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Gimpson

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About Gimpson

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    Comment #16887391

    I was stoked to get a set of napkins that she designed at a cute shop last time to travelled to Portland: https://www.areaware.com/products/bitmap-textiles-napkins?va... (They're o…

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    Comment #12550202

    It was unclear to me from the review, does the Spotlight Siri integration now let us type "Remind me to put out the trash cans when I get home" in Spotlight and have it perform the…

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    Comment #10343951

    Minor quibble... ZipRecruiter is in Santa Monica.

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    Comment #7759419

    > Also how does tmux handle copy/paste with vertical splits? This drove me nuts until I found block select. (Option-Command drag in OSX). That pretty much eliminated that problem f…

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    Comment #7433789

    Yeah, I was really looking forward to watching this over time, but the first time I thought to see where it was it was already out of circulation. Bummer, that.

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    Momentary stall in Overland Park puts Google Fiber on long hold

    Seems like Google is playing hardball with local municipalities throwing up roadblocks to Google Fiber.

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    Comment #2416289

    Thank you so much for only requesting the permissions you need when looking for friends via Facebook. I'm so frustrated by the number of apps that request permission to post just s…

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    Comment #2318339

    I was very surprised when I read up on Three Mile Island to find that the failure didn't actually result in any loss of life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_acciden…

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    Comment #2166630

    I presume that when you find questions in this state you're upvoting the "good but slow" answers? The original asker may have accepted the fast answer and moved on, but if you're l…

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    Comment #2084833

    My 1993 Saturn SC2 is my favorite of the cars I've owned. (Granted I'm not much of a car person.) I was a bit sad at their passing, though I gather they were no longer the company …

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    Comment #1988904

    But it seems like they're continuing the build out in areas they've started. I see Verizon FIOS trucks rolling around LA almost every day.

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    Comment #1891548

    This American Life did a great show this summer which included a story about a man who figured out the pattern in the board on the 80's game show Press Your Luck and took them for …

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    Comment #1630042

    I think that watching a five minute video like this of my day before I went home would be more motivating than reviewing my Rescue Time statistics.

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    Comment #1455392

    The ability to wear a button down shirt (and even a tie occasionally!) without being looked at sideways is one of the few things I miss about my old corporate job.

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    Comment #1368983

    Any chance that this increased ETF might be a sign they'll offer larger subsidies when the new iPhones are released? With several very nice looking Android alternatives out I wonde…

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    Comment #1368969

    This change only applies to new contracts signed after the change goes into effect.

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    Comment #1187169

    OS X doesn't suffer from the File Menu/Close Button proximity problem either since the menu bar isn't attached to the window. That proximity alone should be a disqualifier for this…

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    Comment #1143113

    Do the hardest thing on your TODO list first thing in the morning. Later in the day you might not have enough energy to take it on.

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    Comment #1115273

    I'd argue that there was more interesting video content being produced for TV in the last ten years than movies. (Maybe you don't consider movies art either...) I'll put The Wire u…

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    Comment #1063449

    My bad, I didn't know that Lock Laces were elastic as well. I've seen those at stores and always just thought they were normal string laces with a sliding clasp.

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    Comment #1063443

    I think Xtenex are even a bit more convenient. Elastic, and they turn any shoes into slip-ons. I bought them first for my running shoes, but now I have them on all my work shoes to…