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"One, "Aladdin", from the Thousand and One Nights of Arabian origin, is one for the multiculturalists. And that tradition of the fairy story is an extraordinary mix of Christian and pagan, Germanic, Celtic and Graeco-Roman folk tales and court stories. In fact, many of the stories were never intended primarily for children. They were tales for every fireside, or for a highly sophisticated French court, and only became the preserve of children when adult tastes changed. JRR Tolkien, who was steeped in the fairy-tale tradition - the background to The Hobbit is the story of Beowulf and his dragon - had little time for the notion that fairy stories were for children." - RAPatton

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“awesome, due to this app, which syncs my FB friends with my Address Book (Mac), I can now see pics with emails in Mail http://bit.ly/CRBc”

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Thanks, I'd better grab a cup. - Chris Loft

More is still not enough. - kbourke

I understand your pain - Shevonne Polastre

Always! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

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“MacRabbit's Espresso has awesome features and I hope they get it finished someday soon. :) http://macrabbit.com/espresso/ for more about it.”

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“@elliottkember As many have said, this is difficult time for many companies. I hope that things get better for you.”

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Ed Moltzen posted six messages on Twitter

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“@stevejk It never stops surprising me at how quickly feeds can get away from you; just two days and it turns into a real mess.”

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“How bad is the economy worldwide? Last night at our Tweetup a guy who works on the docks here says some bus is down to 20% of last years.”

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It's bad times...... - yanchao

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This is for Barcelona? - Paul Denlinger

Yes, Barcelona. - Robert Scoble

Just look at the Container Ship Time Charter Assessment Index. It's down from 1 022 points in February to 416 points. - Marcel Janus

If I may be honest, I'm sick of reading how bad economy is. Heck, what is the economy? Isn't it but the sum of single business and their relations? If a single business is in trouble, then likely because it isn't producing something useful, isn't able to sell it or doesn't have the funding and the stamina to survive the dip. Maybe on the big scale it isn't that different. Maybe we weren't producing the things that we needed. Maybe we didn't build good, strong relationships. Maybe we, as a society, have become crybabies and simple lack the stamina to push through this. - Dushan Wegner

The guy at dinner that Robert mentions was Jordi Soler (@jordisoler). He's really remarkable. He's running a family-owned business that trucks containers around Europe, and is totally plugged into the web tech scene, reading all sorts of blogs, signed up to lots of services, etc. And a really nice guy. - Terry Jones

I'm the guy working at the docks. The Tweetup was excellent and I learned a lot about startups with you guys. As to the economic situation, yes, here in Barcelona times are pretty rough right now. I'm still holding up because I have a little family business, but right now big companies are suffering a lot and firing workers. Business is clearly slowing down and we can only hope that the situation recovers soon. - Jordi Soler

company I work for had a round of layoffs.. thankfully they can't trim the IT dept down any further since there's only 2 of us providing support for our global operations! - alphaxion

Ever ask someone you don't know really well - how's business? I stopped asking because the vast majority of the time all I've heard is "not bad" or "good". All around me I see signs that things aren't good. - Wayne Schulz

Wayne, I ask all the time, and I've been getting "not very good" or "things are slow" from cab drivers and shopkeepers, so while in general that is the response you'll get, it's not the one I'm getting lately. - Chris White

The economy will remain this way until people stop complaining about it, and start doing things to help it. - Spencer

Spencer, kind of like the weather. Seriously, this is not just people complaining, it's people explaining. Getting an understanding of what is happening in a global economy is useful to individuals. IMO, this economy can't be fixed without going through some pain, which includes de-leveraging the over-leveraged economy. This means stop bailing out companies, and stop lowering interest rates and printing money. Real estate is over-bought, and needs to come down in price. - Chris White

Robert, it's much worse than 20%. Marcel is right. Look at the BDI (Baltic Dry Index). It's 1/15th of what it was 7 months ago. - Chris White

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Hate it. - Sweyn via twhirl

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I'm so confused. That's what my GR has been looking like at least since last month. The last time I visited before that, was probably in July, so memory and all that, but I thought it always looked like this. Am I missing something? - Anika Malone

it's looked like the first image or the 2nd Anika? - Zee.

The first,because I didn't notice a second image. Now, I see the difference. It's not that bad. The blue on the sidebar, is ugly anyway. Reminds me of Yahoo! circa '94. - Anika Malone

@Anika @Zee you gotta see the second image (with the little arrow) -- that's the new one - Jorge Escobar

lol... - Zee.

