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Paging HN user miles! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12985672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12985672 I'm afraid (or perhaps the word I'm looking

by j_s 9y ago

Paging HN user miles! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12985672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12985672 I'm afraid (or perhaps the word I'm looking for is "glad" ;-) that the Internet has passed tinyapps.org on by. After its fleeting 15 seconds of fame back in 2001 (thanks to a Slashdotting and tiny blurb in Wired), the site has mainly served as an irregular tech blog lo these many years.

miles 9y ago
Ha! Thanks so much for the kind shout-out, j_s - what a memory you have! Glad to see my humble corner of the web is still of some small interest ;-)
- j_s 9y ago
  Clearly there is still tremendous interest in the type of efficient software you curated so well back in the day. So many of the programs still work fine today even though their original websites are long gone -- a testament to minimal dependencies, your efforts to archive local copies, and Microsoft's commitment to backwards compatibility! Your blog is always a breath of fresh air any time I happen to stumble by one of your solutions in response to searching for help. Definitely one of my "trusted" sources - don't ever let that domain expire!
- unexistance 9y ago
  interested 10 years ago, still do to this day :D great job Miles
- jaclaz 9y ago
  Longtime supporter of tinyapps.org. Go, Miles, go!
- EGreg 9y ago
  How did you know he mentioned you? Is there some sort of @mention bookmarklet/browser extension in HN?
  - steanne 9y ago
    failing other explanation, i linked the thread when i sent him a couple of additions.
    - miles 9y ago
      Thank you, steanne - it was indeed your kind email that alerted me to the post!
  - miles 9y ago
    HNWatcher[1] appears to offer something close: "Follow keywords, users, karma, domains on Hacker News". The first HN notification system I learned of and used was HN Notify[2,3] by Riyad of The Buzz Media[4]. I've been using edavis' hnrss.org[5] of late; it "provides custom, realtime RSS feeds for Hacker News", including for user posts and comments. A quick search just now turned up dangrossman's HN Replies[6,7] and a few other monitoring options[8]. But in this case, it was indeed steanne's kind email that alerted me to the HN post. [1] https://www.hnwatcher.com https://www.hnwatcher.com [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20120103200449/http://hnnotify.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120103200449/http://hnnotify.c... [3] https://github.com/rkalla/hnnotify https://github.com/rkalla/hnnotify [4] https://web.archive.org/web/20120119135841/http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/authors/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120119135841/http://www.thebuz... [5] https://edavis.github.io/hnrss/ https://edavis.github.io/hnrss/ [6] http://hnreplies.com http://hnreplies.com [7] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11080539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11080539 [8] https://www.google.com/search?q=hacker+news+comment+notification https://www.google.com/search?q=hacker+news+comment+notifica...

by j_s 9y ago

miles 9y ago

Ha! Thanks so much for the kind shout-out, j_s - what a memory you have! Glad to see my humble corner of the web is still of some small interest ;-)

j_s 9y ago
Clearly there is still tremendous interest in the type of efficient software you curated so well back in the day. So many of the programs still work fine today even though their original websites are long gone -- a testament to minimal dependencies, your efforts to archive local copies, and Microsoft's commitment to backwards compatibility! Your blog is always a breath of fresh air any time I happen to stumble by one of your solutions in response to searching for help. Definitely one of my "trusted" sources - don't ever let that domain expire!
unexistance 9y ago
interested 10 years ago, still do to this day :D great job Miles
jaclaz 9y ago
Longtime supporter of tinyapps.org. Go, Miles, go!
EGreg 9y ago
How did you know he mentioned you? Is there some sort of @mention bookmarklet/browser extension in HN?
- steanne 9y ago
  failing other explanation, i linked the thread when i sent him a couple of additions.
  - miles 9y ago
    Thank you, steanne - it was indeed your kind email that alerted me to the post!
- miles 9y ago
  HNWatcher[1] appears to offer something close: "Follow keywords, users, karma, domains on Hacker News". The first HN notification system I learned of and used was HN Notify[2,3] by Riyad of The Buzz Media[4]. I've been using edavis' hnrss.org[5] of late; it "provides custom, realtime RSS feeds for Hacker News", including for user posts and comments. A quick search just now turned up dangrossman's HN Replies[6,7] and a few other monitoring options[8]. But in this case, it was indeed steanne's kind email that alerted me to the HN post. [1] https://www.hnwatcher.com https://www.hnwatcher.com [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20120103200449/http://hnnotify.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120103200449/http://hnnotify.c... [3] https://github.com/rkalla/hnnotify https://github.com/rkalla/hnnotify [4] https://web.archive.org/web/20120119135841/http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/authors/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120119135841/http://www.thebuz... [5] https://edavis.github.io/hnrss/ https://edavis.github.io/hnrss/ [6] http://hnreplies.com http://hnreplies.com [7] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11080539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11080539 [8] https://www.google.com/search?q=hacker+news+comment+notification https://www.google.com/search?q=hacker+news+comment+notifica...