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Improvised [XKCD] (85)
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- Cassie Wallender said: Yessss!
- John said: Ha ha! Awesome! Love the actual dialogue on that last one too: "I could arrange that! He could use a good kiss!" :-D
- Voyagerfan5761 said: My favorite: "I love you." "Oh! Hey, that explains the kissing earlier." Nice.
Contribute comment - Submitted: FriendFeed Blog: Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster (1)
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FriendFeed Blog: Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster (53)
on FriendFeed Blog (317) permalinkWhen you add a web site like Flickr or Google Reader to FriendFeed, FriendFeed's servers constantly download your feed from the service to get your updates as quickly as possible. FriendFeed's user base has grown quite a bit since launch, and our servers now download millions of feeds from over 43 services every hour. One of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to get updates from services quickly without FriendFeed's crawler ...Shared by _dot_ (118) Adam Nisenbaum (4) Alan Dean (905) Alex Ryan (132) Alexandru Popescu (101) atul (550) Benjamin Golub (76) Brian Landau (45) Caleb Elston (107) Cartwright Reed (50) cesaracardoso (206) chachra (39) charlesnadeau (246) Chris Wetherell (28) DOCBook Howto (472) Don Hazelwood (45) Guillermo Esteves (36) Gwenny (155) Igor Poltavskiy (34) imma (35) iphonegirl (11) J. Phil (178) Joe (239) jonezy (110) Josh (20) Laughing Squid (162) lizunlong (153) LouCypher (213) lunamoth (55) marcell (166) Mike F (2144) Mitchell Tsai (278) Mone (29) Nate (36) Ognjen (199) pankaj (49) panuta (30) Paul Buchheit (56) Paul Goggin (9) Peter H (89) pmuellr (30) ricardo (70) Ryan Christensen (99) Shankar Ganesh (336) snoopdave (58) Sol Young (66) tig (179) Tim (84) tomozo (59) Tyler Weir (28) urbansheep (40) Xavi (15) YuSuPh (103)
- Paul Goggin said: interesting and probably needed approach for the any site that actually serves data up for me - I'm such a pig.
- Chris Wetherell said: A better proposal than relying on conditional GETs. (Why? Less overall polling.) Neat.
- pmuellr said: Interesting. Wonder if we could use this in Jazz? Think so.
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Jay Mariotti Quits Sun-Times: 'I'm Talking With a Lot of Web Sites'; Will Stay on ESPN (1)
permalinkFiled under: Blogs, ESPNJay Mariotti, the Sun-Times columnist who for years has been Chicago's best-known sports writer, has resigned from the paper after 17 years. He indicated that he plans to take his writing to the Internet.Mariotti told the Chicago Tribune that he will remain on ESPN's Around the Horn, but that the future of sports writing "sadly is not in newspapers." He said he is "talking with a lot of Web sites."The timing of ...Shared by Don Hazelwood (45)
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Former Blazer Kevin Duckworth Dead at 44 (1)
permalinkFiled under: Trail BlazersSad news out of Portland this morning, as former Trail Blazer and two-time NBA All-Star Kevin Duckworth has passed away at the age of 44. The cause of death is unknown at this time.Duckworth was a member of the Blazers from 1986-1993, and was a fan favorite who played a substantial role on two Blazers' Western Conference Championship teams in 1990 and 1992. Blazers' fan Henry Abbott of TrueHoop shares this fond ...Shared by Don Hazelwood (45)
- Don Hazelwood said: I can't believe K. Duckworth passed away at such a young age.
