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started watching bootleg copy of the 1978 Star Wars Special... good thing I am drunk
rowlikeagirl, Admiral Anika, Morton Fox and 14 other people liked this
the Xmas special? Awesome.
- Pete Delucchi
Yeah - I think that's a requirement. I haven't seen it since I was 9 years old, but even back then I wished I had been drunk. At least the cartoon in there is pretty cool.
- Chrimmus Tad
starts out with It's Wookie Christmas, Charlie Brown, or something... Did you know Chewbacca's "family" has a coffee table exactly like the one my aunt and uncle had?
- Michael W. May
wow... this is bad... so bad
- Michael W. May
I saw the Stars Wars Xmas special the first and only time it was broadcast. Still have the scars.
- Stephen Pierzchala
So very deeply bad. I can smell it from here.
- Steve Isaacs
Where was I reading that Lucas won't allow that to be released on DVD officially? It was just yesterday I think. Anyway, I guess he has good reasons, huh?
- ♥patricia♥
some things are better when drunk :)
- Baard @ Pixum
Art Carney is great, even with a shit script :P
- Michael W. May
NOOOOOO!!!!!!
- Steven Perez
Harvey Korman spoofing Julia Childs while spoofing Star Wars... sublime
- Michael W. May
Grandpa Wookie is now watching holographic porn... Happy Life Day, kids!
- Michael W. May
wait till Bea Authur shows up...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
A brand new All in the Family, Alice, Lucy Comes to Nashville, and then Dallas, this Sunday!
- Michael W. May
"look for the union labels" and "made in the USA" commercial... wow...
- Michael W. May
You're not drinking enough, man. You'll never make it thru the Carrie Fisher song if you're not falling down drunk!
- Steven Perez
No Carrie singing or Bea Arthur yet... The cartoon is on... animation is like Herculoids meets Heavy Metal, kinda cool, but the story is more Thundar the Barbarian than Star Wars
- Michael W. May
woah... news briefs on Cold War items! this is worth watching just for the spots betwixt the show
- Michael W. May
Oh, did I mention Jefferson Starship (or Airplane) is on the show? I've said too much...I'll let just you experience the wonder...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Jefferson Starship, definitely post Grace Slick... by the dark side, that song sucked :P
- Michael W. May
haha! It sucked in spades!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
AAAAAAAAHHHH! Bea Arthur is singing to the cantina theme!
- Michael W. May
ok, wookie love is even more painful than that to watch
- Michael W. May
Having fun? ;)
- Emma
Drunken twittering turkey. *giggles*
- Yolanda
"Feelings... woah woah woah feelings...." hehe, enjoying myself, yes, and glad I had the foresight to be drunk for this
- Michael W. May
Leah singing at the height of the great wookie holiday... wait, I said singing, sorry, that is a misnomer
- Michael W. May
So glad I was able to bring back the memories for you :))
- Kamilah Gill
PREDICTION: The problem FriendFeed will have is when it will be very popular (mainstream if you want), there will be so much content that you won't be able to see eevrything. A page refresh and tons of content is published. We will for sure miss tons of good stuff.
Tyson Key, testbeta, ovigia and 36 other people liked this
a page shows say, 30 entries, between two refreshes, say there's 2000 new entries by friends and friends of friends... you see what I mean?
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
We need some way to lens ACROSS content, to view things based on value / ranking / medium, etc. Already there's more content in even my shallow feed than I can comfortably follow, and few of my friends even use FF.
- Alexander Williams
from NoiseRiver
One word: BLOCK ;)
- Mona Nomura
I expect we'll see more than you realize. Likes and Comments keep stuff bouncing to the top until you get a chance to see it.
- Hutch Carpenter
I'm liking and commenting just to bounce ya twice. ;)
- Chrimmus Tad
Best guess is that hyper growth is already being foreseen with numerous solutions. These guys are good!
- Charlie Anzman
only if you subscribe to everybody under the sun. I'm sure scoble aleady has that problem here and on twitter
- Brett Kelly
Block and Hide aren't nearly good enough for the things I want to do when updates hit several tens per second. I, really, want things like Boolean filters of near arbitrary complexity, feedback learning, and flexible presentation ranking, just to stay sane.
- Alexander Williams
from NoiseRiver
I'm telling you guys - Lindsay totally pegged it. FF is the site that just DEMANDS an Intelligent Agent to sift through the volcanic soil to expose the rough diamonds. If the FF devs have half a brain, they have a genius or two slaving away on that right now.
- Chrimmus Tad
I agree, lots of stuff falls through the cracks through out the day. I think the 'best of' was added for this reason. I haven't really used it that much though.
- Tsega Dinka
but all the good stuff is reshared... personally my eyes are trained to scan content quickly and efficiently. it weeds out what i'm interested in and not. if all else fails, there's always the "BLOCK" or "HIDE" options...
- Mona Nomura
Resharing is data-cluttering, as I see it. I want a system that unifies references to URLs, for one. It tells me where that reference is made from (Rooms, friends, likes, whatnot), but only gives me a single thing to look out for any given referent. The actual rest of info is just useful metadata for building lenses out of.
