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Pope Tweets Picture Of Self With God | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - http://www.theonion.com/article...
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"In his first post since joining social networking site Twitter early this week, Pope Benedict XVI has tweeted a picture of himself spending time with the Lord Our God, Divine Creator of the Universe. “Feelin real blessed today to be hangin out wit @therealHeavenlyFather today!” the pope wrote to his nearly 500,000 Twitter followers, attaching a link to a Twitpic photo of himself in which he is seen relaxing on his papal yacht with God."
- Tudor Bosman
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Sorry, that looks 'shopped.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
Are you accusing God, or the Pope? (Think carefully ere you respond!)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I think the Devil shopped it.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
Good strategy with that defense. ;)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
British man becomes first person in world to visit every country in the world - without flying - Mirror Online - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news...
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"Intrepid explorer Graham Hughes can certainly never be accused of having his head in the clouds. That’s because the 33-year-old has set an astonishing new world record by becoming the first person to visit all 201 countries of the world - without flying. It’s taken 1,426 days, or four years of his life, cost him his job and his long-term girlfriend, but on Monday he was officially stamped into South Sudan to complete his amazing quest."
- Tudor Bosman
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Now what's he gonna do?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Stephen: from the article: “I guess it’s time for a small break now. But I’m sure I’ll have another idea soon. I’m thinking of a trip where I visit all the different festivals around the world....”
- Tudor Bosman
There's also the International Space Station; reaching that without flying would definitely be a first :)
- Tudor Bosman
He's going to create a lot of new countries to visit.
- Todd Hoff
Jealous
- Shevonne
I wonder if he went to Sealand.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
He's going to create a lot of new countries to visit. - Todd Hoff
- Ahmet Yükseltürk
"The Liverpool man was thrown in jail in Cape Verde after being mistaken for an illegal immigrant and was also put behind bars in Congo when they wrongly thought he was a spy."
- Ahmet Yükseltürk
Please tell me what wifi router I should buy.
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Never mind. I just got Amazon to narrow it down for me.
- laura x
Agreed.
- Akiva
Agreed.
- Ken Sheppardson
Third agreed.
- Micah
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I feel like I've heard people say it is tricky getting the Airport to work with PCs. Am I imagining that? Probably. Reassure me. I might get one too. We have two macs, two PCs and iphone.
- Laura Norvig
I have a Netgear N600 and it works well! Great coverage throughout my home.. and even on my patio. :)
- Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
I've only set up an Airpot using a Mac (specifically the Airport Utility that's in the Mac's Utilities folder). That part couldn't be simpler. If you've got one Mac, you're all set. Any other device using the router just needs the SSID and passphrase. I've probably owned a dozen or so over the years (Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Cisco...) and the Airport is exactly what you'd expect from Apple.
- Ken Sheppardson
(I.e. incredibly simple/intuitive UI, great performance, and probably overpriced ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
setting up an airport on a pc running windows is exactly the same as setting it up on a mac: using the airport utility. If you have neither windows nor mac in the house, then it's as useful as a brick.
- DJF
I bought my Airport in 2007 or 2008 and it's still working like it's brand new.
- Akiva
I look at it like this: before I bought an Airport, I was having to replace my wi-fi router maybe once every 18 months (Linksys would start overheating, Netgear would need constant rebooting, Belkin would simply stop working, etc.). I haven't had to replace my Airport in four+ years. So there's an initial investment but in the long run, it's more cost effective.
- Akiva
I've had the same experience as Akiva. Happy with my aging Airport.
- RepoRat
Of the non-Apple ones, I'd probably recommend a D-Link; it's the only brand of home / small-office networking equipment that has been consistently reliable in the 10+ years that I've been buying these things.
- Tudor Bosman
Outside of the Airport, I had best of luck with Belkin.
- Akiva
But, in my experience, once a wifi router starts dying on you, it'd going to continue to do so. Until then, it's a battle of attrition: how many times are you willing to reboot it, give it a hard reset, etc., before you finally get fed up and replace it.
- Akiva
My experience has actually been that what dies are the cheapo modems (DSL in our case, Motorola, previously 2Wire combined modem/router). The wifi router we got after we gave up on the 2Wire has done just fine (D-Link). Need to unplug it maybe once a month or less, and even then it's usually really the modem.
- Walt Crawford
I rent mine as well. One time I bought one and when I switched providers, I couldn't get anyone to buy it. It ended up going to a PC recycle facility.
