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Pirates of the Amazon Firefox Add-on
yesterday at 8:52 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
This is pretty bold: Firefox add-on allows you to download purchaseable stuff on Amazon for free: - Andrew Baron via Bookmarklet
It just provides a link to the torrent on PirateBay, not quite as bold as the headline makes it out to be. - xero
@xero, yea but with regards to music, films, etc. its kinda like "aiding and abetting" with regards to making it easy for people to get the stuff that they want for free, even though they are already customers of Amazon. I just think its interesting that this exists. - Andrew Baron
Bold? I'm not sure that's the correct word. Any notion that some act of "sharing" or theoretically ethical behavior is taking place utilizing peer-to-peer approaches is negated when you "boldly" say,"Here's a tool to help you be a pirate" - Rex Hammock
Rex, I hear what you are saying and I agree to your angle too. In parallel however, I think this kind of application might actually be considered illegal to distribute and possibly illegal to use. Just for example, if you are a regular Amazon customer and then install this app and then see a music CD of U2 on Amazon that you might buy for $8.99, and then click to d/l for free over p2p, isn't that stealing in a way? This is different than using p2p & sharing in other ways. - Andrew Baron
BYW, they use a quote from Lessig about free culture which I support in theory, but in this context, Im pretty sure Lessig would disagree. "How can you compete with free? You cant!" - Lawrence Lessig" - Andrew Baron
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Oldest Ever Lolcat Found *gasp* (Iz From Teh 1905)
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What's Delaying My DInner? - Andrew Baron via Bookmarklet
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The Big Picture
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Saturday at 10:32 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Helen Marshall's mosaic, in Birmingham England, made of 112,896 photos of people's faces. - Andrew Baron via Bookmarklet
that is really cool. - Anika Malone
whoa... - Brandon
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“I'm worried Facebook is replacing the need for friendfeed. :(”
Saturday at 12:57 pm - Link
Anyone else feel it, or is it just me? - Andrew Baron
Hell no. FB just doesn't have the functionality. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
for a lot people FB is FF :-) (and more) - Luca Conti
On functionality then friendfeed would be just a temporary step to get your ff over to facebook. I.e. Render FF stream in Facebook stream. - Andrew Baron
Not feeling it. FB feels heavy. FF feels lightweight. - Nick Reynolds
FB is very closed and demands too much. FF is very open and demands little. - Logical Extremes
I do pipe my FF stream to FB, but still live here. More interaction, etc. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
FB? Heck no! I hate being restricted to interacting with people that I might already know. I like the fact that I can meet new people on FF that I might never have otherwise encountered. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
No. FB isn't open. - Robert Scoble
That's exactly right, Tina. On FB I get so tunnel-visioned and never would have met some of my fave people. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
FB is cluddered - Michael W. May via twhirl
That will never happen. Fb is for adolescents and lame-os. - Anthony
More important things to worry about. - scott anderson
Nope. Not even close. - ·[▪_▪]·
Heck no! Two totally separate things to me. - Rochelle
Who cares. Not a single person on my FF is my friend on FB. You guys are not 'real friends' but I do enjoy your company. - Aaron deMello
No, I think it's simply an different opportunity...it's all about usage. - Enriqueta
@Aaron People use things differently. My online, professional, and personal lives all overlap, so many of my friends are on multiple services. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
i use friendfeed for following news and links. I use facebook to see what my friends are doing. I don't see how facebook could replace what friendfeed offers me. - Alex Williams
Well even for me FF is a more active community, but I wonder if that will change? FB is picking up a lot of momentum it seems with the people I know and FF seems to be somewhat stable in growth. I thought FF would of picked up more steam by now myself. - Andrew Baron
FF is the place for me. Fb is where most of my immediate family communicates and that's fine. FF is where i get to expand my community; challenge my thinking; and learn new things. and that's fine, too. - MikeAmundsen
@Andrew It's always this way for early adoption. Twitter is just starting to get real mainstream adoption...my sister-in-law brought it up at Thanksgiving and I knew Twitter was now going to become normal, so FF will come next. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
Andrew do they have an API like FriendFeed? - Dave Winer
