Thomas Hawk - Likes - FriendFeed

FriendFeed should be faster again. We were had some network issues which caused a lot of slowness this past week, but I think it's fixed now. Let me know if you are still encountering any extreme slowness.

October 26 - Comment - Like - Share

(1)Bebekvegebelik, Adriano, Jeremy (on vacation) and 121 other people liked this

Will this mean I'll be able to upload pictures again? EDIT This does not mean I can upload photos now. - Admiral Anika

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Thanks for the update Paul! ;) - Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ

Mainly just had problems with email posting and the bookmarklet. The rest seemed fairly okay. - Jason Huebel

I've been told that I'm extremely slow much of the time, but I don't think that's what you meant. Thanks for taking care of the issue, Paul. - Jim Addz No Value

Does seem very zippy, thanks team! - Stephen Mack

Time to time, it's slow. Overall fast (again), however. - Ozkan Altuner

I think the issues were directly related to Cristo's 11 MB PDF upload. - Louis Gray

Thank you, Paul! - Holly Rae

it looks faster now. thanks - Hakan İyice

I still see Twitter updates coming in here 10 -15 minutes later - Jorge Escobar

Thanks Paul. Much better. - Roberto Bonini

Im experiencing extreme slowness ,,,, but then again , Im 53 - johnpiercy

nice also to know your not Boarding up the Windows - johnpiercy

It did seem a little faster this afternoon. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

The Twitter issue is a separate problem Jorge -- our realtime feed from them is gone, but we hope to get it restored soon. - Paul Buchheit

The Twitter feed went entirely???? o_O - Roberto Bonini

It would be great if you could speed up importing of Twitter feeds. The slowness has been an issue for me lately. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Got it, Paul. Thanks! - Jorge Escobar

Nice to know that there is indeed a problem with Twitter importing being slow, and I'm not just going crazy. - Tyson Key

Awesome news! - manielse (Mark Nielsen)

Sweet - Josh Haley

Meanwhile, Dad's kids with his new wife get what kind of toys? - Matthew DeVries

Matthew, FriendFeed users have no reason to complain about our toys. And even if we did, bitterness doesn't help. - Bruce Lewis

FriendFeed is dying for me. In fact. it's just about gone. I use it as a control room and discussion space for my Twitter feed, and a searchable archive. Discussion threads are down about 80 percent. "Likes" are off about 90 percent. There's no real time feed in from Twitter any more. Sad. - Jay Rosen

Agreed, Jay. My personal life is in a bit of an upheaval right now, which hasn't helped, but the FB acquisition took the wind out of the sails for me. It feels like there's no future, or worse, a future wired up to the "friending" criteria of my Facebook account. I use the services COMPLETELY differently, however. Inbound updates continue, since they're automatic, but this is the first comment I've posted in weeks. Sad, indeed. - Ken Kennedy

+1 Jay - Daniel J. Pritchett

I am using Twitter and FB more and more lately. On the plus side, it's strengthening some real world connections. I'm missing out on the cool new stuff but I think I had gone overboard on that front. - Daniel J. Pritchett

I like FriendFeed, but I happen to find myself using Twitter and IRC more as of late. I guess I've probably just burnt myself and others out, given that I don't seem to have much in the way of compelling content and commentary these days, and that I just don't feel as motivated as I'd like to. :( - Tyson Key

Thanks - zizukabi

Thanks for the info and the update. - giuseppe c. | markgreene

Still seems to be some slowness. The Innovation Management Room (er...Group) hasn't updated for several hours: http://friendfeed.com/innovat... - Hutch Carpenter

Thanks for throwing some love over to FF :) - Susan Beebe

Is there currently an issue with posting from FF to update Facebook -or is Facebook broken after the re-design ? i dont get anything posted to FB anymore which worked fine before yd - Del_

Hi Paul, I know it has been a while since this post. But over the last 48 hours my Twitter updates have quit showing up in FF. I tried manually refreshing. Then I removed the account so I could just add it back in. When trying to do that I get the following message: "We could not find the given account" I haven't changed anything. Any thoughts on why this is happening? I haven't had any trouble until now. Thanks. - Mary-Lynn

My Twitter feed is coming into FF much faster now - thanks! *Edit - Blog feed, too! - Kurt Starnes

Ah, yes, search is much faster now. Thank you. - April Russo (app103)

Michael Fidler

These are all done in Pencil.

March 18 - Comment - Like - Share

ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,, HealingBrush, veo and 257 other people liked this

Impressive - M F

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Great work! - Nia

I reshare this to Ideas & Inspiration room :) These are so realistic! - Kristian Salonen

I'm sorry but this is unbelievable:) I'll give credit to the artist upon more convincing proof! The photogenic look of the tiger and lion really helps the artist's case though:) - Roney Smith

I'm with Roney... I find this hard to believe... or maybe I'm just jealous that I can't even get stick people right! - Jasmin Smith

I don't believe it. Too amazing. - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I'm with Rah - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Only the lion looks like its drawn - embee

The bear and rhino look drawn, too. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

very very talented. Wow they look like B&W pics you know photography. - Gabriella Sannino

These are amazing, were they done by you? - Angelo Rodrigues

Nice photographs - Rafael Robayna

@michael, if they weren't drawn by you, at least tell us who the artist is and the link - LouCypher

Link please? - Jason Wehmhoener

wow - Carolyn Chan

being slightly skeptical, i'm going to say these were done with pencil by a printer of some sorts... #justsayin - Enrique Gutierrez

they're beautiful, but skeptical as well - Jennifer Van Grove

Would need to see higher quality images to see if they are pencil or not - too many jpg artifacts to tell. - Luke Addison from twhirl

Stupefied. - Parth Awasthi

want proof - Jérôme Flipo

Wow!! Yeah it's pretty amazing what they can draw with a pencil nowadays, deviantART has lots of great pencil art. - Kol Tregaskes

Michael, who is the artist? - Kol Tregaskes

wow, cool! - Sarah Perez

you cannot win on the interwebs. draw some crap it doesn't get noticed. draw something amazing in pencil and people say it's not real. - Joe Breen

I'm really happy everyone liked these. They're my most liked entry to date, Thanks! There also seems to be some question about whether these are actually Pencil Drawings.I can assure you that they are.When I get home, I should have the links. I have more drawings, too. - Michael Fidler from fftogo

O_O WOW...Stunning - Anna Haro

Wow, these are stunning!! - Susan Beebe

Yes, especially the tiger. Reminds me of that "Tiger, tiger burning bright." - Melanie Reed

Alright, Mike - I believe you. These are awesome. Good job! - Enrique Gutierrez

HOLY CRAP. - Chieze Okoye

no way! - Mister Groonk

Thanks Enrique, I'll post some more soon. They are a little more obvious than these ones. As Luke points out; without being able to look closely it's impossible to tell. He's right; but up close it's more obvious. I'll upload the originals to Picasa later, and then you'll be able to zoom in with any photo viewer and see for yourselves. I can't believe how many people liked these. A few people have reposted them already. Thanks! - Michael Fidler

Absolutely awesome, Michael. You are extremely talented. Everyone should repost these pix and help to make you famous. You should be doing this full time - you obviously have some passion for this. Bravo. - Chris Loft

These are really beautiful, Michael. Do you sell them? - Shannon Jiménez

Chris, I would love to say they're mine, but it's not true. I've had them for a while, but I'll find the artists names. It will just require a little backtracking. Besides, they deserve the credit; all I did was find them:-) - Michael Fidler

Cut the bullshit! :) Photos are very good. - Burçak Çubukçu

I draw alot in pencil, but they are amazing, the best for me is the girl, that is the most photo-like one. :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

I agree Rob, the girl is amazing. My favorite by far! Wait until you see it close up! It's really had to tell, even up close! - Michael Fidler

Burçak Çubukçu If these were photographs, they would be very good. As Pencil Drawings,(which they are), they're amazing. - Michael Fidler

Wow, amazingly realistic - Threepwood

@Michael Fidler did you draw them? How can you so sure? - Burçak Çubukçu

That is my pencil drawing :) http://picasaweb.google.com/Burcak... - Burçak Çubukçu

dont look like it - Prakash

@ Michael Fidler don't push so hard :) - Burçak Çubukçu

@Burçak Çubukçu I can't tell if your serious now or just kidding around. I hope your just having fun! If you are serious, I've never given you a reason to question my integrity, nor do I ever intend to. However, the second set is up now, so judge them for yourself, but don't judge me! http://ff.im/1BJh5 BTW, I messed up and reposted the shot of the women again. Oh well. Hope you like them:-) - Michael Fidler

@Michael: try deviantART, not Picasa, to submit your artworks - LouCypher

WOW "I can't believe it's in pencil" - sofarsoShawn

LouCypher, I know it well, but I don't see why I would want to do that. I hope everyone knows by now that they're not mine? I'm sorry, but I can't say it any clearer than that. - Michael Fidler

nah, i don't believe it is done in pencil. i am sure it is photoshopped :) - hasin hayder

These would be great even for photos. - tomit

i'm not able to comprehend - Varun Shenoy

More comments here: http://www.bannination.com/comment... - donato

I'm finding this both interesting and humorous at the same time. There's a separate message board where this post is being discussed and it has another forty comments on it already. I think its great how this has created some lively discussion, considering that when I posted this I was doubtful if anyone would even like it. When I went to sleep last night there was only had 3 or 4 likes... more... - Michael Fidler

