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The Internet Alphabet

24 points by willwhitney 13y ago

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gtank 13y ago
This turned out to be an interesting little game. I bet you can always tell a developer. Here's mine: a: audobox.com b: buzzfeed.com/emofly/eggs-in-exciting-holes (bookmarked for ideas) c: calendar.google.com d: dashboard.heroku.com e: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes (i _really_ can't ever remember where i am) f: facebook.com g: github.com/gtank h: heroku.com i: imgur.com j: javagenesiscoffeeroasting.com/shop/ (delicious coffee near atlanta) k: keithv.com (language models i used frequently) l: localhost:9292 (yep, developer) m: mail.google.com n: news.ycombinator.com o: ossl-test.herokuapp.com (buildpack test for ruby + new openssl) p: plus.google.com q: questionablecontent.net r: reddit.com s: smittenkitchen.com (i was really expecting stackoverflow here) t: twitter.com u: unsplash.com v: vervecoffeeroasters.com w: wikipedia.org x: xda-developers.com y: yelpingwithcormac.tumblr.com z: zenpayroll.com
- tgb 13y ago
  What's magic about port 9292? (Clearly I'm not a developer.)
  - gtank 13y ago
    It's the default port for running a local rack app (sort of a ruby-web-stuff middleware). For specific values of "developer" :)
    - tgb 13y ago
      Ahh makes sense.
- tel 13y ago
  Check out Octane coffee in Atlanta if you haven't already. It's one of the things I miss about the city.
dysoco 13y ago
Fun idea! A: altdevblogaday.com B: bbs.archlinux.org C: clarin.com // Argentinian news D: distrowatch.com E: edx.org F: forums.gentoo.org G: github.com // was expecting grooveshark H: humblebundle.com // This is weird, I don't go there much I: imgur.com J: jblive.tv // Great shows, LAS, TechSNAP, etc. K: khanacademy.org L: lkml.org M: mercadolibre.com.ar // Argentinian eBay N: news.ycombinator.com O: opengl-tutorial.org // Weird too P: pcgamingwiki.com Q: nothing R: reddit.com // Totally unexpected! S: store.steampowered.com T: translate.google.com // My English is a bit rusty U: usesthis.com // Also weird, not visited much. V: vimeo.com // Really? I don't recall going here too much. W: wolframalpha.com // Life saver X: xkcd.com Y: youtube.com Z: zonaforo.meristation.com // Forum I used/use to visit
IvyMike 13y ago
In Chrome, "chrome://predictors/" gives you some interesting related information.
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hisham_hm 13y ago
http://aljazeera.com/ http://aljazeera.com/ http://bb.com.br/ http://bb.com.br/ http://cbsoft2013.cic.unb.br/ http://cbsoft2013.cic.unb.br/ http://dx.com http://dx.com http://english.aljazeera.net/ http://english.aljazeera.net/ http://facebook.com/ http://facebook.com/ http://globoesporte.globo.com/ http://globoesporte.globo.com/ http://hisham.hm/ http://hisham.hm/ http://inf.puc-rio.br/ http://inf.puc-rio.br/ http://jaor.net/ http://jaor.net/ http://keplerproject.org/ http://keplerproject.org/ http://luarocks.org/ http://luarocks.org/ http://mail.google.com/ http://mail.google.com/ http://n01/ http://n01/ http://ohloh.net/ http://ohloh.net/ http://puc-rio.br/ http://puc-rio.br/ http://queremos.com.br/ http://queremos.com.br/ http://reddit.com/ http://reddit.com/ http://submarinoviagens.com.br/ http://submarinoviagens.com.br/ http://twitter.com/ http://twitter.com/ http://u.hisham.hm/ http://u.hisham.hm/ http://voegol.com.br/ http://voegol.com.br/ http://www37.bb.com.br/ http://www37.bb.com.br/ http://xisdobah.com.br/ http://xisdobah.com.br/ http://youtube.com/ http://youtube.com/ http://zap.com.br/ http://zap.com.br/
Brainsnail 13y ago
amazon.de (Yep, i'm from Germany) bxxxx.xx (Censored, self-incriminating) cplusplus.com dominos.de (Now i'm hungry) en.wikipedia.org file:///E:/movdb/editor/editor.html (Private HTML/JS-Project i'm working on) google.de humblebundle.com (I like indie games) images.google.com jolicloud.com (Tested a couple of days ago, never used again) kde.org lavabit.com (Gone :( ) msdn.microsoft.com news.ycombinator.com omdbapi.com portknox.net qt-project.org reddit.com steampowered.com traveltainment-group.com (this is where i work) unlocker.emptyloop.com vole.cc (should keep an eye on that) www.webtravel.de (What the heck?... I have to talk to our WebDevs) zattoo.com
