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If you're laptop fan is loud then I assume either 1. you are doing some computationally heavy task or 2. your fan may be faulty Simple as that.

> Don't use templates, they suck. This is surprising. Why not make minimal use of ERB or Mustache?

I updated the front page with a large "SUBMIT YOUR K&R STORY HERE" button. My contact info is on the /submit page. Thanks for the feedback.

Hey guys, this is a project I put together last night. I thought it would be great to gather photos and stories about the impact of K&R on your life as a programmer. So if you have…

I must have picked a bad time to become a Linode customer. My node in Fremont has been up for two days and has already seen two network outages.

The machines currently mining for bitcoins have powerful cpus and gpus. My guess is that a botnet consists mainly of lower-end desktop computers.

I like the concept of these wallets, but the idea of having to plug my wallet in every night to charge a battery is less than appealing. I think the simplicity of the wallet, espec…

Instead of writing your own blogging engine, I would suggest using one of the many extensible blogging platforms as a base and building from there. I personally have become a huge …

After reading the article, I looked into similar services available online. While I couldn't find any blogging sites, both WriteAPrisoner[1] and PrisonPenPals[2], while dated, offe…

Facebook can't claim that "every person owns and controls his/her information" when the Graph API allows access (via friends permissions) to your friends' status, likes, notes, loc…

Your photos are easily accessible using the Graph API[1]. I wrote a python script which downloads all your photos and saves them to your computer[2]. However, I agree that Facebook…

Anyone using CloudFront in production care to share their experience?

No need to apologize, I totally understand. Could I get derf.ww.com? It appears to be free.

Awesome, thanks :) api.ww.com CNAME kyleconroy.com

Shouldn't you be using CC0[1]? Your blog posts are automatically covered by copyright when they are created. I think the Public Domain Mark is only for works already in the public …

I wrote a similar Python script[1] a couple of months ago that crawls the Graph API and downloads all your Facebook notes and photos. I recently started work on the script again, b…

At an altitude of 100,000 ft (30.48 km), the balloon reached the stratosphere portion of our atmosphere. The space shuttle and other spaceships reach the thermosphere, which is the…

Rapleaf.com offers similar services. With just an email address you can find "Demographics, Influence, Interests, Social media memberships, Occupation, and much more."[1] [1]: http…

You might enjoy Cory Doctrow's Print Crime[1] which centers on this exact topic. [1]: http://craphound.com/?p=573

The decision to drop IE should be made after consulting your logs. How many users would you be turning away? If a substantial portion of users are on IE, it may be best to just sup…