So we've heard for weeks from the GOP pundits on how the mainstream media ignored the Enquirer reports of the John Edwards affair. So as usual, when the shoe is put on the other foot, the right cries like babies.
Hypocrisy first. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
I'd like to see an Onion article around this. "Sources claim that, while mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin was secretly governing three other Alaska townships in the next valley. Wasilla residents were shocked at the revelation. A press release from the village of Nelchina expressed no shame, claiming she 'was too much of a woman for one town.'" - Kevin Fox
+1 for non-Onion Onion reference, Kevin. I was thinking the same thing :) - Jennifer Dittrich
Enquiring minds don't care about this story at all. - Stephen Mack
(Although I laughed at Kevin's comment.) - Stephen Mack
Insiders have leaked that Microsoft Windows Toast will be launched next week in beta form, with both light toast and dark toast functions. The killer app appears to be nascent support for bagels and bialys. The list of supported USB toasters includes CEs ranging from Sony and Cisco to Kitchenaid and Breville. - Stephen Mack
Only secret is patience. My metabolism doesn't lose weight at the same rate as everyone else, it takes longer. What works for others, doesn't look like its working for me. But if I just keep doing it regardless or results, eventually it works. All I did was add a smidge more exercise and watch my portions. And sometimes it would take 3 months or more of no results at all and then suddenly I would drop 8 - 10 pounds. So just patience and persistence, and not letting numbers get me down and make me give up. - Rachel L Fisher
I also started almost a year and a half before the wedding, which turns out to be exactly how much time I needed to do it in since I barely have a week before the wedding now. - Rachel L Fisher
Pokai - Oh, We have that nearly checked off the list as well! - Rachel L Fisher
Congrats! How much credit would you give to Wii Fit helping? Seems to me you used a lot of different techniques, plus mostly personal discipline. - Stephen Mack
Well I have lost 15lbs since having the Wii Fit, but I am not consistant with it, but I would say that it has helped keep me focused. Plus its kinda fun! - Rachel L Fisher
"The story I’m interested in is her actual work as a corruption-buster versus charges of corruption and pork barrel politics against her. But that’s buried by this nonsense about her daughter. Obama had it right: Family is off-limits." - Stephen Mack
(Updated the comic last night to punch it up.) - Stephen Mack
"A few days ago, I published an essay about the dilemma between public and private personas when participating in web 2.0 sites. One point I didn’t mention, however, was that ultimately many people prefer to be private to the extent of not sharing anything about themselves at all, which by definition means not participating in public forums. While many sites allow anonymity, many do not (because anonymous users tend to contribute less positively)." - Stephen Mack
Help, my eyes are burning from that chart! - Braden Kowitz
Also, what's with the sort order? I'd be interested to see if we're trending older or younger. (and how life expectancy of presidents is changing over the years) - Braden Kowitz
You did this yourself, Kevin? Nice! - Stephen Mack
I didn't make the chart. I just found it online and shared it. I agree that it would be nice to sort chronologically. - Kevin Fox
Hmm, so shouldn't your sharing of it point to the source? - Stephen Mack
Can't. The source is a private bulletin board with no original source cited. - Kevin Fox
Gotcha. Thanks for sharing! I didn't know that if elected McCain would be the oldest president-elect. - Stephen Mack
Too bad it's not sorted by age/life expectancy at the time :-) - j1m
So all but a few Presidents died before the age that McCain would be at the end of a second term. - MG Siegler
Yes, but life expectancy gets radically longer over the course of a century. LBJ is the only recent president to die of natural causes before the age of 78. GHWB, Reagan, Ford, Nixon, and Truman all made it into their 80s or even 90s, Eisenhower died at 78, JFK was shot, and the rest are still alive. Their fate provides a better prediction of McCain's age at death than that of the early presidents. What's more, his own parents' average age at death will be at least 83. - j1m
I love the one on the bridge of the enterprise!! - Rachel L Fisher
"Jo then made an entrance to the sound of Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade and the touching ceremony went off without a hitch." Without a hitch? So, wait, they DIDN'T get married? - Stephen Mack
