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De-glitched, the C64's Up and Running Again - http://www.pheedcontent.com/click...
Need to pick this up for my iPod Touch! Memories of my old C-64 computer!
- Les Zaldor
What's your Google Wave account? Mine is kolint [at] googlewave [dot] com. Feel free to add me.
Jeff Kawa, AJ Kohn, Jeannette Høvring and 116 other people liked this
If you want an invite or have invites to give away check the 'Great Google Wave Invite' thread here: http://ff.im/91M9R EDIT: Or try this for invites: http://googlewaveinvites.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
mmastrac
- Matt Mastracci
127ajr I wish we didn't have to keep our gmail names.
- Californian
jeromeflipo
- Jérôme Flipo
taylanaydinli. i have 0 contacts at the moment so this is a useful thread for me:)
- Taylan Aydınlı
roshan.ramachandran
- Roshan Ramachandran
Added you all. Taylan, well you have at least one now. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Wait, Google Wave gives you an email address? Super awesome!
- Nick Humphries
Nick, well it's your Gmail address but with @googlewave.com instead of @gmail.com (or @googlemail.com)
- Kol Tregaskes
HN, post here instead: http://ff.im/91M9R
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol: That's pretty neat. Wish it was shorter like wave.com or gwave.com (Google owns gwave.com anyway) or something.
- Nick Humphries
i think this @googlewave.com email address is a temporary thing during testing. after it goes live you should be able to just use it with your google account. at least that's what i think:)
- Taylan Aydınlı
@gwave.com doesn't seem to work.
- Kol Tregaskes
any you give me an invite?
- Goofy2
See the first comment, Goofy2
- Christopher A Carr
tks in advance for an invite !http://scr.im/3fg
- arnet
Goofy2, post here: http://ff.im/91M9R
- Kol Tregaskes
andrewterry2.0@googlewave.com
- Andrew Terry
please an invite =/ m.furkantunali [\at/] gmail.com
- Furkan Tunalı
Furkan, post here instead: http://ff.im/91M9R
- Kol Tregaskes
Thanks, sorry.
- Furkan Tunalı
if only you could bold an announcement in FF like you can in Wave :D [oh, and my username on Wave is the splendiforously original "adamlasnik"]
- Adam Lasnik
selcuke@gmail.com .thx
- Selcuk Ergin
bkoknar@gmail.com davetiye lütfen
- morkedipatisi
Guys, please read the title and the first comment. This is not a request for invites. This is for users who already have an account and want to share their account name. For invites see this thread: http://ff.im/91M9R
- Kol Tregaskes
My Wave ID is erier2003@googlewave.com. Feel free to add me and we can Wave!
- Eric Geller
skitcherboy@googlewave.com
- Ahmed
don.bonaddio@googlewave.com
- Don Bonaddio
kevinawhalen [at] googlewave [dot] com
- Kevin Whalen
ismaileski@gmail.com
- ismail eski
none of my 6 invitees received it .... 8 hrs & counting. Wats the avg time invites take to come thru..?
- Roshan Ramachandran
Roshan, it seems completely random.
- Kol Tregaskes
terry.donaghe
- Internet's Tad
sscott@googlewave.com
- Spencer
damondnollan@googlewave.com
- Damond Nollan
farzaam.net@gmail.com
- farzaam
Still don't really know what this is (Or Google Voice for that matter). This is like high school all over again. The cool kids are ignoring me!
- James Ferguson
myturkey@gmail.com
- Varol AKSOY
bjtitus@googlewave.com
- Brandon Titus
i have no juice...consultfab@gmail.com
- Bryan R. Adams
i'm with the google wave woudl be really cool, if i had people to wave at crowd. jviddy@googlewave.com
- Jamie Vidamour
Everyone, read the title and first comment. This is NOT an invite thread!
- Kol Tregaskes
my plan didn't work. still trolling for an invite at dzinrgeek@gmail.com
- amarquart
Blimey. I must be going mad, is it not clear that this is NOT an invite thread. For invites see here: http://ff.im/91M9R
- Kol Tregaskes
Not sure if anyone else woudl find it useful, i'm going to add a load of you as friends and create a wave just to try stuff out in. Feel free to remove yourself from the wave or use it as you feel. Also feel free to add anyone else you think might want to be in on it
- Jamie Vidamour
Shockingly, I am robdiana@googlewave.com
- Rob Diana
Gasp! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm pavels.romanovskis@gmail or maybe pavels@googlewave.com please see which one works
- Павел Романовский
ajbatac@googlewave.com ;)
- AJ Batac
dahiicocuk@gmail.com thanks:)
- dahiçocuk
bcl.lee@googlewave.com
- Bryan Lee
jtyost2@googlewave.com
- Justin Yost
thehenrydandrea@googlewave.com
- TheHenry
m Q efeoge . com . tr
- Efe ÖGE
joshbegin
- Josh Begin
bluecockatoo@googlewave.com
- Her Lindsay-ness
keith.kleverideas for me.
- Keith Bennett
abrudtkuhl@googlewave.com
- andy brudtkuhl
I don't have one.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
yipwang@gmail.com if anybody wants to add me, perhaps someone can 'wave' me into a circle on wave? :P
- Wang Yip
nevski264a@googlewave.com
- outofmyarse
i'm: shaynorulz@gmail.com - the Kol rocks!
- shayne catrett
Thanks everyone.
- Kol Tregaskes
destek [at] afyonblog [dot] com
- mustafa03
ericloganvanman@googlewave.com Thx, Kol
- Eric Logan
chrisofspades at googlewave.com
- chrisofspades
I guess I'm kamilah.gill or kamilahgill. Where do I see it?
- Kamilah Gill
Add me to your google wave contacts and send me a wave hello jmnewhart@googlewave.com
- Jesse Newhart
Woo hoo!
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
Congratulations, Kol! :) If you come across anyone else with extra invites, let me know! :) jason (dot) a (dot) castillo at the gmail
- JA Castillo
osmanungur@googlewave.com dont hesitate about add me..
- Osman Üngür
scobleizer@googlewave.com
- Robert Scoble
monamail@googlewave.com :)
- Mona Nomura
alexishope@googlewave.com
- Alexis Hope
galtenbergs at same
- Christopher Galtenberg
ksheppardson
- Ken Sheppardson
faithx5@googlewave.com is me. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
zholmquist@googlewave.com
- Zach Holmquist
Added, thanks. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kamilah, you are kamilah.gill. You can find this if you click on yourself in the Contacts sidebar. You address (like everyone) is shown there.
- Kol Tregaskes
sewimsizbilgin@gmail.com
- sewimsizbilgin
emirhanizmir at gmail dot com thank you :)
- Nutella Ferrero (emirhan)
melihguney [at] gmail dot com thanx a lot
- Melih Güney
fatmazehra@gmail.com teşekkürler
- FZ
I am still needing one!
- Zachary TG
rmorrill@googlewave.com
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
The invite thread is here: http://ff.im/91M9R.
- Kol Tregaskes
vezquex@googlewave.com
- Vezquex: God of FF
Ok got you all loaded in to google wave - nice list thanks Kol! r/d
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
No worries. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
gdearing@googlewave.com
- George Dearing
I'd like to be invited : natoorenet@gmail.com
- MeŤi
Meti: http://ff.im/91M9R .. invites are not in this thread
- Wang Yip
libyano@gmail.com plz
- Saeed Ashour
Afcontact@gmail.com with my eternal recognition!
- Arnaud Fischer
from iPhone
lardissone@googlewave.com
- Leandro Ardissone ⍨
stevencains@googlewave.com
- Steven Cains
guilhermedarosa@gmail.com =(
- Guilherme da Rosa
mikefruchter@googlewave.com
- Mike Fruchter
trappermark@googlewave.com
- Mark Traphagen
jeffisageek@googlewave.com
- (jeff)isageek
donothaveanaccount@googlewave.com :(
- Mo Kargas
This thread is now live in an embedbed public wave in Google Wave.
- Kol Tregaskes
Patrick@googlewave.com
- Patrick
fatihkurtoglu@gmail.com
- M Fatih Kurtoglu
aksenova.katerina@gmail.com
- Prometa
Have someone placed invites in places like inviteshare.com?
- TrafficBug
impressive. :)
- Miguel Wickert- Pineiro
chicagorachelbaker@googlewave.com
- Rachel Baker
Thanks everyone.
- Kol Tregaskes
lukather77@googlewave.com
- Lorenzo Strambi
flexdaddy[at]googlewave.com
- Eric Price
google wave invitation zihnibabuz@gmail.com
- Zihni Babuz
I am at empoprises at googlewave dot com. And no, I do not have any invites.
