February 2009
26 posts
The Art Of Seduction →
Do yourself a solid and skip to 1:47.
Bootstrapping
Don’t hire Dave.
Unless you want to get your brain melted by his 1337 skillz0rs.
Basically, Dave rules. You should hire him—I wish I could.
(Sorry I’m late in doing this!)
dlifson:
Dear Tumblr community,
Over the last 2 months, I’ve been working with my friends Chris & Haim (the co-founders of Etsy) on a new startup. We are 6 weeks away from having something to show for...
StupidFilter →
var_dump()
Yeah! →
+1 →
<?php var_dump(is_dir('/Users/kyle/Desktop/some/dir')); ?> #=> false
but…
<?php var_dump(is_dir('/Users/kyle/Sites/some/dir')); ?> #=> true
Definitely not a permissions issue. So odd.
Just pushed some minor tweaks/fixes to CollabFinder.
What would you do with pat.io?
My girlfriend makes beautiful jewlery. →
It’s available for purchase on Etsy.
hi ny.
dlifson:
applewagon:
i’m here, on the jitney on my way to the wake.
when we were landing on the flight, i lost hearing in my left ear, it hasn’t gotten any better. how do you know if you have a ruptured eardrum?
Last time I had a ruptured eardrum, I was vomiting a lot and had no sense of balance. But that was when I was 11 and also had a mild concussion (bike accident sans helmet).
Yes,...
I might be working on this now. →
Desk space
I need desk space. Preferably in Brooklyn. I’m going insane working from my apartment. Please help.
Is there a term that describes two words that are...
dlifson:
perhapswelove:
dlifson:
Like ‘sweet’ and ‘suite’.
I don’t think homonym or homophone or heteronym is the answer.
homonym is correct. :)
But Wikipedia says a homonym means the two words are spelled the same.
Homophone. ([Read this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone).)
Oh my, oh my. This is GOLD. →
der Schmuggel
Twumblr Blaster
dlifson:
The Twitter integration is designed and executed very well. Unfortunately, I don’t like it.
My problem with it is that it abuses the boundaries of community. Tumblr content in people’s twitter streams screams like unwanted advertising. Tumblr content is great inside Tumblr because it’s appropriate for the community with which I participate. My twitter community ( I follow 226 and 380...
pile:
Twitter support on Tumblr is perfect!
…except the reblog link doesn’t work yet. Otherwise, it is the best Twitter integration I’ve ever seen.
I thought this was a joke... →
I had heard something about Gates doing this at TED but was skeptical, until I found written proof of it. Kind of falls into that “pictures or it didn’t happen” category.
Someone should add "Not paying income taxes" to...
