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really cool
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Guilty as charged.
- l0ckergn0me
How I hate you people.
- Sean-Michael Robinson
David Gregory - Dickipedia - A Wiki of Dicks - http://www.dickipedia.org/dick...
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"The discipline and vigilance Gregory displayed in being careful never to say anything insightful or original about politics impressed the NBC higher-ups. And so, on December 7, 2008, a day that will not live in infamy (or any other kind of famy), it was announced that Gregory would be the full-time moderator of "Meet the Press." The first show with Gregory as moderator aired on December 14, 2008. The first show in which Gregory said something original will be on...well, don't hold your breath."
- David Monroe
from Bookmarklet
This was such a horrible idea.
- Anika
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Mormons Losing Members Over Anti-Gay Campaigns - http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008...
Beth K, rowlikeagirl, Sean-Michael Robinson and 4 other people liked this
"While the Mormon Church hierarchy was responsible for organizing millions of dollars and thousands of hours of manpower to pass California's Proposition 8 and Arizona's Prop 102, the church's tactics haven't sat so well with some of its members--including families, members with Mormon heritage going back 150 years, and gay members---who began speaking out in July on the website signingforsomething.org."
- Kathleen Anderson
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Challenged ballots: You be the judge - http://minnesota.publicradio.org/feature...
rowlikeagirl, Scott of Two Countries, xero and 4 other people liked this
"Representatives from the campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken have been challenging ballots across the state. It's your turn to play election judge. Tell us how you would rule in the case of these challenged ballots. Use this Minnesota state statute as your guide."
- MikeAmundsen
from Bookmarklet
Some of the challenges coming from both campaigns are as ludicrous as the half-assed voting attempts.
- Chester
"You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!"
- MikeAmundsen
If you can't operate a ballot that 90% of others can, you are not qualified to vote imo.
- xero
I love the one where the guy did everything *BUT* color the circle -- he circled the black guide mark for the optical scanner closest to Franken's name, then put a check mark next to his name. More evidence that not everyone should be allowed to vote!
- rowlikeagirl
Right-wing media feeds its post-election anger - Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/news...
Rob H., Donna Mugavero, Erin @queenofspain and 4 other people liked this
"To broadcast such a report -- so drained of context as to constitute a lie -- would be a shameless act at any time. But Limbaugh needlessly stirred the fears of the millions he holds in his thrall -- making the 401(k) thievery sound like nearly a done deal. Shameless."
- Steven Perez
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It will be very interesting to see how Rush et al capitalizes on all fear, latent racism, and general distrust of government to be the fuel to his audience. I would like to say that we are beyond his rhetoric, and that he's dated, but it's just not true, sadly. And don't think that you can get rid of him with a "fairness doctrine" either. That's a bullshit idea in about 15 different ways.
- Sean-Michael Robinson
man it is funny to listen to you libs, when we appose your idiology were "racist" "spreading fear", etc.... When you oppose our idiology your being "noble", "brave" & "Patriotic"! I'm surprised that I have not heard the term "Obama Hater" yet, sure that is coming soon!
- Brian
They use fear and mis-information to their advantage.
- Russellreno
Whadya know, Brian? Fear really is the mind-killer.
- Steven Perez
Will the intelligent Republicans please take back your party already? It's tiring having to deal with the idiots who stole it.
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How to ROFL
Aaron Krug, Czar, Mahdi Ebrahimi and 86 other people liked this
HAH!!!!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
HAHAHAHHA
- Mona Nomura
ROFL
- Kevin Johnson
lol. NOT rofl, just lol
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
hahaha!
- Carmen
HAHAHA...That's how I spend most of my day. :/
- Anna Haro
I just followed these instructions...
- Johnny Worthington
ROFLing now :)
- (jeff)isageek
from fftogo
Thank you, I wasn't sure I could figure that out. Man, that was a close one, and you came in just the nick of time. Now to get back down on the 'F' and 'L' again ;-P
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Why do they look like they're in pain??
- Anna Choi
When you laugh that hard, it does make you look like you're in pain.
- imabonehead
It's like those old fire safety instructions - stop, drop and roll. They should replace it with this
- Anna Choi
Like it!
- Kol Tregaskes
helpful indeed!
- Rahul Das
i just lol'd
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Anna, stop drop & ROFL
- Mark Wilson
forgot the facepalm after step3
- johnpiercy
brilliant.
- Anika
In case you are lit in fire just ROFL
- Jemm
classic
- Zee.
Hmmm, I think the final illustration should depict the rounded arrows in both directions, rolling in both directions.
- B. Hatin
ED's Furry Fucking Guide To Metal!!!! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Thats awesome.
- Colby Olson
Google 'starting from scratch' with its own browser, Chrome | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17...