- John E. Bredehoft
John, added you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
krynsky...on there.
- Mark Krynsky
johnacraft.com@googlewave.com
- John Craft
empty1
- Matt Thompson
ninthart at googlewave dot com
- Brad Brooks
Great!! Add me as well....haroldcabezas@googlewave.com Look forward to connecting there, I think Google Wave is great.
- Harold Cabezas
guilhermegom@googlewave.com
- guilherme
mine is here: http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d...
- onur özen
Thank you all.
- Kol Tregaskes
I need Wave invite :)
- Naceron
doubleletter@googlewave.com
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
zoolcar9@googlewave.com
- LouCypher
canuckmackem@googlewave.com
- Simon Tracey
kevin.j.gamble@googlewave.com
- Kevin Gamble
commenting from the embedded thread
- Mr. Gunn
fuk and i am still @gmail.com !!!!
- viki saigal
000.cacarr@googlewave.com Finally.
- Christopher A Carr
sniffle
- Karoli
Karoli: is that your google wave nick or are you sniffling? :)
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
I'm sniffling because I don't have a google wave nick. Despite two invites, there is still nothing in my inbox. I am not in with the in crowd. :(
- Karoli
Karoli -- It appears as if there's a batch of emails going out now. Keep checking.
- Christopher A Carr
thanks, I will!
- Karoli
hanten@googlewave.com
- Ben Hanten
john.worthington.aac@googlewave.com
- Johnny Worthington
I still don't have an invite :/ mattb4rd@gmail.com
- Mattb4rd
finally got my wave! :-) qtbrowneyes☺googlewave
- browneyes
YAY!!!! I'm wavin' at you! karoli.kuns@googlewave.com
- Karoli
I am vimoh.writer
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
<- Waves hello! :) I'm at holger.eilhard@googlewave.com
- Holger Eilhard
hello holger, can you pls send me invite? fatihkurtoglu@gmail.com
- M Fatih Kurtoglu
Invite came today! I'm jalada@googlewave.com. As part of the second/third 'Wave' of people getting invites looks like I don't get any to share out.
- Jalada
M Fatih Kurtoglu: Sorry, I don't yet have any nominations to give out...
- Holger Eilhard
I'm brominet at google, dot com.
- Brome
jvjannotti@googlewave.com
- Jim Hearts FF
Hey, I'm in too ! :)) tagyboy@googlewave.com
- fwed
Just got my invite this morning as well. FF embed seems to be working fine. I've tried the Wolfram Alpha robot but didn't get it to work yet.
- François Dongier
Thanks, Kol. Nice list.
- Wins Fern
librarysupporter@googlewave.com in my wave. :)
- MLx
Glad to see more and more people getting in. What we're waiting for is proper group support (a few weeks hopefully) then let the games begin! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Anyone have a spare google wave invite to send to me? email me at zaldor at gmail ! TY!
- Les Zaldor
that is a test from the wave that has this thread embedded.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Hey cool, Nathalie. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
how does one find that thread within wave?
- Jim Hearts FF
Search for the term "friendfeed", you might have to put "with:public friendfeed"
- Kol Tregaskes
Mine is OH WAIT I DON'T HAVE ONE >:(
- Danny Minick
please send one! + strefrextor %& gmail /( com =?
- Musa
If I had wave I would add you, but seeing as I don't, I won't :(
- Simon Doyle
from Nambu
woland783
- Alessandro
i'm francois.dongier in googlewave as in gmail
- François Dongier
eclips115@googlewave.com
- Lindsey is Fierce!
markwilson12@googlewave.com
- Mark Wilson
seanloyless@googlewave.com
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
amyb1961@ - oh wait, that's right, I don't HAVE it yet!
- Amy℠
avandos08@googlewave.com
- Harold
jasonw22@googlewave.com
- Jason Wehmhoener
tlhote@googlewave.com
- Thierry Lhôte
jmortonscott
- Jason
this is great!
- Kenyth
Phew! I've just added y'all above [hope you don't mind :)] I'm adrianglave at googlewave dot com :)
- 1x29
rowlikeagirl{at}googlewave. com. Whew, I just added all the contacts here. That wasn't too tedious!
- rowlikeagirl
ronin.ben@googlewave.com
- ronin
susan.beebe@googlewave.com :)
- Susan Beebe
svartling@googlewave.com Please add me? :)
- Svartling
I'll have some juice as well yannrs@googlewave.com
- Yann Ropars
I see there are lots or new people on Wave. Keep em coming. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
orchid8@googlewave.com
- Sarah is Novembery
jimminyfuller@googlewave.com
- Jimminy
sedairenguozmen@googlewave.com
- seda irengü özmen
adrianculici@googlewave.com
- Adrian
quackofdawn@googlewave.com
- Quackofdawn
Waving from GWave.
- Wins Fern
brodiebeta@googlewave.com =)
- Brodie Beta
pascal.sijen@googlewave.com
- Pascal Sijen
ancyru8 [at] googlewave.com Finally got myself an account!
- Andrew Trinh
krz9000 [@] googlewave.com
- Chris Hofmann
Mine is mrfabbri@googlewave.com
- Marco Fabbri
I am bhowmik[at]googlewave[dot]com.
- Bhowmik Shah
laura.botts [at] googlewave.com
- Laura B.
sarper [at] googlewave.com
- Sarper Sılaoğlu
al86shaw [at] googlewave.com
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
ryan.hirsch [at] googlewave.com
- Ryan
tosh54 [at] googlewave.com
- Peter Hoffmann
laura.norvig@googlewave.com
- Laura Norvig
Im not begging for one ,,,,
- johnpiercy
I will as soon as I get one WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
- Martha
banane@googlewave.com <-- writing this from wave. neat!
- anna sauce
marco.nunez@googlewave - FINALLY! like i said on twitter - i feel like the kid who got a nintendo 1 christmas too late when everyone had already beaten super mario bros!
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
denise.straessler@googlewave - stupid me had no idea i wouldn't be able to select a different name .....
- denise
Thanks everyone! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
kendrak@googlewave.com
- Kendra K
rjccviii -at- gmail dawt com
- Richard Lawler
mdfidler [at] googlewave [dot] com
- Michael Fidler
Arnaud dot Fischer at gmail dot com if anybody is happy to share an invite with me... Thanks so much!
- Arnaud Fischer
from iPhone
mine is bansode@googlewave.com
- Gaurav Bansode
I'm allanpartridge@googlewave.com ... feel free to add me too (boring talking to self)
- Brandon
diegomorelli76@googlewave.com
- diego morelli
m.furkantunali@googlewave.com
- Furkan Tunalı
churchsg
- Sally Church
subject.zero@googlewave.com
- Danny F Santos
fredcy@googlewave.com
- Fred Yankowski
Lots more, cool! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
tapiokulmala@googlewave.com
- Tapio Kulmala
george.moga@googlewave.com
- George Moga
activescott@googlewave.com
- scott willeke
glemak (at) etc...
- mike "glemak" dunn
bjmccormick [at] googlewave [dot] com
- rotarychainsaw
genetwilliams on the wave
- Gene Williams
asif328462@googlewave.com
- Asif
quantum.yorkie@googlewave.com
- Moved to Facebook
chacha102@googlewave.com
- Tyler (Chacha)
I really don't feel like adding 200 people my my contacts...
- Tyler (Chacha)
I only have three contacts so far, feel free to add me so I'm not so lonely =) jon.with.no.h.leibowitz
- Jon
dzinrgeek@googlewave.com
- amarquart
Well, there are quite a few people already! Mine is catalani.ryan [at googlewave dot com].
- Ryan - @magicofpi
s.velcam02@googlewave.com ;)
- Sergio Vela Camacho
daryl.hunt@googlewave.com
- Daryl Hunt on FF
nothing@googlewave.com. To everybody: Can some one offer me Wave?
- Nitin Nanivadekar
I want it too omikheev@gmail.com
- Kaspar Minosiants
i am eugenemah@googlewave.com
- Imabug
startoestudio@googlewave.com
- Martha
omgplzstfukthx@googlewave.com :-D
- April Russo (app103)
richij@googlewave.com
- Richi Jennings
niguel.valley@googlewave.com
- Valley
Is there a compiled list of search strings for GoogleWave? It will be very helpful as the number of waves increase in inbox
- Wins Fern
gladstone@googlewave.com
- Gladstone
@Wins Fern: some of them are presented here: http://smarterware.org/3729...
