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YouTube - Usain Bolt Celebrates Early ... Very Early

4 hours ago - via Reshare - Link

Probably my greatest regret in Beijing was opting to go home early one night instead of staying out w/ my friends at a bar where they later met up and spent the rest of the night hanging out w/ Usain Bolt. I just assumed he'd be sort of pompous, but my friends swear that he was a really nice and cool guy. - Ana

Ana, remind me if we're ever hanging out and a decision has to be made about interacting with a celebrity (like talking to the real Dwyane Wade or hanging with Usain Bolt), to not listen to you. - Dan Hsiao

Mike Yang posted a link

State of the Art - New Nikon Holds a Secret - NYTimes.com

Wednesday at 10:22 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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me want... - Mike Yang via Bookmarklet

Isn't it a bit early for the Xmas wish list? - Dror Shimshowitz

Uh oh. Tom, if I get this camera, we won't be able to share our lenses and have redundancy. That's one of our special events! Actually, it's *two* of our 10 events! - Ana

well i can always just throw away my camera and get the nikon just to "copy" you. :) - eviltom

(although the only difference between this camera and the canon link i sent you is that the nikon can capture video. all the other specs seem to be the same.) - eviltom

Paul Buchheit posted a link

Friendfeed founder created “Don’t Be Evil” « Randy Holloway Unfiltered

Wednesday at 11:29 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Frankly, it is hard to take anyone seriously who created a company motto reminding an organization not to be “evil” to their customers. Friendfeed now seems a little lamer to me than it did before." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

:) - Paul Buchheit

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I wonder who's this evil creator? :P - imabonehead

You are evil, Paul. - Tim Hoeck

i like the 1 comment on his about page: "I’m looking for some help setting up SQL 2005 Web Services. I need some hands on training. Would you be able to help me as a consultant or trainer?" LMAO! - Morgan

Glad you got trash-talked in a way you can enjoy. :-) - Bruce Lewis

my login name is "eviltom" - does that count for anything? - eviltom

I always thought it was brilliant. - Tanath

Better than being the Microsoftian who created the secret motto "Do be evil, but don't tell anyone" - Jason Carreira

It wasn't "trash talk". I don't think any of my comments were disrespectful to Paul personally. I have never been a fan of the slogan and never will be. To each his own I guess. You guys have fun with the discussion, eh? :) - Randy Holloway

I saw "hard to take anyone seriously" as disrespectful and "who created a company motto..." as Paul personally, but maybe that's just me. - Bruce Lewis via fftogo

No problem Randy, and no offense taken. I just thought it was kind of funny :) - Paul Buchheit

Evil is Live when reversed... now, what was the Microsoft's online brand again? ;) - Joni Moilanen

Bruce- fair enough. To clarify then, it would be better to say that I don't like that slogan and learning that Paul created it colored my perception of FriendFeed. Others can disagree, no personal disrespect intended. - Randy Holloway

Interesting. I've never particularly cared for Nike's "Just Do It" slogan, but if Dan Wieden (former ad man for Nike) went out and started up a cool new shoelace company, I can't imagine that my distaste for a slogan he created many years ago would in any way color my opinion of his fine, fine shoelaces. - Jeanette Martinez

@Jeanette I agree completely. - Anne Bouey

am i the only one that thinks it's hilarious that a current msft employee would be bagging on a "former" goog employee's not lame new company simply because of a slogan that was part of a (goog) marketing campaign to differentiate themselves from the "evil empire" (msft) - all of which is ancient history - randy here's a clue, if you have to say "no disrespect intended" someone took it as disrespectful, i know i did when i read it - rock on paul, glad you're humored by this :) - mike "glemak" dunn

Paul didn't say “don't be evil” as a marketing slogan. - Amit Patel

This makes it funnier :) http://beta.friendfeed.com/e/b... - Tim Hoeck

amit: instead of marketing what - code of conduct? - mike "glemak" dunn

Paul Buchheit posted a link

FriendFeed Releases New Set Of Customizable Widgets - Techcrunch

Wednesday at 3:27 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Benjamin Golub, Shakeel Mahate, Sally Church, mike "glemak" dunn and 5 other people liked this

Paul made me "Like" this so that he can feel special. - Ana

well I am liking this story, because it's cool. And I guess to make Paul feel special :) - Josh Chandler

