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by billturner 15y ago
I think Perl could use something like "Learn Perl The Hard Way." The foundation for the tutorial/book is already there: http://learncodethehardway.org/
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Occupy Wall Street's proposed "List of Demands"(occupywallst.org)
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by billturner 15y ago
I know lots of folks remap the Caps Lock to key as ESC, since it's easier to hit than ESC.
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by billturner 15y ago
My favorite podcast is "The Tobolowsky Files": http://www.slashfilm.com/category/features/slashfilmcast/the... He's a recognizable character actor (esp. from Groundhog Day), but he's also an amazing story teller.
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by billturner 15y ago
Nothing Broadcast.com did offered any advantage in creating something like YouTube. This isn't totally correct. Nothing that we did back then, that was exposed to the public, would have offered an advantage for making a YouTube. We had bu
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by billturner 15y ago
This is really quite sad. In 1999, Yahoo bought the streaming media company (not just video, but radio/sports/original content/etc) I worked for, broadcast.com. They then proceeded to slowly drive the property into the ground, to where now,
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by billturner 15y ago
It's quite hard to pick the "greatest", but I recently re-read A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, and it's still as wonderful as the first time I read it.
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by billturner 15y ago
Installing the current, stable version of Rails hasn't ever been too complex, but trying to stay on the bleeding edge can be a bit tricky. Using rvm certainly helps, since it can keep your gem environments separate, that too involves a bit
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by billturner 15y ago
It shows right on the homepage for Rake ( http://rake.rubyforge.org/ ): Rake is currently hosted at github. The github web page is http://github.com/jimweirich/rake/
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by billturner 16y ago
No, but it's very similar. The silicon film, didn't replace the back of the camera. Instead, it looked like a canister of film with the leader pulled out a little. You wouldn't have to change the camera back, just pop in the silicon film th
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by billturner 16y ago
Back in 1999, and before there were so many cheap DSLR options on the market, there was a product that sounded so great, but just never materialized. It was going to be called "(e)film" or "silicon film," and would fit inside your SLR in pl
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by billturner 16y ago
Uh oh. Looks like their update didn't go as planned. Last notice says they're rolling it all back.
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by billturner 16y ago
Well, at the moment, it appears their site is suffering from a DDOS. It's unreachable for me.
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by billturner 16y ago
The artist goes by the name Goopymart: http://goopymart.com/
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by billturner 16y ago
Poor spelling doesn't help much either.
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by billturner 16y ago
Shapado is written with Ruby on Rails. Code: https://github.com/patcito/shapado Main site: http://shapado.com/
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by billturner 16y ago
I don't think I would call that a fail. A fail would entail the company not caring about the product it was selling, letting the purchase go through as originally set up, and then disappeared if it turned out to be defective and any attempt
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by billturner 16y ago
I think you may want to leak a little more. You ask for emails to sign up for beta invites, but there is no clear indication as to what perspeck is. Why would I want to sign up?
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by billturner 16y ago
Well, it looks like the server you happen to be on is having a maintenance issue, but not all of Linode. I actually find it comforting that they're a bit proactive in keeping an eye on your server to know when to do some maintenance, rather
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by billturner 16y ago
Here's some ways to maybe not do it wrong: * http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/553751319/mustache-at-stake * http://mashable.com/2008/04/18/bad-pr-pitches/ * http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/pitching_rww.php But without the text of
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by billturner 16y ago
My guess is that Perl has been silently chugging along in the background, while Ruby (with Rails) and Python (with Django) popped into the spotlight under higher scrutiny. Perl hasn't had a popular framework that has built as large a commun
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by billturner 16y ago
If this site/app is entirely user-dependent on getting garage sales listings, I don't see it gaining much traction. For Pittsburgh, there was one garage sale listed on GarageDollar. On Craigslist's Pittsburgh garage sale listing there are l
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by billturner 16y ago
I haven't used it myself, but it was fun following the development of Harmony: http://get.harmonyapp.com/ - which does online site creation and hosting.
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by billturner 16y ago
While reading their list, I kept thinking about the issues Wakemate have gone through. It looks like they would fail at all five of those points.
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by billturner 16y ago
My setup is quite a bit like the OP's. Macbook pro with: * TextMate for code editing (with the Ack in Project/AckMate bundles for searching through a large codebase, and updated bundles for Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Cucumber, Shoulda, etc) * rv
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by billturner 16y ago
I think it's an interesting idea that could be helpful if it takes off. Some quick comments though: 1. Don't have the form there (and editable) unless you can actually use it - there's no submit button if you're not logged in. 2. Not sure i
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by billturner 16y ago
It's not listed, but the "hacking" scene in Jurassic Park always gets a good laugh from me. It's a Unix system. I know this!
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by billturner 16y ago
My favorite podcast these days is The Tobolowsky Files: http://www.slashfilm.com/category/features/slashfilmcast/the... Stephen Tobolowsky, the actor probably best known for Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day , is a fantastic storyteller. He's
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by billturner 16y ago
I would ditch the thumbnails and increase the image size. Maybe for at least the first 5 on the top of the page.
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by billturner 16y ago
Everyone makes mistakes. It's how you respond to it that makes the difference. Exactly. I think Steve Jobs responding to a customer's email with "Don't hold it that way" was one of the worst responses ever to a growing PR problem.

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