meh. I've already fielded a question regarding the one app I was worried about. It's not as big a deal as I thought. - Mattie Kenny
*emailing you* Maybe it's something to do with using Chrome? It's going to sound weird but all my GAccount stuff is done in Firefox, and all browsing, etc. is in Chrome... until they can handle multiple accounts on Chrome, it's how it has to be. But I think the new design has potential... Look for that email! - Kyle Brady
FUDGE! I totally didn't even think about my email being out in the open. Shit. - Mattie Kenny
I think you're ok, Mattie. It's not plaintext - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
I don't like it.. Too much white. I miss the blue sidebar :( - Haggis (Sean)
go ahead and delete. i see the difference. - Anika Malone
What is that 4chan icon down there, Mattie? ;) - Phil Glockner
Phil - You referring to Twhirl in my taskbar? I haven't gone to 4chan in years. I SWEAR! - Mattie Kenny
Haggis - I agree. I think there's too much white and it kinda hurts my eyes. I think it should be slightly off white or light blue. Especially missing the blue sidebar, too. I wonder why they decided an all white design was a good idea. I hope they come out with Labs and Themes for GReader at some point. - Mattie Kenny
Clean, simple, the Google trademarks. (It's also looking a lot like Zoho) - Gary Burge
I think I prefer the new look, seems cleaner. - Robert Nelson
Needs a few Greasemonkey tweaks but overall it's better. - richrecruiter
looks cleaner but less usable to quickly scan things, due to the far lower contrast (no more blue highlight and menu background). Everything blends together on my screen. Will get used to it, i guess. The typography does not look harmonious, they ought to tweak font sizes and spacing a bit. - Joelle Nebbe
too much white! I would have loved to see it go in a different direction. - vijay
i got confused. i meant to like this one. looks cleaner for sure. i LOVE helvetireader script though. it kills - Cee Bee
+1 for Helvetireader! Lots of space and clean to the max. - vijay
I haven't seen the new gReader.. but you know what still looks gorgeous? Feedly. ;) - Phil Glockner
I don't like it yet. It feels sharp and poorly spaced. But I'll get used to it. - Glen Turpin
I like it. If you were new to reader this would be an easier interface to use, IMO. - Clay Newton
pretty much the only reason i use google reader instead of another web service is that it used to be fast (not anymore) and the social feed websites integrate with it. - Joelle Nebbe
It's too early to tell, Sarah. It does look -- *brighter* - Jorge Escobar
I like it, just hope a redesign means that they bring in themes. - Zach Chisholm
Any idea how to decollapse the navigation pane back again? I don't say a way to undo the evil that I did. - todd
I was expecting something drastic so I'm a little disappointed. Seems like more of the same with a little cleanup. Nothing offensive and certainly no major changes that make it bad. - Kenton
I'm inclined to say that the new Google Reader is much superior to the old GR. - Jamelle
Love the feature upgrades, style is a little stark for me. - Kamath ॐ
Disagree. I was so used to the previous version. But that's because I live there. - Louis Gray
I actually didn't like it when I signed in after getting home. Perhaps I was far too used to the previous look? It's practically always open in another tab. But I'm getting used to it, and it's not too bad.. - deepikaur
I like it, but I want to hide the "Friends shared items" from the sidebar. That's the one feature I don't use. - Larry Hudson
Like, but I also want to see which blogs you put in the B, C, and D-list, Sarah. :) - Matt Cutts
Looks sweet, but appears to show less articles on the screen at once. - Mike Reynolds
like the new google reader and i like sarah too - Zee.
