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by eswat 16y ago
You’ve explained what I was going to say clearly. Mark has worked on more than just threewords.me for the past couple of years. He’s not some guy that just got lucky with a simple idea and cashed in.
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by eswat 16y ago
Music (specifically stuff I’ve listened to for years so I don’t get distracted by something new and catchy).
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by eswat 16y ago
I haven’t finished the book yet but the chapter where he discusses the effects of cold temperatures on the body was the most interesting to me, being a Canadian. But I’ll skip the cold showers and ice baths. I get my share of shivering by j
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by eswat 16y ago
I was in a similar position a year ago: was a web/UI designer at a locally-reputable company, but left after three years due to frustration and the cabal games being played between my department and Marketing + VPs. I worked at a startup be
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by eswat 16y ago
I’ve been using the Graphite appearance for OSX and using a neutral grey background as my desktop for a while now—I don’t keep stuff on my desktop either. Really helps dull out the noise around my windows when using the monitor (I prefer no
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CCP warns EVE Online customers with emails in Gawker database(dl.dropbox.com)
1 points by eswat 16y ago|0 comments
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by eswat 16y ago
Anything I rate 4 stars or higher in my library I usually play while working. These tend to be songs I’ve listened to a lot so I don’t think about them much while they are playing, a good thing when trying to focus (for this reason I avoid
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by eswat 16y ago
If I don’t see myself finishing an online article in one reading, I’ll just Instapaper it and carry on with my Kindle, where it will save where I’ve left off.
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by eswat 16y ago
Both? Many books have coding exercises in them and I find it very difficult personally to retain all the knowledge I’ve glanced over in a book and be able to apply that in execution without having done any coding in-between.
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by eswat 16y ago
Agreed on both points. The reason I don’t pirate much (more on that later) is because I value my time and the time other creators put into their work. Even if said work may be shitty, that doesn’t give me the right to steal it. A creator st
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by eswat 16y ago
I think you’re overlooking the potential rewards that such a “loser thing to do” can have. There can be quite a bit of overlap between a like-minded gaming community and Hacker News. It may not be possible to accomplish all of the things yo
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by eswat 16y ago
I haven't tried the GM seed but I'm hoping for some under-the-hood tweaks for iPod touch, specifically an option for disabling wifi while it's sleep mode (kept on in iOS 4). Waste of battery and useless to me since I've turned off all Push
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by eswat 16y ago
Shogun
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by eswat 16y ago
If this is working for you, just keep at it. The problem I have with systems like pomodoro or anything that “forces” you to put leisure time in-between times of focus is that, for me, it’s difficult to get into the zone when you’re switchin
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by eswat 16y ago
Who am I? I’m just a simple jack-of-all-trades web designer trying to make sense of this crazy, often unnecessarily confusing world. What hardware am I using? My nomadic work rig is a 15" MacBook Pro – late-2007 model with the stock har
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by eswat 16y ago
http://gabe.newell.usesthis.com/ Probably worth mentioning that this post was done way before Steam and many Source games came out for OSX publicly.
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by eswat 16y ago
Shogun by James Clavell Cadence & Slang by Nick Disabato
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by eswat 16y ago
It’s yours. :)
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by eswat 16y ago
If anyone wants a copy of The Design of Everyday Things, it’s yours. Covering shipping from Canada would be much appreciated.
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by eswat 16y ago
logstrosity.com - was going to use it for the non-nice version of a game backlog app I’m working on, but have no interest in that anymore.
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by eswat 16y ago
The context is important. A lot of popular websites are still unreadable messes (thank you Instapaper & Readability) but it was more prevalent when this article came out, when many web designers thought “typography” on the web was just
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by eswat 16y ago
If a fresh idea is keeping me up, I just get out of bed and write it down, knowing I can’t really act on it in a tired state – leave it for the next day. If I just can’t sleep for other reasons, I usually read a book. Within 20 minutes or s
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by eswat 16y ago
I don’t have much for book recommendations, but start off with The Elements of Typographic Style [ http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Brin... ] and get a feel for creating usable and readable typography in your apps. h
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by eswat 16y ago
Heh, if I’m really stressed out I’ll at least avoid 1v1 online. 4v4 is not so bad thanks to diffusion of responsibility. :)
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by eswat 16y ago
Usually I read a book or play StarCraft II/Civilization V/Halo Reach. Depends on whether I’ve come to hate technology that day or not. Cleaning stuff also helps me relax, but sometimes it just ends up becoming busy work. Closing Colloquy an
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by eswat 16y ago
Safari: Shortly ClickToFlash
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by eswat 16y ago
Reading the Qt3 forums, this seems more like an abrupt PR stunt. “I think GoG.com marketing just rolled a critical fumble.” - Tom Ohle
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One week after the release of Amnesia(frictionalgames.blogspot.com)
1 points by eswat 16y ago|0 comments
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by eswat 16y ago
”What would be a better option that requires less work?” (when creating) "What would be a better option that’s less complicated?” (what I ask myself when I’m looking to buy something. PC gaming purchases are an exception.)
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Gamestop acquiring Flash game portal Kongregate(joystiq.com)
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