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08/20/2007 19:54 #40642
Maybe a RepeatCategory: photo
08/17/2007 21:19 #40601
Social GraphCategory: internet
Brad Fitzpatrick (of LiveJournal 
and memcached fame) is starting an intriguing attempt at freeing your social life from the clutches of MySpace and Facebook. White paper:
He wants to take your network of friendships that you've defined on the web, and instead of tying that in to a particular website, make it open for any website to use. If you signed up to MyCoolNewSite.com (for example), and plugged in your access token or whatever, it would tell you which of your friends from other sites are on this new one, and you could instantly get going.
Instead of being tied to just the huge social sites, you could participate in a world of targeted, rich, local and interest sites. Estrip would know about your friends (if you let it), and you could always count on not missing anyone or having to reenter all your info everywhere, or bugging your friends to sign up for every new thing.
It would all just happen, decentralized and under your control.
I love Flickr but I hate that my photography network of contacts is bound up in it and I can't spill that over to other places. I love Estrip, but feel like it's maybe tucked away from the rest of my online life instead of being the center of my personal presence on the web.
Facebook (Flickr, MySpace, etc) right now is a walled off corner of the Internet, like AOL used to be. It's nice and clean and usable - but who wants to be living inside AOL 2.0? It is pulling everything in like a black hole.
The internet is meant to be messy and glorious. Why shouldn't you or I set the boundaries as we see fit?
and memcached fame) is starting an intriguing attempt at freeing your social life from the clutches of MySpace and Facebook. White paper: He wants to take your network of friendships that you've defined on the web, and instead of tying that in to a particular website, make it open for any website to use. If you signed up to MyCoolNewSite.com (for example), and plugged in your access token or whatever, it would tell you which of your friends from other sites are on this new one, and you could instantly get going.
Instead of being tied to just the huge social sites, you could participate in a world of targeted, rich, local and interest sites. Estrip would know about your friends (if you let it), and you could always count on not missing anyone or having to reenter all your info everywhere, or bugging your friends to sign up for every new thing.
It would all just happen, decentralized and under your control.
I love Flickr
but I hate that my photography network of contacts is bound up in it and I can't spill that over to other places. I love Estrip, but feel like it's maybe tucked away from the rest of my online life instead of being the center of my personal presence on the web.Facebook (Flickr, MySpace, etc) right now is a walled off corner of the Internet, like AOL used to be. It's nice and clean and usable - but who wants to be living inside AOL 2.0? It is pulling everything in like a black hole.
The internet is meant to be messy and glorious. Why shouldn't you or I set the boundaries as we see fit?
fellyconnelly - 08/18/07 10:54
i cleared out much of the unsightly and disturbing photos on my flickr account and i'm going to be your flickr friend now.
but yes i agree with the above post!
i cleared out much of the unsightly and disturbing photos on my flickr account and i'm going to be your flickr friend now.
but yes i agree with the above post!
08/16/2007 23:57 #40587
Electric SixCategory: music
Oh man oh man I can't wait to go see these guys live some day.
Make sure to at least watch until the special effects start.
Too bad their tour doesn't come close to here:
Make sure to at least watch until the special effects start.
Too bad their tour doesn't come close to here:
tinypliny - 08/18/07 08:35
Disturbing. Yes, precisely. :)
Disturbing. Yes, precisely. :)
fellyconnelly - 08/17/07 13:57
there was something very disturbing about the special effects. but disturbing enough that i have finally decided on my halloween costume.
there was something very disturbing about the special effects. but disturbing enough that i have finally decided on my halloween costume.
lauren - 08/17/07 12:11
I was kinda hoping the paintings were going to come alive and jump off the wall, strangely attracted to the glowing penis and tits.
I was kinda hoping the paintings were going to come alive and jump off the wall, strangely attracted to the glowing penis and tits.
james - 08/17/07 00:21
Years ago, when I first saw this music video I said to myself "When I meet the man of my dreams this will be 'our song'"
A year or so ago I played this song for Jim and he didn't care for it. I am so glad their infectious awesomness wormed their way into Jim's brain.
This is the best video EVER!
Years ago, when I first saw this music video I said to myself "When I meet the man of my dreams this will be 'our song'"
A year or so ago I played this song for Jim and he didn't care for it. I am so glad their infectious awesomness wormed their way into Jim's brain.
This is the best video EVER!
08/15/2007 18:10 #40563
CompilingCategory: geek
Too bad we use dynamic languages at work now...
used by CC license, credit:
used by CC license, credit:
jenks - 08/17/07 07:46
LOL
LOL
jim - 08/16/07 22:23
Test comment.
Test comment.
fellyconnelly - 08/15/07 21:25
hehe i don't even know what this means and it is funny
hehe i don't even know what this means and it is funny
08/14/2007 21:32 #40545
BOMBS ZOMG ZOMG TERRISTSCategory: politics
image copyright by Cory Doctrow
Used under license via CC
fellyconnelly - 08/15/07 00:19
i'm so very glad that when i saw james's shirt i thought it said zombies instead of ZOMG.
i never claimed intelligence.
i'm so very glad that when i saw james's shirt i thought it said zombies instead of ZOMG.
i never claimed intelligence.
Thanks Tinypliny & Libertad!
Bigger version: :::link:::
you know why this pic is so great? it is so interactive. you just really want to blow on it. it is so real.
Here's where it would have been perfect to add "and I know where you live", but that would be untrue. "I know where you work" would be a poor substitute. Wait, I really don't know exactly where you work. So I can't say that either. Oh well.
I (((<3LOVE<3))) this picture! I think you posted it on your photoblog before, but definitely not here. I know, because I stalked around your entire web presence some weeks back. Muaaahhaaaahahha *creepy stalkerish laugh, in case you didn't realize*