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odvious

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About odvious

My name is Terry and I'm a guy from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. By day I am a Code Ninja for b5media (http://www.b5media.com/) and by night (and on weekends) I like to work on things I find interesting. Right now I'm mostly just figuring out what exactly that is.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #912136

    Get as far as you can on $5 of gas and drive to friends and family's houses running msconfig and cleaning up crapware to make their computer run faster. Easily $20 - $40 a pop. Pro…

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    Comment #904249

    Obviously you should talk to a lawyer; most immigration lawyers will give you a free hour of consultation to ask the general questions. That said, there are any number of valid way…

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    Comment #903631

    Having a features page which explains that in a little more detail might be beneficial. Same with have a feature 'grid' that compares your service to others. I have signed up and a…

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    Comment #903606

    Your Pricing and Signup link is deceiving. You should separate the pricing since that what I expect to see when I click on that link. Other than that, I think the idea is straight …

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    Comment #895723

    Certainly more the former, but I think that the latter will come as a natural result. I would love to learn both the algorithm details/design as you mentioned and at the same time,…

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    Ask HN: Where did you learn about security/attacks?

    I have noticed quite a few HN users are well versed in security and various attacks (recently mentioned is the "cleaning lady" attack by cperciva (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?…

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    Comment #813902

    This was my initial thought as well, but I just can't see myself saying "Hmm.. no camera in the iPod, guess I'll have to get the iPhone instead and just not use the phone part of i…

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    Ask HN: Could a virtualized YC work?

    I have been mulling this idea around in my head for the better part of a year now and wanted to get the feedback of the community. What I would like to do is put together a complet…

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    Comment #803582

    I like sites that mix liquid width style and fixed width (centered) content. I vary my site's width with how much content there will be and try to balance the whitespace out with t…

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    Comment #803504

    I'd say the way Google launches products is much more about exclusivity than stealthiness (sp?).

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    Comment #803499

    This is a little misleading... most launches that are "stealth" really aren't, because they're just trying to build hype or make sure their servers don't get overwhelmed because pe…

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    Comment #801251

    Set up a website to chronicle your journey posting photos, interviews (even summaries), etc. and put a donate button on it. I wwould donate once I see you're doing it and committed…

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    Comment #782187

    revolutionary

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    Comment #770664

    Hate to be a stickler, but: "He will prepare your logo in 24hrs!" should be "They will prepare your logo in 24hrs!"

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    Comment #753061

    Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

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    Comment #653726

    That was a combination joke/my attempt to bring back the word wench. What can I say? I like the word itself, we just need to find a new meaning or someone get rid of the implicatio…

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    Comment #653490

    It appears there may actually be enough interest here if you did set up a site :)

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    Comment #653479

    isolobal.com manwench.com odvious.com twickster.com I had ideas for all, just hit me up if you want to hear any of it :)

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    Comment #601314

    I think the problem is one of market... You could sell the device but you wouldn't have a lot of content to sell with it (which is where the money is). Amazon also has wireless dea…

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