Ana

Most people think that the tail and the animal in the Firefox logo is well, a fox. But it's actually a red panda. - Ana via Bookmarklet

I *love* the red pandas! - Jack Lhasa

Red pandas and giant pandas have very little in common other than the name (and the cuteness). As the Wikipedia article says, giant pandas are bears, while red pandas are basically large weasels. - Tudor Bosman

From National Geographic's February 2007 issue - Ana via Bookmarklet

Time to plot a move to NYC, I guess. - Benjy Weinberger

Michael, I see you've never been to New York. - j1m

"I didn't want to use pornographic images for the models, and drawing them would have been way too time consuming, so instead I bought some GI joes (both a male and female) and placed them in compromising positions." - Ana via Bookmarklet

I learn so much around here! *giggle* - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau

54% Not sure what that means. - AJ Kohn

Reno here we come :) - Ana

"Certain musty rites — chivalrous from one perspective, chauvinistic from another — have faded or disappeared. It’s a rare restaurant that gives menus without prices to women dining with men. And most restaurants no longer steer the “ladies” toward the banquette, assuming they want to face out toward the room." - Ana via Bookmarklet

Nah, nobody knows what that means, I had to look it up too. Should I have figured out how to pronounce it while I was at it? - j1m

The "qu" is a "k" sound with the emphasis on the second syllable. - Mark VandenBerg

"APRIL 5, 2033: In a moment reminiscent of Texas Western's 1966 victory over Kentucky, the all-black Kentucky Wildcats are upset in the NCAA basketball championship by the University of Portland, a school whose squad is composed entirely of Asians." - Ana

I could see this happening in Volleyball earlier than Basketball. I play in the local IVL Volleyball league (largest in Bay Area) and 75% are Asians there. And boy, they are good! I don't play Basketball so not sure but I do see much less number of Asians playing in the local 24-hour Basketball gym in Sunnyvale. I do wonder how Asians will overcome the average height or may be that won't matter as much it does today. - Syed F Ahmad

Kind of terrifying! - Rebecca Sun

So sad :( "And so, on behalf of the rest of America, let us just say, "Thank you for your dignity at what must be for you a particularly familiar time." - Ana via Bookmarklet

You are not allowed to "Like" this if you're a Dodgers fan. That is not what the article was intended for. Boo! I can't wait for the Angels to beat your sorry team. - Ana

And here I was wondering if it was obvious why I liked this article - Casey Muller

-10 That's just messed up. :( Dislike. - David Cook

" In total last month, 15 older children in Nebraska were dropped off by a beleaguered parent or custodial aunt or grandmother who said the children were unmanageable. Officials have called the abandonments a misuse of a new law that was mainly intended to prevent so-called Dumpster babies — the abandonment of newborns by young, terrified mothers — but instead has been used to hand off out-of-control teenagers or, in the case of the father of 10, to escape financial and personal despair." - Ana via Bookmarklet

That's crazy... - Kamilah Gill

"John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play. McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. Wisconsin went for Kerry in 2004, Ohio and Florida for Bush." - Ana

"Get clear facts about Barack Obama and Joe Biden's plan for essential issues facing Americans." This one is great... it seems like it'd be really good for when you need to pull up his policy on something or if you need to dispute a misconception. Useful for when canvassing ;) - Ana via Bookmarklet

That's a really smart idea. Too bad, it's not available on my phone. Not that I need it; most info is in my head and most people I run into are pro-Obama. - Faboo Mama

Does Ana have an iPhone yet? - Jason

We hadn't talked in over 10 years. But this was the email he sent me out of the blue: "Dear Ana, apologies upfront for this no doubt random seeming email from a long ago (and perhaps long forgotten) friend, but I was reading up on an interesting new webtool, and as I was checking the company info, there you were. The randomness of this event inspired me to look you up and send this quick note. I realize it's been eons, but If you have the time/interest I'd love to hear back from you and reconnect. I've never felt there should be a statute of limitation on such things, and I hope you feel the same!" - Ana

Yes, thank you FF! You'll always have a special place in my heart for helping us to reconnect. Rediscovering our friendship after so long was definitely one of the best things to happen to me all year! - Nathan Young

Hello, fellow Hoosiers :) Or were you just visiting? - Kamilah Gill

I read this article that Bret shared and decided I was definitely leaning towards Barack. Then, I read more about him, watched the debates more closely, and saw how people abroad were responding to his win in Iowa. But it all started from this one article (and by extension, FriendFeed :) - Ana

If you've got a "Thanks to FriendFeed..." thought/photo/link you'd like to share, add it to our birthday room: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/th... - Ana

congrats! - Jason

"“We just saw a big ship,” the pirates’ spokesman, Sugule Ali, told The New York Times. “So we stopped it.” He said that so far, in the eyes of the world, the pirates had been misunderstood." - Ana via Bookmarklet

“Killing is not in our plans,” he said. “We only want money, so we can protect ourselves from hunger.” When asked why the pirates needed $20 million to protect themselves from hunger, Mr. Sugule laughed over the phone and said: “Because we have a lot of men.” - Sanjeev Singh