- Akiva
I have an extra one, if you can wait til I can mail it when I get back to work.
- Meg V. Meg
Iwata Asks: Miiverse Penis Drawing Detection Took Weeks to Develop | Play4Real - http://p4r.buzzleberry.com/...
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"In a recent Iwata Asks interview about the Wii U Miiverse social network, director Yoshiomi Kurisu and his team discuss how difficult it was to create auto-detection of penis drawings."
- Tudor Bosman
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"Kurisu-san suggested we study different types of penises in order to create figure out the relative shape and size people would draw. We spent a week doing that before we realized that we should have been looking at drawings of penises rather than real-life pictures. (laughs) We were very embarrassed about that."
- Tudor Bosman
There's a NSFW (but funny) image if you click through.
- Tudor Bosman
The Man Who Sold the World (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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"In the wake of this cover, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter "kids that come up afterwards and say, 'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, 'Fuck you, you little tosser!'""
- Tudor Bosman
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Poor David.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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Prince is similarly miffed about a few covers of his songs that became more popular than his original versions.
- Brian Johns
How to Live Without Irony - NYTimes.com - http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012...
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"I, too, exhibit ironic tendencies. For example, I find it difficult to give sincere gifts. Instead, I often give what in the past would have been accepted only at a White Elephant gift exchange: a kitschy painting from a thrift store, a coffee mug with flashy images of “Texas, the Lone Star State,” plastic Mexican wrestler figures. Good for a chuckle in the moment, but worth little in the long term. Something about the responsibility of choosing a personal, meaningful gift for a friend feels too intimate, too momentous. I somehow cannot bear the thought of a friend disliking a gift I’d chosen with sincerity. The simple act of noticing my self-defensive behavior has made me think deeply about how potentially toxic ironic posturing could be."
- Tudor Bosman
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Read, this is good.
- Tudor Bosman
"New Sincerity has recently been associated with the writing of David Foster Wallace, the films of Wes Anderson and the music of Cat Power." Both DFW and Wes Anderson have been thoroughly embraced by the ironic, hipster culture -- which is, shall I say, ironic.
- Tudor Bosman
Good article.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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The greatest sandy disaster of our time | MetaFilter - http://www.metafilter.com/121918...
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"October 2012 is the 332nd consecutive month with an above-average temperature. If you were born in or after April 1985, if you are right now 27 years old or younger, you have never lived through a month that was colder than average."
- Tudor Bosman
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tea: it's just hot water and leaves. how is it so good?
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There's goodness in those leaves.
- Tudor Bosman
It's like magic. We love magic.
- Xabaras (G.O.)
Are those leaves from the Colombian jungles?
- SteVe C
Wait, is it the leaves, or is there something in the water?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Use tasseography to find the answer. ;)
- Amit Patel
In Java, comparing two URLs for equality does I/O. *facepalm* See for yourself: http://docs.oracle.com/javase...
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So does hashCode, of course.
- Tudor Bosman
I'm sure it's useful for something... I guess don't use URL.equals(), if you don't need the full response checking?
- Jimminy IS Everybody
It's nice to be able to check that you're looking at the same object, regardless of the string representation of the URL. An example, 127.0.0.1/file/x.html equals localhost/file/x.html. Though I'm sure there are some extremely rare edge cases where the IP that responds isn't a match.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Jimminy, even that may not be good all the time. Lets say we convert the name to an IP and even eliminate the protocol (http vs https). Still there are cases that your equals method would fail. One example is when a domain has multiple IP addresses. Another is when a server is not a dedicated server and hosts multiple domains. In that case, a URI of a domain could falsely match with a URI of another domain.
- ؛ patrick
If A redirects to B are they equal?
- Bruce Lewis
I don't know, I'd assume a simple 301 or 302 would be followed, within reasonable depth. But I haven't touched Java in a long time.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
It's not actually clear from a skim. http://www.docjar.com/html...
- Jimminy IS Everybody
:(
- Amit Patel
Rich Kids Of Instagram - http://richkidsofinstagram.tumblr.com/
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I'm just going to leave this here.
- Tudor Bosman
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awwww Mitt just took down his President-Elect web site. :-( http://twitter.yfrog.com/mgmr4to...
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No way! Was that a parody or did the campaign really jump the gun like that?
