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Banksy

August 16 at 9:03 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"The people who truly deface our neighbourhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff. They expect to be able to shout their message in your face from every available surface but you're never allowed to answer back. Well, they started the fight and the wall is the weapon of choice to hit them back." Banksy, Wall and Piece - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet

i love banksy - Alex Carpenter

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Noble idea, but what happens when Banksy becomes popular and gets appropriated by those same companies he rails against? Banksy coffee table books, Banksy t-shirts, Banksy graffiti artist high-speed, running-away-from-the-police shoes brought to you by Nike? Then someone comes along and appropriates that advertising, the way the pop artists turned advertising for soap and soup into "art," and it starts all over again, with advertisers copying Lichtenstein and Warhol in their ads. There's always been a fuzzy line between art and commercial speech/advertising, going back to the Medicis. Does it really have to be a war of us vs. them? Does art really have to be a weapon? - Karim

Karim, appropriation is a beautiful thing. Somehow I doubt Banksy would mind. - Thomas Hawk

"Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art." Andy Warhol - Thomas Hawk

Everybody loves people like Banksy and his noble struggle, yet none of those folks who love him most would dare allow his "art" on the walls of their home. I hate graffiti in every sense. Is some of it beautiful? Sure, but beautiful vandalism is vandalism. A commissioned work is one thing, but if you don't have permission it's disrespectful to the owners of the property to mark up their stuff. - Vincent Ferrari

Vincent, I'd have his art in my home. Unfortunately, he's way out of my price range. Which is kind of ironic considering his riffs on corporations and buying stuff and all that. - Raoul Pop

Eh. Most of these "rebels" are easily bought. Same thing with Tom Morello. When he's not raging against the machine, he's collecting nice paychecks from the biggest most anti-competitive industry in the world, the record industry. No difference at all. - Vincent Ferrari

Let me get this out of the way, I am a fan of Banksy's work. That being said, what he is doing is nothing new. Kids in NYC have been doing it quite consistently since the 70's; graff as we know it. My former professor and mentor at the Art Students League, Rudolf Baranik, was doing this in the 50's. Here's a piece from '73 : http://bit.ly/3rL5TD - Carlos Ayala

Like it or not, well...thats simply subjective. Vandalism can be categorized, much of the advertising that we are fed both publicly on the streets, online and via our TV's can also be considered vandalism too. Ok, so we can bring in the law to defeat this argument, I get it. But for many, including myself, much of the advertising, political posturing, consumerism and the like that we are fed on a daily basis can also be considered a violation or vandalism if you will. Thats where people like Banksy come into play. - Carlos Ayala

As far as being bought, well I think its true when they say that everyone has a price. But in the case of the graff artist, many of which that i know personally, well there was a transition that was dictated by age and responsibility. As youngsters we where all naturally rebellious and graff fit right in for us. As adults, well the possibility of getting arrested and getting over because of your age no longer exists. And we needed money to survive, in come the gallery shows and the commissioned work. Many artists became publishers and and clothing designers. You may even be wearing some of there gear right now and not even know it. - Carlos Ayala

@Vincent--on Tom Morello. If I am an artist, I can stay true to my artistic DIY ethics and create for the sake of creating--my art will remain "my art"...no compromises--that's beautiful. However, what if I have an idea that I am extremely passionate about and want to share with people all over the world. How do I reach them? What vehicles do I have? It is by its very nature a compromise to "go big," but at the end of the day, it's a decision the artist must make for her/himself. If I want to reach as many people as possible with my message, I may be willing to make the compromise. It is an attempt to change the system from within the system. - Anna Haro

I'd have Banksy's art in/on my home. - Thomas Hawk

I just get the feeling it's one of those eternal struggles. I think they probably had the same arguments about public art. vs. advertising in ancient Egypt. Only then the "advertising" was a huge mural extolling the glories of the current Pharaoh and empire, and the rebels were wanting to keep it real, you know, paint real life, paint Phararoh the same size as everyone else, maybe paint the outside of the pyramid too, etc. ;-) - Karim

