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“Watching Fed/Djokovic in Madison Sq Park”

8 hours ago - via mail2ff - Link

Will DeLuca, MG Siegler, Mladen Srdić and Anne Bouey liked this

i just don't have the nerves to watch that... - Mladen Srdić

Watching at home. - Anne Bouey

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ESPN - Federer's spirits remain high despite season of tribulations - Tennis

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“About to watch...”

yesterday at 5:03 pm - via mail2ff - Link

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ESPN - Resurgent Roddick not buying Djokovic's sob story - Tennis

Thursday at 8:52 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

goutham, Anne Bouey and Ross Miller liked this

Ahh tennis players, almost as whiney as soccer players. Thank god for synchronized swimming is all I can say. - Steve Craft

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“Waiting for my train out of Boston”

yesterday at 4:53 am - via mail2ff - Link

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Bittersweet Goodbyes

Thursday at 8:56 pm - Link

Christopher, Hutch Carpenter and Bret Taylor liked this

Dan - just saw this. Leaving MIT Sloan? - Hutch Carpenter

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“Reflecting...”

Thursday at 9:06 pm - Link

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ESPN - Favre voted one of Jets' offensive captains - NFL

Thursday at 8:54 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

""I understand that most people think the odds are against me, and that's fine," he said. "I'm not here to be a god. I'm not here to get trashed, either. I'm here to help this team win. I still think I can offer something to the game of football, to myself. That's all I can do. I hope it works out, believe me."" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

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“Brian enjoying milkshakes”

Thursday at 6:56 pm - via mail2ff - Link

J. Abdul-Qahhar, Ehsan Diary, Ron, Anna Haro and 2 other people liked this

O HAI Brian :) - Mona N.

HE DRANK YOUR MILKSHAKE... sorry had to be the first - John Worthington

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Gothamist: Columbia, NYU Tuitions Put the "Higher" in Education

Thursday at 7:35 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"The cost of tuition at Columbia and NYU has passed the $50,000 mark; a year at NYU now costs $50,182, including room and board, up 5.9% from last year. And Columbia now sets you back $51,866" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

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“Heading to the Welcome Back c-function to say goodbye...”

Thursday at 3:44 pm - Link

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“Movers are here!”

Thursday at 10:06 am - via mail2ff - Link

Benjamin Golub and Sanjeev Singh liked this

mv home/old home/new - Joni Moilanen

Are the shakers there yet? - Jim Norris

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ESPN - Sneak peek at what you'll see in the NFL this season - Columnist

Thursday at 10:58 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"6: Brett Favre will lead the J-E-T-S to the P-L-A-Y-O-F-F-S It'll be close, but I think he gets them a wild-card spot. The schedule is mostly kind, the running back situation solid and the offensive line improved. I'll take my chances with No. 4. He'll have his clunkers as he learns the playbook and his teammates, but I can see a nine-win season." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

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Tap'dNY - Drink Your Water

Thursday at 7:42 am - Link

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"Tap'dNY is a bottled water for the new age: an honest and local alternative for all New Yorkers. We purify and bottle New York City's famous tap water, leaving out the malarkey and far journey included in other bottled waters." - Dan Hsiao

I misread that as "Tepid NY". I need my morning coffee. - Tudor Bosman

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In Videos: Fortune Cookies Not Found in China?

Thursday at 7:46 am - Link

Even more impressive is the fact that they're not MADE in China. :) - Dan Hsiao

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Norman Foster 40 Signature Series Yacht

Thursday at 7:25 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Gothamist: Ingenious, Illegal Way to Beat Tolls

Thursday at 7:30 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"The Port Authority stopped a tractor-trailer when its driver made its license plate disappear on the Goethals Bridge. How? According to the Daily News, Orland Payano "had a cable running from the license plate to the dashboard cigarette lighter." When the lighter is manipulated, the front plate is tucked away. (The rear plate was "bent, partially concealing its markings.") A PA officer noticed that the plate disappeared and Payano was charged with fare evasion and license plate destruction. The driver, however, tells the News, "It's not true," and says he has EZ Pass. The fare on the Goethals is $40." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

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street interventions by filthyluker

Thursday at 7:24 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Jim Norris, Jennifer Taylor, Chris White, Todd Nemet and 2 other people liked this

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“Moving day... but for the first time with professional movers!”