- Spidra Webster
I don't think it was a parody; of course the campaign folks had to have the site ready, so they could flip to it quickly if Mitt won. Someone (either an insider, or someone who found a hidden link to it somewhere on the regular site) saw it and took a screenshot.
- Tudor Bosman
Yeah, I figured they'd have it ready but not live outside an intranet.
- Spidra Webster
I am still greatly amused by how Azeroth has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight of the Maine State Senate race. Who would have ever predicted "orc assassination rogue" would have ever become part and parcel of political discourse?
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Politics might be better off with a little arena action.
- Arlan K.
Imagine if political candidates could employ a 6 second stun or silence during debates. :D
- Victor Ganata
I am now imagining Colleen Lachowicz sitting in a committee meeting, thinking to herself, I wish I could go into stealth and just sap the idiot talking right now.
- Victor Ganata
A 6-second stun would have helped Jim Lehrer keep the candidates to their time limits.
- John (bird whisperer)
:D Now I'm imagining Jim Lehrer, spec'ed as a prot pally, interrupting and silencing Obama and Romney with Avenger's Shield.
- Victor Ganata
Polymorph Congress!
- Rachel Walden
We're gonna need more mages.
- Victor Ganata
If she'd played a priest the Maine senate race would all be about witchcraft and worshiping false gods.
- Tudor Bosman
If she played Alliance, she could just claim that the Light is just the Christian God, and point to the fact that the clerics in Orcs & Humans chanted in Latin :) But, alas, she's a heathen Hordie. :D
- Victor Ganata
She won! "For the Horde: She Plays World Of Warcraft AND She Won Her State Senate Race" (http://kotaku.com/5958535...)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I would think being a warlock would cause more problems then priest.
- Heather
I don't even game and I love that she won despite them making a big deal out of her playing WoW.
- Spidra Webster
She's a Democrat which I like, but a Hordie, which I don't. However, the main thing? She's a gamer (even if she only plays WoW). And that makes her awesome-o in my book. Grats to her.
- Arlan K.
Once again proving that rogues are just OP :D
- Victor Ganata
Freaking rogues! Well, actually, they're kinda dimpy right now, so her winning is a much needed buff, I guess.
- Arlan K.
Romney Promises Any Pennsylvanian Who Votes For Him Can Have Ann Romney For One Hour | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - http://www.theonion.com/article...
"In an attempt to sway any voters who remain undecided in the Democratic-leaning state, Republican candidate Mitt Romney announced Friday that any resident of Pennsylvania who votes for him in the upcoming election can have his wife, Ann, for one hour."
- Tudor Bosman
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The creepy but definitive list of FriendFeed employees and where they work now. UPDATE: As of October 2, 2012, *three* still work at Facebook.
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With Paul's departure from Facebook today (November 12, 2010), I've heard several FFers talk about who's still at Facebook. I've seen various different numbers, none of which I think are accurate. This is my attempt to be more accurate. Information comes from publicly available sources where available. I drew on the list of FF employees from http://friendfeed.com/about... and http://blog.friendfeed.com/.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Ana Yang http://friendfeed.com/ana: No longer at Facebook (see Tudor B.'s comment from 9/20/2012 below). Formerly Places Product Manager at Facebook (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol...).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Ben Darnell http://friendfeed.com/bdarnell: DropBox (per Tudor Bosman below, updated 5/22/2012). Previously AOL (Brizzly until their acquisition by AOL in September, see http://friendfeed.com/bdarnel...).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Ben Golub http://friendfeed.com/bgolub: Software Engineer at Facebook (see http://www.linkedin.com/in...).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Bret Taylor http://friendfeed.com/bret: Was previously CTO of Facebook (see FF profile). On June 15, announced he was leaving: https://www.facebook.com/btaylor... -- but no current position announced as of September 13, 2012.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Casey Muller http://friendfeed.com/casey: Unknown. Per Tudor on 10/2/1012, no longer at Facebook, confirmed by Casey's FB page listing "formerly" there (see http://www.facebook.com/caseymr...).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Dan Hsiao http://friendfeed.com/dhsiao: Unknown. Per Tudor on 5/22/2012, he is no longer at Facebook (see comment below). Previously was Program Manager at Facebook (see bio of twitter feed, http://twitter.com/danhsiao).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Gary Burd http://friendfeed.com/gburd: Managing Director at BeagleDreams per his Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/gburd); it previously said he left Facebook in October of 2009.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Goutham Patnaik http://friendfeed.com/gpatnaik (private feed): Google. Summer intern, left on 9/18/2009 (see http://blog.friendfeed.com/2008...). Update 5/22/2012: Per below, now at Google. I previously listed him as "unknown."