Haven't seen it yet, as I use Feedly. - Grant Bierman
I like that I can now find the "Add Subscription" button without scouring the left-hand pane for 5 minutes - Craig Eddy
"Eight 3-D camera crews will sidle up to 2-D counterparts to catch the game between the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers Thursday evening. The 2-D crews will work on behalf of the NFL Network, while the 3-D crews will work for the test broadcast, which will have its own commentators. 3-D viewers must don polarized lenses to see the action." - Mike Reynolds
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The leaders of that embattled industry again are before Congress looking for $34 billion lifeline, but if they couldn't convince Wall Street, an industry that has depended on Detroit for decades, then the government should be even more skeptical. - Mitchell Tsai
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Wall Street thinks Detroit is dead. Sure, this is like the people at Hummer telling the Jeep guys that their time has come and gone, but in this case there's a little more at stake. Wall Street and investors are on the hook for $264.6 billion in bond debt -- and they're making it clear they don't want any more. - Mitchell Tsai
As early as 2005, GM was losing -$2,331/car. Toyota was making more than $1,400/car. - Mitchell Tsai
That year, Toyota was building reliable cars faster, cheaper and more profitably and the comparison wasn't even close. GM's average hourly wage was $73 an hour. Toyota's was $48. GM was spending nearly $1,600 in healthcare costs for every car sold, compared to $201 for Toyota. Too many brands, factories running under capacity, huge pension commitments -- inefficiencies were everywhere. - Mitchell Tsai
Even in their (Ford and GM's) heyday when they were selling a lot of SUVs and trucks, they weren't particularly profitable," said Shelly Lombard, a debt analyst with bond research firm Gimme Credit. "They were barely able to cover their interest payments. It was the bare minimum. The auto operations were really not sustainable, but they had a lot of cash and profitable finance businesses." - Mitchell Tsai
The Big Three had $181 billion in syndicated loans outstanding as of Nov. 20, $3.4 billion was to mature before yearend, a whopping $159.5 billion is set to mature inside of the next five years, according to Dealogic. Since the industry has almost no chance of repaying that debt, it will need to be replaced with longer-term financing. - Mitchell Tsai
"Power-sharing in Zimbabwe is dead and it is time for African governments to oust President Robert Mugabe, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said." - Kol Tregaskes
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"POZNAN, Poland (AP) — The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, arriving with the message that clean technologies are available now to stop global warming." - Mike Reynolds
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No longer will you need to enter your phone number and wait for an SMS message when you are at free AT&T hotspot like Starbucks. Open this app and you are connected. - Kenley Neufeld
"To hire them successfully, employers need to abandon the old human resources model -- recruit, train, supervise, and retain. Young people who've been conditioned to expect a two-way conversation won't stay for long in a world run this way. Instead, employers need a new modus operandi. I sum it up this way: initiate, engage, collaborate, and evolve." - imabonehead
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Back in the old country, we didn't have toilets you could sit on. The toilet was on the floor and we had to squat over it. Well okay, my house had a modern toilet but my relatives had an older house where they had to squat. - Morton Fox
I can't. Blame my comment tourettes...LIKE, LOL, +1 - Matt Musgrave
Now I feel compelled to ask: What is it that you're testing? It can't be whether or not we follow directions because i could have told you that we don't without all the silliness. :D - pea♥ fierce as a woozle
Test post successful. Just making sure you know that we know that it worked. - Pete Delucchi
Ooh, wonder what Dave is cooking up with all these API tests? - Mark Krynsky
You could open a new account just for testing, you know. - Morton Fox
Great piece Dave. One of your best. Really - Charlie Anzman
I like the relationships. I mean, each character has his own story. The puppy is a bit too much, but you have to over look things like that in these kinds of paintings. The way he's *holding* her... it's almost... filthy. I mean, he's about to kiss her and she's pulling away. The way the leg's sort of smashed up against her... Phew... Look how he's painted the blouse sort of translucent. You can just make out her breasts underneath and it's sort of touching him about here. It's really... pretty torrid, don't you think? Then of course you have the onlookers peeking at them from behind the doorway like they're all shocked. They wish. Yeah, I must admit, when I see a post like this, I get emotionally... erect. - Thomas Hawk
Dave, was able to post to Identica via latest OpEd bundled test code. Bam! Wet paint, sorry, had to do it. Now checking out your latest code updates to FFeed. Me trying to be patient, not working. Cheers! ~ Peggy - openAllNight
... really good at scraping up bacon and LOLCAT images. ;-) - Chris Baskind
I have a new slogan. FriendFeed, free crowdsourcing at its finest! - Mark Krynsky
Increasing the number of people doesn't necessarily make the selection of material better. Plus, you also end up with a lot of duplication. - Morton Fox
Morton: heh, the repetition tells me it's important! :-) - Robert Scoble
Morton, with the new grouping feature, the duplication just bubbles the story up again. This promotes the "importance" angle while complimenting the "freshness". - Rob Diana
