Mo J.

Love the poster image. Movie had a few plot holes that you could drive a truck through.... - Abby Martin

Would be freaky to see this in real life. - Mike Reynolds

Wow...nice - Rah™

Agree with you Zee, thought it was pretty good. - Kol Tregaskes

Great - Mahdi Ebrahimi

Steve writes "This is another view from a photo I posted earlier. On the right hand side you can see an orange area which is the center of the flower. You can also see a couple of white petals in the background. All of the waterdrops are acting as a natural lens, and refracting that same flower." - Mitchell Tsai

WOW! - Orli Yakuel

Orli: See http://fishki.net/comment.php?... and http://friendfeed.com/search?q... There were 16 of these pictures posted at Fishki.net, but until today I didn't know who the photographer was (Steve Wall) - Mitchell Tsai

Yummy! - Abby Martin

that sounds so good right now! - Faboo Mama

Mahdi have you ever tried all the dishes you put here ? would you tell us how they taste ? - enigma

D'oh! - Mona N.

oh come on... don't insult homer... and that other guy... what have they done to deserve that? - Joshua Schnell

ya mean John Wayne? - Bored

hahahahahahaha - Joe Pierce

I like both of those first two, but hate the third. I think the mix is improper, unless you're just going with the BRAINDEAD + COWBOY motif, then I getcha. - Pete Delucchi

You may not like sugar; You may not like egg whites; but you will love meringue? - David HC Soul

HS is cute and well-intentioned, and JW is a hero and also well-intentioned. There's an evilness to GWB that isn't captured in this, the part that called on Rove to win his elections,or Cheney to open Guantanamo. - Dave Hussein Winer

I wouldn't insult Homer like that. It's wrong. So wrong. - Kevin Singarayar

right, bart's IQ is way higher than bush could ever dream of having. - Hayk

awsome, with apologies to simpson and the duke:) - whiteboard

That'll be the day! - Jason Brooks

Kwyjibo! - mal

:))))))))) - anahita

It would work if you subtract Mother Teresa. - Dave Hussein Winer

That is an insult to both Homer and especially John Wayne - ThePicMan

I agree with ThePicMan. I like Homer and John Wayne. Bush is diablo. - Andrew Speers

i'm ignoring math homework and reading the feed. DON'T JUDGE ME! - Caroline

I'm no judge, Caroline. Hey Pete - Bren

Boo. And here I am, leaving. Ah well. I hope you have a pleasant night, sir. Good day I hope? <3 - .·*♥pea♥*·.

I'M WIRED anyway. i will be posted till 5 am i'm ready. - Caroline

@Caroline - go do your math - torque

:( otay. - Caroline

Yeah, do your damned homework, it's Saturday night for heaven's sakes! (unless you're in some other part of the world as you're reading this in which case it's most certainly some other time, or if you're reading this much later than the time we're actually writing it, in which case, happy 2009!) - Pete Delucchi

I listened to the Commonwealth Club on the way home... great topic: 'Striving Toward a Nuclear-free world.' Panel included several nuclear scientists as well as frmr. Sec of State Schultz. Got me thinking about the NPT and this new deal with India. I think there is definitely a blog in there. Need to do some research first, though. - Bren

lol i just finished 3 bbl. this is not over :P - Caroline

I don't know what that means, I have to be honest. - Bren

it means i'm gonna kick pete ass. - Caroline

bodacious black ladies, that's my guess. - Pete Delucchi

ugh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Caroline

well, typically in "leet sp33k" bbl = be back later, right? - Pete Delucchi

you didn't know that... -.- c'mon it'z not like you are ancient. - Caroline

Cool, you're using a collaborative filter on preferences and ranking components under Bayes' rule! - John Lam

I'm practically famous! :-) - Emily Miller

Hey, I'm in there as "Sheila", not "Bret's Mom". Is that a promotion or demotion? - Sheila Taylor

Really? I *hate* my sister's entries! - j1m

Odds that people are over-analyzing social media and networking = 100%. Sorry. - Josh Haley

+1000 Josh - Cyndy

Josh -- we've barely scratched the surface of analyzing social media and networking. The AI-based social network analysis software of the future will optimize the interactions and experiences of billions of people. We are still at a very primitive stage in figuring this stuff out. - Sean McBride

Imagine a rapidly self-evolving global superintelligence firing on all cylinders, maximizing the productivity and self-actualization of billions of people simultaneously. That is the long term strategic objective of AI-based social network analysis, collaborative filtering, recommender systems, etc. We're barely at step 1. - Sean McBride