Personally a big fan of the new look, much cleaner and professional - Matt Harwood

Two things that I don't like. One is the Windows-y look and feel of the subscriptions area. The other: I used to rely on the colour in order to differentiate between read and unread articles, but now that they've lightened the blue, it's harder for me to do that. Instead, I have to rely on the boldness of the article's title. I guess it will take some getting used to. - Paul Grav

I'm with paul on that one, I used the colored backgrounds a lot - the font highlight needs more focus, i think it gets tired going through 150 feeds etc. - Joelle Nebbe

iPhone version is now broken - Robert DeBord

I'm not happy with the new style. - Bob

Much better on the netbook. - Bec Rowe

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“If anything, the new Blackberry confirms that touchscreens are a stupid interface for phones http://bit.ly/aoY3”

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And if anything, that article confirms that Nokia stills stumbles in the US market. But could the E71 finally turn the tide? http://tr.im/1vli - Kari Silvennoinen

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one track mind… - Vincent van Wylick

yeah, but, come on, isn't it odd that the global market leader in smart-phones is nowhere to be seen in US? - Kari Silvennoinen

No - Vincent van Wylick

oh, okay then. - Kari Silvennoinen

A "Smart" phone has little to do with the device itself… I was going to blog about it when I have the time. It's about building systems that make sense in an organisational setting. - Vincent van Wylick

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Sounds like you're really enjoying the food in Paris there. - jjprojects

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“Just ordered 6 bretones oysters and 6 fines de claires with Echire salted butter and fantastic bread! Mmmmmmm”

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“Should Costco Accept Food Stamps? via NYTimes http://tinyurl.com/5ofrqa”

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I don't see any reason why not; food is food. - Neal "thePuck" Jansons

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Well, they only accept AMEX - I don't understand their policies. - Mona N. via IM

Seems silly to have to pay 40 bucks to get in the door, then use foodstamps. - Josh Haley

it's definitely more bang for your buck, but the only problem is every time i go there, i spend like 300 bucks on 10 items. it's a little crazy.. but yeah, they should accept food stamps--food is food and those stamps are money, so it should be a no-brainer - Melissa Maskevich

The NYTimes argues: " 1. They did not think they would qualify based on the federal government requirements. 2. It was too expensive to adapt their equipment to accept food stamps. 3. With their annual fee/bulk-purchase model, people on food stamps probably could not shop there anyway." - Mona N.

@Mona they have a contract signed with AMEX to only accept cash, check, and AMEX. I think in return AMEX gives them lower txn processing fees. - Roshan Vyas

The Costco in Seattle accepts Mastercard/Visa (and possibly others?) if you use it as debit. For credit, they only do AMEX, though. - Rochelle

yeah, i use my visa there - Melissa Maskevich

It's possible that the $40 fee might still be worth it for those on foodstamps. They can only stretch so far, anyway. I think the option should be there unless there are major consequences to Costco for doing so. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

any program like food stamps has rules, some very arbitary, like you can use them for cake but not decorated cake - Robert Hafer

Hmmm wouldn't that be up to both the consumer and corporation to work out, Robert? - Mona N.

Do the math. Costco is not a very good deal across the board. It's a pretty big sham. Coupons at kroger saves us close to 50%. But hey, it's your money/foodtsamps - Josh Haley

It depends on the user, imho. Just like ping.fm and Twitter. ;) - Mona N. via IM

Robert, it's not arbitrary. You cannot buy any prepared foods with food stamps. That includes a premade cake. You can buy non-prepared foods including boxed cake mix or ingredients to make a cake. The USDA Food Stamp Act explains this in great detail. - Rochelle

@Josh: actually, it's partly MY MONEY if you're using food stamps...so please stick to the necessary items and let those who can afford to have someone else prepare their cakes eat the prepared cakes. - Craig Eddy

Craig, thank you, yes. I was so focused on the idea of Costco not being a deal that I forgot thet WE pay for foodstamps. Which makes me think that it would be very lame if foodstamps were allowed to pay for costco membership fees. - Josh Haley

Josh, there's a difference between accepting foodstamps for payment with regards to food and accepting foodstams for payment with regards to the membership fee. I'm not seeing where anyone suggested people be able to pay for the membership fees, new tires, flat screen TVs, or anything else with food stamps. Only that they be able to purchase approved food items with food stamps. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

While I'm not opposed to Costco taking food stamps for food items but I would assume that a person on food stamps might have better things to do with their discretionary cash then purchase a membership in Costco! - Paul

Yes, Tina. I said "if" :) - Josh Haley

It's what, $40 for the year, so about $0.75 a week for someone to possibly be able to save significantly on bread, milk, and formula? Even as a tax payer I can't justify griping about someone's choice to spend 75 cents a week on a membership... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

I think it actually makes sense for those on food stamps to attempt to use places like this. They can sacrifice $50 a year in their cash for saving $50-100 in public cash every two months on food and supplies. It just makes financial sense really. - xero

But it's NOT a good deal. The math isn't really there. - Josh Haley

All the numbers we've ever run show Costco way ahead for our typical food basket. The milk, eggs, and veggies alone are a huge savings. Plus coupons work at Costco plus they have cheap gas. - todd

Formula is covered by WIC and is completely free, but you can only "buy" it in your assigned store. And the baby's doctor must fill out a "prescription" for the exact brand & type of formula you are going to be receiving. What stores you allowed to choose from is based on what he puts on that paper and what is available at the stores on their list. - April Russo

Yaa, only if you own a car, since boxes of food are so huge. - imran

April - Another good reason to breastfeed, if possible. - Elizabeth

I didn't find any value being a Costco member, I don't think people on food stamps will either. - Bob