Very interesting. I would like to see them up close and in person...just to make sure. Bill said it's real and possible. Your 2nd set of picts look like pencil. Nice work in finding these! - LaFern Cusack

Kol, I can't thank you enough! Kol found another post which helps to prove that these are done in pencil. I had my doubts about a few of them because I collected them from several different sites over time, but the site Kol found has done a great job pulling together an impressive collection of these drawings and more. Take a look - http://www.flickzzz.com/2009... - Michael Fidler

Actually there are more than what this site shows. There's an entire set with the cats(little cats), which I have, and there's a new portrait set. - Michael Fidler

Found your post here, Michael. :-) I tried my best to find the artists. - Kol Tregaskes

Amazing and very very very good.... Very impressive ... - Linda Zeek-Bobinski

fake. http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2009... Even if your not claiming to be the artist, these are photographs, well except the woman, thats pencil - james foor

Yeah we know, thanks though, James. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Excellent pictures - how long did it take you to scan the photographs into Photoshop and then edit them? The only pencil that has come into contact with these "drawings" is the Photoshop pencil. A tip - stop trying to fool people into thinking you are a "real" artist, because all you are doing is cheapening proper artist's works whom have spent hours creating real pictures as opposed to a few minutes on a graphics editing package. - The Wimp

A bell does ring here. And I am remembering why I was so attracted to the tiger...and the lion for that matter. These are exact replicas of prints I had in our bedroom when I lived in Dallas. I had bought the prints (in color) at a department store, - Melanie Reed

Actually, I have learned quite a bit about these drawing since I made this post. Not only have I discovered all of the artists, but I've learned more about how they are created. They are always copied from a photograph or painting, but usually a photograph. It is extremely time consuming and detail orientated work. There are many other artists besides the ones featured here who practice... more... - Michael Fidler

Most of them have portfolio's on deviantart.com and their work is truly amazing even if they are copies of other artists work. I suppose with this level of detail, they have to start with something. Nevertheless, I'm still in awe of their talent. Melanie, the animal prints you refer to are from a very well renowned photographer. The originals are B&W I'll look it up later but I do have... more... - Michael Fidler

wow; they're unbelieavably beautiful. - liladreams

Josh Haley

In Facebook, you can "Like" your own posts.

August 14 - Comment - Like - Share

CAJ, somewhere else, johnpiercy, лето ближе с каждым днем and 235 other people liked this

LOL! - Steven Perez

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ahahah - Cenay Bayülgen

It's good to be the king of the jungle. - CAJ, somewhere else

ROFL - Nicholas Kreidberg

Hehe... I suppose that's because "like" doesn't really do anything in FB. - Christopher A Carr

i try not to judge. - Trish Haley

Actually, as far as I can tell, Like in FB does do something: it's basically an empty comment, so you get notified of new comments that occur after you Like it. - Mistletoe Glen

BWAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA - Parth Awasthi

Gl3n: Oh, yeah, there's that. - Christopher A Carr

Hahahahaha - Geoff Schultz

We were always told it's okay to like your own post. - Robert Kenney

And you "like" your own posts because you can. - Mr Saturday Morning NFG

Because you can, indeed. Just like Mr. Lion, here. - Josh Haley

lmaaaaaaaaaao!! - vijay

Exactly what vijay said! :D - directeur

You mean... ROFLMBO: rolling on the floor licking my balls off? - Adrian

haha - Rodfather

#homerunByHaley - vijay

Dude. ROFLMAO! - Carlos Ayala

jaajajja xDDDDD - Drea

Just telling it like it is. - Josh Haley from iPhone

I make it a point to like my posts daily. heh. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

I Like myself. ;) - Dennis Jernberg

xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I like me. - Christopher A Carr

lol - Rick Cogley

:) :) :) - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

I wonder if I should post this on Facebook .. :D - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Done. http://www.facebook.com/tony... - Tony, Paradox of FF

LOL!! - Ethan

I'm seriously hurting from laughing so much! - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

*Throws Tylenol bottle at Mahendra* - Josh Haley from iPhone

"jealous!" LOL - Ron Thompson from iPhone

Yes. I think it's exactly like a lion licking its own balls. - Jason Huebel from iPhone

+1 adrian, ROFLMBO. - mjc

liked the title :))))) - Viva Vida

just the titile, the pic is rood - خیزران kheyzaran

@Glen: it's true but what bothers me most is that unlike friendfeed, fb delivers a separate mail for every person that comments on that post. #lame - 'Like' robot (frɐnc)

hahaah. lol - Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ

I would just like to go on record here and clearly state that, were I able to do what this lion is doing, I WOULD NOT! NO! NEVER! EVER! Thank you. - Mark "DerBingle" J

Mark, not even if they were dipped in chocolate? - Adrian

lol Adrian :D - vijay

lol - mikepk

No! Not even then! - Mark "DerBingle" J

:D - Kaan Biryol

To be honest, Mark, I don't think there are many people who would lick a lion's balls, so you aren't alone there. - Slappy Line

Thank you ! Best of the day ! - Desirade

I love your FriendFeed background picture so much Big balls ! - Desirade

LOL Oh yeah thats the spot - Jim Goldstein from iPhone

Desirade, that just may be the best comment I have ever recieved! - Josh Haley from iPhone

strum above the hole, people! - Jim Addz No Value

Damn, Jim, you beat me to it! - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

Hahaha - Ricardo Vidal from iPod

1UP Jim - Josh Haley

wewt? - Danny Minick

lol - Brady

Something to do while GMail is down. - Josh Haley

Yau'll are some sick _ucks. Let the King have a private moment for God's sake. Shame on you people. Can't yau'll see he's welcomed in the jungle. He went down south :) - Jeunelle Foster

sick _ucks, is that like hiccups? - Josh Haley from iPhone

LOLLLL - Mil∂d

Very funny photo, just like a kitty cat - F1Community

but why would you "Like" your own posts? that would be like... - David Gross

hey if you don't like your own $h!t then who will? - Tate DA FF MVP

it's good to like yourself unless your emo ;-p - Loc

Laughing & crying at the same time... geez that's funny & contemporary #fb - Yann Ropars

It's my birthday and I'll Like if i want to. - Josh Haley

Reminder - Josh Haley

Remember I do. - Mark "DerBingle" J

Nibble Nobby's Nuts before Nobby nibbles yours - Jesse Stay

#unutmatamkarışık bende bunu arıyodum ya :) iyi oldu - Tamkarışık

Johnny Worthington

Done...

August 1 from email - Comment - Like - Share

Evrim, John Wang, ronin and 71 other people liked this

good work! - Trish Haley

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Nice! - TheHenry

WIN FOR THE DARK SIDE - Josh Haley from iPhone

i just looked and your work area was bare, :p - chaz2b

Took you long enough. - Johnny's Beard

Omg that's awesome - Nestor from iPhone

Johnny, watch out. I fear your beard is becoming jealous and will soon try to take over! Or at least break your LEGOS - Joe Pierce

I hve blisters on my fingers!!! - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

Dude.. so awesome. - Rodfather

This is great! - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

Yes! - WorldofHiglet

er...shouldn't there be *6* minifigs? - WorldofHiglet

i was at a toy store with my wife and kids today looking for a dolly for our oldest. after that was concluded, i disappeared into the 3 aisles of LEGO for nearly 20 minutes. my wife says that when i emerged my face looked like i'd recently received oral gratification. dang. - Joe Silence

Woo Hoo!!!! - Gabrielle V

It's Monday morning and my fingers are raw. Very hard to type... Now, how to explain this to my work mates without encountering the relentless mocking that usually follows these types of projects.... - Johnny Worthington

The scale is a little off. - Andy Bakun

*schweet*! - Derrick

I see the pictures there and my heart is all a-flutter. - Jon, the Chilled Beartato

Great work! Posing Chancellor Palpatine and his clone troopers in front was a great touch! Any chance of a Death Star soon? ;) - Ken & Kiyomi

Aden... your next challenge - Johnny Worthington

Good lord! Can't I work up to that? Hmmm I need to see if that is on my list. - aden

I saw that set at the Lego store. WANT. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

girlsgirlsgirls: 4shir

Femenino plural, por FactoryGirl photography - http://factorygirl-photography...

December 19 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Giancarlo García Girón, Thomas Hawk, Oleksandr Rakovets' and 6 other people liked this

Derrick

Dinner.