Thursday at 7:19 am - Link

Ross Miller liked this

Classy... Good luck moving Super Dan! - Ross Miller

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“While walking in Cambridge, MA, someone just pointed to my friendfeed shirt and said he liked it. :)”

September 1 at 4:33 pm - via mail2ff - Link

Shakeel Mahate, Shey, Mathew A. Koeneker, Mona N. and 12 other people liked this

Like - Paul Buchheit

I want a FF shirt... how do I get one? - Lindsay Donaghe

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Stop on in to Grendel's and go crazy! - Peter Simard

Lindsay, right here. http://www.cafepress.com/frien... The Store URL is still hidden in FriendFeed's beta. - Louis Gray

Is cafepress finally selling decent merchandise? I bought one t-shirt from them a few years ago - I had dust rags that were better quality. - Jody C

that is a slice of life - Stewart Rogers

want! - Brian White

If the shirt had a "Like" link silkscreened on it, would people walk up to press it? That would be creepy. - Denton Gentry

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“Restrain barking?”

September 1 at 1:19 pm - via mail2ff - Link

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Japan's new professional seducers - Times Online

September 1 at 7:46 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Erick Jimenez, Cesar Cardoso, .LAGizmoto, Misha Dynin and 22 other people liked this

"Kyoko, of course, is not the girl’s real name. She did not meet Mr A by chance and does not work for a design company, as he thinks. She is an agent paid to seduce him. She regularly texts the team from her mobile and has a couple of GPS devices in case they lose her. Shimizu is her bodyguard and will move in if there are problems. And the whole operation is paid for by Mr A’s wife, who gets an amply illustrated report every time an encounter takes place. The aim is to have Mr A fall so completely for Kyoko that he wants to marry her and asks for a divorce. Failing that, his wife will have a sizable dossier with evidence of infidelity to confront him with." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

dayum! - JA Castillo

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that ain't right - Cee Bee

harsh world. - Yolanda

*jaw drops* - Abby Martin

I guess it's got benefits over just being served divorce papers, though.. - Jason Carreira

I guess a threesome with the wife would be out of the question then? ;) - Earl E Morningwood

She's smart for doing that, cuz now she has the proof to sue his dumb ass for adultry!! - Sheryl

Geeze, how screwed up is this? Can you not just serve divorce papers in Japan? The process must be a lot more complicated to justify all that... - Lindsay Donaghe

One word: entrapment. - Timothy Griffin

I don't know which way to go on this... I just don't know. - Michael W. May

They used to have these in America, too, before the days of no-fault divorce. They were called "co-respondents." The goal wasn't love, but sex, or at least the appearance of sex. The co-respondent would seduce a husband, take him off somewhere to have sex, a private investigator working for the wife would take pictures, and the co-respondent would testify in court. A key witness against Fatty Arbuckle was a professional co-respondent. - Mitch Wagner

the end of marriages in japan for sure. - krz9000

In Japan to get a divorce both partners just need to their seal on the papers. If one party disagrees it's a lengthy legal trudge through the system. There was a TV series like this once (starring London Boots) where they arranged a sting where a girl would try and pick up a guy and take him to a series of places with hidden cameras. When she finally got him home to "her apartment" the camera team and his girlfriend and the stars of the show would be waiting there. It was pretty amusing.. - Stuart Woodward

There's a bit more to the first case: "Mr A, who has been married for 20 years and has a son of 19 at university, is prone to violence and beats his wife. She confided in a male friend, whom she then fell for, but when she suggested divorce to Mr A, he simply hit her." - Alex Power

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“One thing i will definitely not miss about the east coast: crazy bad allergies”

September 1 at 9:43 am - Link

But i will miss the feeling of amazement and wonder that i always had after getting treated by my acupuncturist, Dr. Lin - Dan Hsiao

Did acupuncture help with the allergies? Or are they unrelated? - Benjamin Golub

I don't know, I have more allergies out here in CA that I did in most places in the US (I say most places because I went to school in a Arboretum and worked in a very old textile factory - and in those places my allergies were worse than here). - Rachel L Fisher

San Diego was the best place I've ever lived in the world (and there have been many places) for my allergies. Syracuse, e.g. was not that good - Deepak

Acupuncture is the only thing that actually works for my allergies. Meds barely dent them. I have pretty severe allergies :X - Dan Hsiao

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“View from my would've been apartment near MIT Sloan”

September 1 at 7:49 am - via mail2ff - Link

Claire, Mladen Srdić and Hutch Carpenter liked this

i should prob take a picture of it with a better camera :) - Dan Hsiao

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“AND... more packing.”

