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*Reluctantly* ...Every room in my house has IKEA in it.
- Reggie L.
Chrome OS will help kill Silverlight and other non-open tech, preventing msft and others from recapturing the web. (though I expect that it will support Flash by necessity)
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Good point.
- Robert Scoble
I hope it doesn't. After all we need good media delivery platforms.
- Swaroop
Including GNASH - the open source alternative - would solve that problem
- Bogdan Costea
yeah, nobody really needs flash. kill it.
- Zio Bonino
Chrome OS might be a compelling case for SVG/<canvas> + <audio> tag replacements for flash. Dunno what SVG's perf is like on WebKit tho.
- Matt Mastracci
Microsoft will port it. It's all about codecs & DRM. Ogg Theora isn't all that great.
- Rodfather
Is that Steve Jobs disguised as Zio ?
- Swaroop
@Swaroop Yes, we do. Like HTML5.
- Benjamin Dobson
@Swaroop eh eh, I've got flash disabled on all my systems :)
- Zio Bonino
@Benjamin I'd prefer HTML web apps over native apps anyday. But it'll take time for it to mature
- Swaroop
Rodfather, I don't think that will be an option for msft :). If Chrome is built the way I would do it, there is no installation per-se -- everything runs in the browser and the config in stored in the cloud (and cached locally). The computer is a pure appliance.
- Paul Buchheit
@Zio You're the real Steve Jobs
- Swaroop
Microsoft moves much too slow to force new standards these days.
- Louis Gray
@Louis: IE8 flunking ACID test :)
- Swaroop
What about more standard codecs like h.264? That isn't open and is in hardware already.
- Rodfather
h.264 is established and must be in there, but it's not a platform like Silverlight is.
- Paul Buchheit
I know some of the guys behind silverlight. It is some great technology. Too bad it's from Microsoft and is closed.
- Joe Beda ()
from iPhone
A world with no Flash and Silverlight. I can't wait.
- Paul Grav
Yeah, it's too bad they didn't open-source it. This stuff with Mono is silly -- if you want to make a real standard you need to make the real implementation be open.
- Paul Buchheit
MS are about 10 years too late with Silverlight. And they'll most likely be dragged kicking and screaming into supporting HTML5.
- Paul Grav
Zio sez (hopefully humorously): "yeah, nobody really needs flash. kill it" -- have you ever watched a single YouTube video in your life? Like seventeen gazillion other people across the wired world. yeah, you're right, nobody needs Flash. ha!
- .LAG liked that
Remember Dave Clark in 1992, "We reject kings, presidents and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running code."
- Guy Vander Heyden
.LAG: most YouTube videos are playable without Flash now. My iPhone plays most of them and it doesn't have Flash. Certainly by the time the Google OS came out YouTube would be converted completely to non-Flash capability.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: The youtube flash application helps read the flv files on Youtube's servers and provides a UI (decoder too).
- Swaroop
Even Google admits they're not sure I'd bit for bit html5 video is less bandwitj consuming than flash. And flash isn't just media delivery, also interesting games and apps like tonepad, splicemusic.com's online sequencer, etc (I'm musically inclined, so most of my examples will be along that line) and please don't suggest we redo it all in java
- Ed F
from Nambu
Does this mean the next Silverlight release is codename Seppuku?
- Jay Cuthrell
Maybe we'll see commercials encoded in movies if everything is open.
- Rodfather
Flash is too established to kill off right now, so I'd be surprised if Chrome didn't include flash support. It will take many years to get rid of that thing. First they need to fix the standard browser to not be so broken (lack of video, multi-file upload, etc), then they need everyone to switch to the new html5 solutions.
- Paul Buchheit
Scoble ...that may be true, and YouTube plays on my Pre without Flash (yet)...but that doesn't mean that "nobody needs Flash." really? what would replace it?
- .LAG liked that
So Google's NaCl http://code.google.com/p... (now integrated within Chrome/Chromium) was just a temporary workaround, right?
- Jérôme Flipo
Use HTML 5 instead!
- Minh Bui
Is it just me or does Native Client (NaCl) remind you of the Microsoft Active X approach?
- Daniel Chow
But who prevents Google from taking over the net?
- Andreas
youtube videos play on iPhone/iPod Touch as they are higher res mp4 files NOT flv files. It was a big deal when Steve negotiated that deal with youtube.
- vijay
You have Moonlight to run Silverlight applications in Linux. Not perfect, but then an application made on Silverlight is "not perfect" by definition
- Marcos Marado
The point here is that Google has no motivation to include Silverlight on these machines, and installing software likely won't be an option (it's a web appliance), so it will be absent from a lot of netbooks, just as it is absent from iPhones. That cuts into market share, which is a bad thing for a platform that is trying to compete with more universal tech like Flash and HTML....
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- Paul Buchheit
@DanielChow: NaCl has very little overlap with ActiveX, apart from running native code. It runs in a provably safe way, and explicitly does *not* allow it to access arbitrary host APIs. But it can be quite useful when you need to run code that would be too slow in Javascript (even on v8): e.g., heavy encryption/decryption, possibly codecs, definitely game physics, and so forth.
- Joel Webber
There is a time and a place for Flash and Silverlight so I hope it will run it. There are simply some things you can do which aren't possible, or practical in html/css/javascript.
- Steve Temple
Paul: why wouldn't Chrome OS come with Moonlight? And if not, why wouldn't you be able to just install it? And third, why the hell would people want Moonlight for? I never installed it and not even once felt the need to!
- Marcos Marado
from fftogo
because of moonlight http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlig... the potential userbase of silverlight is greatly improved, agree that projects which don't consider compatibility are limiting their potential
- Mike Chelen
@mindboosternoori Ryanair site uses silverlight: http://www.ryanair.com/site... that's the only website I know that uses it - for this you would need moonlight :)
- Ihar Mahaniok
Flash is needed for the google os to be useful in education. Many education based websites are flash based.
