AndrewTerry

this is interesting. I had an alert from an ID monitoring service I subscribe to today advising of a “mid severity breach” for an undisclosed service. The details leaked were my name, email address, and town of residence. The notification says the service is undisclosed as the provider is still working with law enforcement. I wonder if this it.

Anton Petrov - space and science

It was a while ago (2009) so I can't remember the exact process, but I seem to recall that even back then it was quite convoluted, and differentiated between deactivate and delete.

That said, I certainly haven't touched it since 2009 to check if it really was deleted.

You may think you've deleted your FB account, but its probably still there...

I "deleted" my FB after they acquired FriendFeed (still the best social network I've ever come across) back in 2009.

I was puzzled, then, to receive an email in November last year asking if I had tried to log in. "Impossible", I thought, "that account was deleted!". So, I visited Facebook, and because my old username/password were still in my password manager, I was able to log in! Imagine my shock to find my old profile, still there with it's old profile pic, my old connections, etc.

When will "delete my account" actually mean my account is deleted?

(The final kick in the nuts to this story is that within 2 minutes of logging in, I get a chirpy, "Welcome back to Facebook!" email. Fuckers.)

You say that you took a year to learn RoR and Objective-C for this, but can I ask: were you starting from scratch as a programmer and was this a full-time project (or were you balancing your learning and development alongside having another job)?

Congrats on the launch! Both the app and the website look beautiful.

Kensington locks can be unlocked with nothing more than a slim cardboard tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkKJ4yOKo8

I tested this technique myself a few years back, but must admit to not knowing if Kensington locks have evolved since then.

FWIW, in the IOS version of the app, the offending check box appears to be disabled by default.

(I certainly didn't disable it, so I can only assume that's the state from install).

I know lots of people will look down their noses at anyone who dares to photograph their food at a restaurant, but as much as I enjoy cooking, I am clueless about how to present it.

For me, taking a photo of the plate in front of me is as much about learning how to make my dishes look appetising as it is about remembering the great restaurant I went to.

While I applaud his motives for change, we should also focus on HOW he quit, too.

IMHO, his boss deserves the professional courtesy of being told personally (be it face to face, or by letter of resignation), rather than finding out via a YouTube clip...

Same here. I switched to Vibrams 4-5 weeks ago and I'm enjoying some pleasing results.

For example, prior to using Vibrams, I could only run for 10 minutes or so before my ankles and hips started to hurt. (This was almost certainly due to poor technique as much as the "hard strike" cushioned by my trainers.) Now though, I'm actually enjoying running again. I can do 30-40 minutes, and it's my fitness - or lack, thereof - that makes me stop rather than joint pain.

I can only think that having so little cushioning on the foot forces better technique (I'm certainly aware that my running stride is now much shorter and that I'm lighter on my feet, too).

It took a couple of weeks to really get used to them and adjust both my walking and running strides accordingly, but now I feel as though I can run like a kid again rather than a puffing middle-aged bloke.

I don't know why so many carriers feel the need to encumber perfectly good handsets with what can only be described as "branded-bloatware"

Case in point, the HTC Desire which I've got on contract from Orange. It comes pre-loaded with a branded browser, maps application, photo album app, marketplace etc. none of which are any better than the native Android versions (also present on the phone) and because they're burned into the phone's memory, I can't remove them myself to free up some of that valuable space.

I'm sure the carriers would argue that their branded apps somehow "add value", but why not provide an SD card with installable versions on it, and let the customer decide how they want to experience the handset they've bought.