There is no possible way Facebook can replace FriendFeed. The primary reason for this is that they are two different things. For instance, you don't even have a profile page here on FriendFeed and on Facebook, you can only "follow" people who let you. I don't even think you can interact with people outside of your circle. I would also agree that FB is a little too heavy and complicated for what I do here on FF. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
Andrew: FB is a different animal. It has 500+ employees. FF has, what, 13? FB has 120+ million users. FF has a few hundred thousand. But, the quality of conversations is much better here and there are no walls to this garden (Google can search it) and there are no stupid rules and no arbitrary limits to how many friends you can have. But, you will find me in both places. - Robert Scoble
wow, didn't know the difference - Brendon Wadey
If there is one of them who has problem, it is not FriendFeed. Facebook=too rigid concept. - ivanandersson
I get much more out of FF. FB gets a bit loud sometimes with all of it's 3rd party apps. - Kevin Whalen
No Way José! - Anna Haro
Maybe the other way around. - Brandon Titus
I never could find a need for FB - barely ever check in - BEX
@Robert and @Dave I agree on the shortcomings of FB. Though FB seems to be evolving. The biggest difference for me, is the subject matter of the posts - they are much more newsworthy here as @alex stated. FB is much more social talk. But that has been changing; The FB iphone app separates out the personal from the news and more and more people seem to be posting news links. - Andrew Baron
ABSOLUMENT NON! - Josh Haley
Andrew: wait until you see the video we shot last week at Facebook. I agree that Facebook is interesting again. But NOT as a competitor to FriendFeed. Zuckerberg has other things in his sights. - Robert Scoble
nothing will replace friendfeed in my life. NOTHING. - Monique via fftogo
I totally disagree. Facebook is ok for some things, but it cannot touch FF. - Mathew Ballard
While I admit that my usage on Facebook has increased heavily recently, I think of Facebook as a tool for a more personal relationship, but there is little way of gaining new friends. With FriendFeed, it is easy to find new people with interests and hold discussions. I think as long as FriendFeed can excel in providing discussion, it will be hard to have an equal. - James Mowery via twhirl
I'm finding myself using Facebook way less. I let the FF app insert everything into my wall and just use it to present that stuff to my friends that aren't on FF. - matthew john ernisse
I am happy that FF is replacing FB. - Alexander Kohlhofer
I definitely feel it. But only because I feel bombarded with information, it's coming from all around me, and FriendFeed is just not that useful to me. It's cool, but why bother with it when I can talk to my friends on Facebook? None of my friends are on FriendFeed. Really other than people into this stuff, who has time for FF? - Josue Salazar
Andrew, I am just the opposite -- I believe the FriendFeed is replacing the need for Facebook and FF is not draconian like Fb. - Robert Miller
FF>FB anytime - imran
I have to agree worryingly............................... - Yatin Vadhia
the reason i use friendfeed is so i can update facebook with all i do without having to go to it every day... - Samuel Lewis via twhirl
I don't see them as the same thing at all. I've got to keep up both since I have different types of friends on both services and overall both serve different types of needs. My friends from high school don't use the Internet in the same way that the folks over here on FF do. - Lynne d Johnson
Nope. I was just thinking last night how Facebook feels kind of sterile and borring to me, while Friendfeed is friendly, easy, and engaging. I go to Facebook a few times a week out of a sense of obligation, but I can never think of anything to do there. - Laura Norvig
No - Facebook has been wasting my time. Sterile and ZERO interaction! I should be evangelizing Friendfeed. - Jannifer Stoddard
i think you're right... i'm finding as many comments to twitter reposts on Facebook as on Friendfeed. Folks are spending a LOT more time in Facebook thanks to the comment thread feature they riffed off of FF. - Jason Calacanis
Nah. Real-time there is no good. To me it is just a robust contacts list. I like Facebook a lot but it will not be a replacement for me. - Rolf Schewe
FB is just starting to have more user interaction with regard to comments... YES, FB is gaining steam, but it will be a LONG time before it replaces need for FriendFeed! FB is too limiting / locked down; whereas, FF is more open and easier to collaborate / open - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
friendfeed has a better feature set for discussion on activity, but for now Facebook has the users. I find I spend much more time on Facebook because most of my contacts use it, only a few people I know in real life use FF now. How do you get people other than early adopters to start using a new service? - Mike English
There was news last week regarding Twitter possibly turning down around half a billion dollars from Facebook (though granted, mostly stock). Can you imagine what that would be like if Facebook bought Twitter? I can't say for sure that it would be a bad thing. If FB allowed Twitter to use the API's etc. Maybe FB could buy FF. http://tinyurl.com/5r5zxg - Andrew Baron