The pyramid comment made me think of a visit I made to the Louvre once... someone had tagged the outside of one of the I.M. Pei pyramids, with a sharpie or something. My jaw dropped open. I imagine it was how people felt the first time they saw Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q. in 1919 -- sort of amused and appalled at the same time. (I believe this was before "WTF" was in common parlance.) - Karim

even worse - state sponsored 'street art' get's washed away by Sydney's graffitti removal unit: http://www.smh.com.au/news/nat... - Mark Davies

I'm amazed by the hypocrisy in dealing with issues of free expression. http://seesmic.com/video/6uhfE... don't support @aMANdaChapel and censorship on twitter. the problem begins here. Support artists like myself. - Noah David Simon

Karim, here in Egypt many rather ancient and historically valuable monuments are being vandalised.. Giza pyramids are no exception. I have been inside two of them and seen ingraved names and scratches inside pyramids. Authorities organize regular "light shows" on Giza pyramids, which requires unintentional (and intentional) vandalism. I also find that giving wrong info (wrong tags or absence of tags for exposed item) in Egyptian museum is an equal vandalism and sacrilege towards history. - Hayk Hakobyan

Phill Price posted a message

“is thinking about creating a Thomas Hawk like persona, hmmm Arthur Barn-Owl?”

August 11 at 5:51 am - via Ping.fm - Link

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Works for me! - Hello Arthur! - Travis Koger

I'm claiming Daniel Falcon right now. Pay attention, for you'll never see this name and mine linked again. - Dave Roth

cmiper posted a message on Twitter

“Just did that thing where you're tired, but in denial, then you blink and realize you just blinked 15 minutes away. I'm giving in, G'night!”

August 9 at 9:36 pm - Link

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Thomas Hawk posted an entry on Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection

Microsoft Gets Blogging

August 7 at 2:14 pm - Link

Travis Koger, Dileepa Prabhakar, silpol, Charlie Anzman and 10 other people liked this

Yes! they do :) - Sarah Perez

If only they got usability and OS security (without making it a burden) - Jason Carreira

Thanks for great post. If you get a chance to visit a Microsoft Technology Center you should definitely check it out. We have a very cool lab and demonstration set up. - Todd Bremner via twhirl

@jason I wonder what do you know about OS security.... - silpol

Thomas, I remember a while back I had a problem with Media Center 2005 writing to DVDs. I left a comment on Aaron Stebner's blog (A Microsoftie) about the problem. He did absolutely everything he could to help me, getting the MCE team to look into it and had me run tests and send the results to him. I was completely blown away by this, I was having dialogue with a developer at Microsoft and people on the MCE team were personnally trying to help me with my problem. Amazing! They fixed it also. - Travis Koger

Thomas Hawk posted a message on Twitter

“Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations at the SF MOMA is an asshole. http://tinyurl.com/5t9e49”

August 8 at 5:34 pm - Link

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remind me NEVER to go there when I'm in town. - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy via fftogo

Although it certainly sounds like you're right form your description, your case is stronger without the use of the word asshole. Just a thought. ;) - Erin McMahon

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Pitiful. Makes me wonder if you have a discrimination case here too. Why were folks with P&S not harassed? - Kevin C. Tofel

Maybe Erin, but the guy was an asshole and I'm pissed about it. I gave him every opportunity to sit down and discuss my photography and he refused. This is not a way to treat a paying member of the museum and I don't feel that this sort of powertrippy behavior should be tolerated. Sometimes I get mad. - Thomas Hawk

Wow, that is effing ridiculous! Sorry you were subjected to that bullshit. - Anna Haro

First the SF zoos have animals that maul patrons, now the museums are inept as well. Personally, I can't park anywhere in that town w/o getting a ticket. Eff SF. - Pete Delucchi

Maybe he's an unhappy Zooomr user ;) - Jason Carreira

I read that story and just cant believe that people can be so blatantly rude and obnoxious while also being totally WRONG! - Manny

