"Apparently, Coca-Cola is on an innovation binge! In addition to introducing new design to their bottles, the world’s largest beverage firm is planning on unveiling a proprietary fountain system capable of pouring 100+ different flavored beverages from a single unit." - Erhan Erdogan
If you've ever been to World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, you can sample Coke products from around the world. Some are so full of Fail, you'd think they were a practical joke rather than a viable brand. - Dave Roth
I don't drink conventional sodas, but that is pretty nifty. @Dave - they have (had?) something like that in miniature at Epcot. Most of them were just awful. - Alix Whitmire
Across from the magic fountain is the other half of Club Coca-Cola: "Tastes of the World." Here, visitors are given the opportunity to sample 18 soft drink flavors which Coca-Cola sells in other countries, but not in the U.S. There's Cappy, a non- carbonated sour cherry drink from Czechoslovakia; Mone, a Japanese honey and lemon drink; Beverly, an Italian quinine apertif; and so on. The sodas are distributed from three cafeteria-style dispensers; above, a TV screen provides information about each country represented.http://bit.ly/2TaVMD - Dave Roth
I've been there, I tried that when I was about 13, early 90s - Kamilah Gill
"Did you hear Obama last night say that the Republicans and McCain are not proposing one penny of tax relief for over 100 million Americans. Sounds good. But if you're educated; if you know the statistics; the bottom 50% of income earners in this country pay only about 3% of all individual income taxes collected by the federal government. When you get to the bottom 40% that percentage figures drops to zero. Now just what is our current population figure? Around 300 million or so? That would bean that about 120 million Americans have no federal income tax liability at all. Yet there's Obama saying that McCain is offering no tax relief to these people. Relief from what? " - Dave Roth via Bookmarklet
I'd use it to shoot home video of my kids from time to time. Much easier than pulling out the video camera. Probably wouldn't do anything serious with it artistically speaking. Still a very cool feature to have though. - Thomas Hawk
I have a point and shoot and a Xacti .. that does the video already .. having it on a DSLR ..wouldnt make a difference to me .. I wouldnt use it ,,, - fotographic
Possibly. Depends on the quality offered. What are we talking about here, less than a megapixel? - Roberto Bonini
Plus think about the wide range of effects that you can do with a DSLR that you can't with a normal P&S? Like playing with the DOF and changing it as you film, or putting on a Lens Baby and shooting video with the fuzzy focus and being able to move you focus point around. - Wizetux
Yes. Being able to shoot quick videos (60 seconds or less) without extra gear to keep up with is a huge convenience. Plus having the control that serious glass allows means you'll have some powerful creative tools at your fingertips. - Dave Roth
Sure! I put up with the low quality of the video from my current camera because it's just so darn convenient...all I do is flip a switch. With the higher-res offerings of these new DSLRs, I'd definitely pay extra for that convenience. - Stephen Shores
"From city centre to city centre in north-western Europe, rail is not only quicker than air, now it’s cheaper too... The tide of low-cost travel is turning. As the rising price of aviation fuel has pushed up air fares, this autumn will be the first time for at least a decade when you will be able to travel abroad significantly more cheaply by train than by plane — at least for many destinations within a day’s travel from London." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet
Why did I just get an image of "Blaine the Monorail" in my head all the sudden. (Shiver) - Haggis (Sean)
Blaine was a good character and those middle books were the best of the Dark Tower. I hated the ending; it not only lowered the Dark Tower but knocked the Stand down a notch too. - RAPatton
I feel finally it is time to plan True European travel as I felt it should be done! - silpol
Train travel in Europe is amazing- you see the country. It is comfortable and relaxing. Amtrak....not so much. - Abby Martin
I know but Eurotrains were not that cheap if you do very long route as family of *2 adults and 2 kids*... and I want _really-really_ long route, barely star-crossing whole Europe turning around of Swiss mostly... - silpol
