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by kn0thing 16y ago
Thank you :) May it be the first of many. It seriously couldn't have happened if not for all our awesome volunteers and all of you who showed up and hacked for 12 LEGOtastic hours straight on a Friday night in NY.
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by kn0thing 16y ago
http://www.playworks.org/ ?
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Thanks, Jacob! We're hoping to branch out into all aspects of "hacking." Christina had some great ideas involving grub - we've got enough of a network here in NYC to bring in some awesome people (we had a pair of LEGO execs come in from Den
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Hack Club NY = total success (LEGO Mindstorms now en route to Jamaica)(breadpig.com)
22 points by kn0thing 16y ago|10 comments
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Cool Startups to Watch in 2011: Hipmunk (YC S10) De-Agonizes Flight Search(bnet.com)
5 points by kn0thing 16y ago|1 comments
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Oh, btw, Salman Khan is speaking at TED (rejoice)(breadpig.com)
2 points by kn0thing 16y ago|0 comments
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Thanks for the effort :) should be a fun event! Hope you'll be there.
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How one animator turned fan video he made into a business(grumomedia.com)
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Kids rock! Just keep in mind it'll run from 9pm to 9am :)
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by kn0thing 16y ago
You're right, it's not lacking a geek scene, I'd just like to see more light-hearted-let's-just-build-something events where no one has to be worried about a business-guy telling them about his/her "next big thing." In that vein, although I
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Careful, there are LEGO Gatling guns... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp48bL5jgjQ
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Yes, this is a model we want copied all over in cities where geek culture languishes. Having lived in SF & Cambridge, I'm not worried about either of those cities, but I know there are plenty others like New York that could use self-o
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by kn0thing 16y ago
There will be LEGO employees flying in from Denmark for this, but they'll be very obvious (and simply excited to spectate!) LEGO is thrilled about doing a feel-good-project with breadpig (uncorporation) and the geeks of New York. All of the
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NY Hackers: Breadpig & LEGO are hosting our first Hack Club on Jan 14(breadpig.com)
44 points by kn0thing 16y ago|16 comments
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Both, imho. Our design is based around giving tools for our users to create with (subreddits, self posts, commenting system etc) and letting them work their magic. edit: unfortunately, we haven't got the benefit of a visible community on hi
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Why thank you!
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by kn0thing 16y ago
That is correct.
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by kn0thing 16y ago
I like the way you think, revorad ;) I appreciate the hipmunk love.
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Thanks for the hipmunk & reddit shoutouts. We're definitely from the function > form school of web design. That said, I'd love a bit of polish on the reddit UI (Apple can pull it off, after all). Hipmunk is getting one soon -- funct
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Good point. I'd like to get this awesome demo video a fan made some more attention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6teBPUgz4Y8
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Haha! Well, If anyone is reading these comments - you can email me your mailing address too. No break-ups required! We don't want to encourage anything like that :) Enjoy the trip to Malaysia! Can't wait to visit one of these days.
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by kn0thing 16y ago
You chose wisely, aberman. In the event that she breaks up with you, though, email me (alexis@hipmunk.com) your mailing address and I'll send you something from the hipmunk to ensure you get through the trauma.
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Thanks, Mike. Yes, that would be much appreciated.
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by kn0thing 16y ago
It's all good :) see above http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2033334
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by kn0thing 16y ago
<UPDATE> Wow! You've skyrocketed the book up 131 spots to the #558th bestselling book on Amazon. Thanks for spreading the word, everyone. </UPDATE> Don't fret! It's my breadpig Amazon referral account. See it used here: htt
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Rock on. Thanks for recommending us. And so you know, Steve Huffman (Adam's cofounder) cofounded reddit with me. We also recently brought on Chris Slowe (keysersosa), our first addition to team reddit. http://www.businessinsider.com/reddit
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by kn0thing 16y ago
Thanks! ... Oh wait, there's one more thing: http://blog.hipmunk.com/hipmunk-is-excited-about-2011
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by kn0thing 16y ago
You have no idea how tempted I was to go all the way and replace it with Benny Hill...
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Hipmunk demos at Travel Innovation Summit (video)(blog.hipmunk.com)
138 points by kn0thing 16y ago|60 comments
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by kn0thing 16y ago
\o/ Word of mouth really does work. Thanks, weel! And don't be a stranger, hugh3, drop us a note with any & all feedback (contact@hipmunk.com) or say hi in Olark chat right on hipmunk.com

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