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"Stability: Each tab will run in its own process. These processes will be completely isolated from each other, will be killable from the operating system's process manager, and will be sandboxed to prevent them from accessing information on the user's computer. This architecture should lead to a more stable, and more consistent browsing experience - performance of the browser should not degrade over time."
- Russellreno
from Bookmarklet
Starts from Scratch. Except, oh, uses the HTML and CSS rendering engine of Webkit.
- Yuvi
Sarah Palin might be Psycho - http://www.dailykos.com/story...
grantdoug, Arthur Guy, bill giltner and 31 other people liked this
From March 9th, 2008 Bristol Palin (far right) appears pregnant in this picture but her mom (GOP VP hopeful) claimed the baby was her own. Why would anyone go this far? Perhaps because Mom is so religious and such an extremist that she is unwilling to accept that her own daughter had sex at such a young age, without protection, out of wedlock and was thus unable to justify having an abortion.
- Andrew Baron
from Bookmarklet
Bias. BS. Hide.
- Mike Lewis
From one publication: "According to comments from classmates and other members of the community, Bristol Palin was out of school during what would have been the last trimester of the governor's pregnany due to a bad case of mono. A case so severe, according to the Palin family, Bristol missed nearly 5 months of school." - http://www.postchronicle.com/news...
- Andrew Baron
She does look pregnant - but that seems pretty effin' out there...
- George Smith
I agree Mike. Low blow.
- Mattb4rd
Worst. Vetting. Ever.
- Pete Delucchi
I don't know. I feel like if they went to such great lengths to cover it up, they wouldn't have let their daughter be photographed in ANY way during her pregnancy. But it's a very odd story....
- Veronica
Very odd indeed.
- Tsega Dinka
I just can't believe this is true. I don't like Palin's politics but ... this seems whackadoodle.
- AJ Kohn
Very interesting! Will be interesting to see how this story develops.
- Jeff P. Henderson
What petty little people you are. Instead of coming up with a real argument you use character assassination and unsubstantiated drivel written on the Daily Kos blog.
- Chris Mayer
If you want left-leaning comments on the story, they are here: http://www.dailykos.com/story... (I am not endorsing this theory)
- Louis Gray
Not saying I think this is true or not, but you guys should realize that this is definitely not as "whacko" as one might think for families with certain beliefs. Even moreso for a family in the public eye.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
people should be checking their skeletons in their closets before condeming *anyone* for what they have done in their personal life. Regardless of the fact that she is now in the public eye her beliefs - right or wrong - are her's. If you are going to find fault with the woman then do it based on her political career - as limited as it might be.
- Steven Hodson
I would like to also state again that I understand this is a rumor and its an extremely far fetched one at that. But the story is so amazing due to several supposed facts or big 'ol coincidences.
- Andrew Baron
So if true, will the child grow up not knowing his sister is actually his mom?
- Rodfather
The real story is not the whacky rumor, but rather if how this baby is delivered is true, then she is a totally uncaring woman when it comes to having this child. She chose to fly when in a very late stage of pregnancy, which could have caused the premature delivery, she chose to go to the event after she was leaking amniotic fluid, she chose not to go to a Dr. after the event, but rather to get on another 8 hour flight with a stop, and then she drove to an out of the way hospital. Insane!
- Brad Nickel
Oh, and now she's taking a job that will take all of her time away from her family and her new special needs baby. Hello? Family values?
- Brad Nickel
Being as the baby has Down's Syndrome, and it's several orders of magnitude more likely in a 43 year old mother than a 16 year old, I'm thinking this is B.S., but hey, that's what people said about the National Enquirer stories about John Edwards last year.
- Jason Carreira
Brad - "Since she has a chance to change the world it is ok to leave the family" Micheal Medvid.
- Russellreno
ur pathetic... http://video.google.com/videopl... Sara Palin is the best political decision in a century
- Noah David Simon
Steven - when she is trading on the child to gain votes, it's not a personal issue any longer. Not that I particularly think much of the rumor in the first place.
- Alix Whitmire
Wow, just reading up on the water breaking and then flying thing. I mean, it's medical, it's personal stuff. I wouldn't want *my* medical stuff dragged into the open. Yet ... it does seem rather reckless. I'm hoping we just don't know the whole story - maybe she did it all under doctor's orders. Maybe she *needed* to get to a specific doctor. All that said, I remember my Kaiser classes - water breaks - you get to the hospital ASAP. *sigh*
- AJ Kohn
@Steven - Her career is based on those beliefs.
- Brad Nickel
Sarah Palin Conspiracy right up there with 911Truth? keep it up lefties. We won't need to worry about McCain.... you are going to scare the American public so badly with your rumors that they will be ready to have Dick Cheney for president.
- Noah David Simon
Why would people need to make up rumors about someone like Palin? She is as well known outside of Alaska as I am. (she might have me beat out on looks though)
- jerry
I'd rather ask my wife on substance - she recognizes pregnancy much better by external look than me...
