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Toast goes in the toaster.
Laura Lou Who, Jim Hearts FF, Rochelle and 23 other people liked this
No. Toast comes OUT of the toaster. Bread goes in. :-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
Wrong! Bread that is destined for the toaster actually exists in a pre-toasted state and thus: toast goes in the toaster.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Who's to say which bread is pre-destined, though? (This is a weird conversation.)
- Lisa L. Seifert
@lisa Presbyterians believe the toast is pre-destined other believe the bread has a choice to make once inside the toaster.
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
"Who's to say which bread is pre-destined" - the bread gods?
- Brian Sullivan
Let's ask Louis
- Steven Hodson
This is the deepest conversation on FF EVER.
- Eric Schlissel
from twhirl
Louis is a bread god?
- Brian Sullivan
Toast that comes out of the toaster was clearly destined to become toast because that is what it has become. We cannot look at a piece of bread and know that it was meant to be toast until it has become toast but once it has become toast we can say, 'Ah, yes, this slice of bread has become toast and thus it clearly has existed in a pre-toasted state up until now.' And thus: toast goes in the toaster.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This flies in the face of Schroedinger's Toast Theory which suggests that bread placed into a toaster exists both in a toasted and untoasted state that can not be determined until the damn thing pops up. It's one of the most delicious smelling theory in all of science.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I have had too much wine to follow this any further
- Brian Sullivan
Does your cat put jam on his toast?
- David Billingham
but then you should have said "Pre-toast goes in the toaster."
- edythe
:-D But Akiva, if I'm following you correctly, you might as well say excrement comes out of the toaster, because the toast "was clearly destined" to be eaten and subsequently excreted. You could go a step farther and say the nitrogen from the excrement goes into the ground, where it is taken up by more wheat, to make more toast, to become more excrement. Thus the universe is excrement in a constant state of becoming itself.
- Karim
Maybe it's not that "shit happens" so much as "shit is happening."
- Karim
The toast is not toast. There is no toast. There is no bread. There are only crumbs. All else is illusion.
- Roger Benningfield
you can say that again.
- edythe
@Brian Actually, I think Loic Le Meur is the supreme bread being (if I dream tonight about Loic teaching me to bake bread, I will have to stay off all social media for a week).
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Roger, that is very close to being a Crumbist heresy!
- Karim
Edythe:The toast is not toast. There is no toast. There is no bread. There are only crumbs. All else is illusion.
- Roger Benningfield
if (empty $toaster) { $toaster += $bread; while ($bread != $toast) ... }
- Tim Hoeck
from NoiseRiver
roger, i actually meant karim, but i'll take what i can get. :)
- edythe
Edythe: Thank you for confirming that I am, indeed, the Mr. Pibb to everyone else's Dr. Pepper.
- Roger Benningfield
lol awwww Roger, that is not what she meant... :-D Besides, I heard Pibb recently got his doctoral degree...
- Karim
i think they have something called Mr. Pibb Extra now.
- edythe
of course, it goes without saying that the water in the Mr. Pibb, extra or otherwise, was always destined to be Mr. Pibb, and therefore should be more accurately referred to as "water ingredient for Mr. Pibb". And the same goes for water ingredient for Dr. Pepper.
- Trent Olson
Karim, if you place a slice of bread into your toaster and then out pops excrement, I'd contact the manufacturer immediately and lodge a formal complaint. That toaster is a little TOO efficient.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, i think your comment has a typo...don't you mean to say "and then out *poops* excrement"? makes much more sense...
- Trent Olson
OMG you guys! Y'all have brought tears to my eyes.
- Yolanda
Hey... that rhymes! I wish there was a way to favorite a conversation here.
- Yolanda
Wow. This just kept going after I signed off last night. You guys crack me up. For shizzle.
- Lisa L. Seifert
[curtsy]
- Akiva Moskovitz
Are you wearing a skirt?? ;-)
- Lisa L. Seifert
THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!
- Alex Scoble
NO WAY DO ANYBODY ELS NO BOUT DIS DISKOVERIE O_O
- Danny Minick
Erp. It's back.
- Lisa L. Seifert
I cannot believe that despite the name-dropping in this thread, that nobody actually asked me. I would clearly have illustrated how Akiva is wrong - again.
- Louis Gray
This is the one thing that I am definitely not wrong about.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This still cracks me up. Also, I miss Karim.
- Yolanda
I don't have a toaster, yet I can make toast. How is this possible?
- Jim Hearts FF
Yolanda, me, too. He was the best drive-by commenter in his class.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I also miss Karim. *sigh*
- Lisa L. Seifert
If toast goes in the toaster, then a wife goes down the altar. Since I do not believe a pre-vows bride is a wife, I cannot agree that bread that has yet to be toasted is toast. [edit: also, if a toaster malfunctions and does not do any toasting, you don't have toast]
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
PETE DELUCCHI AND AKIVA MOSKOVITZ - SING A TV THEME SONG OR THE GIRAFFE GETS IT!
CW™, Andrew Trinh, Shey, Jamaican of FF and 34 other people liked this
I feel sorry for that giraffe. CUZ IT AIN'T HAPPENIN'.
- Akiva Moskovitz
noooo, don't do it!!
- Maria
You better do it man, she looks serious.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Extreme giraffe murder! *lights candles*
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Yep. She's serious.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
ME LOVES MATTIE!
- Lindsay
Not the GIRAFFE! NOOOOOO!
- donato
Don't you see my facial expression? I AM SO SRS!
- Mattie Kenny
Don't you see my facial expression? Oh wait, you can't because there will be no video@!#%!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Where is Pete? What does he have to say about this?!
- Rochelle
I AM APPALLED!
- Mattie Kenny
Time to save the wildlife, Akiva.
- Steven Perez
*chants "Do It!"*
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that poor, poor giraffe. I will quietly sing a prayer for his untimely death (to myself).
- Pete Delucchi
I don't like wildlife. :(
- Akiva Moskovitz
Put down....the giraffe! It's not worth it!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
'You take the good, you take the bad, you kill a giraffe and there you have the facts of life... the facts of life...'
- Akiva Moskovitz
@Akiva: BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
- Helen Sventitsky
"When the world never seems, to be killing a giraffe, and suddenly you're finding out, the facts of life are all about you, you."
- Pete Delucchi
VIDEO AKIVA OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!
- Steven Perez
That poor giraffe never stood a chance!
- Mark Wilson
NOPE
- Josh Haley
Also, Mattie, in all honesty, I don't have a webcam. I hear Akiva just got a new MacBook Pro that has one built into it though...isn't that right, Akiva?
- Pete Delucchi
I admire the sneakiness of Pete
- Amber, Random Time Lord
It does but somehow it stopped working after I punched it repeatedly.
- Akiva Moskovitz
HE'S A SNEAKY SNAKE!
- Mattie Kenny
L@@K INTO HIS EYES!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva could also use the webcam on his wife's new computer, that I hear also has a built-in webcam. Ya know, just in case his stopped working for whatever reason. Me, I'm still stuck with nada for video recording. Wish I could help...la di da...
- Pete Delucchi
Hey Akiva, how is it under that bus?
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I punched the shit out of Rochelle's webcam, too.
- Akiva Moskovitz
MY POOR WEBCAM :((((((((
- Rochelle
Lies
- Amber, Random Time Lord
man i miss a whole lot while i'm away.
- Caroline
Mattie, like I said, no webcam, so you'll have to cope with an mp3, and it's super late right now, so I had to whisper too ( http://friendfeed.com/e... ) now, if the giraffe dies, it's on Akiva. :-P
- Pete Delucchi
Do it! DO IT! You don't have the balls!!!
- Mo Kargas
Pete has saved the beloved giraffe. He was reintroduced to the wild just moments ago!
- Mattie Kenny
Hooray for the giraffe! Does Akiva even have a picture on his drivers license? :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Haggis, it looks exactly like my avatar.
- Akiva Moskovitz
STILL RELEVANT.