- Willowdale
@Paul "Google is probably paying OEMs to ship with this OS, so instead of paying $x/machine to include windows XP, they will get paid $y/machine to include Chrome." - paying present tense, already? Isn't it enough for OEMs not to have to pay hefty licenses to Redmond, etc., while being able to ship with a free, stable OS+browser combo; they need to be paid to do that as well?
- ianf ⌘
I sure hope so. I think the wide array of JavaScript libraries have been killing Flash for years. Silverlight was never really a player. The only think keeping Flash afloat is video
- Scott Radcliff
I don't know what's under the hood of Silverlight (nobody knows), but Flash is basically a sprite engine controlled by Actionscript, which is basically an adapted version of Javascript anyway. It's nicely packaged though, and has an army of developers, so it won't go away that easily, at least not until there are Flash-to-Canvas/ HTML5 porting tools/ translators and the like.
- ianf ⌘
to follow that logic...photoshop is needed as well
- Chris Hofmann
somebody call me when http://playboyarchive.com is working in Chrome OS (it's currently implemented in Silverlight)
- Karim
If it gains any traction at all, MS will just make Silverlight version that will run on Google OS. Sure google could block it, but they haven't done so with the Chrome browser.
- Jeff Weber
Interesting. I doubt the Google OS will get that big anytime soon though.
- Scott Radcliff
from email
Silverlight doesn't have a chance now...I wonder what would Adobe Air do.
- Saad Kamal
not really, if google want to be open then they will need a plugin architecture for it and then MS could just port for it. I really don't see this troubling mainstream users any time soon.
- Darren Stuart
Though I agree with the view that MS monopoly may erode as alternative devices get adoption over PC/Notebook, and these devices will mostly run on open source OS, but it may take years to create a significant change in every day usage of normal users. In the end, OS choice is mostly done by manufacturers, and they would be happy to get paid by open source vendors for putting their OS on...
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- Kaan Bingol
People want media. Hulu, Netflix, Kindle, iTunes, etc. They need to address that or they are DOA.
- Hayes Haugen
Hayes, what makes you think it will lack media support?
- Paul Buchheit
I don't think it will lack licensed media support but what deals they are able to make will be crucial.
- Hayes Haugen
Hayes, i thought you were going to say that Netflix was using Silverlight. ;-)
- Karim
Yes, they are, what is their deal with MSFT? Can they do non Silverlight distribution?
- Hayes Haugen
i believe the Netflix non-Silverlight distribution is a format called "DVD" that works over the "Snail Mail" protocol. ;-) but clearly if Google is paying OEMs to install Chrome OS, they can pay Netflix to go back to Flash which Chrome OS will probably support "by necessity" ;-)
- Karim
How can Google make money from Chrome OS? Or does it want to make money from it except through advertisement? I still can not imagine that all software and service are free and sponsored by advertisements.
- Derek Wei
All Chrome OS questions are answered by today's Fake Steve Jobs ;)
- Hayes Haugen
Is there a need to make money? If more and more people eschew desktop offline applications in favor of online web based apps, it means more pageviews, more eyeballs, more advertising inventory, plus has the side effect of undermining a big competitor's cash cow.
- Ray Cromwell
That's the key, Google wants everything online. They figure the more people online, the stronger they become, and the more money they make. At least that what was said at the Chrome launch.
- Scott Radcliff
from email
I'm amused that the "backwards compatibility" argument against alternative operating systems has slowly turned into "does it support flash", and when you unpack that it really means "does it play YouTube". I suspect Google will make sure ChromeOS cna play YouTube and they don't need Flash to make sure of it.
- Nick Lothian
Is it possible that Microsoft will write Office for the Web using Volta instead of Silverlight? Could be a showcase announcement for their attack on GWT
- Ray Cromwell
I think Microsoft is going to focus less on the front-end of the web and more on the back-end, middle tier and database sides. Azure is a big deal that consumers aren't talking about because it's not flashy but will be pretty important to developers (and especially enterprise-level applications) when it's finally ready because everything becomes an interface to the cloud. Microsoft is...
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- Fa La La La Lindsay
Azure looks really cool. Hint: so did Blackbird.
- Michael R. Bernstein
lol blackbird (scary redmond flashback) - a good example of azure platform utilization can be seen via jon udell's elmcity project - http://blog.jonudell.net/elmcity...
- mike "glemak" dunn
Nosense, I want silverlight, flash, html and any other technology in my desktop & mobile phone. Silverlight? yes, there you can develop under Python, Ruby et al, instead of the outdated javascript.
- Sebastian Wain
It looks like with Native Client, you should be able to write your Chrome OS app in any language you feel like. So far, they have some examples in C/C++, but one of the things they ported is a Lua interpreter. If Adobe isn't going to invest heavily in fixing the show-stopping bugs on non-Windows versions of Flash, it's inevitably going to die, and there's really nothing either Google or Apple can do even if they wanted to support Flash better.
- Victor Ganata
...ActionScript3 is ECMASCript-compliant. I know nothing about standards bodies, and shii like that, but what if Adobe dropped ActionScript and said, "You can now use pure Javascript to build Flash applications..." It wouldn't be a big leap. I'm pretty sure that would shut-up all the Flash haters. And to the folks who say Flash is hanging around just because of video...well, video is...
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- .LAG liked that
Actionscript is just the glue for the more advanced what-iffy graphic functionality of Flash. They can not drop it for Javascript, because it contains additional graphic primitives that JS lacks. But it's not the JS-or-Actionscript that makes it a target for hate, it's other things. Nobody denies that it's pretty capable, but it is also badly written, eats up memory like no other, makes...
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- ianf ⌘
I like this post!
- Mohammad Abdurraafay
from iPhone
I honestly don't know how necessary Flash is. Apple seems to be doing fine without supporting it. But certainly Gnash and Swfdec should be implementable on Chrome OS. The fact is that without Adobe's full support on a given platform, Flash apps will always be second class citizens on alternate platforms, and so far, there's no indication that Adobe is interested in fully supporting any platform other than Windows.
