ralphleon | 12 years ago | on: Accents and Blowhards
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ralphleon | 12 years ago | on: Luma (YC W12) acquired by Facebook and integrated into Instagram video
Congrats, awesome tech from talented and nice guys!
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Aaron Greenspan sues Facebook, Sequoia, Andreesen, YC, others
PlanGrid did as well! Highly recommended.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
Now trending from a more valid source:
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1cerrp/boston_mar...
During disasters such as this, I appreciate reddit's scale (and diversity) for up-to-date information in the comments.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
Seems that some other, far better source, should have replaced it by now. There were a few up-in-coming, but they too vanished.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
Why do the top links on reddit stop leaving the front page?
This link was #1 for about 10 minutes:
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1cen7i/explosion_...
and now has vanished, along with all other sponsored links. A horrible tragedy like this seems leagues more important than the current top link:
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cebz2/spotted_cookie...
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: An A from Nabokov
I enjoyed thinking about what Nabokov was assigning to his students:
"Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Jane Austen, Franz Kafka, Gustave Flaubert, and Robert Louis Stevenson"
Looks like I'll be reading Metamorphosis( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis) tonight!
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: We'll Be Circling Back
The part at the end:
"On a separate note, I feel like we could be doing more to help YC companies. We're in awe of what you've built over there at the Y and we'd love to grab a coffee and talk more about how we could be helpful to both the companies and you."
Is the reason you should know this is satire.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Lord British launches “Shroud of the Avatar” on Kickstarter
Why not ultima 7? Ultima8 wasn't as interactive as ultima7 imho.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Lord British launches “Shroud of the Avatar” on Kickstarter
I have the exact same experience. Ultima7 made me a developer, and was my first dive into editing bash scripts (that fucker was impossible to get working in windows95). Enabling the debug mode and hacking on gumps was my favorite pass time.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Minefold offers Team Fortress 2 servers on demand
Sharing an office with these guys has allowed us to try our their TF servers for the last weeks and it has been amazing. Trying to get 8 people (5 of which who are not technically savvy) to play together has always been a huge pain for TF2. With Minefold it was a click of a button!
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Y Combinator is funding the future of spam in Windows
"They are liars, shady business, IP violators and are downright dangerous."
This is completely prejudice! You've never met Install Monetizer, and don't know if they participate in the same activities as the companies that you're referring to.
"I believe OP is very polite: There are no good reasons to not shame them publicly."
This is childish, and I'd expect better from any contributing member of VLC.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: A better typing tutor, based upon the OK Plateau Effect
The animations when switching a to a new word are very jarring and distracting. Perhaps a more continuous method (like a tape roll that's constantly moving) would help with the transitions?
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: A Better Twitter Bootstrap Modal
That's a pretty good example, but why is description even a modal? It looks so content rich, seems like it deserves the full screen.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: A Better Twitter Bootstrap Modal
"Stackable"
After checking out the live demo, I have no idea how "stacking" modals could make a good user interface.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Filepicker.io now supports Instagram, Flickr and Video Recording
So exciting! We were able to remove about 400 lines of shit S3 code and an ugly flash widget when moving to filepicker.io. Great to see them adding so many services.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Principles of UI design
Whenever I read an article like this, I immediately check out the designer's work afterwards.
http://www.hubspot.com/pricing/
This page, does not really follow "Conserve attention at all costs" when there's a 4x7 pricing grid with confusing information scattered about it. The rest of hubspot's design is equally banal, perhaps the author has some other role in the company than design?
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Cellist Zoe Keating has posted her "Online Sales & Streaming" numbers
She's amazing live if you ever have the chance to see her. A 6-foot tall woman with red dreadlocks playing the cello beautifully.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Tiled Shadow Maps
Thanks! I have a soft spot in my heart for isometric adventure games.
ralphleon | 13 years ago | on: Tiled Shadow Maps
What are the games featured in the screenshots?
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Mr.Graham natively speaks english, but "American" is not his native accent. He's from England.