- Josh Haley
YEAH!
- Steven Perez
Why isn't Mattie on FF much anymore :(
- Mo Kargas
She pokes her head in from time to time.
- Steven Perez
from IM
/* offers FF some chicken soup so it will feel better */
Laurel Chase-Dunn, Rochelle, Gabe Diaz and 33 other people liked this
Oyster crackers please.
- Derrick
Looks delicious!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Maybe we should pep-talk FF
- anna sauce
that does look bloody good
- Zee.
Recipe for the the delicious looking soup above is here http://www.seniormag.com/cookboo... FF, lemme know if you want me to make you a hot toddie. I might just have one with you!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
piss water if it ain't kosher chicken
- Noah David Simon
I need homemade dumplings in mine.
- B. Hatin
@Kaia oh yum. Hey when are we going to see some skirts? jonesing crafts.
- anna sauce
SLURP!
- Ian May
I think it needs a grilled cheese on the side and a dill pickle.
- Janet
that looks awesome . ,,,,,
- johnpiercy
I'm not kosher, but I'm serious about the difference with kosher chicken... we have a shortage of kosher meat in upstate new york. We were always buying bel and evans chicken when the kosher stuff was gone. we just started ordering our kosher chickens to the house. I can't tell you why... it makes no sense at all... but kosher chicken just makes better chicken soup. it is that salt probably. but I'm not sure. I know I sound elitist when I say it... but I'm not asking you to be kosher... just taste test
- Noah David Simon
It is happening again, and it has got to stop this instant! I am making an effort to eat more sensibly to lose a few pounds. I realize there are different time zones involved, but most every evening after I've eaten my dinner, I sit here to have some chill time, and I get bombarded with food pics, which then get discussed. I then head for the refrigerator around 10pm for late evening snacks. It's all YOUR fault, do you hear?
- Ian May
jlt, this particular recipe actually calls for a little bit of vinegar. You might want to check it out, the link's above. Noah, when I make soup I only use Kosher salt and sea salt. And you're right, it definitely makes a difference.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Anna, here's the one I'm working on. We'll see if I get anything done tonight - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- B. Hatin
Tina, I posted the recipe in the low carb room - it fits low carb criteria...I am an awful soup maker but will try this as it looks so darn good!
- Janet
my best friend is a Yemenite Jew. in Yemen they add Tumeric and a bit of curry to the soup. (also makes it more yellow which is appealing to the eyes)... it is yummy!
- Noah David Simon
Tumeric is great for adding color (works to dye paper too). I don't have any, but I do have some sweet curry. Might have to make some soup and try it. Thanks!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
*putting back of hand on monitor to check its temperature* There, there, FF.
- Carmen
How sweet!!!
- Susan Beebe
Abby, I gave it one! http://friendfeed.com/e...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Noah, remember that kashering involves salting/brining the meat - http://www.jhom.com/topics.... There is a shortage of kosher meat thanks to all of the problems with Agriprocessors: http://news.google.com/news...
- Peter Ghosh
MmmmMmmmmMMmm
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Chicken soup? You need Colombian Sancocho: http://cli.gs/sancocho
- Julio F ~ @SocialJulio
Julio, that looks yummy!!! Sometimes I go to a restaurant here for a chicken & rice soup that looks like a cross between our two posts: chicken broth, rice, chicken, pico de gallo, and sliced avocado with lime juice squeezed on top.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Beer please! ;-)
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
*bump* FF is feeling poorly again today, so I'm reoffering the chicken soup and hot toddie from November. Get well soon, FF!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Desktop cat is watching you....
ĎÚβĨŐÚŚ Dod, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Wulffy and 78 other people liked this
This is great!
- MikeDeal / ZoneDancer
Damn, I thought that was an app when I first saw it. Maybe it makes me weird, but I kind of wish it was. Anyone remember the old Windows neko.exe?
- Joel Webber
i remember Neko! this would be an awesome app. the cat could slide down like a Terry Gilliam animation :-D
- Karim
hahaha, I love it!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
New background at work :)
- Simon Wicks
Awesome! Of course, if you're browsing for pr0n, then desktop cat is watching you, erm, you know, do that thing.
- Ladybug Heather
@joel: Neko was so cute! :)
- Jemm
I also want a Chris Hansen version of it lol!
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I've seen so many Ceiling Cat versions and this one is certainly one of the best!
- Majento
Derrick, Melissa, & Robert last night, L.A. meetup - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Nurse Katie, Laura Lou Who, David Cook and 17 other people liked this
i love how this particular photo i took has been up for less than a day and already has been favorited by six FFers. :)
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
I haz a job!!!! :-D
Ludwik C. Siadlak, Snipergirl, Mark Jepsen and 208 other people liked this
I start next Friday and able to work from home for the majority of the time. It's an admin role for 3 months but it's better than nothing, which is all I have now. :-) And back to the previous company I worked with doing the task I did several years ago - so in my comfort zone. Thank goodness, such a relief! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats Kol!
- Travis Koger
Thanks, Travis. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
WELL DONE
- Mo Kargas
Yay!
- Kandeezie
Ta, Mo!
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay! Awesome news Kol, congrats!
- Charlotte M
Yippee. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Charley. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats! Great news!
- Wang Yip
My current job started 3 months then became perm. Never know what will happen
- Mo Kargas
AWESOME. Congrats, Kol. What a way to kick off the weekend, mate!
- Derrick
Mo, the contract might get extended but I don't think it's a role I'd take on perm unless they give me something more to do.
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Nia
Derrick, agree. I can chill out for a bit. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
YEAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! I am so happy for you!
- Shevonne
Thank you, K.D and Nia.
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome, Kol! Congratulations!!
- Holger Eilhard
Shevonne, I'm pretty happy too, hehe. Thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Ta, Holger.
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay!!! Congrats Kol =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
WOOT!!!!
- ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les)
Congrats! I'm so happy for you!
- Michelle Martinez
I'll be keeping an eye out for another role in 3 months but glad to have something after such a long time and so much searching. And in the end the job comes through my previous work, i.e. of word of mouth. The best way, by far, to get work. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Tina, Michelle. Woot indeed. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
woohoo! awesome!
- Imabug
AWESOME! congrats Kol!!! :D
- vijay
Thanks, Vijay. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Well done Kol. Someone needs to tell K.D to get busy living or get busy dying
- Toby Graham
Thanks, Toby.
- Kol Tregaskes
I am so happy for you Kol! Break a leg! ;)
- Jorge Escobar
That's great. Congratulations! :)
- jan geronimo
Awesome!! Congrats Kol :D
- Praveen Vasudev
Jorge, ta.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Jan, Praveen. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm going to sleep well tonight. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations, Kol!
- Brome
Congratulations, man!
- Admiral Anika
Thank you very much, Brome and Anika. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats :-)
- Rene Wirtz
Ta very much, Rene. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats.
- Meryn Stol
Woo hoo! Good for you (and anyone else that lands a job after being out of work)!
- Larry Hawes
Congrats!
- AJ Batac
Congratulations! :)
- Niki Costantini
Thank you, Meryn, Larry, AJ and Niki. I'm not sure I'll be around much: http://ff.im/5F6us
- Kol Tregaskes
Hurrah!
- Iain Baker
oh wow! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! This is so great! I'm overjoyed for you... it couldn't happen to a nicer or more deserving guy. Maybe it will turn into something longer term with increased responsibility? Now all you have to do is post a PICTURE of you doing your new thing. ;-)
- Jim Hearts FF
Jobz Good!
- Dean "Karnatos" Michaud
Awesome congrats :)
- Rodfather
Iain, :-) Jim, thank you!!! Hehe, you'll be lucky. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yep, Karnatos. :-) Ta, Rodfather. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats, Kol.
- Louis Gray
Thank you, Louis. No more Spymaster. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Sincere congratulations, Kol! Please don't stop posting, though, ok?!
