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andre··on Can't connect to Google or GMail at 3:09 EST, anybody else?
Fine here, I'm not connecting to Facebook from several locations.
andre··on How to deal with domain name squatters?
1) Get an aol.com account to seem like you're a newbie and email them an offer of $300 and wait for response, calibrate based on response.

2) Make offer through Godaddy domain market

3) Sue them

4) Think of a new name & register that

andre··on Seeding a startup without using fake accounts: anyone seed a startup with wikipedia content? How did that work out?
it's pretty easy to write a scraper in most languages and customize it as needed. I've done in PHP.
andre··on [dead]
please STOP SPAMMING
andre··on I forgot my laptop at home and had the most productive day ever
This is a case of going from feeding brain fast food and actually giving it a five course meal to enjoy.

Without your laptop you actually had to use your brain and not rely on brain fast food and use your brain for what it was intended, complex thoughts.

Now, put that into your schedule, every 3rd and 20th of the month you will not even touch your laptop and you'll have more miracles occur in your life.

andre··on Has anyone read? Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
Looks like it's coming out in June
andre··on Russian Exact Copy of Facebook
I don't think they are looking to penetrate other countries that don't speak Russian. Although USA and other non-eastern-european countries are available to register under, you still need a Russian connection somewhere for it to be useful.

I also have issues with handing over too much of my info to a Russian company, as their track records aren't that clean.

andre··on Double your userbase with two lines of code and a box of Modafinil
so where do I get my Modafinil?
andre··on Russian Exact Copy of Facebook
It's written in Russian, but pretty much everything is the same. From the "Wall" feature, to posting of pictures, Groups, ETC. They did add a little bit of new features, but not much.
andre··on Michael Arrington argues silverlight is the future of the web
Prediction: Silverlight will turn out to be something like Frontpage.
andre··on How did you meet your cofounder?
Still looking for the cofounder..
andre··on The Goal? To Crash your shared web hosting?
I think you have to thinking whatever gets your juices flowing, if it's crashing the server, be it, if it's something else go with that.
andre··on Startup Age Of Success Stats For People in Founders At Work
I'm calling my grandpa to see if he wants to partner up for a startup :)
andre··on Sergey Brin
I read somewhere that it started out being minimalistic because none of the two founders knew much of HTML.
andre··on A 21 page analysis of a one page sales letter that resulted in a 75% response
check out Gary Halbert (http://www.thegaryhalbertletter.com/) for good copywriting skills/ideas
andre··on BritePic: Redefining The img Tag
Maybe if this particular image/flash hack doesn't work, at least they are innovating and trying out new products, keeping that startup mentality of throwing something against the wall and seeing if it sticks.
andre··on Young people are just smarter
Rich, I like your point. I find that I do a lot of my best work when I can allow at least several days to a project, then my mind is saturated with the problem and requires smaller amounts of energy to get something done. I don't this this happening if you have a family or other huge responsibilities.

I also think math is overrated in many cases.

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