- George Moga
solymos.gellert@googlewave.com bernadett.csajbi@googlewave.com
- SoGo
Well, I finally got to surf the Wave experience. Currently drowning. bubbleofneon@googlewave.com
- Mark H
Cool, Mark! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
ciropellegrino at gmail.com :)
- ciro pellegrino
i have no idea. lol. i think it's izacharytg@googlewave.com
- Zachary TG
Yes, kevendones@googlewave.com :)
- Keven
i'm suezanne at googlewave.com
- SuezanneC Baskerville
logicalextremes@googlewave.com
- LogEx
ersinkoc@googlewave.com
- Ersin KOÇ
soner.gonul@googlewave.com
- ★ Soner Gönül
yonderus@googlewave.com
- Yusuf Önder Us
minmax2k [at] googlewave [dot] com
- Mark Jepsen
In case there is still someone with spare invitations: piotr.byzia at gmail.com
- Piotr Byzia
walt i tried to add you but it says your address is invalid :(
- mike "glemak" dunn
Finally made it on to Wave, add me and say hello - azs.gmu@googlewave.com
- Aram Zucker-Scharff
ivanfilios@googlewave.com
- Iván Abrego
Wow. Thanks Kol!!! Here's mine for all ya'll to add - walt.ruppar@googlewave.com - although I just added like 150 of the above. While also deleting my pity pleads for an invite... ;-)
- Walt Ruppar
shedali@googlewave.com
- Franz Sittampalam
Terror@googlewave.com Add me!
- Yiğit
andyzweb@googlewave.com
- Andrew Euell
emrephalanx@googlewave.com
- Emre BAHADIR
gardnerscot@googlewave.com - Scot Gardner
- Scot Gardner
micahbear78@googlewave.com
- MicahBear78
aleahey@gwave.com
- Andrew Leahey
Got mine...thank you Trish...Now what?...lol...wheslin@googlewave.com
- Bill Heslin
rss.ems@googlewave.com
- Rıza Selçuk Saydam
robertfreeze@googlewave.com
- Robert Freeze
fatihkurtoglu@googlewave.com
- M Fatih Kurtoglu
marybaumcreative@googlewave.com -- Thanks, Trish!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
nzbuu1 [at] googlewave [dot] com
- James Myatt
dtp [dawt] jer [at] googlewave [dawt] com
- Jeremy
I'm mightyfib(at)googlewave(dot)com Please feel free to add me.. :o)
- Jeannette Høvring
Thanks, George. The list is getting longer. Wow.
- Wins Fern
dannyrowley@googlewave.com
- Daniel Rowley
ajkohn2006@googlewave.com
- AJ Kohn
oceangray.net@googlewave.com
- Muhammet K. (oceangray)
voxefx@googlewave.com
- Vox
pengwen.not.penguin@googlewave.com
- Parvez Halim
Terry is recruiting for a help desk supervisor for a 24x7 globally operating IT org near Detroit. who do you know??
A friend and fellow podcaster, Derek Coward (@derekcoward) :)
- Les Zaldor
Companies with great customer service (seriously, not sarcastically):
Kol Tregaskes, Alfredo, Darren Heydon and 13 other people liked this
I'll start with a few that I've experienced over the past few weeks. Could be because they resolved an issue or they were just friendly and helpful.
- joey
Outlaw Audio
- Alex Scoble
Amazon.
- joey
Sephora. They will make you samples of anything and always remind you of their great return policy.
- joey
Miller Paint. Great consultation, took the time to address my issues and recommend great contractors.
- joey
Disqus...
- ffcode
strange why such few word posts get so many comments...
- ffcode
The Rite-Aid in the Factoria area of Bellevue, WA. An employee couldn't find what I was looking for but after I gave up she kept looking and tracked me down in the store to give it to meyee
- joey
Pharmaca.
- Rochelle
Apple.
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
T-Mobile. They're not my carrier any more, but when they were every time I called I got the best service.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Ditch-Witch
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Microsoft. It costs, but they are dedicated to fixing my problems.
- Alex Scrivener
T-mobile, excellent customer service, best i've had from any mobile carrier!
- Les Zaldor
These are good to hear. Two votes for T-Mobile, wow.
- joey
Pottery Barn/Williams-Sonoma
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
zappos
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Bren, what about Sleep Number?!
- Rochelle
Amway Global and USAA
- Craig Eddy
pea, Zappos is a great one!
- joey
I love sharing this because it's just so genius to me but from what I understand, Zappos will actually offer an incentive to their trainees. Big deal, you say. Difference being that they offer money for people to LEAVE their training program. They figure anyone who takes the money and runs just wouldn't fit in with the company and their philosophy. I love that.
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Companies don't provide customer service, people do.
- Steve
Companies can prioritize and develop customer service as a value of their culture. They can also create policies that empower people to provide customer service or they can create policies that don't.
- joey
Perhaps, Fanman, but those people wouldn't have jobs without the companies for which they work. So imagine the question worded thus: "which companies hire, train, and nurture the best cs people?" and then contribute something more useful than a semantics lesson. :)
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Amazon, Sephora and Zappos have all been said but those are the top three for me. And personally, AT&T has always been perfect to me - they've been my mobile carrier since 2001 and I've never had a problem with their service at all, even when I got the $500+ phone bill and they kindly credited $300+ back due to some crazy issues...
- Miriella
Sorry, not meant to be a semantics lesson. I take personal satisfaction in the customer service I am able to provide within an environment that does lend itself well towards that experience. My company talks a good game, but does not necessarily provide the back end resources to actually deliver on those promises. I take customer service as a personal responsibility and do everything in my power to ensure a quality transaction. *realizes this is off topic* I have always loved Cabela's.
- Steve
Rochelle: indeed, for the most part, our cs is very good!
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Fanman, I think it's respectable that you take it as a personal responsibility even if your company doesn't provide you what you need. Good on you, seriously. People like that make my days much nicer.
- joey
Sorry i snapped prematurely, Fanman! I just get annoyed with people (including me, sometimes) turning useful conversations into grammar/spelling/semantics lessons... I took your post that way in error, my bad!
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Scott, what I like best about them is that I can return items that don't fit at no cost to me, so it's no risk if I see something cute that ends up not fitting.
- joey
One year from purchase :) With free shipping both ways.
- joey
Patterson Dental (yeah... that's really only beneficial information for people who order supplies for dental offices). >.>
- PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK
Saturn was great when I bought my first car, sorry to see them go.
- Friday Lo is Friday!
Penguin, still good to know. I'm listing out little specialty shops. I just thought we could all throw some love around :)
- joey
I always give praise to the agent on the other end of the line. They hear crap all day so I do my part to lift their spirits.
- Russellreno
Applica Consumer Affairs (the customer service company for George Foreman grills) treated me extremely well when I needed info about my outdoor grill.
- Curtiss Grymala
GoDaddy.
- Garin Kilpatrick
Oh, and obviously @rackspace.
- Curtiss Grymala
Once I got to the right people, HP had really good customer service, but the three or four levels of guys asking "Have you tried turning the computer off and then on again?" that I had to go through before getting to the helpful people were a little frustrating.
- Curtiss Grymala
T-mobile - terrific
- Matthew DeVries
Nob Hill (they still carry groceries to your car)
- Rodfather
Nob Hill has the best sugar cookies.
- CW™
Dish Network customer service Rocks! I've been a customer for 10 years and they consistently provide good service whenever I call them for help.
- Jeff P. Henderson
This is my first day on the internet!!
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WELCOME TO AOL!
- Steven Perez
And this starts your lifetime of spam ;) Welcome to the intarwebs! ;)
- Les Zaldor
hello i'm from nigeria, can and want your account information to give you my remains.
- Joshua Hatfield
You can't really tell that I'm a dog, on the internet.
- anna sauce
:D Wheeee!
- Josh Haley
My thumbs hurt from playing Zombie Apocalypse all night on the Playstation. Yes, I'm that cool. #nerd
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Great game, been playing it with @bigshow on Tuesday nights, ya should join us!
- Les Zaldor
Are you a Playstation friend of mine? I can't remember. If not, add me. My PSN ID is (shockingly) Kymberlie.
- Kymberlie R. McGuire
I've had it up to --> here <-- with AT&T. I have the money to jump back to Verizon (including the early termination fee for AT&T). Should I? What smartphones are there on Verizon that don't suck?
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I'm interested in the answers. Tho I'm an Apple fan, I still haven't gone iPhone because I'm not going ATT. Of course, what I'd really like to see is American consumers getting the freedom Europeans have - to choose our hardware separate from our providers, to not be charged for *incoming* calls...
- Spidra Webster
That's the problem with Verizon. Unless you want some WinMo crappiness or a Crackberry, you're SOL when it comes to smart phones. Plus, don't ever travel overseas...
- Kevin Pedraja
Blackberry Tour. That's about it.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Requirements: Good app availability, GPS, camera, media playback, SDK. Disqualifications: Windows Mobile, Blackberry. Anything that relies solely on the Verizon store software.
