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Wait, so the feed got its data from the NYTimes' own API, but they had to ask Twitter to shut it down on their end?

I completely agree. I wrote and deployed a project to Djangy on Saturday, in large part to try out my beta account. It was a simple app, but deploying to Djangy's cloud was trivial. (I think I spent more time figuring out GoDaddy's domain control panel than setting up Djangy.) It's sad to see such a promising service go away.

I wish you guys the best in whatever it is you choose to pursue next.

MySQL does this too. I once found a bunch of Facebook User IDs that were all 2147483647 after someone missed the memo that Facebook was transitioning to BigInts.

Looks very promising, it'll be a good companion to the iPhone PlainText app.

Two suggestions: (1) Word-wrap. (2) Let me pick a dark-on-light color scheme.

It's also important to consider if TC readers are your target audience. I've seen big pageview spikes from TC and other widely- (or poorly-) targeted press coverage that didn't convert very well, whereas coverage in much smaller but better focused publications resulted in more overall conversions.

I think there's also a usability issue with this control. I would imagine a common use case is "Show me all the items at Store X, since that's convenient for me to drop by." Unfortunately, instead of selecting Store X, I have to deselect all the other stores. On the demo registry, that's 5 clicks where one should do.

It's interesting that Red/Green and Blue/Yellow colorblindness correlate to the opposite color pairs that Jason points out. Does anyone know why this is? Are these types of colorblindness related to a deficiency in the filters (#s 1 and 2) he describes?

The purpose of captcha isn't to keep the bad guys out, it is to make sure that a person, rather than a program, is logging in. I'm not sure this new social captcha is better than traditional captcha at that, but if it is equal but easier for the legitimate user, then it's a win.

My BofA PIN is 6 digits, so you'd need to hash a million values.

Still a pretty small rainbow table, I guess.

I got that as well. I'm certain my email isn't in the dump (downloaded the torrent to double- and triple-check).

I thought is was strange they used a URL shortener with an uncommon TLD (.kr) to point to the FAQ lifehacker. Seems you'd want to be as unsuspicious as possible in this situation.

Regarding similar programs in the Bay Area: "none of the five agencies analyzed for this study measures the effectiveness of their campaigns. Whereas they all have a similar goal—to increase passenger awareness about security issues—little evidence therefore exists confirming whether they are achieving this goal." [http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2010/09/17/new-study-indica...]

Shneier doubts it's effective either [http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/05/if_you_see_som...]

Instead of using Myers-Briggs as a tool for understanding, you've just it to pigeonhole someone based on one negative characteristic (which lets you disregard his opinions) and then blamed his personality type for "a lot of the world's problems."

Tools like Myers-Briggs are great for looking at yourself, understanding your strengths and weaknesses and learning to be a better person. However, when you start using them as weapons, the focus becomes other people's problems. I guess the benefit is you don't have to worry about self-improvement anymore when a personality typing system makes it so convenient to place the blame somewhere else.

For NYC: Rockwood Music Hall and Union Hall

I lived in middle-of-nowhere Texas for several years, and I think the only time I ever locked the door to my home was when I left for two weeks at Christmas. If my car didn't automatically lock itself after you get out, I would have left it unlocked as well, with the key lying in the center console.

I live in Brooklyn now. Things are a little different here. My door has a $350 deadbolt lock that -- when it broke and locked me in -- took a locksmith, a serious drill and a couple hardened bits to defeat.

Whether you should lock something and how secure you make it isn't a binary decision - it depends on the value of the thing you're protecting and the likelihood of an attack.

There are already Lego-compatible designs on Thingiverse (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:591), and the RepRap community is working on the recycling aspect (http://www.3dreplicators.com/cgi-bin/cblog/index.php?/archiv...)

We'll be there before you know it.

Yep. Consider January's Wired magazine feature titled In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms are the new Bits."

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/ff_newrevolution

Judging only from how obsessively I check the bit.ly click-through stats on things I tweet, I think we'd probably be better off without them.

Also, anyone behind a firewall at work/school/etc. that blocks Facebook.

I'm happy they haven't resubmitted it. I have the Easter Egg enabled and would rather keep the volume button shutter.

Of course, it would be stupid for them to not ramp that revenue stream back up.

"Many household security robots are designed for simple Internet operation, which makes them insecure. Will your humble Roomba vacuum cleaner be used to transmit naked videos of you?"

Does Roomba make a 'bot with either wifi or a camera? I can't imagine why they would (okay, maybe wifi.) I understand the Author's intent to make the threat "real," but this is a poor example.

Wasn't there an article posted here last week about hackers using this same software stack to spoof towers and intercept calls with about $1500 in gear?

(1) Dropbox has a web interface where you can upload and download files. It's pretty easy to use.

(2) Their app adds a huge value, in that it automatically uploads any changes to files in your local Dropbox folder. It is convenience, and hardly nefarious. Everything that can be done to make backups easier and more automatic is a good thing, IMHO.

If you don't want the automation, then yes, another solution is probably better.

I'm not surprised -- I used to read all of Hannibal's reviews -- but it is innovation on the chip maker's part. Apple and HP are doing little more than plugging it into a socket.

A Mac Pro with two ATI Radeon HD 5770's gives you 4 Mini Display Port and 2 Dual-Link DVI outputs.

I appreciate the cross-referencing, as you provided four additional sources for more information.

I'm guessing that in this case, however, your phrasing may have come across as dismissive. Its not hard to imagine an overly-critical reader (someone who isn't giving your motives the benefit of the doubt) seeing "This was covered pretty extensively a week ago, although no one commented on it then" and inferring "so why are you posting it again? Here I'll add a bunch of links to prove I'm right."

I could be wrong.

13 into 100% (even if a few get a little bit bigger cut) is a whole lot more equity than you'd get out of the typical post-VC employee equity pool.

As a programmer who didn't take the compiler class in school, what's the best way to go about learning what it takes to write one? A book recommendation? Find a CS dept nearby and take the class?

Which is a real pain when you're trying to develop a responsive Flex application. (Something I have to do at work, not because I want to.)

Google's fiber carrying only Google packets isn't the Internet, it's a Google network. If your company puts in a dedicated line between two offices or data centers, should we declare it neutral too?

We should get rid of at least pennies and nickels (both of which cost more to make than they are worth.) The last time the US phased out a denomination -- the half-cent piece in 1857 -- it had more purchasing power than a dime does today.

Besides, if we got rid of the penny and nickel, the size of the dime would finally actually make sense.