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Jim Norris http://friendfeed.com/jim: AeroFS per his mom (comment below). His FB page is http://www.facebook.com/james... (updated 5/22/2012)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Kevin Fox http://friendfeed.com/kfury: Electric Imp (see http://friendfeed.com/kfury...). Previously Mozilla Labs. Kevin left Facebook in May of 2010 (see below) and announced on 10/27/2010 that he joined Mozilla Labs (see http://friendfeed.com/kfury...).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Paul Buchheit http://friendfeed.com/paul: Y-Combinator as of 11/12/2010 (see http://friendfeed.com/paul...).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Ross Miller http://friendfeed.com/ross: Taylor Engineering in Alameda per his Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/ross...). (Ross was a two-time intern at FF.)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Sanjeev Singh http://friendfeed.com/sanjeev: Facebook (see http://www.facebook.com/jeev).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Tudor Bosman http://friendfeed.com/tudor: Software Engineer at Facebook (see http://www.linkedin.com/in...).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Overall status as of November 2010: Of the 14 people who were ever FriendFeed employees, 8 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Bret T., Casey M., Dan H., Jim N., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), 5 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Gary B., Kevin F., Paul B., Ross M.), and 1 is unknown (Goutham P.).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I will update the above if I hear news.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Technically my first day at Mozilla isn't until Monday. :-)
- Kevin Fox
I will also remove this if any FF employees think it's too creepy. :)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Ross Miller's account: http://friendfeed.com/ross
- Rochelle
You are both thorough and scary :)
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
KLevin, tehcnically, this is your last day here and your not part of the FF team !
- Peter Dawson
Me too, Geoff.
- Kevin Fox
Thanks Rochelle, updated! Kevin F., edited now, thanks. :)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Peter, what? Today is my last day where? And I left Facebook (and the FF team) back in May.
- Kevin Fox
Goutham - http://friendfeed.com/gpatnaik
- Rochelle
Of those still left at FB, I only see Tudor and Ben who are still active here and have contributed to FF fixes since the buyout.
- Rodfather
Kevin mea culpa .. now i remember you want on a summer sabbatical !
- Peter Dawson
No worries. :-)
- Kevin Fox
Rodfather, I'm not active here?
- Kevin Fox
Of those still left at FB. ;)
- Rodfather
I love the iFly photo of us. We are a great big arm rainbow!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Yeah, Paul and April were missing from that picture because that was the day Thomas was born!
- Kevin Fox
Rod: Oops, my bad. I saw 'left FB' and missed the 'at'.
- Kevin Fox
Wild AND Crazy
- Eric - seven eleven
OK, took some editing but I think the above is accurate. If anyone knows where Ross M. or Goutham P. are now, please let me know!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Many thanks to people who provided info, especially Rochelle.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Rachel: That's definitely an awesome pic. I had a hard time choosing, you guys had a lot of great events.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Wow that is a great list I should probably try an add a few people. FriendFeed very good micro blogging, thanks.
- Robert Bridge
Thanks Robert! Updated Ross's employer with information Anne B. found on his Facebook page.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
He made them an offer that they could eventually refuse?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
*snicker*
- Hieronymous Thalidomide
Bump in honor of today's FB IPO. Time to do more creepy digging to see what's up with the FF team!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Updated Gary's entry.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Updated Jim's entry. He's apparently left Facebook. (I think I remember him confirming this when I had lunch with him last month!)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Updated Kevin's entry.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Overall status as of May 2012: Of the 14 people who were ever FriendFeed employees, 7 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Bret T., Casey M., Dan H., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), 6 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B., Ross M.), and 1 is unknown (Goutham P.).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Stephen, Goutham worked at RockYou for a bit in 2010 and now works for Google. Also, how have I not seen this thread before?! I remember you taking that picture at Kitchen Table - fun times :)
- Ross Miller
now this is creepy.. some1 is stalking all the former employees of FF :)-
- Peter Dawson
Peter, I wonder who? Ross, thanks!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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Jim is now at AeroFS.
- Anne Bouey
Stephen, also Goutham was a summer intern the year before the Facebook buy. He did not transfer to Facebook. Ross did you transfer to Facebook, I can't remember.
