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andre··on The 34-Year-Old Mega-Rich Facebook Investor You've Never Heard Of
god I hate headlines like that
andre··on Deadlines keep you ALIVE - a blog post
Without deadlines, I don't think, I would get anything done.
andre··on Start registeri.ng, .NG domains go on sale
but look at how much revenue they're going to lose by not making .ng available.... .ly is a good example
andre··on 10 Predictions for Web Development in 2011
it seems everything is going to get better. can't wait for 2011!
andre··on Krush Founder Gina Ashe, After Horrific Car Crash, Has New Lease on Startup Life
point of the story: drive a f big car/truck, not a prius

and thank god she's alive & sad about other people dying

andre··on Governments shouldn’t have a monopoly on Internet governance
Neither are big corporations, like Google.
andre··on Quick way to get started with python? (for php developers)
i'm going to run through this, hopefully a weekend is enough to run through most it.
andre··on Quick way to get started with python? (for php developers)
that, that looks manageable
andre··on Homeland Security seizes music blog domains
if you're going for a non com/net/org domain, I'm assuming you'd have to register it with a company that's not US based too, so no ordering .nl domains through Godaddy, cause that can still cause problems.
andre··on Homeland Security seizes music blog domains
since .com/.net/.org are controlled by US companies, is the next step (for blogs/sites such as these) to move to .ru? or some other company not controlled by US companies?
andre··on PayPal is no GayPal: another PayPal horror story
perfect
andre··on The 4-Hour Body: (Quickly) Hacking The Human Body
I'm not say the way he did the martial arts thing is the way to go. Personally, I wouldn't be able to pull it off because I don't think I would be able to face the other players and not feel bad about what I was doing.

But, by his definition, and by those set up by that martial arts sport, he did win, and he got the title/paper to prove it. What can you say, some people like titles/papers more than the actual process :)

andre··on Ask NH: Pandora stations for hours of programming/focus?
nice, I forgot that I had an account with them, created a lot time ago (11/08). I'll go check them out.
andre··on The 4-Hour Body: (Quickly) Hacking The Human Body
Exactly.

And when he's talking about winning the martial arts fights, he goal was to "WIN", not to play the game. And like gursikh says, either put up or shut up. We need concrete examples!

Overall, I think Tim has done a lot for a lot of people with the ideas that he shares in his books.

andre··on Face detection with OS X and python
does it call any other services? or is it all in the JS?
andre··on AeroFS - Unlimited P2P File Sync
can you my own key?
andre··on Nexus S
well, for me, it's a deal breaker
andre··on Nexus S
no freakin' keyboard
andre··on Quick way to get started with python? (for php developers)
yeah, I'm familiar with most MVC frameworks that use PHP, and have develop several basic ones myself
andre··on Protect yourself from FireSheep with Amazon EC2 + OpenVPN for $0.50 a month
28 steps??
andre··on TxtAtlas: My Sunday project, built with Twilio, Node.js, and Redis
it's probably NOT a good idea to not post cell phone # in the open:

http://txtatlas.com/pins

andre··on Jimmy Wales' "Appeal" results in 15x more donation dollars
Put up a female face up there and see what happens....
andre··on Climbing Out of a Slump
"Never make decisions when you are depressed" <--- this is gold. Learned it the hard way.
andre··on 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die
- start using emacs or vim
andre··on 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die
lol, good one, or a way to lower the requirement for so much sleep
andre··on 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die
13a - Donate to EFF
andre··on 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die
8 - set up twitter account

9 - poke somebody on facebook

10 - comment on techcrunch story

andre··on 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die
1 - register YourName.com

2 - start a blog

3 - learn *SQL

4 - develop a javascript site, (gmail.com)

5 - write your own planning/todo program (because others just don't work)

6 - read, sign up, make at least one post on HN

7 - start an open source software project

andre··on Ask HN: I made $1.01 yesterday. What next?
how are you getting the game data? going to each game and copying the info? or did you automate it?
andre··on Why your desk job is slowly killing you
Even if you exercise, the more hours a day you sit, the greater your risk of early death
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