Now remove the petrol taxes that subsidize rail travel and re-compare the prices of driving vs. taking the train vs. flying. - Dave Roth
Cee Bee: she's a small time politician who's more inexperienced than Obama. Plus, she allegedly used her power as governor to attempt to fire her brother-in-law, who was locked in a child custody dispute with her sister. When the public safety commissioner refused, she fired him: http://beta.friendfeed.com/e/e... - Mark Trapp
So let me get this, if mccain has a stroke or something cause he is like 72 this is our filler? - orionstarr
beautiful Sarah Palin! now Barack Obama will be in trouble for not selecting a woman (Hilary Clinton).... - Pajama Domain
orionstarr: Yup. Scary thought, isn't it? A person who's held a political office for less than 3 years would be next in line for the presidency. They used to joke that Bush put Cheney as his VP so no one would try to impeach him, as you'd be left with someone even worse. I think this was a ploy by McCain to get God not to send him packing. - Mark Trapp
I know a little about her (probably more than most in the lower 48) and this just comes off solely as a calculated risk to win over disgruntled Hillary people (who don't pay attention to policy) while appeasing the pro-life base ... with a touch of that "drill, drill, drill" chanting thrown in. Not exactly my idea of a wise executive-type decision, but YMMV. - M. Donaldson
I want a fast forward button. I want to fast forward to the VP debates. I want to see Palin try to use her beauty pageant answers against snarky old Joe Biden and then watch him make her look foolish. - Jason Carreira
Republicans want to drill, she and alaska wants drilling. Guess it truly is all about the oil. Explains why Mccain won't leave Iraq - orionstarr
More fun to look at than any candidate in History. Which is like saying more fun than a root canal, but still... - Brian Norwood
While I do think being a woman was the primary reason she was selected, she's a good match for McCain and looks very interesting. Killing 'The Bridge to Nowhere' should win her points in anyone's book. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... - David Knight
oh and she totally looks like Tina Fey - David Knight
Looking like Tina Fey is her only redeeming feature - Jason Carreira
You're a fan of the bridge to nowhere? - David Knight
We'll have to see, I don't know much about her. She better be more than a lightweight or Biden will crush her in the VP debate - David Knight
I'm looking forward to it... I think the Dems should push for 5-10 VP debates ;) - Jason Carreira
Mark: Agreed wholeheartedly, it's a scary choice. Loved the email from my christian conservative Reaganite buddy, "Who? OMG!" - Sally Church
Gov. of one city, cause that's all Alaska really has...hehe - orionstarr
80% approval rating!? That seems a little suspect, there aren't many politicians whose approval rating, when added to bush's is > 100 - David Knight
do people really think you can just substitute any woman for Hillary and that will fool voters? I think Hillary supporters like Hillary for her stands on issues (especially issues that affect women), her experience/her lifelong political career, not because she's got 2 X chromosomes. Odd choice, I'm with Jason - can't wait for the debates. - JoEllen
@JoEllen You overestimate the intelligence of the American voter. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
JoEllen - Most Hillary voter will surely go for Obama since their platforms where sooo similar, yes?. It might pull some who feel like their party let them down but wouldn't have voted for 2 old white guys. - David Knight
@JoEllen I agree... Here's her stance on issues: She's a creationist, she's pro-life, and an NRA member. She's the anti-Hillary. - Jason Carreira
in fact, HRC supporters supposedly warned Obama if not HRC, no woman on the ticket. They did not want just any woman, they wanted her. So most of them won't fall for this trick. Also her pro life stance won't work for many of her supporters and some of them feel as passionate on that issue as conservatives. - Ruth Ferguson
So she hates science too? Way to round out the ticket McCain! - Tad - just Tad
Jason: I wasn't aware of her creationist views until you pointed it out. Looking online just now I see she did indeed advocate teaching creationism (or whatever name you want to give it) in science classes in a governor's debate. Barf. http://www.dailykos.com/storyo... - M. Donaldson