“We were all like ‘please don’t let it be Lieberman,’” Post said. “But then [when Palin was introduced] you could really feel it. People gasped. I thought ‘wow, she’s really attractive, she’s young.’ People will like that.” - Kevin Fox via Bookmarklet
I heard the news on the way to work this morning, and thought that this was the first time that the McCain campaign surprised me by doing something unexpected and progressive. It may well backfire due to her inexperience, but there's no denying she's a dynamic presence and it adds a lot of interest to an already engrossing campaign. - Stephen Mack
heh, the journalist on this story is my pal, marty! - washwords
So this guy This (hah) wants you to cook the eggs for an hour instead of 10 minutes? That's not going to go over easy. I'd say the yolk's on him. Let me know if you agree, I'm walking on eggshells here. It's a fertile area for discussion, though, and he may be eggsactly right. - Stephen Mack
Stephen, I'm sure you meant say that wouldn't go 'ova easy' right? - Kevin Fox
From the source: "
Next, This turns up the oven thermostat to 67°C, or 153°F, and after waiting a while for the eggs inside to reach that temperature—again, he's casual about the timing—he retrieves a second one: "The 67-degree egg!" At this temperature the yolk has just started thickening up—some of its proteins have coagulated, but the majority have not. "Look, you can mold it," he says, scooping out the yolk and manipulating the pliable orangey-yellow ball like fresh Play-Doh. He tries to mold a heart, then settles for a cube.
"Try one," he says, taking a third egg from the oven for me to play with before turning up the heat to 158°F (70°C). The 70-degree egg, when it is finally done, has a moistly set yolk and a very tender white. "So you see, you can adjust the temperature depending on what you want," says This. If you prefer a firmer egg, cook it at 167°F or 176°F. Bear in mind, though, that the most copious of the egg-white proteins sets at 184°F—hence the rubbery results of the 212-degree bath." - Erica Baker
Given the information above, I want to see pictures of what each egg looks like at each temp. Kevin, can you post photos of your results? - Erica Baker
I like the new version of the widget. Most problems with the old version are solved, except one thing: with a set a flickr pictures, all pictures link to the same flickr page, instead of each to its own page. - Peter
Good article. I happened to post some thoughts along similar lines last night: http://www.zeigen.com/blog/200... but I like the idea of explicitly integrating visual clouds. - Stephen Mack
Stephen - that's a great post. I like the way you frame the problem. People are more than a single subject, but social sites generally require you to maintain consistent programming. I've referred to people as TV channels on FriendFeed. The FF beta is a great start at maintaining content categories, but it still runs into the pesky habit of people getting outside of their primary content programming. - Hutch Carpenter
That commercial is certainly out there. Worth a watch. Has this ever really actually aired though? I think it's just designed to attract controversy and generate word-of-mouth (e.g., what we're doing right now). - Stephen Mack
"FriendFeed has it almost backwards: It’s not so much that I want to categorize my friends based on how I know them (although I do want that) — much more, I want to categorize what I publish. Let me label the things I share as “Personal” or “Public” (and use even more tags if I want to assign them). That way the people who subscribe to me can decide if they want the full feed (complete with my lunch plans and haircut comments) or to automatically excise those parts they won’t care about." - Stephen Mack
Can people tell from clicking on my name and then selecting the "[person] + Friends" link if a friend is part of my home feed or not? - Stephen Mack
No, your [person] + Friends tab shows all subscriptions no matter what friend lists they are on. - Bret Taylor
Also: couldn't you "fake follow" before FF beta by subscribing then hiding all a user's items? - David Young
Why would you do that? Long live peer pressure? - dekay
The purpose of friend lists is grouping friends, and getting some groups of friends out of your home feed, not "fake following"; I think some people may use it for that, but it certainly wasn't an explicit design goal for us. - Bret Taylor
Don't get me wrong, I think "fake following" is retarded. I just don't think it's any more possible with the advent of beta than it was before. - David Young