"We just got a tip that in addition to the iPhone 3G actually making its way to Walmart, as we exclusively told you, there will be a 4GB model priced at $99 with a 2-year agreement." - Anthony Farrior
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I hope they have security in place when this goes on sale if it is true. We don't need another trampling. Fake Steve Jobs would have to do 24hrs of hot yoga if someone were harmed in the purchase of an iPhone. - Kristasphere
Wouldn't it have made sense to start selling this by now for the holiday buying spree? - Ryan Twomey
Man. I saw this prediction a few weeks ago and discounted it. I almost can't believe El Jobso would lower the prices this quickly. - Jason Kaneshiro
He's trying to fight the recession blues b4 it hits AAPL - Anthony Farrior
An iPhone a day at Wal-Mart keeps the recession away by going to the masses as quickly as possible:) - Roney Smith
if I start driving, this would be the car I'd get - Sean Reiser
No need to be sorry, I'm gonna make smart cars sexy! :-* - Jason Huebel
Nice roller skate! ;D Actually the new models are rather good. - Mo Kargas
make sure you watch your 6 because if you get in front of a methed-up trucker, you will need a bit more crumple zone. but i'm sure you'll be fine. congrats. those cars are pretty damn cool looking. - Morgan Haley
I'm also getting the Lambo Doors from Smart42Parts.com. :-) - Jason Huebel
are you really switching up the doors? wow - Cee Bee
Although the SMART cars are cute, they're actually a bad investment unless you really don't drive very often. They're not great with gas and they're fairly cramped. I wanted one for such a long time until I actually started to look into them. - Mattie Kenny
Yeah, I plan to do a few things to it. I mean, I'm only paying $13K for it, so I won't be breaking the bank. This is going to be my fun car. - Jason Huebel
What do they get in mpg? Look pretty spacious inside. Probably cost a million dollars? :) - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
They're US$13,500 well equiped. They are spacious inside. They get 45mpg highway/40mpg city. - Jason Huebel
You can get a Honda Civic Hybrid that gets ~45-50mpg, seats 4 and sells for around $23k. A bit more expensive than the Smart, but if you need 4 seats instead of just 2, it's probably the best deal out there, and they look cool also! - Jeff P. Henderson
Yeah, I thought about a Civic, but I didn't want a hybrid. The smart is gas-only, so I'll be able to do maintenance on it myself. This will be my work car, so I don't need a 4-seater anyway. - Jason Huebel
A lot of the folks who buy hybrids end up bringing them back to trade them for Corollas and stuff because they can't figure anything out under the hood. My friend Dave works at a dealership and was completely baffled by so many people trading in their hybrids for Corollas. - Mattie Kenny
Yeah, I don't want something that I can't take care of myself. That's the biggest drawback of hybrids in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, many of them are *really* nice. But I'd rather have fuel efficiency with gas only. - Jason Huebel
Think they should come with a numbered diploma .... ugh .... - Charlie Anzman
I sat in one at the car show and it wasn't too bad. Not as uncomfortable as I would have thought. I watched a few of these hump it over the Alps so there's something on the inside too. - todd
Check out an amazing video of a dog saving another dog that had been hit by a car on the highway. The heroic canine runs into traffic and drags the severely injured dog out of harm's way. Rather unbelievable. - Alejandro S.
Ok, I can't watch it unless I know the injured dog ends up being taken care of and is ok now... anyone know?? - Lindsay Donaghe
it doesn't say, although there's an emergency vehicle at the end of the video. Maybe they took him so a vet could help him. - Alejandro S.
Ah, that was hard to watch him get run over. :,( But the other dog was so sweet. <3 I was glad to see ppl carrying them away. I hope they are both ok. - Carmen
coyotes do that too .. and people and scientists even, think animals are dumb, have no feelings, etc... - Gregory Lent
Definitely. I selectively syndicate my friendfeed updates out to Twitter, but I hardly use Twitter directly. I'm sort of a reverse-Kevin Rose. http://twitter.com/eng1ne - Phil Glockner
I do it now. Eh. I prefer Twitter, honestly, but have no choice much of the time. - Brent Newhall
I'd rather post to Twitter if it's a short message. - Morton Fox
yep - this is my primary mode FF->Tw, FTW! - MikeAmundsen
Yes, I tend to tweet from FriendFeed. However, I'll add that 90%+ of my discussions tend to happen here at FF. - Mike Reynolds
I'll use Twitter to ff regularly, but I've become more selective about using ff to twitter! Some content from here just doesn't/shouldn't be sent out on twitter. - Michael Fidler
I agree with Michael Fiddler regarding some content just not being Twitter Content. This was the reason I asked, I go from Twitter to FF only, but I was thinking if it would be possible to have 2-in-1 instead of side by side. - Peter Efland
Phil Glockner: you said that you "selectively syndicate FF updates" - as far as I understood there's only the waterfall blast all or nothing mode to post from FF to Twitter. How do you selectively syndicate what you post? - Peter Efland
"Taipei, Taiwan, December 2, 2008 – ASUS today unveiled HD versions of its popular Eee Box—a tiny 1L-sized desktop PC—that it launched in June 2008. With the new Eee Box B204 and B206, users will be able to enjoy viewing hardware-accelerated HD content on LCD TVs, monitors and projectors via an HDMI output—making them ideal for families seeking a simple, space-saving home entertainment solution." - Mike Reynolds
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