mccain, unsurprisingly, given his feelings about women, thinks voters were excited about "a woman" when they wanted "a woman named hillary" - eric mortensen
This is just a prescription for McCain's wet T-shirt comment, the trollop, "c word" comment, and his membership in the he-man woman haters club from his stint on the "Our Gang" series. - JoEllen
"Yup. Scary thought, isn't it? A person who's held a political office for less than 3 years would be next in line for the presidency" You were talking about Obama's 143 days as a senator, weren't you? I agree. Obama is too inexperienced to be president. - Dave Roth
Oh, and I'm not saying the Feds are free of blame either. Just wanted to make sure I got that out of the way before the folks here jumped on me. - Vincent Ferrari
Now that I think about it, I could do with about 10 more options :) - John Worthington
I have yet to discover someone who: 1. is passionate about photography 2. lives near me *AND* 3. wouldn't mind teaching me to share their passion. When I do, I think I can revisit this post. Liking to be able to do so. - Michael J Cohen
TinEye is an image search engine built by Idée currently in beta. Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web. - Svein Håvard Djupvik
Already found one of my images someplace I didn't know about. Too bad the site's blocked from work, or I'd check it out. Very cool service. - Dave Roth
“Sure hope my bags get here soon. My batteries are getting low, my charger is in the bag. I am fairly confident I am incapable of actually functioning without FF.”
Clothes are nothing; FriendFeed is all. - Cyvros/fyc
Always carry chargers, babywipes, and a change of socks in the carry on. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
That is fantastic advice SB I shall in the future pack an experienced traveler with me! - Geoff Schultz
Not at the airport Helen made it to our sleeping destination for the weekend. The airline is supposed to be delivering the goods. - Geoff Schultz
No lie, Geoff: I had to spend the night in the Buenos Aires airport once and thanked every deity I could think of for me remembering to have baby wipes and an extra pair of socks... Here's hoping your bits get found soon! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Trying to get my bits found is a whole different thread SB! Sorry the gutter part of my brain took over! Buenos Aires omg that sounds horrible. I guess at this point I feel lucky cause it could have been worse! - Geoff Schultz
I spend more time around FF and Feedly than I do my job. - (teh)Kenny
I tried that organic peanut butter before. It was disgusting. I've also tried home made peanut butter..not good either. Oh and check your gmail, you may have just helped me solve a work issue. - Candace Holly
I eat only sunbutter now. It tastes a little different than peanut butter but i love it at least as much as i love peanut butter, which is a lot. - stammers a lot
What exactly does "organic" mean wrt peanut butter? - Brian Sullivan
If anyone has recommendations, I'm more than open to them. But seriously, organic peanut butter is - bleh -. Though I must admit, Almond Butter is kinda sorta yummy :) - Mona N.
yes, but can you mold it into cool little shapes? Totally worth it if you can. - Jesse Stay
Doesn't Trader Joe's make one? I think I bought it once... - Vincent Ferrari
Which brand did u get? Once Again is a good brand.But I recommend finding a place that u can make fresh PB from raw organic peanuts. - derek sorg
Mona, I used to make my own - you have to keep it in the fridge and it has a shorter shelf life, but it was good. - Kaia ♥
I like the natural peanut butter at costco. It does get a bit hard when you refrigerate it but it only takes a few seconds in the microwave to get it to good spreading texture. - Rodfather
I like the Trader Joe's peanut butter, but only when it's first opened. Once it sits in the fridge for a while it's just like any other PB. I also like a lot of their other nut butters, like sunflower seed butter...yummy. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
Mona, mona, mona... You should have looked at the video on peanut butter by @chrispirillo first! He hated the organic one too ;) - Michael Forian
That guy has so many videos, I wouldn't know where to start looking LOL - Mona N.
