Best Friends

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Friends, Friends With Benefits and the
Benefits of the Local Mall

Friends, Friends With Benefits and the
Benefits of the Local Mall 05/29/2004 10:54 PM
Whatever happened to teen romance? Life inside the under-age sexual revolution.

Friends of T. Rex?

Friends of T. Rex? 06/14/2004 09:32 PM
Researchers have brought the evolution of the solenodon, a shrewlike insect-eating animal, into sharper focus.

I'll get by with a little less from my
friends

I'll get by with a little less from my
friends 11/19/2003 01:36 AM
How does the music industry believe they can improve customer's perception of value? Value added CDs? Na....how about shorter albums! That's the ticket!

Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends 07/28/2004 06:40 PM

foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95063,00.html
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NBC.com > Friends

NBC.com > Friends 05/07/2004 04:54 AM
The new 'Friends' Theme Song: "...and if you should die, I might feel slightly sad, but I won't cry" - The Smiths .. the world is coming to an end tonight .. appear to be showing tonight .. Season Finale of Friends .. Friends .. Phoebe .. rachel .. Joey

nbc.com/Friends/index.html
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"Friends"

"Friends" 05/09/2004 09:14 PM

Net-Friends-1.02

Net-Friends-1.02 01/11/2004 11:41 PM

Net-Friends-1.03

Net-Friends-1.03 01/11/2004 11:40 PM

Net-Friends-1.01

Net-Friends-1.01 01/11/2004 07:09 PM

Net::Friends 1.00

Net::Friends 1.00 01/11/2004 07:58 AM
A Perl extension for interacting with a GPSDrive friendsd server.

With Friends Like These...

With Friends Like These... 07/12/2004 05:44 PM
Okay, so maybe it wasn't the proper choice of words, but you would think that somewhere between this Australian man and woman meeting online and then meeting in person where she proceeded to tie him up, ransack his home with another man and steal his property, the two would cease being "pals" as described in the headline of the article. Not that writing headlines isn't a difficult enough job, but this is a pretty typical scam (unfortunately) and has little to do with (as the headline suggests) people robbing their friends.

Friends in the End

Friends in the End 04/28/2004 02:35 PM
According to this lawsuit, Friends writers frequently pantomime masturbation, express desire for anal sex with Jennifer Aniston, and speculate about Courtney Cox "having dried twigs in her uterus." Now are you sorry it's ending? (04-28)

Friends

Friends 06/11/2004 10:24 PM

view.airbeagle.com/friends
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Net-Friends-1.00

Net-Friends-1.00 01/11/2004 07:09 PM

Why I have friends.......

Why I have friends....... 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
Let's just clear the air here k? I am the biggest baby when I'm sick! I whine like nobody's business...

Who Needs Many Friends?

Who Needs Many Friends? 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
I've recently hit a bug in the iChat AV: I've been trying to add a new buddy, and it replied...

enrich his friends

enrich his friends 05/05/2004 01:09 AM
New York Times .. Krugman

nytimes.com/2004/05/04/opinion/04KRUG.html
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Readers and friends

Readers and friends 08/02/2004 11:50 AM
When you write for a magazine, explicitly or not you adjust your style to match your readers' expectations. And, if you don't, your editor will do it for you. No matter how diverse the demographics of the readers, their expectations are usually quite precise, including how much profanity to use, how much description, the number of people interviewed per article, how conspicuous the author herself is in the story, the type of vocabulary, and the nature of the narrative. In short, there is such a thing as a New Yorker article, and you can recognize one even if it's not...

DVD Rippers for all my Friends

DVD Rippers for all my Friends 08/09/2004 08:30 PM

321 Studio's may be gone but that do not despair you can still find software to protect your fair use rights which will allow you to copy DVD's you have. Thanks to Dan Gillmor for the link. [Super DVD Ripper] [DVD to X] [DVD Rip] [DVD Rip Guides]

Netflix Friends

Netflix Friends 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
As the wags are fond of saying, and Flickr is fond of demonstrating, social networking is a feature, not an application. Thus, Netflix Friends. That's actually pretty useful. Thanks to Hacking Netflix for the link....

Who Needs Many Friends: Follow-Up

Who Needs Many Friends: Follow-Up 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
I have posted a while ago about iChat's "Feedbag Error 17" message that iChat gives me when I try to...

Writing about your friends

Writing about your friends 08/09/2004 10:24 PM

Over the years I've become quite friendly with many professional journalists. It's interesting that two of my best friends are journalists and they both have told me, "the only bad thing about becoming your friend is that I can't write about you any more." As a blogger, I don't think I have any trouble writing about my friends if I explain my relationship. The issue of professionalism aside, I think the first person tone of blogging makes it easier to write about your friends in the context of providing information. It's probably much harder or impossible to write about your friends objectively in third person.