Keep rocking FF Paul!! woo hooo! LOL @ Ana... Paul is a persuasive guy huh?! - Susan Beebe

lol@Ana - Shey

Did it work? Do you feel special, Paul? - Bruce Lewis

Ana posted a message

“Watching Hillary speak at the convention on tv (on Al Jazeera)”

Tuesday at 7:46 pm - via mail2ff - Link

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At the Hong Kong airport, and it's the only station not showing cartoons... - Ana via mail2ff

the 3-piece outfit in all the same color is a liitle weird. - eviltom

did you also watch the montana dude in the silly bolo tie? (he was a good / entertaining speaker tho.) - eviltom

Kevin Fox posted a message

“Smile -- My best FriendFeed List”

Monday at 6:42 pm - Link

Karl, Bollin Lai, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Michael W. May (Joffi) and 27 other people liked this

Using the beta 'Friend List' feature, I've tried segmenting my friends into 'best friends', 'real-world friends', 'important people', 'pundits', 'must read', and 12 other ways, but it turns out that, by far, the most effective list is made up of those people about whom I answer 'yes' when I ask myself 'does thinking of this person make me smile?' - Kevin Fox

What a cool way to approach it. Those lists might overlap some in my case but I'll give it a try. - Todd Jordan

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But are you smiling at them, or with them? - Paul Buchheit

What's funny is I was just quietly wishing for this feature to myself this morning. - Akiva Moskovitz

If I was smiling with them it would be a room, not a list. ;-P - Kevin Fox

tsk tsk Paul.. you can do better.. don;t bust his bubble !! - Peter Dawson

Mona N. and Mark Wilson are in my 'smile' list, hands down. Have a few others that will be in it as well :) - Tim Hoeck

this evolution of list names is going to be really fun to watch - a peek into how folks categorize their friends and develop organized groupings of social media relationships/groups to track / monitor / engage their network of friends - Susan Beebe

Does anyone find it odd that you can basically create a Group or Room...without anyone knowing they're part of it? - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

@Kevin, sorry for asking..did you mod comments on this thread ? just asking.. as I am seeing this is beta - Peter Dawson

Haven't modded a thing :-) - Kevin Fox

Yeah, moderating comments would make you a monster ;) - Ana

You'rreee a monnnnsstteer - Ginger Bread Man - Kyle Lacy

:-) - Colby Olson

No, you're a monster - Farquar/John Lithgow - Mo Kargas

+1 Mo - Kyle Lacy

this new interface is mean - Phil Smirnov

@Kevin, thanks for the rply. Then beta has a slight glitch. <XX more comments>> seems to dissapper on some threads - Peter Dawson

Ana posted a link

My last event at the Olympics - T&F on 8/22 (including Bolt in the 4x100m relay)

August 24 at 8:49 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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First picture of the series begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana

Pictures of the relay begin here: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana

thanks for cool pics and coverage, are you doing DNC for FF too? - Pokai

eviltom posted a link

Cuban athlete kicks ref in the head. How's THAT for Olympic spirit?

August 23 at 12:50 pm - Link

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The other part of the story includes "Earlier Saturday, China's double gold medalist Chen Zhong crashed out in the quarterfinals after initially being declared the winner. World champion Maria del Rosario Espinoza, the eventual winner in the women's over 67-kilogram (147.4 pounds) class, was to fight Chen in the semifinals but the judges overturned an earlier ruling and made Britain's Sarah Stevenson the winner of the quarterfinal bout. [snip] "It's been a really tough day, an emotional roller coaster," Stevenson said. "I would have been devastated if they hadn't changed the decision." - Ana

Chen Zhong should have, at the very least, kicked Stevenson in the head, if not the ref too. - Ana

I get it. WTF = World Taekwondo Federation - Richard Chen

Ana posted a link

Volleyball, diving, and more volleyball

August 23 at 12:47 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Newly-updated photos start here: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana

brazil is the best :D - Leandro Koiti Sato

Volleyball is my favorite sport. And I am so mad that NBC has decided to not show the Men's Final Live! oh well, I will go play the open gym and practice some kills to get over my anger! - Syed F Ahmad

Ana posted a link

Track shots from inside the Bird's Nest

August 22 at 8:23 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

hashem, Mike Doeff, Ginger Makela, Cee Bee and 5 other people liked this

This is from 4 days ago... Bolt ran that day, but it was just a heat. I'll have pictures up of last night's 4x100m relay soon... - Ana

ana's captioning productivity has gone up 1000% since i left! - eviltom

I wonder if the cameramen have to train to be fit enough to run alongside the track&field olympians on their victory laps. Their equipment doesn't exactly look light. - Dan Hsiao

