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Twitter Updates for 2009-01-05

Fats — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

A New Cigarette Hazard - ‘Third-Hand Smoke’ http://ff.im/ulim #
It is not coffee. It is definitely not like coffee,” said Garrison Courtney, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement… http://ff.im/uBf0 #
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-04 http://ff.im/uCcd #
Police: Dad Killed Son Over Child Support http://ff.im/uDez #
Parental Testimonial Fail http://ff.im/uDet #
Some of Our Favorite Heroes: The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers http://ff.im/uDey #
Amateur Fireman Fail http://ff.im/uDeu #
What turns you on? (Feb, 1970) http://ff.im/uDeA #
How many hands you got? http://ff.im/uDew #
Commercial Fail http://ff.im/uDev #
Woman Continues to Breast Feed 6 year old Boy… which he calls “nummies” http://ff.im/uDeD #
Power Twitter: Inline Media, Integrated Search And A Lot More http://ff.im/uDeE #
Army Investigates Recruiter Suicides http://ff.im/uDeB #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-04

Fats — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

Free OJ Fail http://ff.im/tCmq #
Menu Fail http://ff.im/tCmt #
Gift cards for drug dealers http://ff.im/tOfu #
Big Bopper’s casket to be auctioned http://ff.im/tOft #
Flock: The Not So Friendly Social Browser http://ff.im/tYml #
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-03 http://ff.im/tZM2 #

A New Cigarette Hazard - ‘Third-Hand Smoke’

Fats — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:45:59 +0000

“The central message here is that simply closing the kitchen door to take a smoke is not protecting the kids from the effects of that smoke,” he said. “There are carcinogens in this third-hand smoke, and they are a cancer risk for anybody of any age who comes into contact with them.”

Among the substances in third-hand smoke are hydrogen cyanide, used in chemical weapons; butane, which is used in lighter fluid; toluene, found in paint thinners; arsenic; lead; carbon monoxide; and even polonium-210, the highly radioactive carcinogen that was used to murder former Russian spy Alexander V. Litvinenko in 2006. Eleven of the compounds are highly carcinogenic.

This isn’t coming from one of the many propaganda/disinformation organizations out there. This is from the New York Times. Yet another example of pure Bullshit from the anti-smoking activists that seek to remove personal freedoms by using misleading language and poorly researched/documented scientific hypotheses. They use scare tactics to influence governmental authorities to take away the rights of free people.

Will garbage like this save the NYT from an inevitable fate? Depends on how ignorant their readers are I guess…

[ New York Times ]

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-03

Fats — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to appear at Macworld http://ff.im/sOL2 #
12 Elegant Examples of Evolution http://ff.im/sOL1 #
Why Not To Shout At Your Disk Array http://ff.im/t9Ea #
iPhone Condom Is Touch Sensitive Too But Requires Stylus [Wrongmodo] http://ff.im/taVj #
Woman sues over child’s toys landing in her yard http://ff.im/taVl #
Weenie Wing Commander Fires Meat Torpedoes [Grilling] http://ff.im/taVg #
Million Dollar Border Security Machines Fooled with Ten Cent Tape [Biometrics] http://ff.im/taVo #
Passenger goes Berzerker on flight… beats up Flight Attendant while covered in his own Feces! http://ff.im/taVi #
Air Born http://ff.im/taVp #
Bus Company Abandons Man With Cerebral Palsy On Bus On New Year’s Eve [Transportation] http://ff.im/taVk #
Menu Fail http://ff.im/taVn #
Wheels: Rare Bugatti Found in Garage http://ff.im/taVh #
Dog Pillow http://ff.im/taVq #
Free OJ Fail http://ff.im/taVm #
Woman sues over child’s toys landing in her yard http://ff.im/tewL #
Sitting at a discount tire waiting for a patch because I ran over a nail on NYE. A General white portion snus is keeping me company though. #
Gift cards for drug dealers http://ff.im/tjTn #
Youth made up story about kidnap attempt http://ff.im/tjTj #
Windows 7 Leaked To Pirates By Microsoft? http://ff.im/tjTl #
Big Bopper’s casket to be auctioned http://ff.im/tjTh #
Notice to all: if your girlfriend films a 16-year-old in the shower, admits to police she did it to frame you, then… http://ff.im/tlLr #
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-02 http://ff.im/tp0q #