- Alexander Williams
from NoiseRiver
You ask the wrong question with your prediction my multi-lingual friend -- the question is not whether we will see too much, but whether we will see enough? FriendFeed (with or without NoiseRiver) is an extremely good model for seeing "enough". NoiseRiver will allow the "noise lovers" to see even more :-)
- Robert Seidman
As more people join, simply being good at managing who you follow will be more important and should keep the noise down.
- Martin Bryant
Surely people like Robert Scoble are already at that level, he manages fine!
- Joe Dawson
:-)
- Mitchell Tsai
Joe's right. Bring it on!
- Robert Scoble
Especially if one uses small screens and apps like twhirl to view the feed...
- Henk de Kruyff
from twhirl
We'll just need a CloseFriendFinder app to sit on top of FriendFinder
- Craig Thomler
I don't see the problem if there is the right method to represent the contnet, in a away that the fruition of it by the user would be easier...
- Edoardo Piccolotto
from twhirl
Yes. There is the potential for much more clutter here than twitter, for example. FF needs enhanced filtering tools.
- Ian Fogg
It's already happening for me. Need tags. Plus likes and comments only go so far. What if I like stuff only a few others like? How do I find that?
- Larry Huffman
if more of my friends were on FF I wouldn't be subscribed to so many people I don't know
- Samuel Bostock
the average user isn't going to be subscribed to that many people. and the mainstream will be much less "active" in terms of generating content than the hardcore early adopters. In short, I don't buy the argument.
- Jamie
The average user doesn't use the majority of features present on mobile phones. In Portugal owning a expensive phone is a status statement, but most of them could use the cheapest mobile in term of features used. With software and web services it's the same, people use just a subset of the features, and they have to be in front of them. Power users and all it's likes and dislikes are useful to test the limits of a application, but besides that are not the voice of God.
- Mário Pires
This is where the top posts of the day/week/month will come into play. I sure that someone will comment or like a post before it flits away. It does bear consideration though, put some brakes on the speed of posting perhaps?
- Mathew A. Koeneker
from fftogo
Maybe a combo of FriendFeed and Digg? people could set to only receive posts with X number of likes/comments...or based on the rep of the person posting...
- Craig Thomler
If i could create "groups" of people by subjects relevant to me perhaps it would be more manageable.
- Mário Pires
so there will be meta services (think summize). Cool. no problemo.
- john conroy
Just look at the Everyone feed. Only imagine articles with 1,000 likes (ala Digg) and 500 comments (ala slashdot). Some people may want the raw feeds, we'll need new filters/views/trails/signposts/guides/topics etc...
- Mitchell Tsai
@Mario Agree. GM script for Friends / Groups http://ffapps.com/filters/
- Hao Chen
I think we'll just end up hiding a lot more stuff
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I have the feeling that the FF staff will roll with the punches. Scalability!
- Steve Isaacs
@Robert Scoble: you WON'T be able to manage that noise. It's simply a mathematical fact. Say, you see 30 post, and between two refreshes, 20.000 entries are posted. The next page will show the last 30 of these 20.000 new entries. You will miss the entries in between. Liking or commenting from FOAF won't help. Because the flow will run... fast.
- directeur
from NoiseRiver
Prescient in Twitter's case. For awhile it was so for FF too. I don't know about now however; things are slower.
- Itachi
Phew! Who bumped this??! :)
- directeur
That would be me sir.
- Itachi
Hi, mohomed! That's so old, how did you find it? :)
- directeur
I was looking for a post with an mp3 attached to it from awhile ago that I needed, but couldn't find it. It's some soft of new jazz from Turkey. A bald guy with blue was attached as an image holding some sort of instrument. But I stumbled across a bunch of good other old posts.
- Itachi
Could it be Mercan Dede?
- directeur
You continue to amaze me monsieur http://friendfeed.com/directe... Thanks so much!
- Itachi
Thank you! Tout le plaisir est pour moi, Dhanaan! :)
- directeur
Amber, Random Time Lord, Derrick, MVB (Grinch of FF) and 6 other people liked this
Pre-happy birthday!
- Steve Isaacs
*LOVE* Shevonne...when is your bday?
- Anna Haro
turning 30 ,, sheeeeshhh ,, Im 52 , look 32 , act16
- johnpiercy
from twhirl
Me, too! :)
- Alix Whitmire
Happy Birthday, Shevonne!
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Secrets of the 2008 Campaign - http://www.newsweek.com/id...
Anthony Citrano, Daniel Rowley, Darryl and MikeAmundsen liked this
A fascinating look behind the scenes of the campaign. A great read.
- Steve Isaacs
from Bookmarklet
Obama wants to tax us into poverty to giove to his banker frends!
- Mr.LOL
Let me break it down for you: If you don't like shows getting spoiled, WATCH THE SHIT LIVE. You're welcome.
Itachi, Krista K, Jennifer Dittrich and 8 other people liked this
That's not exactly fair for those in other time zones.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
The West Coast time zone is proof that God hates California. Sorry, dude.
- Alex Scrivener
I'm in Central, actually, but have respect for those in the West.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I mean the people who watch days/weeks later and insist on killing any conversation online or off about a show.