August 31 at 7:56 pm - Link

You're moving? - Mona N.

Yes. - Dan Hsiao

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Traveling with wine: Dealing with the new airline regulations - wineloverspage.com

August 30 at 7:12 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Anne Bouey liked this

"Naturally, my primary concern in packing wine in my checked bags is having a bottle or two break, which is a very real risk given the way baggage handlers seem to believe each bag is in need of a stress test. But I am proud to say that in more than twenty years of packing wine in my luggage, I have never had a bottle break. So I want to share some of my packaging strategies, and offer wineries some ideas on how to assist consumers in safely transporting wines without running afoul of the Homeland Security rules." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

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Does Silicon Valley Face an Innovation Crisis? - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

August 28 at 10:00 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Anne Bouey liked this

"In an interview in her Menlo Park office Thursday, Ms. Estrin said that the United States is stifling innovation by failing to take risks in sectors from academia to government to venture capital. “I’m not generally an alarmist, but I am really, really concerned about this country,” she said. ... Ms. Estrin traces Silicon Valley’s troubles to the tech boom. She said that’s when entrepreneurs and venture capitalists started focusing more on starting companies to turn around and sell them and less on building successful companies for the long term." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

The article was very spot on about what's happening right now. IMO, VC's and business's are less willing to take risks due to the state of the economy. Once things get better, I think the trend will reverse. - Henru

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YouTube - Damn It Feels Good to be Banker -- A Wall Street Musical

August 29 at 8:11 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

McCain Said to Choose Alaska’s Palin - NYTimes.com

August 29 at 8:02 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"Senator John McCain chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate on Friday, shaking up the political world with a surprise pick at a time when his campaign has been trying to attract women, especially disaffected supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. In choosing Ms. Palin — a 44-year-old conservative Christian and self-described “hockey mom” who has been governor for less than two years — the McCain campaign reached far outside the Beltway in an election where the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama, is running on a platform of change." - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

"The pick, confirmed by Republicans familiar with the decision, amounted to a roll of the dice, a gamble that an infusion of new leadership — and the novelty of the Republican party’s first female candidate for vice president — would more than compensate for the risk that Ms. Palin could undercut one of the McCain campaign’s central arguments, their claim that Mr. Obama is too inexperienced to be president." - Dan Hsiao

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Splash Page » Should Superman Go Dark? We Ask Kevin Smith, Jeph Loeb And Other Comic Creators

August 29 at 8:02 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"fan-favorite writer/director Kevin Smith also had reservations on a newer, darker Man of Steel. “You always have to always keep Superman very distinct from Batman,” he related. “Batman can be brooding and bleak and dark but Superman — if you want to take a realistic approach to him that’s fine, but I don’t think you can turn him into an angry character. Superman is about the hope in people, the good in people, whereas Batman is about the more driven, hungry for justice angry side of us. [So] I don’t know if doing a dark Superman is the approach, but I’m all for a reboot.”" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

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Let’s Face It, This Isn’t a Job for Supernanny - NYTimes.com

August 28 at 9:37 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Jeannie Choi, Steve Craft and Anne Bouey liked this

"The Upper East Side mother’s approach was unorthodox, to put it mildly. “My kids are a pain, ... I am not looking for Supernanny. I don’t want someone who has a lot of theories on the right way to raise kids.” And: “If you are fundamentally unhappy with your life, you will be more unhappy if you take this job.” More: “If you suspect all wealthy women are frivolous, we are not for you. I do not want to hide my occasional Bergdorf shopping bag.”" - Dan Hsiao via Bookmarklet

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