- Zackatoustra
Thank you, Zackatoustra. I'll be posting very little I'm afraid, certainly no much during the week: http://ff.im/5F6us
- Kol Tregaskes
Good news, well done :)
- M F
Thank you M F. So this surely must deserve me know your name now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations :)
- Eric Logan
Thanks, Eric. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay!
- Tyson Key
Gratz!
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Ta Rasmus. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Good "job"! :)
- Steve Lynch
from twhirl
Hehe, thank you, Steve. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm chuffed for you, Kol, well done!
- Andrew Terry
Gefeliciteerd :-)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
Thank you, Willem. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
congrats! that's great news
- William Harryman
Thank you, William. Indeed it is. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Good for you :)
- Joe
Ta, J. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Sweeeeeet! At least it takes the pressure off for a few months.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Jandy, yeah but hopefully next week's activities might ease things if I'm out of work again but that's another story for then. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations Kol. You worked really hard for it, you totally deserve that. Hey, see if your office lets you use bit of friendfeed during work time ;-)
- mridul
congrats on the new job kol
- (jeff)isageek
Yay!! Now can I babysit?
- Myrna
mridul, thank you. I'll be at home but won't have any time during the day for anything other than work. It really is a bum-on-sit role admin role.
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks Jeff. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
oh guess Kaz doesn't need a baby sitter then.
- Myrna
YAY!
- Alix Whitmire
Yea! Congrats!
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Congratulations!
- joey
Hehe, Myrna, he's staying right next to me. Thank goodness I can work from home. I'll still be able to walk the dog at lunchtime. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
ALix, :-) Thank you, Tut and Joey.
- Kol Tregaskes
Tomit, good luck to you!
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Bill Sanders
Thank you, Bill. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Whoo hoo!
- Justin Korn
from iPhone
Hehe, Justin. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations!
- Brett Kelly
Thanks, Brett.
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay for Kol.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Yay indeed, Jack. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
HURRAY!!! Congratulations!!!
- Anna Lynn M.
Thank you, Anna. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Finally! Congratulations!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats:)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
I am so happy for you! Congratulations!
- Anne Bouey
oh wow!!! That's wonderful news...congratulations! I am so pleased for you! :))
- Emma
Thank you, Abhishek, Anne and Emma. :-) Emma, how about you? Any news?
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Nation Hahn
yayyy.. congratulation :)
- Gtp19
Thank you guys. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
awesome news , hope they extend the contract ,,, showing them your worth keeping
- johnpiercy
congrats
- Jaap Willem
from fftogo
CONGRATS!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Awesome!
- Rutger Blom
Good stuff Kol - hope even better things will follow on from this stint.
- Patrick Jordan
Way to go Dude. Hope your good luck rubs off.
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
Congratulations!
- Alex Scoble
Congrats!
- Mike Reynolds
John, hope so but also hope that I can find a longer and better job in the meantime. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thatnks, Jaap, Dobromir. It certainly is, Rutger. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Me too, Patrick, Brent. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, Mike. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
That's excellent, Kol. Congratulations. :D
- Bette Cooper
Congrats! That's good news.
- Alex Hellstrom
Thank you, Alex, Bette. Yeah great news. At last! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay, Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)))
- Susan Beebe
yay
- Caroline
Wow. Congratulations
- James Myatt
That's wonderful news!
- Kisha, Well Conditioned
from BuddyFeed
Woo congrats Kol!!
- Simon Wicks
from iPhone
I haz congratz fer U :)
- directeur
Congrats Kol! :)
- Dee S.
Sweet, Kol, congrats!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Congrats man. I have an interview on Monday, wish me well :). Happy for you
- LANjackal
congrats Kol.
- Oğuz Serdar
CONGRATS
- Bindu Reddy
Awesome!!! Congratulations to you Kol!!!!!
- JA Castillo
Missed this...congratz man. Good luck with the new spot.
- Carlos Ayala
CONGRATZ! I will hopefully be making a similar announcement in the near future.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
congrads, mr tregaskes
- chaz2b
you deserve it, hope it's just the beginning!
- Charlie Barone
Yay, nice one.
- Timothy Griffin
Yay! So good to hear. Congrats!
- SportyGeek Adj.
congratulations :) :))
- Sajida H Khan
Right on!
- Jeremy Brooks
Congratulations!
- Laura Lou Who
Thank you, Susan, Caroline, James, Fikisha, Simon, directeur, Dee, LAN, Oguz, Bindu, JA, Carlos, Rah (I'm sure your announcement is not far off), Chaz, Charlie, Timothy, Sporty, Sajida, Jeremy and Laura. Gosh, thank you everyone! Hope I didn't miss anyone there? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Way to Go
- Kim Landwehr
Kim, :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome!
- CW™
Congrats, Kol! What a blessing!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
Indeed, CW. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Chris, I couldn't agree more. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Phil G
Congratulations!
- Mona Nomura
That's just wonderful!
- Bonnie Foster
Thank you, Phil and Mona.
- Kol Tregaskes
CONGRATULATIONS, KOL!!! :-D
- Ladybug Heather
Wahooo! Kol.
- Micah Wittman
Congrats!!!
- Lu Tao
Great news, I'm really happy for you.
- Michael Fidler
Thank you, Heather, Micah, Lu and Michael. I celebrated by listening to the live ffundercats podcast for the first time ever: http://friendfeed.com/ffunder... :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congratulations Kol :)
- Bhowmik Shah
Thank you, Bhowmik. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats Kol!
- Amit Morson
Ta very much, Amit! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hmm, bit late to the party but want to add my congrats anyway. Well done :)
- Nicola Quinn
Hey, Nicola. Thank you very much! Hope you're well?
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!
- Ton Zijp
Thank you, Ton. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
YAY KOL!! Go kick some booty!
- Helen Sventitsky
Congratulations :)
- Vicey
Thank you guys! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
muchas gratzias Kol.
- Mark Essel
Thanks, Mark. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats!!
- Nicholas James
Congrats Kol !
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
I missed this earlier - congrats Kol!
- Andy Bold
Thank you, Nicholas, Ahsan and Andy! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
CONGRATS!!!!
- Live4Emma (L4S)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!! \\O//
- rowlikeagirl
Thank you Carlos and rowlikeagirl. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yay, congratulations. It's nice to hear. And I hope you can soon move to your dream job, we talked about. :)
- Carlina Xavier
Carlina, me too. Thank you very much! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Yeah doing well thanks. What's this 'Johnny' business?
- Nicola Quinn
Nicola, see Johnny's comment here: http://ff.im/5IIKz ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lol got ya :)
- Nicola Quinn
I thought this was your job
- Noah David Simon
LOL, Noah. Alas not. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
That is great, and helps to give the rest of us a little hope.
- R. Ferguson
Congratulations Kol!!
- Dan Smith
Attaboy, Kol :)
- Ivan Zuzak
Ruth, I hope so. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thank you, Dan and Ivan. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Nicola, see what Johnny has done: http://ff.im/5KCp0 :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats! I'm glad to see companies are still hiring. I'm still looking, but this is encouraging!
- Danielle Closs
Danielle, thank you. It's an urgent requirement and only for 3 months but I'm not complaining. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
alpha, no worries. Thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
can you be my suger daddy
- sofarsoShawn
Congrats Kol! Nice to have some money to pay the bills...
- Mitchell Tsai
Hehe, Shawn.
- Kol Tregaskes
Mitchell, it will be but I have a long wait, I get paid a month after my invoice is put in and that's a month away. So at least a 2 month wait! :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
at the very least - could work on other income producers in the time - long time to wait but if the money is worth it, [correction sent to wrong one]
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
from IM
Raymond, much easier said than done. It's worth the wait.
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats, Kol!
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
Thank you, Thierry.
- Kol Tregaskes
oh, sorry, I missed that - of course big congrats from me also, kol! I guess you had a super-weekend :)
- esther ♥ ♫
Thank you, Esther. It was a far more worry-free weekend, for sure. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Congrats! :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
FriendFeed has been almost completely blocked in Iran as far as we can tell. We have a large number of very active Iranian users, and we noticed a steep decline in activity yesterday. Graph below.