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MJ bailed out by friends?

MJ bailed out by friends? 01/16/2004 11:26 AM
the financial mess may well force Jackson to make the changes the legal mess hasn't yet inspired

Friends With Benefits

Friends With Benefits 08/12/2004 11:21 AM
In the current issue of Wired magazine, a piece I wrote on social swap nets:

Think of them as eBay crossed with Napster, then injected with Friendster DNA. The newest social networking services merge three powerful Web functions - auctioning, file-sharing, and friend-of-a-friend socializing - to build digital barter economies. Unlike first-gen social networks, these communities are about more than getting laid and getting paid. These "social swap nets" help like-minded members pool digital resources - music, movies, games, even hardcover books.

Mediachest and SongBuddy are two early examples. They're still small (and size matters when it comes to a well-stocked "sharing pool"), but their very existence points to a new era in networked transactions, one in which online exchanges become more useful.

Here's how they work: Members browse one another's collections online using filters such as friend groups, geographic location, or other affinities. This isn't file-swapping in the old outlaw Napster sense. They can access one another's stuff, but the original copy literally traded with others, rather than downloaded and duplicated via P2P. Getting hold of the goods is mostly a low tech affair. Members often mail or hand-deliver items.

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Too many fake friends

Too many fake friends 05/04/2004 07:45 PM

 Too Many Fake Friends
By Jim Louderback
May 4, 2004

It probably started with instant messaging—technology's insidious redefining of personal relationships. My AIM buddy list is over 50 people long, with most of those actually coworkers. And while I value and respect each and every one of them, I'd hardly call many of them buddies. And I'll bet most of them feel the same about me.

A buddy's one thing, but a friend is so much more. And social software, which lets you leverage your friends to make new friends, really has me really concerned.

Back in the second grade, my best friend, Jay Keese, had a killer Hot Wheels collection. A BMOP (Big Man on Playground), he still liked me, for which I'll be eternally grateful. My other friends were accidents of geography—they lived in the neighborhood and we played together out of convenience.

As I grew up, I developed a small set of good friends—mostly those too weird to be accepted by the tough guys or the fast crowd. Later, I discovered that Dead Heads love everyone, so I promptly became one too. But I've never doled out friendships easily. I have a wonderful set of acquaintances everywhere, but real friends are less common.

But the new and oh-so-exclusive Orkut system, started by a Google programmer, has changed all that. It has redefined "friend" just as IM redefined "buddy." Now I've got more than 50 friends—some of whom I barely even know.

Like the ancient Prieure de Sion secret society, you have to be invited into Orkut. New members describe themselves, and then create networks of friends. They can then join groups built around shared interests, send each other messages, rate existing friends and search for new ones. My buddy Chris Pirillo—the Lockergnome, an ex-TechTVer—invited me in. But as I signed up, Orkut presented me with a metaphysical question: Was Chris really my friend?

Hmm. We'd worked together at TechTV. I had a blast attending and speaking at his Gnomedex conference last year. I've learned a lot from him and we've shared drinks and dinner. Is that a friend? Well, given that I wasn't going to get into Orkut without saying yes, I threw caution to the wind and said "Yes."

Since then I've received many invites from Orkut members asking to become part of my growing circle of friends. Some, like Robert, John, Brooke, Cathy, and Rosie, really are pals. Rosie's actually one of my oldest buddies still talking to me—we've known each other since we were 15. Others, including Oliver Muto and Marc Canter, are folks I've respected and admired for years, but never been actually palled around with.

The Orkut style of friendship reminds me of Dr. Phil's recent visit to the Late Show. Letterman, clearly uncomfortable by the Doctor's insightfully personal remarks, shifted gears by asking Dr. Phil to be his friend. Let's go out and get some steaks, he pleaded, and drink some beers at the bar. Let's be friends.

Is that what friends are? Partners for brewski guzzling and cow chomping? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of guzzling and gobbling with my chums. But I think it's more than that. There's a sense of shared experience and trust.

And that's all sadly lacking on these social networks. Instead, friendship is being co-opted for more insalubrious purposes.

Take Steve. Looking to break some inane record of superficiality, he's personally contacted hundreds of Orkut members, asking to be added as a friend. Is his esteem so low that he craves the chimerical kinship of many he's never even met? I don't know, but like a complete sap, I accepted his offer of friendship, before realizing I was just being used.