- A.T.
If this nonsense is the best you can do in the way of criticism of Palin, then it proves she's a great pick for VP.
- ComicList
Compare the discussion on this on Daily Kos with the discussion here on Friendfeed: hit-and-run opinions on FF; a thorough discussion and analysis of the facts and evidence on DK. I wonder: is there something about the format of FF which encourages shallow banter rather than in-depth discussions? Regarding the pregnancy: in my opinion it's the business of the family, not my business....
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- Sean McBride
Oh, no, there's plenty of good policy things to criticize her for, as well as her experience, or lack thereof.
- Jason Carreira
Come on now, she *does* or *did* praise Obama's energy plan. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive...
- AJ Kohn
AJ -- making a speech and taking a long flight after one's water breaks, combined with all the other peculiar facts, doesn't prove anything -- but it sure does sound strange as hell. Perhaps there is a reasonable explanation. I've never heard of a similar situation before.
- Sean McBride
BTW - I feel very sorry for Bristol. She certainly never asked to have her name dragged around like this. I don't like Palin's politics but lets keep our humanity.
- AJ Kohn
Noah -- just think how crazy it would be to claim that the 9/11 anthrax attacks were a false flag attack which came from within the American government. Wait a minute: that's what the crazy conspiracy theorists at the FBI are claiming.
- Sean McBride
I hate conspiracy theories. That said, as far as I've seen, the evidence lines up in a way that allows this to be possibly true. And I'm one of those odd libertarian types. I'll let the media dig into this.
- Ben Parr
@Sean, I think it proves she has poor judgment whatever the reason she used for endangering her child's life. This is the woman that could be a heartbeat away.... Poor judgment by McCain and by her. One big bundle of irresponsibility.
- Brad Nickel
Ben, you articulated my thoughts exactly.
- Sarah Austin
That's really grasping at straws. Very silly.
- Dave Roth
Personally, I think this would have to rank of the highest order of conspiracy to be true. Not even taking into account the sheer craziness of someone trying to go through with such a cover-up. Lastly, I don't know about where everyone else lives, but I see plenty of high school girls here that certainly have a similar look...and they ARE NOT pregnant. Just pudgy in the middle high school girls who don't know how to dress well enough to compliment their figures.
- JA Castillo
Brad -- if the current published stories hold up about the speech and long plane flight which followed the breaking of water, not only did she display poor judgment -- she is reckless to the point of insanity. Yet one more of dozens of reasons why I couldn't possibly vote for her and McCain.
- Sean McBride
How the heck does this give any credible information to the issues surrounding the election? Give me a break! I'm sick of this "because she's a Republican we can't like her" stuff - whatever happened to looking at the issues she supports and doesn't support, her reasoning behind them, and then criticizing in true analytical fashion if she's wrong. These guys are politicians - they can't afford to change their opinion. We can.
- Jesse Stay
My wife says that from what it looks like (photos, etc) author is right about who had delivered baby. Also she said *too many* factors which should make her visibly pregnant were not, and hence IF she were pregnant at the time any _average_ woman with 2-3 deliveries experience near her (she is governor) would notice. That said, I think she will get share of female voters who gone trough similar or supportive for "mom covering daughter" scenario.
- A.T.
@Jesse: This is soap opera stuff. And I don't like Palin because of her politics, and her use of power as governor. However, politicians do change their opinion. Both candidates have done that. 'Flip-flopping' isn't necessarily bad. I'm okay if they stand up and say, I got it wrong before, I've learned. Has 8 years of 'admit no fault' inured us to this learning concept? I hope not.
- AJ Kohn
AJ, that's an excellent response - I'm tired of the soap opera stuff. As an independant I'm trying to learn the facts - this stuff just makes the side that's promoting it look bad. (I would say the same thing if it were the Republicans attacking Biden in a similar manner)
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
In another article on a related topic, her stance on abortion was pressed and apparently she believes that even someone who is raped, must have the child. This is a very extreme view for most people who are pro-life. Usually they feel there are certain situations that would make it morally okay to have an abortion. http://www.dailykos.com/storyon...
- Andrew Baron
@Jesse: Well, each party has these nasty elements unfortunately. I personally feel the right is more vicious, but then again, I lean left so I could be biased. And because I'm pro-choice (particularly for rape and incest) and anti-gun Palin doesn't mesh with me right off the bat. The use of her power for the dairy plant and in the firing of Monegan and severance for Kopp all worry me. These things, coupled with her inexperience and McCain's age make me far too nervous.
- AJ Kohn
The Amazing thing is Rush Limbaugh predicted exactly this kind of attack the day Palin was announced. Is he smarter than he gets credit for, or is the Left that predictable?
