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Despite some time constraints, all the top 10 reddit questions you voted up were asked. We're getting the video together now, but thought we'd tease you with this photo of Dr. Paul's office.<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TwjoHT-MhpSNL4UGJP374A?feat=directlink"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SpxUUg7JVYI/AAAAAAAAC_8/NhvW3jBxdXM/s400/IMG_2967.JPG"/></a></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class="date-header"><span>Monday, August 24, 2009</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="7272493628004191991"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/reddits-fatastic-voyage-reddit.html">reddit's Fantastic Voyage - reddit ambassadors Ahoy!</a> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">erik [hueypriest]</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/reddits-fatastic-voyage-reddit.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-08-24T11:08:00-07:00">11:08</abbr></a> </span> <div style="display:inline; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 77px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SpNBje7YaAI/AAAAAAAAC_M/0rgYlSNqZxE/s400/fantasticvoyage.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373710858236487682" border="0"/></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IrybV1LFZXs/SpMXnwCFKCI/AAAAAAAAAFA/KF3z-xyqh5U/s1600-h/Picture+302.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 225px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IrybV1LFZXs/SpMXnwCFKCI/AAAAAAAAAFA/KF3z-xyqh5U/s320/Picture+302.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373664752059099170" border="0"/></a>In the spirit of Lewis & Clark, Bilbo Baggins, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_the_Chimp">Ham the Astro Chimp</a>, two redditors are set to embark on a great journey. redditors <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/user/draynen">Draynen</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/user/77or88">77or88</a> will be taking a month long jet-setting adventure across the United States <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9bk5n/anyone_else_remember_that_jetblue_600_for_a_month/">dreamed</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/217295376/reddit-jetblue-travel-challenge/backers">funded</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/reddittraveljetblue/">organized</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/reddittraveljetblue/comments/9clew/reddit_i_propose_a_toast/">toasted</a>, and FOR the vicarious enjoyment of redditors. This whole project started when <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/user/hiS_oWn">hiS_oWn</a> saw <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.jetblue.com/deals/all-you-can-jet/">Jet Blue's announcement of a "All You Can Jet" tickets</a> and planted the seed of reddit funding one of it's own to "<a class="title loggedin " href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9bk5n/anyone_else_remember_that_jetblue_600_for_a_month/">To travel around and do stuff for us, like courier packages, or do requests for us as compensation?</a>" Fast forward 72 hours, and not one but two unemployed redditors had tickets and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/reddittraveljetblue/comments/9c7q0/hey_there_kiddos_we_need_mission_ideas/">a growing slate of missions</a>.<br/><br/><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IrybV1LFZXs/SpMXRgw397I/AAAAAAAAAE4/B_C8vb8ePlI/s1600-h/Picture+301.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 226px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IrybV1LFZXs/SpMXRgw397I/AAAAAAAAAE4/B_C8vb8ePlI/s320/Picture+301.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373664370003277746" border="0"/></a>As hiS_oWn said in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9c91o/conclusion_reddit_jetblue_travel_challenge/">the recap post</a>, "<span style="font-style: italic;">Before I begin I just want to say how crazy it is to have brainstormed an idea, raised [over]$1600 in cash, screened countless candidates, got a travel plan, tickets, etc. all in </span><strong style="font-style: italic;">less than 3 days</strong><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span>" The two travelers will kick off their journey on September 8th in San Francisco, with a stop at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/04/avast.html">reddit HQ</a>. From there the duo will travel across this great land visiting redditors in a manic blaze of missions, bacon, and happy chemtrails.<br/><br/>Just to be absolutely clear, and to make sure credit is given where it is due, this expedition was funded entirely by<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/217295376/reddit-jetblue-travel-challenge/backers"> the generous and private donations of individual redditors</a>, as well as corporate donations by sponsors <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://foodproof.com/">Foodproof</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://associatedcontent.com/">Associated Content</a>. It was made possible by the impressive organizing skillz of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/user/Saydrah">Saydrah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/user/hiS_oWn">hiS_oWn</a>, and all of the other redditors who participated. reddit's "official" position on this is obviously "Awesome!", but we are merely eager (and slightly jealous) spectators.<br/><br/><div style="clear: both;"></div>It's not too late to get involved. Here are a few ways to take part in the adventure:<br/><ul><li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/reddittraveljetblue/comments/9dfsf/host_questionnaires_sent/">Volunteer to host the redditors</a></li><li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/reddittraveljetblue/comments/9c7q0/hey_there_kiddos_we_need_mission_ideas/">Suggest a Mission, or use your connections to make one happen</a></li><li> Subscribe & Submit to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/reddittraveljetblue/">[reddittraveljetblue]</a></li></ul>You can also read quotes from interviews with all the principles in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/32360.html">this feature article</a> by redditor <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/user/mikeymell">mikeymell.