@TH I'd be mad too, as of course you have every right to be! I don't doubt that he was, in fact, an asshole. I'd just hate to see your calling him one work against you. Maybe an unfounded concern. (Sry- don't mean to be critical.) - Erin McMahon

Remind me the next time I find myself in San Francisco not to visit the MOMA. This is just plain ridiculous and Blint should be fired by the board... - David's View

wow ... this really sucks ... post dugg @ Digg - Steve Holden

Unbelievable! - JMS

Dugg. - Chris Baskind

Thomas, if this happens to a photog/blogger of your stature, I can't imagine what would happen to others in the same situation. Shall we start a petition or a boycott? Story in SFist or SFBG? This has to stop. - Richard Walker

Thomas, I love your photography, I envy your perceptions. This dude reminds me of so many petty bureaucrats I've run into over the years and run over as often as possible. There are hundreds of ways to correct the error the museum made in hiring this person. It appears you're supported in either in person or in spirit from the majority of your fellow Freindfeeders. - Jack Carlson

I say you get some big, fast glass and shoot through the front door from across the street. Email him the pictures. - Brian Norwood

Erin that was my first comment exactly . While completely justified a more dignified adjective would yield the same attention & more accurately represent the man I have the pleasure of snuggleing with ever night. - Mrsth

people don't understand good glass. My walking around lens is a 24-70 on my D700. Whenever I walk in the room someone makes a comment about how big it is. Sure it is a big lens physically but not as large as most super zoom point and shoot cameras. - gfurry

Wow. That's just awful. I'm sorry to hear that. I know one place to avoid when I go visiting. I hope you get an apology at the *very* least from them. Do keep us updated. - Candace Holly

what a f**cking retard. Not letting you take photos... "Granted". Treating a visitor that way. FAIL. (Dugg) . - Chris Farrugia

Oh, and organize a photowalk at MOMA :D - Chris Farrugia

As a amateur photographer that uses a DSLR, I always carry a copy of http://www.krages.com/phoright... Many people are ignorant about the rights of a person to use a camera. As the museum's own website allows use of photography, I think you should contact the Museum's director and go over this person's head. - Jack Wilson, K4SAC

Search for the term "Simon Blint" in Google now. He fully deserves it and there could be no better way to teach him a lesson. - Sudar

Thomas, wow this is terrible! The SF MOMA policy on photography is clear, so hearing that you were forced out after taking photos is really hideous!! This complaint has got to reach the ears of the folks running SF MOMA so they can take appropriate action. "Protect the employees"...yeah right! What a tragedy! - Susan Beebe

Reprehensible. That was one scathingly good blog post, Thomas. - Donna Mugavero

its seems that Jeremiah has a bone to pick with Thomas.. more here http://friendfeed.com/e/5637b6... - Peter Dawson

@firestar9s (Erin), his case isn't stronger without the use of "asshole." And this is what strong language is for. - Tanath

@thomashawk himself knows if he did the right thing, the feelings in his stomach, if there is an aftershock, will tell him if he went too far. not the mental justification, but the feelings are the truth of the matter. - Gregory Lent

@peterdawson I don't have a 'bone to pick' with Thomas, I just want to ensure we've all thought about the long term impacts this has to online reputations. Thomas is a friend, in fact my profile pic is one he took, and I'll always be thanksful - Jeremiah Owyang

@Jeremiah, thats what friends are for.. to pick bones with. its literally means "if you have a bone to pick with someone, you are annoyed about something they have done and want to tell them how you feel." , IMHO, thats a precise defination of the terms. Pls tell the that "... but is it necessary to tag Simon an a-hole? Did Thomas (and SFMoma) act in accordance to..". NOW to me you r bone picking - Peter Dawson