August 16 - Comment - Like - Share

7 поверхностей Римана, Melissa, Mr Saturday Morning NFG and 48 other people liked this

a thing of beauty is a joy forever - Jim Addz No Value

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Thanks, Derrick. Now I'm wanting a steak. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

salivary glands...geysering...must seek help! - Joe Silence

Please Brightkite your location post-haste! - Mark Davidson from BuddyFeed

I've only recently found myself as a steak fan, but I've conjured up a pretty good rub, and I think I have a pretty good cooking technique. It's too big though, oh my stars, I ate just under half of it. - Derrick

Sweet-potato fries?! - JA Castillo

You are making me regret ever giving up red meat. - April Russo (app103)

Sweet. Potato. Fries. *dies* - Derrick

and to think that up until 15 seconds ago i was full. /droolz - Carlos Ayala

Dude, what's in your rub? I have one I use for short ribs and the like, but I'm not sure how it would work for steaks. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

I'm starting a new diet next week, so I decided to go out on a high note. Tomorrow night is my last bit of drinking for a while. - Derrick

Dude, what's in your rub? LOL - LogEx

Chili powder, granulated garlic, brown sugar, kosher salt, little dried thyme and oregano, black pepper, cayenne, and onion powder. I put it on just before lunch time, let it sit, and let the steak come up to temperature just before putting in the cast iron, which had been in a 450 degree oven for twenty minutes. - Derrick

In a wonderful turn of events, D, you'll get to have steak on Instinct as well. - Jason Toney

That's a lot like the one I use. I have a couple ribeyes in the freezer right now, in fact. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

I want some please!!! - YoYo_P

Whuuuut, JT? I have to admit I bought these for a photo shoot that never came to fruition. The indulgent side of me loves the ribeyes, but the more practical likes the skirt steak. Good to know, JT. Just gotta load up on the veggies, right? - Derrick

yeah, 6 oz steak portion (and lean) plus some veggies and you're all set. - Jason Toney

@Derrick - now I know you are family...sweet potato fries are loved here too! - JA Castillo

Well, damn, JT, that's kinda what I ate tonight. JA, I need to learn how to make mine from scratch; these were frozen via Trader Joe's. - Derrick

The wife cuts hers, places them on a cookie sheet and adds a dash of olive oil atop and then drops them in the oven. Season w/ salt thereafter. It's a bit different and if you are not on top of things, you can burn them, but it beats frying them up! :) - JA Castillo

I think Cook's Illustrated had a recipe for oven sweet potato fries earlier this year. I'll see if I can find it. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

Damn that looks good. Not to mention a very tasty looking skillet. - Mark Krynsky

Real food for real people. - sean808080

tat is so yummy~~~~~ - natalie

Wow, I just realized neither of my kids have ever had a pork chop before! - Adrian

omnomnom - ProsePetals (aka Denise)

i could go for some of this. probably not til october or something though - Cee Bee

that looks so good! - Anna Lynn M.

Looks Good, but after having a tooth pulled it would be hard to eat......... LOL.... - SCS Watching the Sun

nice~~~ - natalie

edythe

This picture is fantastic - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

December 7 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Jered Hofker, şafak O, Laura B. and 54 other people liked this

the expression alone! let alone everything else that's going on.... :) - edythe from Bookmarklet

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Yeah, this is another candidate for a caption writing contest. - Ciaoenrico

that expression seems so complex. sort of like, "Yes? Well? What are you looking at?" but also, "This is silly, isn't it?" - edythe

looks like she's listening to a thomas friedman book on tape - Ňicķ

Fantastic! - Derrick

Ňicķ: hee! yeah, like, "What??! No, Tom, I don't agree about nation building." - edythe

Thanks, Edythe :) I will show this to my daughter! - Baard @ Pixum

:) - edythe

Johnny Worthington

I would like to retire and open an ice cream store...

December 7 - Comment - Like - Share

Steven Perez, rowlikeagirl, Negin and 17 other people liked this

That's not retiring, that's just changing jobs. - Eivind

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Doing what you love is never a job - Johnny Worthington

CHOCOLATE FUDGE?! - Mo Kargas

Sweets in general :) - Johnny Worthington

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude - Mo Kargas

Will you carry no sugar added/sugar free ice cream? - aden

Aden, that's not ice cream. - Mo Kargas

Aden, yes. A boutique store - Johnny Worthington

I'd pack up and move to be your first employee. I <3 ice cream! - Sally: in Florida

I'll manage it for you if you want. I did 3 years at Baskin Robbins - Morgan Haley

B..but..you said 'ice cream' store... - Mo Kargas

Louis Gray

Brian Solis at Bub.blicio.us: Introducing the FriendFeed Team - http://bub.blicio.us/1111126...

May 29 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

HealingBrush, Tudor Bosman, Lysender and 149 other people liked this

Brian, as always, takes great pictures, even with questionable subjects. The pictures are from tonight's open house. - Louis Gray from Bookmarklet

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Great pic Louis and tell them I love them all, best product on the web right now - Thomas Power

Great photo! - Bret Taylor

Left to right, as if you didn't know already: Dan Hsiao, Casey Muller, Ana Yang, Jim Norris, Tudor Bosman, Bret Taylor, Paul Buchheit (with Camilla), Sanjeev Singh, Kevin Fox. - Tudor Bosman

yes; awesome photo! - Tudor Bosman

(Not pictured: Ben Golub, Gary Burd and Ross Miller) - Louis Gray

Some of our Turkish friends are also there http://ff.im/3mt6T.. Thanks for the pictures - Murat Buyurgan

Great Photo :) - Nimaa

You didn't tell me there was a FriendFeed party this week or I would have come out :-) - Jesse Stay

Tudor SMASH! - dario

Jesse: I haven't been able to make a friendfeed party for a while. We need a calendar! Heheh. - Robert Scoble

اینا هم حلقه دارن. رونوشت به مازیار و مهران اینا - Aly

Rock on, Kevin! - Josh Haley

Great PPs!!加油，Friendfeed！:))) - K.D.

That's why I love today's web : you can talk with the people that build the next web, and see those who build your current web. Congrats guys! - Zackatoustra

FriendFeed Team, I love you !!!! Thanks to you all, I'm very happy everyday!!! - Renchin(Reina)

So that was the TGIFF ("Thank Goodness It's FriendFeed") party? Perhaps slightly off-topic, but if Camiila hasn't been betrothed yet, have I got a grandson for her ;-)) - ianf ⌘

TGIFF was excellent. Great event and great people.Thanks for the invite and hospitality. - AJ Kohn

Louis, thank you and thank you to the FriendFeed team for making a killer product and hosting a great open house! - Brian Solis

I think I spotted Hutch (http://friendfeed.com/bhc3) in an uncaptioned photo wearing a white "San Francisco Classic" shirt: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Daniel J. Pritchett

Yes, Daniel. That is Hutch. - Louis Gray

Fun party, great food, great hospitality. - Anne Bouey

Anne - great finally meeting you yesterday. - Hutch Carpenter

great photo, good to see the whole team together! - Jeroen De Miranda

oooh i am totally wishing i was there! Robert is right, we need a calendar! :) - Susan Beebe

Hutch: Thanks. I enjoyed chatting with you, too. - Anne Bouey

what's with the guitar? lol - Stuart Evans

(bump) Ana and Casey are now married. Here's a pic of them on the left, between Ross and Jim. Congratulations to Ana and Casey! (per http://friendfeed.com/jessica...) - Louis Gray

علی حجوانی تو روحت، ای واسه چه موقعی‌ه؟ :))) - Mehran

:))))))))) مال بعد از عیده. اواخر فروردین فک کنم - Aly

:))) - Mehran

Emma to Emma's feed, Illustration, ART ROOMََََ

Lauren Bishop - http://www.laurenbishopillustr...

fashion-illustration-radio-times-london-fashion-week.jpg

September 26 - Comment - Like - Share

Çilém Gökçiler, Myrna, Brandon and 44 other people liked this

*love* - RAPatton from iPhone

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:)) They are amazing illustrations and she's a very talented lady! I like her style a lot. - Emma

Spot on RAP! I love these a BUNCH, Em! GREAT find, baby! :-* <333 - Live4Emma (L4S) from iPhone

These are very nice - Alex Huinchucleffy

I loved them ~ so, I'm really glad you liked them too! Ty, baby! :* <333 - Emma

these are *so* you, sis! they're wonderful! =)) - Anna Haro

awww ... thanks sis!! :)) I guess it's my "poshy" side shining through... ;) - Emma

You can check out these fashion illustrations here: http://illustrator4fashion.wordpress.com They are also cool. - Dmytro Nesterov

Anthony Citrano to Anthony's feed, Fotograf, Photography United, fashion photography, Photographing, Photography as Art, Photoshop, Arts and Culture, ART ROOMََََ, Creative Design, Graphic Design

Demi claims missing hipflesh is for real. But $5,000 says it's Moore photoshopping | Boing Boing - http://www.boingboing.net/2009...

November 20 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Kenton, Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ, Roman and 18 other people liked this

"SRS BIZNESS." - Anthony Citrano from Bookmarklet

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SKELETOR! - Jeremy (on vacation)

Why's everyone focusing on the hip and not the fact that her right arm is apparently 6 inches longer than her left? - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

This picture was photoshopped all wrong. - Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)

Because I don't think they're looking at her arms at all, Tina. - Derrick

Definitely 'shopped. I've seen a lot of these. You can tell by the pixels... - MVB (Grinch of FF)

The picture Demi posted is identical to the cover shot minus a few lighting tweaks. The original would have had more hair fly aways, more facial flaws, weird dimpling or whatever in the dress, etc. - EricaJoy

Original owner found http://consumerist.com/2009... - Andrew Smith

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No Matter How Hard You Try, It Is Impossible To Fax A Cat #shareit

April 19 - Comment - Like - Share

Elenius, Jim Huller, Faraz Mullick and 718 other people liked this

LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

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That poor cat looks so confused. - Kendra <3 Three Lions

but it's so warm on top of the scanner! - DJF

Time for a cat scan! - Jemm

Iz I the right way up for printing? - Vicky

This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws. - Soup

LOL, Soup! - Kol Tregaskes

that is one adorable kitten! - Anna Lynn M.

