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loganlinnon Ask HN: Help, I think GoDaddy has hijacked my domain

FWIW, here is the current WHOIS result:

   Domain Name: LOGANLINN.COM
   Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
   Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
   Name Server: NS09.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
   Name Server: NS10.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
   Status: clientDeleteProhibited
   Status: clientRenewProhibited
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Status: clientUpdateProhibited
   Updated Date: 16-aug-2011
   Creation Date: 01-sep-2010
   Expiration Date: 01-sep-2012

loganlinnon Facebook blocks Google+ ads

I'm sorry, but that is a terrible analogy. Redirecting a link is blatantly deceitful and dishonest. Not to mention we are talking about advertising space here, not search results.

The comparison would be if Google did not allow Facebook to advertise in Google. Either way, I think it's hard to compare their advertising spaces due to their very different natures.

loganlinnon Moving to New York: a Guide for Software Engineers

I was thinking the same! Moving to SF in a couple weeks

loganlinnon Swiffy: convert SWF files to HTML5

Indeed. It's as if Flash is an addictive drug, and we are coming up with ways to ween ourselves off of it.

loganlinnon Hello World execution time

In a reply, he adds Haskell (compiled with ghc)

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-users/2011-03/m...

loganlinnon Starcraft in a bar? TwitchTV promoting social Starcraft in San Francisco

That'll be my first weekend after I move to SF! Sounds like a deal

loganlinnon Welcome Sam, Garry, Emmett, and Justin

Funny you mention the word alumni, because it made me think of the operational structure and salability of a fraternity where past members serve the same positions that once served them.

loganlinnon Newegg stores your password in plaintext

If a system can easily decrypt a password, the programmer that made the system (or just someone looking at the source) can easily access your password.

loganlinnon news:yc (iPhone HN client) finally accepted into the App Store

Swiping for options for voting on comments would be cleaner than tapping the comment and being taken to a separate screen for voting controls.

Nonetheless, the app is a great start. Glad to see it on the AppStore.

loganlinnon Skype Security Blog: Security Vulnerability in Mac Client Has Been Addressed

As there were no reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild, we did not prompt our users to install this update

I don't think that qualifies as logical risk management. To me, it's like saying, "I haven't been in a car wreck so far, so I wont use my seat belt".

loganlinnon Skype bug gives attackers root access to Mac OS X

I've been looking for a good reason to convince my team to switch from Skype...

loganlinnon QuickSilver for Mac Lives

I didn't notice much difference in default guesses or training in LaunchBar compared to QuickSilver

loganlinnon Thoughts About Sparrow UI

Does Sparrow still force "Sent with Sparrow" to the end of signatures on outgoing mail?

Edit-- I just confirmed for myself that it does at least in Sparrow Lite http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7400069/sparrow_lite_signature.png

loganlinnon FBI seized PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, UB.com,... domain names

The domain, http://www.pokerstars.net/, is still up

loganlinnon Html5 Fractal

Really impressive! Skype (5) crashed when I loaded the page. Granted, I was in a screen-sharing call.

loganlinnon Collect HN: Aprils Fools

Narwhal in London according to Google Maps! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

loganlinnon Gravity satellite yields 'Potato Earth' view

That makes sense. Thanks!

loganlinnon Gravity satellite yields 'Potato Earth' view

I'm curious as to why stronger gravity areas are portrayed by outward growth (aka growth in the opposite direction of gravity) and not inward to portray compression. Is this a common representation or might it be to improve the potato-effect?

loganlinnon Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers

Indeed, we shouldn't jump to any conclusions. My point was that the author appears to already have, especially given the article's title. There are lots of situations that could explain to origin of the malware (reseller, pre-installed bloatware, etc), but the author chose one.

loganlinnon Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers

Is there not a hole in this argument? Why wouldn't he first question the store at which he bought both of these Samsung laptops? This isn't solid evidence that the source of the keylogger is from the hardware manufacturer and is borderline defamation.

loganlinnon Mobile Boilerplate: a best practice baseline for your mobile Web app

Awesome. These boilerplates are very useful. Good work, Paul and team (as always)

Just a friendly heads-up that there are typos I noticed on the "Intro to MBP" slides: (4) we leave e ass 4 u to kick (6) makrup

loganlinnon Hacking Twitter's Javascript

And another form is:

  var I = Number(new Date);

loganlinnon Hacking Twitter's Javascript

Interesting method to getting current timestamp:

  var I = +new Date;

I've always used:

  var I = (new Date).getTime();

loganlinnon Octopart (YC W07) helps nearly a half a million people find parts every month

As a Computer Engineering student, Octopart is defiantly one of nicest sites for buying parts or just looking for data sheets. I actually wasn't aware it was a YC company, but it makes sense!

loganlinnon What I learned from watching six hours of Starcraft

I thought he mentioned that justin.tv provided him with it

loganlinnon Poll: Have you/Would you pay for Android apps?

My favorite paid app at the moment is Locale

loganlinnon JavaScript ( (__ = $ + $)[+$] + ({} + $)[_/_] +({} + $)[_/_] )

Great use of JavaScript's weird + operator.

The whole trick stems from the fact that !$ == false and !$+$ == "false"

loganlinnon JavaScript Interview Question

Seems to be avoiding the intended topic: scope and its temporality

loganlinnon PHP Fog Raises $1.8 Million To Be The Heroku Of PHP

From http://www.phpfog.com/pricing: "We will provide simple one-click installations of some of the most popular PHP applications out there."

I'd say that taking a 'Heroku clone' approach might work against them.

Their biggest feature may be the ability to easily install and deploy pre-existing PHP products like Joomla, Drupal, vBulletin, etc.

People that use these commercial PHP projects are likely to appreciate such a service for many reasons. In a way, they are capturing a lot of the value that cPanel offers.

loganlinnon Facebook intern visualizes friendships, draws world map

It would be interesting to see this with full spectral progression