My wife tried to get me to eat organic peanut butter. I got turned off at the whole "mix it up" thing. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo
My wife loves Peter Pan so much she went into mourning when they ceased production for six months or so. I suspect she would consider organic PB something on the order of blasphemy. - Roger Benningfield
So glad you posted this - my wife just read an article that recommended peanut butter as a priority for organic foods - now I can make sure to stop her before irreparable harm is done to my love for the PB&J - Marco
Actually, you may have gotten it from a bad dispenser. The way it comes best is with a lot of the original peanut oil. The oil tends to rise to the top so that when you use a spoon to pull out a chunk, it really needs to be mixed back together with the oil. Granted, it's some work to eat peanut butter compared to a thick plastic can of Jiff, but it really is much better fresh. One day, if you are really feeling fancy, buy some Almond butter. OMFG! - Andrew Baron
Try some homemade cashew butter for a change. It's like crack! (I assume.) - Dave Roth
the organic peanut butter company thanks you very much and assures you that customer satisfaction is our priority ... not ... our house payments are - gregory lent
"Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month. On Oct. 1, the cable company will update its user agreement to say that users will be allowed 250 gigabytes of traffic per month. Comcast has already reserved the right to cut off subscribers who use too much bandwidth each month, without specifying exactly what constitutes excessive use." - Dave Roth via Bookmarklet
@Tony: You're saying Obama was nominated *because* of the color of his skin? That being black is an advantage? Or do you just not like Obama's character? - AJ Kohn
I like his character. I think he will be a great leader someday, but not today. Was he nominated because of his color - I don't know. Do I think it played a part, yes. I'm all about judging a person on their own merits. The only hope for this world is for everything to stop worrying about color and start acting like human beings. - Tony Kanzia
The above was a quote from a speech at the DNC - Aaron Brazell
I don't see how race played in his favor in this election. Dems voting in the primaries might have liked him partly because he was multiethnic, but they would have been cautious to vote for him because of it too. I think the 800 pound gorilla in the room is that he has to win despite the fact that a lot of Americans will not vote for him because of his heritage. Fortunately, those are pretty much the same people who wouldn't vote for him because of his policies anyways. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
He got the nomination because he has done far less evil than Hillary. She's just very unlikeable. Even if you don't like Obama's politics, he's still someone you'd like to meet and shake hands with. - Dave Roth
He does seem like a really good guy you want to meet. I just don't think he is ready to be Commander in Chief. - Tony Kanzia
Being ready to be president is like being ready for basic training. Everyone says they are ready, but unless you've been through the gauntlet you have no clue. He's as ready as anyone, in other words. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
if being black were an advantage in getting elected president, then I guess we'd expect to see black people overrepresented among presidents, right? So we've had 43 presidents; African Americans represent about twelve percent of the population, so one would expect that we would have had about, say, six or seven black presidents thus far, right? - Nathan Rein
I believe that. I truly and honestly believe that. - ::Kristen::
@Nathan: 40 years ago blacks couldn't drink out of the same water fountain as whites, let alone be considered for president. We've had 8 presidents since the civil rights movement. 12% of 8 is zero since you can't have a partial person. - Matt
Nathan, that assumes that African Americans have been a the full 5/5ths of a citizen for the history of the union. - John Worthington
Consider this carefully - I oppose Obama because of his positions, because of what he proposes, and therefore inevitably because of his character. While those who commented on this tweet earlier will undoubtedly disagree on whether or not to support Obama, the fact that we can have this discussion based upon ideas, positions, and principles is precisely itself a sign of meaningful progress. - Bob Lozano
@Matt - indeed. How likely is it that we've managed to jettison the legacy of 200 years of institutionalized racism in a generation, to the point where people can seriously make the claim that being black is a political ADVANTAGE? The idea strikes me as bizarre. - Nathan Rein