I understand and appreciate Jeremiah's concern and respect his opinion and he is a friend. I'm passionate about photographer's rights and abuse of authority though. I'm not sure how many of you have been somehow infringed on for photography in the past, but I bet it's a lot of you actually. As someone who shoots every day I pretty much see it happen to me every week. Standing up for our rights and blogging the most egregious cases though is a way to stand up for something that I very much believe in. - Thomas Hawk

Robert Scoble posted an entry on Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger

Firefox down

June 17 at 10:12 am - Link

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Indeed! Firefox 3 Success Failure! http://tinyurl.com/4do6q3 - Stephen Pierzchala

Direct download links http://friendfeed.com/e/1392bd... - Bwana McCall

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Not surprising though - and even better publicity... - Wictor Wilén

So thats what the problem is! I rebooted my computer twice - Britney Mason

Down With FireFox ! Viva internet Explorer - Farzad

Failfox? Foxwhale? - Iain Baker

that reminds me something, uhm twitter? - Eren Emre Kanal

Firefail! - Bwana McCall

where is getfirefoxtomorrow.com when you need it? - Wade Dorrell

I think the last thing they posted was a "Mission Accomplished" banner and a quote from Mozila about large number of downloads -- "Bring it on," I believe they said... - Karim

FireFailFox? - Shey

Well, getfirefox is responding now, at least. Still showing FF2, though. C'mon guys. - felix

Now they are redirecting www.getfirefox.com to the FF2.0 download. Wtf? I already have FF2.0. - Jon Erickson

They need Blaine Cook to show them how to scale! - Pat Hawks

10am Pacific, guys! Be patient. - Ward Seward

What time do you think it is, Ward?!? - Pat Hawks

260,000 downloads and counting http://www.mogulus.com/air_moz... - Bwana McCall

Looks as if everything just clicked into place - page loading and reloading fine here. - Ben

Pat, oh yeah.... good point. I guess I can't tell time. I guess I'll join in on the bitching now. - Ward Seward

@Ward - lol. Really wish I could "like" that comment :-P - Pat Hawks

Kim: You just won a lol and a subscription. Where are you going now? Disneyland? - Russellreno

http://www.mozilla.com/product... - Ward Seward

"Http/1.1 Service Unavailable" - Pat Hawks

So is it worth it? - Steve Cornelius

Yes, but I've been using it for months. - Robert Scoble

Pat, just keep trying... it will work. I just completed downloading it. - Ward Seward

downloading now :) - David Smith via twhirl

"Http/1.1 Service Unavailable" -- looks suspiciously like that Amazon.com outage a few days ago... - Karim

Installation Success. I just got mine from the mozilla site. But one big drawback, wow a bunch of incompatible add-ons, bummer - Jon Erickson

I was able to get the browser download but having problems accessing the addons page. :/ - Arlan Koizumi

The addon page is passing incorrect HTTP headers. Some firewalls (ours for example) blocks that sort of thing. - Joel Gray

According to moz, the addon site is down, but addon updates server is still running apparently... I'm following them live on mogulus http://www.mogulus.com/air_moz... - Bwana McCall

I just downloaded FF3... proper like also, so I feel proud I have done my bit for the record cause. - Travis Koger

Finally downloaded. 12,000 downloads per minute = 200 downloads per second * 7 MB = 1.4 GB = 11 Gbit = probably smoking somebody's OC-192. Ok, so I officially cut them a little slack now. ;-) - Karim

I got it on the work computer. So much faster and slicker so far. Though I had to reinstall of my add-ons. None of them would auto-update. Also causes Windows Live Mail to go nuts (probably MS's fault), but clicking Logout there crashes FireFox. There is no way that's MS's fault. - xero

got in at the right time! really happy with the speed of FF3. looks great as well, still testing all the new features. - Nice Fish Films

cmiper dugg a story on Digg

3G iPhone Street Test

June 11 at 3:58 am - Link

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Friendfeed, twitter, pownce & jaiku - Google Trends

June 11 at 1:31 am - Link

I mean they are loose numbers based on web searches, but still significant. Not that I have ever bothered with Twitter though. - Travis Koger

