends, and a few strangers - as opposed to a convention (or, for me, a high school reunion!). Sad.
- Amy℠
It's not wrong to feel betrayed, but everyone has their price - sadly.
- David Jagger
The way the transaction was done is a betrayal of trust. Facebook can buy FF but not the trust of FF users. How much user pay for FF pay? Nothings? The time we invest in this application worth somethings unless you consider users of FF like shit.... Who care that crew of morons (FF users)? Just sell FF and move them like potatoes, right? Wrong! Trust can't be bought even with $50 Millions FriendFeed? Call it FailFriend. :S
- Claude LaFrenière
Yeah, Claude, it's definitely a trust thing.
- Rick Cogley
I've examined the emotional reaction of Alex (and others) to the announcement http://empoprise-bi.blogspot.com/2009...
- John E. Bredehoft
Here's my biggest issue with Facebook buying FriendFeed: I use the two services very differently. I only add people I know IRL as Facebook friends, but I follow a larger variety of people on FF. If FF gets sucked into Facebook, that's going to be hard to reconcile.
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yup. same with me. :(
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Your comment is 100% true for me, as well.
- Arnaldo M Pereira
pretty much, yeah....
- Bill Kinney
Same. The other thing for me is that on FB you have to hunt for other like minds for interaction. Here, it just happens.
- Matthew Horton
from iPhone
Same here
- Mel Buckpitt
+1 Matt on "it just happens". Of course, this is all speculation. Maybe FF will remain a seperate entity. I just doubt it, since Facebook tends to consume the services they acquire.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
Same here, Jason; and +1 for Matthew's comment, too
- Andrew Terry
I was thinking the same thing, just trying to say possitive as you said, lol. Also, there are plenty of good reasons why "it just happens", but I figured it didn't need to be explained.
- Matthew Horton
from iPhone
George Costanza said it best, "Worlds are colliding!" I'm already trying to wean down my FB friends to actual folks I know, went to school with, etc.... In FF, I'll add anyone that has something interesting to say or share. How to manage this going forward, I have no idea. Even worse: my Palm Pre syncs with my Facebook friends. I don't want it to pull in all of my FF contacts since I'll likely never call them.
- Kevin C. Tofel
Exactly, Jason!
- Adrian
I started added people on FB that I didn't know IRL after FB improved the privacy settings. Now I can group and choose what people see. Works pretty well, but takes a little time to setup.
- Kenley Neufeld
from iPhone
@Kevin, I'm trying to avoid words like "worse" and the like. Like Kenley says, there are flexible privacy settings on FB. And considering the good engineering choices the FF guys have made so far, hopefully they'll continue to influence FF positively as it is integrated into FB.
- Jason Huebel
Me too, Jason.
- Johnny
Me too. There's no one on Facebook I haven't known for over a decade. I keep it very simple and clean, and don't share much at all there because I hate (no, that's not too strong a term) Facebook's model. Plus, FB's UI is not geared to handling hundreds of people effectively.
- LogEx
Yeah, I'm even worse off...I've done a lot of work to subscribe to quality people here, whereas on Facebook I subscribe to anyone who's a gamer, so it's very high noise to signal. Going to be very difficult to reconcile.
- Alex Scoble
I agree that FB isn't geared toward managing a mass audience. Frankly, I find FB's interface cumbersome. It's why I enjoy FF so much. It's simple, gets the job done and gets out of your way. Hopefully it will stay that way.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
It's too early to tell how Facebook/Friendfeed integration will work. Wouldn't worry about it now.
- Alex Knight
Jason, what I did was created a "FriendFeeders" list, and unchecked the "show in my home feed" when adding a FriendFeed friend on Facebook. That's about the simplest way to import your FF friends at the moment so that they don't mix & mingle with your "real life" friends.
- Nathan Chase
What about the cap FB has on subscriptions though? There are bloggers I'd like to follow so I can see updates, but won't be able to because they're maxed out. Guess I just have to keep an eye on Twitter and Google Reader more?
- Matthew Horton
from iPhone
Exactly! Facebook is a very personal boring service that I keep to close friends. Friendfeed is my worldwide community of interesting people
- Keith - @tsudo
Well put Jason. Only similar functionality on FB is FB Groups, but those are so SLOW moving compared to FF, more "under the boot" of the moderator, and of course are missing all of the discovery elements like Likes/Cmts pushing items back up, aggregation into notification lists (Friend Lists), asf. Well, let's pray that the good stuff from FF gets transferred over into FB Groups.
- Alex Schleber
Facebook wants to be FF - no more "privacy" -- get rid of that misconception now. Zuckerberg will rip that layer off of Facebook. FB will be open like FF, just watch - that's gotta be on the roadmap. Walled Gardens are so 1999. Everyone copy FF and move on.
- Susan Beebe
you can filter and group your friends on facebook so all your random internet dudes and dudettes can't see shiat on your facebook profile
- Logan Lindquist
although this does take some e-elbow grease it can be worth it. :D
- Logan Lindquist
Susan, so they're going to make all the high school accounts public? FF has private accounts too.
