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handling the snakes for “snakes on a plane” - what an odd/cool/dangerous job…
‘But if he were to be killed by a snake, he’d rather be squeezed to death than bitten.
“A constrictor is the way to go,” he says. “You get grabbed and literally you’re unconscious in 15 seconds max, which is a lot faster than any venom will kill you.”‘
more sunrise hike pics.., originally uploaded by donlbe.
great shot at 6AM - it was 94 degrees. but, then again, it wasn’t much cooler in the bay area :)
just noticed this on yahoo sports. very nice change to the scoreboard -> great summary of the current situation (score, outs, baserunners, etc.). you can even quickly figure out what TV channel the game is on.
that’s a lot of information in such a small space…
brad, thanks for pointing to this video. it’s hilarious…
i’m terribly excited by our announcement this morning. jeff, glad to have you on the team!
and, who made this cool graphic? matt?
most everyone has heard about the new “my nytimes” product. but, earthlink also just launched a pretty nice rss reader and a social bookmarking app (src: steve rubel). congrats to dave and craig at earthlink (craig and i used to work together).
both companies do one thing very well…they use editors (real people) to help people discover new sources.
nytimes also allows users to configure each module to view headlines, headlines and summaries, or headlines with just one summary (the top story). the main limitation (and, it’s a biggie) is that you can’t add any rss feed…this is similar to what yahoo news does on their main news page…both companies are quite concerned about content quality.
earthlink’s service is a full fledged rss reader…and, it’s pretty good. first off, it has a well-done river of news view, and, of course, the ability to see content from each source. next, it only shows “what’s new” like the new yahoo mail rss reader. but, what’s really nice is that they’ve integrated sharing tools into the interface so that it’s easy to save and tag items - similar to, but better than bloglines and rojo. earthlink’s implementation is subtle and puts the content first. i love both rojo and bloglines, it’s just that it’s difficult to get the UI right when trying to incorporate all sorts of actions and concepts.
note: that’s one reason why we (feedburner) created a tool allowing publishers to insert “action” widgets. publishers can use our feedflare offering to ensure that the services they choose (delicious, technorati, digg, sphere, etc….) are displayed wherever their content is syndicated (any reader, website, etc.). see the feedflare services (”email this” and “add to delicious”) and earthlink’s action tools in steve’s item below…
of course, neither of these RSS aggregators help filter content at the item level. yahoo just launched a widget that clusters rss content…but, it’s just a “research” widget. i can hardly wait until yahoo provides robust filtering for my yahoo, yahoo mail, and/or the frontpage. i wonder if that’s going to happen anytime soon :)
my buddy, scott gatz, just announced that he’s moving to bradley’s advanced products group at yahoo…he’s leaving the personalization team and giving up his role as the “rss guy.” :)
congrats…seems like a great new role…can’t wait until they come out with some cool prototypes and next-gen products.
kathryn from salon introduced me to one of their popular podcasts and i’m addicted (powered by feedburner).
i can download the “show,” go running, and discover some new music…i’m a huge fan…