Flock: The Not So Friendly Social Browser

Fats — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:12:18 +0000

I’ve been hearing so much buzz about the revolutionary browser known as Flock. I finally checked it out today as a possible alternative to the not-so-freshly-maintained Portable Firefox for my iMac at work. I learned previously a little trick to create symlinks to my iPod (when mounted) so that I could run just about any browser from my iPod without leaving any pesky personal data on my work computer. The conundrum I am in is that I need Firefox to use a proprietary database application that our company relies upon. So far I haven’t been able to find a solution to switch on the fly between profiles on Firefox.

Flock seemed like a good solution because it promised the following:

Management of multiple web-based email accounts (I have two gmail accounts, plus one Google apps for your domain account)
Twitter integration
Wordpress blog management
And finally, “Flock delivers the latest webmail, photos, videos and updates from your favorites sites, so you can stop running around.” (So I should be able to add FriendFeed, right?)

So while doing some other things at the office today, I downloaded the app and began configuring it. Here is what I learned:

Flock only handles gmail accounts and does not handle GAYFD accounts.
The Twitter integration sucks ass.
Wordpress blog management is OK, but not as nice as MarsEdit.
Flock not only does not integrate with FriendFeed, doesn’t even see the need for integrating FriendFeed into their services.

So? I uninstalled the fucking thing.

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-02

Fats — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

A Robotic Cyberknife To Fight Cancer http://ff.im/sAEJ #
Microsoft Uses WGA To Obtain Record Jail Sentences http://ff.im/sCAX #
Twitter Updates for 2009-01-01 http://ff.im/sNgW #

Twitter Updates for 2009-01-01

Fats — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

Man dies from chain saw wounds http://ff.im/rH7j #
Tiny microhabitat to study marine organisms http://ff.im/rH7i #
Tiny microhabitat to study marine organisms http://ff.im/rKla #
Public Safety: Poway man arrested after infant son is harmed http://ff.im/rZLz #
The Apocalyse is Coming: What You Need to Pack http://ff.im/rZLy #
Books: Still Paging Mr. Salinger http://ff.im/rZLA #
Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek http://ff.im/rZLC #
Terry Pratchett Knighted http://ff.im/rZLB #
30GB Zunes Killing Themselves In Droves http://ff.im/s3gR #
Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2008 http://ff.im/s3gW #
Boing Boing tv faves from 2008: Mark’s Tour of Intelligentsia Coffee http://ff.im/s3gV #
Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide! http://ff.im/s3gT #
iWork to Become a Web Application at Macworld? http://ff.im/s3gU #
Photo Reenactments of The Far Side http://ff.im/s3gS #
Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2008 http://ff.im/s5hh #
Boing Boing tv faves from 2008: Mark’s Tour of Intelligentsia Coffee http://ff.im/s5hg #
@solipsistic Thanks for the link to that smallworld episode. I hope you are going to bring that back - I really enjoyed it. Damn hackers! in reply to solipsistic #
@solipsistic Going through some of the archives at http://smallworldpodcast.com/?cat=3 - what audio gold! Gonna hear Rippo interview next. in reply to solipsistic #
@solipsistic Thanks! Good luck on rebuilding SmallWorld. in reply to solipsistic #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-31 http://ff.im/sfWl #

