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by willwagner 17y ago
Is there a way for a business to get themselves delisted from Yelp (either manually or in a robots.txt automated way)?
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by willwagner 17y ago
Is there a "Must-Have" file backup utility for Windows? I've really grown to like TimeMachine on the Mac, although I don't really need the eye candy; I just want something that dependably backs up my data to my NAS, stays in the background
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by willwagner 17y ago
At least for me, I'm not buying the novelty effect. I have two kids and everyday is not only something new for them, but it's new for me as I watch them grow and as I grapple with parenthood, all of which is filled with unique and novel ex
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by willwagner 17y ago
I wonder if this passes building codes, fire and safety regulations, much less compliance with the ADA? What happens when you have a bunch of these and interview a good developer that's in a wheelchair; pass on him because your whole team
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by willwagner 17y ago
The specs: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?co... Also, an article saying they have it running android, chromium os, and ubuntu: http://www.liliputing.com/2010/01/freescale-tablet-running-c...
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by willwagner 17y ago
I think the point of a camera for me would be the potential of video conferencing. With a screen that big, you could have a virtual meeting with several participants. Additionally, it would be pretty cool if you could watch the same video
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Google Chrome 4.0 (with Extension Support) released for Windows(googlechromereleases.blogspot.com)
19 points by willwagner 17y ago|10 comments
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by willwagner 17y ago
The other feature that I wish was possible is connecting two google voice accounts to one phone number. At first, I thought it was going to be a great solution for our kids; have a single number we give to our school, after school classes,
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by willwagner 17y ago
If there is a simple google api, some third party / open source developer, not having to worry about the backend infrastructure required, might create a client app to do this, which would compete with dropbox to some degree.
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by willwagner 17y ago
I like the idea. I really like this site which I believe I found via a hackernews comment sometime back: http://usesthis.com/ It performs a similar function, albeit exclusive to their hardware and software setup, and a screencast and more
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by willwagner 17y ago
Of all the places I've gone, there are two places I've visited where I found the people to be remarkably friendly and happy: Costa Rica and Thailand. I'm sure part of it was that I spent time in both places on vacation, but in both, I was
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by willwagner 17y ago
I can see wanting 3-D for gaming more than home movie watching, although it's still a bit of a stretch. In any regard, if I'm going to wear "active" glasses with batteries and flashing shutters and the like, I think perhaps glasses with 2 l
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by willwagner 17y ago
It's truly a mysterious paradox that you can only innovate when under 30, but finding and funding innovation can be done at any age as long as you are over 6 feet tall, white, and male.
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by willwagner 17y ago
If Microsoft had purchased YouTube, I don't think it would have had the same low bandwidth costs that Google enjoys per that article.
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by willwagner 17y ago
I'm not sure passing on Youtube and Yahoo were bad decisions for Microsoft as stated by the article. As far as Youtube is concerned, AFAIK it still hasn't been profitable for Google and would have likely bled more red ink with Microsoft in
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by willwagner 17y ago
Games for Windows Live has been available for quite a while now but has been a dismal failure because they charged you a premium for it (as they do on Xbox 360), as opposed to other services like Steam which are all free. This seems like a
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by willwagner 17y ago
$60K, apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Famous_Bushman
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by willwagner 17y ago
This seems like a good marriage to me (or is it an adoption?). More and more on google, I see adsense results that are local in nature, and with more focus on android, this is a perfect addition to get more ad real estate that is location
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by willwagner 17y ago
What panman said in spades. The person-hours you spend on the internet can have an influence but it's a much smaller factor on ad click rates then other demographics like age, gender, educational level, etc. No disrespect to people who s
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by willwagner 17y ago
FWIW, this is a peer-reviewed article he wrote on the subject in 2001. http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2001/suppl-1/141-161reiter/...
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by willwagner 17y ago
For a while, I was really into fishkeeping and really wanted to get an octopus as a pet. They are supposedly really smart and quickly learn new tasks (like the opening of a jar). The problem with having them in a small tank is that they ar
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by willwagner 17y ago
Another big win for Chrome is that there is no approval process to get on their addon site as opposed to Mozilla. Mozilla can take weeks to months to get out of the sandbox (although to be fair, Mozilla is trying quickly to better the expe
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by willwagner 17y ago
Having worked in similar environments in the early 90's on desktop software, there are some serious downsides to this approach. Basically, it can lead to having a rift between developers and QA, and in a big corporation, it can become a bur
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by willwagner 17y ago
Not a privacy contract but Ask.com has a feature called AskEraser that will remove all your personal information. http://sp.ask.com/en/docs/about/askeraser.shtml
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by willwagner 17y ago
Did you read the title of his post? "I Read Through 160,000,000 Bytes of Hacked Files And All I Got Was This Lousy E-Mail" It seems to imply to me to be a complete refutation of all the stolen data. I'm usually a fan of 538 and feel pretty
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by willwagner 17y ago
Off-topic but I just want to give kudos on Uncharted 2. People talk about the Xbox360 and PS3 as the next generation of video game consoles; I think Uncharted 2 is the first real next generation video game. It's truly amazing. Congrats an
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by willwagner 17y ago
I think the App Store would do just fine if the platform were opened up. Look at the original App Store for music; people had the option to get music from other vendors (or public domain or pirated) as MP3's yet it's convenience and simpli
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by willwagner 17y ago
I have an old pinball machine that I purchased a few years ago (Maverick, 1994) and it's definitely a labor of love to keep the thing working properly. That being said, there is something really hacker-like about pinball. I am truly amazed
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by willwagner 17y ago
From the article: "That fast decisive action was refreshing, and such a contrast to the slow, secretive, bureaucracy at Microsoft. That speed and decisiveness also reflects different approaches to hiring great people, building great product
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by willwagner 17y ago
It's an interesting point but I don't think it's the total value. I'm in my early 40's and the attraction for me is reconnecting with old friends from high school and college ( I use linkedin for the equivalent reason with old colleagues a

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