</a><br/><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/r/reddittraveljetblue/comments/9d3wp/draynen_77or88_what_are_your_feelings_about_this/c0cb7yt">As 77or88 sums up</a>, <span style="font-style: italic;">"To be honest, it feels very strange to have a group of 500 people (and growing) working to plan out how I am going to have the best month ever. Really, the surreality of it all just makes it that much cooler. This whole thing is insane and amazing, and I hope that I get to meet and thank as many of you weirdos as possible in the coming month!"<br/><br/></span><span>If you didn't realize it yet, you "weirdos" are amazing.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br/></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><div class="usertext-body"> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class="date-header"><span>Wednesday, August 19, 2009</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="603153016157902305"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/got-something-great-you-want-to-promote.html">Got something great you want to promote in front of reddit, but don't have a great big budget? Let's talk</a> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">alexis [kn0thing]</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/got-something-great-you-want-to-promote.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-08-19T17:00:00-07:00">17:00</abbr></a> </span> <div style="display:inline; color:#c0c0c0; padding: 0 4px; font-size: 1.3em">|</div> <span class="reaction-buttons"> </span> <span class="star-ratings"> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-action"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=13407979&postID=603153016157902305" title="Email Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="13" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_email.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-688432358"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=13407979&postID=603153016157902305" title="Edit Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="18" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"> <span class="post-labels"> Labels: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/advertising" rel="tag">advertising</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/by%20redditors%20for%20redditors" rel="tag">by redditors for redditors</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/NARWHAL%20commission" rel="tag">NARWHAL commission</a> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> You know that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/07/improve-our-ads-tell-us-who-youd-like.html">NARWHAL Commission</a> we started? Well, one of the first things they wanted to see was more ads from within the reddit community. Advertising by redditors, for redditors.<br/><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=13407979"><img style="margin-left: 10px; float: right;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SnCMLvpb7FI/AAAAAAAAC5U/ssjQ47NQPcI/s400/NARWHAL.png"/></a>Let's do this. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=kn0thing">Message me</a> with your email address and how much you've got in your budget and we'll find an advertisement that's right for you. <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class="date-header"><span>Monday, August 17, 2009</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="3901736916595514090"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/trublood-is-even-tastier-than-real.html">TruBlood is even tastier than the real thing - starring in our Halloween party</a> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">alexis [kn0thing]</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/trublood-is-even-tastier-than-real.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-08-17T15:06:00-07:00">15:06</abbr></a> </span> <div style="display:inline; color:#c0c0c0; padding: 0 4px; font-size: 1.3em">|</div> <span class="reaction-buttons"> </span> <span class="star-ratings"> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-action"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=13407979&postID=3901736916595514090" title="Email Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="13" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_email.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-688432358"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=13407979&postID=3901736916595514090" title="Edit Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="18" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"> <span class="post-labels"> Labels: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/announcements" rel="tag">announcements</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/parties" rel="tag">parties</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/predator%20not%20to%20scale" rel="tag">predator not to scale</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/trublood" rel="tag">trublood</a> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SoZLPYNZSBI/AAAAAAAAC8U/zLSF6NDZo0I/s1600-h/trublood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SoZLPYNZSBI/AAAAAAAAC8U/zLSF6NDZo0I/s400/trublood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370062333254649874" border="0"/></a>Thanks to our friends at a the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://omniconsumerproductscorporation.com/">Omni Consumer Products Corporation</a>, team reddit got an early taste of the new <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.trubeverage.com/">Tru Blood</a> beverage folks have been talking about. This drink could single-handedly redeem the damage done to vampire culture by <span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span>.