- Jason Huebel
What exactly are you fed up with? Do you think threatening them with cancelling will help?
- Lindsey is Fierce!
If you wait a couple months VZW will have a few Android phones.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
That's the thing... I've been telling myself to wait until the end of the year to switch, but I'm /really/ tired of AT&T at this point. I've got the itch to switch.
- Jason Huebel
from IM
i have a tour on verizon (work) it's pretty sweet (but i also have an iphone on att which is my personal cell)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
My Verizon Blackberry Curve (work) does what I need it to do. I can even access Active Directory. I am sure - as you make any move towards a phone decision, the next day Apple with offer the IPhone on Verizon. :) I look forward to that day too.
- Mike Nencetti
Here's what I think is going to happen. iPhone's going to open up to other carriers and tens of thousands of AT&T users are going to bolt, thus improving the speed and reliability of their network. Hey, a guy can dream can't he?
- Jim Hearts FF
Wait until the end of this month, Verizon & Google just announced a partnership, and are going to have quite a few Android phones - the Motorola 'Droid looks very cool
- Les Zaldor
AT&T is much more expensive regarding family plans than others I have looked at. I have no problem giving up my iPhone, not like it's "cool" anymore anyways.
- Spencer
don't do it. AT&T does suck though.
- Thomas Hawk
@Thomas, it's really not a matter of IF I'll do it. It's more a matter of WHEN. I'm leaving AT&T at some point. I have terrible service where I live-- which is also my place of business. So I have to move off of AT&T to a provider with good service. My wife has Verizon, which works perfectly at our home (and is what I moved off of when I got my iPhone). If there will be new Android...
more...
- Jason Huebel
AT&T does suck, but it's the only way to get the iPhone (for now) in CA at least and the phone itself is pretty damn good.
- Thomas Hawk
from iPhone
Cash4gold: 10 Confessions Of A Cash4Gold Employee - http://consumerist.com/5144296...
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And this is what @mchammer is supporting now? Please Hammer say it isn't so!
- Les Zaldor
Been watching Cash4Gold and noticed they just put this out: http://www.cash4gold.com/newspr...
- AJK
Playstation 3 Slim launched just now. Ok, I´m getting the PS3 again.
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Had one, loved the console, hated the design, sold it (happily for more than I paid because of the rising demand), and thought about getting it again as soon as it came in slim.
- Thomas Bøhm
On the other hand the old one will be pricedropped from tomorrow on... The new one is here the first week of September at EUR 299 in Europe.
- Thomas Bøhm
Also, I don´t have a bluray player so that increases the Wife Acceptancy Factor (though I have been fanatical about removing space consuming plastic media from my home).
- Thomas Bøhm
Mine died...they say the new one consumes less power, so if that's a factor, you might wanna wait the two weeks for the new one to show up. I'm scouring the interwebs to find an official picture and failing.
- Derrick
I literally JUST bought a PS3 like 3 weeks ago.
- James Ferguson
@James: Oops.. :-/ @Derrick: These guys promised an official picture of it as soon as they got through the crowd to the press room (Norwegian site): http://www.dagbladet.no/spill...
- Thomas Bøhm
@James So did I - bought it a little over 1 month ago! I had a feeling the price would be dropping too! :(
- Les Zaldor
Derrick, it's on Engadget right now: http://www.engadget.com/2009...
- Chieze Okoye
w00t! Thanks.
- Derrick
A lot more subtle and discreet design. And does not look like a pregnant alien spaceship in the living room anymore.
- Thomas Bøhm
This is pretty awesome news, btw. As a current PS3 owner it hurts slightly because the new people are getting a smaller, sleeker, much better looking console for cheaper than I did. On the plus side (and this is a huge plus side) there will now be a crapton of people on PSN and multiplayer games should get a good boost. 8^) EDIT: I'm most excited that more people will get to experience the awesomeness of Fat Princess! 8^D
- Chieze Okoye
Gotta love improvements in the manufacturing process.
- Chieze Okoye
Don't seem to see anything on any e-tailer sites about them having it for sale. September is right around the corner. EDIT: I spoke too soon, it's on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/PlaySta...
- Derrick
Any webshop in Europe yet ?
- Thomas Bøhm
Maybe Amazon Germany? I seem to remember that being one of the sites that engadget saw it pop up on while they were covering news of the at-the-time rumor.
- Chieze Okoye
Amazon.co.uk has it on pre-order for £249. I'm seriously tempted. My wife wouldn't be pleased though.
- Paul Grav
Mine neither. But sometimes I manage to slip things into the house unnoticed. That´s why I had to wait for the slim matte one;)
- Thomas Bøhm
Les Paul dead at 94--Thank you Les--We love you. - http://consequenceofsound.net/2009...
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He played the Iridium Ballroom EVERY Monday night--wouldn't be surprised to hear that he played his gig 3 days ago. http://iridiumjazzclub.com/talent...
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
from Bookmarklet
Bummer!
- Dave Hodson
Beautiful, beautiful, guitars. Will be missed.
- mikepk
RIP
- ThenWang
Oh wow. :(
- Derrick
:(
- Wirehead
:(
- WorldofHiglet
Sorry to hear this. He was a giant.
- Greg GuitarBuster
Wow...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
oh no :( R.I.P. Les Paul! Thanks for making amazing music and instruments that changed the world!
- Anna Lynn M.
A tremendous example for us all. Well done, Lester.
- surf guitar
A sad day. One of the greats.
- Gilbert Harding
If you know who Les Paul was, then you know what Rock and Roll is.
- Joe
RIP, Les.
- Jason Huebel
another great Les has passed away...
- Les Zaldor
Aw man... what a legacy.
- Josh Haley
My first run through college I was a music major and I practically lived in the recording studio at school and then later on at several professional studios (a story for another time)...anyway the curriculum i was in was based on Mr. Paul's and his wife's multitrack recording techniques and innovations. I consider myself very fortunate to have seen Les Paul live on several occasions. His death is a huge blow to the industry. RIP Les Paul.
- Carlos Ayala
It really is impossible to exaggerate Les' importance.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
A "fish taco" just sounds so unappetizing.
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Agree
- Soup
And yet they are so delicious.
- Andrew
I've never actually tried one. It just sounds unappetizing. And that's coming from someone who loves trying new foods. Maybe when I have the oppurtunity I'll give it a try.
- Andrew Dobrow
They can be very good, though. Especially with some nicely grilled tilapia.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
WHA?? Fish tacos are heaven.
- Ayşe E.
I hear this all time time, but as someone who grew up in San Diego with neighbors from Baja, that just means more for me. :)
- Derrick
Derrick, do they make tacos with fried cod in San Diego? I've had that here in Dallas. It seemed weird, but it wasn't bad.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
I don't know if they used cod, they used whatever they caught out in the ocean. I loved going down the Rosarita Beach and camping out with my Mexican neighbors. They'd also catch fresh lobster, split it in half and just throw it on the grill with fresh tortillas and virgin margaritas (hey, I was twelve).
- Derrick
love fish tacos. but not fried. I don't like fried anything in a taco.
- jbrotherlove
I've never had one either. This is unsurprising given I don't eat fish or, really, anything from the sea
- Soup
Agreed. I love fish and love tacos, but the thought of them together is wholly gack-inducing.
- Christian (Simply X)
They are the best thing on the planet. Maybe you've been doing them wrong? Add more lime!
- Josh Haley
It's something about the taco shell mixed with seafood. I dunno, I can't place it. It just seems so wrong.
- Andrew Dobrow
Andrew, I've never had one with a taco shell. They're always soft tacos. Often corn. NOMNOMNOM
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
*doesn't remember the last time he had a taco shell*
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
That still seems like an odd mix to me. I guess it's just something I'd have to try.
- Andrew Dobrow
Fish tacos are terrific. http://www.wahoos.com/index...
- Robert Kenney
I love fish tacos when I'm on the coast and it's fresh fish, but I'm not too sure about this LJS fish taco :/
- Tsali, The Native of FF
The LJS tacos are exactly what I was referring to.
- Andrew Dobrow
Andrew, did you just watch "I Love You Man"?
- Rubin Sfadj
HA! No, but it is on my Netflix queue. Should I look for a fish taco reference?
- Andrew Dobrow
Ah, the LJS tacos... I haven't been brave enough to try them. Come to think of it, I haven't been brave enough to eat at a LJS in years. My kids used to love those little crispy bits of extra batter.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Indeed.
- Rubin Sfadj
OK, I see the problem here... Traditional fish tacos are NOT made with a crunchy shell. They are usually made with 2 flimsy corn tortillas. Flour can be substituted, but only for pansies. The other ingredients besides the blackened or fried fish are usually cabbage or lettuce and a spicy tartar sauce or salsa and lime juice. That's it. Does it sound better now?