<3 - Furkan Tunalı

Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out... - Greg Lato

Kitty!!!! - Janice

keep trying! - Morgan Haley

FEED ME A CAT - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

Kol, it is NOT impossible. And that's all I'm saying. - Steven Perez

Push harder - Josh Haley

LOL@Jemm - Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ

آخی - یک بابک

Hehe, Steven. I won't ask. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Gosh, just noticed this post has nearly 150 likes! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

1 closer....hilarious! - Jeffrey Marsh

There we go 150 likes. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

I'm in ur faxx masheen -- sendin de faxxez.... - Stephanie Segel

I think you mean a LIVE cat… - Mistletoe Glen

thanks, i needed a laugh - chaz2b

FAXCAT IS NOT AMUSED - Karl Knechtel

iz dat some copycat? - bora "head" basman

LOL, now nearly 200 likes! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Thats no fax machine, thats my new patented kitty juicer! - Threepwood

Just one more like... please. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

it's over two huuunddreeeed - bora "head" basman

MOAR! - Pat Hawks

I need 9 copies please ! - Faraz Mullick

A cute cat :) - Mohammad Abdurraafay

Haha, Faráz. - Kol Tregaskes

Next target, 250 likes. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

اخي...گناهي - noonii

Friendfeed loev faxcat :o - Karl Knechtel

;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Pussy by fax. What will they think of next? - Mattb4rd

X)) - Nia

OMGosh, next up is the 300 likes mark. Anyone care to join in? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Honestly, i'm not generally a fan of the Cat memes... But that is classic. - Alistair (alpinefolk)

You know this is the 7th most liked entry on FriendFeed ever: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... !!! - Kol Tregaskes

Kol, this thread is pure genius. - Alex Scoble

But only almost 50 comments.. :) - Simon Wicks

Simon, there's not much to comment regarding the picture :) But meta-comments are more than appropriate! - Ivan Zuzak

Simon, yeah we need 1500+ comments now, who wants to start? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

there we go then for the 1500+!! - Jaap Willem

1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers. - Simon Wicks

Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

OK, now it's the 4th: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - it's gonna take a huge effort to break the record of 452+ likes here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... - Kol Tregaskes

OK, now this is the 3rd most liked entry: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... :-D Crazy! - Kol Tregaskes

Too bad I am fresh out of likes of I would do it again. - JSNFLMNG

¡Excelente! - Marcos Vicente

I'm using this photo in the latest chapter of can haz murder - anna sauce

Hehe, Anna. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

One more for 350 likes, LOL. This is mental! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Come on, 350 cats for a cat getting crushed? You guys are mean. :-P - Richard A.

I'd like again if I could :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

bump - Simon Wicks

Richard, LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

Awesomely funny! - Martha

Next target: 400 likes? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

theres one more for you Kol - Toby Graham

Toby, you're very kind. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Cute *_* - Sybelle

Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

Just 6 more likes for the 400 then I'll leave you alone. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

can you spare a cat 6 likes? - JSNFLMNG

sweet - Eric Hofmann

Haha, Jason, wow 406 likes, madness! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Madness? THIS. IS. FAX CAT. - Mike Nayyar

Well 452 likes is the record, hmm I think that is pushing it. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Awesome. - Alex Scoble

this is underfaksink at its worzt - Petr Buben

Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" .. - Petr Buben

Ah, OK, Petr. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :] - Petr Buben

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

OMGosh, just 23 more likes to beat this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

433 Like ! Wow ! - Like

Freemor, yes very cute! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

cute~ - Chan Pen

that's why is called a cat scan and not a cat fax. - Phil Maxwell

oh ... a scan. not fax?! .... it looked to me like she was faxink - Petr Buben

Just 5 more likes needed. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Try rolling the cat through a press first. Flat cats fit into the fax easier. - Bob Blunk

Fax, Petr. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test) - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Ok, over the top now. - Greg Guitarbuster

Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes). - Roberto Bonini

I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little - Steve C

Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

They fax much better if you flatten them first. What? - Kevin Pedraja

LOL, Kevin. - Kol Tregaskes

i can also imagine the cat going there cause it is snug and warm - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

Ey, it would be a tad warm on there, especially after a long working day. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Caption which needs to be said aloud: Uh Ohz, I'm totally FAXED! - sofarsoShawn

Hehe, Shawn. 10 more for the big 5-0-0. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Countdown! 8 more now! - Mike Nayyar

bump for more likes - Josh Haley

bump - Roberto Bonini

One more!! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I took mine away, too much pressure. - Steve C

Wow, there we go, 500 likes!! Thank you all!! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

I think Fax Kitty deserves a prize for that. - Kendra <3 Three Lions

меня, признаться, подзаебал этот кот - Парадокс Смейла

пиздец как! - getalifejerk

Kendra, absolutely. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all! - Kol Tregaskes

My like is the last one so far :) - 509 afaik - getalifejerk

did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician) - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

wish I could double like! - metalerik

Wish I could just like it at all. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

This is also still on the Best of page. That must be the longest running best of post? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

But it's a cat being crushed... - Richard A.

برای چی این همه لایک خورده؟؟؟؟؟ - H.M.Nasrabadi

Hehe, Richard. - Kol Tregaskes

copy cat - gibilix

518 like! most liked post? - Lu Tao

ay yerim yaa çok tatlı kedicikk :)) - Arzu

Lu, yeah but a long way now. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

*bump* - Andre

Blew past 500 likes - LIKE!!!!! - Roberto Bonini

OMGosh, nearly heading to 550!! - Kol Tregaskes

So we know how many people use this site. - Richard A.

So that's what Paws Printing means. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

Richard, we getting there. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Jack, hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

this thread is making history. - vijay

Indeed .. this is a most epic thread - Mattb4rd

Hehe. 9 more for 550! - Kol Tregaskes

8... - sofarsoShawn

7. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

Actually only 5...cuz "You, Earl E Morningwood, yasin ghasemi and... 542 liked this" - sofarsoShawn

Who wants to bet how many likes this thead is going to get??? - Roberto Bonini

Gosh, no idea. - Kol Tregaskes

take some bets then come back in a year to check? - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

:) - SokooteDel

Holy smokes .. this pussy cat is approaching 600 likes! - Mattb4rd

552 now, so there are some unlikes going on, hehe, oh well. Still an amazing amount of likes. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

560! - sofarsoShawn

And back down to 559. Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

And how could anyone not love kitties after seeing this photo? - Susan Beebe

I liked it without reading this discussion - evidentially we have a lot of people who like the idea of faxing a cat! - Rich

Rich, yes, worrying, hehe. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

564! - sofarsoShawn

I think we'll have to recruit more ffeeps before this record will ever be broken - JSNFLMNG

maybe a good way to clone cats :) - Roberto

Hehe, Roberto. - Kol Tregaskes

This surely couldn't hit 600 likes, could it!? - Kol Tregaskes

It could! Keep bumping it up! - imabonehead

It will :) - Roberto Bonini

My next cat post: http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-fun... - Kol Tregaskes

Wow, not even 600 Likes? Feh. ;-) - j1m

No yet. Close though. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Stuck on 581. - Kol Tregaskes

Most liked FF post ever? - Kristian Salonen

One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-) - John Collis

Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John. - Kol Tregaskes

ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی - Maryaminaa

11 more to 600. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

داداش كوتاه بيا، مي خواي ركورد بزني!؟ - Exir

هستم بره این کامنتتو ترجمه کنه اکسیر ! :))) داره از فضولی میمیره الان ! :D - Shayan

Hehe, 6 more likes. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Need 1 more like, by my calculation, to get to 600 - Josh Haley

Another unlike then, back down to 598. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

it's 598+3, at the moment ;-) - Andre

There we go, 601!! Wow, can't believe it. :-D Thanks everyone!! - Kol Tregaskes

3 people un liked :( - Roberto Bonini

I think there have been made unlikes over the last week, oh well. - Kol Tregaskes

too many likes, the kitteh is burning up..stop the madness...;) - JSNFLMNG

Haha, Jason. - Kol Tregaskes

614!!!!! - sofarsoShawn

Whoa! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

man! ..Kol is gaining ... and I saw that pic one day before Kol posted it :X ..and i let it go! :[)] - Petr Buben

Petr, who's he? - Kol Tregaskes

omg, this post passed 600 likes! - imabonehead

@Kol ..well the man .. Mr Photographer .. ok .. let me go there .. - Petr Buben

I see. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

631 likes, amazing stuff. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Day 11 and this thing's still going! - Phil Maxwell

Why fax yourself when you can get famous via FriendFeed? :-) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

whereas a cat *scan* is totally feasible - Megan Craig

Kol, congratulations, you won the Friendfeed Award for the most likes entry! - Jérôme Flipo

Kol is this from your rival: Squashy Cat Photography? - sofarsoShawn

Haha, Shawn. Have you really bumped this one again? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

LOL I was actually looking at best of month and I thought I'm going to be clever :-) - sofarsoShawn

this makes me laugh every darn time I see it - Stephanie_Happy2010!