<br/><br/>And we're proud to announce that Tru Blood will be featured beverage (preferably with vodka) at our Halloween party here in San Francisco. More details are to come, but if you're planning on spending the best holiday of the year in the Bay Area, make a note in your social calendar for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">reddit Halloween party</span>.<br/><br/>If you missed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://drankkit.com/">drankkit</a>, here's your chance for redemption. <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class="date-header"><span>Thursday, August 13, 2009</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="5845006281542360151"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/thanks-to-you-reddit-berkeley-grad.html">Thanks to you, reddit, a Berkeley grad student will graduate - see his work</a> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">alexis [kn0thing]</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/thanks-to-you-reddit-berkeley-grad.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-08-13T11:05:00-07:00">11:05</abbr></a> </span> <div style="display:inline; color:#c0c0c0; padding: 0 4px; font-size: 1.3em">|</div> <span class="reaction-buttons"> </span> <span class="star-ratings"> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-action"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=13407979&postID=5845006281542360151" title="Email Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="13" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_email.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-688432358"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=13407979&postID=5845006281542360151" title="Edit Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="18" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"> <span class="post-labels"> Labels: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/graduate%20students" rel="tag">graduate students</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/redditing%20to%20graduate" rel="tag">redditing to graduate</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/tldr" rel="tag">tldr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/visualizations%20are%20fun" rel="tag">visualizations are fun</a> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/04/surveying-reddit-to-better-understand.html">Back in April</a>, we asked for your help with a survey to benefit a Berkeley student, Srikanth Narayan, working on a graduate thesis about large-scale online discussions. Being familiar with such things on reddit, he came to the community for some help.<br/><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://demaws.net/projects/tldr">Well, his work is done. And it's even got sexy visualizations. Take a gander!</a><br/><br/>Srikanth is very interested in hearing what you all think, so let him know.<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border="0" width="0" height="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTAxOTUyMzk*ODQmcHQ9MTI1MDE5NTI*NTkzMiZwPTEwMTkxJmQ9c3NfZW1iZWQmZz*yJm89YzgyMDkyMmZlZGJmNGJjMWIzZTA5ODRjYzY*YmMxYjcmb2Y9MA==.gif"/><div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_1852589"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.slideshare.net/demaws/vis-gallery" title="Vis Gallery">Vis Gallery</a><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=visgallery-090812220649-phpapp01&stripped_title=vis-gallery"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400oe_/http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=visgallery-090812220649-phpapp01&stripped_title=vis-gallery" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.slideshare.net/">documents</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.slideshare.net/demaws">demaws</a>.</div></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class="date-header"><span>Monday, August 10, 2009</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="381302665955594819"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/still-using-firefox-without-socialite.html">Still using Firefox without Socialite? You deserve better (you deserve Socialite)</a> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">alexis [kn0thing]</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/still-using-firefox-without-socialite.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-08-10T09:18:00-07:00">09:18</abbr></a> </span> <div style="display:inline; color:#c0c0c0; padding: 0 4px; font-size: 1.3em">|</div> <span class="reaction-buttons"> </span> <span class="star-ratings"> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-action"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=13407979&postID=381302665955594819" title="Email Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="13" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_email.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-688432358"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=13407979&postID=381302665955594819" title="Edit Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="18" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"> <span class="post-labels"> Labels: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/announcements" rel="tag">announcements</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/bacon" rel="tag">bacon</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/developers%20developers%20developers" rel="tag">developers developers developers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/firefox" rel="tag">firefox</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/open-source%20projects" rel="tag">open-source projects</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/socialite" rel="tag">socialite</a> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://reddit.com/socialite"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 250px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SoBH__n0GlI/AAAAAAAAC8I/Y8EK_1WyiZ4/s400/socialite-static2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368369920561388114" border="0"/></a>Wish you could take reddit functionality along everywhere you went? While our up/down arrow stickers are still in production, there's already a digital - free! - way to have the alien along for a ride in your Firefox.