Bret Taylor posted a link

Sports Juggernaut in the Making, China Throws Down the Gauntlet - NYTimes.com

August 22 at 3:28 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Anne Bouey, Brett Cannon, Jessie Norris, Dan Hsiao and 6 other people liked this

"With 47 gold medals through Friday afternoon, China led the gold medal count by 16 over the United States and by 39 over Michael Phelps." - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet

Shared for that quote alone... Pretty funny for the NY Times. - Bret Taylor

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Phelps, if considered a sovereign nation, ranks 5th in total gold medals this year, and ties for 21st in total medals of any color. - Kevin Fox

If he formed a union with Stephanie Rice (AUS) together they'd be in third place after China and the USA. - Kevin Fox

Funny comparison... if he would be country. :D - Daniel Schildt

People here are obsessed w/ the medal count. There's updates posted on outdoor whiteboards and kiosks every three blocks, the news repeats it at the top of the hour, and it's the first thing people ask about after any event. - Ana

Like Kevin's quote. - j1m

lol...that was funny - The Fat Oracle aka Kamath

Kevin, how do you calculate that 5th place? He'd be more like 9th if I look at the table... - Philipp Lenssen

Ana posted a link

Keys inside the Forbidden City

August 22 at 10:59 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Great Wall and Forbidden City shots start here: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana

"But we didn’t think they were actually basketball players—although one of them did resemble Dwayne Wade." - actually, it looks like you saw the real DWade. and Chris Paul and Deron Williams, too. - David Vasileff

Wait seriously? We really just weren't sure, and actually joked about doing that--posting the pictures online and having the FriendFeed community help us figure out if they were the real guys. :) - Ana

yep. CP3 is in the red shirt with backwards cap. Deron is in the back with grey T and backward cap. - David Vasileff

no way! really? crap, why did he have to be so cynical. those guys really DIDNT look like pro athletes. crazy. - eviltom

Ana posted a message

“Just saw Bolt run the 4x100 relay. Amazing.”

August 22 at 7:19 am - via mail2ff - Link

At the rate I'm going now, I'll have pictures uploaded by the 2012 Olympics... - Ana via mail2ff

Ana posted a link

Bird's Nest and Water Cube at night

August 21 at 8:45 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Diving and night shots of the Olympic Green start here: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana

Amazing to see these beautiful buildings up close - makes them somehow more "real" now that I've seen them so many times on the tube ... - Bo Stern

Great shots, Ana! - Dror Shimshowitz

Ana posted a link

Beijing Opera

August 21 at 7:44 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

collins, Vincent Wright, eviltom, Pedram Veisi and 8 other people liked this

Photos and video of 3 Beijing operas start here: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana

The battle looks like an Olympic gymnastic floor exercise. - Anne Bouey

my ears are angry but my eyes are pleased. - Melissa Maskevich

talk about applying foundation! quite scary - collins

Ana posted a link

Women's all-around gymnastics finals (a few days behind :)

August 17 at 12:21 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Farhad Noori, hashem, Pokai, Dan Hsiao and 3 other people liked this

Newly updated photos start here: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana

Ana posted a message

“Can't keep up with being on vacation, playing tour guide, answering work emails, captioning photos *and* attending Olympics events...”

August 15 at 9:07 am - Link

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As it turns out, it's hard sitting around for hours watching others compete at the top of their athletic ability. I'm exhausted. - Ana

I am also unable to cope with the crush of my own photos. I am finding myself declining social requests just so that I don't have an opportunity to take more photos and get more backlogged. - Ana

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caption the photos later. That's got to be a bottleneck. Love the gymnastics posts tho. thnx - Josh Haley

at least ana is honest when she declines the social requests. instead of blaming jetlag, she just says that she needs to stay home to caption photos. - eviltom

Like Ana's first comment! And in response to your second comment - I totally know the Photo crush, I'm a year or more behind and there is not a day that goes by that it doesn't bother me. - Rachel L Fisher

Is this something you could outsource? - Jim Norris

Good point Jim, as Ana is in China I guess India would be her best outsourcing opportunity, I'll call for tech support on my Dell and ask for any volunteers while I'm on the line. - Steve Craft