ILLA, egza, Ozer Wrzl (EN) and 794 other people liked this
:(
- Paul Buchheit
:( :(
- Rachel Lea Fox
:-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Related to the election?
- τorƍue
:(
- Ross Miller
that's so bad...
- Eren Emre Kanal
:-(
- Kevin Fox
τorƍue: Yes, as far as we know
- Bret Taylor
این نمودار نشاندهنده افت فرندفید به دلیل بسته شدن آن در ایران است
- Mycaptain
Bret: Is this based on IP numbers located in Iran, or actual activity from those users? If it's IP based, it'd be interesting to see the activity on a user basis and see if they've been able to route around the blocking.
- Ken Sheppardson
:(
- Marina Remi
Could it be related to Twitter being blocked (and therefore the twitter traffic import being blocked)?
- Stephan Osmont
):
- Jim Norris
Some users are definitely going through proxies. This is total # of unique visits from IPs originating in Iran
- Bret Taylor
That tells it's own, sad, story.
- WorldofHiglet
:(((
- Oğuz Serdar
Wow.
- Rochelle
If Twitter were blocked and FriendFeed weren't, I'd expect an uptick in FriendFeed activity, not a 92% drop.
- Kevin Fox
I.e. given all the users who've previously accessed the site from an Iran IP number, how many have been active from different numbers in the past 2 days.
- Ken Sheppardson
Sad.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
Instead of "liking" this, shouldn't we have an "unlike" button?
- Steven Melfi
:( Bret: According to Stephen fry, these are the iran proxies: 218.128.112.18:8080 218.206.94.132:808 218.253.65.99:808 219.50.16.70:8080 . Can you track these IPs?
- Roberto Bonini
I knew this day was coming. Too bad.
- Robert Scoble
Steven - same feeling here. I always feel weird "liking" bad stories on FF
- Mike Bracco
How does traffic from China look? Or North Korea?
- τorƍue
:(
- Helen Sventitsky
do not like :(
- Tamara
@τorƍue Twitter has been restored in China
- Stephan Osmont
Hey... we saw issues with blogfa.com as well: http://blog.spinn3r.com/2009...
- Kevin A. Burton
like for spread but not like for the situation
- Imprenditore
I wonder what the international community can do about stuff like this. Eventually the "bad guys" will lose.
- Michiel Sikkes
Hopefully, we'll never see a graph like this for Turkey...
- Onur Şentüre
that's because the government has blocked access to friendfeed,twitter,facebook,youtube and ... after election and after protests in Iran cities !
- Farshad
Man... :( That's really a corrupt government. Hope it gets better soon.
- Peter
That's horrible.
- Barış (beyn.org)
Kheyzaran mentioned over the weekend that both Twitter and FF were blocked for Iran starting I believe on Friday. He is using a proxy when possible to keep us updated
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Bret, any analysis about how many people unable to access FF directly are still able to access it via proxy?
- Daniel Dulitz
:-(
- bookmeister
:( Let the voices be heard!
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
So sad...
- Luka
Sigh :(
- Havang
can you suggest a way in friendfeed to show the situation in iran to the world ? its very important
- Farshad
I doubt any regular North Koreans have computers τorƍue
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Daniel: Well, we are still getting a bunch of Farsi comments and posts. They may be Persians from outside Iran or from Iranians using proxies. We don't have a detailed analysis breaking those down at this point.
- Bret Taylor
The stigmata of evil.
- Tim Tyler
all cominucation devices are blocked .even phone & cell phones !
- MohammadReza
see this for example : http://abcnews.go.com/Interna...
- Farshad
Watching the "guerrilla cyberwarfare" aspect of the elections and reactions has been fascinating. Iran's universities are obviously full of resourceful, passionate geeks.
- John Craft
not good in terms of freedom
- Sheri Fresonke Harper
this is really bad. i hope there's some resolution to this. the people or iran have shown a lot of strength and courage to protest the illegitimacy of recent events. i don't think this will stop things
- Cee Bee
Is it possible that the same folks from Iran that are active on Friendfeed are the ones out protesting?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
please help us , we are under attack ,change friendfeed logo if you can
- فرزاد
we need a new way
- سِــمیرامیس
@MVB we all are Protests
- MohammadReza
That's sad.
- EricaJoy
:( Dislike.
- Ruchira S. Datta
:(
- © D/\\/IIID ℠ ®
P.S. Kevin should turn the logo green in support of the Iranian's being disenfranchised.
- EricaJoy
:((
- ramin
For those that are in Iran: Have you tried http://fftogo.com as a workaround?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
make a room for us, invite your friends we will fill it with latest news
- Farshad
I'm completely for having a fair vote, but I'm not sure that I'd want to try and align FriendFeed with a particular candidate, which is what a green logo would imply.
- Kevin Fox
Many iranians using proxies to access FF. and therefore their IPs changes to fake IP .
- آدمیرال
MohammadReza: Maryam's mom is still able to call her relatives and friends in Tehran, so they are keeping some voice traffic open, if not all.
- Robert Scoble
Farshad, I'm trying to post news here: http://friendfeed.com/world-n...
- Kol Tregaskes
No words for that...
- Frank
thanks kol :)
- Farshad
If Iran thinks they have nothing to fear, then why block Friendfeed?
- Frode Stenstrøm
Frode: because the government is like China: they believe that by retarding the flow of information they will reduce the threat of protests and governmental overthrow.
- Robert Scoble
Very reminiscent of the prelude to the fall of the Shah
- Alan Morris
I don't speak Persian, so I don't know all the searches, but there are still (luckily) a lot of Persian users posting: http://friendfeed.com/search.... If you are Persian and looking for updates, try our search engine to find the few users who still have access.
- Bret Taylor
Frode: and in Iran's case, they are run by conservative religious authorities and they don't like the fact that they are not in control of information flow like they used to be. They like to think they can still control information sources and, since they can't, they try to block places where their citizens can go to share information.
- Robert Scoble
is it a joke? iranian users seems the %90 of friend feed. it could not be real!
- Fırat DEMİREL
Firat: There are no units on the vertical axis of the chart.
- Ken Sheppardson
Firat: This is a chart of traffic from Iran, not of FF's total traffic.
- Kevin Fox
Firat, i doubt that this graph is a percentage graph... probably more likely that it's measuring hits, sessions, or total data transfered (mb, kb, etc)
- Chris Heath
Kevin: what impact did this have on FF's overall traffic?
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Iran is the #6 country for FriendFeed in terms of page views per day.
- Bret Taylor
something is cooking out there...
- mehdi
Thanks all for answers. i told that it could not be real.. :) excuse me, i ve just read Bret's notice and looked at breaking point. i saw what i've missed before.. bad news for ff and iran.. :(
- Fırat DEMİREL
These statistics are incredible, especially the normally heavy useage of FF in Iran.
- Curt Mercadante
Bret Taylor, we can tag our pix and vids about iran election by an english keyword such as 'iran' or 'iranelection'. I think it will help to ff non-persian users to find out more about unrests in iran.
- آدمیرال
Iran restored cell phone service Sunday that had been down in the capital since Saturday. But Iranians still could not send text messages from their mobile phones, and the government increased its Internet filtering in an apparent attempt to undercut opposition voices. Social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter were also not working.
- Üstün Üzüm
Do *not* like. :(
- Pete Delucchi
:(
- Russ Jackson
:(
- Mitch
آقا یکی توضیح بده اینکه من(ما) لایک میزنیم! عملا دیسلایک ه ! :(
- younes
Younes says that our likes to this graph mean dislike to tehran's regime censorship
- آدمیرال
I can't find any evidence of Twitter being blocked in Iran. Anyone?
- Martin Bryant
TechCrunch just picked this up: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
- Robert Scoble
Thanks for the translation آدمیرال !