- Robert Hafer
AJ, Andrew, those were both great responses - now we're getting down to the raw positions and where we can have an opinion on the subject. AJ, personally, I'm with you - I put it in just the opposite way though. I'm pro-life, except in the case of rape or abuse or extreme circumstance.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Robert - I understand what you're saying, but his "predictions" were the same type of thing I'm critiquing these guys on. Let's stick to the raw issues, and stop the attacks and rumors.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Wow, here daughter does look pregnant in those photos.
- Mike Reynolds
Lefties are so damn predictable. Big tent my ass.
- David Risley
@Sean - you keep walking right into the brick wall that is the "experience / qualification" issue, seemingly impervious to the damage it will do the Democrats. If McCain is a fool for selecting a running mate light on qualifications and experience, what does it say about the Presidential candidate with inarguably LESS experience and arguably FEWER qualifications for the highest office in the land.
- Forrest Cox
And if I'm a Democrat, I find myself in a bit of a quandry if I choose to pay close attention to stories such as these about the opposition's VP candidate while ignoring the equally outlandish-but-seem's-to-bear-some-truth-type character assassination stories about my own Presidential pick (Wright, Ayers, etc., etc.). Remember how far the "murder lists" and similar Clinton-related urban legends got the Republicans? There ain't no gold in them thar hills m'friend. Only pain, for everyone involved.
- Forrest Cox
Better to win on the battlefield of ideas - that goes for both sides.
- Forrest Cox
I read this yesterday, as much as it sounds far fetched, look at the pics of her at 7mths and 8 mths. Look at the flight she took from Texas to Alaska while allegedly leaking embryonic fluid. If this story isn't true, then she's borderline negligent in the actions she took while pregnant.
- Duncan Riley
@Jesse: I would likely make a 'pro-life' decision myself but still think folks should have the right to choose. It does make me a little nutty when a pro-life proponent is against contraception eduction and gay adoption. Seems a bit cake-and-eat-it-too to me.
- AJ Kohn
@Forrest: McCain has seniority and length of service. Experience is subjective. As Senator Obama sits on more committees then McCain, they have similar absent voting records if you factor in campaigning, and Obama has been quite active in sponsoring bills.
- AJ Kohn
AJ, I agree - the whole "Pro-Life/Pro-Choice" issue isn't exactly cut and dry. I hate the terms, myself because it's as if there are only 2 positions to choose from.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
@AJ - Philosophically speaking this may not be the case, but in practice the notion that "experience" is purely subjective is patently absurd. If interpretation isn't ultimately subject to right & wrong, why all the fuss? The only time you try to interpret experience in purely subjective fashion is when you dislike associated objective evidence that would otherwise color your decision. To then try to present such a judgment in an objective manner gives us ridiculous statements like your comparison above.
- Forrest Cox
It also explains a great deal about the left's infatuation with Obama.
- Forrest Cox
@Forrest: Sorry. But it's not philosophical. There are plenty of folks who have more time on the job who clearly don't have more experience. Let's be clear, I'm giving McCain the tenure and seniority. For time served, he wins. But I believe many of us have personally had experiences where we've accumulated a wealth of experience in a short time. Perhaps you have not been so lucky.
- AJ Kohn
@Jesse: Yes, it's a sticky issue. Folks like me who support the right to choose are often painted as anti-life. I struggle with the issue and, as I've said, likely wouldn't choose it myself.
- AJ Kohn
@Forrest: BTW - I'll even give you that McCain has more 'experience'. I simply believe Obama has enough experience to be President and that his platform is the best one for this country.
- AJ Kohn
What a biased load of BULLSHIT! If it was Obama's daughter or Biden's daughter, would you even THINK of posting such a wacko load of CRAP? I'm guessing not! I don't know who I'm voting for yet but it sure as hell ISN'T a child of the VP nominees - leave the girl alone!
- Jeff Garlick
The Daily Kos case is looking more and more solid -- see the latest updates. I'm waiting now for the Palin camp to respond with evidence to shoot down the story -- this should be a very easy matter to clear up. A failure to respond will be interpreted by most people as confirmation of the truth of DK's charges.
- Sean McBride
The Daily Kos story is probably true -- if it is not true, it should be easy for Sarah Palin to refute.
- Sean McBride
Can I "hide" individual entries in beta.FriendFeed?
- Jesse Stay
Right Wing Response: http://townhall.com/blog... (The most important point: The picture is said to be from 2006, and it's hard to carry a baby for two years, unless you're an elephant)
- Louis Gray
The story has already gone mainstream -- Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic: http://tinyurl.com/5ss2wv I'm surprised that quite a few people in this thread didn't immediately recognize that the Daily Kos story had legs -- the facts and reasoning were solid. Of course Palin can easily knock down the story by releasing the relevant medical records.