- Steve Isaacs
not to mention those who suffer the bane of media - staggered release dates. The UK won't get the current seasons of CSI until 2010. :P
- alphaxion
@Steve - phrased that way, I'm cool with that, but alphaxion, I feel for that. I'm death on Doctor Who spoilers - esp. when it was a year or more before they'd air in the US.
- Jennifer Dittrich
@jennifer it's possibly the single biggest driving force behind piracy, if they'd just open it up on the net for legitimate streaming they'd make more money than if they released it in stages. Unless they're willing to admit that the amount lost is nothing compared to the value of the exclusivity deals. In which case, they need to shut up about piracy cause they know what they need to do to kill it.
- alphaxion
Ping.fm vs HelloTxt. Which one do you prefer. And Why?
Stylish Eve, Kimberly J, Kol Tregaskes and 4 other people liked this
I haven't used HelloTxt, but from first impressions of the webpage it doesn't look quite as nuanced as ping.fm - seems more about status updates only. Ping.fm allows blog and microblog posting as well and I like the flexibility. Having said that, there's nothing wrong with doing one thing well.
- David Young
HelloTxt. It has more services, also from other countries.
- Baard @ Pixum
I like hello.txt because I could actually log into it without getting a beta invite. For me, they have first mover status. :P
- Justin Whitaker
Good point Justin, but Ping.fm invite codes are so freely available these days, I don't even know why they're still required
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
HelloTxt - because it has an SMS gateway.
- Alja Sulcic
Ping.fm - The triggers are very useful
- Bwana ☠
Sounds pretty even right now. Someone should post a feature comparison grid!
- Glenn Batuyong
Hello.txt with SMS gateway; while Ping.fm with IM support. Hello.txt is two way (at least on the web interface); while Ping.fm could only send messages, not receiving.
- Jansen Lu
I'm trying to get SMS working at hellotxt, but it rejects saying that I'm not sending to a "vaild 10 digit code" - ideas anyone?
- Steve Isaacs
Thanks for the updates, everyone. Does either service work well with Blackberry?
- Ryne Nelson
would anyone use Hellotxt as a two-way communication tool? or just treating it as a message broadcaster?
- Jansen Lu
HelloTxt: nicer interface and more services supported, though I tend to use both 'cos I'm a nerd ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol my Ping.fm's interface is very clean and neat, 'coz it's only the gtalk conversation windows :P
- Jansen Lu
I'm leaning toward TelloText though I haven't really given Ping.fm a fair shot.
- Kimberly J
I use Ping.fm and I like it better because they keep adding great new innovative features. And you can use it with many different applications like Twirl, Spaz, etc.
- Guitarguy234
Ok, so what is the term for FriendFeed Post Necromancy? Because this is the poster child for it.
- Justin Whitaker
Oldboy (2003) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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"Oldboy (Hangul: 올드보이, the phonetic transliteration of "old boy") is a 2003 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook. It is based on a Japanese manga of the same name written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. Oldboy is the second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. The movie follows the story of Dae-Su who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef."
- Steve Isaacs
from Bookmarklet
I watched this just before the Virginia Tech thing happened. It's a very disturbing, nasty movie.
- Kamilah Gill
Slash Awesome.
- Steve Isaacs
all the revenge themed movies by this director are disturbing. (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance, Old Boy) great though. not recommended for everyone
- Rodfather
This was an awesome movie.
- Admiral Anika
Two words: Octopus Scene.
- Steve Isaacs
Speaking of which, I just found this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch...)
- Steve Isaacs
Two words: Tongue Scene.
- fatih gül
I love this film.
- Bonnie Dean
Rockin' film!
- Vincent van Wylick
Standup and walk away from you computer. The internet is FAILING. Big time.
.LAG liked that, anna sauce, Jennifer McDaniel and 6 other people liked this
I concur. Time for a coffee break :)
- valalalala lala la la
At least Facebook, Twitter, ping, gmail, etc.
- Kenley Neufeld
friendfeed is still good so why leave your desk :)
- (jeff)isageek
its over people, head for them hills.
- royce
I went for a walk in the sunshine, and when I came back the Internets was broken. I should do that more. I'd probably be more productive.
- Fiona Bradley
I'm getting Gmail/Google, but FB and Twitter = FAIL. Not even the whale!
- Steve Isaacs
My gmail is sporadic too. Up/down.
- Kenley Neufeld
the things i use still work. </smugbastard>
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Anyone know if West Africa is still completely offline, btw? news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8176014.stm
- Fiona Bradley
Yeah, most social media sites are b0rked or moving that way today...
- Ricardo Vidal
Friendfeed seems to be rocking though.
- Kenley Neufeld
Twitter are reporting a denial of service attack (http://status.twitter.com) DOS against Amazon in general?
- Cameron Neylon
FF ain't working all that well-I just had a carefully-written comment fail. (And got DNS failure when I first tried to get on...)
- Walt Crawford
And Livejournal was down for a while this morning.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
This fits so well with the discussion in my History of the Book class from Tuesday.
- Jennifer McDaniel
Jennifer, I'd like to hear more. I'm teaching a short class on the History and Future of the Book this winter.