bestest 13y ago
nice little game! http://arstechnica.com http://arstechnica.com http://battlelog.battlefield.com http://battlelog.battlefield.com http://crmoto.lt http://crmoto.lt http://dirbkit.lt http://dirbkit.lt http://elektromarkt.lt http://elektromarkt.lt http://facebook.com http://facebook.com http://google.com/adsense http://google.com/adsense http://h.lr.lt/tv.vlc http://h.lr.lt/tv.vlc http://imgur.com http://imgur.com http://jsfiddle.net http://jsfiddle.net http://kt.tele2.lt http://kt.tele2.lt http://lrytas.lt/tvdabar.asp http://lrytas.lt/tvdabar.asp http://mail.saulis.com http://mail.saulis.com http://ng/ http://ng/ (local dev domain) o - nothing http://pixelmator.com http://pixelmator.com q - nothing http://reddit.com http://reddit.com s - censored for security purposes http://translate.google.com http://translate.google.com http://uoga:9091 http://uoga:9091 - raspberry torrent interface http://vilnius.lt http://vilnius.lt http://wolframalpha.com http://wolframalpha.com http://xakep.ru http://xakep.ru http://youtube.com http://youtube.com http://zingzing.co.uk http://zingzing.co.uk
- bestest 13y ago
  although, to access AdSense, for example -- I type in 'ads'. for Analytics - 'anal'.
cfinke 13y ago
Here's mine, from six years ago: http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/20/the-a-to-z-of-me/ http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/20/the-a-to-z-of-me/
kalleboo 13y ago
I don't have to go very far to see a pattern... (skipped internal and NSFW urls) http://amazon.co.jp http://amazon.co.jp https://<private>.beanstalkapp.com https://<private>.beanstalkapp.com http://campl.us http://campl.us http://daringfireball.net http://daringfireball.net http://engadget.com http://engadget.com http://facebook.com http://facebook.com http://google.se http://google.se http://hockeyapp.net http://hockeyapp.net http://itunesconnect.apple.com http://itunesconnect.apple.com http://japantoday.com http://japantoday.com http://kjell.com http://kjell.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://onion.com http://onion.com http://prisjakt.nu http://prisjakt.nu http://quora.com http://quora.com http://reddit.com http://reddit.com http://translate.google.com http://translate.google.com http://xkcd.com http://xkcd.com http://youtube.com http://youtube.com
benaiah 13y ago
http://anchorage.craigslist.org http://anchorage.craigslist.org http://bootstrap.com http://bootstrap.com (need to fix this one, it's because of frequent mistypings of getbootstrap.com) http://cracked.com http://cracked.com http://docs.meteor.com http://docs.meteor.com http://evangelos.in http://evangelos.in (e is apparently not used much) http://facebook.com http://facebook.com http://gmail.com http://gmail.com http://hackpad.com http://hackpad.com http://icloud.com http://icloud.com (had my phone stolen recently, been checking Find My iPhone a lot) http://julialang.org http://julialang.org http://kongregate.com http://kongregate.com http://localhost:8000 http://localhost:8000 (developer here) http://movies.netflix.com http://movies.netflix.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://outlook.com http://outlook.com http://pinterest.com http://pinterest.com (not used much) no q http://read.amazon.com http://read.amazon.com http://salesforce.com http://salesforce.com (bad memories...) http://toggl.com/track http://toggl.com/track http://uaonline.alaska.edu http://uaonline.alaska.edu http://vinescope.com http://vinescope.com (not used much) http://wellsfargo.com http://wellsfargo.com http://xkcd.com http://xkcd.com http://youtube.com http://youtube.com no z
AsymetricCom 13y ago
nobody got aws.amazon.com for A? almost my entire alphabet is taken over by internal tools with Web UIs.
Zecc 13y ago
Well... not only was this entertaining for a bit, but it also reminded me of the existence of overapi.com, which is a good thing. It's interesting how some of the (uncommon) letters bring up suggestions of sites I even don't remember ever visiting. In some cases it's even dead links.