<br/><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://reddit.com/socialite">We've relaunched the Socialite page here on reddit</a> with a new twist. We jazzed up the design a bit, but also added a bacon-colored button that we understand <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/user/chromakode">chromakode</a> - the redditor who built this Firefox addon - is rather pleased with.<br/><br/>It's a way for you, if you've enjoyed your Socialite experience, to donate some cash to show him you appreciate his work (it's like a digital <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://dap.urbanup.com/551773">dap</a>). Naturally, you can still download (or continue to use) the application for free, but this has been a request we've heard around the community.<br/><br/>We looked at the AppStore model Apple has developed with notable success. As a developer for Apple, you receive 70% of each sale. That wasn't good enough for us, so <b>75%</b> of your payment is going right to chromakode.<br/><br/>The remaining 25% goes right to keeping reddit's servers running. In the interest of full disclosure, there's also a small portion of that going toward our office bacon & coffee fund. This keeps our humans running.<br/><br/>After benefiting from open-source for years, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2008/06/reddit-goes-open-source.html">we open-sourced reddit in June 2008</a>. Since then, we've enjoyed a number of benefits, not limited to security improvments, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://reddit.tv/">nifty spinoffs</a>, and holiday cards from Richard Stallman.<br/><br/>If you're a developer with a great idea and would like to one day see your own reddit.com/awesomeappname -- dig into <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://code.reddit.com/">code.reddit.com</a> and let us know when you've got something full of win. <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class="date-header"><span>Thursday, August 06, 2009</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="1411346194677754088"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/schools-kill-creativity-interview-sir.html">reddit + TED Interview Sir Ken Robinson</a> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">alexis [kn0thing]</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/schools-kill-creativity-interview-sir.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-08-06T07:08:00-07:00">07:08</abbr></a> </span> <div style="display:inline; color:#c0c0c0; padding: 0 4px; font-size: 1.3em">|</div> <span class="reaction-buttons"> </span> <span class="star-ratings"> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-action"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=13407979&postID=1411346194677754088" title="Email Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="13" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_email.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-688432358"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=13407979&postID=1411346194677754088" title="Edit Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="18" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"> <span class="post-labels"> Labels: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/creativity%20homicide" rel="tag">creativity homicide</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/interviews" rel="tag">interviews</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/sir%20ken%20robinson" rel="tag">sir ken robinson</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/ted" rel="tag">ted</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/ted%20talks" rel="tag">ted talks</a> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/comments/9844s/ask_sir_ken_robinson_of_ted_talk_fame_anything/?sort=top"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 189px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SnkZxtwzS9I/AAAAAAAAC7g/tAaUXGyws5g/s400/sir-ken-interview.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366348772877224914" border="0"/></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/comments/9844s/ask_sir_ken_robinson_of_ted_talk_fame_anything/?sort=top">Submit and vote on questions here.</a></span></span><br/><br/>Our relationship with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://ted.com/">TED</a> started not long after their famous talks began appearing on our front page; the talks were so well liked that we made them a featured channel on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://reddit.tv/#ted">reddit.TV</a>. And one of their most viewed talks was delivered by Sir Ken Robinson, whom reddit has the privilege of interviewing with our friends at TED.<br/><br/>Sir Ken is a creativity expert. He challenges the way we're educating our children, and champions a radical rethinking of our school systems to better cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. His latest book, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670020478?ie=UTF8&tag=redditcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670020478">The Element</a>, looks at how we find our creative passion.<br/><br/>If you haven't seen <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html">his brilliant, funny talk</a> yet, see below. If you're ready to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.reddit.com/comments/9844s/ask_sir_ken_robinson_of_ted_talk_fame_anything/?sort=top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">submit and vote on the best questions for Sir Ken, click here</span></a>; our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://reddit.tv/#ted">partners at TED</a> will ask him the top 10 questions as of Monday evening, 7pm Eastern.<br/><br/><object height="326" width="334"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/SirKenRobinson_2006-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SirKenRobinson-2006.