- Victor Ganata
ianf ...you bring up great points about Flash's detriments, as does Victor, but until there's a better way to bring video to the Web, I can't see it disappearing. Adobe seems to keep improving the Flash VM, hopefully they'll address those CPU-hogging issues and make a more efficent runtime. Yeah, I hate hearing the fans kick-in when visiting a Flash-heavy site too. <sigh>
- .LAG liked that
alternative to flash video such as ... html5 :) (requires ff3.5) http://www.dailymotion.com/openvid...
- Mike Chelen
from IM
Ed, only??? thats one of the main reasons cited for the continued requirement of flash on popular sites like youtube
- Mike Chelen
Ed, those other uses can be accomplished through pure Javascript, video was the last remaining stumbling block
- Mike Chelen
Still waiting on non-Flash recreations of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch... or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch... Well aware of how someone mentioned higher up how you can combine javascript and svg to get nifty flash-like effects. I want apps like that though ^ Only real alternatives I've seen are Java-based ones, and those runs even slower than Flash.
- Ed F
Pardon me, but the OP is a ridiculous conclusion. For that to be the case, Chrome OS would have to kill Windows, OS X, etc altogether. Paul, I understand your viewpoint as being an ex-Google person, but that's just NOT going to happen. Right now the video specification from HTML5 has been dropped because of an impasse, meaning that we may be transitioning from 1 closed-source boss - Flash - to another - H264. Good luck.
- LANjackal
But why do these type of apps have to be written in Flash at all? You can easily do the same thing in C, C++, ObjC, Python, Ruby, etc., with the Native Client API that they're building for Chrome. http://code.google.com/p...
- Victor Ganata
I'm just saying, it's not like Flash is the end-all/be-all. As Apple well demonstrates, some people can live quite well without it.
- Victor Ganata
Victor ...i think the answer to the 'why do these have to be written in Flash at all' question is because Flash is installed on such a significant portion of Web browsers. But I recall that Adobe Flex had a competitor, Laszlo/OpenLaszlo, which compiled apps to SWF or to Javascript. Who's to say that Adobe doesn't have the same capability of making SWF apps into JS ones? On one hand, it...
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Ed, such apps are possible with Javascript and HTML5 multimedia features, the question will be how difficult developers find it, and whether the performance is fast enough
- Mike Chelen
LANjackal, there is a question of degree in that Flash + H264 uses proprietary software and codec, while HTML5 + H264 requires only the codec. while OGV is no longer part of the spec, it can certainly still be used to have completely open video formats, and recent comparisons have shown it performs well http://people.xiph.org/~maikme...
- Mike Chelen
Silverlight's 3 is looking pretty impressive today but tend to agree
- Charlie Anzman
What everybody seems to be missing about Flash is that it works because there is one implementation which is mostly backwards-compatible and the same across platforms. It beat Java because, among other reasons, Java just didn't work the same across JVMs and platforms. The problem with HTML5 is that it will have a different implementation for every browser, and that means your app/game...
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- Gabe
Paul, don't you prefer brutal competition SL vs. Flash vs. standards bring to the table by definition? Or are you more into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - 2020 Google Union - type of ideology?
- Kari Honkanen
Kari, I don't understand your question. Competition is good, but with open-source we get that -- no need for flash or SL.
- Paul Buchheit
Paul, no, we don't get the same level of competition with open-source only. As long as there's an opportunity for big gains (like in this case to bridge the gap before html 5 era...to satisfy demand), there will be innovations driven by that. I believe we all benefit from a free market economy that includes commercial, closed source, innovations. I am more scared of the possible future...
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- Kari Honkanen
I wouldn't worry too much amount multimedia. By exposing WebGL, (and hopefully OpenCL), you can offload a lot of compute intensive stuff onto the GPU via GPGPU techniques, and NativeClient is there to take up the rest of the slack, but the for the vast majority of iPhone-like games, I'm willing to bet V8 Javascript on a modern processor is more than enough. That leaves licensing issues...
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- Ray Cromwell
Paul, so are you saying that Google will block both Flash and Silverlight from ChromeOS? That's a new take on 'open.'
- Cliff Gerrish
MSFT next smart move: get Chrome OS (it's BSD licensed), inject IE9 and Silverlight into it and go benchmark against Chrome :)
- Claudio Cicali ♋
MSFT sucks Claudio :)
- Orlando Pozo
Something feels contradictory about a system touted to 'kill' competitors being 'open'. Sounds almost predatory to me.
- Karoli
I'm not opposed to non-open software, but for OS, browser, etc I prefer that it be open. Cliff, Google isn't going to "block" anything, but they can certainly choose what to include, and my guess is that they won't include SL. As Claudio points out, MSFT can make their own version of ChromeOS that includes SL, which is why open source software is nice (it can't be crippled too much or else someone will fork it).
- Paul Buchheit
I have heard somewhere that Fash uses it's own port where Silverlight works over the HTTP port. That's why Netflix works so well. To that, Flash costs more on a sever side because providers can charge more for that port traffic. Could it come down to who is cheaper? (I am fully prepared to be wrong).
- Johnny Worthington
Johnny, they both use HTTP -- there's no difference there.
- Paul Buchheit
Is Chrome OS BSD-licensed? I thought it was using a Linux kernel.
- Victor Ganata
@Paul - well, Flash can do P2P stuff over non-HTTP posts, but that is very new (Flash 10 I think). The cost isn't affected anyway.
- Nick Lothian
My understanding is that netbooks would have to be absurdly popular for Chrome OS to make a dent in the popularity of Flash or SL.
- Gabe
it is possible to have smaller groups for open source software, such as google's own gears api http://code.google.com/apis...
- Mike Chelen
How is HTML 5 going to defeat Flash and SL? I haven't used it, but I don't see anything in the spec that looks like it could compare.
- Gabe
@Gabe - what do you think HTML5 is missing? It does video, drawing, local storage, "threading" via WebWorkers. The biggest hole I'm aware of is the lack of access to webcams & microphones. What have I missed?
