This is the greatest thing ever. - Mike Doeff

Great Remix! very catchy! - Chris Farrugia

One of the best things that I've seen in a while. - Andy Kaufman

At least 20 of the 200K+ views have been me. I love it. It may even be better than http://tinyurl.com/3b5ptr - JP Landry

Off the HOOK and hilarious - Brad Coy

I like Plaxo but unfortunately my current employer (Microsoft) and former employer (Intel) both block Plaxo at the firewall; I guess because of security concerns. - Alan Cheslow

Blame it on Comcast - Michael VanDervort

PLaxo has been useless to me for months - Michael VanDervort

I have a filter to delete all emails from Palxo - TranceMist

still no email confirmation. Looks like I won't be signing up for Plaxo afterall. No big loss I suppose. - Thomas Hawk

I don't like the Comcast deal but I'm actually getting quite a bit of use out of Plaxo. I use it to keep my Outlook, iCal, Apple Address Book, Google Calendar, and iPhone in synch. I'm not using it for any social networking though - just to manage my contacts + schedule across multiple platforms/devices. - Mike Doeff

I agree you always need your dslr. My worst photos are the ones I never got to shoot because I did not have one of my cameras with me. - Jon Erickson via twhirl

I can't wait to get a DSLR - but how do you manage to carry around something so big? What are the better compact ones? - Shey

Thomas: I had a compact camera pick-pocketed from me in Belgium. A Mediterranean guy pretended to do a martial arts move on me while shaking my right hand. His left hand pulled my camera out of my velcro case (I now use clip/zipper cases), and I didn't know for a few blocks. I checked my wallet & pockets for lost money immediately, but was new to carrying a camera. He was SMOOTH, very impressive... Our US thieves aren't so classy - just a knife or gun. ;-( - Mitchell Tsai

Unfortunately, if I forget my camera, I'll have to settle for my cameraphone. It's not too bad, actually, with the right lighting and some fixups in Photoshop. - Morton Fox

I carry a PowerShot S3 IS with me whenever I go out, and make sure it's always on a zipper bag slung around my shoulders. I'm pretty good at this - am yet to lose it once, though I once dropped it out of a moving bus (later jumped out of said moving bus and recovered it). - Yuvi

Great image, Thomas, but I don't get the meaning of the title. :) - Kenneth LeFebvre

wow!!!!!!! - mhmazidi

You can do what Scoble did and just post an open request. For what it's worth, you're not subscribed to me. :) - Nathaniel Payne

I look at it as a recurring process of seeing people's comments, what they blog about, what they share/bookmark. I've also used the friends-of-friends feature a lot for finding new subscriptions. It's a slower process, but each subscription is based on something that clicked with me. A good way to build out your subscriptions. - Hutch Carpenter

a "show all" would be nice plus a colouring scheme like with dopplr would be useful for this. - Nicole Simon

Hi Thomas -- Please add me! - Eric Johnson

Not subscribed to me either, for what it's worth. - Michael Beck

today must be the day for photographer harassment. Yet another case. - Thomas Hawk

Wow. So paranoid. No wonder they didn't want Dubai to acquire the ports. - Morton Fox

Welcome to the new police state. - Mike Cohen via Alert Thingy

I was almost confiscated of my Cam a year ago when I accidentally turned my camera towards two policemen who were on duty, but slouching off and making small talk instead of regulating traffic. I didn't even intend to shoot 'em: I was taking pics of a nearby port, and was just reviewing my pics. They pretty much threatened me until I used my student journalist card to get out of the place. - Yuvi

Believe me, when you are 15, 2 hefty policemen cornering you alone and looking at you like they'll chew threw you is no fun - Yuvi

This was one of the days I'll never forget in my life. Really special and glad to see this writeup by Thomas. - Robert Scoble

Nice story, thanks for sharing. A very good friend of mine studied under Ansel Adams, and he still speaks of what a wonderful experience it was. - JCunwired

Great write-up, thanks! - Derek Dysart via twhirl

I shared this link with my uncle, a fan of Ansel Adams (and a great photographer himself). He sent me a link from the website of Clyde Butcher, "the Ansel Adams of Florida" that I thought I would pass on - incredible stuff. http://tinyurl.com/6ydpyq - JCunwired

Remarkable - Mrsth

so nice - mahdi

"Photography is not a crime. It's a shame that a photographer would be harassed this way in one of the most visited and historic public buildings in the United States. Union Station's website claims to have over 32 million visitors a year and yet they think it makes sense to harass someone taking photographs there. Union Station will not be one of the places that I spend my money the next time I'm in Washington DC." - Thomas Hawk

For somebody that bills themselves as the most visited tourist destination in DC, that is not a great move. - Jeremy Brooks

I am going to guess that their defense will be over the tripod, and the fact that the Gigapan looks more like a piece of surveying equipment. They also offer a "film/photo authorization form" http://www.unionstationdc.com/... - cmiper

They are very unclear on their web site about what their policy is for non-commercial photography. Probably because nobody there has a clue what their policy is, judging from the mixed responses from the security guards. - Jeremy Brooks