- Ross Miller
ممنونم آدمیرال عزیز
- younes
خواهش دوست من.
- آدمیرال
martin: those words are not mine actually from a news article from washinton post.
- Üstün Üzüm
On twitter people are retweeting the IPs and ports of unblocked proxies, can we do something like that here?
- Canageek
martin, i'm from iran. twitter is blocked. what evidence you wanna? screenshot!?
- آدمیرال
yes Canageek. we use proxies for tweeting
- آدمیرال
Authorities blocking the internet are just reinforcing solidarity between people, can't they understand ?
- Stanislas Jourdan
Stanislas: not to mention they encourage their smartest and richest people to leave (the ones who have technical skills). There's a reason why Silicon Valley has 10,000 or more Iranians living here. Their government sucks and the people are getting tired of it. Of course if their government was great I would never have met my wife (who grew up in Tehran). So, there is good to come out of a crappy government! :-)
- Robert Scoble
it has always seemed to me that the iranian user base is ENORMOUS here. wow. unbelievable.
- edythe
It is interesting how much civil unrest that is brewing across the globe towards their governments. The knee jerk reactions in attempting to block certain websites shows how much they didn't expect the net to become such a widespread conduit for cutting through the bs and informing those that wish to know. I wish those who take a stand all the best.
- alphaxion
:(
- Roberto
Another way for those that are in Iran is to access through Netvibes (but I don't know if it works or if it's blocked too), adding Friendfeed, Gmail and so on such as modules
- Roberto
Thanks for sharing this, Bret. It's valuable evidence of what's going on, evidence which wouldn't have been available even a few years ago.
- Michael Nielsen
sad
- Pedro Beltrao
Very interesting...so much for democracy and voting rights in Iran...
- freedom fighter mom
If anybody in Iran feels up to it, can you temporarily disable your proxy and run a traceroute to friendfeed.com and twitter.com then post the results here?
- EricaJoy
Bret and Paul, can you let us know if the traffic comes back, which would tell us they've unblocked FriendFeed?
- Robert Scoble
Robert: absolutely, we will let everyone know when it comes back up
- Bret Taylor
from email
Steven: You Like that it was posted, not the content of the post.
- Tanath
Bret, thanks for sharing the info about the dive. Shame, but what could we have expected from the Iranian status quo?
- Jon Osterholm
البته یه چیز هم هست اونکه بعد از فیلترینگ همه با آی پی غیر ایرانی می ان فرندفید و برای همنی آمارشون اینجا ثبت نمیشه ... وگرنه فکر نمی کنم از لحاظ تعداد نفراتی که میومدن کم شده باشه ... بلکه هم بیشتر
- HΛMΣD ƧΛFΛ
Yes, it happend and we have to use proxy to access friendfeed. Look at democracy in Iran...
- Zahra (raoros)
The coversations and comments here are educational.
- Seek Ground
@بی بی, you might try https://friendfeed.com/
- Jim Norris
:(
- imabonehead
Damn.
- Steven Perez
http://mojipage.com register in this website and add ff widget! twitter is blocked in iran so I am posting twitts by a script or choqok(http://choqok.gnufolks.org/)
- ★amin.m★
from MojiPage
Good luck to all of you trying to get around the censorship. I hope the big sites are doing what they can to help out.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Looking at the potential of this event in the future for numerous causes is mind-boggling. Really amazing.
- Charlie Anzman
Come to think of it, does FF have a presence in China? I'd imagine it's blocked there. I've seen Chinese on here, but never sure if that's from China or speakers outside.
- anna sauce
Tnx Bret
- C o n f o r m i s t
Thnaks :)
- Exir
این چی میگه؟
- Lord hozeh
ببین شب انتخاباتی چکار کردیم با این فرفر. wow!
- ali
چه همه لااااااااااااااااایک!
- ali
:((
- AJ Batac
Damn.
- Derrick
Expected.
- Michael W. May
Yes, Friendfeed is blocked in Iran. Right now the papers and TV channels here are controlled by the government and our access to satellite channels is blocked too. Friendfeed and Twitter are quite vital for us now. Our main source of exchanging information and news is Friendfeed. Via Friendfeed we let everyone know that where people need help and where to go and how to help them and...
more...
- Selma
Selma: does https://friendfeed.com/ work for you?
- Bret Taylor
Nope, they have blocked all https addresses, we have had to sign in to Friendfeed via anti-filters for the past few months.
- Selma
its a shame. it was one the main media we used to inform ppl. thats why they filtered it. now many users cant sign in
- Myri∂m
Can't we "help" in some way? Providing proxies, I don't know, the kind of stuff pirates do. Pirates, and people trying to make a Revolution happen....
- Zackatoustra
It may not be long before Turkey joins the party.
- Sarp Tüzün
It's very sad to see this happen
- Michael Fidler
tnx all of you...
- emin
internet was our last hope ...but it block...and we cant use it easily...
- Opium
:(
- Caroline
I just spoke with my friend Andres, the main BBC correspondent for the Middle East/Afghanistan, and he mentioned the web is being fire walled in Iran much the same as the the "Great Firewall" during last year's Olympics in China.
- sofarsoShawn
The Iranian websites that people used to exchange information about the election protests in Iran are under cyber-attacks by the government forces and from anonymous sources. Many of them are down right now. These Iranian websites were our few last remaining channels to inform people. What can we do about that? Is there anyone out there who can help us with this?
- emin
i was 53rd active user in friendfeed until this filtering. now i can open FF with proxies and if i can fine. a Vpn but many Vpn here come from companies that have relations with security services, i thunk they allow us to bypass filternig and then, they will arrest who has wrote against their goals
- خیزران kheyzaran
Can't we transfer the data/databases of the sites you, iranian guys, use to any new domain we could buy? I want to help. Not by throwing rocks to "security service" forces, but, at least, by making possible for what YOU have to say to go public, worldwide.
- Zackatoustra
FF is a useful website for Iranian People to get reliable information about demonstration against presidential election.
- پارسـا
so so sorry for iran people... I hope they will win...
- Tanaydin Sirin
and Now Yahoo messenger and google talk blocked in iran :((((
- پارسـا
Some amazing images from Iran - http://ff.im/42pgD
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
Does http://fftogo.com work still?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Selma: 1- I don't use a proxy but clearing all but one (deleting them all logs me out) instance of each friendfeed.com cookie name and refreshing the page always solves this for me in Firefox. Has never happened on Lunascape or IE. Good luck.
- Alexandros Georgiadis
google block fftogo for iranian users!!!
- ★amin.m★
Friendfeedがイランでblockされているというコトらしい。いったいどういう理由でだか分からないけれど……もし、国内のゴタゴタの影響であればいずれtwitterも、ということになりかねないのかも。／でも、fftogoを使えば迂回できるのかな？
- Sakurai.Catshop
What about email, amin.m? Are you able to post to FF by emailing share@friendfeed?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I don't know about email. now I am using freegate or another site like http://mojipage.com
- ★amin.m★
Could http://dev.ctor.org/f2p, http://frienddeck.com or http://peoplebrwsr.com work for friendfeed?
- Alexandros Georgiadis
Very sad.
- Parth Awasthi
The reason I ask is because if you can email a post, then try sending it to share@friendfeed and also to YourUserName@friendfeed. Then when someone comments you'll receive an email about it and you can comment back to the thread via email as well.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
No wonder why !
- Pelin
+ don't use your ISP's DNS server, verify your Firewall, search for rootkits.. + If you really wanna use Tor, be 'mobile', check the onion's status, don't be too confident, continue to use encrypted protocols & 'mobile' ports. At least, read Tor's docs and articles about Tor & privacy/security..
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
now chat like gmail or yahoo messenger are blocked too
- egza
I don't know if these can help but I put them here anyway http://www.noiseriver.com/ http://moopz.com/
- M F
Alexandros: Frienddeck could work for certain parts - posts and queries against user accounts are proxied through the App Engine, searches are direct against Friendfeed so they could probably not work.
