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On naming 14 years ago

cool, and here i thought i was alone in needing to take time to name things correctly.

had to name a variable earlier this week and even broke out the thesaurus. best i could muster was years_experienced_absolute :/

Toronto, Canada; Kanetix - http://www.kanetix.ca

Looking for a developer with both front and back end skills who can get stuff done.

Our current web stack: linux, apache, perl, oracle sql, memcached, html/css/js).

Similar concept as www.leaky.com and www.coverhound.com, but for Canada and more established--recently acquired by a private equity firm. Offering competitive salary, incentive bonus, profit-sharing, health benefits, RRSP matching, free drinks, and a young and casual work environment.

  more info: http://www.kanetix.ca/job-website-developer
  email: kanetix_hr@kanetix.ca

Toronto, Canada; Kanetix - http://www.kanetix.ca

This month we're specifically looking for a developer with Java experience to work primarily on rating engines. You'd be working in a small team of 4 developers.

The majority of the work would be Java with some web development (our web stack: linux, apache, perl, oracle sql, memcached, html/css/js). An insurance background would be beneficial, but is not necessary.

Job posting: http://www.kanetix.ca/job-website-developer

Showed it to a non techie friend who loves to cook. Here's his amusing feedback...

  foodnetwork has an app where u can search a recipe then make a shopping list  
  that's useful
  an app that spits out random ingredients based on a search term does not impress me so much 
  search the term 'poo' in this amazing app then 'pee' 
  then 'shit' 
  no i know that bacon goes well with everything....but c'mon now
[dead] 16 years ago

yep, doesn't belong here. (unless it was less generic)

excellent, just appended '/html' to the default browser search engine url.

would be great if instead of having to use specific urls that this could be set up as a preference in settings. still, i'm a happy camper :)

this. the "improved" image search is terrible. very finicky and even hard to use--hardly simple.

re: ddg. regular user, but as others have pointed out already the ajax load for results is annoying (because it's slow and flashy/jerky).

pretty much mirrors my outcome. some social anxiety, lone wolf tendencies, with situational/social awareness thrown in there. can't complain really, although makes me wonder how i would have turned out had it not been for the rough childhood

doesn't look too promising. let us know if you are successful.

"Requests to remove papers from the [student paper] database must be submitted to the Turnitin help desk by the institution's Turnitin account administrator."

[dead] 16 years ago

or use a dedicated csv editor. i use CSVed.

you're correct. the differences between wordpress and blogger are vast. you've mentioned the big ones already.

blogger is...

- easy to setup

- hard to customize

- limited in terms of features / plugins (if any)

- hosted as a service

[dead] 16 years ago

why is it so difficult to just not use it?

when i felt things were "out of control" i trimmed down my friend list by half and stopped contributing needlessly (no status updates, photos, comments, etc.)

i'll login roughly once a day, peek at my newsfeed, comment where i feel it's productive and log out.

deactivating your account because you use it alot is stupid since facebook does provide some usefulness. it's all about moderation, no?

i've installed and used it in a few years ago at a previous organization. it's alot of eye candy and nothing more. very limiting in terms of analytics (you're better off with google's offering). if i recall correctly we dropped it shortly after signing up.

despite it's shortcomings it's kinda fun to watch for awhile if you have significant traffic.