November 2008
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My Take on FriendFeed Lists
I’ve been an avid user of FriendFeed for several months now and I love the service. Probably too much. So when they introduced the ability to create lists back in September I was all over it. Since then I’ve tried all kinds of methods for organizing my subscriptions and none of them have really worked for me and it seemed like I was missing the type of information I really wanted.
So...
The power of speech →
“When Daniel Everett first went to live with the Amazonian Pirahã tribe in the late 70s, his intention was to convert them to Christianity. Instead, he learned to speak their unique language - and ended up rejecting his faith, losing his family and picking a fight with Noam Chomsky.”
My 10 All TIme Favorite Music Albums in Order
Weezer/Weezer (Blue)
Neutral Milk Hotel/In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
The Decemberists/Her Majesty
Modest Mouse/The Lonesome Crowded West
Camper Van Beethoven/Key Lime Pie
R.E.M./Life’s Rich Pageant
The Beatles/Beatles for Sale
U2/The Joshua Tree
Built to Spill/Ancient Melodies of the Future
The Postal Service/Give Up
In a Record Store in Athens, Georgia
When I was a teenager I remember it was important to me that I know everything about the bands I listened too and the styles of music they played. Name, age, birthplace, family, everything. I knew every member of The Pixies by site. I could recite the story of how R.E.M. started by heart. I could even draw inheritance models representing the evolution of punk or metal. It made me feel like I was a...
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Adding the FriendFeed Application to Facebook
I might be a total moron, but it literally took me an hour to figure out how to add the FriendFeed Facebook app to my Facebook profile. All I could get was a page with the FriendFeed site embedded in Facebook.
Finally I found this post, with the following advice:
“The root of the problem is that Facebook changed the way apps are permitted to publish to the wall. To ensure the FriendFeed...
Voting with Dad
Me: So, after going voting with me what'd you learn about voting that you didn't know before?
6 yo. daughter: The lines are really long.
Me: Is that it?
6 yo. daughter: Yep.
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