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Post by dchest »

Grinnmarr wrote: post #164
dchest wrote: post #111

Today I released my three-day project "I Write Like". You paste some text, it analyzes it and tells you what famous writer you write like. Link: http://iwl.me

This is a lot of fun but the great variety of results I received left me without any sense of who I may actually write like. I analyzed a series of correspondence, all written within several weeks, and similar in tone, and I was told that I write like: Dan Brown, James Joyce, Isaac Asimov, Stephen King and Douglas Adams. Anyway, I love the concept. Please add Robert Louis Stevenson (Strange Case) to your collection.…

Thanks! I'll add Stevenson on the next update.

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Post by chipsy »

Things I did today:

1. Improved my stock trading environment. I moved into active trading of leveraged ETFs recently(FAS and FAZ regularly move 4% or more in a day, opening the possibility of a living income even on a modest portfolio), and I was using the E*Trade web interface, but it had some nasty limitations and glitches, so I finally bit the bullet and moved up to their $100/mo "Pro" system, which has the arsenal of charting tools I was looking for.

2. Worked on the lexer for my scripting language project. It's all hand-rolled because that's how I've always done it - and I stick to simple syntax anyway. I'm actually doing this because I'm stalling a bit on the runtime model. I've established most of the core ideas for that, but not having done something so complex before, it's easier to nibble away at the edges that I understand first.

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Post by iwani »

Today I'm going to convert these two designs into xhtml/css templates. phew.

Design 1: http://bcoffee-projects.com/work/Indispensable Design 2: http://bcoffee-projects.com/work/tad/design-review

And much of this week was spent on research on what e-commerce platform and payment gateway to use on my client's online florist

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Post by chime »

gcb wrote: post #237
chime wrote: post #233

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I'll be consulting for my current job itself. Voluntarily going from fixed salary to hourly consulting gig. No daily responsibility, fewer hours, much higher hourly pay. I'm pretty certain I'll end up being significantly more productive because I will get to pick my own projects and not have to deal with meetings, obligations, or personal issues with coworkers. I'm giving up a double-sized corner office at a growing…

You are doing it wrong. Clients == meetings^2.

Yes, but these will be billable meetings that will result in actual product. Previously, it was meetings that took away time from coding and was instead wasted dealing with typical office conflicts.

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Post by city41 »

Qz wrote: post #238
city41 wrote: post #145

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I dislike what INotifyPropertyChanged imposes on my code. I also hate that faulty binding can't be found at compile time, but that might be expecting too much. I also dislike how binding is all or nothing, this isn't possible Text="{Binding PercentageOfFailure}%" But that also might be asking too much and even the idea that my view model should be formatting my data is a valid one.

That's why I like binding in Flex -- making something bindable is as simple as plopping [Bindable] in front of it. And binding also isn't all or nothing, you can easily do something like text="{loan.interestRate}%" . It also has code completion for anything you put in the binding, although not quite as robust as elsewhere.

Interesting. I actually don't know the first thing about Flex. I think you've inspired me to look into it.

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Post by nir »

djb_hackernews wrote: post #204
nir wrote: post #144

An Android app that turns the phone into a simple SMS gateway, allowing you to deploy SMS apps anywhere in the world the phone works (without having to install complex hardware/software, deal with service providers etc) http://wiki.github.com/niryariv/txtgate/ Work environment: Java / Eclipse / Android (new to all of these, varying degrees of pain ;))

just checked it out. Is it for people with phones who can sms but aren't able to get on the internet? What are the use cases?

>Is it for people with phones who can sms but aren't able to get on the internet?

That's correct. There are millions, perhaps billions of these, especially in developing regions. They don't own computers or modern phones, but they do have simple cellphones with SMS capability.

From the developer's side, deploying an SMS based service - esp in places with no TextMarks etc support - is significantly harder than just launching a website. You need to either get access to the cell provider's SMS gateway (often requires money/connections) or set up your own cell modem/phone connected to a server running SMS gateway software (non trivial - NGOs sometimes fly devs in just to set it up).

This project allows you to replace all this with just an Android phone with this app installed.

Well, hopefully. Haven't been field tested yet... If anyone wants to beta test this on some non-mission critical SMS app I'd love to work with you.

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Post by csallen »

mixdev wrote: post #236
csallen wrote: post #225

Today I'm working on fleshing out some ideas for some business models for my startup, Syphir. Here's a pic of the desk in my bedroom, aka my development environment: http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9176/developmentenvironme... . A lot of screen real estate, but today most of my work will be done with a pen and a pad :)

What's Syphir? Looked like Gmail.

That was Gmail. Or Syphir's Google Apps page, to be exact :)

Syphir allows you to create advanced filters for your Gmail account: http://www.syphir.com

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Post by misterbwong »

Scriptor wrote: post #223
superic wrote: post #205

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I'm doing the same in the next week :) Considering a dowry joke with her father... but maybe not since it could really wrong, really fast.

Could be done well. He should write a formal contract asking for 20 goats and 5 cows, then have him sign it. :)

Awesome. Congrats to both of you! I just "took the plunge" about a month ago!

One piece of advice: take a second to enjoy the day and eachother. If yours is a surprise like mine was, it's easy to get lost in the nervousness/planning.

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Post by filipcte »

guiseppecalzone wrote: post #126
filipcte wrote: post #105

I'm working on implementing theme-support for a new travel journal app. I'll also attempt to integrate FusionCharts in http://www.cashbasehq.com , a personal finances app.

Nice. Cash base is pretty cool. I really like the simplicity of the interface. Would be cool if it were tied to your credit card, so expenses get automatically displayed.

Thanks! Unfortunately, services like Mint work only in some countries, not in all. I live in Romania and I built CashBase for my personal needs, initially, since there aren't any Mint-like services available.
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