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Agree. This service sounds interesting, but as an infrequent consumer of health care, this subscription model doesn't make sense. I would be interested in paying a flat fee to get …

I've often wished for a similar marketplace, but more for consulting, than actual programming. When starting out with a new language or new technology (particularly unpopular ones,…

I've found it helps if you try and go places when they are least busy. Coffee shops seem to have different down times depending on location, customer base, etc. My favorite spot is…

I like the buttons described there. They were also rolled into blueprint css as the 'buttons' plugin. https://github.com/joshuaclayton/blueprint-css/tree/master/b...

Thanks for the reply...and giving me a reason to learn about rot algorithms.

Would you mind running it again with just 2-7 to get the answer to next week's puzzle challenge? ;-) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1221768... "Write down the…

Something like this seems a little more flexible, assuming it works just as well: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-BZ103050vTVL-Surge-Protector-Ch...

No. Aside from the fact it's unprofessional, it makes you look amateurish if the code ever ends up public. This happened with some YouTube code last year, if I remember correctly, …

"Since Google acquired YouTube, the company has tried desperately to make something, anything, from its $1.65 billion investment, but so far, it has failed miserably." I haven't re…

I started my current project in ExtJS and a few weeks in, I switched to YUI. The ExtJS components look great, and are fairly easy to use if you use them in the standard way. Howeve…

To me the interesting part of this story is the advice to 'not cold contact the CEO'. If you have multiple email addresses coming into one box you'd better keep track which one a m…

I guess I am talking about travel. But in the point about a house I'm also talking about relocation. A house and all the stuff you accumulate because of it seriously inhibits porta…

I don't think eBay has continued to innovate in the auction space. For instance, I often want to bid across multiple auctions until I can get something for the price I want. eBay h…

I would agree with most of these...or at least don't disagree enough to parse them out. I would add two more to the list that I wish I knew at 22... 1) Don't buy a house. Yes it ma…

I would love to come to a place like this. In fact, I go code at a coffee shop near my house, and usually get a tea and a shortbread bar. As others have pointed out, with such a na…

wow...next thing you know there'll be an island full of dinosaurs

don't know who came up with this first, but it looks strikingly similar to 'nifty corners': http://www.html.it/articoli/nifty/index.html Here is a technique I have used before to a…

I like the current logo. After reading this, it makes me wonder how much time was spent worrying whether the reflected 'b' should be forwards or backwards.

I personally don't. I like to listen to the 'This Week in Tech' podcast, and those guys are obsessed with Twitter. I groan loudly every time the conversation comes back to Twitter …

That is an interesting idea. It sounds kind of like a user-driven pagerank concept. Since the mappings would be different for everyone (most of the population would not map 'news' …

I would like a way to blacklist domains that are being squatted. I’ve thought it might work to have a Firefox plugin to report and block these sites. If you could get a large enoug…

It was interesting a few months ago when Yahoo maps moved from Flex to AJAX. I'm assuming the problem there was the mashup factor. I think using one of these RIA platforms creates …

I think there is a chance they will gain momentum. As long as there are multiple browser vendors with significant market share interpreting/implementing specifications, web develop…

I love Bohnanza. Anybody played that? I know the premise of the game seems silly, but I've taught it to many (adult) friends, and it is pretty universally liked. I'm going to check…

>A similar spec'ed Dell comes roughly at the same price. I believe that Macs are awesome. I want one! But the same price argument doesn't fly. When I bought a new laptop about a ye…