- Josh Haley
Honestly, yes it does. The hybrid of the two foods though just sounds so bizarre. But I'm willing to try anything. The Long John Silver commercial just sort of turns me off.
- Andrew Dobrow
The LJS fish tacos are an abomination and should be outlawed. Real fish tacos = finely chopped grilled white fish of choice with chopped onions, loads of cilantro (at least, in my world), and lime juice on corn tortillas. Quite the tasty (and now I want some!)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Yeah, Long John Silvers is not a good comparison by any stretch. I think they grind up trolls or something. and Hi Tina!
- Josh Haley
If I ever have a fish taco, it sounds like it should not be from a fast food joint. I'll have to seek out a decent one. Or attempt to make one myself.
- Andrew Dobrow
Del Taco sells Fish Tacos, never had one myself though. But reminds me of a song I heard on ep50 of @theolinezrashow !
- Les Zaldor
Shot of me having water balloon burst during the toss at picnic today
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Doh! But on the plus side: yay for picnics!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
especially company funded ones ;)
- Les Zaldor
Those are the best kinds of picnics! :D
- Mark Wilson
Wahoo! yer all wet. :P
- Elizabeth
Just got off the phone with St. Martin's. Topic: 7th Son: Descent. We fully intend to make this book a fucking hit. Are YOU with us?
That is awesome news - I know i'm with ya - 7th Son deserves to be a "fucking hit"!
- Les Zaldor
@beer_guy Is there any "common" beers without malt? I just found out I'm allergic to malt.
Allergic to malt, or wheat/gluten?
- Les Zaldor
Malt
- Mike Wills
from iPod
Gmail and other Google Apps ‘Out of Beta’ - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
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About time!
- James Hague
So does this mean that Google will no longer add beta features? or is the 'beta' tag just that, a tag?
- Les Zaldor
I was wondering when they were going to iron out all of the kinks. Only took them 5 years... :)
- Steve Sill
@Les no no, many more beta features to come
- Zee.
lol, I seriously JUST posted about this in my friendfeed and in the Apps feed.
- Chieze Okoye
josh, like say for instance, 'labs' ;)
- Chieze Okoye
@zaldor Not planning on killing CatFish Show - maybe even a few episodes coming soon
that's a big relief! I miss hearing Cat! :)
- Les Zaldor
@zaldor thanks - but It's not a podfade - it's a killing... read www.bobgoyetche.com
true - I guess I was being nice about ya killing off mostlytunes.com ;) what's next, Catfish show? *gasp!*
- Les Zaldor
Cube spotted. http://twitpic.com/9p6qv.
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You will be assimilated
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I saw one last week. They just as ugly in person as they are on the internet.
- Aaron Hood
I saw a Cube this past weekend parked near Peabody's in Cleveland - It sure stands out!
- Les Zaldor
First Look: Google Wave - http://www.winsupersite.com/RoadBlo...
This might be something to watch later this year. Looks interesting!
- Les Zaldor
For those not near a Sonic, this is what a footlong Coney and an Ocean Water look like. NOM!
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DO. WANT.
- Mona Nomura
Sonic is pretty good. I love that they sell tater tots and my daughters love to go and "drive in"
- Bill Rawlinson
GRRRRRRR... not my picks from Sonic, but thanks just the same for rubbing it in that they don't exist anywhere at all in CA.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
My Ocean Water was sub-par: this location doesn't put enough blue coconut syrup in it. But it's my traditional Coney beverage, so I had to get it. I've been eating this same meal for 15 years now, starting at the Governor's School when we'd walk to the Sonic in Hartsville.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I miss Sonic. And Chick-fil-a. And Steak n Shake.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Tease
- Louis Gray
I specifically asked for tater tots with this. *disappointed*
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Do they have Sonic on my Lose It! weight loss app on my iPhone. *sad bitchlips*
- Derrick
So is it 3 to 1 for unhealthy to healthy lunch pictures? lol
- CAJ, somewhere else
Never been to Sonic. They don't exist near me in Jersey
- Bryan Penczak
Oh no, not a tease at all: I ate every bit of it ;-)
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Sonic's Texas Toast Grill Cheeses are the best.
- Matthew
Their cherry limeade is one of my all-time favorite beverages, so good!! I realize looking at the pic that everyone can see my scribbly work notes. Pay no mind to those Notes doc IDs, 'kay?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I've made sweet love to the breakfast burrito combo many a nights and mornings!!
- Lokei Atikus™®
My wife would shoot you for that right now.... but we are getting to go to one when we go to Dover for the race later this month.
- Jeff Quinton
So *that's* what a footlong Coney is! Damn, I have some apologising to do...
- Andy Bold
The only thing that would make that better would be their onion rings.
- Alex Scoble
We need Sonics closer to us here in Jersey. Wah.
- Great Scott!
Sadly, I don't care for their onion rings, and the tots are only good IMO with chili and cheese. I have a rule about only eating one chili-cheese coated item per meal, so it's always fries (dipped in BBQ sauce) with my Coney.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Yeah, I could see how you could dislike their onion rings since they taste like donut batter, but I find the taste simply irresistible...like crack in the shape of an onion ring.
- Alex Scoble
+@ha3rvey on the tots! When I was a tot myself, Sonic used to have these really cool little plastic animals they'd put on the kid drink lid/straw. My favorite was the red monkey with the curly tail.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
They should stack onion rings on the foot long then deep fry it in peanut oil.
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
Alex, I'm a picky bitch when it comes to onion rings. I don't like them in any kind of heavy or corn meal based batter. Thin batter only, the lighter the better.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina's got nothing to worry about: the biggest tease, when it comes to Sonic, is that like 50% of all the TV commercials are for EFing Sonic. WTF is that all about. Talk about a broken marketing model.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Yum. Luckily I just had enchiladas at Chuys, so I am immune to wanting this ... sorta :)
- Patrick Jordan
Brings back memories of sitting in line on opening day of the first Sonic in Michigan about 1 year ago! Gotta love Sonic! :)
- Les Zaldor
ugh . . . you're killing me. i haven't been to Sonic in years. I think the closest one is like 40 mins though. Might have to make the journey
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I just have a new Sonic that opened in Ashland. I'm there!
- Mike Lewis
As an aside, I really need to thank my parents for my metabolism... Good thin they're coming over for dinner tonight!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
+@Lindsey road trips for awesome fast food FTW
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
What does Ocean Water taste like, Tina?
- Laura B.
Ocean Water is Sprite with blue coconut syrup mixed in. Quite tasty when done properly.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Its times like these that I wish I could hit Like more than once.
- Russell Holliman
I tried Sonic for the first time a few weeks ago and the burger was excellent. Later I went online to check calorie counts on a hunch --- OMG.
- Fred Yankowski
mmm I'll take a Cherry Limeade, please! :)
- holly
Cranberry Limeade is pretty good, too.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Mmm Cherry Limeade!! What IS an ocean water, what does it taste like?
- Trish Benningfield
Ocean Water is Sprite with Blue Coconut flavor syrup added to it.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
im drinking a grape slush as we speak :)
- (jeff)isageek
Just checked, there's one 28 miles away... Maybe while out on a "Sunday" drive...?
- Ron Thompson
Love the chili cheese tots. Also, every time I go I get a different shot of flavor for my soda. Grape-flavored coke, watermelon-flavored root beer. Lemon and lime flavored coke is so good!
- Alisha Vargas
Oh, and they do have them in California. There are several around Sacramento and I know of one down 99 in Modesto. I think I've seen them in LA too.
- Alisha Vargas
There are some around LA, but not in it. That I've found.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
We only have one or two Sonics in Minneapolis, but the first one is only a few miles from me. I've got a hankerin for a Coney and a Cherry Limeade right now... :-)
- Rick Kaiser
Verizon MiFi 2200 review - http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009...
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Funny thing, I was just talking this morning about something like this being available! Now I want for T-mobile!
- Les Zaldor
Isn't Sprint opening up the 4G network this summer? Still, like this idea a *lot*!!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
I've got an app for the TMobile G1 that turns the phone into a WiFi hotspot. Drains the battery and heats up the phone, but it does work.
- J Wynia
so you can use it to make popcorn while you're streaming Hulu :-)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
WANT!!!
- Susan Beebe
Tempting. Sprint will have this later and have the option to include this in their Simply Everything plan for $150/mo. That's a phone with unlimited minutes + data along with the MiFi with 5GB/mo cap. Doubt I'll do that though.
- Rodfather
AWESOME! The electric company just gave me an electronic thermostat that can be controlled over the internet for free, with free install as well!
