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07/06/2011 22:39 #54652
Summer FoodCategory: food
07/06/2011 22:36 #54651
Google+Category: web
Wow, could it be any more like facebook. I mean, I like it - I like it even more but it feels the same. Its going to be so hard to get people into both. I don't understand how people can possibly have enough time in their lives for all of this social networking. Maybe google is going to do an even better job with it.
tinypliny - 07/08/11 01:20
Its a writing skills killer.
Its a writing skills killer.
tinypliny - 07/08/11 01:18
Yikes.. this is somewhat disturbing. They spotted and suggested me as your "circle mate"... I don't know if I like this anymore than I "like" facebook. It's the same devil.
Yikes.. this is somewhat disturbing. They spotted and suggested me as your "circle mate"... I don't know if I like this anymore than I "like" facebook. It's the same devil.
metalpeter - 07/07/11 17:55
So Followed the link and from facebook's side it does make sense.... When I first signed up they had ways to find contacts or people you know through your e-mail (so many people alone use yahoo it is a no brainer)... So they don't want to have you find all your friends then google takes you and all your friends of facebook... Facebook knows that it is all about being connected... When two friends left myspace to go to facebook if you follow those two friends then you had to make the jump also....With limited time that made less and less people on myspace... Yes there are some people and bands you can only follow on myspace and things that would never fly on facebook... But the point is they don't want to lose people to google cause if they do then people who follow them will leave also... Think this is why they came out now with all the chat and skype stuff that I haven't used.... Seems like a good way for lovers to keep in touch or find new lovers.....
So Followed the link and from facebook's side it does make sense.... When I first signed up they had ways to find contacts or people you know through your e-mail (so many people alone use yahoo it is a no brainer)... So they don't want to have you find all your friends then google takes you and all your friends of facebook... Facebook knows that it is all about being connected... When two friends left myspace to go to facebook if you follow those two friends then you had to make the jump also....With limited time that made less and less people on myspace... Yes there are some people and bands you can only follow on myspace and things that would never fly on facebook... But the point is they don't want to lose people to google cause if they do then people who follow them will leave also... Think this is why they came out now with all the chat and skype stuff that I haven't used.... Seems like a good way for lovers to keep in touch or find new lovers.....
metalpeter - 07/07/11 17:48
With Cellphones and Tablets? You are the 3rd confirmed (e:peep) that I know has it now (could be more just 3 that I know of).... I don't even have g-mail so..... I'm guessing that they are trying to be the new facebook and then connect things with mail... Say this way you are at the square with say Keith and Tony and you say post a picture of the band... Well maybe Heidi is on and sees the pic so writes a comment like ok now i know where you are stay right there...Your phone buzzes you look Hey guys don't move Heidi is on her way over.... Or you know something like that again I don't have it so ........
With Cellphones and Tablets? You are the 3rd confirmed (e:peep) that I know has it now (could be more just 3 that I know of).... I don't even have g-mail so..... I'm guessing that they are trying to be the new facebook and then connect things with mail... Say this way you are at the square with say Keith and Tony and you say post a picture of the band... Well maybe Heidi is on and sees the pic so writes a comment like ok now i know where you are stay right there...Your phone buzzes you look Hey guys don't move Heidi is on her way over.... Or you know something like that again I don't have it so ........
07/05/2011 14:29 #54647
Dying maple treesCategory: nature
I think all of the maple trees on Washington St behind the Allen. street metro station are dying. I wonder what it is.
UPDATE: its killed all of the new maple trees on main st
UPDATE: its killed all of the new maple trees on main st
tinypliny - 07/08/11 01:21
Is someone noticing this apart from you?!
Is someone noticing this apart from you?!
07/05/2011 00:16 #54643
Buffalo Fireworks From the Outer HarbourCategory: holidays
The spot we went to last year was
Its like this year everyone knew our spot so we moved out on the harbor into the dark. I think it was the most intense upclose view of large scale fireworks I have ever seen.
Here is the finale filmed with my outdated 5mp mobile phone cam.
It was a great end to a great weekend. Next weekend is (e:hodown) visit, Sirius Rising and the Taste of Buffalo.
- well lit by new street lights
- packed with 10,000 people
Its like this year everyone knew our spot so we moved out on the harbor into the dark. I think it was the most intense upclose view of large scale fireworks I have ever seen.
Here is the finale filmed with my outdated 5mp mobile phone cam.
It was a great end to a great weekend. Next weekend is (e:hodown) visit, Sirius Rising and the Taste of Buffalo.
tinypliny - 07/08/11 01:23
I saw it from 100 miles away at my window sipping a cup of tea and ruing the loss of a weekend...