Jason Calacanis commented on a story on Digg

BMW's fascinating GINA Light Visionary Model design study

June 11 at 12:24 am - Link

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"dang... thats slick." - Jason Calacanis

Now you just need to wrap that skin around a Tesla and you will have one seriously coool vehicle. Even more so than it already is! - Travis Koger

I wonder what the airbag is made from? - Dedric via twhirl

CGI for vehicles -- very cool. - Mitch Ratcliffe

michael arrington posted an entry on TechCrunch

LiquidPlanner: Project Management That Deals With Uncertainty

June 10 at 2:36 pm - Link

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one of those cases where bookmarking with like until I have time to read because title interests me which rarely happens with arrington - mike "glemak" dunn

Dare Obasanjo posted an entry on Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life

Some Thoughts on Joel Spolsky's Live Mesh Rant

June 10 at 6:15 am - Link

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I think your site might be broken Dare. - Travis Koger

I was trying something out and quickly realized I should probably try it during off-peak hours - Dare Obasanjo

Workin' fine now ;) - Travis Koger

Raoul Pop dugg a story on Digg

Murdoch of Fox News Admits Manipulating the News for Agenda

June 9 at 8:24 pm - Link

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Not surprised by this at all. - Dawn M. Armfield

Yeah, like the other networks don't? Every major news media company slants the news and reports what they want you to hear to further their agenda. None of them are completely objective. - John Wright

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Definitely true, but I do wish they'd all admit it openly. News can't be objective. It's always subjective, in one way or another. Either we report it with a bias, or we pick the subjects we report "objectively" based on the agenda we want to push. Objective, unbiased, "spin-free" news is hogwash. - Raoul Pop

That is why I don't watch the news anymore. Not even the BBC is truely objective and have in recent times changed to the same type of sensationalist tripe the ad supported networks scream at us. - Travis Koger

The thing is, Travis, no one is objective in reporting the news. I'm certainly not objective. Anyone who says they are is likely either lying to you or to themselves. - Raoul Pop

Agree. - Travis Koger

Raoul, agreed. - Shey

Thomas Hawk posted a message on Twitter

“Hey, I know one of those guys quoted in that article! Financial Times on FriendFeed. http://tinyurl.com/6efpow”

June 9 at 1:47 pm - Link

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Hey - I must be an early adopter. The FT is a reputable paper in the UK with the City types in gray suits but that's all old news to me. - Andy C

Congrats on the quote. Still is fun to see your name in "print" isn't it? - Jeremy Hall

Funny how you posted that on Twitter. - TranceMist

Phill Price posted a message

“OK guys, here's the scoop: iPhone 3G will be free to new customers and £100 upgrade to existing custome - WilHarris”

June 9 at 8:47 am - Link

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Incredible Sting Ray Migration in Florida

June 9 at 5:42 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Robert Scoble posted a message on Twitter

“What if Apple doesn't ship a new iPhone on Monday? http://tinyurl.com/6y254z”

June 8 at 1:08 am - Link

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I don't know about it being delayed that long but it doesn't make sense that they would release it on monday. It would overshadow the rest of WWDC.....but who knows<shrug>. - m.0

if they don't I'll probably break my display, still highly unlikely - Dobromir Hadzhiev

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Yeah, I agree, either way, Steve Jobs has us all watching him again and whatever he does release will have me buying it. - Robert Scoble

If apple wants its stock to tank then yea they should delay it - Akshay Dodeja

is wikipedia wrong on the Arm usage? it says iphone was already ARM11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... - zebtron via twhirl

My source says it is wrong, but my source isn't very good, so... - Robert Scoble

I wish I knew this was true, so I could buy a bunch of AAPL put options Monday morning... ;) - Anthony Citrano

Yea your source is wrong. I find it hard to believe that iphone is running a slow Arm7 Core. The touch capabilities require some decent processing power along with safari page rendering and video playback. I am quite sure that Apple is using something like the Arm11 core. - Akshay Dodeja