I love this path. FF makes me increasingly less likely to use my reader. Yet, I know there are some worthwhile nuggets in there that I am missing. This kind of intelligence improves the chances that I am predictably surfaced everything I would want to be. I love it. - Christopher Sacca

Awesome. I'm going to buy Emily cookies so she likes more of my posts. :-) - Robert Scoble

Did someone record this talk? I'd love to see it, since I'm one of the sources. Hey, Bret, want to get together when you get back? I'd love to talk more in depth about this with you. I think you're onto something very important. - Robert Scoble

I wonder what effect I had vs. my brother. :-) - Robert Scoble

Friendfeed remains ahead of the game. Bret a driving industry force. - Alex Hammer

Bret is very smart ;*) - Susan Beebe

Oh very neat. - Mark VandenBerg

New features = WIN, but yes, I did know about the best of working in lists/rooms. Now I feel kind of bad for not sharing ;-) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

They've been good with adding new features so far: mostly useful stuff and no total crap that I can think of. - john conroy

Cool, didn't know that. Thanks, Robert. - Kol Tregaskes

This is great news. Go, FF! - Chris Baskind

Yes, the "Best Of" is different on each list. It works "best" in my "Everyone" list and worst in the one that's just me. :-) - Louis Gray

Yay! Wonder if it has to do with that AI intern guy they had. - Brandon Titus

Wish "best of" worked in the "everyone" feed itself - Justin Long

Hmm.. How do I get it to work in rooms? I don't see the "Show Best Of" in rooms? - Winston Teo

I don't see it in rooms either, but it is in lists. - Justin Long

Sorry to disappoint, but I couldn't keep up 2000 likes and 600 comments a week forever. My name's not Mona. - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble

It seems to have picked up lately... I felt similarly last week though for sure. - Tad - the Meme Maker

I think some of it is the emphasis lately on rooms: lots of people are now sharing content in specific rooms rather than on their home feed which makes things slower for all of us 'on the outside' =( - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

holidays. it's the holiest day of the year today for some no? - Patricia

Well, as everybody knows that I'm *the* center of FriendFeed (:D), everybody also knows that I've stopped liking things during the past month. Sorry for slowing it down. :) - possible248

Everyone is staring at their computer watching the dow drop. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Sundays are slow, weekdays - don't think so - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I haven't been on in like two weeks!! Way too busy with work and kids right now. But I actually had some free time, so I figured I'd try to catch up - Sheryl

maybe everybody moved to strands. - funkyboy via Posty

1UP Patricia. - Rochelle

Hunkering down a bit more here - haven't blogged the last few days either. For reference, Duncan Riley noticed something similar: http://friendfeed.com/e/f70c55... I'm going to say it's the natural cycle of any site. It'll come back up again soon. Happens to all the sites. - Hutch Carpenter

It's also yom kippur. I imagine there are lots of folks staying away from their 'puters until sundown. - Jason Toney

Hutch has the link to my previous observation. There's definitely less activity. It is probably a cycle. Every site has to come off a peak at some stage. I'm sure though that it will pick up again. - Duncan Riley

Jason, that's an excellent point. I think it's more than just that though. Probably a cycle, like you all said. - Jesse Stay via twhirl

I think now more than ever people are refocusing on getting work done with all this mess that's going on - that at the least goes for me... FF can really suck the productivity right out of you. - Scott Lockhart

Sorry. This is all my fault. I was in all-day meetings yesterday and today, and I can't do everything for you guys. Sheesh. - Louis Gray

Agreed. It's Louis' fault - Charlie Anzman

Fire up the meme generator *evil cackle* :) - Mo Kargas

I've noticed there have been fewer comments on some of my posts, but I tried not to take it personally.;-) I thought maybe the FF redesign might have been a factor and people may not be seeing as many of each other's posts. Since I've grouped my friends in categories (easier with redesign), my FF streams are different. - Cathryn Hrudicka

"grouped my friends in categories" Good for organization, bad for friend feeding. Many friends are now starving :-) - todd

Been away for 3 weeks, but when the Confessions room started it seems as though the main feeds slowed down. - Mitchell Tsai

I slowed down my posting on FriendFeed. Feels like the honeymoon phase is coming to a close. Many of my posts are going to rooms rather to the home/main feed. There's also the financial crisis and elections coming up that factor for me to post less. - imabonehead

You do not! omg, THIS is the exact reason why we get along. And why other people think we're freaks HAHA - Mona N.

