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    Show HN: "I'm Like..." - Texting With More Feeling

    HN please meet "I'm Like...", a fun project from the laboratory. It has kittens! It has puppies! It has excitement and suspense, too! And because you look so dashing today (How do …

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    Comment #3990295

    Well, it was two weekends but, yeah, pretty much! Not to forget the giants on whose shoulders I stand on to make it: Rails, Heroku, gems like Paperclip, S3, Bootstrap. The list goe…

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    Comment #3983144

    Hi debacle, it makes sense, if you already do select clothes for your wife. Of course, you can always also just aggregate links in an email, but the game mechanics at Flair do make…

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    Show HN: My weekend project, Flair -- Like a friendly reverse Pinterest thingy

    Hey all, just wanted to invite you to take a spin on this project I've been working on recently. To give you a bit of context, I'm a Pinterest/Tumblr/Svpply user but found that it'…

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    Comment #3832230

    Thanks, I hear you -- For the first iteration (and validation) of the product we think the simple, woodsy version does the job really well. For now. The issue I personally have wit…

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    Comment #3832212

    Absolutely yes.

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    Comment #3829778

    And of course a clickable link for your convenience: http://getyourkliks.com/

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    Show HN: Protect your productivity zone

    Hi everyone, we've been working on a little piece of hardware (as in wood, magnet and acrylic!) in the past months that, seeing a lot of discussions on the ins and outs of physical…

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    Comment #3665350

    Greetings, having lived with 2 roommates for a good time period, I was very interested checking out how you are trying to solve some of the issues surrounding it. Here is my immedi…

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    Comment #3331502

    Right now, it's about the experience of spending. Having fun with it, be seduced and/or rational about it. It's open-ended in that regard. After a while, under 'My Stuff', you find…

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    Comment #3331314

    And beyond this comment thread, if you had the time to fill out a quick survey over at http://howibling.wufoo.com/forms/how-i-bling-beta-tester-eva... would be great. Thanks!

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    Show HN: How I Bling -- A millionaire simulation game

    Hi all, we built this prototype web app at the recent Startup Weekend in NYC and I would love to get your feedback. It's a simulation on what you can buy and do when you win the lo…

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    Comment #3112308

    For NYC people, there is http://genspace.org/ which has intro courses several times a year. You will also make bacteria glow and smell like bananas!

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    Comment #2974813

    Thank you very much!

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    Comment #2974041

    Totally, makes good sense. What other APIs would you recommend?

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    Comment #2974022

    And this one I like a lot, too: From fennec to MC Escher :) http://picrhyme.com/images/205/history On a sidenote: I found that a lot of my verses end up with MC Escher.

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    Show HN: Pictures That Rhyme

    A small weekend project built for fun: You start with a picture and post pics that visually rhyme. Based on whatever you see fit. Of course, you can invite friends, too! Over time …

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    Comment #2832977

    PS: Novamind's shortcuts are easy, too: If you have a node selected and * hit it creates and preselects a new child node. * hit it creates and preselects a new sibling node.

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    Comment #2832959

    I'm a big fan and user of mind maps and I like what you have created. But there is one thing missing - unless I missed it: Keyboard shortcuts to create sibling and childnodes from …

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    Mind Slideshows -- Your mind, the original entertainment system

    http://mindslideshows.heroku.com/ An idea I had recently when I thought about how we could use our minds beyond just slurping up information from screens all day. And have fun with…

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    Comment #2191620

    Also, there is this extension here that supports more goals: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ocnjckohbfdjdlhf... -- It works a bit differently but could be interesting …

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    Comment #2191615

    edit -- First of all, thank you for giving it a spin! The reasoning to have the form available is that I think you should be able to change your goal as you please. It could be hid…

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    Comment #2191603

    I understand that, and a configuration page could take care of that. Do you think that when you're in your webmail, you would not want to see your goal? For me that's one of the pl…

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    Comment #2191085

    Thanks! Just checked, I still had the .git folders that got packaged, too. The .crx file is now updated at only around 400K.