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Yes, but was it FREE?
- Mattie Kenny
FREE FREE FREE FREE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I'd be worried about security. What if DYSP were to hack your thermostat? :)
- Ontario Emperor
He would, that rat bastard.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
The lady at the camera shop would say that how "they" are out to spy on you.
- Anika
So, now Big Brother will decide, for you, at what temperature your own home should be? No thanks.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
WHOA!
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Big Brother can already (thanks to the "stimulus" bill) decide for your doctor how he/she can/should treat you, so why not? I mean, Big Brother knows best, apparently.
- Craig Eddy
Pshh, okay tin foil hat wearers, simmer down. The internet control is only for my use, plus it'll be nice to have a programmable thermostat. I need to squeeze every last cent out of my electric bill.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Who is doing the controlling, you or the electric company?
- Rochelle
The fine print, from the mailer: "When demand for electricity is at its highest, Peak Saver participants agree to let CPS Energy remotely access their central air conditioners to cycle compressors off for short periods of time - about 10 mins each half-hour - from 3pm - 7pm M - F only during peak demand months."
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Now they have another excuse to raise your rates!
- Paul
So can we take the tin foil hats off now, Sean?
- Craig Eddy
If this were Houston and I was dealing with Reliant energy, I might agree. CPS is a lot better.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
So they turn it off, right?
- Michelle Martinez
What kind of Thermostat can you control via internet? I want one!
- Les Zaldor
Only 10 mins p/half hour, which won't make a difference anyway. Currently I haven't even been running it at all, and during the summer my ceiling fans do most of the work. They do not control the temperature settings, only the cycling.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Here's an article I found about the program: http://www.achrnews.com/Article...
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I would kill anyone who tried to touch my thermostats during the summer.
- Joey Gibson
From CPS's page: http://www.cpsenergy.com/About_C...
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I'm not normally a tin foil hat wearer, but I don't want my power company even slightly touching my AC in the summer in Texas. What if they manage to eff it up? I don't know know about CPS, but TXU is 100% pure suck.
- Michelle Martinez
Ugh Michelle, I know. I switched from Reliant to TXU for a few months before I left Houston, and they were cheaper but SO much worse. I'm really not worried about it. I can still set the thing to 65 degrees if I want and they can't control it, only turn it off twice during times when I'm not normally in the home in the first place. It needs to be noted that this is only during "Peak" conditions and may not even happen every day during those months.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Oh, I see. I am normally home all day and turning the AC off for even 10 minutes in this piece of crap duplex would be a nightmare.
- Michelle Martinez
I understand completely. I've got ceiling fans in every room, plus plenty of trees to provide shade for the house so it doesn't get very hot here anyway. I'm also fairly warm-natured anyway (you saw how I shivered even in 65 degree weather) so typically my A/C doesn't dip below 75 in the first place, usually closer to 78-80.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I'd rather buy my own that only I can control
- Lindsey is Fierce!
WE BRING THE POWER!
- Geoff Schultz
Nice!!!
- Nia
I don't mess with another man's thermostat, thankyouverymuch. :D
- Steven Perez
Oh, and make sure that thing is secured.
- Steven Perez
They offer this in California, but the electric company (PG&E) actually CONTROLS your thermostat during times of heavy electrical use when there's strain on the grid. Because it's apparently our fault that California and the energy companies are too f'ing lame to expand the infrastructure along with the massive amounts of housing they keep allowing to accumulate here...
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Yea, but can it post temperature updates to FriendFeed?
- Mark Krynsky
Finally got the call for the installation, 3 months later!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I just discovered that Robert Palmer died. I may be a bit behind on my news reading.
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Yer gonna have to face it, you're not addicted to news.
- Kevin Pedraja
Dude! That was 6 years ago. BREAKING NEWS: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria assassinated!
- Mark Wilson
I had no idea he was dead either.
- Anika
Ha, me neither.
- Michelle Martinez
There was a really sick recurring meme on Fark, where at least once a day someone would post "Weird Al's Parents have died", for like 8 years after they died.
- Matthew DeVries
Mark: Really? This means war!
- Kevin Fox
In that case there is probably surprising news about the president of the USA.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Uh oh, what have I started?
- Mark Wilson
Breaking: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
- Steve Lowe
I would have been more impressed if Franco had risen from the dead to wreak havoc. That's the kind of dictator I can get behind!
- Mark Wilson
Zombie Franco: name for a band or a character in a bad mafia movie?
- Steve Lowe
Lemme get ya a more current death, Dom Delouise passed away earlier this week, now ya don't have to find out 6 yrs from now ;)
- Les Zaldor
Never mind. Everybody thought Dom Delouise was already gone for six years...
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
I admit I didn't believe you about Robert Palmer being dead till I checked it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Adewale Oshineye
I must have missed that news too in 2003.
- Jill Hurst-Wahl
With a name like this... I knew Robert Palmer had died. It would be wrong not to have been up-to-date on that one.
- Rich Palmer
What killed him, did he have any addictions?
- Matthew DeVries
He was addicted to spuds. O. No. Crap. That was Weird Al Yankovic. I heard his parents have died, by the way.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Ruud: I heard he found them simply irresistible.
- Kevin Fox
Too much funniness on FF today. I giggled for a full minute after reading Kevin P.'s comment!
- Jeanette Bosman
@Jeanette, He He He, me too!
- Travis Koger
crap, I didn't realise Dom had died on monday. Odd, I had a hankering for watching cannonball run last night too :S
- alphaxion
Dom Deluise Dies | TMZ.com - http://www.tmz.com/2009...
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"We've just learned that Dom DeLuise -- who starred in such classics as "The Cannonball Run" and "Blazing Saddles" and was the voice of Pizza the Hutt in "Spaceballs" -- died last night in a Los Angeles hospital. We're told he passed away peacefully in his sleep at around 6 PM. He was 75. Story developing..."
- Katie: Witch Of The West
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Sad.
- James Ferguson
:(
- Carmen
RIP Dom. Funny funny man.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Wow- another funnyman passes away. RIP Dom DeLuise.
- Les Zaldor
:-( - how can a media outfit claim to have an exclusive on someone's death?
- David Knight
:( RIP
- Jay Martinez
A great loss to the comedy community. RIP Dom
- Jason
RIP
- BeeLing
I'll always remember him for his epic role in "The Secret of N.I.M.H."
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
@Glen: His animated character voices is what I remember him for.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
I have to say, I was a bit skeptical because it's TMZ but I heard it first on the radio.
- Katie: Witch Of The West
I remember him from Lamb Chop. I always thought he was just some crazy chef. So sad to hear that he has passed.
- Jimminy
Sad... RIP
- Anthony K. Valley ©
I'll remember Dom mostly for his role in Fatso (1980). Everything about that movie reverberated with my dad. I'll never forget, as a kid, being able to perceive its impact on him.
- Micah Wittman
He also did movies with Burt Reynolds...yowza, that was a long time ago.
- Heather
Wasn't he in "Hot Stuff" I think that was the first movie I ever saw with nudity (no not his...)
- Kelly W.
:(
- Steven Perez
So it's true. Glad about the "peacefully in his sleep" part.
- Richard ¿digame? Walker
Sad :-(
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
My iPod knows me too well. As soon as I play a Britney song it sets itself to repeat. Actually that's a little scary, maybe it's possessed.
Morton Fox, George Smith, Praveen Vasudev and 4 other people liked this
Liked for the picture, not for the Britney.
- Mark Wilson
for a second there, I thought the picture WAS Britney... ;)
- Les Zaldor
You better get used to it Mark. In my house it's all Britney, all the time :P
- Lindsey is Fierce!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Mark Wilson
I hate WinZip.
FUNdalina, Rahul Das, Jared Smith and 16 other people liked this
You Use WINZIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????????????????????
- Roberto Bonini
It's installed on the computers here at work. I just haven't gotten around to uninstalling it yet.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
But you know what? That changes NOW!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Use Winrar!! ;)
- Lucio Riccardi - CantorJF
I use WinRAR and 7ZIP.
- Alex Scoble
I'm neutral on WinZIP but I do wish there was a one-click or shortcut key to zip a folder. I hate right-clicking and menu dancing to zip!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
I haven't installed WinZIP or just about an ZIP program on a PC since XP included it in the OS. Well, that's not true. I've run across a few ZIPs using a compression algorithm that the OS didn't understand but then it's 7ZIP since it's free.
- Kevin Kuphal
I use 7-zip (at 7zip.org) - works with most archive formats, and it's freeware!