It's the same ARM CPU as per Engadget sources http://tinyurl.com/5b7tks - Mo J

Well, like I said, my source isn't very good and I've learned that Wikipedia is generally better than sources that aren't very reliable. :-) - Robert Scoble

Wikipedia under a Microscope http://tinyurl.com/6bamyz - Igor The Troll

then the world will end as we know it :) - Nigel Cooke

Hordes of fanboys will commit ritual suicide or murder I'm guessing? - Mo Kargas

99.9999% of the word won't care - and the rabiot fanbois will panic. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

Thanks for taking the bullet too and offering to buy one right away, haha. You're always a trooper! - Mike Lewis via fftogo

All the people, like me, who preemptively sold their 1st gen iPhones this weekend will be pretty pissed - Nicholas Molnar

I've just received news that the 2nd gen iPhone will be available in Spain next week so... - Dennis Howlett via twhirl

I've said it many times, Apple never promised a new phone for WWDC. People make up stuff so much, that it becomes fact. - Bwana McCall

My bet is they have some in stock at major cities but will take 2 weeks to fully saturate the supply chain. - Caleb Elston

m.0; that's the WWDC modus operandi. Steve Jobs intros new and exciting technology on day 1, and the rest of the week is for developers to interact with Apple people who sell Apple's message and positioning to them about the new product. The official reason for going to WWDC is for developers to be able to interact with Apple directly about how to develop for Apple's latest offerings. - Mark Trapp

I don't care if they ship it on Monday. I DO care if there isn't one available with 3G with my name on it 6/22. - Cyndy

at amazon will not go down on Monday :)- - Peter Dawson

Amazon doesn't sell the iPhone. No worries. - Cyndy

something must come out this month. remember all the AT&T emails about not taking vcataions......via feedalizr - Shahar Nechmad

I would be surprised if AT&T has a clue of what's going to happen :) They're probably doing the same thing as the launch. - Bwana McCall

If no new iPhone, I predict 500,000 blog posts on how foolish we all are :) - Mike Reynolds

haha more like 500,000 blog posts mad at apple. - Chris Lamping via Alert Thingy

If iPhone is not announced tomorrow it will be a sad day for apple fans. Oh and stockholders too. - Akshay Dodeja

I'm just waiting to see what the real specs of the new iphone are. Don't anticipate actually buying one, but may be tempted by the right mix of features. - Sandra Fernandez

last we heard that at&t employee no vacation window was still June 15 - July 12th, so i wouldn't expect something to be released immediately, but within a few weeks. unless apple is going to sell it out of its stores first then release to at&t in that timeframe, which is possible I guess. - MG Siegler

Many people will be hurting other people. :) - Jason Kaneshiro

the gates of hell will open and lucifer himself will be let free - David Jacobs

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"Let’s all take one minute and fifty-two seconds to remember how lucky we are that this man will not be running the country next year."

June 6 at 6:27 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Raoul Pop posted a message

“Had a really "fun" night. Because I watched a show about tigers on Animal Planet last night, and because I now work in a cubicle, I dreamt about putting tigers in cubicles and trying to wire them properly. A lot of teeth gnashing and unsurprisingly, very little sleep. Argh...”

June 6 at 4:03 am - Link

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NASA - Sunset on Mars

June 3 at 4:04 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Travis Koger, Steve Lacey, Jeremiah Owyang, Chris Reed and 8 other people liked this

This is one of the most amazing pictures I've ever seen. - Mike Reynolds

Stunning. Words fail me. - Andy C

props to http://www.boingboing.net/2008... - Alan Cheslow

An amazing vision to wake up to ... made me hold my breath for a moment with the thought of that atmosphere. (Not that holding your breath would save you on the surface of Mars without a fancy suit of some sort ...) - Andrew Perry

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“One word review of Google's new favicon: Craptacular”

June 3 at 4:43 pm - Link

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Stupid Crook of the Month x2!

