this will break your fuckin' heart right here....
- Nicķ
I know. i read this through someone else's share last night... good god. i suppose that she lived is a good thing? maybe. at first i thought it was the same story as the one about the 14-yr-old girl...if not worse, just as bad. actually, worse. because in this case people didn't know this girl existed. in the other story, plenty of people had checked in. :((
- edythe
lived there as a kid/teen - a very good culture for the most part
- mike "glemak" dunn
Not very weird at all. I highly recommend it. The living in Hawaii idea that is. Not the giving up part. I did that and now I'm in Chicago this summer trying to catch up so that I can go back before it gets cold. --- if anyone wants to do a start-up on Kauai, PLEASE let me know. I am so in. --- http://tinyurl.com/5mm8xh
- Scott Wamsley
oh dear... just watched the video Mark links above... not sure what to say
- iTad
Oh my god. I can't find the words. I do not know how to describe or explain this. At least with the other video you could just say bad satire. After the past week, how can you release this video?
- Rob Diana
Yikes. That passes my litmus test. Whether truly a rascist or just acting out for attention, that is putrid stuff.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
from fftogo
Loren Feldman is either a racist or is choosing to use racist humor to create a firestorm of commentary that results in links, traffic, and personal reputation. Either way, he is not deserving of any mindshare or attention. Lets just ignore and BLOCK him and move on to more important issues.
- Elliott Ng
The conversation is building again: "Ignore him, he's a sorry excuse for humanity" or "Those who ignore him are just as guilty." I tend toward the former but another commenter the other day implied that meant I had no morals or ethics. If nothing else, we can all agree that he's pathetic and needs to climb back under his rock.
- Carla Thompson
I had never heard of him until reading this, so I'll just move on and forget his name in thirty seconds.
- Rob Reed
You know, I've really liked a lot of Loren's stuff in the past -- most of it actually. I think this video though is sad. It's not at all funny. It's meant to be inflammatory without any redeeming quality that I can find. Even though it's humor, even though it's a puppet, I find it racist as well. That's too bad.
- Thomas Hawk
Thomas: Sorry that you like or liked Loren's stuff. I have always thought him a bit of a slimeball
- Brian Sullivan
I'm sure he'll continue to argue he's not a racist, but whether he is or not doesn't matter to me. Being as painfully stupid and unfunny as he is, should be a crime of some sort.
- Richard Lawler
from twhirl
Like Thomas, I really a like a lot of his stuff (his puppet interviews with people in the tech industry were great among other things), he's very smart and talented, but I always kinda imagined him as reincarnated Nazi officer or something like that. The whole 1938 thing, his theme song, his looks and voice. Makes me think of World War II. It'd sure be interesting to have a talented psychic do a reading on him! I have nothing against him though, and look forward to see what he has in store.
- Vincent X
yeah I really do wish that people who insist on linking to him, even if just to point out his racist jackassery, would use either nofollow, or title="racist asshole"
- Ross McKillop
Vinny, I think Feldman might be able to pull something like that off if he did it right in part because he's Jewish. In the same way that Chris Rock can pull some of his humor off because he's black. You have to be careful with racial sterotype stuff though. I think that this video 1. is not funny or intelligent and 2. is racist and alienates a whole bunch of people for no discernible reason that I can tell. It's a bad move and bad for Loren and his show.
- Thomas Hawk
oh he's at it again.. he did this earlier in his career too (da N video @podtech) .. he's pushing the envelope again. once is a mistake , twice means he's stupid !
- Peter Dawson
Feldman strikes me as the kinda guy who would pound his thumb with a hammer thirty times in a row just to prove that he actually meant to miss the nail the first time.
- Roger Benningfield
I didn't even really get the appeal before, but now... It's like he wants to be known as a racist.
- Sarah Perez
the unkown spamming & the self promotion drive me nuts
- clarke thomas
Yeah, but it's hard to use FaceBook (period) without looking like a noob. ;)
- Czar
I think this is against Facebook rules now. There should be a link somewhere on the application canvas that allows you to report an application for forcing you to send out invites. Although, who wants to bother? I just ditch the app too.
- Nathan Rein
facebook has been turning into myspace slowly but surely. it'll be useless before you know it.
- sean808080
It's hard being open, yet organized. (ie. controlled chaos). Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- Scott Wamsley
So much of facebook is a rehash of the same spam that churned out in email - save the planet by email! check out this awesome (sucky) joke! here's a fake present! - I check my messages there, and that's about it.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I understand not wanting to see other people's underwear...but don't public officials have more important issues to vote on? This increasing trend of elected officials creating social laws is really irritating me!