- Nick Lothian
Nick: When you say HTML 5 has "drawing", are you refering to the Canvas element? I would not consider an immediate-mode procedural raster drawing library to be much of a competitor to retained-mode declarative vector libraries like SVG or Silverlight. Programming with the Canvas tag is sort of the equivalent of programming in assembly language for bitmaps.
- Gabe
@Gabe: I think you've got it upside-down. A Canvas-style API is the fundamental basis on which you can build a retained mode structure like SVG, et al. If a platform includes a retained-mode library as a convenience, so be it. You can build SVG on Canvas, but not the other way around (hacks like IECanvas notwithstanding -- they have horrible performance characteristics and are a nasty abstraction inversion).
- Joel Webber
So, if Moonlight (Mono) runs on linux -- Will google make sure it doesn't work on Chrome OS?
- Cliff Gerrish
Joel: I don't think you said anything contrary to what I said. I just don't understand why any programmer would want to waste time writing an app using a low-level library when I could use a high-level library that implements everything for me.
- Gabe
@Gabe - I agree, and people are implementing those libraries now. See http://raphaeljs.com/ for example. Also, don't underestimate the convenience factor. I don't own any Flash development tools, but my text editor works pretty well for Canvas+JS based stuff.
- Nick Lothian
Nick: Didn't the author of raphael have some massive rant about how bad the Canvas element is? And I don't have any Flash dev tools either, but I use a text editor for most of my Silverlight development. It is incredibly convenient to be able to type something like <DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding tabledata}"/> into a text editor and not have to create the data grid myself.
- Gabe
Why is Flash a "necessity" for an OS? I enjoy what flash can do, but it is like putting pimped out leather Oldsmobile seats in a Ferrari. It would definitely be nice, but certainly not a necessity.
- Dan Douglass
Early post goof up. To your original point, I agree. I like how Google is approaching the internet space with web apps that can be run with out a bloated browser.
- Dan Douglass
Dan Douglass: Flash is necessary because so many web sites rely on it. How many people would want to get a netbook that couldn't play FaceBook games or watch YouTube videos? Of course Google is in the unique position of being able to make YouTube work on ChromeOS without Flash, but they probably can't do anything about Hulu, Vimeo, or any of the other video sites out there that require Flash.
- Gabe
Anyone else think Joy is Spam?
- Chris Myles
already reported it yesterday :)
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- Alex Scrivener
Would love to pretend this was all me but really it was all @jayzombie
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- sean percival
Foursquare lets you take photos now?
- Michelle McCormack
michelle - only of yourself when you look like the mascot on halloween (ha ha no, that's just my mad photoshop skillz)
- MG Siegler
Awesome!!
- Andrew
this costume crashes too much
- sean percival
This is an awesome photo! I wonder...eerie that they look way too similar. LOL!
- Kenneth
thanks kenneth took a few poses to get it just right
- MG Siegler
dear lord. that's really good.
- Andy Brett
Nice!!!
- Garin Kilpatrick
VRRRROOOOOMMMM! - http://mokargas.soup.io/post...
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- Mo Kargas
What a cute kittie..Looks like a racoon
- Bill Heslin
I love how the other cat makes the effort to raise it's head to see what's going on :)
- 1x29
MONORAIL CAT: You're doing it wrong.
- Steven Perez
But Dust Magnet Cat, doing it right!
- Mo Kargas
BAHAHAHAHAHA
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
The bastard's eyes!! :D Kinda "Poor me, this is how they treat me in this house" while he *actually* enjoys it! :D
- directeur
Ahahahahhaahaha the eyes..
- Seyhan Çelik
OMG that is too funny - the static buildup must be amazing LOL
- Susan Beebe
Human-powered kittymobile! (Like a snowmobile, only a cat. And--oh, never mind...)
- Dennis Jernberg
It's the last floor cleaner your'll never need! Picks up dust, dirt, pet dander! Easy grip handle keeps you from losing control during the dirtiest cleanups. Includes patent pending see-in-the-dark headlights so you can clean up at night. Works on both wall-to-wall carpet and rugs! We're going to make America clean again, one Vacuum Cat at a time.
- Andy Bakun
I almost want to do this to my cat. However, I do value my skin. :P
- Jon, the Chilled Beartato
Susan, indeed, that's what I was thinking! ZAP!
- Rick Cogley
vileda kedisi O.o
- Parfe
Roflmao
- Barbo (Barbaros Üsekes)
kedi resmen zevk kumkuması yaşıyo :))
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado
Zamanında arkadaşın kedisiyle yere dökülen ne var ne yoksa süpürürdük, hiç de sesini çıkarmazdı, o geldi aklıma. Şimdi eşimle bir kedi besliyoruz bırak yerleri süpürmeyi sevmek için bile yaklaşamıyorsun hayvana, etme bulma dünyası tabi :-)
- Suat Gençer
One of these days I'm going to have to learn Turkish
- Mo Kargas
mo, :D
- Parfe
Im sure that will be a big hit on Caturday
- johnpiercy
Im gonna share that on my FB ,,, Im sure I'll take a pummelling from Aunt ( who is a Cat lover )
- johnpiercy
cant share it on FB .... Pooooooieee
- johnpiercy
very funny
- A Meshkatian
gijjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj :D
- ariiio!!
lol
- سیدیونس
that's great. Love the cat and the dog in the background... "what the...?"
- Jim Is Not Smart
LOL!
- rowlikeagirl
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVEIT!!
- Ted Russ
Sorry to spoil it, but is anyone worried about the cat being dragged around? (Gently, I know.)
- Kamilah Gill
Kamilah, I figure the cat must be into it. It has claws and could certainly defend itself if it didn't want to be in that position.
- Spidra Webster
Cat looks stoned (tranquil?) to me. Liked the way the other one looked up!
- Deepti
Kamilah - I'd be worried if it weren't for the fact that the cat looks mega-relaxed.
