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Get bombed, 67% of the time.
I can see that the discussion has moved away from the specific incident in Istanbul, but I wanted to mention my experience just for the sake of accuracy. I was born and raised in Istanbul and came to the US for college. I am also Jewish. This sort of violence has never happened in Turkey in my lifetime. Neve Shalom was attacked once when I was around 12 and it was terrifying then, too. But my religion has never been a serious issue in the country in my lifetime and my experiences are wonderful... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 6:25 PM on November 20, 2003
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Firestorm 2003
y6, I live in La Jolla/UTC area, we're still in our house and have been told that, so far, all should be fine here. If you two need anything, feel free to email me. that goes for anyone in the area.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 7:41 PM on October 26, 2003
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Apologies for not linking to anything besides the...
oops looks like i missed it by a minute.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 6:00 AM on September 11, 2001
Just as an FYI, it's New York City, not Chicago.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 6:03 AM on September 11, 2001
Cnn link to the developing story.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 6:08 AM on September 11, 2001
well, no one is saying anything, but it appears to be highly likely.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 6:17 AM on September 11, 2001
the phonelines here are going crazy, ours just died. i can here ambulances heading downtown. the TV just said that FBI is already investigating. they're talking about a possible hijacking. bush is also supposedly going to talk soon. Tv just said that US officially declared this to be an act of terrorism.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 6:28 AM on September 11, 2001
they announced that they know one of the planes was a 767 american airlines leaving from boston.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 6:39 AM on September 11, 2001
adam, i am so glad your dad is okay. we have so many friends who work in that building. i can't even think straight. and there seems to be another explosion in the world trade centers.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 7:03 AM on September 11, 2001
as of now, portions of both of the world trade centers are down.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 7:32 AM on September 11, 2001
cnn just announced that part of the pentagon collapsed.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 7:40 AM on September 11, 2001
arco, supposedly the plane was shot down, it was one of the hijacked ones.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 7:50 AM on September 11, 2001
cnn isn't reporting anything new anymore. people have been to stay at home unless they're downtown were they're being evacuated out of workplaces and homes and being asked to move uptown. and yes the subways and tunnels are shut down.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 8:27 AM on September 11, 2001
if you're trying to get through to loved ones, try using email. the phone lines are not working well.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 8:49 AM on September 11, 2001
for those of you still away from tv, cnn just said that another building (they think #7) in downtown nyc collapsed.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 2:23 PM on September 11, 2001
MeFi post:
don't you?
(apologies to Carly Simon and...
as much as i hate to change the subject from zeldman-bashing, which is really what this is all about, i want to bring up something that people have been nonchalantly mentioning.
to many people, the sites they create are not 'just a web site.' to me, my web site is just that and i write it cause i enjoy writing it. if it disappeared tomorrow no one's life would be majorly affected and most likely neither would mine.
but there are people who've... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 4:17 PM on May 4, 2001
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Sad news from the makers of Blogger....
in the years i've been using the web, many services have come and gone. some of the disappearances made me sad cause their service provided a convenience that would no longer be available. others i wasn't sure should have been around to begin with.
the unusual thing about blogger is that even though i didn't actually know any of its employees, i can empathize. i think this is the magic of personal webpages and the product that allowed you to create them easily.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 11:09 AM on February 1, 2001
MeFi post:
Fairvue presents the Bloggies for 2001....
I see this more as an opportunity to find out about new places. If all those people who've been whining about how 'the same people who always get recognized will again be the winners' would take the time to enter one or two of their favorite-but-not-so-well-known sites, we might get to find some new and neat pages. Maybe Nikolai can also compile a list of all sites that get more than three nominations (categorized) and this way other sites can get recognized, too.
I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 12:07 PM on January 3, 2001
MeFi post:
Jakob Nielsen says "to take the Internet to the...
WHY don't we help others who have stories to tell and socially responsible causes to promote to find their voice if we have nothing to talk about but the medium or ourselves?
While I'm not a web designer or a web anything (which I gues would make me an 'ordinary person' in this context) and I am all for helping others in the world, I also recognize that there are many people who choose not to do that and I don't think that it automatically makes them... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 1:50 PM on October 1, 2000
webchick,
I knew you were going to pick on that. :)
My apologies, I didn't mean to imply that you said that made them bad people. My point was that while you really care about the Internet's potential as a medium and want to use your knowledge to help others (which is wonderful) there are many people who don't and won't care to. Not that I'm trying to say that people shouldn't try to. I think the fact that you're concerned and choose to be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 2:43 PM on October 1, 2000
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Jason Kottke won, so I entered. I won, and while...
In case someone is keeping tabs on the number of winners, I won one too. Mine, too, was a ten-minute off-the-top-of-my-head drivel.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 5:17 AM on September 28, 2000
Dave,
I spoke to a TiVo customer service person about that yesterday and they said that, yes, you might be paying a two-month minimum if you want to actually use the service. Cause it takes up to a month for you to receive the unit but they start charging you for the service right away.
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 11:03 AM on September 28, 2000
MeFi post:
Not to extend his 15 minutes of infamy, but, he...
I think there is a distinct difference between being inspired by someone's layout/design/photos and just taking them. Replicating someone's exact design only shows your lack of creativity. Especially since this guy claims he's interested in doing web design, I don't understand why he felt the need to just copy the code instead of trying to think of a way he could create a 'seasonal feel' in his own way.
The thing about copying Van Gogh is that you probably can't. It's... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 7:18 AM on September 16, 2000
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Dr. Laura fans speak. Jeeeze what 'fruitcakes'....
While I agree that everyone has the right to have and opinion and also the right to express it, I think what makes these people lunatics or fruitcakes is not the opinion itself (with which I personally disagree) but the petty way in which they choose to voice it.
I think most intelligent and open-minded people would be willing to listen (and I mean listen, not agree with) to even an extremist's point of view if he were to articulate it intelligently instead of making... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by karen
at 2:51 PM on September 13, 2000