Who is this NShawnFW? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

kitties do like to find new spots to nap :) - Maryam

LOL, now over 650 likes. - Kol Tregaskes

این هنوز در نیومده از لای این دستگاه؟ - Maryaminaa

Wow. this is good..... pleased, Kol? - Roberto Bonini

Pleased? About the number of likes? I'm happy regardless. :-D - Kol Tregaskes

So do we think it will go to 700 likes? ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

it will - Seltoon

what do you mean by "it" ? say "he" or "she". :) - Maryaminaa

Haha, I was referring to the entry. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

lol - Maryaminaa

I see someone already posted 'Copy Cat' !! LOL Great picture - Kevin J Hatton

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

O HAI! I IZ WATIN FR COOPONZ, KTHXBYE. - Kris Roley

Neksnapper 3000 Kitten Eradicator - Kills Kittehs Dead - Mattb4rd

Hehe. - Kol Tregaskes

10 more likes for 700! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

7 more by my count! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Oops, yes you're right, Bec. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Isn't it illegal to fax a pussy? - aerobroken

It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or... - sofarsoShawn

OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Wow, not so bad huh? \u) - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

try harder! ; )) - Didier Lahely

Before faxing it, you have to flatten it out a bit. You're going at it all wrong! :-) - Rick Cogley

Caturday is tommorow ... Fax Cat on Saturday .. - johnpiercy

Must try this at home! - Anthony K. Valley ©

Bumping some old great posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Now THAT is a classic! - Allan Besselink

you have to flatten it first!!! ;) - Neda S.

This is very good humor! - TrafficBug

Hey, we've hit the 700-like mark. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

just a couple thousand to go - JSNFLMNG

LOL - Smeerch

__awesome__ - Matteo Scotuzzi

and it got resurrected once again! - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

I managed to do it once, but I don't think I'm going to do it again. The results were a little fuzzy. - Seth Greenblatt

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for the love of bokeh! - http://koltregaskes.soup.io/post...

August 29 from Kol's Soup (without imported... - Comment - Like - Share

maral, m.cihad civelek, ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0, and 181 other people liked this

وااااااااااااااااااو! خيلي وقته ديگه بارون نزده - Moghamer

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paradisiac vision. - Ester "Hoshimem" Memoli

وای من اینو چقدر دوست دارم - روز واقعه «Mr.Mahdi»

محشره - Moghamer

!عاشقشم - !بــــــــــاران

Very cool! - Kol Tregaskes

Clever! - Fossil Huntress

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

could use a little of this in L.A. right now. - Thomas Hawk

If I could pass ours over to you I would. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Kol, this is so cool! - Michael Fidler

:-) - Kol Tregaskes

I miss the sound though, but me like ;) - Tibor Holoda

Tibor, could have attached an MP3 too. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

We're getting a lot of this in the UK. :-( - Kol Tregaskes

cool - echostreamer

Would make a neat desktop wallpaper - Nick Humphries

رنگ عشق تو این خیابون نزده - میر Ellie موسوی

Even more of this today. Please stop raining! :-( - Kol Tregaskes

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Best shop front, ever - http://flickr.com/photos...

February 13 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Flavio Santos, Kazutaka Ogaki, dailyphoto and 85 other people liked this

"Guitar Store" - in Southampton. Cool! :-) - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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they are probably open until 11! - Morgan Haley

+1 Morgan... and they close at 6 to "get ready" for tonight's gig. - Anthony K. Valley ©

Heavy. Duty. HEAVYDUTY! - Morgan Haley

aweaweaweawesome :) - `aziz´ Alihan ÇETİN

bringing back the wall of sound - Greg Guitarbuster

Great idea for a shop front. - jjprojects

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

that's great! lol! - Be Cookie Industries

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Really clever use of Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...

Really clever use of Flickr - http://bit.ly/NoVkJ

April 28 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Benan Arıgil, Roberto Bonini, Nispell and 76 other people liked this

Best viewed from photostream. Excellent!! :-D - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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That is AWESOME - Josh Haley

That's really cool. No way I'd have the planning ability to do that. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Nifty! - @CrystalinaB

that's awesome. - Alfredo

Oh wow.. they even compensated for the gaps between the pictures. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Fabulous! - Penny

Can I FAV that stream!?!? That is awesome! - Justin Korn

Nice! - Nicholas James

Clever. - Mike Nayyar

Check Daniel's share of this two: http://ff.im/2rPZM. Like that he's captured the photostream screenshot. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I did something similar some time ago: http://tr.im/k13U and http://tr.im/k142 but in sets not photostream. Anyway this guy work is nicer, mine was just an experiment. - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

Leandro, that is excellent! - Kol Tregaskes

Brilliant - Michael Fidler

THAT is really creative! - Scott of Two Countries

i agree with creative. - امیر؟

Sweet, What a great idea! - aerobroken

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

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Eco-Friendly Van Meets All-in-One Mobile Home | dornob #shareit - http://dornob.com/eco-fri...

March 23 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"The Volkswagen Microbus is a classic - even to those of us born after its time. Arguably unlike the newly remade Beetle, this remake of a VW classic is remarkably true to the original on the outside - but on the inside it is a bio-diesel hybrid stuffed full of high tech gadgetry and eco-friendly innovations." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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*swoon* - Ňicķ

sounds awesome. live the hippie dream, only it probably costs about $50,000 or something. - Thomas Hawk

It's kinda cute. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Not a fan. Then again, didn't like the original ;) - Mo Kargas

Afraid not Thomas, $129,000 - Steven Cains

Super cool VW Bus making a comeback... - Walt Ruppar

First of all, I'll cop to wanting one of these. That being said, Jason is right. This is for rich hippies (who probably aren't hippies at all). The VW microbus became the darling of the Flower Power crowd because it was cheap, easy to repair, and big. You could camp in it. Is there a car today that fits this bill? - Chris Baskind

wow, you can buy an awful lot of pot with $129,000. - Thomas Hawk

I don't know a self-respecting hippie that would prefer this over a really nice indoor greenhouse. ;-) - Chris Baskind

@Chris, Most cars today aren't as simple, but with the wealth of knowledge online, it just takes more time. The minivan/SUV can become a camper van with a few mods. They'll never take the place of the VW, but they're an updated version of the 70s panelvan conversions (hopefully without shag carpeting & a disco-ball). - Steven Cains

Nope: there will never be anything that simple again. That's not all bad: I can't imagine a 1960s VW Minibus would satisfy *any* federal safety standard these days. You're right. A used minivan might be the closest thing. - Chris Baskind

Very Cool. You can't drive your house but, you can sleep in your Van !!! - Eric Logan

Want. - Ken Sheppardson

Want!! - Sarah Perez

Very intriguing. How much steel is in that thing? Chris, that would be my next question after fuel consumption: how safe is this thing? And I agree, when we can go back to making transportation that costs less than a small home, we may have achieved something amazing. ;) - Melanie Reed

However, I have heard (and I'm not remembering where at the moment) that there has been a movement growing of people seeking alternative housing and substituting things like this as the new "mobile" home. - Melanie Reed

AWESOME! - tomit

@drewdomkus ... you need this for your move! - tomit

So wanting one! Cute ^__^ - Nia

Hehe, it's dinky, isn't it? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

lovelovelove! - esther ♥ ♫

-) - Kol Tregaskes

It looks like it could almost fly in the first pic. ;-) Well, maybe not. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Looks a bit different than the 76 Kombi @imbutafool and I owned several years ago - ThePicMan

Oh, shit, it's so beautifull! - Igor Kuzmin

Everyone is loving this! We should have an FF one and use it to travel to all the FFers around the World (like Pea seems to be doing ;-)). Hehe. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

cool idea, kol. the ff-stream of this tour would be alltheawe. just imagine the photos. - esther ♥ ♫

Look it is my retirement home. - John Flynn

Oh no, don't say that, John. That puts me right off it. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I want one! - TranceMist

I've owned 5 VWs, two of which were split window vans. I'd love to have another, this is awesome! - Rick Bucich from twhirl

I have had more VWs than other cars...starting with a 71 Superbeetle, and a Split Window Microbus. I would LOVE to have something like this. - Kreg Steppe

Good for grandparents to visit grandchildren and children through the European continent (or another one as well)...nomadism-revival! - Isabelle Ayel

wow i posted this a while back and now can't seem to find it for some reason. friendfeed's search function really sucks! - Cee Bee

Want. Cannot afford. - Jules

So after reading this article yesterday, I found myself this evening in front of a local place that specializes in reconditioning old VWs. It was closed, but there's an awesome red and white microbus out front with a For Sale sign on it. Ugly, underpowered -- and probably dangerous, by modern standards. Want. ;-) - Chris Baskind

Cee, really? I find FF search is pretty good. - Kol Tregaskes

I love this Mobile...owned a few Vdubs, lived in a VW camper, but this is off the hook..I would become a true nomad with this... - bcultral

It's just so cute, LOL! - Kol Tregaskes

love it - chance

Perfect for the recession :-) - Richard A.

I'd like to have something like this, something small. What do you really need? A bed, perhaps a TV and room for your computer. Then you can live anywhere you like, in theory. - Kol Tregaskes

so cute ;) - sakura

Richard, agree. No council tax bill, no utility bills, just petrol I guess? - Kol Tregaskes

I Love this - Nima

Who is this Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier? Seems like he is on Facebook, Linked In but I can't seem to find anything else about him. - Brian Sullivan

We had a wesvalia built Micro when I was a kid. I loved that thing. It was a little flimsily built; but boy it was perfect for my family of campers and road-tripping warriors. Too bad this one is so pricey - Bill Rawlinson

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

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Stunning Images of Herds from Above #shareit - http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/feature...