- Mary-Lynn
from Bookmarklet
3 inches of underwear showing, huh? I'm not wearing boxers any more then. Wanna be a -- (free)baller, shot caller ... Twenty inch blades -- on the Impala
- Scott Wamsley
"In my younger years, I was a big fan of those little cookie shops in the mall. While others went for the giant cookies and even those double doozies, I was much more likely to go for the cheesecake brownies. It’s hard to say no to a combination of cheesecake and chocolate."
- Jason Toney
from Bookmarklet
I was going to make lemon cheesecake squares for the party this weekend but I might have to make these instead.
- Michelle Jones
cheesecake and brownie? That's just too much sexy in one dessert. </swoon>
- Cheryl
This must have been the first time, "Like" in FriendFeed really made sense.
- Benedikt Koehler
While it isn't as good as cheesecake brownies, my wife does make cheesecake with chocolate graham crackers for the crust. It's pretty damned awesome.
- David Worrell
David, have you ever had a cheesecake with a Teddy Graham crust? It's juvenile, I know, but wow.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
Harvey: I haven't, yet. But I think I'll suggest that to my wife. :)
- David Worrell
You clicked 168 times in 30 seconds Your caffeine level for today is: Extremely High - Excessive Energy, Spastic @LG: you're a machine. seriously.
- Mona Nomura
Nice! 173 times in 30 secs (Extremely High - Excessive Energy, Spastic) ... even after 3 beers at lunch.
- Scott Wamsley
Mona, I'm just using the MacBook Pro trackpad.
- Louis Gray
clicked 227 times in 30 seconds - "Near Death - Delusions of Godlike power" - i guess i shouldn't head out and cut the grass - should spend the last few remaining minutes with loved ones.
- Kevin Cearns
Uhm....I'm pretty sure mine said 237...am I gonna die?
- Rah-PM 2012
from NoiseRiver
LG: I tried with my trackpad (macbook) and the highest is 197.. My desk is shaking LOL @Kevin: PROOF PLEASE
- Mona Nomura
Very High - Productive Worker, Jittery... I had one of those big bottles of Starbucks Cold Coffee drink things this morning... too much bean
- iTad
You clicked 246 times in 30 seconds. Your caffeine level for today is: Near Death - Delusions of Godlike power
- CJ
221 times in 30 seconds - and I have never touched Caffeine in my life. I call this test fake with language that censors itself 'coz I'm supposed to see/hear/feel only NC17 stuff.
- Yuvi
Is 7 a bad score or did I just realize that I have ADD? ;)
- Kevin C. Tofel
Since it appears that there are lots of Caffeine gods here - can I ask why you drink coffee? I've heard that it's addictive, but benificial too - so, should I risk it and get addicted? thoughts?
- Yuvi
LOL@TAD! It's called a natural high (caffeinated)
- Mona Nomura
224 times in 30 seconds. Most of time flash plugin was unable to follow click speed. I hate Flash & Adobe and all mice-dragging-pseudosoftware for keeping me less productive. Long live keyboard and command line interface. Test has been done on Nokia N800 ;)
- A. T.
Yuvi, this is actually a low caffeine day for me - two cups :-). I hit 246 on my last try - i recently picked up an Apple Mighty Mouse and hadn't noticed till today that it has some awesome responsiveness.
- Kevin Cearns
You clicked 170 times in 30 seconds. Your caffeine level for today is: Extremely High - Excessive Energy, Spastic
- Alex Sauceda
Just watch a little kid, like 5 or 6 years old, and tell me they don't have natural caffiene... Once you hit like 26 or 27 and for sure by 30 all that natural stuff is gone. Drinking coffee before 30 is kinda redundant. :D
- iTad
gdocs doesn't do to well with arabic, so i'm sticking to ooffice <3
- embee
My name is Jason, and I've been off Microsoft Word for over a year now. I can't even imagine my life on that stuff anymore. I'm still apologizing to all my friends and family that I hurt during those dark years.
- J450N
I think he meant to say that he gave Microsoft 'The Word Bird'
- J450N
I use Openoffice at home, work just upgraded my office suite to 2007 about 2 weeks ago. Word just keeps getting more difficult to use and has too many options.
- Dylan McIntosh
i keep going back and forth. I prefer the functions on excel to google docs but Word is always fighting with my MAC and i may soon move everything over to Goggle Docs. I already use it as storage for my files
- Theda
i use thinkfree and zoho (ocassionally). hate the bloat that is office
- Cee Bee
My fave was a coworker who wanted a design and signage for her family reunion. Why in the world would I do that for free?
- Jeannette Gutierrez
As for family & friends, unless we share 50% of our DNA, or a bed, you pay the going rate! (The 50percenters and bed mates get it free.)