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-31

Fats — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:59:59 +0000

Apartment Name Fail http://ff.im/r9jG #
@solipsistic I’d buy an iPhone Nano if it wasn’t tethered to AT&T - got the LG Lotus instead. Can’t listen to solipsistic on it though… in reply to solipsistic #
@solipsistic BTW - dug the OB photos. No stops at the Cow though? in reply to solipsistic #
If you enjoyed visiting DMFail, which surfaced Twitter messages intended as private messages on a public website but… http://ff.im/rhP4 #
Episcopal Priest Makes A Name For Himself In NYC Nightclubs http://ff.im/rhYc #
Episcopal Priest Makes A Name For Himself In NYC Nightclubs http://ff.im/riZJ #
Boobs on Things That Don’t Normally Have Boobs http://ff.im/rpnj #
Researchers found that steeping the meat in alcohol for several hours cut the high levels of carcinogenic compounds… http://ff.im/rq2V #
Great white shark circles kayakers and fishermen in Sydney > http://ff.im/rq2W #
After a long, long wait we’re incredibly happy to tell you that the first public release of Espresso is available!… http://ff.im/rq2X #
craytonc: sharpless: (via carlovely) AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… I hope this is real. Oh, it was certainly real alright. R&D… http://ff.im/rwQa #
Slapchop Informercial - “You’re gonna love my nuts!” http://ff.im/rwQb #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-30 http://ff.im/rCc6 #
Do Try This At Home: Amateurs Tinker With Genetic Engineering http://ff.im/rD5o #
Old Town concession to change hands http://ff.im/rD5n #
Freddie Hubbard, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 70 http://ff.im/rD5m #
Adoptive dads win birth-certificate case http://ff.im/rD5l #

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-30

Fats — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Vaporware 2008: Crushing Disappointments, False Promises, BS http://ff.im/qCpd #
RIAA Case May Be Televised On Internet http://ff.im/qCxI #
LG to debut 3G watch-phone at CES http://ff.im/qCxJ #
Allen Ginsberg once called Henry Kissinger and suggested that to promote world peace they should appear on TV… http://ff.im/qEvc #
New Weapon Against Hippies: Wi-Fi [Wi-Fi] http://ff.im/qEvb #
Vaporware 2008: Crushing Disappointments, False Promises, BS http://ff.im/qGSR #
For the first time in four decades, a researcher has repeated the Milgram experiment to find out whether, after all… http://ff.im/qLr7 #
Real life superheroes in the news http://ff.im/qNH7 #
Motherlode: A Child Alone on a Train http://ff.im/qNH4 #
Apple Developing a Home Media Server? http://ff.im/qNH2 #
Susie Bright: If you want to live in a van or be a stripper, then she’s got some tips for you. http://ff.im/qNH1 #
Apartment Name Fail http://ff.im/qNH6 #
Meta journalism http://ff.im/qNH5 #
Ray Bradbury on Mars http://ff.im/qNH9 #
Timothy Leary videos at Archive.org http://ff.im/qNH8 #
Toto’s Intelligence Toilet II Smartly Measures The Temperature Of Your Pee, Among Other Things [Japan] http://ff.im/qNHb #
Tool Lending Libraries: A Product Service System Success Story! http://ff.im/qNHa #
Think design but never decorate. http://ff.im/qOH7 #
Timothy Leary videos at Archive.org http://ff.im/qPJ6 #
Real life superheroes in the news http://ff.im/qPJ4 #
Ray Bradbury on Mars http://ff.im/qPJ5 #
Susie Bright: If you want to live in a van or be a stripper, then she’s got some tips for you. http://ff.im/qPJ7 #
The Times of Harvey Milk Documentary Now on Hulu http://ff.im/qWh3 #
FBI Issues Code Cracking Challenge http://ff.im/qWh2 #
Second case maker points to ‘iPhone nano’ http://ff.im/qY4a #

Twitter Updates for 2008-12-25

Fats — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Web game: AIG-Catcher http://ff.im/o1pO #
Have a Very Star Wars Holiday http://ff.im/o1pP #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-24 http://ff.im/omWq #