April 1 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Feyzullah DALDAL, calculi, Aperture Image and 78 other people liked this

"Though the term “herd behaviour” today is most often used when talking about financial markets, it originally described individuals in a group acting together without direction – for example an animal herd fleeing from a predator. When seen from above, animal herds seem to follow intricate and intriguing patterns." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

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When we watch Planet Earth, I'm always amazed at the sheer numbers of herds. I like to think of herds as >1000 (is that less than?), but we saw one doc that showed something like 25K gazelles. Amazing. Or the one with the gigantic flock of birds. WOW. - Admiral Anika

Planet Earth is an amazing documentary. I guess Nature's Great Events are on their way to the US soon too. That's another great natural history doc from the BBC. - Kol Tregaskes

Yes, I've seen NGE, but seriously PE is infinitely better, visually speaking. The only thing that bugs me about PE is the constant, "Thanks to our brand-new, super-expensive technology we were able to be the first to capture this fish swimming." or whatever. Enough with the dick-stroking just give me facts. - Admiral Anika

Yeah but there isn't much of that to be fair and is completely overshadowed by the quality of the images and documentary. Both NGE and PE are excellent. We get so much of that from the BBC, it's great. - Kol Tregaskes

You don't think it's a lot? The other night we watched the PE marathon on Discovery. In each hour show, Weaver must have mentioned it 3 - 4 times. That's a lot to me. :) I can't wait to get both series in a boxset, but we agreed that we'll wait until we get a better TV. - Admiral Anika

Anyone know when the new Planet Earth is coming out, i heard they were filming it a long time ago but i know it takes years to make those? - Steve C

Steve, I had no idea there was even a new one in the making. How exciting. - Admiral Anika

Steve, I just realized that the Planet Earth marathon I was watching was narrated by Sigourney Weaver, whereas the old ones were narrated by David Attenborough. Maybe these are the new ones, which explains why I was confused over some of the topics thinking, "Gosh I don't remember that one." - Admiral Anika

New Planet Earth? News to me. I think there is a "movie" coming out or even out but I've not heard of any new series. - Kol Tregaskes

In the U.S. Discovery cut the episodes and redid the narration with Sigourney. Same footage. - Stephen Mack

Ah you can't beat David Attenborough - who could ever replace him? - Kol Tregaskes

I'll have to look it up, but I thought it was in like Discovery magazine that they were making the next set of series. I was wrong once in like the second grade, so I guess it could happen again. - Steve C

Seriously? I liked Attenborough's narration. - Admiral Anika

Anika. That's what I meant. There's no one better IMHO. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

David Attenborough is the king. Nobody else comes close. He's an incredible man- Parkinson did a great interview with him. - Bec Rowe @d0tski

And Attenborough says he has no plans to retire. Yippee for us. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Are those walrus? - LarchOye

Yep, them there walrus. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Funny; just ordered the Planet Earth Blu-ray set today. - Anthony Citrano from BuddyFeed

Anthony, well worth it! - Kol Tregaskes

I'm a cow, mooo. - Will Higgins™

Hehe, Will. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Bumping some old good posts. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Kol Tregaskes

I bet $100 you don't have the guts to do this - http://koltregaskes.soup.io/post...

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*checks PayPal balance* - MVB (Grinch of FF)

haha what? - Marissa

No. definately not. - Roberto Bonini

Afternoon LOL! - Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ

That was pretty much my reaction on August 10th. - Jemm

No way. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

I did that, but I was heading vertical, school had a vaulted ceiling and I went running, stepped on a chair right were it dropped, on impact both shoes fell off, one hit a guy in the face. - Jimminy Fuller

wonder if that kid had aspirations of being a stunt guy... "dignity, always with dignity" ;) - alphaxion

What a plonker. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

ah, to be young and stupid again. (as opposed to middle-aged and stupid.) - Joe Silence

;-) - Kol Tregaskes

You lose, Kol. I have done that. :D - Steven Perez

Darn it, I'll have to pay up. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

oUcH! - Hussein EROL

I'd do it in a heartbeat 20 years ago. Now, I'd be afraid I'd break a hip or something. *shakes fist* - Rodfather

spidey failure. - Ozer Wrzl (EN)

Hehe, Ozer, - Kol Tregaskes

hehehe :) - Mahdi Ebrahimi

Step away from the crack Pipe !!! - SCS Watching the Sun

Can I use the $100 to get liquored up before I do it? - Mark Krynsky

#parkourfail - Dennis Jernberg

If I weren't afraid of going right through the wall, I'd probably still try that. I know I would have done that (and did similar things quite often) when I was much younger. - Curtiss Grymala

This is still superb this morning after. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

This is why most men seem to have some form of brain damage. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Hehe! - Kol Tregaskes

That is not a leap of faith! - earl wallace from twhirl

Not quite. ;-) - Kol Tregaskes

I don't have to show you that since I do that on every workday. - imabonehead

LOL! - Zachary TG

that's such an old video! - Alex Piluguin

Ah is it, oh well, new to me. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

My Soup.io page got on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r... and this anim got on the front page: http://www.reddit.com/r... - Kol Tregaskes

hey buddy i posted Da Gif On Reddit but it got So many down vote, beats me, any way your gif rux - Amir

Ah, cool. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

This is awesome :) - Joe Dawson

Defining the line between brave and stupid? - Eoghann Irving

If I did that, first the wall would collapse, and then the floor. (So, you see, it's not that I *couldn't*... I just choose not to, for the protection of others.) - Mark "DerBingle" J

You're right. I don't have the guts...and I'm proud of that. - Tammy Marshall

Bumped, just because. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I have the brains not to - VAL D. Zone

...Spiderman, Spiderman... not! - .LAG liked that

lol - echostreamer

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hahahaha - Anna Haro

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I do this :-S - Timothy Griffin

I do this too! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I'm so glad to know I'm not alone in this! - Tamara

i do this, & the "nod" :) - chaz2b

Alex Scoble

It's funny, I joined friendfeed just to connect further with my brother...I got that for a time, but in a larger sense I connected with a community and discovered so many interesting people and so many noteworthy stories. Despite what I've written before, to Paul Bucheit and the rest of the friendfeed team, I will forever be grateful for the...

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service that made this possible. - Alex Scoble

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cheers, again. - Bren -- feeling merry

Cheers to you too, Bren...twice! - Alex Scoble

I'm tyring to like , like , like many times....lol...Alex...wuvs ya - Bill Heslin

LOL, you guys are the best. - Alex Scoble

Amen, Alex. I have come to know more people through FF than I ever could have imagined. It may not be as geeky as it was when I first joined, but the community has grown & improved. Kudos to all of you (devs & users) for giving me that. :) - JA Castillo

Beautifully said, Alex! :) - directeur

Well said but ... don't cue the fat lady yet! - AJ Kohn

AJ, I think you have me confused with another Scoble. :) I'm not calling anything over here. :) Just giving thanks. - Alex Scoble from IM

Alex, are you on google wave? I have one more... - Anthony Farrior

oh, scratch that, i have 10 invites left... - Anthony Farrior

That's nice, Alex. - Anne Bouey

You are my favorite Scoble by far! (Sorry, Robert) ;) - Jorge Escobar

Hmmm.. sounds like the speech that is said before the music is queued up and the lovely ladies come from stage right to escort you off. But Then again.. thanks are not said enough in life so say it often. ;) - Uncle CW™

Yes and yes to everything. - Eric @ CSTechcast.com from iPhone

Long live Friendfeed!!! But even better,long live the relationships.... - Steve

werd! - imabonehead

Love you! even don't know you! love cool people! - Farhad Jafari

nice! - .LAG liked that

Well said, Alex. - Martha

Couldn't agree more .. FF still rocks - Charlie Anzman

FF is the Jewel in the Center of the Internet - Robert Higgins

thankyou mr a scoble for putting into words what i've felt too (except for your brother part, ;) - chaz2b

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The Next Web is now officially in the top 100 blogs in the world!

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ok Friendfeed is absolutement dead. :) - Zee.

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Congratulations! - Amit Nangare

Raaaad - Itachi

Makin History - Andrea Contino

Cheers Zee :) - Christopher Galtenberg

Congratulations! - Nicholas Kreidberg

Well done, Zee. - Stephen Mack

Congrats! - Jinni

congrats Zee!!! - Roberto

Awesome Zee - Hunter Clarke

congratulations! - Loic Le Meur

Excellent Zee.. Congrats! - Bill Heslin

fabulous!! much success :o) - Aline Ohannessian

Wow!! Congratulations!! :) - Susan Beebe from iPhone

Nice! - Anne Bouey

Congrats Zee (and your team) :) - Ozkan Altuner from iPhone

Congrats. - Dennis O'Neil

Woot it should be - Robert Higgins

Congrats Zee! - Garin Kilpatrick

awesome! - Chris Rogers from BuddyFeed

Congrats! - Carmen

Excellent! - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Holy! Congrats Zee! - Merry Xmas FFeeders - AJ

Congrats guys! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

nice - ffcode

Way to go! - First Class Fashionista

Congrats Zee! - Garin Kilpatrick

Well done! - Gordon Herd

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Big Bear Birthday http://www.flickr.com/photos...

