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markstahler | 13 years ago | on: Disney Shuts Down LucasArts

I guess we will have to wait for some Kickstarter project for the next "Tie Fighter" or "X-Wing" game. I don't know if it was because I was a kid but those are games bring back very fond memories.

markstahler | 13 years ago | on: Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server will have Git support

I am surprised that they are moving towards git and not Mercurial. Isn't Microsoft a sponsor of Mercurial? Perhaps this is because hg already has very good tools for Windows. I suppose I am just a little confused as to why git gets more attention than hg.

markstahler | 13 years ago | on: Sublime Text 3 Beta

I hope that some of this increase in price is used to support Package Control from wbond. Certainly Package Control has contributed to the usefulness of Sublime.

Myself having registered less than a year ago, thinks this update is a little premature. Users in the official forums have been worried for months that development had stalled and all of the sudden an announcement of a paid update for seemingly incremental features? Are we to expect a beta period similar to ST2 or will be be expected to pay for what seems should be a minor release? I for one expected at least 2 years of support for my ST2 purchase. Coupled with the increase in price (which now compares to JetBrains IDEs) I see much fewer reasons to upgrade and/or recommend this to others.

markstahler | 13 years ago | on: The one chart about oil's future everyone should see

This makes me think twice about the F-150 I am about to purchase.

markstahler | 13 years ago | on: A new way to sync Google Contacts

For iOS specifically, is there any benefit to using CardDAV vs Exchange sync?

markstahler | 14 years ago | on: I sued a telemarketer and got $4,000

Well done. Now I want to explore Canadian law on the matter.

markstahler | 14 years ago | on: ThemeForest author to sell more than $1million in WordPress stock themes

Very cool that they had that ring made for him

markstahler | 14 years ago | on: Can Microsoft Salvage Windows Phone?

It appears that the software is well received but my question is where are the handsets? I am looking forward to seeing Nokia's offerings as the LG and HTC phones have not been very appealing.

markstahler | 14 years ago | on: HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads

Why would they start another production run for a discontinued product sold at a loss? Am I missing something or will HP come out next week and say "Surprise! Here is a great new update for the Touchpad" and start selling them for $200?

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: How Apple tracks your location without consent, and why it matters

Having location services enabled and recording location history are two completely different things. A am very surprised more people are not concerned about this. Wonder if Microsoft or Google is doing the same thing on their phones.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: NetBeans 7.0 released

I would pay for a nice Python plugin with Django/Jinja2 etc template support.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: The State of Version Control: an Infographic

Reviewboard http://www.reviewboard.org/

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: WordPress names their 3.1 release: Reinhardt

What would be nice is a _fully_ featured blogging engine written in Django.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

My last epic fail was a hoax too, I promise.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: Why Stack Overflow Sucks and Participating There is Impossible

Is rep important enough to warrant a blog post complaining you cant get enough?

Man, money is too hard to get. I wish this damned CEO wasn't getting a 600k salary + bonuses. Blog post upcoming.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: Why Dropbox Succeeded and Syncplicity Didn’t

I started using Syncplicity. The reliability of the service was very poor in the beginning (I remember a week long down time) and I seem to remember some issues getting a computer to Sync again when it is reformatted and given the same computer name. The issues were enough to move me to Sugar Sync where I was a paying customer for 12 months. Their service was satisfactory but they removed my plan (10Gb for $25) from their offerings. I moved to Dropbox where I have 6gb for free. Not sure how Dropbox is making money (all the people I know and have referred are free users) but I will enjoy it while it lasts. Certainly Dropbox is providing the best service of the three.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: As a startup, how do you do bookkeeping?

Freshbooks + SkyLedger

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Site hacked, where to begin?

I found this link on Delicious which is helpful:

http://25yearsofprogramming.com/blog/20071223.htm

It directed me to http://www.unmaskparasites.com which has helped me uncover that there is a 302 redirect on one of my pages somewhere.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Mercurial vs git - is there an even-handed comparison?

Is there even a decent Windows shell extension for git yet? When using Windows and teams not already familiar with git, Mercurial + TortoiseHG was an easy choice.

markstahler | 15 years ago | on: The Djen of Django - Our in progress book about Django.

Agileiq has done a lot of great things for Django already. Keep up the great work. Your blog and code on GitHub is truly appreciated.