- Katy S
KArPEt Kitteeeehhhhhhh
- johnpiercy
Oh. Okay, true. I have one myself, who would seriously damage me for attempting that. What a strange cat this one is...
- Kamilah Gill
Heh, yeah, our cats would have exactly none of this.
- Jason Wehmhoener
her eve lazım.
- Demode
Maybe its like the Scrubs dog, except its a cat.
- Roberto Bonini
چه حالی میکنه گربه هههههههههههههههه
- IRCLOOP.COM (AMIR)
HOW, DID. I. MISS. THIS. ?.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
here kitty kitty-- nice kitty-- my rug needs cleaning
- pinkpackrat
Wonder if she's now electrically charged!
- rowlikeagirl
That is Ross Miller before he got the scratches! http://friendfeed.com/ross
- Aryn Corley
Most TVs come with good remotes but then we're still forced to use the shitty ones that come with cable boxes.
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A good option exists: replace the cable box with a TiVo, which has a very good remote.
- Scott Ludwig
from iPhone
TiVo is the only solution ever.
- Louis Gray
Louis, Imma happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Logitech Harmony has the best remote ever - ever!
- Jesse Stay
I use the a Logitech Harmony remote which works great - especially given the fact that you can program all the settings via their app on my Mac.
- Mike Bracco
Mike, I love my Harmony - watch Woot - you can often find a pretty good deal on them there
- Jesse Stay
used to have a tivo, that did have a good remote, but tivo is yet another box, i want less boxes. always hear good things about harmony remotes but i really just dont see why tv makers spend time making these pretty nice remotes only to be cut out of the picture by cable box makers, who, by the way, have some of the worst tastes ever when it comes to UI/UX design.
- MG Siegler
Jesse: cool thanks. Although I love my Harmony it's just b/c it's not as bad as all the other solutions. The UI still feels really kludgy - The ideal solution would be to just have an iPhone app .......which would also require component makers to build bluetooth and/or wifi into their boxes.
- Mike Bracco
Mike, that's coming. I know of several in the works, and a few in early stages right now. I'd like to see Logitech build an app that does it though.
- Jesse Stay
My satellite box's remote isn't that bad, it's the U.I. that's lacking - they still don't have a widescreen EPG and instead strech the regular 4:3 EPG
- Bryce Roney
Jesse - cool, I'm sure it's coming. I think long term the ideal solution are for these components to have no interface on the physical box themselves. They should all be controlled on an iPhone or another device using an app. I think in 5 years the thought of having knobs on components will seem old school...at least I hope so! :)
- Mike Bracco
I have a Harmony and a TiVo - because cable boxes and non-universal remotes suck
- Ankush Narula
Controlling from your Iphone would be great but I would not pass mine around, controlling with the Apple tablet would be awesome because it would pretty much stay in my living room most of the time. But my Harmony 900 will have to do for now.
- Johann Diaz
from Nambu
I'm still waiting for the remote that will stand the heavy beating of a 1 to 4 year olds for more than a month or two.
- Amit Morson
Apple Tv uses both the normal remote (which is pretty good) and the Remote App for iPhone or iPod Touch (which is freaking amazing)
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
I've had a logitech Harmony - sorry but didnt work with my very standard sony TV, or with my arcam home cinema. Were listed in the booklet but didnt work as described. Logitech support suggested actually it only worked in the more expensive models, i should buy these... Expensive paperweight - and the last logitech product I bought.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Years ago I had an HP iPaq 2210 with a powerful IR LED perfectly capable of functioning as a remote. And in fact, one of the provided app in it was a remote control app, with a database of over 400 devices that it support directly. And one can train it to record the IR signals of unsupported remotes. Miss it a lot :-(
- Pandu ● IT Optimizer
from fftogo
GEARFUSE » Cupcakes for Zombies - http://www.gearfuse.com/cupcake...
gmarketer, Ryan Sholin, Aaron D'Souza and 32 other people liked this
"Made using red velvet raspberry cake, french vanilla cream cheese frosting and a chocolate brain, baking extraordinaire Pamela created these awesome Brain Cupcakes, perfect for zombies who’ve gone vegetarian. The extra little splatter gives it that “just scooped out of the skull” look."
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Those do look delicious.
- j1m
halloween party idea!!
- Susan Beebe
Brilliant! And sick! But brilliant!
- rowlikeagirl
Eelco zorbing after all the houseboats have left #ephemerisle http://twitgoo.com/3x7ae
Paul Stamatiou, Benjamin Golub, April Buchheit and Stephen Mack liked this
Make: Online : Beautiful generative art made with Roombas - http://blog.makezine.com/archive...
Jason A. Samfield, Mike Chelen, Susan Beebe and 59 other people liked this
"Ever wonder what path your Roomba takes as it clears the floor? Well, here's an easy way to find out, and create some fine artwork in the process. The above pictures were made by sticking an LED to the top of a Roomba vacuum, then photographing it using a long exposure setting. This results in a form of motion capture, and you can clearly see where your Roomba has been by where the light trails are. There are a bunch of other photos at the Flickr group. Now, if I was going to do this, I would also put a big light on my cat, so I can show how quickly it makes a b-line for cover when the scary vacuum turns on. Above photos by Flickr users reconscious and digitalosh."
- Rachel Lea Fox
from Bookmarklet
Flickr Pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups...
- Rachel Lea Fox
thanks, way cool, :)
- chaz2b
Thanks, Rachel. I had seen the orange one on the right, but not the blue one before. :)
- Micah Wittman
Love the spiral in the orange one.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
Micah, go to the flickr group, there are tons. Lindsay, me too, and the double lines on every path in the blue.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Interesting. What won't some human somewhere on earth think of?
- Kamilah Gill
So you have to do the corners and the edges with a normal vacuum then ?
- Leighton Gough
Leighton: The light is basically centered on the device so there is a bit of suction either side of it, collecting a bit of what is in the corners and edges.