- Cristo
I think facebook would be stupid to remove all privacy controls. it's clearly a feature for some subset of its users. I know people who use facebook who won't bother with other sites because they are too open (twitter, etc)
- Bill Kinney
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- Tamar Weinberg
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My new best friend, Trane.
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- Michelle Martinez
I just treated mine to a brand new filter. It's purring.
- Amy℠
Turn it up! like cool jazz and let's make it a col' Trane!
- James (!?)
LOL
- Josh Haley
It's so beautiful! LOL @ Michelle
- Trish Haley
hahaha
- Admiral Anika
WANT.
- Derrick
LOL @ Michelle. It's true, especially in the summer!
- Trish R
So the images were loading, and I read Trane without the pics... I thought you were talking about him :/
- directeur
On the 8th day, God created air conditioning. And he saw that it was the BEST THING EVAR!!!1!
- Ladybug Heather
Gosh, that is one monster of an air conditioning unit!
- Bryce Roney
It's not really that big. The neighbor's is bigger.
- Trish Haley
from iPhone
I won't comment. No. I won't :)
- directeur
oh boy
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Come and ride the trane WOOO WOOOOO
- Mo Kargas
heh.
- Trish Haley
Cool Friend. :)
- James Stratford
Monstrous Frankenscooter spotted - http://blog.makezine.com/archive...
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That is crazy. Build your own car. But why would you put the driver so high up?
- John Cooper
So you can throw away the periscope.
- pazzer1
GC4K Reading List: Comics That Celebrate America's Cultural Diversity - Good Comics for Kids - Blog on School Library Journal - http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog...
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Alternating Reality Books, Karen Mohler, Emma and 6 other people liked this
"Among the folks who responded to our Summer Reading List was a librarian who asked if we could compile a similar bibliography of titles featuring historically under-represented groups, a challenge we happily accepted. Below are the results of our collective effort to identify comics and graphic novels that reflect America's real cultural diversity. Some of these titles, such as American Born Chinese and Incognegro, address issues of race, religion, and discrimination head-on, while others, such as Knights of the Lunch Table: The Dodgeball Chronicles and Blue Beetle: Shellshocked, present diversity as a simple fact of American life. Our list isn't intended to be exhaustive; as we imagine it, this document can and should be revised to reflect the publication of new books and to incorporate suggestions from librarians and teachers working in diverse communities. We welcome your feedback, and encourage you to add your own recommendations in the comment section below. "
- RAPatton
Tad found a baby dove outside by our car.... Poor thing. Going to try to take him to a rescue this afternoon.
Alex Scoble, Karen Mohler, Brandon Mendelson and 12 other people liked this
aww. poor little thing.
- edythe
The bottle is full of hot water... the sites I looked at said that it's important to give them a heat source.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
:( Poor little guy didn't make it. :( At least he had some degree of comfort...
- Chrimmus Tad
Limited-colour screens could boost cellphone battery life - tech - 07 July 2009 - New Scientist - http://www.newscientist.com/article...
Karen Mohler, Amy H., J. D. Ebberly and Anna Haro liked this
"Flat-panel displays based on organic LEDs are tipped to replace the now-ubiquitous LCD panels, thanks to a host of benefits including greater energy efficiency. Now researchers have shown that OLEDs can be made even more frugal by carefully choosing the balance of colours used to make up an image. Each pixel in an OLED screen is made from a spot of polymer that emits coloured light when supplied with power, and each uses different amounts of energy depending on the colour being displayed. At the same brightness, yellow, for example, uses less energy than magenta."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
but, will they b able to display anything besides teeth?
- chaz2b
Nope, unintended side effect: All pictures will now be made up entirely of tiny teeth.
- The Letter M
Generation Y
bcultral, HealingBrush, directeur and 165 other people liked this
lol
- Anna Haro
Yeah, but it's Generation X's fault that we have to look at all those "Y"s... We(they?) started it. (I get a little confused. I'm 30, so which side of the fence am I really on?)
- Kamilah Gill
:D I saw one of those today :P
- martha
ewwww
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Kamilah, I'm in the same boat. 31, and every definition says I fall between the X and Y cracks. Which, in light of this post, kinda grosses me out.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
LOLZ Tina. I guess it's the shadow effect of my parents being a little too young to be true Boomers. I'm a little too young to be Gen X
- Kamilah Gill
Just missing a strange looking tattoo and you're there Shey
- Charlie Anzman
:) why y?
- FlyMeToTheMoon
from email
I thought Gen-Xers were older than Ys?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Yes, Shey, what made you think otherwise?
- Kamilah Gill
According to that, I'm officially an Xer. Once again, I apologize on behalf of this entire generation for the saggy pants that refuse to go away. We though it was cute. Fun. Temporary.
- Kamilah Gill
I'm Generation Y. But my butt-crack is firmly concealed. Unless I'm at home...
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@Andrew Thanks your link
- FlyMeToTheMoon
from email
ahahahah
- Susan Beebe
darn kids...pull your britches up!!!!
- Stephanie Segel
lol true
- Will Higgins™
D:
- yasin ghasemi
XA x3
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Hahaha!