24 points by willwhitney 13y ago

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gtank 13y ago

This turned out to be an interesting little game. I bet you can always tell a developer. Here's mine: a: audobox.com b: buzzfeed.com/emofly/eggs-in-exciting-holes (bookmarked for ideas) c: calendar.google.com d: dashboard.heroku.com e: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes (i _really_ can't ever remember where i am) f: facebook.com g: github.com/gtank h: heroku.com i: imgur.com j: javagenesiscoffeeroasting.com/shop/ (delicious coffee near atlanta) k: keithv.com (language models i used frequently) l: localhost:9292 (yep, developer) m: mail.google.com n: news.ycombinator.com o: ossl-test.herokuapp.com (buildpack test for ruby + new openssl) p: plus.google.com q: questionablecontent.net r: reddit.com s: smittenkitchen.com (i was really expecting stackoverflow here) t: twitter.com u: unsplash.com v: vervecoffeeroasters.com w: wikipedia.org x: xda-developers.com y: yelpingwithcormac.tumblr.com z: zenpayroll.com

tgb 13y ago
What's magic about port 9292? (Clearly I'm not a developer.)
- gtank 13y ago
  It's the default port for running a local rack app (sort of a ruby-web-stuff middleware). For specific values of "developer" :)
  - tgb 13y ago
    Ahh makes sense.
tel 13y ago
Check out Octane coffee in Atlanta if you haven't already. It's one of the things I miss about the city.

dysoco 13y ago

Fun idea! A: altdevblogaday.com B: bbs.archlinux.org C: clarin.com // Argentinian news D: distrowatch.com E: edx.org F: forums.gentoo.org G: github.com // was expecting grooveshark H: humblebundle.com // This is weird, I don't go there much I: imgur.com J: jblive.tv // Great shows, LAS, TechSNAP, etc. K: khanacademy.org L: lkml.org M: mercadolibre.com.ar // Argentinian eBay N: news.ycombinator.com O: opengl-tutorial.org // Weird too P: pcgamingwiki.com Q: nothing R: reddit.com // Totally unexpected! S: store.steampowered.com T: translate.google.com // My English is a bit rusty U: usesthis.com // Also weird, not visited much. V: vimeo.com // Really? I don't recall going here too much. W: wolframalpha.com // Life saver X: xkcd.com Y: youtube.com Z: zonaforo.meristation.com // Forum I used/use to visit

IvyMike 13y ago

In Chrome, "chrome://predictors/" gives you some interesting related information.

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hisham_hm 13y ago

http://aljazeera.com/ http://aljazeera.com/ http://bb.com.br/ http://bb.com.br/ http://cbsoft2013.cic.unb.br/ http://cbsoft2013.cic.unb.br/ http://dx.com http://dx.com http://english.aljazeera.net/ http://english.aljazeera.net/ http://facebook.com/ http://facebook.com/ http://globoesporte.globo.com/ http://globoesporte.globo.com/ http://hisham.hm/ http://hisham.hm/ http://inf.puc-rio.br/ http://inf.puc-rio.br/ http://jaor.net/ http://jaor.net/ http://keplerproject.org/ http://keplerproject.org/ http://luarocks.org/ http://luarocks.org/ http://mail.google.com/ http://mail.google.com/ http://n01/ http://n01/ http://ohloh.net/ http://ohloh.net/ http://puc-rio.br/ http://puc-rio.br/ http://queremos.com.br/ http://queremos.com.br/ http://reddit.com/ http://reddit.com/ http://submarinoviagens.com.br/ http://submarinoviagens.com.br/ http://twitter.com/ http://twitter.com/ http://u.hisham.hm/ http://u.hisham.hm/ http://voegol.com.br/ http://voegol.com.br/ http://www37.bb.com.br/ http://www37.bb.com.br/ http://xisdobah.com.br/ http://xisdobah.com.br/ http://youtube.com/ http://youtube.com/ http://zap.com.br/ http://zap.com.br/

