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septerr

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You can reach me @septerr on Twitter or swapna . sony @gmail .com
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septerr··on An Immune Disorder at the Root of Autism
What I find most interesting about this article is that it offers a way to diagnose autism with something more than behavioral symptoms. I don't know if it will be reliable, but it might be something parent with kids on the fringes of autistic spectrum would want to try. There's always advice floating around that their kid is fine, just a little slow etc. If we can do brain scans and find out if their levels of inflammation are above normal, there would be more certainty.
septerr··on Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987
The Google+ button (right towards top) in this article about Microsoft's new logo is totally spoiling it for them.

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/08/23/microsoft-now-bra...

septerr··on Tastemaker (YC S12) is an online interior decorating service for everyone
If Tastemaker founders are monitoring this, in your FAQ's the question 'What if products are back-ordered or sold out?' has a totally unrelated answer.
septerr··on Touchless 3d Tracking Interface
Sweet. I keep thinking I need to make something with Arduino. Even if it is just duplicating someone else's project just to get a feel of how it all works. Earn the 'engineer' in 'software engineer'.
septerr··on The Price Difference Between Book and Kindle Prices on Amazon
I would've expected the ebooks to be cheaper. They don't require physical manufacturing, packaging or home delivery. They probably do incur Amazon a persistent charge in the form of keeping them stored in their servers and keeping track of who bought which book, so the buyers can re-download their books. They could very well expire the re-download for a purchase after a certain amount of time. But it is possible, the lifelong storage of the digital books management of their ownership, downoads etc. make an ebook more expensive for Amazon.
septerr··on Show HN: Collections, a fast multiple-account Google Docs client for Mac
Oh and Thank You!
septerr··on Show HN: Collections, a fast multiple-account Google Docs client for Mac
Awesome! Now I don't have to switch accounts! Sparrow for Google Docs. Now make an app for iphone! It's annoying to open webpage to access google docs on iphone :/
septerr··on A file that's both an acceptable HTML page and a JPEG (view source on it)
Please explain~ (I can tell the magic is happening in fun.js and I could figure it out if I spend some time on it, but wouldn't mind the explanation handed to me on silver platter.)

http://zbyszek.posterous.com - the theme for this, did you create it? It's neat. There are a pair of forward slashes at the beginning of the page though. In Chrome at least.

http://naugtur.pl - Love the categorization and of course the animation. What are you using to do the animation?

Thanks~

septerr··on Show HN: fontBomb - Stylishly destroy the web
Thanks!
septerr··on Show HN: fontBomb - Stylishly destroy the web
Sweet. I am eager to go through the source code.
septerr··on Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder
Very nice. Does it record audio? I am thinking of suggesting this to a local ruby users' group that currently records using video cameras. If it did audio, this would be perfect for them. And I have more use cases in mind.
septerr··on The Next Microsoft
Awesome designs. Microsoft rebranding experiment outshines their own branding but that work pales in comparison to your other works. I wanted to keep looking at your other designs. They simply please.

Have you pitched to Coca Cola and Microsoft? And why isn't someone already making the divine Powder watches or the Pal? I haven't had the chance to read through the text and comments on those pages. Maybe they are already in production which they should be~

septerr··on Apple ignores bug report
To tell you the truth, I couldn't really see the bug in the video. It's probably just me. Since the bar every time eventually turned green in the video, I couldn't see the case when it does not turn green. Nor could I see the bug in the video game. I am sure folks at Apple or regular game players will be able to tell.
septerr··on Ask HN: Best Display to Code & Design?
A projector! I never thought of using a projector for an external monitor/display. It sure sounds cool. But from discussion here - http://ask.metafilter.com/95233/monitor-vs-projector, it appears there are a host of issues with them - resolution, lighting, cost. which would make it not a good choice for coding.
septerr··on Chocolat 1.0 Released
what languages does it support?
septerr··on Graphene: The Wonder Substance
Thanks!
septerr··on Graphene: The Wonder Substance
Okay,it says here: http://richannel.org/about/what-is-the-ri that it stands for Royal Institution of Great Britain.
septerr··on Graphene: The Wonder Substance
Off topic - But what does the Ri in these type of animations stand for?
septerr··on Tuts+ accounts hacked - User passwords stored in CLEARTEXT
What is Tuts+ about?
septerr··on Wow - I like coderwall - UX is great
I like less content, few options and big buttons and bigger sized fonts of newer designs, but coderwall seems to be taking it too far :/ And I couldn't easily understand the typical use cases. Is it a portfolio of your work? What are protips? Actual coding tips or links to projects?
septerr··on Peity - Little charts for little projects
Never knew about Sparkline...cool. Now that I've seen it, I second your question.
septerr··on Politician and wife of Metallica boss launches social network to rival Twitter
- The email field not clearing itself of 'Enter email address' when I click in it - is a turn off. - After entering the email address....nothing happened. No click-here-to-activate email, nothing.
septerr··on Introducing SPDY
"By gathering all scripts, regardless of where they're hosted, into a single HTTP request, Rocket Loader limits the number of HTTP connections that are needed. This also means that even third party scripts that appear on your page are requested under your site's domain. "

How do you do that?

septerr··on The Gmail Zero project: commitment device for Inbox Zero
After Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Critique. As if my inner chastiser wasn't hard enough to deal with :/

Sorry, this will only increase my stress. It is not the solution. Just like the emails weighing down on you.

septerr··on Zero to Coder - Phase Zero. Installing Ruby on Rails.
Hi,

It's great you are sharing your thoughts as you go from 'zero' (as you say) to coder! I am planning on sharing your blog with a friend who wants to learn to code. It would be inspiring for her.

Just a small suggestion about the blog - the previous/next links to my brain are opposite of how they should be. Previous should take me to your older posts. Next to the newer ones. They are doing the opposite. Might confuse my friend and others.

septerr··on Why I Wear The Same Thing Every Day, And What I Wear
I am yet to have spent $40 on any clothing. Looking for shirts under $10 and jeans/pants/dresses for $20 makes it so much more difficult to have a decent wardrobe.

Although I know some of the pricey stuff is totally worth the money, it's difficult to break the frugal ways inherited from more difficult times.

But I am going to give away my clearance sale wardrobe and start fresh. Like, Timoni, I don't like having excessive stuff around esp. stuff that doesn't get used. So, I am planning a minimalist, functional, cool+classy and fits-all-occasion collection (SMALL!) which will be periodically recycled.

This post was good for my plans. Tx.

septerr··on Show HN: Proxino -- Monitor and Debug your JavaScript
Awesome~
septerr··on Show HN: Proxino -- Monitor and Debug your JavaScript
@unignorant are you the dude in the demo video? I haven't met a more modle-esque JS developer.
septerr··on Code for America and Philadelphia launch Textizen - Citizen feedback via SMS
Nice!
septerr··on Ask HN: How do you stay productive after work?
I feel the same way. The periods when my motivation and thus productivity at work are lowest, my brain's least productive after work. It's because I am consumed by the guilt of not having done my job during the day. On the contrary when I am productive at work, there's a spring in my step when I go home and my mind is ready to happily tackle new problems.
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