thisisblurry

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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   I'm not sure why either, but I also prefer Gowalla to Foursquare. My guess is that it's in the design and more indie-ish feel of Gowalla. Foursquare just seems more corporate looking.
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   But then why bother using it at all? Do they assume that no one malicious could ever get into my account (for argument's sake)? If you're going to make me set a password, make me enter it each time I "use" your service. My gripe isn't with
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   Every now and then when I purchase something from a Verified by Visa-"friendly" site (Newegg comes to mind), I often find that I'm able to complete the purchase without entering my password. It's disturbing to say the least.
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   Dropbox would be a viable solution for that though. Based on the sheer amount of hardware in his house (and who James Gosling actually is), I don't see why he wouldn't be able to afford a premium account.
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   I love the way that you're displaying all of this data. It's a very clean and understandable interface. I do have one suggestion though: generate URLs based on where the sliders are at. It'll make sharing much easier. I know it's a dauntin
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   This is how I do it and exactly as you say, I rarely end up doing the unintended action.
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   I'm 99% certain that this is a Mac-only option for now. It might make it's way into the other OS builds, but I don't think it is currently set up for them.
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   A number of apps work in a similar fashion, such as Facebook, Gowalla, Twitterrific, and Weatherbug...
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   by thisisblurry 16y ago

   All of his complaints aside, is he aware that Instagram allows you to save the original photo (in addition to the filtered photo) to your Camera Roll?
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    CloudApp Pro Goes Live(blog.getcloudapp.com)

    2 points by thisisblurry 16y ago|0 comments
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    by thisisblurry 16y ago

    I'm not sure what happened, but as of 10:33AM EST, the link is 404 :/ Just an FYI
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    by thisisblurry 16y ago

    At a glance, Dropbox :p But more seriously, you should put that in your Public folder.
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    by thisisblurry 16y ago

    I used Resig's a few days ago to quickly fix a bug at work. He really does a great job of making very complex language constructs understandable and easy to follow.
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    by thisisblurry 16y ago

    You'd better apologize: http://crockfordfacts.com/GN_06PA13xG5uKNcAkuh_Q
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    by thisisblurry 16y ago

    Wow, that is a great find. And with that, I close my thick O'Reilly book for the rest of the day.
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    by thisisblurry 16y ago

    Here is a gist of of the JavaScript file that helps to create the experience: https://gist.github.com/eeae3d6aa1ac04f074cf At a glance, it looks remarkably simple. It also looks as though Google is using parts of the Closure library as w