I saw it from 100 miles away at my window sipping a cup of tea and ruing the loss of a weekend...
metalpeter - 07/05/11 17:48
That was pretty cool thanks...... Taste of Buffalo minus the crowd is all ways a great time....
That was pretty cool thanks...... Taste of Buffalo minus the crowd is all ways a great time....
07/04/2011 11:33 #54639
Midnight Mass - July 4th 2010Category: bikes
Now that I finally got a bike I headed out to midnight mass last night. By 12:30am there must have been 300+ bikers at Allen St Holly Farms waiting to go.
I wish I had the foresight to use Google's free My Tracks app
so that we could have seen speed, distance and location afterwards.
The amount of fireworks that went of on this trip was unbelievable. We traveled from Allen to Niagara Square where the bikes filled up the entire circle going around and around. I wish I had a pic of it from up top. At some point around here something happend to sameer because we didn't see him anymore.
Then down to the sand hills on the Buffalo River. It was so dark I could not get picture but the highlights were two dudes doing linked somersaults down the sand hill while holding lit sparklers in their pockets, people shooting the Verizon sign with bottle rockets and smoking a beer.
The next stop was a gas station ore on the eastside. They must have been so excited to get so much business at 2am. I think they sold out of beer. The scariest part was fireworks at the gas station. I quickly moved away from the tanks.
Here you can see (e:Terry) was one of the first people in line.
Next we made a trip to a park I had never seen on the buffalo river where we had a massive bonfire. Here is the google map to it.
...and here are two pics of the location thanks to google maps
At the park with the bonfire, people sand the anthem followed by a bunch of "America - Fuck Ya!"
This is the only example of the song I could find on youtube
Last stop was delaware park then my backyard with (e:keithT) and Casey.
I wish I had the foresight to use Google's free My Tracks app
so that we could have seen speed, distance and location afterwards.The amount of fireworks that went of on this trip was unbelievable. We traveled from Allen to Niagara Square where the bikes filled up the entire circle going around and around. I wish I had a pic of it from up top. At some point around here something happend to sameer because we didn't see him anymore.
Then down to the sand hills on the Buffalo River. It was so dark I could not get picture but the highlights were two dudes doing linked somersaults down the sand hill while holding lit sparklers in their pockets, people shooting the Verizon sign with bottle rockets and smoking a beer.
The next stop was a gas station ore on the eastside. They must have been so excited to get so much business at 2am. I think they sold out of beer. The scariest part was fireworks at the gas station. I quickly moved away from the tanks.
Here you can see (e:Terry) was one of the first people in line.
Next we made a trip to a park I had never seen on the buffalo river where we had a massive bonfire. Here is the google map to it.
...and here are two pics of the location thanks to google maps
At the park with the bonfire, people sand the anthem followed by a bunch of "America - Fuck Ya!"
This is the only example of the song I could find on youtube
Last stop was delaware park then my backyard with (e:keithT) and Casey.
tinypliny - 07/08/11 01:25
Wow, that looks like so much fun... Only I don't think I would have been able to ride along with so many people. Any traffic, pedestrian or biker, within a radius of a couple feet makes me get off and walk my bike. I am the world's poorest biker.
Wow, that looks like so much fun... Only I don't think I would have been able to ride along with so many people. Any traffic, pedestrian or biker, within a radius of a couple feet makes me get off and walk my bike. I am the world's poorest biker.
dcoffee - 07/07/11 21:49
Looks like so much fun, I bet you had a blast. That's one of my favorite parks too, we usually call it Smith Street Park, but I guess it's officially Red Jacket River Front Park, :::link::: We usually show up by canoe, but it's a great place for a hike too. Nature has reclaimed it.
Looks like so much fun, I bet you had a blast. That's one of my favorite parks too, we usually call it Smith Street Park, but I guess it's officially Red Jacket River Front Park, :::link::: We usually show up by canoe, but it's a great place for a hike too. Nature has reclaimed it.
heidi - 07/04/11 12:10
I had fantasies of being social last night and joining midnight mass... but I figured it was either that or fireworks tonight. I hope I chose well - this looks like it was pretty awesome.
I had fantasies of being social last night and joining midnight mass... but I figured it was either that or fireworks tonight. I hope I chose well - this looks like it was pretty awesome.
I agree, everything tastes 10x better. Maybe because of a shorter growing season, there is not much water-logging in the crops and their flavours intensify?
In Theory in summer all the fruits and things like that should be fresher ..... Or it could be you just feel better because of the son and no snow and ice and grey skies.....