- Rachel Lea Fox
oh and I think Ben D. has left AOL. But I can't confirm that, I just seem to remember something about that. *shrug*
- Rachel Lea Fox
Anne, AeroFS looks cool! Congrats Jim!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Ben Darnell is at Dropbox.
- Tudor Bosman
Also, Dan Hsiao is no longer at Facebook (no more details).
- Tudor Bosman
Goutham Patnaik is at Google.
- Tudor Bosman
And yes, both Ross and Goutham were interns and were never Facebook employees after the acquisition.
- Tudor Bosman
Thanks Tudor! Updated above.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Overall status as of May 22, 2012: Of the 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees plus 2 interns, 6 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Bret T., Casey M., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), 6 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B.), and 2 were interns who never went to Facebook (Ross M., Goutham P.).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
:-)
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
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And now there are five.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Indeed. I'll update when I get back from vacation -- by then we should know more about Bret's new venture.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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Bump.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Ah.
- John (bird whisperer)
Oops, I see I never updated this. Stand by.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Bret's entry updated.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Overall status, as of June 15, 2012 (updated on September 13, 2012): There are 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees. (In addition, there were 2 interns (Ross M., Goutham P.) who never went to Facebook, per Tudor B., above.) So, of the 12 official FriendFeed employees: Currently, 5 of 12 are still at Facebook (Ana Y., Ben G., Casey M., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), and 7 of 12 have departed from Facebook (Ben D., Bret T., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B.).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
So basically we're gradually losing FF advocates within the mothership. :-(
- DB, Just DB #TeamMonique
So clearly we need to either recruit current FB'ers to start using FF or get FF users employed FB, or both.
- Andrew C (✓)
13 Sep 2012: what was the cause of the outage? But perhaps more importantly, *who* kindly fixed it (and from where) ? [If FB open sources FF, who would be willingly to maintain it?]
- Adriano
And whoever it was, I'd happily buy them a nice dinner.
- Meg V. Meg
Per Tudor (in this thread http://friendfeed.com/friendf...) it was Sanjeev who saved us. THANK YOU SANJEEV!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
SANJEEV!
- Josh Haley
I think Sanjeev is most eligible for a FF Rent Party of sorts. More of a FF Thank You party.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
bump just to immortalise this pix and the start-up crew !
- Peter Dawson
Ana left Facebook, no more details.
- Tudor Bosman
Thanks Tudor -- I updated her entry. Overall status, as of September 20, 2012): There are 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees. (In addition, there were 2 interns (Ross M., Goutham P.) who never went to Facebook, per Tudor B., above.) So, of the 12 official FriendFeed employees: Currently, 4 of 12 are still at Facebook (Ben G., Casey M., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), and 8 of 12 have departed from Facebook (Ana Y., Ben D., Bret T., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., Paul B.).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Thanks Tudor and Stephen for the update.
- Meg V. Meg
Casey left Facebook as well (which, as he's Ana's husband, is no big surprise :) ). No more details.
- Tudor Bosman
Ah, so three now. Thanks Tudor.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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Not sure how I missed Tudor's update back on October 2, but I have now updated Casey's entry.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Overall status, as of October 2, 2012: There are 12 people who were ever FriendFeed employees. In addition, there were 2 interns (Ross M. and Goutham P.) who never went to Facebook, per Tudor B., above. So, of the 12 official FriendFeed employees: Currently, 3 of 12 are still at Facebook (Ben G., Sanjeev S., and Tudor B), and 9 of 12 have departed from Facebook (Ana Y., Ben D., Casey M., Bret T., Dan H., Gary B., Jim N., Kevin F., and Paul B.).
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
An update of sorts, which I guess is in and of itself creepy. I was reading a recent piece on Google Reader, and I was struck by the fact that Darnell jumped from Google Reader to FriendFeed (there are similarities between the two orphaned applications, when you think about it). Then I saw that Darnell made his move right before the Facebook acquisition. After reading subsequent...
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- John E. Bredehoft
RT @JoshDorner: From The Economist endorsement of Obama: "Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don’t believe most of what he says."
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Those damned Communists at The Economist again…. :D
- Victor Ganata
The Economist is surprisingly right-wing for an European publication.
