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zackola

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About zackola

Software nerd, livin' in nyc. http://zackola.com/

Recent public activity

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    Comment #17644003

    This was a truly great game. Thanks for these links. Many hours were spent flipping switches and not really understanding how to fly this thing but it was all so cool anyway.

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    Comment #12993859

    I also bike to work every day. I was not having chronic pain, but mild discomfort and one thing that made a difference was changing my bike handlebars to more be more upright inste…

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    Comment #3453594

    Rest assured that we will be adding the subway stops and various other awesome related data sets shortly.

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    Do a Barrel Roll on any site.

    Yesterday I had 15 minutes and a plan. Barrel Roll any site or image url. http://barrelroll.me/#http://news.ycombinator.com Should work in Chrome and FF. Most large enough/major si…

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    Comment #2486570

    Hey looks very nice! Do you have/will you provide RSS or an API to get at this data? I would love to include it in a small side project (mobile app for kid-friendly activities and …

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    Comment #2486468

    It's a cheap shot for sure, but it would be nice if zipcar offered some extended liability coverage. EDIT: If any hn'ers have experience with non-owner's auto insurance and didn't …

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    Comment #2479610

    Well done!

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    Comment #2466363

    Would also recommend 'The Non-Designers Design Book' for base knowledge about layout and typography.

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    Comment #2364402

    Epic Pinball! Woo! Donated 10. Should probably give some to DosBox too :)

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    Comment #2271777

    Holy crap! Fucking Howe! I was on that server three years ago for about two weeks before I could no longer take it. It was a misconfigured piece of junk when it was brand new. I've…

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    Comment #2245767

    USB -> SATA adapter http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/dd1a/ http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/54-Piece-Bit-Driver-Kit/IF145-02...

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    Comment #2229293

    This is what Google should have been building instead of Buzz or Wave.

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    Comment #2201808

    The performance and feel of Google maps inside a WebView is terrible compared to the native maps applications. I recently attempted this and was incredibly disappointed. Decided ev…

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    Comment #2115647

    I think maybe I should just set up a direct deposit between my bank account and rovio.

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    Comment #2071861

    To answer myself, there's a lot of material here: https://anonymous:anonymous@code.kx.com/trac

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    Comment #2071838

    Nice! One of my friends works with K and I've always wanted to play around with it but licenses are super expensive. I need a manual now though :)

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    Comment #2063564

    I've been using Duck Duck Go as my primary search for the last month - it's pretty great! And if you need to fallback to google because you want a map or something else there are a…

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    Comment #2049142

    Good for him. Seems like he's working hard for it :)

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    Comment #2043595

    This is a great idea - any company that does training or demos should be interested in this kind of thing. I was thinking about trying to put together a product around this area, b…

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    Comment #2039042

    This rules! And thanks to everyone in #coffeescript for answering my stupid questions as they come up :)

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    Comment #2031683

    IMO 1password got this so right. Use Dropbox, make it work great. I'd wager a large % of things users are already hooked up with Dropbox.

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    Comment #2028146

    Ha! I was about to go put together yet another layout like this. Thanks a bunch!

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    Comment #1976172

    Please explain the - In office music bullet. I worked at a consultancy once that piped a local top 100 station over the PA all day long and it drove me mad hearing the same awful s…

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    Comment #1909925

    Seriously. How do I turn this instant preview mess off? It is truly terrible.

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    Comment #1905232

    +1 for natural light.