I recently discovered FriendFeed, and like it a lot. I use it in conjunction with Facebook, but I can't imagine FB replacing the need for FF. If anything, I think that FF will grow as more people get on board. - Joseph Grabowski
Don't worry. Us diehards are here for life :) - Charlie Anzman
FF allows you to comment and interact with ppl outside your network, which is cool. - Sahil Parikh
no, it's just you. Friendfeed rules - David Jacobs
No way. Facebook does have the Import capability to an extent, but the people who understand the coolness of what you post are on FriendFeed. - Shevonne Polastre
Facebook replacing FriendFeed? Wha? Nah - Kol Tregaskes
My Facebook, FrendFeed and Twitter networks are all somewhat different. - Mike Reynolds
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Macy's Day Parade
November 26 at 11:44 am - Link
Not yet! Not until tomorrow! - Rochelle
They are up and ready. - Andrew Baron
I would love to be able to go to this. I bet it would be surreal. - Michelle Martinez
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Every Sperm is Sacred
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November 19 at 11:29 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Monty Python created their own channel on YouTube. Classic awesomeness. - Andrew Baron
if a sperm is wasted god gets quite irate - Melissa Maskevich
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Jeremiah Owyang posted a link
Twitter's new maintenance graphic on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
November 18 at 9:45 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
What will you do when Twitter is down? - Jeremiah Owyang
Why, Friendfeed of course. - Pete Barry
Yep. Home from China, bursting w/ stuff to say & Twitterville turns a worm loose. Grr. - shelisrael1
Keep hitting refresh on twitter.com.... uh, I mean Friendfeed. - David Bisset
Shel Im teaching a workshop in SF, I'll call you on drive home! - Jeremiah Owyang
So instead of a Fail Whale, what do we call this? Moan Cone? Squirm Worm? - Abbas Haider Ali
last 2 days have been bad twitter-wise - I don't even get a graphic, just 'failed to open page'..:( But I still have FF :) - WorldofHiglet
@Abbas "Moan cone" elicits entirely different images in my mind :p - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
I don't even get a graphic :( - Aram Zucker-Scharff
"Moan Cone" = wins - David Bisset
I called it fail snail, but not accurate. Someone else (Tina) called it, perfectly, CONE OF SILENCE. - Brian Carter
...or the caterpillar of doom - WorldofHiglet
Someone should totally hack twitter's "twitter is down" notices with a "why not pop over to friendfeed instead" redirect. - Slippy Lane
I have to concur with "Moan Cone." I'm following fewer people on FF so I feel like I'm stepping into a mostly empty pantry. I have my favorite cereals but no chips or hearty Chef Boy Ardee meals. - Cam
Add Identi.ca for a bit. - Helen Sventitsky
Just added to the Twitter down Art gallery: http://dembot.com/post/2519797... - Andrew Baron
Twitter down. 3 million tweeple working again. Economic indicators jump. - Mike Lizun
It's funny. I'm in FF now because of the "Moan Cone" and all i can think of is "look at all the potential people I can follow on Twitter". I need the "Betty Ford" equal to Twitter addiction. - David Bisset
No need for interventions, David! Better to follow people here and you get their tweets plus all their other lovely activity, too. YouTube, blogs, flickr, memes, songs, podcasts.....so much content..... - WorldofHiglet
so why do DB maintenance in the middle of the day? - Steve Mann via twhirl
Yea I mentioned that too -- Who does DB maint during peak hours? I doubt this was planned. - andy brudtkuhl
How do you tweet that Twitter is down when Twitter is really down? :-) - Zoli Erdos
I seriously doubt this was a "planned" maintenance as they would have posted a message well in advance... this is an UNplanned event, like most twitter outages. - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
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Twitter Down Art Collection
November 18 at 9:14 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Twitter has been up and down over the last hour so I thought this would be a good time to revisit the good 'ol Twitter Down Art Collection. - Andrew Baron via Bookmarklet
"Safari could not open the page “http://twitter.com/” because the server is not responding." - Andrew Baron
I like the new icecream cone. http://www.flickr.com/photos/c... - Chris Menning
just saw the icecream cone - Gregory Lent
Less time coming up with cute icons, more time doing actual work. - Juan Pablo González
Just added the new Twitter Worm and Melting Ice Cream Cone work. - Andrew Baron
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NYTimes: Iraq War Ends
November 12 at 10:30 am - Link
"In an elaborate operation six months in the planning, 1.2 million papers were printed at six different presses and driven to prearranged pickup locations, where thousands of volunteers stood ready to pass them out on the street." - The Yes Men [see full paper here http://nytimes-se.com/ ] - Andrew Baron
What? - Mona N.