- s t e v e
a few years ago, the electricity at work died for a couple hours. I realized then that I could do no work when there was no electricity! Huge eye-opener.
- David Lee King
Steve, my professor based the course on the premise that current culture is comprised of the oral, scribal, print and digital periods. We were discussing the digital period on Tuesday and he asked us to think about the transmission of ideas from the writer to the reader. Today, that transmission can go from the writer through a browser, router, internet etc to the reader, and unlike...
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- Jennifer McDaniel
Thanks, Jennifer. Very true. I think we will be asking students to think across periods a lot, about assumptions we make about reading and books and textual objects.
- s t e v e
Google Voice question: How can I make sure GV's VM picks up a call, and my iPhone's VM doesn't get in the way? #googlevoice
Jenny Morman, EricaJoy, Richard pancakhaus Walker and Shevonne liked this
If they call your Google #, then your iPhone VM shouldn't pick up. The Google Voice VM would.
- Shevonne
Steve, check this link: http://www.google.com/support...
- ElStewie
@ElStewie Thanks! that is really informative
- Shevonne
I just called AT&T to get them to extend my VM delay to 30 secs, so GV can get the call at 25 (the unchangeable default). Testing now.
- Steve Isaacs
Found this tip online: http://www.tipstrs.com/tip...
- ElStewie
This is great. Thanks for the question and the answer.
- Kenley Neufeld
from iPhone
For the record, the longest AT&T can extend the ring is 30-seconds. Also, it was a 4-min. call to them for the change.
- Kenley Neufeld
from iPhone
PedoFAILia: RT @igotyourcrazy: Advertisement fail. http://twitpic.com/c1y26
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Sick. Have to 'hide'.
- Kevin J Hatton
PS, nothing personal
- Kevin J Hatton
None taken.
- Steve Isaacs
Crocs™ Islander | Crocs, Inc. - http://www.crocs.com/crocs-i...
My eyes hurt.
- Steve Isaacs
@catcarr1 I came up with the Entourage contest, I can't manage anyone, sorry. My profile on there is a sample. Rules. #entourage
no problem. Great idea..love the show
- caitlyn starr carrington
Thanks!
- Steve Isaacs
New trailer for Peter Jackson's new Sci-Fi thriller "District 9" coming Aug 14: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie...
Kol Tregaskes, caitlyn starr carrington, Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕ and 2 other people liked this
looks good.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Jackson's producing, not directing. Always weird for me to see films credited to producers. The writer/director is Neill Blomkamp.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Jandy++
- Andrew C
Good call Jandy.
- Steve Isaacs
So that's what LOTR guy has been up to..Looks like a winner
- caitlyn starr carrington
"Justin Korn's Blog" as a title is boring...I want something fresh and unique. Ideas?
tinypants - Hagitha of FF, Derrick, edythe and 12 other people liked this
I originally had "Justin's Web Hub"
- Justin Korn
Korn on the Blog
- Chris Nixon
Sorry
- Chris Nixon
Think of something that you really like or an overall theme and work from there. Mine is simply my name because it's more for the purpose of what I do..blog entries are just "I feel like writing". You post a lot of your photography..maybe title it a play on words from photography?
- Candace
1afia;lsf;alalg holy crlak;flag ppa Chrisa l;kfs;la a laahahha dying
- Akiva Moskovitz
hahaha hseriously i am afyding over herekaj gfa SEND HELP afka; 1uP
- Akiva Moskovitz
Chris: Genius...
- Steve Isaacs
Chris just won.
- Candace
I am going to have to hide this because every time I see it I start having a laughgasm again.
- Akiva Moskovitz
OMG Chris. I can't breathe!
- Yolanda
Kornucopia? And yeah, I'm dying from Chris' suggestion too.
- Alex Scoble
Korn Blogging, Blog Korn, Justin's Views. I don't know, my blog title sucks too. (SheenOnline? Come on...LOL)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
seriously Chris. Wow. *wipes tears away*
- Yolanda
Think about how people will search Google for your blog and include those terms in your name. Use the Google AdWords Tool to research your theories: https://adwords.google.com/select...
- Robert Scoble
Chris - don't apologize I can't stop laughing either and think it is brilliant
- Justin Korn
Leave it to my brother to use this as a chance to pimp one of his favorite widgets, hehe.
- Alex Scoble
+1 Chris!
- Jeremy Brooks
Rahsheen - I like SheenOnline. It's somewhat orginal...
- Justin Korn
Justin's Korn'er
- Jonathan.Rivera
Not bad Jon, i like that one too
- Justin Korn
I'm glad I'm not the only one doing an embarrasing LOL. Geez, Chris -- that was a hoot.
- Cheryl Rice
Yeah, CHRIS that was 2 funny
- Jonathan.Rivera
It's the 'Sorry' that makes it genius.
- Akiva Moskovitz
And that's from someone named "Rice." Maybe we should get together, Justin ... do some kind of high-carb blogging thing.
- Cheryl Rice
ROFLMAO... damn Chris that was good! funny stuff!
- Susan Beebe
how about ijustin. maybe you would get some accidental traffice from ijustine.
- nesman89
To borrow from lester you could do iKorn. :)
- Alex Scoble
ha, iKorn...i can't believe that domain isn't even available.