- Anne Bouey
I would hate to see Generation - ( )X( )
- Adam Helweh
lol@Adam
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
heehee
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
My co-worker to a T...or Y.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Lol, this picture really describe our generation lol
- Moon
@Kamilah oops, I misunderstood what you were saying. Yes, you're right -- it's totally Gen X's fault.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
awesome shey
- johnpiercy
lol,,,
- Ashanti
I don't want to see the other side of that…
- Daniel Schildt
haha!
- Michael
Yay! Got a job offer just now!
Thierry R. Andriamirado, Derek Coward, Michael Hocter and 81 other people liked this
Contract job to redesign a staffing agency's website, plus if it works out he's going to promote me to other companies in the area. I think the employment drought is finally over!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Congratulations! I have many family and friends who are looking for employment right now and I know how tough of a market it is. I'm very happy for you. Best wishes ;-)
- Holly Rae
:)
- Josh Haley
Congratulations! Now, is it the happy beagle dance, or the flinging panties dance now? *ponders*
- Ladybug Heather
CONGRATULATIONS!
- joey
I would fling panties right now, but I would have some explaining to do as to where I got them. Oh wait, you meant everyone ELSE? Sure, fling away!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Yay! Wait, I missed where you didn't have one. What happened to Blellow? Or was that not a real job?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Answered you via DM, Jandy
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
This calls for a celebration. :D And you know how we should celebrate? BY REVIEWING TWILIGHT. :D I'll bring the beer and cookies.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Hooray! *flings a beagle*
- Laura B.
NEGATIVE. Still waiting on that tracking code, Amanda. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Congrats! Please send some of your luck my way. :)
- Cheryl Jones
Awesome
- Rodfather
Congrats
- mike fabio
YEAY!
- Shevonne
Fantastic news. No more rolling coins! Yay! :)
- pea
Congratulations
- Russ Jackson
Congrats on the job offer!
- Rick Cogley
Thanks Rick and everyone!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Congrats!
- Anne Bouey
"whew!"
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Cool, congrats, Sean! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
congrats :) we need to hear more of such news these day.
- Gtp19
Congrats dude!
- imabonehead
grats Sean! w00t!
- Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ
Awesome!
- Michelle Martinez
from iPod
Awesome Sean =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Really great, Sean. Hope we start seeing more of these kinds of posts.
- Trish Haley
Even better (and this will mark the SECOND time FF has led to job opportunity): I'll be working with Eric @ CS TechCast to redesign their podcasting site!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Make that money, child. And then buy me something.
- Derrick
I made a Top 10 list! - http://bwana.posterous.com/i-made-...
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Mitchell Tsai, Chris Luckhardt, Charlie Anzman and 79 other people liked this
Louis Gray (and Mike Fruchter) have been compiling a list of FriendFeed users they recommend you follow. These lists have had some prominent users in them, and I'm happy to report I made the June 2009 edition! Weeeeeeee!! I've gotten a ton of new friend requests as a result and I'm happy for the Louis Gray stamp of approval. See you all on FriendFeed! Permalink | Leave a comment »
- Bwana ☠
Hey I didn't get a reward - no fair :-)
- Jesse Stay
I want to make a better badge for my sites :)
- Bwana ☠
As well you should! You need a stamp graphic "Louis Gray Approved!"
- Keith - @tsudo
Ha! Whose head is that in your image? :)
- Louis Gray
I do have a shirt though, which makes it all better
- Jesse Stay
*sniff* I was on one of the lists before LG took over the reins so I can't use the badge. Then again, I don't maintain my blog/s either, so it's no real loss I suppose... =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Louis - you can thank Bing image search for that one :)
- Bwana ☠
hey congrats on making the list bwana
- (jeff)isageek
Nice Idea....
- Ziona Etzion
Almost like a Chamber of commerce stamp of approval...
- Ziona Etzion
Congrats
- Johnny
OMG awesome ! I am sooo grabbing this!! :)
- Susan Beebe
Congrats on all those who make this list!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Congratulations: Well deserved!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Awesome. congrats
- Michael_techie
FF should add an "LG certified" to your homepage :)
- Frankie Warren
Well deserved, Bwana. Love the pic above! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
xaxa big UP for Bwana
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
I Love it! Bawana you get so many bonus points you are off the map - drinks and dinner on me if you are ever in Seattle. :-)
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
hahaha i LOVE the badge - you should distribute it to past nominees so they can add it to their sites
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Not that you needed to since you're already "famous" here - look at all those subscribers! How about official versions of the "Official Louis Gray FriendFeed Recommendation" or "Louis Gray approved" or "LG certified" badge? I'd proudly display one of those and link it to Louis' blog. (But what about Mike? He deserves some credit too!)
- Internet Strategist
Congrats Bwana, you deserve it!
- jcunwired
Congrats Bwana!
- deakaz
Will Retro Swimsuits Get Me Back in the Pool? - http://www.blogher.com/will-re...
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Circuit Board Latch Hook Rug - http://lslinks.laughingsquid.com/circuit...
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Sky News: Michael Jackson's will names Diana Ross as children's guardian in case his mother dies before him.
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