- Tudor Bosman
I am so going to wallow in schadenfreude at all the hardcore Star Wars fans nerdraging, wailing, gnashing their teeth, and rending their garments about how Disney is ruining the franchise.
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But then they'll still line before theaters to watch it.
- Tudor Bosman
Oh, man. The bitter arguments about who is a *true* Star Wars fan and who is just a mouse-eared sellout and who is just a narrow-minded, misguided originalist are also going to be schadenfreude material.
- Victor Ganata
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There is a difference between a "narrow-minded, misguided originalist" and a "person who speaks with the same authority on a subject as observing Grand Central Station through a rusty keyhole".
- Johnny
And this is all even before Episodes 7, 8, and 9 come out. I love it.
- Victor Ganata
I think you may find opportunity to enjoy lashings of schadenfreude to be sparse. Amongst the masses of other Star Wars fans I follow, I haven't seen any disappointment that Disney has bought Lucasfilm. I'd say cautious optimism. There isn’t even any real debate about IF the final 3 films should be made. The only debate I see at the moment is if Lucas should have anything to do with them.
- Johnny
Nah, it's already happening. Just look at the comments of any news article about it. For once, it amuses me greatly. (Of course, news article comments: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.)
- Victor Ganata
are we getting another ewok movie?
- kendrak
Maybe Romney isn't releasing his tax returns because he doesn't want the world to know that he hasn't tithed to the LDS church, not because he hasn't paid enough taxes.
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Andrew Chang commented on my Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/tudorb...): "Hey, you were right! Some of his 'donations' to the LDS church were mainly tax shelters that _paid him_, not the church. http://www.bloomberg.com/news..."
- Tudor Bosman
Robert Pattinson of 'Twilight' interested in writing own 'Fifty Shades of Grey' - Chicago Pop Culture | Examiner.com - http://www.examiner.com/article...
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"While the “Twilight” actor may not be starring in E.L. James’ upcoming “Fifty Shades of Grey” film, Robert Pattinson recently revealed this Friday, October 26, that he is interested in writing his own “50 Shades”-esque novel in the near future."
- Tudor Bosman
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OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD NO
- Tudor Bosman
Haha! I think the world needs that.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Game of the day: take a figure of speech. Interpret literally. Make a story out of it. For example, the 1997 movie "Devil's Advocate" had a lawyer (played by Keanu Reeves) work for the Devil (played by Al Pacino).
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One I would NOT want to watch: "There's more than one way to skin a cat".
- Tudor Bosman
Come hell or high water...perhaps a Western with an end-of-world flood to contend with?
- JA Castillo
As someone told me on Facebook, half of these would be pornos: "one in hand is worth two in the bush"
- Tudor Bosman
"Wingman": Jake Pullins (Ryan Gosling) is a single man just trying to make it in the big city. He likes to take his best friend Joel (Jack Black) with him to bars in order to pick up women. There's just one problem: Joel's eight-foot feathery wings are always getting in the way. Hilarity ensues. Directed by Joel Schumacher. "This film had no business being made. Terrible. Just terrible." -- Roger Ebert.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Better Than A Poke In The Eye With A Sharp Stick"
- Hieronymous Thalidomide
"Bear Hug": Randy Quaid plays Bubba Carlson, an alcoholic zookeeper who's hit rock bottom. After causing a mishap where a family of six is nearly eaten by lions, he is forced to leave the zoo in disgrace with nothing more than the shirt on his back -- and his best friend Squint, a 500-pound one-eyed black bear. That's when Bubba crosses paths with Ronny Plato, founder of the Free Hugs...
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- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Rock Bottom": In the remote Ontario wilderness, a horrifying train accident leaves a gifted but disgraced surgeon (Neil Patrick Harris) barely alive next to his two friends: Wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and politician John Edwards in his first starring role. Both Johnson's and Edward's bodies are mangled beyond repair. To save both their lives, the surgeon must transplant...
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- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Some good ones on Facebook as well: https://www.facebook.com/tudorb...
- Tudor Bosman
What are folks using to read their RSS feeds these days? That is, the ones they don't want to import into their FF feeds...
Halil, Bruce Lewis and Greg GuitarBuster liked this
I'd be interested to know that, too.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Google Reader
- Rodfather
Prismatic, Curate.me, and Google Reader
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Google Reader exclusively, typically in Firefox on Mac OS X and in Safari on iOS.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Google Reader piped through FeedDemon.
- John (bird whisperer)
Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to explore these.