- Andrew Leyden
Yeah, roombas also come equipped a little side sweeper thing that gets the corners and edges for you.
- Ross Miller
Nice surname Andrew, I guess that on that basis two different models of 'Roombas' were used or maybe the light source was positioned differently, because the blue light source image goes right up to the edges. I still think that my girlfriend does a better job.
- Leighton Gough
It missed a spot.
- Pete Delucchi
from iPhone
it missed a few spots, but i'm not saying (mummmm, ;)
- chaz2b
Nutella Pound Cake - http://whatastitch.blogspot.com/2009...
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Zee., winckel, mlazopoulou and 87 other people liked this
"This cake is so simple, yet brilliant--the Nutella is the perfect foil for the buttery pound cake. I normally want some type of frosting on my cakes, yet the chocolate filling more than makes up for the lack of a sugary coating on top. (Did I mention there's an entire jar of Nutella in this cake?) Be sure to have a tall glass of milk standing by before digging in. Trust me. You won't need anything more."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Sounds perfect!
- Karma Martell
O M G
- Rochelle
Ew. Why ruin poundcake with that stuff? *cries*
- Admiral Anika
*takes Anika's portion*
- Derrick
Here...take two!
- Admiral Anika
Oh hell yeah. This will be a Shabbat dinner dessert sometime soon.
- Michelle Jones
I'd eat that.
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
@Anika -> that stuff is part of humankind heritage protected by UNESCO! Long live Nutella ;-)
- Lui(gi) ►►
LOL @Luigi. Fine. It's still GROSS! =D
- Admiral Anika
ANIKA! OMG. You are dead to me. :(
- Miriella
Come now...we both like pound cake. #commonground
- Admiral Anika
I know! We can eat the cake together - you eat the pound cake part and I eat the Nutella part. Everybody wins!
- Miriella
*dead* MUST. make. this.
- Carmen
I think that's a great plan, Miriella!
- Admiral Anika
*salivating*
- Rene Wirtz
has never had nutella -->
- LogEx
*SLAPS* LogEx. O_o
- Derrick
it sounds good, I'm not saying I wouldn't try it, I'd try anything once (almost)
- LogEx
Given your love of quality chocolate, I think you'd like it.
- Derrick
LogEx... you will be converted and never look back.
- Fossil Huntress
Oh guess who just got invited to have dinner in my Cantor's Sukkah on Friday night? Nutella Pound Cake seems like a good dessert to eat in a Sukkah right?
- Michelle Jones
M, I want a full report. I was all set to make a lemon yogurt loaf, but this has caught my eye.
- Derrick
@Miriella -> u have my full support! (too bad it's too late to get out and buy a 3kg nutella jar ;-)
- Lui(gi) ►►
how is it too late? !!!?!
- Miriella
it's 9pm over here and supermarket shuts down at 7.30pm
- Lui(gi) ►►
Ahhh...you need to move to a place with a 24-hour supermarket to satisfy your Nutella cravings...
- Miriella
zomg. YUMMMM.
- Liz
OMG....LOOKS GREAT!!!!!!!
- lizskincare
forever Nutella..Beware of imitation :p
- mariamaqdalena
This looks awesome I am printing the recipe right now for the weekend.
- Justin Broderick
When you go shopping for Nutella, be sure to check whether it was made in Canada or in Italy. According to some online sources (I forget exactly where), European Nutella is superior. As for the cake, I love Nutella, but I have to say Blegh. That looks way too heavy for comfortable eating.
- Kamilah Gill
Kamilah - maybe we can lighten it up by whipping it into some ice cream - something like a blizzard?
- Katy S
I'm so making that - that looks just amazing right now.
- Matt Ellsworth
arghh.. stomach. hurst. hurts. much. nut...
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Nutella + Anything = JOY
- Harold Cabezas
Nutella +... sardines?? :( I like each one separately, but together, uh....
- Kamilah Gill
@Kamilah -> damn right! certain things (as well as humans) are meant to go seperate ways ;-)
- Lui(gi) ►►
I love Nutella. If you are ugly is the best drug!
- Alessandro Marocchini
Is Nutella this famous around the world?
- Woland
@Woland -> in Italy it's H-U-G-E!!!
- Lui(gi) ►►
mm delishes :)
- Svly
I'm sorry to contradict, but an ENTIRE jar of Nutella has never successfully made it anywhere (except for mah belleh! Not all at once tho'.)
- Mark "DerBingle" J
I think I've told this story before but there was one summer about 10 years ago where I had nothing but Nutella, saltines, and vodka for 4 days.
- Rochelle
@Rochelle -> I call it party! a looooong one ;-)
- Lui(gi) ►►
Facebook news feed implemented in Javascript: http://www.streamdiff.com/
Joe, Nicholas James, Andres Montano and 66 other people liked this
It's a pretty cool fb app.
- Paul Buchheit
reminds me about friendfeed :)
- Chris Hofmann
Wow. I do get that immediate comfortable feeling with it. It's FF minus share and hide plus the miniavatar hack http://friendfeed.com/friendf...
- Micah Wittman
Very cool. And so much snappier. Lovin' it already. And Paul, I'm assuming you're going to try to move Facebook in that direction.
- Johan Bakken
I love it. Now if only we could use it in Facebook.
- Faraz Mullick
Good stuff! I've been using Facebook Lite to get straight to the content I care about without having to sift through gobs of application notifications, but this looks even better.
- Roger
Don't see the added value yet, but you can tell their working with Friendfeed is starting to pay off.
- Vincent van Wylick
Excellent! A bit of real-time here, a bit of hiding there and now we have the best Facebook client. Congrats!
- Andrés David Aparicio
The implementation of read state in kind of confusing. I look forward to more iteration in this space... long overdue.
- Michael Leggett
awesome
- andy brudtkuhl
Paul: does the BSD-CC license apply to code files in the dev URL?
- Andrés David Aparicio
how come that it does not update in realtime ? ah, okay,it's not ff...