:D - Saman

Those were all over the south where I grew up - never bought one though, always wanted one. - Jesse Stay

I really wish I had an alien driving a teapot for my yard!!! - Trish R

That is all kinds of awesome....LOL - Rah™

Pair that with the alien teapot and I will be yours LOL - Mona N.

Great! Now I have to scrape the tree again! Stoopid witches! I told them to get a GPS, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! "We only use magik!" - Steven "Snake" Perez

Yikes, what happened to witchpower???? - Anders Sporring

So THAT's what hapenned Sabrina. Now I know. - Roberto Bonini

Which way is up!? - Jason Brooks

cute. - Gina K

Don't Drink and Fly , Just Drink and Drive :D - Farzad

:0 - Anthony K. Valley ©

hahahah - nouhad

sorry for incurable wizard! - Rmita Sobhani

Truer words have never been spoken. People join socnets, then proceed to tell people in the "social" realm how to behave. Control issues abound. I guess if people put things up that distract from the face time of the important folks, The important folks get nervous. - Eban Crawford

Well said. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

can't stand the crying. agreed - Cee Bee

Personally, I think the people who constantly bitch about it look like idiots. Learn how to use FF and adapt it to your personal needs or just say buh bye. When the noise from my TV or radio becomes bothersome, I turn it off. - Trish R

Please hold while this thread vanishes in a puff of logic! - Daniel J. Pritchett

Whoops -- a bit of a paradox here. :) Think about it. - Sean McBride

The only time something bugs me is when I bring up FF at work and there's a giant very, very NSFW photo on the main feed. :/ Other than that, I'm loving that hide button! - Rochelle

I openly use FF at work!! I agree one must not shift the responsibility of one's choices on FF. Well put, Chris. - Hayk

Rochelle, I agree, the pictures are sometimes a shocker when it pops up and I'm not expecting it. - Trish R

You get it, Daniel J. Pritchett. :) If this thread doesn't peg your illogic meter, nothing will. :) - Sean McBride

post to FriendFeed Feedback room asking for a way to option linked photos as NSFW? I;m not sure how that would work with imported Flickr pics, but it would help with uploaded photos.. just an idea (That way you could set in your personal options to to display NSFW photos from 8-5 or something like that) - JasonTFleming™

I agree with the sentiment expressed in the OP, I just found this whole thing funny. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Well said Chris!! - Kol Tregaskes

i'm beginning to think the people whining about "noise" or what's appropriate, are just mad when their oh-so-clever post doesn't get comments. - Faboo Mama

on that note faboo, everyone check out my feed: http://friendfeed.com/ultrasur... - Cee Bee

Some people love to hear themselves talk. *blah blah blah* :P - Molly, the Muse

power to the people! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

this++ - Rah™

++++Daniel & Sean, someone complaining about ppl complaining ;) - and yet I still agree with Chris.. logic schmogic :) - Kim via NoiseRiver

oh, totally. noise is a relative term. - Sarah Perez

AMEN! - Mavericks of Troy, NV!

+1 @chris... although, when you think of it, your comment about hating comments that lament what constitutes an 'appropriate post' is effectively just the same thing, no? you're post is just bitching about people bitching about posts...but it's still, er, bitching... but not bitchin', which is cool, dude! lolz - .LAG

well said, Chris. - Carmen

You realize the last guy to post about Noise follows 3,500 people? That whole bit kinda baffles me. - Marko Bon

I'm not apologizing for the irony underlying my post, even if it seems to have irritated a couple of folks. ;-) - Chris Baskind

here here. - Chieze Okoye

Get off my lawn! - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble

I'm writing a Letter! - John Worthington

Are you sure this is the place to complain about FriendFeed? ;) - Soulhuntre via twhirl

lolz! i'm with you @chris: people should just learn how to use the filtering tools. that being said, FF could improve said tools vastly, methinks. we can hope. - .LAG

Excellent post Chris. Sweet, to the point, and my thoughts exactly. That being said, I hope you can agree that there is a bit of a learning curve with getting the tools of Friendfeed here to work for you instead of against you. I enjoy the hell out of this service, but I've read dozens of blog posts from people that know what the hell they're doing and have given tips on how to make this service manageable and more fun. You have to make the experience here work for you. - Pete Delucchi