- Sean McBride
Sean, if that were my daughter I wouldn't want to bring any more attention to the story and to my daughter. The story's ridiculous, unfounded, and I sincerely hope my evening news isn't spoiled with news like this. Now, is there a way to "hide" this article? This has been around too long.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
I'm sorry but no 72 year old men like McCain have the energy needed to run this country. Tell me when you saw a Fortune 500 company run out and hire a 72 year old CEO... and tell the shareholders about all the wonderful experience he has?
- Indio Apache
from twhirl
Jesse -- if the Palin camp doesn't produce medical records to refute the story within the next few days, it is probably going to go huge -- as big as the John Edwards story at least. Based on what I've read so far at Daily Kos, probably no refutation is available, I would prefer that the mainstream pay little attention to all stories of this nature, but I don't own and control the mainstream media.
- Sean McBride
Sean, you don't have kids, do you?
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Jesse -- you are completely missing the point. I have kids. I wish stories like this received much less attention. But there is a good chance that this story is going to go huge in the MSM unless Palin is able to knock it down immediately with the relevant medical records. Take up your complaints with the MSM, not me.
- Sean McBride
Its ugly, but the record shows the Republicans leading by far the race to the bottom in this dirty campaign. That's pretty common. What is news though is McCain's reckless pop decision without consulting anyone or doing a proper background check for skeleton's in Palin's closet. And this is the "experienced" candidate? Reckless, desperate, and amateurish is the word I'd use.
- Indio Apache
from twhirl
If this rumor turns out to be false, I would like to personally apologize to Bristol for saying that she looks pregnant. But also, just wanted to note that there is some more info from Kos here that include more coincidences or possible arrows that point in the direction of this being true: http://www.dailykos.com/story...
- Andrew Baron
BTW, this is proaably *too much inoformation* but Sarah Palin says she eats "a healthy diet of wild Alaskan seafood, moose, caribou, and fresh fruit." She reportedly hunts the moose and caribou herself, too." - http://www.wnd.com/index...
- Andrew Baron
I think it sounds delicious, but I'm probably in the minority here. ;) The question now becomes - who would win in a shooting match - Palin or Cheney?
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
you people are on crack. AD HOMINAMINIMINUMINUMINATTI
- Noah David Simon
OMG!! Bristol Palin is *currently* 5 months pregnant, according to the NYTimes! http://www.nytimes.com/reuters...
- Andrew Baron
If the Reuters story is true, so much for the rumors. This is a stronger rebuttal to the rumors than official papers of any kind.
- Sean McBride
@Sean, why is this a rebuttal? Why couldnt this be Bristol's second daughter?
- Andrew Baron
Andrew - I guess the key issue is "five months." Everything hinges on the number of months.
- Sean McBride
Andrew -- and, even if the rumors were true, I think getting into this story is only going to do great harm to the Democrats and the Obama campaign. Most Americans will sympathize with the Palin family over this issue, and with good reason. There are other issues on which Palin is legitimately vulnerable.
- Sean McBride
Finally, maybe this story can go away. It has nothing to do with the issues, other than further solidify the family's pro-life stance.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
I dont mean to be playful here, and Im still not advocating the rumor, but I still think this new news does nothing to dispel the rumor.
- Andrew Baron
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Vice President of the United States of America
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photoshopped.
- Andrew Baron
Actually after reading the article this might be her when she was younger.
- Michael Fidler
from twhirl
Could possibly be the hottest governor ever, atleast depicted here.
- Percival
NBC Didn't Cash In on Olympics Video - http://online.wsj.com/article...
Sean-Michael Robinson, Morgan and Cee Bee liked this
With only $5.75M in video-ad revenue, NBC failed to distribute the games online for more reasons than they thought.
- Andrew Baron
from Bookmarklet
nbc really sucked with the coverage and dropped the ball in so many ways this time
- Cee Bee
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SONY PICTURES ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE CROSS PLATFORM DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO ROCKETBOOM - http://dembot.com/post...
Sarah Austin, Mark Derricutt, Elias Torres and 37 other people liked this
Congrats on the deal Andrew!
- Aaron Krug
Excellent. Can't imagine how hard it must have been at times to hold out for what you wanted. Very brave. Congratulations.
- Amyloo
well done
- Ouriel Ohayon
Congrats to the team. Hope your content and style is embraced by Sony and you retain your creative freedom!
- Glenn Batuyong
awesome!!! congrats!
- David Parmet
from twhirl
Fabulous news for you, Andrew, as well as Joanne, Kenyatta and the rest of the crew -- many congratulations.
- Stephen Mack
Thanks again everyone, 'pretty damn psyched!
- Andrew Baron
It just goes to show you that hard work and perseverance pays off. You guys really did it the right way. Hopefully I won't have to get a damn PS3 to see the show. ;)
- Sean-Michael Robinson
That is quite an accomplishment Andrew. Its inspirational to here your struggles and successes over the last few years. 7 figures is nothing to balk
- Chris Conway
at in this economy. Now I suppose you can affoard a 6 fugure idea man on your team. hahaj.k.