Brainsnail 13y ago

amazon.de (Yep, i'm from Germany) bxxxx.xx (Censored, self-incriminating) cplusplus.com dominos.de (Now i'm hungry) en.wikipedia.org file:///E:/movdb/editor/editor.html (Private HTML/JS-Project i'm working on) google.de humblebundle.com (I like indie games) images.google.com jolicloud.com (Tested a couple of days ago, never used again) kde.org lavabit.com (Gone :( ) msdn.microsoft.com news.ycombinator.com omdbapi.com portknox.net qt-project.org reddit.com steampowered.com traveltainment-group.com (this is where i work) unlocker.emptyloop.com vole.cc (should keep an eye on that) www.webtravel.de (What the heck?... I have to talk to our WebDevs) zattoo.com

bestest 13y ago

nice little game! http://arstechnica.com http://arstechnica.com http://battlelog.battlefield.com http://battlelog.battlefield.com http://crmoto.lt http://crmoto.lt http://dirbkit.lt http://dirbkit.lt http://elektromarkt.lt http://elektromarkt.lt http://facebook.com http://facebook.com http://google.com/adsense http://google.com/adsense http://h.lr.lt/tv.vlc http://h.lr.lt/tv.vlc http://imgur.com http://imgur.com http://jsfiddle.net http://jsfiddle.net http://kt.tele2.lt http://kt.tele2.lt http://lrytas.lt/tvdabar.asp http://lrytas.lt/tvdabar.asp http://mail.saulis.com http://mail.saulis.com http://ng/ http://ng/ (local dev domain) o - nothing http://pixelmator.com http://pixelmator.com q - nothing http://reddit.com http://reddit.com s - censored for security purposes http://translate.google.com http://translate.google.com http://uoga:9091 http://uoga:9091 - raspberry torrent interface http://vilnius.lt http://vilnius.lt http://wolframalpha.com http://wolframalpha.com http://xakep.ru http://xakep.ru http://youtube.com http://youtube.com http://zingzing.co.uk http://zingzing.co.uk

bestest 13y ago
although, to access AdSense, for example -- I type in 'ads'. for Analytics - 'anal'.

cfinke 13y ago

Here's mine, from six years ago: http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/20/the-a-to-z-of-me/ http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/20/the-a-to-z-of-me/

kalleboo 13y ago

I don't have to go very far to see a pattern... (skipped internal and NSFW urls) http://amazon.co.jp http://amazon.co.jp https://<private>.beanstalkapp.com https://<private>.beanstalkapp.com http://campl.us http://campl.us http://daringfireball.net http://daringfireball.net http://engadget.com http://engadget.com http://facebook.com http://facebook.com http://google.se http://google.se http://hockeyapp.net http://hockeyapp.net http://itunesconnect.apple.com http://itunesconnect.apple.com http://japantoday.com http://japantoday.com http://kjell.com http://kjell.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://onion.com http://onion.com http://prisjakt.nu http://prisjakt.nu http://quora.com http://quora.com http://reddit.com http://reddit.com http://translate.google.com http://translate.google.com http://xkcd.com http://xkcd.com http://youtube.com http://youtube.com

benaiah 13y ago

http://anchorage.craigslist.org http://anchorage.craigslist.org http://bootstrap.com http://bootstrap.com (need to fix this one, it's because of frequent mistypings of getbootstrap.com) http://cracked.com http://cracked.com http://docs.meteor.com http://docs.meteor.com http://evangelos.in http://evangelos.in (e is apparently not used much) http://facebook.com http://facebook.com http://gmail.com http://gmail.com http://hackpad.com http://hackpad.com http://icloud.com http://icloud.com (had my phone stolen recently, been checking Find My iPhone a lot) http://julialang.org http://julialang.org http://kongregate.com http://kongregate.com http://localhost:8000 http://localhost:8000 (developer here) http://movies.netflix.com http://movies.netflix.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com http://outlook.com http://outlook.com http://pinterest.com http://pinterest.com (not used much) no q http://read.amazon.com http://read.amazon.com http://salesforce.com http://salesforce.com (bad memories...) http://toggl.com/track http://toggl.com/track http://uaonline.alaska.edu http://uaonline.alaska.edu http://vinescope.com http://vinescope.com (not used much) http://wellsfargo.com http://wellsfargo.com http://xkcd.com http://xkcd.com http://youtube.com http://youtube.com no z

AsymetricCom 13y ago

nobody got aws.amazon.com for A? almost my entire alphabet is taken over by internal tools with Web UIs.

Zecc 13y ago

Well... not only was this entertaining for a bit, but it also reminded me of the existence of overapi.com, which is a good thing. It's interesting how some of the (uncommon) letters bring up suggestions of sites I even don't remember ever visiting. In some cases it's even dead links.