- Paul Kinlan
Thanks :((
- مـهدی معتمد
:( booooooo
- Duncan Rawlinson
:o
- FKU
DAMN!
- Vicey
whoa, NOT good
- Susan Beebe
We wish the people of Iran well in these difficult times
- Marc
Not good at all. Best wishes to the Iranian FFers. I hope this whole mess gets cleared up quickly and with as little violence as possible
- Kamilah Gill
this is terribly wrong
- Francisco Costa
A government that takes away people's Friendfeed will not last long.
- Goran Zec
WOW CRAZY
- Matt Kaufman
I like that 667 people liked this, that's 667 people hoping it all gets resolved justly and peacefully.
- Steve C
now we are 676 people who liked that =) hoping too everthing gets resolved peacefully.
- Ibrahim Tarlig
Bret, is there any update on this? Is activity still low?
- Kol Tregaskes
Yes, we are still being blocked
- Bret Taylor
:-(
- Kol Tregaskes
:-(
- Arif Siddiquee
definitely DON'T LIKE this... >_< ...would love to be able do more than retweeting proxies
- Daniele
Best regards from Chile to all iranian people, we know a lot about bad government and human rights. Good luck, strength and courage to all of you.
- Roberto Arancibia
:(
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
It's to bad there is such attempts to block free flow of information, how long will it be before there is more amazing differences happening? Such limits, hmm.
- Raymond Marr aka Knatchwa
They have to keep the militants in check. Thank goodness for the pipes that were broken.
- tony
بیا بالا ای فید من
- egza
Digg.com is block in Iran now.
- Sahandram
:-(
- Paolo Valzania
:((
- Mitchell Tsai
Interesting censorship- same can happen in America - I would like to talk to you abt Friendfeed and bringing over some large groups do you have time?
- JanSimpson
I've seen those censorship about FriendFeed (Iran). Do you know some interesting and objective blogposts about it?
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
from email
:(
- Rachel Lea Fox
Do you have a similar graph as ff's been blocked in China?
- K.D.
And China now has a similar blockage. You should also check on it.
- Kenyth
Sometimes we forget how easy we have it than other countries. But until people revolt & I mean a HUGE revolution injustices will still go on.
- Gabriella Sannino
ای بابا این فید رو شخم زدن :))
- egza
پرلایک ترین فید فرفره این
- ramin
jeddi?
- HΛMΣD ƧΛFΛ
from IM
آره حامد آمارشو قبلا در آورده ام
- egza
che jaleb , oonvaght por comment dartarin feed kodoome? bebinim mishe feed 2khtare mardom e farzad davan davan ro be oon beresoonim?
- HΛMΣD ƧΛFΛ
from IM
حامد اینجا رو ببین http://friendfeed.com/amirsem...
- egza
ba mobile am ... to bebin bara manam tarif kon :D
- HΛMΣD ƧΛFΛ
from IM
بعد از این فید که هستمی این http://friendfeed.com/funny-p... در رده دوم لایکه ,اینجا شش هزار و خورده ای کامنت داره http://friendfeed.com/ideali... این فید از فارسی زبانان فرفر همین نیما خودمون http://friendfeed.com/nimaa... در لایک 204 تا این هم از آیدا http://friendfeed.com/elaheye... بیشتر از 2400 کامنت داره
- egza
Cake with Pink Flowers and Five Candles
Anne Bouey, Admiral Anika, Karim and 8 other people liked this
Something very homely about this. Someone's birthday?
- Kevin J Hatton
Mmm supermarket cake. Dang I want some now.
- Noah Belson
Carcassonne castle, France - http://www.wayfaring.info/2009...
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Myrna, Rochelle, Karim and 3 other people liked this
"The ancient walled city of Carcassonne perched on a hill over the more modern extended town is an historical treasure. Located at the strategic intersection of two historic trade routes, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and from Spain to the center of France. In Carcassonne, visitors stroll along the cobblestone streets, browsing shops selling Medieval wares. Some describe it as a tourist-trap."
- M F
from Bookmarklet
they say "tourist trap" like that's a bad thing. :-D i guess if they build a modern replica and charge the same prices and call it a "theme park" nobody would have a problem with it :-D
- Karim
Well said, Karim.
- Ayşe E.
The Beatles – Fixing a Hole - http://www.last.fm/music...
Happy birfday, Mo!!!!! Keep it gangsta! <3
sean808080, Jason Huebel, Rochelle and 56 other people liked this
Happy Birthday! ^__^
- Nia
Happy Birthday!
- joey
Happy birthday girl!
- Michelle Jones
Happy Happy, Joy Joy - Momo! :-D
- Live4Emma (L4S)
from iPod
*bakes a Mo-cake*
- Sparky
Happy birthday, girl :-)
- YoYo_P
Happy birthday lady!
- Anna Lynn M.
Happy birthday, Monique! It's my little brother's birthday today too! :)
- Lindsay
Happy birthday!
- Alex Scoble
Happy Birthday, Lovely Lady!!!
- Anna Haro
Happy birthday Mo! You and my cousin share a birthday, so you're in good company!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Happy birthday
- Steve C
Happy Birthday
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
happy b-day, :)
- chaz2b
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Happy Birthday :)
- Rodfather
Happy Birthday, Monique!
- Anne Bouey
Look at that BDay Smile ..
- johnpiercy
Yay! Happy Birthday!
- Kisha, Well Conditioned
from BuddyFeed
Happy Birthday, Monique. Enjoy it and hope you have a great day....
- Emma
<3 you Mo! Happy birthday!
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Happy Bday Momo!!!
- Carlos Ayala
Hope your day is as nice as your smile!
- SportyGeek Adj.
Nice pic monique
- Valley
Happy Birthday, Monique...great smile, great pic!!
- Harold Cabezas
she's funny
- sofarsoShawn
Happy bday
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Oh my gosh. Why am I just now seeing this? <3 <3 <3 Love you Derrick.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Happy B-day Mo!
- Helen Sventitsky
Also, this pic is a year old. LOL. Thanks, guys for all the birthday wishes.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Happy birthday Mo! Happy happy happy birthday with your friends..
- Omer Ekinci
Damon, Carlton and a Polar Bear - http://damoncarltonandapolarbear.com/
Admiral Anika, Karim and Orhan Berkan liked this
bedevi mi şimdi bunlar keh
- Orçun the Nucro
LOL I guess this will satisfy my LOST fix for a bit.
- Admiral Anika
Netflix "instant" is so amazing, why haven't I used this before? Canceled cable TV and Blockbuster.
Haggis (Sean Loyless), Nicholas Kreidberg, James Furlo and 32 other people liked this
I love it
- Robert Burgin
secret: I've spent yesterday and today catching up on NCIS, Numb3rs, and a couple movies. I may need an intervention...oooh...wonder if they have Intervention online, too :)
- Robert J Taylor
I'm about to cancel my Netflix. I thought the selection on the instant list was very lean. I did get to catch up on Dexter, but that was about it. I hope they improve the selection soon.
- Rich Puskarich
Rich, difference may be that I'm not a connoisseur of TV and Movies and so am pleased with the selection.
- Robert J Taylor
i love it too, but they do need to beef up the selection
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Maybe someone from @Netflix could comment on their plans to increase the selection for "Watch Instantly"? #Netflix
- Robert J Taylor
Hope your willing to waste your Bandwith, Netflix Instant shot up mine, haven't used it since.
- Matt Ruiz
Matt, I'm using TimeWarner (and SATX/AUS is known as the best part of their network) and, being a Linux guy don't use my BW for much besides chat, Terminal.app, anyway :). (The info on TW's network came from a friend who was a direct competitor, BTW)
- Robert J Taylor
The selection is deep, if you can't find more things you want to watch on watch instantly as it is than you have time to watch, then your taste is horrible.