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“Office Worker Meltdown Second Angle Video http://tinyurl.com/4xmsom”

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That's pretty much how my week is going. - Jeremy Brooks

Thomas Hawk posted an entry on Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection

An Ode to Colonel Saunders

June 3 at 12:05 pm - Link

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I wish it'd show the picture from the feed:( - Phill Price

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Touch My Body - Newest Version

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Google's Advice On How Brands Can Leverage Social Media

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This is it. Vint Cerf is smart and good advice for marketers. - Robert Scoble

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OpenOffice tests show it's progressively getting slower

May 30 at 6:53 am - Link

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And I thought it was slow 2 years ago. I'd probably shudder if I used it now. - Raoul Pop

It may be slower than it used to be, but it's still faster than MS Office for me, and it's also less of a resource hog. Both MS and OO have a "Office Startup" app that loads with the system to help speed them up a bit, but I don't use either. I do use OO exclusively (except where I don't have a choice on my work desktop) and I really like the new Version3 as it now supports MS's DOCX format. - cmiper

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I'm a Google Docs believer. All of my personal stuff as been moved to Google Docs. - Mark Anderson

I tried Mark...but there are still a few formatting issues there. - cmiper

OK I just did my own little test, OO2.4 vs Office2k3. Without quick start enabled: OOWriter= 13sec v. MSWord= 12sec. With quick start enabled: OOWriter= -3sec v. MSWord= 3sec :-) - cmiper

Okay, that's interesting. Thanks! - Raoul Pop

I have been testing OO 3.0 beta, but it just keeps crashing when you try to save stuff. Very annoying and means I am using MS Office 2007 more. - Travis Koger

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Cold Irony: Arctic Sea Ice Traps Climate Tour Icebreaker « Watts Up With That?

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Firefox Needs YOU To Help Them Break Guinness World Record

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Gersham Meharg posted a message on Twitter

“The UK continues along the path of suicide by government: http://is.gd/ntp”

May 29 at 3:47 am - Link

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It's so moronic I can't even fathom it. It's not individuals that need energy rationing, it's corporations and governments. They have the means to really waste energy. - Raoul Pop

@Raoul, yes it is totally moronic, but the people can do nothing about this except vote the government out at the next elections... which is likely to happen anyway... and of course the next government will do little to change this. Now if the government tried to penalise corporations, well then the party funds would slow down... and that is totally unacceptable ;). - Travis Koger

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Yahoo Maps market share: 40% to 13% in 2.5 years

May 29 at 3:10 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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According to Hitwise (not a particularly reliable source) Yahoo maps share was 41% in July 2005 and 13% in Jan 2008. Above link is for 2008. 2005 data is here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts... - Simon

I'm astonished that Mapquest's market share is still > 50% - Ole Begemann

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Typo in the heading: should be 41% not 40%, not that it really matters given the precision of Hitwise data... - Simon

Surprised at the popularity of Mapquest - site is pretty rubbish in comparison with competitors. - Richard Bradshaw via twhirl

Ever since Lazy Sunday declared that Google Maps was the best, the others were doomed. Double True! - Andy Roth

Can someone please explain the mapquest market share to me? And why are the numbers on marketingcharts.com (who also get their data from hitwise) slightly off? http://tinyurl.com/3prphn - sdfx

I guess it comes from all the Google maps mashups - Merrill

Do people still use Mapquest? Isn't that the internet map of 1998? - Keith Bilous

Mapquest is the epitome of Web 1.0 versus GMaps at 2.0 - Elliott Plack

I'm always amazed when I see someone still using Mapquest, but it happens more than you would think. - Bryan Clark

The last time I tried Mapquest, it was easier to read than Google Maps, and occasionally more accurate. I still use Google Maps most of the time, but I don't see much wrong with Mapquest's current product. Could you Mapquest haters enlighten me? - Amit Patel

I'm with Amit. There was a time when Google Maps' routing algorithms were so bad that I would have to tell people to use MapQuest to find my house. - Piaw Na

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