We've already outsourced Ana's role to China, what more do we want? - Kevin Fox

Ana posted a link

At the men's individual all-around gymnastics final

August 14 at 5:56 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Pokai, Lu Tao, Jessie Norris, Bjorn Tipling and 9 other people liked this

First of the new pictures starts with Tom's arrival at Beijing: http://picasaweb.google.com/an... - Ana via Bookmarklet

Jealous! - Josh Haley

Wonderful pics! - Anne Bouey

Ana, are you chinese ? - hashem

Great commentary too, much better than NBC announcers! - Steve Craft

ana is competing with bob costas for most knowledgeable olympic commentator. or just biggest know-it-all. - eviltom

Ana posted a message

“With Tom, at our first view of Bird's Nest”

August 13 at 8:34 pm - via mail2ff - Link

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At the men's gymnastics finals! Woohoo! - Ana via mail2ff

I'm envious! - Anne Bouey

Enjoying yourself? - Jim Norris

I'm so jealous - darren

Karen Padham Taylor posted a link

Olympics: Child singer revealed as fake

August 13 at 3:01 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Mohammad, aspiregao, Michael Hermanto, quanmengli and 9 other people liked this

"Yang Peiyi was replaced by Lin Miaoke who mimed "Ode to the Motherland" as her face was "not suitable" for the Olympics opening ceremony" - Karen Padham Taylor

"Dr Hamermesh's work shows that ugly people earn below the average income while beautiful people earn more. In Britain, attractive women enjoy a +1% premium. But in Shanghai, the figure was +10%" - Sanjeev Singh

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What? "The Girl Who Was Plugged In?" - idnan

Which one is the cute one again? The one on the right has better teeth, but as far as I can tell, that's about it. - Clare Dibble

There is a hilarious bit about this making its way around the internet in China. Will post something about it in my pictures. - Ana

What are the chinese comments? - Rob Schonberger

@Rob: Keso, a popular Chinese blogger said: "We are all Yang Peiyi, the state is Lin Miaoke". - Ray Chen

美，不需要解构！一旦解构，就乏味了 - suso

Lin Miaoke is a very pretty little girl. There's nothing fake about that. - Alex Mendes da Costa

god like beaties,,,keso 's right ,we are all Yang Peiyi,我们生活在国家荣誉的包围之中 - qian

I am a chinese, and I hate the fake, especially in children. But this is only one small example. In the whole school, the children are taught by teachers who are doing bad example. - zgjie

This is a shame...though quite Chinese way.. - WooParadog

Bret Taylor posted a message

“Me: "It's weird when you think you'll like something, but you don't." Casey: "Yeah. It's like eating in Japan."”

August 13 at 3:30 pm - Link

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Discussing a UI design... - Bret Taylor

I miss the office. No one in Beijing is funny like that. :( - Ana

"......" japanese ---> - Mona N.

japanese---------------------^ - Josh Haley

I like my food... :( - Mona N.

Ana posted a message

“Attending my first live Olympics event!!!”

August 12 at 3:08 am - via mail2ff - Link

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Badminton... 8 rows up from the courts! I was so excited walking inside the stadium I actually started jumping up and down! - Ana via mail2ff

very cool. I just pulled up badminton live stream. they are showing JPN Sato/DEN Gade, now tied 1-1. very lively and excited crowd, indeed. - David Vasileff

didn't even notice they have streams for all three courts. crowd must be cheering the GBR/CHN mixed doubles match - what a match. unbelievable. GBR down 17-12 in final game finish 9-2 to win 21-19. wow. - David Vasileff

is jumping up and down in excitment outlawed by the government? the Chinese are a stoic people - eviltom

Ana posted a message

“Watching China vs USA basketball”

August 10 at 7:20 am - via mail2ff - Link

China More Gas! China More Gas! - Ana via mail2ff

lol - Mike Yang

some good talent on the china team - they didn't seem to have much organization though. 3 of them in the nba, they should have done a bit better. - Maneesh Arora

Ana published photos on Picasa Web Albums

Ross is delighted that the missile launcher actually includes positioning software. First target: the severed monkey head dangling from the rafters.

Paul and Bret take a break on launch night just long enough to celebrate with some champagne

August 9 at 2:24 am - Link

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This PWA account is for all my FriendFeed-related photos :) - Ana

Adam Kazwell posted a link

The Big Picture on the 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

August 8 at 3:11 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Ana, Amit Patel, Brandon Titus, Jason Wehmhoener and Casey Muller liked this

Wow! - Atul Arora

eviltom had a new status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“will brett favre win more games than his uniform number?”