I'll be the buzzkill: recycling refunds are based on the deposit fee that is built into the price of the beer. So, based on the numbers above, you are simply returned the $214 that you gave as a deposit on the cans and, on the $786 you spent on the beer, you get a 0% financial return, though you get tons of beer. Also, at 5 cents per can, $214 in refunds equates to 4,280 cans...and with a $1,000 purchase price, that translates to 23 cents per can. Barring wholesale costs, WTF beer costs 23 cents/can? - Chester

you can call it your 401-keg...or in Chester's example above...a 401 - keg fail... - Skye Miller

A more damning "investment" comparison is that: you could have bought a Hummer last year and it would have retained more value than the stocks listed above. For that matter, one-year-old beer would probably have retained more of its original value than those stocks. - Chester

+1 @Skye :-) 401(k)(e)(g) - Doug Bloebaum

Chester, not a very effective buzzkill. ~2000, I had a friend who used to joke that he had outinvested everyone else with his "*non-interesting-bearing* checking account" - j1m

Well, anyone with a non-interest-bearing mattress is looking pretty good for 2008. - Chester

I went 100% into cash Apr 2007. The lousy 4% interest is looking pretty good now. Waiting to cost-average back in... Since I was in private equity in Feb 2000, I saw the loss of traction in deals, and also exited the market except for $20,000 ($2,000 in 10 stocks). Missed the internet crash also... - Mitchell Tsai

Since I started investing just after graduating college in 1986, I saw the 1987 crash first-hand and have a healthy respect for economic downturns. When I feel the market is too risky, I exit... Maybe I'll miss some gains. That's ok by me. - Mitchell Tsai

I'm making more money from the interest on a savings account than I would if I put it in a CD (of any length of time). These are weird times. - Andy Bakun

Stephen Colbert might be onto something by investing all his money in cans of soup. - Constantinos Michael

goober. happy birthday old man! - Faboo Mama

Happy Birthday! - Mona N.

Happy birthday :) - Shawn Farner

Happy Birthday !! Woooo - Mo Kargas

Happy Birthday Matt. - Charlie Anzman

Happy Birthday Matt! - Mark VandenBerg

Happy Birthday old man! - Lindsey Smith

What did I tell you about those all night parties? Time to settle down, old man. Happy birthday! - .·*♥pea♥*·.

happy anniversary of your birth, kiddo - MiniMage LightBlueRanger

Happy birthday! - Morton Fox

hAppy b-day! - Shey

Happy Birthday! - Pete Delucchi

Happy Birthday - Rodfather

Happy birthday! - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble

Happy Birthday! - Melissa

happy birthday - chet

Happy Birthday, Matt! - Kol Tregaskes

Happy b day.. have a good one :) - embee

Happy birthday! - Mitchell Tsai

has anyone told you how similar you look to Ricky Gervais? - chet

Wow, lots of birthdays this week! I turned 27 on Monday -- have a great one Matt! - Nicholas Kreidberg

Thank you so much everyone!!! Everyone's birthday wishes have really made my day! :))) It makes having to work today tolerable!! Thanks again!!...@Nicholas Happy belated birthday to you!! - Matt Musgrave

Happy Birthday. You are still handsome even in your OLD age. - Yolanda

Happy birthday Matt! - Carmen

Happy Birthday! - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Awesome responses -- thanks for the belated wish Matt, have an awesome bday! - Nicholas Kreidberg

Playing music and programming the next internets. Oh, and, of course, posting here. - ·[▪_▪]·

Running a yarn/book shop. - JMakesAwesomeSauce

Building cool stuff, I've always wanted to be an eccentric, traveling inventor. - Steve Spalding

Learning, traveling, exploring, going on digs, programming, occasionally doing art, building things, helping research teams. Ok wow, I didn't realize how much of a geek I really was until now...I mean, I knew, but it just hit me again. ;) - xero

Hiking with my dog. - Jack Carlson

Growing corals and marine critters. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

not working. - Duncan Riley

Photographing the world - Bill Scherer

Photography or some kind of design while travelling. - Shey

Traveling. - Alisha★

Writing books. - Akiva Moskovitz

Whatever I want, whenever I want without having to worry about money. - Jeff P. Henderson

Sewing and traveling the world in search of sensuous fabrics ;) - zoblue (Zulema) via fftogo

producing hit records. Oh & if any record labels are reading this - i want to make this abundantly clear. i have a talent....give me a set of 100 tracks and i'll tell you all the ones that can get to number 1 on the charts. No kidding. :) - Zee from WeDoCreative

work on open source projects - imabonehead

gardening, making my jewelry, travel. - Fa