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If you're storing passwords as MD5/SHA hashes, how difficult is it be to switch over to bcrypt? I've never had to do this, but I would imagine it would be somewhat trivial. With all of the password leaks that have happened over the past few years, I'd imagine a good amount of developers are aware that storing passwords as MD5/SHA hashes is somewhat risky, so I can't understand why big websites (LinkedIn) are still doing it.

This doesn't really answer your question, but you should take a look at 99designs. Depending on your needs, it could help make finding and working with designers pretty painless. I used it because I needed a logo for a side project and I had a great experience.

You choose how long you want the passwords LastPass generates for you are. I like mine to be 24 characters if possible.

You should add a note on the page that lets people know that checking a password takes a minute or two.

EDIT: Actually never mind, seems like it's much faster now.

This is actually going to be the topic of my next blog post. Reading through the Associates Program Operating Agreement (https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/agreement...), it seems like there is a decent chance Philanthropist would be in violation of something. However, that agreement is for associates, so I'm not sure if those rules would apply to a browser extension.

Also, I mostly built the extension for myself so I could easily support one of my favorite podcasts. There are only about 10 other users and since I don't really plan on advertising the extension, I doubt the user-base will ever get big enough to warrant concern from Amazon.

It's pretty easy to customize Bootstrap to your needs. Whenever I start a project, I usually always use Bootstrap to help increase my development pace. Once all of the functionality is done, I then try to get away from the default Bootstrap look and give my project a unique look. I can usually do this just be playing with the variables in variables.less, although sometimes I have to add some styling on top of Bootstrap.

For example, I used Bootstrap for my Chrome extension's web page (http://thejakeharding.com/philanthropist/). At first glance, you probably wouldn't realize Bootstrap was used, but really, Bootstrap is pretty much the only thing that was used for styling. All I did was tweak some variables.

You should give Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job (http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Interviews-Exposed-Secrets...) a read. It gives you a good idea of what to expect and how you can prepare. I read it before I started interviewing a few months ago and I found it to be very helpful.

This reminds me of a topic the guys from the TechZing podcast talk about pretty frequently, increasing your luck surface area. Jason Roberts has a short post about it on his blog that sums it up pretty well (http://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surf...). This concept has resonated with me and for the past couple of months, I've started to do things with the hopes of increasing my luck surface area.

When I moved into my current apartment a year ago, I made a conscious decision not to get cable. I've heard people say cable is the path of least resistance to ending boredom and in my experience that's true. Eliminating that path has caused me do other things to end my boredom such as reading a book, exercising, or working on a side project. I don't think it's a coincidence that this past year has been one of the most productive ones of my life.

I still have a TV and a Roku by the way, so I'm not totally disconnected. I still watch movies and shows I'm interested in. By not having cable though, I avoid the time sink of channel surfing and that's been huge for me.

Glad to see Twitter doing this, it's definitely a step in the right direction. In my opinion what this really needs is the support from another well-known company. If a company like Facebook announced next week that they were adopting the Innovators Patent Agreement, I think that could get the ball rolling and we would start to see many other companies join the cause.

I completely agree. I recently released my first Chrome extension and I found the documentation and guides to be clear and concise. I'm now looking into creating a Firefox extension and the learning curve has been very painful. I spent an hour or so just going through the Firefox docs and I'm still unsure how to start building an extension.

This article reminds me of Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_Piano

It's a pretty good read. It has an interesting take on a future where machines do the majority of the work. With the way things are headed, I'd say a society like the one described in Player Piano might not be to far off. I'm still undecided whether that's a good thing or not.

Even with SOPA being put on hold, I still feel like the general public needs to be made aware of the fact that there are people in the government who are threatening to censor the internet. Wikipedia shutting down for a day will go a long way in demonstrating what a possible consequence of a censored internet could be and I think that'll be invaluable to the fight against a censored internet.

With that being said, I think the websites that are protesting on the 18th need to be evangelists for a free internet and not just deliver an anti-SOPA message.

Great idea. My one issue with it is that it seems kind of difficult to use. Ideally, using this would consist of passing the files I wanted a style guide generated for to KSS and it would take care of the rest.

I'm definitely going to keep my eye on this project over the next few weeks. Something like this is badly needed and I can't wait to see where KSS goes.

The Silverdome is in Pontiac which is about a 30 minute drive from Detroit and the Lions moved out of there about 10 years ago so that's not too relevant to this topic.

Comerica Park, Ford Field, and Joe Louis Arena are actually in Detroit and they're all great facilities. Comerica Park and Ford Field are across the street from each other and both are state of the art. The area surrounding those 2 stadiums is one of the nicest parts of Detroit. Joe Louis is located on the water, a couple miles south of Comerica and Ford Field, and while it might be old, it still has a great atmosphere and is probably my favorite out of the 3.

I downloaded iTerm2 about 20 minutes ago and I already love it. Anybody know of any downsides of using it over Terminal.app?