- Jeannette Gutierrez
I face the same 'discount issue' with my jewelry. I should eat the cost of my supplies and not charge for my time because I know you?
- Yolanda
Wow, jewelry's even tougher I bet b/c it already exists so you should just give it to them :) Yeah, one day I'd like to find the perfect thing to say that's diplomatic and kind, but points out to them what they are really asking...
- Jeannette Gutierrez
"SI.com has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series."
- newsjunk.com
Smart move. Fastest growing sport in the country in terms of fans for a few years now. Plus the NASCAR season ends in November, so the timing is good for Obama and consumers. ;)
- Kevin C. Tofel
The novelty/news value would give the 49 car some rare TV time. Usually it has to wreck to get on screen
- Dave Pelland
NASCAR hardly fits in with the 'elitism' meme, which is also a good move.
- Alexander Carlill
Tim: I hope you're going to vote for him rather than the angry Republican.
- Alexander Carlill
i just wished the obama campaign had sponsored a better car than the 49. it prob won't make the race and will just open the campaign for "FAIL!" jokes
- Sam Harrelson
from twhirl
I notice that the flickr thumbnails of your photos appear sharper and contrastier than the zooomr thumbnails here in friendfeed. The flickr ones certainly seem 'punchier'.
- Nick Takayama
not sure Nick, They look the same to me at least on my Mac's monitor. Can other people tell a difference between these thumbnails and these: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Thomas Hawk
I aggre with Nick -- I am guessing just a function of whatever processing both sites do to get from the uploaded pictures to the thumbnails. Wasn't there a huge stink awhile ago with people claiming Flickr altered their pictures around this issue?
- Brian Sullivan
Color and saturation look the same, but it looks like Flickr does apply a sharpen on thumbnail creation. Viewed from Windows Firefox3 w/ color mgmt turned on.
- Mark Anderson
Now that you mention it, the flickr thumbnails do look slightly sharper and have a higher contrast
- Andrew Smith
I also see a slight quality difference between Flickr and Zoomr thumbnails here on FF, Flickr being slightly sharper or Zoomer softer. Using a Mac, FF3 (with the config set to better graphics), Samsung 24" LCD. On my second monitor, an older LG, can't really see anything different, Vladimir being one that is real obvious. Viewing them on Flicker and Zoomer I really can't tell a difference so I am guessing it has to do with the thumnails - [ed: actually, the two images on Flickr/Zoomr are diff by 1px wide]
- William Reveal
Only noticed because of Nick´s comment. Vladimir is the most obvious one for me as well. Leadership is another one where I can more clearly see the black dots in Flickr than in Zooomr.
- Juan Pablo González
Definitely see same difference others mentioned (on a PC). But only when viewed side by side.
- AT
I just checked the thumbnails for the photos I uploaded last night to both services and the Flickr ones seem slightly sharper and more contrasty. I suspect that this is due to Kris backing off on the sharpening at Zooomr due to user complaints in the past of over sharpening. I hadn't noticed before until it was brought up here. It is rather subtle.
- Jeff P. Henderson
The ATT store here only has 30 phones in stock with about 60 people in line. Bummer. The real pisser is they'll let you go ahead and set up an account and notify you when the phones are in stock. So, um, why couldn't we order them online to begin with??
Not a fan of things that have suddenly been flipped backwards. If it ain't broke ... or at least completely broken to the point of no return ... leave it the hell alone.
- ::Kristen::
Looks unbalanced. I agree, leave it alone.
- Scott Wamsley
I think its only unbalanced cause of the left side emptiness... that'll most likely be filled with ads, applications, etc
- Sebastian Lemery
I live in a right to left world. Yep, just checked, I do.
- Scott Wamsley
Not only is it backwards, it /feels/ backwards...
- xero
I like the tab function in the center column, but holy fuck that switch to the right side is stupid
- Rantz Hoseley
Maybe if everyone reports the photo as offensive they won't roll it out.
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
The bar at the top with the logo bugs, too. I've seen it live and it's wierd - the bar stays like that, and the page content stays center justified and moves with the window size. Seems disconnected.
- Steve Isaacs
No contest. Facebook wins. MySpace can only stay true to itself if its app downloads the mind-boggling ads and background images on most people's profiles
- Glenn Batuyong
from twhirl
The native Facebook app is crap. No access to friends wall or to their photos that I've found. If I've missed them, someone please point me in the right direction. I'll keep using the Web app and e-mailing photos in.
- Kevin Hessel
Starting to agree. When I twittered about how "simple" the native app was, I didn't realize that the mini feeds were shortened. And yes, where are the features??
- Glenn Batuyong
from twhirl