lulz. - tehKenny
cool prank. - Thomas Hawk
They did it for the lulz, sure. Nothing funnier than your brother coming home in a bodybag, eh? Ah well, if you can't laugh you scream. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
July 4th, 2009 - ·[▪_▪]·
I dont think it was done for lulz. It was done to provoke a new reality thats worth considering. Its a serious idea. - Andrew Baron
For a nano second I thought... WOE WHAT DID I MISS? :o) - DAVE ID
I WISH!!!!!!!!!! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
$$$ ? - Gregory Lent
Impressive, cool and a "big-ff-like", especially "Court Indicts Bush on High Treason Charge". - Mustafa K. Isik
I like the Friedman's article title - Varun Mahajan
Today on Rocketboom we interview some people involved and see some reactions on the streets. http://www.rocketboom.com - Andrew Baron
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McCain reacts to polls
October 26 at 8:32 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Poor kid - Brian Sullivan
The polls that show the race at basically a dead heat, and that have "the one" leading just as Kerry did in '04? - Spencer
What "polls" are you referring to? You do understand how the electoral college system works don't you? - Brian Sullivan
I wonder if McCain was hispanic or african-american would people still be creating photos like this? - Jason Shultz
@Jason. Of course not, you can't make fun of 0bama without being labeled a racist. - Spencer
Good point Jason. I remember Chris Tucker campaigning for Obama and he said some things which would have been called racist had he not been black. - Vijayendra Mohanty
Guys, just trying to have a bit of fun but it seems you are all bitter about your loser candidate. Its not about republican/democrat party lines anymore, it's about you losing out for picking a used car salesman for a candidate who then picked a beeotch for a VP and thus. . . McCain eats babies. - Andrew Baron
Andrew: Was just saying. I am all for Obama. But thought this merited mention. - Vijayendra Mohanty
Andrew, it's about the hate that is being seen in political conversations these days. With posts like this you are just playing into that same game and it is sad. - ChiliMac
@ChiliMac I think there is a difference between parody and hate. The above picture is parody. This video captures hate: http://friendfeed.com/e/2dcb98... - Andrew Baron
It's time for McCain to come clean about being a vampire. :-) - Dave Winer
Andrew, don't have a serious conversation with these assholes. This is a joke. They call Obama a Marxist and terrorist and pervert and say he wasn't born in the US and they're not joking when they say that stuff. - Dave Winer
@Andrew Baron: Yes, there is a difference between parody and hate. But the are not mutually exclusive. Did you post this because you thought it was funny or you thought it was funny and you hate Sen. McCain? And yes, that video does capture hate and fear and people like that have gone to far. - ChiliMac
Ridiculous. People take photos of what actually happens all the time, no matter what you look like. - MiɳiMagɘ (AlwaysMiniMage)
new subject please: http://my.barackobama.com/page... watch the new obama ad - Kyle Weller
Someone actually thinks that if Obama was in the above photo, in the same posture, with the same screaming child, with the same caption, that it would be called out for being racist? C'mon people, this is a stupid joke and is playing off purely the visual quality of the image. - mikepk
Okay, then he's a fascist and pals around with murderous dictators. I assume you like that better, since it fits your approved template for mud slinging. He also defends terrorists who kill young mothers and doctors who bomb parental counseling clinics. Oh if Republicans had to actually run against Republicans the whining would be non-stop! :-) - Dave Winer
For those who are confused and don't follow me, McCain is not my candidate. I am and will continue to be Libertarian. I don't vote Dem or Rep party lines. I vote for the candidate that I feel will do the best job no matter what party affiliation. I will point out hypocrisy where I see it or question things where I think questions need to be asked. I have yet to see any funny Obama pics. - Jason Shultz
Dave your so funny. You get so worked up when anybody questions anything you believe in. I remember I tried to point something out to you on Twitter and you immediately blocked me. Why does people trying to have an intelligent conversation with you scare you so much? I agree some people out there are very irrational and unwilling to listen to opposing views. I just didn't think you were that way until recently. That made me a little sad because I always liked you. - Jason Shultz
jason, look through tina's feed. she posted tons of silly obama photos. there're plenty of them. and i think most all of us would have found a pic just like this of obama pretty funny too... this is a lot more silly than poltical. - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy
Dave: I wonder who would be the first to claim the media is against them and/or is the victim of a vast conspiracy. :) - mikepk
Jason, I think the point is this is a stupid joke that could in no way be construed as a racial attack. I could easily see Obama in a joke like this that no one would morally object to (other than maybe being upset their candidate looked foolish). I think it more likely that McCain just happens to have more facial and posture 'tics' that can make him look goofy in still shots so there's a larger pool to select from. - mikepk
@Tad I actually thought I suscribed to Tina because I see some of her posts in my feed but I just checked and apparently I don't. I'll have to do that I guess, I thought I was getting her entire feed. - Jason Shultz