- Justin Korn
I am the proud owner of kornontheblog.com (not changing officially yet, but had to buy it)
- Justin Korn
I dig Korn on the Blog... [Korn] Kobs of Wisdom...
- Richard Goodwin
from twhirl
Yeah it's still making me laugh.
- Alex Scoble
That's Kernels of Wisdom
- Nine
"Something Fresh and Unique"
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Nine - Like "Kernals of Wisdom"
- Justin Korn
Well, at least there are too people in the world that like SheenOnline. Thanks Justin :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Korn on the Blog ftw, omg HAHA
- Mona Nomura
Just In Korn!
- Didier Lahely
from feedalizr
bumping due to this post: http://friendfeed.com/sparkto...
- Justin Korn
Korn's Kettle?
- JA Castillo
Thank you Justin. My most favorite thread EVAR. I laughed so much, I cried.
- Yolanda
JA Castillo - I've already settled with "Korn on the Blog" --> http://www.kornontheblog.com
- Justin Korn
Yolanda - This was certainly an AWESOME thread! :)
- Justin Korn
LOL...Justin, I am usually late to the party! Please pardon my ignorance! ;)
- JA Castillo
JA - No worries, all good in the hood :) Though, I do like the ring of Korn's Kettle. I should open a Kettle Korn shop...
- Justin Korn
from IM
What is your favorite documentary?
Barak B, Admiral Anika, Alan Le and 4 other people liked this
Hoop Dreams
- Bryan R. Adams
Born into Brothels
- Shevonne
Fog of War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... This should be required viewing for everyone.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Hoop Dreams with Heart of the Game a close second.
- Amani
Wow. There's a architectural series I just adore and a jazz one two. Beef was awesome, as was another hip-hop doc. And Space (narrated by Sam Neill).
- Admiral Anika
Tarnation
- Pokai
The Gleaners and I
- Rick Powell
The War Room
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
A Brief History of Time, Fog of War, Heart of Darkness, King of Kong.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Paradise Lost
- Steve Isaacs
Wordplay; The Electric Car; Jesus Camp...
- Donna Mugavero
heart of darkness
- Baard @ Pixum
Power of Nightmares... and anything by Frontline
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Hoop Dreams. King of Kong might be second.
- Jon Price
The 7 & Up series.
- JoEllen
CONTROL ROOM.
- Steven Perez
I really enjoyed King of Kong the other night.
- anna sauce
Roger & Me :)
- Michael Forian
wow....I don't watch enough documentaries, I'm ashamed to say but the last one that really stood out for me was the HBO Miracle on Ice documentary...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
There are several really good Iraq docs, such as Fragments of Iraq and My Country My Country
- Rick Powell
Best in Show. No wait. That's a MOCKumentary. Sorry :)
- Seth Gottlieb
probably the 7 Up series...
- edythe
The Pixar Story. I also loved King of Kong
- Alan Le
"The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow" on Dr. Temple Grandin: http://video.google.com/videopl...
- Phil G
Star Wars... or Terminator.. dunno. ;)
- Jemm
By the way, I love this thread.
- Phil G
Oh, also "Genghis Blues" is absolutely fantastic.
- Phil G
This is Spinal Tap
- Josh Haley
American Movie! I second. Also Capturing the Friedmans, Voices from the Front, Benjamin Smoke. That last one is probably my fav after Gleaners.
- Rick Powell
The Life & Times of Harvey Milk, The Bridge, Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple
- Patrickometry
Spellbound
- R. Ferguson
@Shevonne Born into Brothels was amazing
- fijidaddy
Baron Davis's new documentary, 'Bloods and Crips: Made in America"
- fijidaddy
Beef, Planet Earth series & The Ladies Sing the Blues
- Admiral Anika
May I dare, uh, Borat ? LOL
- DAL
New Vlog in my Profile in Awesome series. A special birthday edition for one Steve Isaacs. - http://aaronhood.net/2009...
Live4Emma (L4S), martha, FFing Enigma (aka Tina) and 2 other people liked this
WOW!~!! Aaron, that is super cool, I'm really humbled. Good job with the video/editing/music etc. Thanks for including me in your "Profiles of Awesome". :)
- Steve Isaacs
You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it. I tried to have a good mix of songs from Skycycle and TPC. Thanks for the music and that show at the Avalon!
- Aaron Hood
from BuddyFeed
Dude, you're awesome. I was 100% touched. Melissa saw it too and loved it. Thank you.
- Steve Isaacs
Hanging tough
Screw you, AT&T. As a longtime iPhone user, I'll pay MORE for the 3GS than a new user? Great. #fail
Walt Ruppar, Anna Lynn M., anna sauce and 23 other people liked this
How many times do people need to get screwed by AT&T before they realize that that's just how they are and they aren't going to change?
- J Wynia
They are doing the same thing in the UK with O2..
- David W
most phone companies are like that, but they really went overboard with this. idiots
- Cee Bee
J - Just because they do doesn't mean we should take it quietly or NOT try to change them. Strength in numbers.
- Steve Isaacs
Stop whining http://i.gizmodo.com/5284318...