Canter, the founder of MediaBand and what became Macromedia, is another Orkut slut. Marc's currently helping us launch a new version of our gaming site 1up.com, so I had a chance to find out the real reasons behind his apparent affability.

"It's all about marketing, baby," he chortled. "More names for my list!'

I was crushed. And I thought he actually liked me. Instead, I was just another peep ripe for the spamming.

But the worst was yet to come. I recently uncovered an even more disquieting situation. It appears that a friend of mine who will remain nameless had been harvesting my other friends to artificially boost his own circle. Take "Tom," for example. There's absolutely no way this "friend" would ever know Tom. Yet there he was, perched smugly inside my other friend's network. This so-called friend of mine was stealing my real friends to feed his own nefarious schemes.

Is this a cheapening of friendship? Or an expanding? I find it hard enough to be a good friend to the 10 or so folks I really cherish. With all this newfound comradeship, I think I'll be spreading myself a little thin.

I've been getting five or ten invites a week, though, to join up into someone's circle of friends—whether on Orkut, the business-oriented LinkedIn, or a wide range of other social networks. I used to just accept them all—like I did Steve and Marc, but now I'm not so sure. I rejected a few, but then I felt guilty about it for days. What if that poor lonely soul really considered me a true friend? Could I have just crushed a fragile, needy ego?

Well here's a message to everyone I've rejected, and will reject. It's really nothing personal. It's not that I don't want to be your friend, because I really do. I'd just rather we became acquainted the old fashioned way. So if you send me an invite to join your network, please don't be insulted if I turn you down. It's not that I don't like you. I just have an old-fashioned concept of what makes a "friend."

Although if your invite happens to mention a super-neat collection of Hot Wheels, I just might reconsider. Especially if you're going to share.

What's a few thousand between friends?

What's a few thousand between friends? 09/05/2004 11:13 AM
<I>(Editor’s note: Michael Simon is currently taking a (much deserved and long overdue) vacation. Consequently, this will be his last post until Monday, Sept. 13. He thanks everyone for reading and apologizes for not personally responding to any notes.)</I> It seems that there are two kinds of Mac fans — those who buy (or want to buy) simply based on aesthetics, and those who honestly weigh form, function and price, and are content to watch from the sidelines if the specs don’t add up. With Apple, price is, and will likely remain one of the principal drawbacks to true mainstream acceptance. To break it down, it seems that Apple’s latest wonder always seems to be priced just out of reach of <I>really</I> affordable. While it may not seem so from first glance, the G5 iMac may very well be the most affordable professional Mac to date. While it certainly won’t pack the punch of a Power Mac (especially since they’ve gone all dual) but the new iMac is no slouch. Like when it was first introduced, the iMac now shares the same processor as its professional counterpart. It took the iMac more than two years to see a G4 chip, but in 1998, the low-end professional model and the iMac shared speeds. Of course, the line between consumer and pro has become much more defined over the years, and it’s interesting to see Apple put a G5 into its consumer model after just a single Power Mac revision. With IBM’s yield troubles, though, it could be a while before the iMac goes much higher (though a 23-inch, 2GHz version <I>would</A> be nice). Right now, a 1.6GHz G5 Power Mac (which was available through the Apple Store for $1,799) just can be had for a little shy of $1,600. The iMac G5, with a 17-inch widescreen monitor, can be yours for $1,299. There are a few pundits out there who insist on comparing the price of the iMacs — which has not changed from its $1299 base in more than six years. While it’s certainly worth noting that the low-end iMac costs the same as it did in 1998, I fail to see how this is a sticking point. And the 20-inch display still sells for $1,299 by itself and the previous 20-inch iMac sells for $2,199. Now, it’s just $1,899 with a bigger hard drive, better graphics card and more RAM potential. Speaking of RAM… what are they thinking?!! How can they expect any self-respecting consumers to run OS X, iMovie and iTunes — not to mention help power a 20-inch display — without <I>at least</I> 512MB of RAM… And then charge another $75 for a simple upgrade? C’mon guys… And Airport and Bluetooth should definitely be standard. (Though here's something you may have not seen: for just $100, the iMac can be configured with a Bluetooth module and an Apple Bluetooth and Mouse. So we’re really talking $2,000 for a full-featured top-of-the line iMac, still cheaper then last month’s model and the same price as the closest <A HREF="http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Stor e/en/-/USD/SY_BrowseCatalog-Start;sid=zIyu7-rDpvOu2Kv462Wk5KXTqSu0L1ng FM4=?CategoryName=cpu_VAIODesktopComputers_WSeries&Dept=cpu_VAIODeskto pComputers">alternative</A>. Plus, it comes with iLife, Quicken, World Book and Panther. While Apple is touting its thinness, the iMac may very well be the most affordable professional computer ever made by Apple, and while creative types across the world busy themselves with their G4 Power Macs, dreaming of an upgrade, perhaps it’s time for Apple to switch itself — from strictly marketing iMacs to consumers, that is.