get in his belly! - Pete Delucchi
I agree it was stupid. I was only questioning why the lack of Obama funny pics? Obviously there's the fact that he's the Dem. But, c'mon. Maybe it's just because I'm saddened to see one person get picked on. Maybe it's because I'm sad to see how far McCain strayed from what he used to be. It's sad to see people give up their beliefs in the quest for power. - Jason Shultz
Dave Winer you a Jew picking Obama but he will not support Israel. I guess you do not care much about your people. - Igor The Troll
@Andrew Baron: If you really meant this as a joke and didn't post it because of hatred for Sen. McCain them I am sorry. Maybe I've got a stick up my butt right now. I'm just tired of the hate. I haven't unfollowed 1 fellow Tweeter because of politics yet but right now there are 2 I am thinking of blocking. 1 is a hater of Sen. McCain and the other is a hater of Sen. Obama. It's just pathetic. So, again, if this is a joke then I'm sorry. - ChiliMac
pic would be funny either way, like the post turtle "joke" told about both Obama and Palin - randulo
Oh.My.G-d. - Mohomed=genieyclo
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Baby burger
October 25 at 9:57 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
That's sooo wrong. No ketchup. - Chris Baskind
I love babies, but I can't ever eat a whole one by myself. - Nine
poor baby neck. - Anika Malone
It's a party platter. - Chris Baskind
+1 Nine -- they're just so meaty these days - William Harryman
Its a Modest Proposal. - Andrew Baron
buddhist baby doing prostrations - Gregory Lent
That has to be uncomfortable for that baby. - Trish R
this was a laugh out loud moment for me. LOVE IT - Melissa Maskevich
@ Trish R Agreed. Shoulda been a pita pocket! ;) - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct
Funny, yet disturbing at the same time. - Bonnie Dean
If coconut oil is made from coconuts, and mustard oil is extracted from mustard seeds, what is baby oil made from? - Vijayendra Mohanty
+1 Vijayendra - Bonnie Dean
Thanks Bonnie. But as I should have mentioned, the joke was not mine. :) - Vijayendra Mohanty
Yes, I know, Vijayendra, I was giving you props for remembering it! LOL - Bonnie Dean
@Chris Baskind, the ketchup is on the inside. :-P - Jason Huebel
Then that's fine. And thank you again. :) - Vijayendra Mohanty
@Vijayendra Mohanty: Have a friend who loves Edy's Girl Scout cookie ice cream (particularly thin mint). He happily assures everyone nearby that the product is made from REAL Girl Scouts. I wonder if he likes chianti. - MiɳiMagɘ (AlwaysMiniMage)
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Know Your Meme: The History of FAIL
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October 24 at 11:07 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
This is crackin me up - Michael W. May
FAIL FTW! - Andrew Baron
That guy looks like a younger me. - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy
This is teh win! - cmiper
Wil Wheaton called, he wants his beard back. FAIL. :D - Haggis (Sean)
"8-bit retro awesome" - xero
Epic Fail... like Bush was elected? lol - Ryo
Bush was elected twice, can you believe it? Im happy to say I got that one right and never voted for him. No doubt W. will go down at the biggest FAIL we've had in white house, EVER! - Andrew Baron
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Blade breaks off wind tower near Wyanet - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com
October 25 at 8:06 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
wind turbine FAIL - justindavey via Bookmarklet
The writer of this article framed it with about as much hyperbole as you could get away with, for such a micro, local, non-story. - Andrew Baron
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Maple Bacon Doughnuts on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
October 24 at 7:39 am - via Reshare - Link
there seems to be a bacon with everything meme going round. - alphaxion
I bet ya those things would taste good too. - justindavey
My sister's boyfriend got me eating peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. They're awesome. - Chris Menning
Eating Bacon is similar to eating dogs, and bacon production is a major negative for health, environment, food distribution and compassion. Just sayin. - Andrew Baron
tell me about it, just spent 5 years ripping their rib cages off - justindavey
Yeah, I eat turkey bacon. - Chris Menning
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rboom: alphaxion posted a link
Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off
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October 24 at 7:37 am - via Reshare - Link
Spotted by Zee - alphaxion
While it's a good video, this has already been all over Digg, Reddit, Laughing Squid, pretty much everywhere and will be old by Monday. - Chris Menning
Agreed, its funny, but its a couple of weeks old. - Andrew Baron
was thinking more for a "KYM 2008 election meme-stravaganza" since this year has been filled with countless election battle memes - alphaxion
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antipodr - Find the other side of the world!
antipodr - Find the other side of the world!
October 24 at 9:39 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Been awhile since I checked on the other side of the World. - Andrew Baron via Bookmarklet
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NASA attempts to reawaken Hubble
October 24 at 8:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Hubble rebooted. - Andrew Baron via Bookmarklet
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