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jdstraughan

268 karma · joined February 24, 2009

Rubyist, web developer, disc golfer
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jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
We now have a full trick, The Key Card Basics, set to free. Thanks!
jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
We aim to teach a craft, not expose secrets. All of our lessons can be done with common items, not gimmicked tricks. We want to preserve the integrity of the craft, not spoil it.
jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
The full Key Card Basics lesson is now featured and free. Thanks for the feedback!
jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
Just made a full video on Key Card Basics featured and free. It is a full lesson.
jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
Thanks for the feedback. We will open up a full video as FREE very soon to address this.
jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
Thanks for the feedback. We agree, it will be a better value with more videos. We plan on a minimum of 2 videos a week, and over time that will build quite a library. We are filming more lessons now, and are populating the site as quickly as we can get through production.
jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
Thanks for the feedback. We agree that our value prop is weaker until we have more videos in the backlog. We are shooting more videos now, and hope to have a large library of videos to offer our customers very soon.

Also, the $9 rate is for life, so when the price increases, early adopters will always be at the $9 rate.

jdstraughan··on Show HN: Learn Magic Tricks Online
Great feedback. We will look into allowing the tricks to be viewed sans explanation for free. Thanks!
jdstraughan··on Why cyclists should be able to roll through stop signs, ride through red lights
Cars pay yearly taxes (registration) and face inspection and insurance requirements to drive on roads. Cyclists are not taxed yearly for owning a bike, required to get licenses, insurance, inspections, etc. Until this changes, riding bicycles on public roads is a privilege, and should be treated as such.
jdstraughan··on Learn C and build your own Lisp
I've installed this, but I still get this error:

fatal error: 'editline/history.h' file not found

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

jdstraughan··on News is bad for you
This is exactly why I wrote NoNews.

You can check it out at http://www.nonews.info/

jdstraughan··on An Apology From TechCrunch
This. What did I (we) miss?
jdstraughan··on Pi Day
You may enjoy this documentary: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-boy-with-the-incredible-b...

It is about a guy that can recite pi to incredible lengths. Very good documentary.

jdstraughan··on Pi Day
Posthumous? Time is relative, after all.
jdstraughan··on HTML5 Snake Game with source code walkthrough
I added it to see what it would be like. I found it to be too weird.
jdstraughan··on HTML5 Snake Game with source code walkthrough
Nice!

It took me a tries to figure out how to play, but once I got it I liked it. Very nice gameplay, very clean, addictive.

I'd add a few basic instructions on page to get folks started, even something simple like "Use your mouse to draw a line between 2 numbers".

Ah, just saw your edit - perfect!

jdstraughan··on HTML5 Snake Game with source code walkthrough
Just pushed updates and tested in FF 18.0.2 and 19.0

Please let me know if this is still not working in your browser.

jdstraughan··on HTML5 Snake Game with source code walkthrough
Awesome - and thanks for checking it out!

This is only my 2nd HTML5 game - and it was a blast to create. Best of luck to you, and don't hesitate to contact me when you get some code together. I'd like to help any way I can.

jdstraughan··on HTML5 Snake Game with source code walkthrough
Yeah, I just embedded the jsfiddle iframe. It is a much better experience to open jsfiddle in its own tab:

Small: http://jsfiddle.net/zT7V4/7/embedded/result/

Large: http://jsfiddle.net/zT7V4/5/embedded/result/

jdstraughan··on My first HTML5 game - lightcycles (with source)
You can play my HTML5 lightcycle game:

640x480 mode here: http://jsfiddle.net/PxpVr/17/embedded/result/ 320x240 mode here: http://jsfiddle.net/PxpVr/16/embedded/result/

The source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/JDStraughan/html5-lightcycles

jdstraughan··on Show HN: My first Chrome Extension, inspired by Aaron Swartz.
A few more links:

Actual site of extension: http://www.nonews.info/

Google Chrome web store link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/no-news-is-good-ne...

GitHub page (source): https://github.com/JDStraughan/nonews