- Mistletoe Glen
+1 Glen, http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
- Joshua Schnell
Glen++ I will whine about AT&T for many (MANY) other reasons, but this is not one of them.
- Mark Philpot
BTW, I wish AT&T would explain the difference between "standard upgrade price" and "upgrade price". Two of my three phones are eligible for the "upgrade price," and the other one is eligible for the "standard upgrade price." No idea what that means.
- Mistletoe Glen
Switch to Sprint and the Pre.
- Nation Hahn
This is nothing new for AT&T. They have long punished existing users with inflated price for continued service (Be it, mobile/ land phone. DSL, DISH...whatever)
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
It's not new for ANY wireless provider. They all have these things called contracts that they enforce. In fact, I believe contracts are used elsewhere, too.
- Mistletoe Glen
I don't mind staying with AT&T, and I haven't had issues with their service (aside from them keeping streaming video apps wifi only - if I'm near wifi, I usually have a computer, so wifi-only apps are fairly pointless). But why can't I sign a new two-year contact at the lower price, and they just add on the time I have left on my current contract to the end of it?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Glen: I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be more than happy to extend my current contract for two more years in exchange for the subsidized pricetag. If they'll play along with me, great. If not, then they *are* being idiots, and I've got every reason to complain.
- Roger Benningfield
It's business. Business profit motivation is often at odds with customer satisfaction. at&t know most iphone users are probably happy with their phones and many will want to upgrade. It makes perfect sense, at least from a bean-counter's perspective, to charge them more. Personally, i'll be dumping at&t the second the iphone is offered by other carriers.
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Roger (and others), if you're willing to pay the early termination fee and then pay the new user charge, great, but what I'm hearing here and in other places is that current users want the new user price without paying for abrogating the contract they signed.
- Steve Lowe
Steve, I don't want to abrogate it, I want to add it to the new contract, creating a three-year and a bit contract from the new two-year one plus the one year and a bit I have left on my current one. At least, I'd like that as an option. Or is it an option and for some reason no one's talking about it?
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Jandy, that's interesting, but what happens when the iPhone 4G (or whatever) comes out: do you end up with a 5- or 6-year contract with etf's running up to $500 or more? Also, you're the first person to mention adding on to their existing contract. No one else has mentioned that--that I've seen, anyway.
- Steve Lowe
IMO, this is a case of being annoyed that AT&T treats existing customers like this, but new customers get the red carpet rolled out. We don't get a reward for being loyal customers? At this point, since I don't have the money to upgrade right away anyway, I'm going to wait out the rest of my 2-year contract, however much is left, and then try to upgrade. If I still have to pay the overinflated upgrade price then, I'll be pretty pissed.
- Cheryl Jones
Cheryl, I would be too. The end-of-contract price and the new user price should be the same, I agree. And I don't know the deathstar's etf structure, but I've heard of some users who are finding it cheaper to pay up and just get a new phone.
- Steve Lowe
As far as I understand there will still be a rebate for the people with one year left of their contracts. This rebate will just be half the rebate new users get since you are only technically adding another year to your contract. If that is not logical and fair I don't know what is. If people wanted to change their phone every year and add more to it every year because a new and...
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- Rasmus Lauridsen
There should be two options for existing customers. Extend your existing contract by two years (maybe there should be a ~3 maximum contract length) and an option to prorate the discount of the phone versus the contract remaining. In other words, a two year contract is worth a certain discount on the phone so my remaining one year is worth 1/2 that discount so give me 1/2 the discount new users get and let me get the new phone. It's fair and everyone can get what they want.
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I agree that AT&T is right and reasonable to set it's pricing as it does (they actually do give an extra $100 to us < 1yr 3g buyers)... but i think that that it would have been wiser for them to try something more consumer friendly. Their exclusivity won't last for too much longer and they should want to get people locked into contracts extending out as long as possible as well as building up the good will they're burning with their MMS/tethering crap.
- felix
@·[▪_▪]· They pretty much do that now although how they calculate it doesn't seem to make much sense to me. Price of a 32GB 3GS is $699 with no discount. $299 for new subscribers or those not under contract. I'm currently almost a year into my 3G 2-year contract and my price is $499. A friend of mine who just got his 3G earlier this year, can also get it for $499.
- ronin
Everytime I read "screw you" I'm hearing Leo laporte say it :).
- Roberto Bonini
As I said earlier, I'd be happy to just extend my existing contract by two years. And here's the stupid thing for AT&T... if they lose exclusivity in a year or two, they'll lose me as a customer. I'm only on AT&T for the iPhone, and would switch in a second if the opportunity arose. They should be actively seeking to lock me in, not push me into waiting.
- Roger Benningfield
@robot, yeah, that's fair. Sounds like maybe they're doing something like the 1/2 discount. I think I'll still wait till my contract's up, though (hey, by then they'll probably have another new model out).
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
fuck AT&T for trying to wring more money out of me. no interest.
- mjc
:( I took their bait 'cause I wanted my netbook *so badlee*. They do suck donkey b***s, though.
- Kamilah Gill
I'm confused about all the ire. The cheap prices for new or eligible customers are specifically because the subsidies get paid out over time during the contract. But after only one year, I can get a 3GS 32GB for $299 just as if I was a new customer (it's $499 if I buy it today, under one year with my current hardware). Surely if people want new hardware more frequently than once per...