AlstraSoft E-Friends

AlstraSoft E-Friends 03/06/2004 01:49 AM
Start You Own Social Networking Company: For $280!.

Start Your Own Social Networking Company: For $280!

Why are the venture capitalists investing millions in social networking startups when you can start your own SNA service for $280 (with 1 year updates, no less), courtesey of the nice folks at AltraSoft:

AlstraSoft E-Friends - Run your own online social networking community just like Friendster. Members create their own personal friends network, meet new friends, dating and join groups

AlstraSoft E-Friends

Cost (single license): [was $600] $280 (with 1 year updates)

Language: PHP
Platform: Unix
Release: Feb 15, 2004
Current Version: v3.0
Last Update: Feb 15, 2004

Product Overview

AlstraSoft E-Friends is an online social networking software that allows you to start your own site just like Friendster and Tribe.net. The E-Friends software allows members to connect to people in their personal networks and community, creating a new online interactive resource that is based on a trusted network of friends and associates on the internet.

Members can use this abundant network to make friends, find their love ones, locate jobs, buy and sell stuff, locate a roommate, and accomplish much more with the help of groups and individuals who they know and share the same interests.

Start your own social networking community just like Friendster and Tribe.net in minutes with AlstraSoft E-Friends now!

How does E-Friends work?

Once members are registered with E-Friends, they will be able invite people they know to join their personal or professional network. A member's friends will come to E-Friends and invite their friends. As the network grows, members will have more opportunities to interact easily with people they know, make friends, and use the E-Friends network to enrich their social life."

This is absolute proof that we have reached the bizarro stage of the social networking exponential buzz curve. [Get Real]

With Social Networking systems available for $280 - what's next - free, open source social networks?

Oh yah - that's what we're working on - it's called the PeopleAggregator.

I sure hope E-Friends supports FOAF!

"enrich his friends."

"enrich his friends." 05/05/2004 09:39 AM

Foo Camp Friends

Foo Camp Friends 09/14/2004 12:03 AM
Had a wonderful time at Foo Camp this year, described as "A Face-to-Face Wiki." Seeing how the first Foo was an experiment in the simplest thing that possibly work and somehow did, there was no way to top the...

"Friends of Saddam"

"Friends of Saddam" 04/23/2004 10:58 AM

Six Stocks for Six Friends

Six Stocks for Six Friends 04/30/2004 11:56 AM
Your sitcom Friends may be leaving, but winning stocks sing "I'll be there for you" forever.

Farewell to Friends

Farewell to Friends 05/07/2004 08:57 AM
The hit NBC show moves on but parent company General Electric will fill the shoes capably.

Phone friends

Phone friends 09/27/2004 04:41 AM
USA Today Sep 27 2004 9:01AM GMT

Should I be better friends with my
ex-husband?

Should I be better friends with my
ex-husband? 04/01/2005 11:04 AM
After six years there's still a lot of tension.

Web Exclusive: A Little Help from Your
Friends

Web Exclusive: A Little Help from Your
Friends 04/22/2004 05:02 AM
Forget online dating. Online business networking is where the really sexy stuff is happening.

Googling old friends

Googling old friends 06/24/2004 02:47 PM
Googling old friends. Searching for old pals online can be emotional (not everyone joins Alumni or Friends Reunited) and it can lead to a re-assessment of your own life and were its going. Here, Pamela Ribon writes up her discoveries and it's one for few pieces I've seen which perfectly evokes the feelings which can develop. [As my source John says, make sure you read the comments as well.]

Jelly Friends 1.0

Jelly Friends 1.0 11/10/2003 11:30 PM
Freeware Icons for Mac OS X.

Baboons Need Friends Too

Baboons Need Friends Too 11/14/2003 04:42 AM
CBS News Nov 14 2003 3:24AM ET

34 Million Friends

34 Million Friends 07/18/2004 08:06 PM
34 Million Friends was founded by Lois Abraham and Jane Roberts to gather private contributions for the United Nations Population Fund, and had gathered $1,957,613.31 in gifts and pledges as of July 4. For the third year in a row, the Bush administration is withholding $34 million in aid because of accusation s that UNFPA supports China's policy of coercive abortions, despite evidence to the contrary. UNFPA estimates the money could have helped prevent as many as 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 abortions, 4,700 maternal deaths, and over 77,000 infant deaths.
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