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Sexual Innuendo Dropped From Led Zeppelin Song at Olympic Closing Ceremony (1)
on FanHouse (51) permalinkFiled under: BeijingThe Beijing Games concluded with the closing ceremony today, and the Summer Olympic torch was passed off to London. A performance by Jimmy Page of the British band Led Zeppelin was part of that hand-off from Beijing to London, but it turns out that some folks think Zeppelin lyrics aren't appropriate for all ears.Page and Leona Lewis performed a version of the Zeppelin classic "Whole Lotta Love" that had some of the lyrics ...Shared by Don Hazelwood (45)Contribute comment
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on Onexposure.net latest photos (10) permalinkI had the chance to shot the most exciting hot rod i039;ve ever seen Photomontage of 3 pictures quot;...remember when I said this car was death proof? Well, that wasn039;t a lie. This car is 100 death proof. Only to get the benefit of it, honey, you REALLY need to be sitting in my seat.quot; quot;The woods are lovely, dark, and deep And I have promises to keep Miles to go before I sleep Did ...Shared by Don Hazelwood (45)Contribute comment
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Bottom trawlers to get less access to Bering Sea (1)
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Shallow Reader (66)
on Google Operating System (3660) permalinkI don't like to read feeds in Google Reader or in any other feed reader. After subscribing to sites that seem interesting, Google Reader makes them boring and uniform. All the subscriptions lose their identity and become random bits. There's also the pressure of having to read the new posts and clean the "inbox" which makes you skip interesting posts or just skim them."Skim = To read or glance through (a book, for example) quickly ...Shared by _dot_ (118) Alireza (129) Army of Gnomes (191) Arul N S (44) Atilano (41) Atilano (110) badpazzword (39) BIGODE (115) Brian (43) chexov (70) Chris (49) Chris Colón (35) Ciaran Rooney (25) ckaroli (142) Compuwizard123 (229) Dan (32) Dane morgan (56) David (27) DDdW (46) DigDoug (34) Don Hazelwood (45) Dzu (41) Ed (57) Eduo (196) ema (87) emaynard (36) Fiona (27) Florin (16) G (58) Giorgio Jannis (22) GregEh (39) HeNi (14) HollowMarkeD (184) Ispirato (74) János B (59) Jazz (10) Jeffrey (50) Jeton (34) jimyjoshi (22) Juan Diego (285) Karsten (67) kukoo (31) Lavender Cafe/LFH Design Studio Library (53) Leooon (44) leosaraiva (53) louisgray (653) macbeach (23) MGM (36) Mike F (2144) Mojtaba (43) Payam (60) plosson (26) Pozsi (41) puthali (53) qbn (38) rchk (126) reechard (112) rOckY (711) Sam (93) Shane (117) SharonG (304) Sneaky (60) Steve (11) Tewe (23) Voyagerfan5761 (401) zhangs.jedi (131)Explore read eight notes
- Leooon said: "When you open Google Reader and there are 400 new posts, each article becomes a mission from a hopeless game created by yourself. You want to be free again."Vida lôca.
- DigDoug said: I'm beginning to feel this way
- János B said: Sad but true. RSS will die..
- GregEh said: I can relate to these problems. Reader has become both the best and worst source of information.
- zhangs.jedi said: 言为心声，我感同身受
- Juan Diego said: Qué gran verdad.
- Jeton said: Excellent article about how Google Reader makes us robots when reading text.... Sad, but true.”
- chexov said: totally true...
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High School Students Bust Restaurants And Grocery Stores For Selling Mislabeled Fish (10)
on Consumerist (3359) permalinkTwo high school students decided to see if New Yorkers were really getting what they paid for when they ordered expensive fish. Guess what? Sometimes, they weren't. From the New York Times: They hit 4 restaurants and 10 grocery stores in Manhattan. Once the samples were home, whether in doggie bags or shopping bags, they cut away a small piece and preserved it in alcohol. They sent those off to the University of Guelph in ...Shared by Aaron R (500) ahaverbuch (34) BritCrit (47) Crossbar (105) dan (107) Don Hazelwood (45) James (44) Jason Gooljar (293) Justin (78) Michelle Martinez (179)Contribute comment
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E. Coli: FDA Will Allow Spinach, Lettuce To Be Irradiated [Poll] (4)
on Consumerist (3359) permalinkFor the first time ever, the FDA is going to allow manufacturers to irradiate produce at levels that can kill bacteria that causes food-borne illness, says the New York Times. The produce in question, spinach and iceberg lettuce, have, in recent years, been linked to widespread outbreaks of serious illnesses. From the New York Times: Advocates for food safety condemned the agency’s decision and asserted that irradiation could lower nutritional value, create unsafe chemicals and ...
- Adam said: Damn, this kind of thing pisses me off. Instead of dealing with the problem, they just want to treat the symptoms, and thereby make an even crappier (literally!) product.
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