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robot, thank you for the best birthday EVER!!! - Anna Haro

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You're welcome :-* and looking forward to many more!!! - ·[▪_▪]·

Happy Birthday! (belatedly!) <3 - Yolanda

thanks, Yo! <3 - Anna Haro

awwwwww! NICE ONE Bot!!! :-D Glad you guys had fun! Happy B-Day again, A1! :-)) - Live4Emma (L4S)

thanks, hermano! :-)) - Anna Haro

Happy belated Birthday, Anna! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Happy Birthday! - Adrian

thanks, Adrian! :-) - Anna Haro

<3 - Mo Kargas

Happy Birthday! Like the kissy picture! - Trish Haley

Happy Birthday! (better late than never) - A.T.

thanks, all!!! :-)) - Anna Haro

Happy Birthday! (Belatedly... no, you're birthday was right on time... it's just my birthday wish that's belated... am I overexplaining?) - Mark "DerBingle" J

Happy (belated) Birthday! That pucker is compelling... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Happy belated birthday! - Shevonne

Happy belated birthday, Haro. <3 - DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE

thanks, momo <3 - Anna Haro

Compelling. That's a good word for it. MWAH. - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

Awww...feliz cumple! :D - JA Castillo

Happy Birthday! - Anne Bouey

Happy belated birthdAy, Anna. :)) - edythe from iPhone

big bear is awesome, happy bday! - Rachael Depp

Happy birthday, chica! <3 - Carmen

:)) - Shey, Jamaican of FF

I cannot take it any longer *risks the robot* muuuuah :) - Michael W. May

I missed wishing you? BOO ME! :( Hope you had a great one dear. Wishing you the world in the year ahead. <3 - Parth Awasthi

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Nice! =) - ronin

Good choice! Is it charged yet? :D - Adrian

no.. clearly I've always forgotten that when a new toy arrives it needs to charge! This is also the first SLR I bought where I've got the battery grip as I'm doing many vertical shots now and I thought that it'd be handy - interesting to note is that by using the battery grip I can also apparently get an AC adapter for continuing powering. Didn't know that before.. so I'm glad that I got it (but AC adapter is sold separately so I guess I'll have to get that also...) - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

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"The Fiction of Science is a collection of photographs by Frank Hülsbömer, who has made a name for himself with contributions to magazines such as Wallpaper. Reminiscent of the abstract photography of Moholy-Nagy, his work indicates the recent rediscovery of abstraction and geometrical work in contemporary art. Whether sketchily visualized thoughts or meticulously staged motifs, his dynamic depictions of immobile objects often resemble computer renderings. Despite its minimalistic strength and quasi-scientific precision, Hülsbömer's photographic aesthetic shines with exceptional depth and creates an outstanding poetic visuality." - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML from Bookmarklet

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oh my - Josh Haley

I love that gif. Whenever I see it in forum sigs, that person automatically gains one credibility point in my book - Itachi

Andrizzle Gizzle

If you were going to take some photography classes and wanted to buy a DSLR, what would you get? Assume your budget is around $2k (or under of course). What are you looking at in that range?

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I'll bump this in the morning just curious.. didn't realize it was already my bed time :) - Andrizzle Gizzle

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Harold may have a tip. He's gone to bed for the night (we're in our separate homes for today). - Kamilah Gill

I have a first gen Canon 5D that I love. You could probably get that for a lot cheaper than the nearly $3K it originally cost. The Canon 7D just came out and that's popular, though it lacks the full frame that I really like, but it also shoots 1080p which the kids really love. Ask the dSLR group here on FF? http://friendfeed.com/dslr - Derrick

If I were doing that I'd get a cheap body and spend the rest of the 2K on lenses. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

My wife actually got a Cannon Eos Rebel something or other from Costco last year... 10+ megapixels with two great lenses for $950. Great starter set with enough cash left over to start talking about another decent lens. A.K.A. I agree with John. - SAM

Pick up an entry level + kit lens (like a Canon T1i + 18-55IS or Nikon D90 + 18-55VR) and then a 50mm f/1.8 prime lens and use those for your class. Save the rest of your money until you figure out what you like to shoot and what all the different lens ranges mean. But get to a store for some hands on with the different camera bodies and go with whichever one feels more comfortable in your hands and has controls in locations that make more sense to you. - ronin

Get a good, but less expensive body - like a 40D or T1i and spend the rest on quality glass. I bought a 50D back in March and have found that lenses make the real difference. My 50D is as big as a 5D mkII, so buy a body that fits with your purpose. The T1i is vastly easier to walk around with for hours compared to my 50D. - Drew

Yeah, I got my Nikon D60 for like $550 at Costco with two lenses. If you want video, get the D90. I have the 50mm lens which I like for depth of field, but it is manual-focus only on a couple of models (mine is one), so you may want to do some research. I do miss having auto-focus with that lens, since I am a little hard-of-seeing. I have had both a Canon and a Nikon SLR and I find them to be quite similar, controls-wise. I think it is just a brand preference, or lens availability. - Sumotuwe

Can I offer the suggestion of picking 1 or 2 and renting them for a day or so. Renting is cheap and you never quite know until you shoot with it in hand - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

@Sumotuwe Nikon does have a new 50mm now that will autofocus on your body. It's the 50mm f/1.4G as opposed to the 1.4D which you probably have. - ronin

Cannon EOS 450D - Paul L. McCord Jr.

Go to the store and handle them. You'll know which one is right for you. I was pretty sold on a starter Canon SLR when I bought my first "real" camera about 4 years ago, but once I held it, it didn't feel right. I picked up a Nikon next and didn't look back. - cecily from iPhone

If you don't know much about photography yet don't get the absolute best body available and don't get a lot of lenses at first. You might decide that you don't like it as much as you thought. Or that you aren't interested in they type of subjects you thought you'd be. I don't know Canon but on the Nikon side for that range I'd be looking at a D90 probably. For $2K you have a lot of... more... - Benjamin Golub

Oh and you should definitely go to the store and hold them. Canon and Nikon do feel different. You can't go wrong with either company though. - Benjamin Golub

I love my nikon d5000 it's less than half your budget. that leaves a lot of $$ for lenses which are more important. - sean808080

I shoot Canon and recommend their stuff, but you should handle each manufacturer's (Sony, Nikon, Pentax, Olympus, Canon, etc.) body yourself. For me, the Canon body and layout (I have a 40D) were more intuitive / preferred over the Nikons. I am in agreement that if at all possible, you should get the best glass you can afford and a body to fit those lenses. The 50mm f1.8 is a great... more... - JA Castillo

Awesome thank you everyone I passed this on to Phil since he is the one looking. He is a much better photographer than me already (he has read lots of photography books) and he has lots of patience, whenever we are someplace he is always stopping to get a good picture and I am like LETS GO GET SOME TACOS and kicking him. - Andrizzle Gizzle

This is great info! A thousand bucks is still a lot of money to me, I am tempted to break out my heirloom Nikon N50, but it is a film camera.. - Phil G

Yeah I think the first class just requires the camera be able to shoot in RAW and you could upgrade at any time. - Andrizzle Gizzle

It's worth it to try digital, it will really open up some possibilities for you. Hang on to that film Nikon though. If you already have some Nikon film stuff it might be a good idea to research full frame Nikon bodies (just be sure your existing lenses will work, if they won't you can get cheaper bodies that aren't full frame). - Jason Wehmhoener

Also, in the Nikon vs. Canon debate, I think it's largely personal preference. They both seem to have strengths, and just different approaches to things like camera controls, and emphasis on glass (Nikon) vs. camera body electronics (Canon). You can take amazing photos with either platform. - Jason Wehmhoener

I only saw one mention of Sony DSLRs in this thread. Any opinion on them? I have an old (late 90's model) Minolta film camera body that I'd like to start using again. I've been told that I could share lenses between a Sony and my Minolta which would be ideal. - Give 'Em DBizness

Minolta film cameras were awesome in their day. I used a 1.2 50mm Minolta in the early 90s and I LOVED that lens. - Jason Wehmhoener

I found mine in a box a move or two ago. It had disappeared a couple of moves before that. The lens I had for it didn't survive all the moving but the body seems to be in good shape still. I just don't have a lens to test it out with right now. - Give 'Em DBizness

pick the camera that feels good in YOUR hand ,, some people will get in the "this vs that " convo .. I use a pentax .,,, nothing wrong with my pics ,, - johnpiercy

The Sony I'm looking at is kind of big and bulky but I have big hands so it doesn't really feel out of place. I don't want a camera that my hands dwarf. - Give 'Em DBizness

Most modern cameras take great photos. There are a couple major things to be concerned about: low light performance, and compatibility with your preferred glass. I'd research those two things and by the time you are done with that you will probably have an idea about how comfortable you'll be with a particular camera. All the other stuff is basically icing/nice-to-have or just personal preference. - Jason Wehmhoener

dpreview.com is a great place to research particular photo equipment. they do incredibly thorough reviews - Jason Wehmhoener

My former roommate bought a Pentax DSLR a couple of years ago. It took great pics but seemed kind of plain to me. I guess I'm more of a gadgety, bells and whistles kind of guy. - Give 'Em DBizness