- Spidra Webster
Hmmm... I googled Prismatic. All I needed to know was ""learns about your interests". :p
- Tinfoil 2.0
Yeah, but in Google Reader, it's easy to ignore the Recommended feed.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Tinfoil, it's like a zombie, it scrapes your friends' brains and then reformats the data for your viewing pleasure. ;P
- Jimminy IS Everybody
www.newsblur.com. There are mobile apps for it as well and has the same key commands as GReader since it gone stupid.
- Me
Google Reader.
- Tudor Bosman
John Goodman: 'Alcohol was becoming life or death. It was time to stop' - http://www.guardian.co.uk/film...
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Yikes. I can totally understand why Goodman was frustrated with being interviewed when THIS is the headline for that interview.
- Spidra Webster
My guess would be that he suffers from a mood disorder; alcohol didn't help.
- Tudor Bosman
I don't get the impression he was drinking during the interview.
- Spidra Webster
I meant that his battles with alcohol in the past probably made his depression worse.
- Tudor Bosman
That was discomforting to read. I feel like I need to apologise to Mr Goodman for making him expose things he wasn't ready to, and then framing his discomfort in the way the interview does. I'm not sure I would have been able to publish this if I had interviewed him.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
IS IT SERIOUSLY 4 PM RIGHT NOW? What the hell happened?
You're on the wrong coast?
- Tudor Bosman
If the presidential election were going to be determined by a board game, what game should be used?
April Buchheit, barclayssharedservices, Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ and 18 other people liked this
Mousetrap
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Jenga. For sure Jenga.
- Ross Miller
I'd want to answer Risk or chess or even Settlers of Catan, but I think the most likely answer would be pigeon chess. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define...
- Tudor Bosman
Sorry
- Eric - seven eleven
Also, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... for a good novel centered around this idea.
- Tudor Bosman
Axis & Allies.
- Rochelle
Cards Against Humanity. http://cardsagainsthumanity.com/
- Tudor Bosman
Yes! Cards Against Humanity would be perfect! Although, I'm not sure it counts as a "board game", since there's no board involved
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
I'd vote for the winner of a best of 7 chess match. I actually thought about it the other day. Settlers might be better from an actual value proposition though.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Clue
- Eric
Ticket to Ride
- Jennifer Dittrich
Sorry, definitely
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Chutes & Ladders.
- John (bird whisperer)
I'm with Jenga too for the inside joke value. Else.. mmm: Battleship?
- Zu from AOD
from Android
And which game would each candidate prefer? Would Romney win monopoly?
- Paul Buchheit
from iPhone
RISK
- JA Castillo
Diplomacy. After all, "John F. Kennedy played it in the White House. Henry Kissinger played it to hone the skills that would make him secretary of state." (http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago...)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Hungry Hungry Hippos
- Jed Harris-Keith
Jumanji
- Morton Fox
Operation
- Eric
Go.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
from iPod
Go +1
- Roux
Battleship.
- Steven Perez
Stephen Mack stole my answer. So, I'll go with Mystery Date.
- Laura Norvig
Civilization
- Todd Hoff
I've been trying to think what game Romney would win, and am drawing a blank. Obama might not be very good at poker, but I don't think Romney would be better.
- Bruce Lewis
Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots?
- Laura Norvig
This one, of course: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardga...
- April Russo
Chinese chess.
- imabonehead
do you know that friendfeed search is broken for about 3 weeks
- ƑoЯооξ M.D
Doom. Oh oops. Not a board game.
- Rodfather
Makin' Bacon? (Well, you COULD play it on a board! Any ol' board!)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
On a more serious note, it should be a variation on Monopoly or Rail Barons, except that rather than buying up real estate or rail lines, you would travel from place to place currying favor with huge dollar donors by giving out little i.o.u.s for preferential treatment once elected OR you would have the option of staying basically true to your broad constituency by seeking small...
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- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
I think you're on to something there, mark. Slime - the game of politics
- Greg GuitarBuster
Chess.
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
Republic of Rome
- Maryam
That boxing game from the 90s where you slam the button until the other guy's head pops off...
- Ross Miller
Trivial Pursuit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Thomas Page
Is liar's dice a board game, technically?
- Micah
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Ben Stein Stuns Fox & Friends: ‘All Due Respect To Fox’ But ‘Taxes Are Too Low’ - http://www.mediaite.com/tv...