August 8 at 10:55 am - Link

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Dan Hsiao posted a link

Jets Shop :: Brett Favre

August 8 at 12:15 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Kinda ridiculous how they already have a Brett Favre section in the Jets' online shop. They sold over 3,000 jerseys on the first day. - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

Dan, let it go. - Ana

Kevin Fox posted a link

ABC News: Edwards Admits to Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate

August 8 at 12:20 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

I don't care about the affair, but it stuns me how many people run for president knowing they have a big ol' skeleton in their closet. How could he have thought this wouldn't have emerged a month before the election? [Thanks Jonathan for the link] - Kevin Fox via Bookmarklet

Oh my god. I had no idea. I never even heard of the original allegations. - Ana

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It was odd that the allegations didn't make too many headlines (I only read about the rumors on Wonkette) considering he was considered a top choice as a VP candidate - Roshan Vyas

Never... trust... politicians. - Sprague D

bleah. well, we know he won't be the VP now. - Jason Kaneshiro

Aristotle even said you could be a good citizen without being a good man. The affair doesn't bother me much either. The fact that you'd go out to campaign with an active strategy of lying to the American people over and over again and be completely at ease with it....that's problematic. - Shellee

I'm not cut out to be a politician: I could never cheat on my wife. - David Muir

Ghah! Thank goodness he didn't beat Clinton and Obama. If he was the presumptive nominee and this came out now, he would have just thrown the election. What a jackass! - Paul Wilcox

He's just human I guess. Not worse than anybody else. - Rutger Blom

I disagree Rutger. He's certainly not worse than everybody else, but he's worse than some. Not everyone is quite that selfish with their ambition. (I'm judging based on running for election with such big skeletons, not the affair itself) - Robert Seidman

Robert, I agree that it was a very stupid thing to do considering his position. - Rutger Blom

@Sprague, I don't get it, are you saying he was the only person to cheat on his wife in 2006? Or there might have been some others, but you're pretty sure they were mostly politicians too? - j1m

america is prudish, it really should not be a big deal, in my opinion ... - gregory lent

MG Siegler posted a link

Citing Poor Conditions, China Refuses To Send Delegation To Olympics | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

August 7 at 10:52 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Anne Bouey, Heidi Moon, Алекс, Dani Radu and 29 other people liked this

"In an 11th-hour move that shocked the international athletic and political communities alike, the Chinese Olympic Team announced Wednesday that it will not be attending the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing due to "shocking, shameful, and ultimately dangerous environmental conditions" in the host city." - MG Siegler via Bookmarklet

I wonder if this just a start of bad things to come. - imabonehead

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""I was very much looking forward to making China proud," said 100-meter hurdling champion Liu Zhang, who had expected to defend his gold medal in Beijing. "But, if I am honest, China should be ashamed of itself."" - Ana

As a Chinese, this is both painful and funny at the same time. - Clarence Chiang

扯淡！ - junrxu

A large sum of goods produced in China, are exported and consumed by the developed world, especially the US. That is to say the environmental and energy cost are consumed by them as well. You can agrue that those manufacturers should raise their energy efficiency or produce less waste, but aren't consumers and investors should be responsible for their the mass consumption of low priced goods and pursue for high margin? - Ray Chen

As China get rid of the "Factory of the World" in the future, there will be other countries taken this role, as long as the consuming power and current trade mechanism are still there. - Ray Chen

After watching the opening tonight...I'm having second thoughts about the truth of this, I don't think China will pull out her own delegates! And now the Onion wouldn't load :P - BeeLing

@ray chen: Before consumers and investors, how about non-Chinese companies being assigned some responsibility for contracting with suppliers in a way that allows for bad environmental practices and problematic labor standards. Because they have the ability to select whom they subcontract manufacturing to, and can dictate terms of their production, I would argue that they have more effective leverage over Chinese manufacturing practices than the Chinese government does. - Chester

@Chester: Totally agree with you. "dictate term", very accurate in describing their negotiation power. The current Chinese political and economical system will need some time to make a good trade off between GDP growth rate and environmental cost. It's a sad truth that it may need a US law like "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" in the enviromental area to help resolving this. - Ray Chen

I'm starting to understand how plagiarized Onion articles become "real" news stories in China :) - Paul Buchheit

哈哈 - darren

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