- Les Zaldor
The last time I mentioned a Winzip problem on Twitter, I was told 7Zip is what all the cool kids are using.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
winrar.. winrar.. winrar.. now Drum Beat,.. :)-
- Peter Dawson
WinRAR
- Mike Reynolds
+1 for WinRAR
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
tar + gzip 4 life *throws up the sign*
- Bwana ☠
LOL @ Bwana
- Roberto Bonini
You have to get 7zip. It is so much better and lighter than WinRAR
- Keith - @tsudo
there is also TUGzip which I like better than 7zip
- Steven Hodson
I use iZarc. pretty awesome. I didn't know people still used WinZip
- Chieze Okoye
7zip ftw
- Big K
IT guy gave me a 7zip license...very cool. I use Winrarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mostly.
- Mike Lewis
7Zip - no question. it'll open anything.
- Carlos Ayala
7zip for the zipping win.
- Rich
Another for 7zip
- Rodfather
WinRar
- Josh Haley
Josh, exactly. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
WinRar.
- Valley
WinRar or 7Zip (Free) I prefer those. I use 7Zip but only because it's free.
- Corvida
Use 7Zip!!!!!!
- andy brudtkuhl
7-Zip's compression is great but their UI makes me want to die in a fire.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Use WinRar immediately!
- Alp
7zip is very nice, very free too :)
- David Ramalho
I agree with Steven Hodson, try TugZIP
- Matteo
My office has a vague rotting smell. I wonder what on earth is funking it up.
YoYo_P, Joe Pierce, FFing Enigma (aka Tina) and 6 other people liked this
someone took off their shoes?
- You.
it's something in my garbage. Who knew old rice could smell like that? o_O
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Is there still salad dressing in your shirt?
- LogEx
lol LE
- You.
Smells like rotting, tastes like burning?
- Joe Pierce
How old was that rice Lindsey?! Ewww!
- Les Zaldor
lmao . . . the rice was like a week old so i tossed it on tues. it shouldn't smell like this >.<
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Twix?
- Todd Hoff
hmmmmm.. try making rice wine /saki next time ..it wont smell so bad !!
- Peter Dawson
LOL start pulling desk and file drawers, bet someone stashed something in a hurry and forgot.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Yuck
- Tyson Key
CAPSLOCK MONDAY
Alfredo, Larry Hudson, Kol Tregaskes and 56 other people liked this
HELL YEAH M*THERFUCKER
- Akiva Moskovitz
HAHAHAHAHA...AND HERE I WAS WORRIED YOU WOULDN'T SEE THIS, AKIVA! WTF WAS I THINKING???
- Live4Emma (L4S)
CAPS LOCK ATTRACTS AKIVA LIKE FRUIT FLIES ON A DEAD BANANA
- Rochelle
EXCEPT I HOLD THE SHIFT KEY DOWN LIKE A REAL MAN
- Akiva Moskovitz
CAPS LOCK IS FOR PANSIES. REAL MEN USE THEIR PINKY ON THE SHIFT KEY.
- Sparky, a big deal
I'M ON A BOAT ON THE SEE OF REEDS, MOTHEREFFER!
- Alex Scoble
YEAAAAAAAAAH BABY!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
SHIFT KEYS ARE FOR PANSIES. I DO ALL CAPS BY POUNDING HARDER ON THE KEYBOARD!!!
- Mark Traphagen
OH BOY! @OPRAH SHOULD BE ALL OVER THIS ONE!
- Les Zaldor
AKIVA -10PT BUT KUDOS FOR BEING HONEST
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
DOBROMIR -20PT FOR THAT -10PT
- Akiva Moskovitz
AKIVA, +20 FOR THAT -20 ON DOBROMIR WHO GAVE YOU A -10
- Josh Haley
NOOH, IT'S NOT FAIR! WANT RECOUNT!!!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
PUT IT THIS WAY...I HAVE UN-SHIFT AND UN-CAPS LOCK KEYS ON MY KEYBOARDS.....THAT'S HOW I ROLL
- Live4Emma (L4S)
LIVE4EMMA IS ALL MAN, AND HAS MY ATTENTION.
- Sparky, a big deal
I KNEW YOU WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO THE SIZE OF MY LETTERS, SPARKY....TRY NOT TO DROOL
- Live4Emma (L4S)
YOUR LETTERS, THEY ARE SO LARGE. TOO BAD LIVE4LIVE4EMMA IS KINDA CUMBERSOME.
- Sparky, a big deal
I FEEL STRANGELY LIBERATED... but unsure of the movement.
- SAM
STOW THOSE LOWER CAPPED LETTERS, SCOTT! DO NOT DEFILE THIS POST WITH THE LETTER SIZE OF THE WEAK AND TIMID
- Live4Emma (L4S)
AT LAST, I AM NOT GOING TO GET TOLD OFF FOR 'SHOUTING' LOL:D
- Tatty Gibson
Hey guys.
- Mike Nayyar
EVERYONE GET NAYYAR!!
- Josh Haley
THIS IS SPARTA!
- Simon Wicks
SPARKY, MY LETTERS ARE EYE CANDY....
- Live4Emma (L4S)
GTFO MIKE!
- teh Dork Knight
CAPS LOCK IS EVIL.
- Dario Salvelli
SOMETIMES I WANT/NEED/HAVE TO SHOUT!
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
WE CAN'T SEE YOUR LETTERS, MIKE....THEY ARE TOO SMALL AND I LEFT MY MAGNIFYING GLASS AT HOME...GO BIG - OR GO HOME, MIKE
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Maverick
- Alejandro
SHUN THE ALEJANDRO, SHUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
- Sparky, a big deal
WHAT? WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU? ALL IN BOLD AND CAPS LOCK, PLEASE!
- Bob M. Montgomery
I SHOULD ADD THAT I HAVE TO USE THE CAPS LOCK TO MAKE LOWER CASE LETTERS. WANNA MAKE SOMETHING OF IT?
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
ALEH-WHO?
- Live4Emma (L4S)
THAT'S HARD CORE ha3rvey....AND EVEN THOUGH I SHUDDER HAVING TO TYPE YOUR NAME WITH LOWER CASE LETTERS, I HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR FEED ANYWAY...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING AGAIN?...OH...I GET IT!
- David Cook
THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW, Live4Emma. I WILL NOW IMPLEMENT STEPS 2.1 AND 2.2 OF MY PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
YELLING? THIS ISN'T YELLING, THIS IS COMMUNICATING WITH PASSION.
- Sparky, a big deal
THIS IS MY EMPHATIC VOICE
- Akiva Moskovitz
AKIVA LACKS VOICES WHICH LACK EMPHASIS.
- Sparky, a big deal
ALL CAPS ARE LIKE THE 12" WOOFER STACK IN THE BACK OF A SLAMMED SUBURBAN ON 22'S BUMPIN' EPMD....IT AIN'T CULTURED BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT COMIN' A MILE AWAY...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF MY CAR? I FEEL UN-CULTURED NOW.
- Sparky, a big deal
YOU'RE CULTURED LIKE YOGURT BITCHMOUTH
- Akiva Moskovitz
.....ugh.....you are all giving me a head..... [HIDE]
- Katie: Witch Of The West
WAIT, HOW DO YOU GIVE HEAD TO A GIRL? I'M NOW CONFUSED ABOUT FEMALE ANATOMY.
- Sparky, a big deal
OMGWTFCAPSLOCK!!!!
- Alfredo
PFFT LIKE I NEEDED A REASON>>>
- Carlos Ayala
@Sparky......hangover
- Katie: Witch Of The West
NO KEKIBIRD NO!
- Carlos Ayala
YO DAWG! I HERD IT WAS CAPSLOCK MONDAY SO I PUNCHED MY CAPSLOCK SO I COULD CAPSLOCK WITH ALL YOU OTHER DAWGS WHO ARE CAPSLOCKING!
- Mark Krynsky
WOW, WHATTUP? DID @OPRAH GET A FF ACCOUNT NOW TOO?
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
SWINE FLU IS ALMOST AS AWESOME AS CAPS LOCK.
- mike fabio
WHY AM I LIKING THIS?! I HATE CAPSLOCK! AND YET, I AM COMPELLED...
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
LIKED FOR THE POSTER BUT NOT ALL THE CAPSLOCK!!!!!
- Christian (Simply X)
LOWERCASE IS FOR PANSY EURO SKINNY PANTS-WEARING GIRLY MEN! LONG-LIVE CAPS-LOCK!
- Jeanine W.
ALSO, CAPS LOCK IS RETRO, JUST LIKE BASIC IN THE 80S.
- Jeanine W.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME?
- Christian (Simply X)
CHRISTIAN, YOU COME FOR THE POSTER - BUT YOU STAY FOR THE AWESOME
- Live4Emma (L4S)
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY TIC-TAC-TOE? OR THERMO-NUCLEAR WAR?