SteVe C, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Kevin Johnson and 12 other people liked this
"“I hate to say this on Fox – I hope I’ll be allowed to leave here alive – but I don’t think there is any way we can cut spending enough to make a meaningful difference,” said Stein. “We’re going to have to raise taxes on very, very rich people. People with incomes of, say, $2, $3, $4 million a year and up. And then slowly, slowly, slowly move it down. $250,000 a year, that’s not a rich person.” Stein said that the government has a spending problem, but they also have a “too low taxes problem.” “With all due respect to Fox, who I love like brothers and sisters, taxes are too low,” said Stein. “That sounds like Bowles-Simpson,” said Gretchen Carlson. “It is Bowles-Simpson,” Stein replied. “The evidence is that there is no clear connection between the level of taxation and the level of economic activity,” said Stein. “The biggest growth and prosperity we’ve ever had in this country was from roughly 1941 to 1973. That was the best years we’ve ever had and those were years of much higher...
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- Eric - seven eleven
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O.O
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Ben Stein should set an example by donating some of his wealth to the US Treasury.
- Morton Fox
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. I have no respect for Ben Stein.
- Tudor Bosman
RT @joshrosenau: You know what prevents parents from starting new small businesses? The fact that health insurance is tied to employment.
Kamilah Reed (K. Gill), Pixie, Ruchira S. Datta and 2 other people liked this
Absolutely true.
- Tudor Bosman
Well, of course there was a fork under the sofa. Isn't that where everyone keeps them?
Steven Perez, AJ Batac, Kelli H. and 16 other people liked this
that's where I keep mine
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Congrats to you, LB. Not everyone keeps up with the time-honored Victorian tradition of keeping Forkatories...
- Spidra Webster
That's where they are in my house. But then I have a two-year old.
- Tudor Bosman
Our guess is that it fell off a TV tray and was kicked under the sofa by a dog.
- LB: #TeamMonique
I once thought my babysitter was stealing my forks. Turns out Jake was shoving them under the stove. He was just over a year at that point. Very odd.
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
LOL, Katie!
- LB: #TeamMonique
I keep finding spoons in my backpack. I'm pretty sure it is affected by an undetectable extension charm.
- Rachel Walden
Hey, that's where Mama keeps some of her pills!
- Jenny
Only the clean ones.
- Meg V. Meg
About to submit a github pull request...
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
I also found some kibble.
- LB: #TeamMonique
I'm sure I have lots of interesting stuff under the couch, but it's currently hidden under a thick layer of dust.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Things you should never buy online (and it's not obvious that you shouldn't):
chrisofspades, Betsy #TeamMonique, Micah and Stephen Mack #TeamMomo liked this
Button batteries (CR2032, etc). They're almost always almost expired or have no date code (ie. factory rejects)
- Tudor Bosman
Cheap iPhone cables/chargers -- cheap for a reason, I've found.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Odd Tudor, we buy a lot of CR2032s online and have rarely had a problem with them.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Server Dump - The Daily WTF - http://thedailywtf.com/Article...
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"When he arrived, the first thing Florian checked for was his box of rubber gloves. It was a daily ritual, but most important on the days when he had server room duty. The new hires got quite a laugh out of his odd behavior, but that’s only because they hadn’t been there on… that day."
- Tudor Bosman
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"The basement had five rooms. When his employer had moved in, one of them was set aside as a kitchen, a few others for stock rooms and storage, and one had been declared the server room. The server room had the best access to utility services, like electricity and telecom connections. Unfortunately, it also had the best access to the sewage system. In fact, the racks had been placed beside the overflow valve [...]"
- Tudor Bosman
D=
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
(Also: don't ever complain about having shitty hardware...)
- Tudor Bosman
Shit happens.
- Brian Johns
Ban under-threes from watching television, says study | Society | The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/society...
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"Doctors and government health officials should set limits, as they do for alcohol, on the amount of time children spend watching screens – and under-threes should be kept away from the television altogether, according to a paper in an influential medical journal published on Tuesday."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
If it weren't for kids tv, *I'd* be ruined, lol.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Too late!
- Louis Gray
I wonder up to what age ads should be banned?
- Tinfoil 2.0
Birth control is an economic issue - http://silas216.tumblr.com/post... (via http://friendfeed.com/silas21...)
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Clearly, we must ban birth control; it might lead to more successful women.
- Tudor Bosman
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