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by calvin 18y ago
If you've got family there are many cities within about a 30 minute commute of Boulder that are much more affordable (larger house/more land for same price). This would include towns such as Longmont, Firestone, and Erie. Some towns in th
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by calvin 18y ago
I became an expert at queuing theory during a summer of employment at McDonald's.
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Here's IntenseDebate's blog post about it: http://www.intensedebate.com/blog/2008/09/23/automattic-acqu... A quote from their post for anyone worried that it'll be WordPress exclusive: "You will still be able to use IntenseDebate on Typep
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Automattic (Wordpress) Has Acquired IntenseDebate’s Enhanced Comment System(techcrunch.com)
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"Complete Fabrication." I contacted Valve pr man Doug Lombardi who replied to my request for comment on this news with just two words: "complete fabrication." http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/09/17/valve-on-rumors-of...
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by calvin 18y ago
The difficulty comes in having to browse through the hundred popular tags to find one specific language tag where you want to ask a question or provide help to people. Granted, it's not that hard to do, but it's not optimal from a usability
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by calvin 18y ago
Somehow tags don't seem to be the best way to organize this type of question asking and information gathering. They're certainly helpful for searching and gathering semantic data, but I'd find it much more useful to see the site have "secti
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by calvin 18y ago
At least this one. I've been trialing it and am planning to sign up at the end of the trial. The service works well.
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by calvin 18y ago
The TechCrunch40 list is here: http://www.techcrunch50.com/2007/ ... just in case you forgot the names.
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In regards to a video app demo, I'd recommend giving it a chance if you've got time for it. People have different learning styles and some will have an easier time learning to use this app if they "see" it first. This will become more imp
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by calvin 18y ago
Time is part of the investment.
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Wordpress makes sense for the same reasons (good) frameworks make sense: somebody's already written the code to provide blogging/publishing functionality, and they're experts at it. Plus, it is extensible w/ plugins and has numerous option
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by calvin 18y ago
"Still, with many such sites nowadays, they're just providing search results, not much different than Google..." Veoh, YouTube, and "such sites" host the videos and aren't search engines. Since the videos in violation would be hosted on th
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by calvin 18y ago
JungleDisk (for backup via S3), hosting (Dreamhost for shared, Slicehost for more power), Amazon MP3 for music. I've been trialing Pingdom for site monitoring and will probably sign up once trial is over. Netflix.
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by calvin 18y ago
Last I checked, you're free to _not_ buy Vista. Buy a Mac. Buy a pre-installed Linux box. Buy your roommate's cousins used Pentium 4 w/o an OS and have your way with it.
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by calvin 18y ago
The long tail ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail ).
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by calvin 18y ago
Trying to upgrade from Vista to Vista SP1 is what drove me back to XP. I wanted to do a fresh reinstall w/ Vista SP1 and the installer told me "We're sorry, you can't install to that drive because Vista is already installed." It had other
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Lattes a Luxury for Startups ($36 per gallon)(seattletimes.nwsource.com)
1 points by calvin 18y ago|1 comments
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Fine on FireFox 2.0.0.16/WinXP. Which Firefox are you using? If you're on 3.0 make sure you upgrade to 3.01 as it's a lot more stable.
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This is why I take a Nalgene bottle everywhere with me. 32oz of pure, unadulterated h2o (depending on the quality of the local water source).
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by calvin 18y ago
Those limitations notwithstanding, Otlet’s version of hypertext held a few important advantages over today’s Web. For one thing, he saw a smarter kind of hyperlink. Whereas links on the Web today serve as a kind of mute bond bet
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ICANN ruling opens door for new TLDs (coming in 2009)(news.bbc.co.uk)
5 points by calvin 18y ago|4 comments
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by calvin 18y ago
Operator: "911, what is your emergency?" Caller: "Yes, Twitter is down, and I don't know what to do."
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by calvin 18y ago
Definitely do the bachelor dinner! After a recent trip to Charleston, I experienced first-hand some excellent hospitality w/ gracious hosts. I realized that it's something that's been largely missing from my life and I want to be more inte
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by calvin 18y ago
I just finished reading "My Startup Life" by Ben Casnocha. It's a good introduction to the entrepreneurial world for people just starting the journey, and it has some good insights that can benefit anybody. (Book site: http://mystartupli
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by calvin 18y ago
There's no easy way (through cell phone companies) to use multiple phone numbers for the same cell phone. I know for a fact Verizon Wireless doesn't offer vanity numbers, but I'm not sure about the other providers. Services like GrandCentr
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Long live Napster.
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If all you're going for is a stream w/ all the information, it's good. However, I think 250+ posts listed on any given day has a high tendency to lead to information overload. Part of the value of the sites you listed is the community help
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by calvin 18y ago
You should look for groups focused on recycling and sustainability and promote your site to them as a way to do that. Obviously don't be spammy, but if you get involved in the overall discussion then people will be interested in what you h
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by calvin 18y ago
These are the ones I've checked out: 48 Hour Print - http://www.48hourprint.com/ Vista Print - http://www.vistaprint.com/ (not to be confused w/ Windows Vista And another creative site I'd recommend checking out is http://www.moo.com/

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