Ken Sheppardson

Yes. - Johnny

Shoot. I jinxed it. Sorry :-( http://friendfeed.com/friendf... - Ken Sheppardson

"Look at this map, and notice that deep, deep in the Republican South, there's a thin blue band stretching from the Carolinas through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. These are the counties that went for Obama in the last election. A blue crescent in a sea of red. These same counties went mostly blue in 2004 and 2000. Why? Well, the best answer, says marine biologist Craig McClain, may be an old one, going back before the Civil War, before 1776, before Columbus, back more than 100 million years to the days when the Deep South was under water. Those counties, as he writes here, went for Obama because trillions and trillions and trillions of teeny sun-loving creatures died there. He's talking about plankton. That's why the Republicans can't carry those counties. Blame plankton." - Ken Sheppardson

Very interesting. - rønin

"When the public asks, “Did climate change cause this?” they are asking a confused question. It’s like asking, “Did steroids cause the home run Barry Bonds hit on May 12, 2006?” There’s no way to know whether Bonds would have hit the home run without steroids. But who cares? Steroids mean more home runs. That’s what matters. By answering “yes” to a confused question, climate hawks cement that confusion and get themselves involved in an endless squabble that has the surface appearance of a scientific dispute, but is almost entirely a semantic dispute over the meaning of “cause.”" - Ken Sheppardson

"At campaign stops across Iowa and Ohio this month Mitt Romney has been riling up crowds with his take on the pre-game chant from the fiction Texas football show “Friday Night Lights.” “Clear eyes, full hearts and America can’t lose,” the GOP candidate has said on the stump. But for “Friday Night Lights” writer and director Peter Berg, Romney’s adaptation of his rally cry isn’t inspiring. He is calling it plagiarism." - Ken Sheppardson

"The fat guy is swinging...." - Ken Sheppardson

Wear down Verlander and knock him out of the game --> CHECK - Ken Sheppardson

Get two wins at home while saving Cain for the road (and Game 7, if necessary) --> So far so good... - Ken Sheppardson

"There is no guarantee of ticket availability" - Ken Sheppardson

By the time I got this, first game was sold out. For the second game, their site said there were no two tickets available together. Third game at AT&T (i.e. 6th game of the series), Standing Room Only. Meanwhile, seats for all the games are on Stubhub. Hmm. - Ken Sheppardson

...shenanigans... and ticket-price inflation for sure! - .LAG liked that

*dead* - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Got mine yesterday. After a bit of futzing with the mini Display Port to Dual Link adapter from Apple ($99) necessary to get the $317 (shipped) First FSM-270YG talking to my 27" iMac, I'm all set. Pretty much indistinguishable from the iMac screen. - Ken Sheppardson

Alex: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna... (via Jimminy) - Ken Sheppardson

Small/Medium Business, I mean. "Bring your laptop to the Genius Bar" doesn't scale too well. - Ken Sheppardson

Requested? How? :) - Claudio Cicali

I got an email back on Aug 24 telling me I could either take +KenSheppardson or request an alternative. I asked for kshep (Twitter handle, FF username, kshep.net, etc) and check the checkbox indicating it's my "widely known online identity" or some such. Today the told me it was approved. - Ken Sheppardson

Not just email addresses, but I recommend keeping work & home separate for everything. It's a little less convenient but it pays off if you ever want to change jobs. - Amit Patel

And don't use your ISP's email address for anything permanent, either. Makes it v hard to change providers. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

I get this constantly, or variations on it: I ask a question via email, I get VM back from a sales person. Instead of just answering my question, they ask me to call them back. If/when I do call, the don't tell me anything they couldn't have typed in an email in 10 seconds.... but then they wouldn't have had the opportunity to try to Close me. Sales today is just broken. - Ken Sheppardson

"In early June 2007, the Mars Science Laboratory project completed its project-wide Critical Design Review (CDR), which marks the completion of the project's design phase and transition into the build up of flight hardware" -- http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl... - Ken Sheppardson

So much for arguments about 1 vs 2 week iterations and whether or not to have daily standups - Ken Sheppardson

I doubt anybody at JPL ever used the phrase "Minimum Viable Product" - Ken Sheppardson

"We'll be back for the conclusion of the flight after these messages from our sponsors." - Ken Sheppardson

The prime time coverage would be unbearable if we watched it live. - Heather

"Taylor, who had previously worked at Google, has a strong start-up background. He left the search giant to found FriendFeed, a once-popular social aggregator. FriendFeed was acquired by Facebook in 2009." - Ken Sheppardson

I sort of forgot this was happening. I hope the remaining FF team at FB remembers to keep the lights on here. - Laura Norvig

Feels a bit like the D7000 replacement and good backup option for D800 owners. Might be time to sell off some gear and get ready to pre-order... - Ken Sheppardson

You can already grab a D700 for under $2K on eBay. It's not hard to imagine that a $1500 D600 would drop that down to $1200-1300...which is a pretty crazy price for a full frame camera. I'll bet there are a few D3 owners who want to stick with CF who'd grab a(nother) D700... and a D700 + 50mm f/1.8D kit for under $1500 seems like a pretty slick art/photography student/purist option. - Ken Sheppardson

"After the Nikon D4 got the second best DxOMark overal score on Tuesday, today there is a new king - the Nikon D800 is the new #1 - it even got a higher score than the Phase One IQ180 digital back." - Ken Sheppardson

They're going to have to rescale things soon ;) - Amit Patel

Oh, wow... that loads much, much faster than SmugMug ever has for me. And I like the simple, clean look and feel as well. - Michael W. May

Yeah, I think it's addressed pretty much every little thing I wanted to tweak in SmugMug. Also, much nicer on the admin side. - Ken Sheppardson

Well then, I'll just go *BUMP* FF so it appears on top again. - Micah

FF: Here is a picture of me eating the best donut EVAR. Everyone post pictures of themselves eating their favorite donuts with me! - Mrs. Alix May