I'm a gadgety bells and whistles guy too. I shoot Canon. - Jason Wehmhoener

If you have Nikon film lenses, they should mount on any of the Nikon DSLR bodies. Things like autofocus and auto-metering might not work for all lens-body combinations, though. (You can still focus or set exposures manually.) This explains it: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon... - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Sony bought Konica Minolta 3 years ago and as far as I know, the new Sony-brand bodies still support every KM lens ever made. As far as image quality is concerned, they lag behind Canon/Nikon when it comes to high ISO/low light quality but anything below ISO1600 should be pretty comparable. Overall lens selection (for the Sony branded lenses) lags behind the big two but their high end... more... - ronin

I have a Nikon D80 and an 18-200mm lens that we received as a Christmas gift from family last year (the original owner was upgrading) and I love it. I was kind of overwhelmed with starting to research brands, etc. so it was nice to sort of have the decision made for me. I thought about upgrading to a newer body at some point, but the D80 just fits in my little hands perfectly. That... more... - joey

A really high quality 50mm is a dream to work with because they will generally have a much lower f-stop available than any other lens. This makes it possible to take photos in so many more situations, it really is incredible. I am currently missing a 50mm prime in my kit, and really need to correct that situation. - Jason Wehmhoener

A friend gave me my Minolta back in college. He thought it was broken so he said I could have it if I was willing to get it repaired. I took it to a camera shop. The little Japanese man looked it over really well and found that there was nothing wrong with it. I bought a lens and a battery from him and left the store very happy. I got a $500 dollar camera for the cost of a cheap lens and a battery. I never had any problems out of it. - Give 'Em DBizness

I loved shooting with a 50mm prime when I was using a Minolta film camera. It's very versatile. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Akiva Moskovitz

One of the surest ways to determine the maturity of someone is to see if they can handle others having a different opinion. If they can't comprehend why someone could possibly like some band or some movie that they don't like, then, well, they've failed.

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I think you're wrong. Completely, totally wrong. I'm going to go throw a fit about it now. - DGentry

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'The proof is in the pudding!' 'Well I *HATE* pudding!' - Akiva Moskovitz

Pudding rocks...Your insane..I completely disagree with you....lol - Bill Heslin

I cannot remember the source of this quote, but: "the older I get, the shorter the time between when I realize that someone is a jackass, and when I tell them they are one." - DGentry

It gets tougher, however, when someone holds an opinion that diverges from a bedrock truth of yours. Nevertheless, it's important to try to understand those that are wrong - I mean, that have a different view of life. - John E. Bredehoft from fftogo

I like Milli Vanilli. - Josh Haley from iPhone

looks like metafilter! - Pam Gwenzi

I see you met my ex. - Alix Whitmire

It's mistaking being fierce/strong willed with being intolerant and really just stupid, like you said #FAIL - sofarsoShawn

I can certainly comprehend the psychological/sociological reasons why some people enjoy racist rap or Nazi death metal or kids programs that teach jihad, but if you ask me to refrain from insulting such taste or ask me to teach my kids to tolerate such obvious insanity, I guess I fail the maturity test. I won't insult a person, but I will insult their evil art. - Gus

@Josh, now you're just troll baiting. :-P - Jason Huebel from iPhone

Gus, there's a huge difference between the brainwashing that MEMRI TV delivers and someone being all pissed off because you like Jethro Tull. - Akiva Moskovitz

MEMRI TV? How about Fox News? Less news, more conspiracy theory. - Dennis Jernberg

I think this is true in most cases, but some things are just wrong. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Dennis, as soon as FOX News features the equivalent of a Jew-eating Rabbit, I'll buy into your comparison. - Akiva Moskovitz

http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Melanie Reed

I guess you have a point. Fox and the talk-radio neocons aren't openly advocating the massacre of liberals. - Dennis Jernberg

We never accuse anyone of being immature until they get old enough to disagree with us--at length. - Kathy Fitch

Yes, Dennis. There is absolutely no comparison. At all. - Akiva Moskovitz

Kathy, nice use of the royal 'we'. - Akiva Moskovitz

This is about me, isn't it? *sagenod* Everything is, eventually. - Michael W. May

Screw you guys, ah'm goin' home - Slappy Line

Akiva, if someone is OK with your opinion because he/she doesn't care about other people's opinions, does that mean he/she has maturity? - Brome

Damn... I just realized that if Akiva likes Tull, I have to agree with him again *pout* - Michael W. May

:-) I was wondering if anyone would go there, Akiva! It's really just first person plural, though, as in "We humans are so silly." - Kathy Fitch

I've had to fire so many friends based on this criteria alone. - Sean Oliver

Brome, it means that they're invited to my Solstice Party. - Akiva Moskovitz

I think I've been fired by some friends for being okay with some other friends' opinions, regardless of my personal comprehension or embracing of them. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

so true - Brian Appleby

I'm still back on this Josh Haley/Milli Vaniilli thing. Josh, I respect you. (Actually, I didn't say that. Someone else said it and I moved my lips.) - John E. Bredehoft

OK, we all know that neither Fab nor Rob actually sang on that hit album. I am just saying that the people who DID sing on it and the producers therein really knew what they were doing in cranking out a quality pop album. - Josh Haley from iPhone

I think I've just been called immature. - Paul

If you try and think of the things people say more like the sounds of dogs barking, and what they write more like the paths left by insects in tree bark, things make a lot more sense. - SuezanneC Baskerville

This seems bumpworthy to me for some reason. - Ken Sheppardson

I think "maturity" isn't necessarily the right term. It's more a measure of stubbornness. It may come from "failing to understand others", I just don't think it the term "maturity" accurately depicts the notion here. - G. Sigh

I would counter and say that it takes a mature person to just walk away rather than demonstrating epic stubbornness. - Akiva Moskovitz

Akiva, that sounds like wise council: "Before a quarrel bursts forth, take your leave." - Melanie Reed

I would also say that it takes a mature person not to troll someone for disagreeing. Both sides can walk away or handle themselves with some kindness. - joey

I wasn't unkind to him. I was unkind to the girl who blocked our driveway. He's the one tried to make it personal by bringing Audrey into the mix. - Akiva Moskovitz

I didn't point a finger at a specific person; I think that several people were very unkind to him in that thread from the moment he opened his mouth. - joey

Oh. I just assumed you were talking about me since this is my thread and all. And also the fact that you hate me!~! - Akiva Moskovitz

Wait he brought Audrey into it? - Jimminy Fuller

Jimminy, yeah but only to say that he hopes that someone says mean things about her when she does something wrong as a teenager as I was saying mean things about the girl who blocked our driveway so as to teach us a lesson or something. - Akiva Moskovitz

But I kind of have a policy that if you try to use my daughter as leverage against me in a discussion, the gloves, kid or otherwise, come right off. - Akiva Moskovitz

Audrey's not a very good lever...she's too short. - Alex Scoble

But, man, does that girl have some torque. - Akiva Moskovitz

My point re: the word "mature" is that it's a bit too broad. My 5-year old niece may not exhibit epic stubbornness, but she is not a mature person either. My 70-year old uncle may not agree with me politically, and can be very stubborn, but remains a mature human for whom I have great respect. In other words, we're just painting with too broad a brush here. Mutual respect for one... more... - G. Sigh

G. Sigh, I agree. We learn the most about compassion when our heart's been the most broken. The kindness may be there before hand, but our loyalties can sometimes put that compassion out of balance. - Melanie Reed

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Hrm...has someone already ripped this off to make a rap song? LOL - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

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"Now walk it out" - Itachi

http://www.youtube.com/watch... ...scary how fast that was to find. Approx 4 seconds max from typing to finding to pasting url here o_0 - Itachi

I prefer the original. - Josh Haley

I think this is the best animated gif I have ever seen. - Josh Haley

yes, yes it is. - Josh Haley from iPhone

I immediately thought of this http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Penguin It's Cold Outside

Awesomelitycs!!..... wtf.. :) - Cesar Sanchez

OH NO!!! Now I will have to the Charlie Brown Christmas head bob. Anytime I watch the dance sequence I do the bob. Hmm, that reminds me I should see if the Scrubs take of Charlie Brown Christmas is still up on Youtube.. - Molly, "sorry"

What is Josh Haley? - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

OMG AWESOMESAWSE - Gunny doesn't side-hug™

This is all I need right here. - Josh Haley

<3 - Anna Haro

ROFL @Penguin! Favorited! - rowlikeagirl

I have the Charlie Brown Christmas album on LP. - rowlikeagirl

Keep it real - Josh Haley

All those dances are rather quiet funny when you put them all together in one room - Jeunelle Foster

Bumping for awesomeness. - rowlikeagirl

Ivan Makarov to Ivan's feed, DeleteMe Uncensored

Interview with me on Caliber - Through Their Lens: Ivan Makarov - http://calibersf.com/2009...

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Ivan (pronounced ee-VAHN) Makarov is a Bay Area photographer that I have admired and loosely worked with over the past year. He strikes a balance of discipline, curiosity, and variety in his work; possibly a function of his continual pursuit of decency. Although stoic in facade, I think Ivan is constantly inserting emotion into his photography. I wanted to probe a bit on a few fronts of his style and inspiration. Read on… - Ivan Makarov from Bookmarklet

nice Ivan. Congrats! - Thomas Hawk

Absolute congrats, Ivan. This is one of my favorites and gives me the "willies" every time I look at it. Your subject is certifiably nuts! - Roger Loewen

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