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I (and lots of others) use the same 6 digit, lowercase, dictionary-based word. Something like 'monkey' or 'password'

I love it. I am only using the Django templates (included by google). It is a great platform and even better if you don't want to be a sys admin.

There have been a couple threads on here about the good and bad of the platform. I have only had a good experience. You will need to embrace the way they do things to get the most from it.

I have been trying applying for jobs in a very targeted way. I have been doing personalized introductions to screencasts or sending links to things they've specifically asked for. It hasn't payed off yet, but I believe it is the correct path for me.

Peepcode has a great screencast. It is a little dated but you can follow along using older versions of node. This is a good place to start. I am starting to do my own 5-minute screencasts.

http://mcottondesign3.appspot.com/blog/screencasts

I programmed embedded controllers and interfaces for home automation. It is fun and challenging to integrate lights, security, iPHones, pool heaters, pet doors, disco balls together. It sucks because the it is so closely tied to the construction industry and people treat it the sames as day laborers. I have some examples on my blog if you are interested.

http://mcotton.posterous.com/

I am running my phone processing/tracking app on EC2 so it's been up and down all morning. The fall back also has some dependencies on S3 so it has been a bad day.

+1 for little snitch Its shocking to see how many apps make silent connections.

The official name of Node is "Node". The unofficial name is "Node.js" to disambiguate it from other nodes.

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/FAQ

If there is a problem and they need us to spend time looking into it, there is a charge for that time. If it is a problem with my workmanship than we will waive the charge.

If they insisted on a language/framework/product/etc and that is the root cause of the problem, they will pay for the fix.

We are trying to find the balance between selling on-going support contracts vs doing as needed support later. It looks like ~90% of our customers don't believe they will need to support the technology later and choose not to pre-purchase (at a lower rate).

I love the command line because I started at a unix hosting company. It is important to be able to work effectively on remote systems. I can't think of very many production servers that have the option of plugging a monitor and keyboard into (or remote desktop).

I consider command line skills to be a bare minimum for programmer competency.

that sounds like a good workflow, thanks for the comment

There is a startup weekend on the 25th - 27th. I will be driving up from San Antonio for it. Check it out at austin.startupweekend.org

We have been running one of our critical services with node for a couple months now without any problems. It has been excellent to work with and I'm going to do more with it.

cheap wine?

Thanks for sharing. These might be useful to contribute to underscore.js (or similar project)

My boss does everything Visio. It imports and exports to CAD so we can communicate with the rest of the world. It might be worth looking into.

This is a cool idea. This is a very common feature in security camera DVRs and people love the idea once they understand it. Good job.

It is interesting that no one is afraid of flying or terrorism. That must mean the TSA's pornoscaners are working

At my first serious job, I wrote part of the interface for an embedded product. Because we were a tiny company I helped assemble, shrink wrap and finally ship them. My Aha moment was when they finally left the warehouse and that real people would depend on our stuff. It integrated their security systems and has to work, real people would be affected by my work.

My current goal for FU money is ~$2 million. That isn't enough to retire, but that's not what I want. I want $1 million for some angle investing in a project with friends and the rest to make sure my family has food.

I love the idea of unladenfollow.com

How are you tracking the Cydia freeloaders? This has been a concern of mine and I'm not sure what the best way to deal with it

This looks great. It looks like you are using google app engine, maybe a future post about how well it is working out for you.

I would laugh and forget about it. If they are going to really come after you, they will give you plenty of additional chances to comply.

Israel?

It seems like something new to check for on your DB heavy pages. You could ignore requests with that header if your servers can't handle the additional traffic.

I love hearing the why behind decisions other developers make. I wonder what others in the app store are doing.

I know that when I worked for a major hosting company in 2001, we had our own SSH keys added to every VPS. This gave us access without needing their password.

Right or wrong, it is very common at hosting companies.

I'm about to get married and I love the idea. I need to think about who I am going to entrust my macbook to. I'll ask the mrs. and get her opinion on it. I think this is a great idea.