- Lode Nachtergaele
I'd like it more if I could hide individual posts on a one by one basis like I can on FriendFeed.
- Thomas Hawk
It also seems like it only went three pages back for me. Would be better to page indefinitely.
- Thomas Hawk
To clarify, this isn't something that I or anyone else from FriendFeed created -- it's just a cool app. I don't know anything about the licensing terms.
- Paul Buchheit
Our wishful thinking got the best of us, it seems :)
- Andrés David Aparicio
I wonder who is behind it, I'll repeat my question in the Fan Page then...
- Andrés David Aparicio
it may not be something that FF created, but it's something along the lines of what the FF team ought to consider creating -- maybe as a place to test and experiment with engagement before considering features for broader roll out at Facebook. Creating a FF version of Facebook's news feed, complete with hide functionality, thread bumping, etc. would seem like a far more interesting way to interact with Facebook.
- Thomas Hawk
Paul, thanks for sharing it. Andrés, it is indeed BSD-CC licensed and the code is hosted on GitHub: http://github.com/nshah....
- daaku
Excellent! Thanks, Daaku.
- Andrés David Aparicio
nice! I never want to goto facebook.com again!
- Jay
Follow Friday... You're Doing It Wrong. (One of many, I am sure)
Paul Stamatiou, rowlikeagirl, Kol Tregaskes and 27 other people liked this
Awww...who loves themselves!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Oopsie daisy.
- Mark Krynsky
The "xx" says all we need to know about this account.
- Sunshine
Thanks, Sunshine! xx
- Louis Gray
I would definitely follow me but I am biased.
- Kevin J Hatton
LOL--yep.
- Sunshine
xxx and you have a deal!
- Kevin J Hatton
lol
- Kevin J Hatton
Thats how you are supposed to do it! haha ;)
- Nicholas James
oh so funny.
- anna sauce
what have you got against self-love?
- Laura Norvig
So what really is wrong about shameless self promotion? If you don't love yourself, who can you love?
- Martha
She probably thinks this app is about her, she's so vain.
- Bryan R. Adams
I like it. :D
- Faraz Mullick
There was a time, early in the days of Twitter, when you could follow yourself. I miss those days. *snort* O_o
- pea
Like you could be in a relationship with yourself on Facebook. I miss those days. :/
- Faraz Mullick
did any of you told her you are talking about her? She wants to know.
- Nik
I wouldn't be surprised if many people think this is some kind of a Twitter "command" that gets them more followers - LOL!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
"The best love is the love we give ourselves"... or something.
- Mark "DerBingle" J
Something I'm not vain enough to actually tweet: "#FollowFriday @dennis_jernberg!" Some people really *are* that vain...
- Dennis Jernberg
@Mark Jespen ... As long as we give it with battery powered devices that go "bzzzz" .. LOL
- Paul OFlaherty
LOL.
- Kol Tregaskes
A fruit of two halves: Meet the red and green apple with a split personality - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
Paul Stamatiou, nakachi, FFing Enigma (aka Tina) and 4 other people liked this
"When Ken Morrish picked this apple off a tree in his garden, he thought a prankster had painted half of it red. But after inspecting it closely he realised that the remarkable split colours on the fruit were a natural phenomenon. And the bizarre apple turned Mr Morrish into something of a celebrity in his village with scores of neighbours queuing up to take a photograph of it. Experts say that the odds of finding an apple with such a perfect line between the green and the red are more than 1million to one."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Funky!
- Jan Ole Peek
Have to make one of the biggest decisions of my life today — do I go to college or not.
Paul Stamatiou liked this
GO TO COLLEGE. I'm sure everyone's telling you what to do, but in my experience, you will almost certainly not regret it. Tell me what you're thinking of doing *instead* of college?
- Jolie O'Dell
Have a blog post coming in 15 minutes where I explain my entire side. Will move the comments over there.
- Daniel Brusilovsky
from email
Right on, right on. Will wait for it! You've got a lot of smart people weighing in on this one... hope you haven't made up your mind already! It's a tough call, and I know you'll be AWESOME no matter what you decide to do.
- Jolie O'Dell
Go to college period.
- ashish
I believe I commented on your questions about this a while ago, and I recommended the same for Yuvi. Go to college, not only for the education, but the experience and that damned piece of paper that so many people care about. You will also meet some more interesting people.
- Rob Diana
there is no choice - you go to college - and you go to a school where you live away from your parents. so much to learn - it's not just about the classroom work - but growing up - etc.
- Allen Stern
Ahh, little Ryan doesn't want to come out, he's in breech position so the doctor is preparing us for C-section birth. Less than an hour!!
Roberto Bonini, Kol Tregaskes, Jannifer @wordsforliving and 5 other people liked this
Best wishes
- RetiredTeacherD
M
- John McCrea
My thoughts are with you!
- John McCrea
Good thoughts to you
- Sherrie Belken
I will pray for you, Best wishes! ( I had 2 C-sections! )
- Mary
Sending good wishes Robert!
- Jorge Escobar
Taylor Swift just gave a shoutout to her twitter fans :) so cute! West coast kids, preshow is on!
Paul Stamatiou and Jesse Stay liked this
Kanye Blows Up on Stamen's VMA Twitter Tracker - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Google Real-Time Search Bookmarklet - http://www.steverubel.com/google-...
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Sarah Perez, Jordi Rosell, Daniel Rowley and 10 other people liked this
Thanks Microsoft. Now it's a meme.
Nate Pilling, Diego Barros , James Robertson and 113 other people liked this
lol!
- vijay
Bah, it's only funny if they keep the arm the same.
- Daniel Bruce
I saw this one yesterday and a 4chan one today
- Josh Haley
yep. What Daniel said
- vijay
post them Josh! ;)
- AJ Batac
Well, there's the one I did yesterday too: http://ff.im/7cL1t
- Josh Haley
This same one from yesterday http://ff.im/7d1dn
- Josh Haley
LOL
- AJ Batac
hahaha!