- Chris Conway
Thanks for the detailed post on this Andrew, and especially for outlining how you explored options with traditional entertainment co's and hired CAA as reps... Those are avenues I've considered with an entertainment news property I'm developing (nothing like Rocketboom) and it's encouraging to see that strategy pay off. It's also pretty awesome to see someone benefit from the hard work and creative drive connected to a passion for a project rather than an industry. Congrats and best wishes for the future!
- Stacy Bond
Congrats Andrew, you were a pioneer long before anyone else. Looking forward to seeing what else you do with Rocketboom.
- Robert Scoble
Congratulations, Andrew! - You've totally earned it.
- Julie Perry
Kudos Andrew. Does this mean Rocketboom will include rootkits now? :P Make the most of it!
- Mark Forman
Bert & Ernie tries Gangsta-Rap - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Vince, TDavid, Holger Eilhard and 66 other people liked this
This is so well done, awesome one!
- Andrew Baron
Excellent :)
- Colin Walker
Incredible editing, dead on!
- AJ Kohn
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111oneoneone
- l0ckergn0me
Absolutely speechless right now.
- Gavin
Love it
- Greg
Still crackin up on this!
- Andrew Baron
I clicked the "like" button, and then I tried clicking it again. Very nice work.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
HAHAHAHA this one is ALL kinds of awesome too http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Mona Nomura
Nobody will believe me when I tell them Sesame Street sent me on a M.O.P. music kick.
- Jason Toney
So well done. :-D
- Jason Wehmhoener
ossim!!
- Yolanda
"ANTE UP!...KIDNAP DAT FOOL!" hahaha!
- Carlos Ayala
Brilliant !
- Mo Kargas
Uh, oh. Puppets, they scare me now.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Love!
- Hutch Carpenter
I just captured a local version of this for my personal collection.
- Andrew Baron
This is cute, but do people really like that "music?" I grew up with rap, but lately a lot of the forms it's morphing into just sound like garbage. I guess I'm just getting old... *sob*
- Internet's Tad
This is totally awesome!!!
- Jonathan Greene
Hate to make you feel older Tad, but that song is 8 years old.
- Chris Nixon
Swell...
- Internet's Tad
Also, even if the music is not your style, its just so perfect for this particular performance. So zen.
- Andrew Baron
Personally, I think Bert and Ernie rock da howze.
- Chris Baskind
dead on - so impressed
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
Like? More like LOVE!!
- ::Kristen::
I didn't think they could top the "death metal" skit. I was wrong!
- Iain Baker
this is great, actually Ernie and b
- Chris Conway
Bert are more hard core than your average rapper today. But not M.O.P. Those guys are def. Brooklyn bad ass
- Chris Conway
that wa dead on accurate! awesome
- Paul Rj Muller
Hah perfect!
- Nick
@jokeefe @bbartelt @desertjul and @zanipooh Thanks, I have not seen Dr. Horrible before, it's very well done: http://www.drhorrible.com/
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- Steve Garfield
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Shel Israel no longer on Fast Company. This is no surprise considering how boring the videos were: http://mrontemp.blogspot.com/2008...
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I suppose it wasn't Shel's fault though. I think Robert set himself and Shel up for failure on the Fast Company Network. Two very bright guys who's work doesn't really translate that well to video. We all know what Robert is thinking because he thinks out loud all day long, and in all of that time spent, he's not really thinking about video. Its hard to be an expert at everything.
- Andrew Baron
Bjorn, ironically it wasn't a public firing. That was my point. There are two views on whether a company should announce the departure of a person, and in this case FastCompany chose not to publicly announce the departure. Robert Scoble has stated his reasons for not doing so.
- Ontario Emperor
But obviously it was public. They knew people would talk about it and then Robert chimed in with his public comments on a blog post and then reblogged that link on friendfeed.
- Andrew Baron
And btw, "boring" is not a criticism to Shel who is not at all boring in my opinion, but rather that he didnt get the production support that he needed to create a buzz around the information that he was bringing to the table.
- Andrew Baron
The problem was not getting Shel a producer to begin with.
- Andrew Feinberg
I guess Shel is being quiet for a reason, i wouldn't like to have all this aired without having a say :\
- Chris Jones
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Andrew - did you at least like ours? http://tinyurl.com/work-fa...
- Sanford
I never saw any of the FC stuff. Any of it actually worth 3 minutes of my time?
- Sean-Michael Robinson
@Sanford, visually? I was glad to see you all sitting there but I dont believe the show did anything to take advantage of the visual medium. As I said in my tweet, very boring to watch. This was just an audio podcast, really.