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=320&vh=240&ap=0&ti=66"><embed src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400oe_/http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/SirKenRobinson_2006-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/SirKenRobinson-2006.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=320&vh=240&ap=0&ti=66" height="326" width="334"></embed></object> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="date-outer"> <h2 class="date-header"><span>Tuesday, August 04, 2009</span></h2> <div class="date-posts"> <div class="post-outer"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"> <a name="2723836844572904571"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/better-know-reddit-logo-aka-colbert.html">Better know a reddit logo (AKA, the Colbert Bump)</a> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"> <span class="post-author vcard"> Posted by <span class="fn">alexis [kn0thing]</span> </span> <span class="post-timestamp"> at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/2009/08/better-know-reddit-logo-aka-colbert.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" title="2009-08-04T10:11:00-07:00">10:11</abbr></a> </span> <div style="display:inline; color:#c0c0c0; padding: 0 4px; font-size: 1.3em">|</div> <span class="reaction-buttons"> </span> <span class="star-ratings"> </span> <span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"> </span> <span class="post-icons"> <span class="item-action"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=13407979&postID=2723836844572904571" title="Email Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="13" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_email.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> <span class="item-control blog-admin pid-688432358"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=13407979&postID=2723836844572904571" title="Edit Post"> <img alt="" class="icon-action" height="18" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://www.blogger.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18"/> </a> </span> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"> <span class="post-labels"> Labels: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/animalities" rel="tag">animalities</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/colbert%20bumps" rel="tag">colbert bumps</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/reddit%20logo%20explained" rel="tag">reddit logo explained</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://blog.reddit.com/search/label/videos" rel="tag">videos</a> </span> </div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content"> You may have heard that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://colbertnation.com/">Stephen Colbert</a> gave reddit a shoutout last week during his segment introducing <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.myspace.com/movits">Movits!</a> (who rock, btw) a Swedish swing-hip-hop-jazz band he discovered on our site.<br/><br/>Needless to say (and as I'm sure my neighbors can attest) we got a little excited. And yes, though it wasn't a direct Colbert Bump - more of a Colbert Nudge - we did see a nice little spike the following day. Movits! is no doubt feeling <i>脛ppelknyckarjazz-tastic</i> after the exposure; we'll be running some complimentary ads on reddit for their new album because they rock (r枚ck?) so much.<br/><br/><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SnfX_l8pnKI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/9vSSrutTJ0A/s1600-h/pvbump.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 258px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DFMrmYvja2w/SnfX_l8pnKI/AAAAAAAAC7Q/9vSSrutTJ0A/s400/pvbump.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365994968553462946" border="0"/></a><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/sp.reddit.com/reddit2009_07_28.png"/><br/>The day after Colbert<br/><br/><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/sp.reddit.com/reddit2009_07_29.png"/><br/>Even hugging you, they're still the #1 threat to America<br/><br/><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/sp.reddit.com/reddit2009_07_30.png"/><br/>Luckily, Stephen Jr. saved the day<br/><br/><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/sp.reddit.com/reddit2009_07_31.png"/><br/>If this were Mortal Kombat, Colbert would have just scored a fatality (or maybe <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatality_%28Mortal_Kombat%29">animality</a>?)<br/><br/>Here's the video, for your viewing pleasure:<br/><table style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="353" width="360"><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229);" valign="middle"><td style="padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;"><a target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.colbertnation.com/">The Colbert Report</a></td><td style="padding: 2px 5px 0px; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c</td></tr><tr style="height: 14px;" valign="middle"><td style="padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;" colspan="2"><a target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/239946/july-27-2009/movits-">Movits!</a></td></tr><tr style="height: 14px; background-color: rgb(53, 53, 53);" valign="middle"><td colspan="2" style="padding: 2px 5px 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 360px; text-align: right;"><a target="_blank" style="color: rgb(150, 222, 255); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400/http://www.colbertnation.com/">www.colbertnation.com</a></td></tr><tr valign="middle"><td style="padding: 0px;" colspan="2"><embed style="display: block;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100328192400oe_/http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:239946" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="autoPlay=false" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000" height="301" width="360"></embed></td></tr><tr style="height: 18px;" valign="middle"><td style="padding: 0px;" colspan="2"><table style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="middle"><td style="padding: 3px; 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