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- LogEx
Okay, how about this, then? How about we shift some of the blame for failing to properly manage consumer expectations to Apple? They should advertise the retail price of the hardware, not the subsidized price. Then people would be pleasantly surprised to be paying lower prices if they're eligible for a full or partial upgrade, rather than annoyed to find they're paying more than advertised.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
+1 Jandy. There will always be a new product people want and it will come out faster than your contracts expire (subsidized or not). I don't really have a horse in this race since I got a 3G last Sept and am quite happy with it. I'll upgrade to the 3.0 OS and be happier. And when my contract expires, I might get the next version of the iPhone. Or not. If you want to be on the leading edge of technology, you have to be willing to pay the price.
- CAJ, somewhere else
As much as I wish prices were lowered and there was some sort of leeway on the contracts (especially for customers loyal to their carrier), well said Alan.
- Charlotte M
Tis true... And I did...
- Walt Ruppar
People are still so hung up on storage. Who needs 32 gigs on their iPhones, seriously? #DigitalPackRatsFTL #fb
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Come ON it's 2009 - streaming and cloud ring a bell?
- Mona Nomura
hey, when the cloud is blown away, what happens then ? Bigger Mem on handheld devices is a neccesity !
- Peter Dawson
I'm looking for more space on my BlackBerry for a bunch of reasons -- if I'm roaming I don't want to pay data roaming fees. Also it's nice to be able to carry around and save large documents. 32G might be excessive but why stream my music collection when I already have it and can just toss it on flash. Of course it's helps that the BB is userupgradable with a swappable uSDHC card ;)
- matthew john ernisse
me
- sofarsoShawn
I don't even use more than 6 GB out of my 16 GB. But who knows, video capture could change the deal.
- Brome
I could use that space easily.
- Tanath
Apparently I only have 780MB left on my 16GB iPhone so I guess I do.
- ronin
Trust me, I am struggling with 16GB. I tyr to keep some movies on mine. I have a large library of music. Podcasts up to my neck. My headphones rarely come off of my ears. So yeah, 32 GB is a big seal for me.
- Darrell Bell
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With 30fps video and movie purchases on the phone, that storage might get eaten up fast.
- Alan
My old ipod has 33 gb of music alone.
- Andrew C
As storage space increases, people will find a way to use it.
- Tanath
Too many stuff works hard on the functionality.
- Praveen Vasudev
Usually I'm with you on the storage thing, but for VIDEO? Yeah, you'll want the 32g.
- Steve Isaacs
I want the voice and video!
- Susan Beebe
Susan - I hate talking to people, I don't think I'd talk to my phone. ;)
- Mona Nomura
ha ha, Mona!
- Moushumi Kabir
I definitely feel the limitation with 8GB, as I have a ton of music (about 150GB). With 32GB I can probably sync ALL of my 4-5 star tracks, so it's a fairly big deal for me.
- Jamie
When I can get 3G everywhere I go then cloud computing becomes an alternative
- Brian
all I can say is Kudos to Apple's branding/PR/marketing people for selling whatever Apple 'invent' to their dazzled/waiting fans. That's the success of branding! :)
- Moushumi Kabir
I'll most likely get the 16gb and then just upgrade my iPod (or is it downgrade?) from a 30gb video to a 120gb 3rd gen. I have a cubic shit-ton of MP3's, so even a 32gb iPhone won't do anything for me. I imagine that if I were to stock more movies or videos, it would be a big deal.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Mona, I have a 32GB iPod Touch, and it's a challenge to keep from filling it up. I watch and listen to lots of podcasts.
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
Like in a house--you tend to fill-up whatever space you have available.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
I don't get it either. If everything goes to Hulu or Netflix or xyz service, the storage issue becomes moot. If I'm out of coverage, i.e. on a plane, I'll bring a Touch or ZuneHD.
- EricG
@EricG I don't really like carrying a ton of crap on me, I didn't buy a $400 device to have to buy a bunch others to lug around. I imagine that's why phones these days do all this crap -- most people feel the same way. Of course if Apple supported uSDHC or something the point would be moot, you buy the device and then however much memory you need ;)
- matthew john ernisse
I'd rather have my phone with a lot of storage, so I don't have to carry an additional MP3 player and an additional video player. Just roll it all into one and then I just have one gadget to worry about. Downside is, that's just one gadget that has to handle all of that and it will run down the battery faster, plus if it breaks you're SOL for 3 different types of use.
- Bradley Farless
when mobile networks can be there 100% of the time maybe, until then local storage will win every damn time. Tell me, do you get 3G access every time you try to access something? And how much worse will that access be when everyone is streaming their video and audio across it?
- alphaxion
Seven vs. The Matrix - http://www.flickchart.com/914ABB1...
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Seven.
- Jemm
Seven
- Matt Ruiz
Can I have an Invite?
- Matt Ruiz
Matrix.
- Admiral Anika
Seven.
- Mark H
Matrix
- Michael Fidler
Matrix
- Pete Delucchi
7
- Alix Whitmire
Seven by a mile.