- Carmen
I can't find the 4chan smileyface one, but I did find this: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
- Josh Haley
OK, we have seen the altered version of this MS page for Poland and now we see MS was up to the same tricks for their version of this page for planet Kashyyyk.
- Louis Trapani
somebody please PS Jar Jar Binks!
- topo
I can't stop laughing over Chewbacca sitting there. That one is really well done.
- Joey Gibson
MS should turn this around, use the meme and badly PS a different person for every market
- Erich Zirnhelt
The one with Balmers head cracks me up.
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
Crasher squirrel: http://www.huttstuff.com/microso...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Phil didn't do it: http://www.eworm.nl/phil...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
LOL.
- Zachary TG
I think this works. ;)
- Kreg Steppe
Pfft... I bet it's real, and that's Microsoft's way to try to appeal to the citizens of Kashyyyk.
- Otto
Better then Microsoft's 'edit' LOL!
- Jeremy˚H
<3
- l0ckergn0me
Mary River Turtle - http://fakmegszarok.blogspot.com/2009...
Paul Stamatiou, b@x, AJ Batac and 16 other people liked this
"The australian amateur photographer Chris Van Wyk was snorkeling in the Mary River, a river system in South East Queensland, Australia, when met this beauty and didn’t lose the cance to take some amazing shots. Some weeds have grown on the head of this Mary River Turtle creating the illusion of a green crest that could make even a Sex Pistols really envious…"
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
How slowly do you have to move to get weeds growing on you?
- Gabe
She is soooo trendy
- Bogdan Costea
@sewhitby http://twitpic.com/frn0o - Gotta love it!
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Ladybug Heather, Paul Stamatiou, Admiral Anika and 3 other people liked this
I want some maters, i'd kill for a mozzarella, tomato and a little oil and vinegar right now
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
I want some maters, i'd kill for a mozzarella, tomato and a little oil and vinegar right now
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
Yum.
- Laura Lou Who
i know, right??
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
We have wonderful maters here.
- Laura Lou Who
Oh, it took me a minute. I was trying to figure out what Gamaters were.
- Rochelle
Heh. We don't spail to gud down hear.
- Laura Lou Who
New Jersey Maters... more fertile. Just sayin'
- Jim Is Not Smart
what about the sweet onions?
- chaz2b
Oooh, some Vidalia onions, cinnamon basil, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and my vinaigrette. I could eat that right now.
- Admiral Anika
are vidalia the sweetest onions?
- Baroness Von SmashAHomie
I think Maui's may be a little sweeter, but Vidalia's can be eaten like apples.
- Admiral Anika
Space Shuttle Mission: STS-128 (Sneak Peek)
Nicholas Kreidberg, winckel, Aaron Baer and 52 other people liked this
No Post Processing. This is exactly what we saw out there. Shot hand held at 300mm from a boat ~11 miles away. More pictures and a video of the entire launch later.
- Carlos Ayala
That is just awesome, so awesome.
- Joe
Great job.
- Joe
Speechless... wow! What did it sound like from that distance?
- Adrian
its so strange. you see the boosters fire up, there is a rumble, then a ball of fire, then a louder rumble...then absolute silence. afterward you begin to hear the rockets again and it becomes a steady rumble...then like a minute, or maybe longer...BOOM....the sonic boom hit us and then rumble from the rockets becomes very loud. i dont know man, it is still sinking in. the video will be up soon you can see it for yourself.
- Carlos Ayala
I was wondering if you caught it. Beautiful shot!
- Michael Fidler
Check out the shot Ben Cooper caught; http://ff.im/7l52g
- Michael Fidler
That's a stunning shot, Carlos.
- Admiral Anika
Brillaint
- Roberto Bonini
Cool! When we were watching the launch on TV, I was thinking about the great shots you must be getting.
- Rochelle
Thanks guys! Check out the NASA video if you haven't seen it yet...its amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Carlos Ayala
I just watched that with the Culici Critters and Ilia said: wow, is that where all the smoke and fire came from yesterday?
- Adrian
Half-Birthday Sex, exactly 50% of your naughtiest fantasies fulfilled. - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1...
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Anna Haro, Paul Stamatiou, Helen Sventitsky and 2 other people liked this
"A parody of Jeremih's song and video, "Birthday Sex," where the singer sings about only putting half the effort into sex for his girlfriend's half birthday. Keywords: Jeremih, Birthday Sex, half birthday, sex, parody, spoof, Auto-Tune, music."
- Andrew Trinh
from Bookmarklet
LMAO!!!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
çok açık bir soru soruyorum bu ne ya "what is this" hehehejakjhşlkasjdhgakj :D :D
- Göksel Şirin
Facebook for iPhone 3.0: approved and available. Thanks, everyone, for your patience.
Pete Delucchi, Joe D'Andrea, Johan Bakken and 14 other people liked this
Augh! Not available just yet!
- Kevin Fox
Still showing 2.5 for me. :(
- Otto
"All Apps Are Up to Date" Dangnabit!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Still 2.5 here too.
- Jérôme Flipo
This app store debacle has ceased to be amusing. I think all free app developers should release their stuff on Cydia as well, in protest. Thus, those of us who jailbreak can be ahead of the crowd. Sorta like Google's beta. ;)
- Otto
Got it! Okay, *delete* the current app on your iPhone, then go to the App store and download it again. It says it'll be 2.5, but you'll get 3.0.
- Kevin Fox
Wow. Notifications are *awesome*. Someone liked an entry while I was using the application and it popped up at the bottom.
- Benjamin Golub
Yep, removing and redownloading did the trick.
- Otto
I love NY but aspire to be bi-coastal and semi-nomadic. My life is moving in that direction lately!
Jeff (the マクダジ of FF) and Paul Stamatiou liked this
iJ UPDATE!!!!! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Dakota O'Neill and Paul Stamatiou liked this
She's alive! Btw why didn't you just paint a green screen instead of buying another one?
- Dakota O'Neill
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