- Jeanine W.
OH YEAH! THIS FEELS GOOD!
- Valley
RIGHT, VALLEY? FEELS GOOD, NO?
- Live4Emma (L4S)
HEDONISM FOR THE WIN.
- Sparky, a big deal
OMGLOLLMAOBBQFTWWTF!
- AJ Batac
Steven as a Kid Meme - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Michelle Martinez, Emma, Lisa L. Seifert and 38 other people liked this
Me at 3. I will never forgive my parents for those pants.
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
We had one of those organs, too. HAHAHAHA.
- Trish R
Thankfully, that organ belonged to my grandmother. Hey, wait, I think she still has it at home!
- Steven Perez
I think all parents in the 70's made their kids wear pants like that - I have pics of me in very similar pants!!
- Les Zaldor
70's fashion was so very cruel to my young eyes.
- Steven Perez
*bump*
- Rodfather
Love it.
- Derrick
God, I hate those pants.
- Steven Perez
*bump*. At least yours didn't have creepy clown heads on them.
- Jeanine W.
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Lindsey is Fierce!
I think I know what your parents yelled when you did something mischievous.. :P
- Jemm
Nifty pic...LOVELOVELOVE the keyboard in the back.
- Christian (Simply X)
Dude. I didn't know you took pictures of yourself in my outfits at my grandmother's trailer in front of her organ. Weird.
- Lisa L. Seifert
Mysterious, I am. :D
- Steven Perez
from IM
Breadlines and Battlecries | The Cosmic Tap - http://www.cosmictap.com/breadli...
Paul Wilcox, Nia, Neill Adamson and 23 other people liked this
"Valleywag picked up a FriendFeed discussion between a few of us yesterday regarding the bailout bill within which Scoble blames 'people like [me]' for the coming 'breadlines'. It rings a little hollow considering where I’ve been on all this and where he’s been (i.e. nowhere), but it brings a much more important issue to the fore..."
- Anthony Citrano
lol
- Cee Bee
gotta have somebody to blame - right?
- Marc Canter
Hey, it's supposed to be "Blame Scoble" not "Scoble Blames You." Hmmm, I gotta fire my PR firm. :-)
- Robert Scoble
People like you?
- Alex Scoble
From the article: "So, all of you: call your legions to arms. Tell them a national emergency requires that they spend an hour a day seriously evaluating the American way of life, thinking critically about where we stand as a nation, how we got here, and how they might help in the rebuilding. This is not politics; this is hardcore societal bodywork."
- Ontario Emperor
I've been talking to people at Fast Company and Inc here in NYC today. There are two problems. 1. The very real credit crunch. The Congress can get us out of that one, maybe. 2. Our fear. We're now all hoarding and preparing for the worst. I know I'm not spending money on projects that I was planning on doing (like I need to fix a shower). That too will cause harm to our economy and is something we can do something about, but, tell me how to get me over my fears and my hoarding impulse?
- Robert Scoble
Thanks Anthony, very well said. Glad this came around again.
- jcunwired
@Robert: Glad to see you're on a more even keel today. Credit will tighten but not stop. Things will get worse before they get better. I'd have to refer you to a therapist for the fear issue. I have faith that we're strong enough to get through it. The Bay Area survived the web 1.0 dot com crash. It wasn't easy (I was out of work for 11 months and had to go back to my old career for half pay) but ... we make due, we soldier on, we rebuild. Corny, I know. [edit] And a dose of lolcats ;)
- AJ Kohn
AJ: oh, we'll get through it. We made it through the depression and the civil war (where we killed six million of each other). We'll make it through whatever comes next. I might have to bring my family over and sleep on your couch, though. Hope you won't mind. :-)
- Robert Scoble
That's a small part of the current problem, Robert, for sure. But my goal with this piece is to move beyond this singular symptom (the financial crisis) and address the root of the disease.
- Anthony Citrano
First Twitter, then the economy. Damn you, Robert. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
The root of the problem is that we are human.
- Alex Scoble
This is why I think we need to create a "couch for Scoble" room ;)
- Les Zaldor
@Robert: Sure, come by! Not that I have much in my apartment and the 12 year old IKEA couch isn't too comfy.
- AJ Kohn
@Anthony: Well written BTW. I feel like this is an opportunity to change the way Americans have been living - to stop living beyond our means and start living sensibly. And perhaps this creates an atmosphere where we speak up - loudly and boldly - when we see something going off the tracks instead of sitting back.
- AJ Kohn
@AJ - thank you. That is exactly what I am hoping for.
- Anthony Citrano
@Gregory I had a feeling you might like this post. :)
- Anthony Citrano
Well thought out and written commentary. :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Robert, you get over your hoarding impulse by spending on things that lower your expenses over time. There is no shortage of those: Fresher produce (ie. locally grown), energy-efficient appliances, more durable clothing, etc. For your specific example (a shower), look into water-efficient shower heads.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Those are all optional expenses. Won't be happening anytime soon, sorry.
- Robert Scoble
Oil should start its well awaited decline towards $50 range
- imran
Keep dancing around it guys; but, do know that we're dancing at the edge of a cliff.
- Anthony Citrano
Anthony: I thought your ideas are good, but we're not ready for that yet. It's amazing to me that so many on Twitter and here (er, around the world) are just encouraging the total burning of our economy. So, I figure, we need to go through a year of burning. Burn, baby, burn. Hoard, baby, hoard. Then we can have a real conversation about what to do now and how to build a new economy on top of the ruins. In the meantime, hope your house doesn't get burned down in this mess that's coming.
- Robert Scoble
Consumer Credit Outstanding: http://www.federalreserve.gov/release...
- AJ Kohn
Yeah, I was talking to my mechanic yesterday ... he still feels that a bailout is for "someone else." I mean, yeah, we're *all* feeling the effects of high gas prices, but the effects of the "credit crisis" ... You'll forgive me if I say that "main street" hasn't felt that yet. So (to hack up yet another political quote) main street's quite ready to say "thanks, but no thanks" to that bailout for noone ... and let the markets spin for awhile.
- Joel Bennett
32 days left
- imran
@Gregory: Consumer revolving debt will top 1 TRILLION by the end of the year. I simply don't think anyone truly understands the effect of offering so many so much credit.
- AJ Kohn
Nice to see people finally talking about the substance. I wrote an in depth piece today on the natural selection of a market recession. We can attenuate some of the acute pain, but we can stop the cycle of disruption. We ensured the intensity of the coming chaos by trying to forestall it. Now the deadwood has to burn. There is a silver lining. http://www.chriskenton.com
- Chris Kenton
from twhirl
Chris - thanks. I am not terribly optimistic that my rallying cry will do much - but here's hoping.
- Anthony Citrano
Robert, food and clothing aren't 'optional'. Spending more for fresher food makes you healthier and increases your productivity, and reduces your future medical expenses. Spending more on durable clothing saves money on buying replacements.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Catharsis has its own merits. :) People will listen when they're affected. Compared to the conversation I saw three weeks ago even after the initial crisis started, there's now a chorus. Keep up the cries.
- Chris Kenton
from twhirl
The initial crisis started well over 25 years ago, but I take your point. When and if they do listen, it may be too late.
- Anthony Citrano
Anthony - funny picture!! hilarious!! ha, ha!!
- Susan Beebe
The underlying issue isn't hilarious, though, is it? I wonder what percentage of FFers are bothering to actually read the piece... the silence is deafening.
- Anthony Citrano
Thanks Anthony, this is a strong call to arms to invest our time in campaigns, issues and nonprofits. Have any favorites that you personally choose to invest your time in?
- Jason Wehmhoener
Thanks, Jason. The ones important to me I keep on display on my "agitate" page: http://www.cosmictap.com/agitate...
- Anthony Citrano
First Book looks interesting to me. I did a search on idealist.org for local nonprofits with a similar mission and came across http://www.bringmeabook.org/
- Jason Wehmhoener
I think a point that can be difficult to grasp is that there are other measures of a society's health beyond personal wealth. Finances are easy to express in nice simple integers, but the degree to which individual people will be able to weather the inevitable changes of our times has to do with a great many more dimensions than those determined by money alone.
- Jason Wehmhoener
I was raised by teen parents who were by definition poor. However, my mother is a librarian, and I was taught that knowledge is power. She was right. I'm doing very well financially now, in spite of having dropped out of college as a freshman for financial reasons.
- Jason Wehmhoener
@Robert - I missed your earlier suggestion that "we're not ready" to stand up and take personal responsibility for our future. That may be true, but if it is, it's heartbreaking - and we deserve what we get.
- Anthony Citrano
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