- Richard Lawler
Well, Richard, I like the selection enough that I killed Cable TV and Blockbuster, but I'm also aware that people have different tastes than mine, so I won't go quite there :)
- Robert J Taylor
I will, people go looking for a specific thing on watch instantly, then when it's not there "the selection is horrible." But if you go looking for a particular genre or style you're into, or maybe something you haven't gotten into yet, you'll definitely find it well represented. That's the great thing, there's no cost or time investment, if you don't like a flick, just watch something else. Netflix's recommendations work well, but anyone who hasn't should try www.instantwatcher.com
- Richard Lawler
Cool! thanks for the link to http://www.instantwatcher.com ; I love sites that make other sites better
- Robert J Taylor
If you want to get things done faster in style, buy a Mac.
- David Chartier
from iPhone
I love it but you WILL couch surf more. I gained 10 pounds this winter, partly due to the Instant Downloads on Netflix. It's heaven...and hell.
- michelle lamar
I am now officially addicted to CSI too.
- michelle lamar
The Starz! partnership really increases the available items on a limited basis. Add a movie to your regular queue and it may likely show up in the instant queue for a month.
- Rob Haas
The Fifth Element party of 8/7!!! Let's all get dressed up in character like they do for Rocky Horror Picture Show! ;)
- Josh Haley
Great link, Matthew! Thanks!
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
omg fantastic
- Richard Lawler
Canceled mine a few months back the streaming is great. Have my computer hooked up to the tv so I can watch Hulu as well
- Gary Prechtel
Maybe not the place to ask but does netflix have parental controls on streaming?
- David
I don't know, I don't think so.
- Richard Lawler
Netflix doesn't have parental controls that i could tell, but my xbox360 does, and that's how my kids watch the streaming media. I've canceled cable, and we watch hulu/netflix now.
- John Fogarty
from twhirl
I wonder if the Roku box has parental controls? That's what I would be using.
- David
Just found out it does not:(
- David
Lake Lugano - http://fiveprime.org/flickr_...
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Joe, Mycaptain, Jannifer @wordsforliving and 5 other people liked this
one of my favorite places.
- Karim
Fwd: Cotton Candy Bloom - http://www.foundshit.com/infared... (via http://friendfeed.com/photo-u...)
Noah Belson, edythe, Seda and 48 other people liked this
♫ where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies...... ♫
- Karim
Niceeee Karim! Goes musically with the pink cotton candy!
- Myrna
This might be the way a bird sees a tree, or an insect for that matter!
- Charlie Barone
Can I have some of the electric kool-aid too?
- Joe
is that your photo karim?
- sally stokhamer
Charlie, you could be right!
- Myrna
Anytime Joe :)
- Myrna
no, sally, though i wish it was! :-)
- Karim
Hey, here's the pink tree! .. like cotton candy only healthier.
- Myrna
Pretty!! I like!!
- Kelli Perez
Gorgeous
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up. - http://misterjt.tumblr.com/post...
Derrick, Joe Silence is not dead, John (a.k.a. dendroica) and 6 other people liked this
Open and shut case, Johnson,” he says to his partner. “I saw a case just like this when I was a rookie. Apparently, this nigger broke into this house and hung up pictures of his family everywhere! Dave Chappelle, as it relates to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. today via postbourgie.com Related articles by Zemanta Henry Louis Gates Arrested (nytimes.com) Posted via web from The Pensieve | Comment »
- Jason Toney
nonplussed.
- Karim
At a loss for words. I'm furious for Dr. Gates. I hope he can get some sleep tonight. I'd be on the ceiling. And god, we need Dave Chappelle back!
- Ayşe E.
I find it hard to fathom that the officer found it necessary to arrest Gates after I.D. was produced. My guess is, whatever Gates' behavior, he would have been arrested. The officer needed to muddy the waters against the inevitable charges that were coming against him. Strictly CYA.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
wow
- .LAG liked that
HOLY SHIT, MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON - http://www.members.shaw.ca/rlongpr...
фыр, Karim, B. Hatin and 4 other people liked this
Edythe is awesome and so is my black lantern ring.
Derrick, Haggis (Sean Loyless), Morton Fox and 9 other people liked this
The 405 - Mixtape: Moon Landing Special - http://thefourohfive.com/article...
Mathew A. Koeneker, Lars Clausen, Bluesun 2600 and 5 other people liked this
"1. R.E.M - Man On The Moon 2. Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon 3. Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon 4. Bat For Lashes - Moon and Moon 5. The Drums - Me And The Moon 6. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 7. Atlas Sound - Blue Moon 8. Earth - Hung From The Moon 9. The Walkmen - Red Moon 10. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon Click here to download the entire mixtape!"
- Michael W. May
from Bookmarklet
:) love the killing moon. but man on the moon is one r.e.m. song i really don't care for.
- edythe
♫ giant steps are what you take / walking on the moon / i hope my legs don't break / walking on the moon ♫ - The Police
- Karim
Definitely, The Police, "Walking on the Moon." Killer bass line...
- Fossil Huntress
mjc, Alfredo, Jason Huebel and 24 other people liked this
Rutger, I think I just answered your question. :)
- Helen Sventitsky
Helen, thank you :-)
- Rutger Blom
Hey! I followed link to your blog, wound up on your music page... listening now. :)
- Adrian
Thanks, Adrian! :)
- Helen Sventitsky
I'm on "Monochrome In Technicolor (Official Album Release Mix)". Favorite one so far. Very nicely done.
- Adrian
Oh! You're on my old demo page, LOL!!! I'll need to fix that. but thanks! It's a mix of all the songs I had on a CD I put out last year.
- Helen Sventitsky
this one: http://treaclemusicality.wordpress.com/
- Adrian
what's the song that starts around 20:00? That's a great track. BTW, do you play the keyboards on these?
- Adrian
Hey Adrian, Thanks! That song is called "Withdrawal Symptoms". I "program" more than actually play the keyboards, but yep, it's all me. :)
- Helen Sventitsky
Awesome! Hi Helen :) *waves* because you can probably see me, as I recall we are both in Sparks :)
- Nicholas Kreidberg
*waves back* Hi Nicholas!! Any more Grey Goose there? :D
- Helen Sventitsky
(Image) - http://mokargas.soup.io/post...
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Wulffy, friday night, Fernando Bergamaschi and 27 other people liked this
crazy catty.. =))
- ДMIROVSKY☂امیروفسکی
Like seriously ... what is *not* to like about this!?
- Nicholas Kreidberg
OMG! WTF? BBQ. - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
O.Shane, bob, Michal Cierniak and 8 other people liked this
"Mr Poole, a coach driver from Sowton, said 15 family and friends had come to the event, where they were watched by a police helicopter for about 15 minutes. He said before they had turned on the music, four police cars and a riot van arrived and demanded the barbecue was shut down and everyone leave."
- Gabe
from Bookmarklet
This is some scary shit.
- Alex Scrivener
omfglolwtfbbq!
- k00pa
In 2003 or 2004, I was invited to a rave. The rave was in some pudunk town in the middle of nowhere. It was in the middle of a forest and the driveway to it was about a mile long. At the start of the driveway, there was a sign that said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY so and so" with balloons. I don't believe that the music could have even been heard at the start of the driveway. The cops must have found out about it because there were so many people in their tiny town. Anyway, the cops broke it up and we had to leave
- Becca
pics at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news... -- story there adds the police were in camos and body armor. whatever happened to the Monty Pythonesque stereotype of the lone constable striding into an event and asking, "'ello, 'ello, what's all this, then?" :-D
- Karim
I love how the cops' defense is that if they had waited longer it would have required more cops to bust up the birthday party if they had waited longer.
- Gabe
On a meta level - isn't that an argument against relying on the power of "the Internet" for advertising upcoming public, but potentially "authority-unfriendly" events? I seem to recall at least one such small-scale do called Woodstock that relied on word-of-mouth alone, and, judging from the pictures, they didn't do all that badly.
- ianf ⌘
ianf: Woodstock was originally a big failure. Hippies showed up by the thousands hoping to get in free. Advance ticket sales were so poor that the organizers only had enough money to build either a stage or a fence. They ended up with a stage and no way to keep out the freeloading masses.