Seriously, this is the funniest thing I've read all day. "He said that so far, in the eyes of the world, the pirates had been misunderstood. “We don’t consider ourselves sea bandits,” he said. “We consider sea bandits those who illegally fish in our seas and dump waste in our seas and carry weapons in our seas. We are simply patrolling our seas. Think of us like a coast guard.”" - torque

"For all the focus on Friday night’s deadlocked debate, it still can’t obscure what preceded it: When John McCain gratuitously parachuted into Washington on Thursday, he didn’t care if his grandstanding might precipitate an even deeper economic collapse. All he cared about was whether he might save his campaign. George Bush put more deliberation into invading Iraq than McCain did into his own reckless invasion of the delicate Congressional negotiations on the bailout plan." - Ana via Bookmarklet

“I have to admit, though, he’s a great debater, and he looks pretty doggone confident, like he’s sure he’s going to win,’’ Ms. Palin, 44, said of Mr. Biden, 65. “But then again, this is the same Senator Biden who said the other day that University of Delaware would trounce the Ohio State Buckeyes. Wrong!” - Ana via Bookmarklet

holy cow!! this country is screwed if that soccer momma gets elected in as VP - Susan Beebe

@Susan it's enough that she is even *considered*. sad, this county is already screwed. - Eugene

I love Moose. - Ana via Bookmarklet

You should be our next VP candidate! - Louis Gray

No no, didn't you see my other post (http://friendfeed.com/e/398332...)? I want to be *president*. Then again, it would be just a heartbeat away... - Ana

"I do not like you, John McCain. My feeling has nothing to do with issues. It has to do with common courtesy. During the debate, you refused to look Barack Obama in the eye. Indeed, you refused to look at him at all. Even when the two of you shook hands at the start, you used your eyes only to locate his hand, and then gazed past him as you shook it." - Ana via Bookmarklet

I should probably be president. - Ana via mail2ff

or, how about "...but I ain't never seen an elephant fly" - Slippy Lane

Just tell me you've been to a bank, and you've got my vote. - Hutch Carpenter

It only includes the public entries, unless you’re already subscribed to a particular private feed. - Ana

If you've removed anyone (or any rooms) from your home feed, it could be radically different. "Me + Friends" doesn't include rooms. - Laura Norvig

I've been doing this for years. Although I'm still sleep deprived. Maybe one day, I'll be grateful for always getting enough sleep. - Ana via Bookmarklet

"Head of Skate" - awesome. "An Alaskan hockey mom becomes Vice President in the wackiest family comedy of the year!" - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet

I love this so much - Christopher Galtenberg

Once again, a Palin parody leaves me somewhere between laughing and crying. - Tom Stocky

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has banned motorists from sending, writing or reading messages on electronic devices starting Jan. 1." - Ana via Bookmarklet

You probably mean he signed that bill into law, CA is pretty whacked out but you don't have a dictator yet. - Claude Betancourt

Can you still carry a gun, though? - Rob Schonberger

Ana is pretty good with bubbles :) - Sanjeev Singh

Yes, I am pretty amazing :) Actually, *that* Ana Yang is a Guinness record holder. I actually decided I'm going to go see her show in NY on my 30th birthday this year! :) http://www.telecharge.com/Behi... - Ana

Which article was that graphic from? - Dan Hsiao

No article. It was just a standalone graphic. I actually read it in the (gasp!) physical paper and then had to go search for it online. - Ana

"At the same time, I can’t honestly claim to be uniquely irreplaceable or valuable. Perpetually overworked yet entirely replaceable -- isn’t that the very definition of a cog?" This sums up Google perfectly. - Ana

I love fish tacos! I haven't had a good one in northern california yet, I'll check out Sinaloas - Roshan Vyas

@Ana +1 Not being a cog is one of the things I really like about my current work. Barry Schwartz says in _The Paradox of Choice_ that people with many choices (e.g., of jam) are less likely to choose any, or if they do, to feel satisfied with the choice they made. The opportunity costs make all the alternatives seem unattractive. I think that conversely, knowing that you are one of many equally good choices to do a given job makes it much less satisfying. Maybe the jam feels the same way? ;-) - Ruchira S. Datta

"The future, they said, is in Web services that do not require users to change their behavior by, say, adopting a new service or transferring all their friends’ contacts from one service to another. One example, said Mr. Kelton, is FriendFeed." - Ana

"The future, they said, is in Web services that do not require users to change their behavior by, say, adopting a new service or transferring all their friends’ contacts from one service to another. One example, said Mr. Kelton, is FriendFeed." - Ana via Bookmarklet

"Ugh, not these people again," Obama was overheard to say as he placed the unread e-mail into the Gmail folder marked "Trash." - Ana via Bookmarklet

"I know this election is important and everything," Obama added. "But these people seriously need to relax." - Brian Johns

"I'm trying to make the world a better place, but with all the time I've been spending deleting e-mails, it's going to take me forever." - Ana

Loved Jimmy Carter's gangsta email. Hilarious! - Benjy Weinberger