- Andrew Baron
Revision3 does the production and is paid a lot to do the video parts of the show. I spend a lot of time thinking about our shows along with the team at Revision3 and we will continue tweaking this. One reason we hired Revision3 is because I know I don't know how to do a good studio show. I thought we would have more than five shows to get to be ultra-high quality, but that was my mistake and it won't be repeated again.
- Robert Scoble
its odd to see Shel or Scooble on FastCompany anyways, I mean why do i care about FastCompany, tradtional media mag dead, next
- Dan Rockwell
from twhirl
Sean: I have learned a lot from every guest on the show. Amazing no one talks about that. Sanford's show will teach you a lot about co-working. On this Friday's show will be David Allen who has started a productivity cult around his Getting Things Done book and methodology. That won't be boring, no matter how badly I suck.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, its not about you sucking. It's about the lack of visual value. Take the video linked to above by Sanford for instance. That video is weak on the visuals. And it takes SO LONG to get the info across. When watching the video, and listening to what you and your guests are saying, try to imagine what could go on top of their voice-overs in post to add another layer of depth and value to the experience. There is a moment of website b-roll for example. What else can you imagine visually from the video?
- Andrew Baron
How many hours a day do you spend on Rocketboom? I heard you once say it is 12 hours a day for a few minutes of video. WorkFast is a live interview show like Charlie Rose. You don't see him doing lots of graphics either.. My guests can only give me an hour of their time. That is one reason I get such extraordinary guests. I don't ask for a lot of their time. I agree that such a...
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- Robert Scoble
As a filmmaker I can tell you 1) yes the visual element is important and 2) maybe not in the way you think. Just having someone on camera for a while gives you a very good sense of who they are. Scoble's video's are fine and what makes them valuable is the immediacy. Maybe they get cut together someday by a doc filmmaker or Scoble himself but that's a different media object. My own interviews for the next film I'm putting up raw w/out editing for all to see. I think there's value in that.
- Dean Terry
There is value in that for sure Dean. I think my suggestion does not exclude this value. 30 minutes of watching 2 or three guys sit in a chair talk is a lot like watching a reading for a play. But usually, when you add the set and enhance the work with sound and bring more visual stimulation to the scene, you wind up with a real opportunity to get the human element across, as well as showing and emphasizing visually the subject matter that is being discussed.
- Andrew Baron
I quite enjoy the style the Robert produces. After all this is an interview with the people behind the technologies, not a PowerPoint presentation. Lots of visuals are not always a good thing, especially when the audio content is the major thing of intrest.
- Johnny Worthington
@john It certainly fits in the long tail. No questioning that there is a value for some people.
- Andrew Baron
Wasn't I seeing tweets from others raving about how fucking "brilliant" or "funny" Shel was? Now he's yesterdays Web 2.0 trash? Man you guys are fucking fickle.
- Daniel Spisak
from twhirl
Andrew: understood. I'm sure you would agree there are meaningful added media elements and there are b.s. ones. Canned music and flying text are useless and zombie inducing. What would be interesting, but would take much more time in editing, is to spend a whole day with Scoble's subjects. Get them eating breakfast, driving to work, on conference calls, with their dog, etc. Then you get a more full portrait of the person, in addition to the ideas. (OK I'm biased, this is my approach)
- Dean Terry
Andrew-Don't beat around the bush. Scoble is not a video guy. Not everyone is. Just because he has a zillion fanboys (and girls) here no reason not to speak your mind openly. Seems to me that Scoble's appeal is to geeks that think everything he fixates on for 5 seconds is the 2nd coming of Apple or to the CEO's that are getting a nice infomercial from the Scobleizer.
- Mark Forman
@Dean, but what about the topic of conversation? Getting to know the person and what they eat for breakfast is one thing, but what about when they are talking about the things that are important to them? Like their work? Maybe some of that time visual information could be used to provide more depth and make the information more clear.
- Andrew Baron
Mark: I never claimed to be a video guy. I am a conversation guy. I have conversations. Tomorrow with a couple of famous architects. The video is just so you can come along too. Not everyone will like what I am doing. That comes with doing media. Star Wars was given awful critiques, yet I still love it. I haven't seen anyone else do more than 1,000 video interviews online, though. There is a reason: criticism is easy: having extraordinary conversations is hard.
- Robert Scoble
@Andrew agreed, but it would push production time ever further. I'm sitting watching (in ambient fashion) a History Channel production that took months to create. My last film took 3 yrs. All OK if timeliness is not an issue. Many tech interviews get stale very fast unless they are about very big picture issues (which, sadly, aren't as interesting to many). Personally I try and get people to talk about larger social issues, often just out of their comfort zone. These seem to have some lasting value.
- Dean Terry
Andrew: I agree. It is why we do different kinds of shows. The one I am doing tomorrow with an architect that designed Los Angeles stadium will have visuals. But that is more like Rocketboom since it will be edited. WorkFast is a live conversation and putting in visuals is much tougher.