Nathan, what seems more 'Anti-Washington' than a young, good looking, well spoken black man? If it was a middle-aged, slightly overweight white guy going around the country compaining for change, it would certainly have less impact. - John Worthington
@John I understand what you're saying and I'm sympathetic -- but I think whatever advantage that confers is probably more than outweighed by the fact that to lots of Americans, Obama just doesn't look like a president. He may look good on TV and poll very well among some parts of the population -- and I think his race contributes to that -- but I think we're going to see a lot of racial ugliness before November. Have a look at this blog post for a sample - http://snipr.com/3kulf - Nathan Rein
Yeah we need an 80 year old with PTSD to guide us through the international minefield. uh huh @tony - jeneane is in the house
good conversation here. I also am of the school that thinks there is no possible way Obama's being black can be viewed overall as a political advantage in the election for president. - Chieze Okoye
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i was afraid this would happen someday. - Mladen Srdić
omg.. .. @Thomas, dude get a life.. these type of streams are not conducive to your image . solly.. I can take a jab at the person with whom I am most comfortable with !! :)_ LOL - Peter Dawson
No way, spam on FF, I see why there ias a block feature now :-( - Kol Tregaskes via twhirl
That is one of the more creative spam messages I've seen. Tom Harrison is right - where's the part about how joevita needs to get $25 million out of England? - Hutch Carpenter
I wonder when will the porn spam start? Or has anyone seen some already? - Colide81
i don't know if it is spam, but i remember seeing some groups. - Mladen Srdić
I like how this thread turned into a talk on friendfeed spam, needless to say its amusing - BCK
@BCK the pictures are nice, it's just this is the first real friendfeed spam I've seen that I can think of so I for one wanted to mark the occasion. - Colide81
Now we're off to see if we can pick up our registration stuff at the DragonCon site. Anyone know anything about Fogo de Chao? We had a Brazilian steakhouse where I lived, and we loved it. - MiniMage via mail2ff
Go to Taqueria del Sol near the Water Works. Get the poblano corn chowder. You'll thank me. - Dave Roth
Well, I do like corn chowder, but I'm a serious carnivore. If FdC is anything like the culinary amusement park we lost, I want in! - MiniMage via fftogo
Arrested for taking pictures on a *public sidewalk*. GOD this riles me and I hope Asa and ABC push this as hard and as long as they can. - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet
on what charges? there is nothing illegal being done? WTF is right. - Photo Larry via twhirl
'During the arrest, one of the officers can be heard saying to Eslocker, "You're lucky I didn't knock the f..k out of you."' Would someone explain to me again what constitutes terroristic threatening? Ok, maybe I'll Google it. - MiniMage
A cigar-smoking cop says "You're under arrest buster.", you can't get more stereotypical than that. I thought those kind of cops were only in the movies. I'm sure there's more to the story than what we're seeing here. I don't trust the press enough to believe that what was released is all there is. - Kenton
Silly people- civil liberties haven't existed in W's America for quite some time. Thank goodness he's out of office in January. - Abby Martin
You're free to disagree - at least for now. ;) - Abby Martin
Our civil liberties have been eroded way before W's America Abby. - Michael Tefft
BTW Abby, Obama voted for warrantless wiretaps. - Michael Tefft
I respect you Michael so I will not argue - I don't want this to get ugly. I am disappointed by Obama's vote on that issue- and you're right about that particular point. Peace. - Abby Martin
Although I agree with Michael that civil liberties had been eroded before "W", no administration has done more damage to the Bill of Rights than W's. - Anthony Citrano
It's tough to say that it's 100% true
About of being W's fault. But I can't
Belive this - Roberto Bonini
blogged on this this morning. This is terrible. - Thomas Hawk
Ill be the first one to complain about this, but we didn't see what the photographer was doing before the Police told him to stop. Does anyone know what they were doing that caused the police to come over in the first place? - Andrew Baron
Haven't cops got better things to do? What a waste of public money. - Paul Grav
Denver Police Policy Manual excerpt: RR-140 - Discourtesy. 'Officers shall at all times be courteous and civil to the public and to one another. They shall be orderly, attentive, respectful, and shall exercise patience and discretion in the performance of their duties.' - Anthony Citrano
