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vostrocityon Everlane Closed on Black Friday

Not everyone is trying to optimize every little action for the maximum rate of return.

vostrocityon Suite of 300 icons for web and user interface design

Many third-party programs can also take PSD's. What are you trying to use?

Perhaps this paragraph from a 2010 CNET article says something:

Because Glitch is a thinking-person's social game, Tiny Speck is not aimed at the entire world, at least not at first, especially not teens eager for the next World of Warcraft. Instead, Butterfield admitted, "There's not a better way to say [who we're targeting] than people with above average intelligence and sophisticated tastes, in their 20s or early 30s...The intersection of NPR listeners and game players."

vostrocityon Glitch Is Closing

Replying to myself... but on that same note, we can look to Jagex and note their sustained success with Runescape, perhaps the "original" in-browser MMO. More impressive is that it's Java-based and has been since 2001, yet they've continually updated it to run on more powerful hardware.

vostrocityon Glitch Is Closing

I suppose my experience was similar, but what really lost me was that this "revolutionary" game that was supposed to be so different from the standard fare was running on Flash taking up all my CPU cycles. Even back in 09, I was sick of it (but I was sick of all Flash in general). And of course, that's one reason they cited for their closing, and possibly a large reason.

vostrocityon Ask HN: YC applicants, who's up for a morale-boosting meetup/hangout?

Surprised anyone's from FL at all. XD

I'm currently North Florida, but I didn't apply to this class.

vostrocityon Show HN: I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game

When I was 14, I didn't have $99 to give to Apple. So I made games that no one ever knew about.

vostrocityon A dozen USB chargers in the lab: Apple is very good, but not quite the best

Other than the fact that it's butt ugly and comes with an unwieldy loose cable.

vostrocityon A dozen USB chargers in the lab: Apple is very good, but not quite the best

I was traveling in China and picked up a charger that looks exactly the same from some street vendor. When it comes to cheap, no-name accessories, no one is going to spend money designing custom casing.

vostrocityon A dozen USB chargers in the lab: Apple is very good, but not quite the best

I did the same with Palm Pre/Pixi chargers. I'm disappointed they weren't included in these tests, but industrial design-wise, they are THE best I've seen. The same size as Apple iPhone chargers, but cylindrical with soft touch surface and folding prongs.

You can still find some on Amazon, it's just hard to tell whether the seller will give you the correct, genuine ones. http://www.amazon.com/Palm-Wall-Adapter-Charger-Treo/dp/B002...