- Steve Isaacs
Matrix.
- Andrew Roche
Matrix. Never saw 7.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
You *need* to see Seven. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Matrix is my favourite of the two but only just and it's my second best ever.
- Kol Tregaskes
Seven scared the crap out of me!
- LPH™ and his dog P™
matrix, but seven is really close.
- Ivan Zuzak
The Matrix, no question.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Tough one for me - Matrix was the start of a new mythology. Seven (still) gives me nightmares. Matrix by a hair.
- Sean O'Brien
New Blog post: The end of SteveIsaacs.tv? - http://steveisaacs.tv/2009...
After 3 stolen/lost cameras, I might just have to cut my losses.
- Steve Isaacs
Have you considered using a service like TrackItBack? Sometimes a reward will encourage return.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
I can't believe how bad my luck is with video cameras. Last night someone stole my camera. AGAIN. Fuck.
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Dude, are you SERIOUS? It's like you have a target on your back. I'm so sorry to hear about this. :(
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Man. That's 3 this year. What the hell? Is there a www.stealsteveisaacscamera.com?
- Admiral Anika
It's utterly amazing to me.
- Steve Isaacs
Un-like. :(
- Alix Whitmire
Holy crap Steve...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Man, twice, that's bullshit. Inside job?
- Mo Kargas
Steve, even I am getting sick of your cameras getting stolen.
- Derek Coward
Holy hell. I believe the video camera Gods are working against you. Maybe next camera includes a special body piercing device so it is on your person at all times? LOL@anika!
- Janet
WTH! Were they all stolen in the same manner/under the same circumstances?
- Ayşe E.
This is starting to make me depressed. I hope you're unlucky streak ends.
- Aaron Hood
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Actor David Carradine found dead in Bangkok hotel, suicide suspected: http://www.cnn.com/2009...
Steve, where did you see suicide?
- Derek Coward
Sorry, the suicide info was from this NYT article, I posted the wrong one: http://bit.ly/xMZ5a
- Steve Isaacs
Mad Men back in August, here's the Season 3 promo video: - http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men...
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"In case you missed it during the Season 2 Finale of Breaking Bad, check out the Season 3 promo for Mad Men here. The premiere is scheduled for August so start planning your summer accordingly!"
- Steve Isaacs
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Hands-on with Google Wave: "Weird and quite wonderful": - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17...
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"Google just opened up to a limited audience its very interesting communications experiment called Wave (news stories). Our hands-on evaluation: there's a lot to like. It really is a more contemporary take on communications. But it will knock many e-mail users off-balance."
- Steve Isaacs
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Just installed Hulu Desktop. Slick! - http://www.hulu.com/labs...
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"Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that's optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu's entire library with just six buttons. For users without remotes, the application is keyboard and mouse-enabled. Hulu Desktop is a downloadable application and will work on PCs and Macs. It will initially launch as a beta product during which we plan to gather and incorporate user feedback to improve the service."
- Steve Isaacs
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I installed it on my macbook. it kept crashing. what I saw looked good though.
- chrisofspades
@theginbin What's League of Gentlemen? Do tell...
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A very dark comdey form the BBC....I have the DVDs...Can I help you at all?
- WorldofHiglet
Isn't it "The leugue of extraordinary gentlemen"?
- Olcayto Cengiz
also a film from many years ago....bank job by ex-military types
- WorldofHiglet
Thanks!
- Steve Isaacs
It's a group of men who give wet towels and cab fare to lovely ladies.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
I really couldn't find the humour in the show - it's like a lot of british "comedies" from the past 5 or so years, ceaseless repitition of grating catchphrases and purile attempts at shock humour. You might find it funny occasionally, but it wears thin very quickly; especially if you've grown up with stuff like blackadder and the original few red dwarf series (series 5 and onwards just loses the plot and drops into puntasm mode).
- alphaxion
alpha: the humour is very dark. The thing that made it funnier for me is that is was filmed in the village next to ours...and the butcher's shop is the village butcher's shop.
- WorldofHiglet
I like dark humour, I just don't think the show actually contained anything other than purile humour. I found myself groaning at the attempted payoffs and getting bored by it. I guess I was spoiled by growing up when comedy from the late 70's thru to early 90's was around.
- alphaxion
Things I'd rather wear than Christian Audigier: Some of that batshit crazy "avant garde" space whore garb Lady Gaga wears.
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It's Space Escort, thank you.
- Christopher Harley
Our neighbor has her Subaru tricked out with Audigier stickers and steering wheel cover. Classy.
- a creature was stirring
Kill your neighbor.
- Steve Isaacs
Fox from Daisy of Love is my new dream hero. His words are like poetry.
I wish I had cable to know what everyone is talking about...wishing for cable for trashy tv...maybe I shouldn't wish. :)
- dafire
Get cable.
- Steve Isaacs
io9's Terminator review, and it ain't pretty: - http://io9.com/5263019...
"In Terminator Salvation, John Connor's voice carries over the radio waves, telling stories about the human spirit and how it'll triumph over our robot oppressors. As if the power of storytelling will save our future. So why is the movie itself so inept at storytelling?"
- Steve Isaacs
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