- Robert Scoble
I agree with Andrew. I tried to watch several shows but it was like watching the radio. I think it's possible to be visually more interesting without a lot of work. And isn't that Rev. 3's job?
- chartreuse
Realizing that I have not watched any scoble videos in a long time. I wish that I could add that upcoming GTD Video to my queue.
- Christian Burns
Honestly, I am not a video guy and really don't know anything. But I was watching an old Charlie Rose episode on YouTube last night. For those that do know what they are talking about, is that not a two-camera show? If so, Robert - if you got two cameras on there for coverage, would you not be able to cut more together (without all the whiz-bang graphics stuff) but at least you could get some tight shots, etc... Again, I really have no clue about video, so this may be irrelevant.
- Adam Bullied
I'm nervous that Strike.tv is going to be just a few diamonds and mostly lame content along with no web vision. Im rooting for them though.
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I think their heart is in the right place, but you are right. It just seems like a jumble. People prefer a concrete identity over a mish mash.
- Sean-Michael Robinson
Allot of the superb hollywood writers still remain isolated from the mechanics of the web. Also, many of them are accustomed to writing in big groups which rely on lead writers to filter their work.
- Andrew Baron
Absolutely. Also, is it wise to build a web identity on residual feelings from the writer's strike?
- Sean-Michael Robinson
Re: Jason’s long goodbye: Give me a break - http://www.mathewingram.com/work...
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"Matthew you said it -- that's exactly how it felt to me, like a bad script."
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Shey - He never did give me an answer. I am beginning to see the light. :)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Man, What a jackass. Where's my attention whore tag?
- Sean-Michael Robinson
Handwritten Typographers - http://www.themaninblue.com/article...
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Handwriting samples from prominent typographers. Really, really interesting (to those who like type).
- Kevin Fox
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Cameron Adams, btw, is designer extraordinaire.
- Rob Schonberger
alexostrowski.com - Note to self - http://www.alexostrowski.com/notetos...
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freelance designer / illustrator Alex Ostrowski portfolio http://www.alexostrowski.com $taggz_portfolio $taggz_illustration
- Lyn
from Bookmarklet
Twins meet-up for a "Mirror" subway ride - http://improveverywhere.com/2008...
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For our latest mission, we filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror." - Improv Everywhere
- Andrew Baron
from Bookmarklet
This is quite hilarious! Nice work!
- Winston Teo
This is so innovative. I even showed it too my mom! I showed something on friendfeed to my mom! Nice work.
- Rahul Das
Very funny. It reminds me of the famous I Love Lucy and Harpo Marx mirror gag - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Mark Interrante
I saw that yesterday via BoingBoing -- love it!
- Tamar Weinberg
That's what I call teamwork!
- ChaCha Fance
That would just blow my mind if I walked onto that train.
- Jay Martin
What a creative and fun project. would have been fun to have stumbled upon this as it was being executed.
- Jeff P. Henderson
@Michael I've know a pair of twins for a long time. They were identical when we were all children but now one is reed thin and the other is huge! They aren't very identical now!
- Rahul Das
That is great. I would have loved to have seen that. Some really interesting photos.
- John Cooper
freaky, very freaky.
- Don Martelli
from twhirl
The Onion: Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Evernote One Minute Elevator Pitch - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Awesome: short, to the point, and hits the major features
- Craig Eddy
Great App! I use it for all kinds of stuff. One way is paint cans - So I have access to mix codes with me forever.
- Jay Martin
I am blown away, I write notes for everything, and this kills Google Notes, and a few others that I have tried,,(starting to transfer my G notes...,wow..keep up the great work
- petes2cents.com
I still love my Evernote too - but there's things to hate about as well. Like: No transfer between EN databases. You can export, but not (really) re-import. Can't have Word Documents in it. Mail-In often fails. Lots of beta'isms. Actually, I think about going back to 2.x!
- w0nk0
today i was discussing shopping items on the phone. With Evernote, i could quickly clip, arrange and merge all the items and send it to my correspondent in a few seconds. This is a power tool for everyone.
- Adarsh
Family Guy Recording : See The Crew Recording An Episode - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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I think FriendFeed is my new favorite website.
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Are you getting a little tired of twitter's down time, Sarah?
- Tommy Lane
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- ''a_a@FF''
Press the F5 button a lot and the addiction gets even better LOL
- Susan Beebe
Welcome to the addiction Sarah.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
how come yesterday when we had coffee you said CN was your new favorite web site?
- Allen Stern
You and me both Sarah. I hope to talk to you more on this.
- Dennis Jackson
@Allen Stern Ha! Right right right.
- Sarah Austin
Rock Band 2 to include EVERY SONG from RB1 as free DLC - http://kotaku.com/397936...
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