- Gabe
You're missing the point (on purpose? what purpose might that be). They showed up by the thousands without being connected to the Internet.
- ianf ⌘
in fact Vint Cerf was at Woodstock and it was there he said that "Man, organizing something like this would be a whole lot easier if there was, I don't know, some kind of universal packet-switched network, that you could tap into from anywhere, it would transcend space and time, it would reach out to the planets, can you dig? I just have to figure out how to get the Department of Defense to pay for it..." Then he started giggling.
- Karim
ianf: I'm not sure what you're getting at. Woodstock was a huge production, with ads in the New York Times and Rolling Stone, among other places. As opposed to raves, they had permits and did things mostly by-the-book.
- Gabe
Gabe, have you seen the trailer for the new Ang Lee film, "Taking Woodstock?" http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfe... -- it sort of implies a little more of a loosey-goosey setup than "mostly by-the-book." i don't know if it's historically accurate or not...
- Karim
Karim: I haven't seen the trailer. I didn't mean to imply that it was well-organized, just that it was all legal. There was such significant local opposition that it seems likely that it couldn't have happened if anything illicit was going on.
- Gabe
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | New images of Moon landing sites - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2...
Lars Clausen, Karim, Kevin J Hatton and Emma liked this
"A US spacecraft has captured images of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, revealing hardware and a trail of footprints left on the lunar surface."
- Baard @ Pixum
from Bookmarklet
Calgon, take me away.
martha, anna sauce, John (a.k.a. dendroica) and 42 other people liked this
Ok
- Shevonne
I'm still lookin' like this. *eyes the clock* Nope, not time to go home yet.
- Derrick
I thought that was our safe word!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Calgon went home already.
- Steven Perez
I finally learned Yiddish, Akiva. Keep up.
- Derrick
You move too fast!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Awww.
- Ayşe E.
Maybelline and Cover Girl, edythe. LOTS.
- Derrick
Get yourself to Lush and by yourself a bath bomb or two: http://www.lushusa.com/shop Perhaps the " Ne worry pas" http://www.lushusa.com/shop... or the "Butterball" http://www.lushusa.com/shop... or "The Happy Pill" http://www.lushusa.com/shop... . Of course, there's always the "SeXXX Bomb" http://www.lushusa.com/shop...
- Katy S
Ooh, Katy thanks! I love stuff like that! Tonight'll probably be Mr. Bubble though. Don't hate. O_o
- Derrick
I can't use most of this kind of thing b/c it irritates my skin. On the very very rare occasion that I got to use Mr. Bubble when I was a kid, I had to have a very thorough shower afterwards.
- Katy S
I need like the supersized COSTCO bundle Calgon volume lately :P
- Melissa
I didn't even get to take a bath last night. I was too tired after a late dinner with friends. Bomb ass shower this morning, though.
- Derrick
niiice. what are you doing tomorrow night, babes? wanna do a wine and food tasting at the Autry museum with me!?? :)
- Melissa
I could come up with a bottle of wine and some good bread...would that work?
- Shannon
Yes, Shannon. I'll bust out the cheese and fruit. :)
- Derrick
i have an iTunes playlist called "Calgon take me away" for such moments.
- Karim
that's because you're awesome, karim. :) :)
- edythe
:-D thanks...
- Karim
OG ATL Braves hat!!!
- Joel Robert Perez
A couple weeks ago, there was a thread about whether women can pull off a bob. And then I got my hair cut, and it came out shorter than I asked for. I think it's cute. So my question is, can I pull off a bob? :-)
Michael W. May, Caroline, (jeff)isageek and 36 other people liked this
Your flattery and sycophantic shenanigans are welcome here.
- Ladybug Heather
You rock it, girl!
- Josh Haley
You can definitely pull it off - you look adorable!
- Martha
Oui...you look magnefique
- Shevonne
Your flattery has pleased me, Martha and Josh and Shevonne. Have an awesome weekend, as the awesome people you are! :-D
- Ladybug Heather
You're sweet, Aden! Of course, I'm jealous of your ability to draw awesomely cute snails, so I guess we're even. :-)
- Ladybug Heather
I like! And fwiw I'm resisting the urge to make a wisecrack about you pulling off Bob instead of Scott...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
yes, you pull it off brilliantly.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
It looks great!
- Laura Lou Who
Tina: yes, your whole world is a crotch! :-)
- Ladybug Heather
I KNOW =( But I really do like the hair =D
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Thank you! :-D I was so shocked when it was first cut, but (ahem) it's really grown on me since.
- Ladybug Heather
Looking good
- Kim Landwehr
In that first pic, I was going for the peering-over-the-glasses, shushing librarian look. It's even funnier when I'm standing at my full 4'9" and doing that into the chest of someone 6'+. :-)
- Ladybug Heather
Yes, you can :)
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Yes, absolutely, you pull it off wonderfully! :D
- Scott of Two Countries
Funny, when you're doing that peering-over-the-glasses thing to this just shy of 6' man, he's peering at your che--oh, we're in public, aren't we? ;-)
- Scott of Two Countries
Yes, absolutely!
- Zee.
Adorable!!!!!!!!!
- Janet
my GF is sporting the same cut right now.
- alphaxion
I like it. :)
- Steve C
Cute haircut!
- Anne Bouey
Looking good Ladybug Heather!
- Trish Haley
totally rockin' it, ladybug. and ffing enigma, i had the same sort of reaction. i wanted to say, "you can pull off a Bob, and probably a Tom, Dick, and Harry." :D [maybe using the "dick" word is a bad idea. well, good thing i didn't say it. ;)]
- edythe
Cute haircut. You can definitely pull off a bob.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Love the finger pointing. :)
- Derrick
I like it.
- Helen Sventitsky
Yes!
- Ayşe E.
I think you look good with it. ;)
- CW™
Anyone got a light?
yurei, Brandon, Brian and 16 other people liked this
i'll flick my bic LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
"...so the vet tells me, 'Cigarettes'll kill ya!' and I say, 'Fine, pal, I got five, six lives left easy...'"
- Karim
heee, karim!
- edythe
Michael M.
watched Burn Notice: Fearless Leader. - http://www.hulu.com/watch...
Karim, Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF, Derek Coward and edythe liked this
I laugh out loud and am entertained by this show, by every episode, like few others I've watched.
- Michael W. May
[Friendfeed pauses] *swoosh* [Caption] Michael *swoosh* [Caption] Huge 'Burn Notice' Fan [Friendfeed continues scrolling]
- Karim
global sunset {3/100} on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Malevi4, Kol Tregaskes, George Moga and 32 other people liked this
stunning
- Michael W. May
I know. so cool.
- edythe
This gives me an idea...
- Adrian
Beautiful!
- Dimitrios Diamantaras
karim, cool!
- edythe
cool!
- Mycaptain
This is so beautiful!
- Shannon
A Beautiful Method to Find Peace of Mind - http://zenhabits.net/2009...
Kim Landwehr, Kevin J Hatton, mjc and 8 other people liked this
"So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks, someday, you might get upset. But not if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it’ll break someday, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time-traveler, or someone with time-traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won’t be upset or sad — because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious. Expect your child to mess up — all children do. And don’t get so upset when they mess up, when they don’t do what they’re “supposed” to do … because they’re supposed to mess up. Expect your partner to be less than perfect. Expect your friend to not show up sometimes. Expect things to go not according to plan. Expect people to be rude sometimes. Expect coworkers not to come through sometimes. Expect roommates not to wash their dishes or pick up their clothes, sometimes. Expect the glass to break."
- edythe
from Bookmarklet
"...see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it."
- edythe
"Don't worry about the vase."
- Steve Lowe
wish i'd read this a couple of days ago... :-D
- Karim
aww, karim. :|
- edythe
RT @chrisbaskind: NYT bulletin: Walter Cronkite has died at the age of 93, according to his family. A titan of broadcasting.
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