Wow, tried this out on a noodle pulling video I filmed in 2006 that went semi-viral over time ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rfu1ZHiMP8 ). In 3 mins, my campaign had 258 impressions and 112 views for a conversion rate of 43.41%. Exhausted my bid/cost per day at 12 cents/$10 a day using the coupon.
I think there was a heavy geographical element involved. All my programming friends from OC got in, some hitting the site as late as 7:04. Those in SF and LA were all locked out even after constant refreshes.
This is pretty bad. I've received password reset emails from dreamhost in the past and the passwords are in plain text...I just renewed two days ago too.
My name is Henry and I'm a recent SF transplant, looking for a full time developer job in San Francisco. Started my programming career in SoCal on the Microsoft C#/ASP.NET/SQL Server stack, but realize that's not too popular up here. Expertise in CRM(mainly Microsoft Dynamics but also Salesforce.com and Saleslogix). Started a CRM programming blog and fell into freelancing/consulting for a couple small businesses for ~2 years. Moving on and interested in and in the process of picking up Python, machine learning and iOS development. Submitted first iOS app to app store this past friday(in review).
I was walking home yesterday and saw a small sign denoting the Internet Archive building on Clement and Funston St. in Inner Richmond, SF. A bit surreal seeing the Archive of the Internet(!!) housed in white pillared building. And today, here it is on the fp of hn.
"Transcendental Meditation informed his belief that a person’s main obstacle to improvement was his own fragile ego; at his firm, he would make constant, unvarnished criticism the norm, until critiques weren’t taken personally and no one held back a good idea for fear of being wrong."
Unrelated, but I visited Luxembourg last year while backpacking in Europe. After fearfully walking a few blocks away from the train station full of very pushy homeless people I found sprawling bridges overlooking storybook castles and lush gardens! Beautiful country!
It might be hard to find non-remote devs with the exact knowledge you require as the population of Luxembourg is relatively small, no?
I did this once when a 120GB Western Digital hard drive failed on me. Spent several months searching ebay for "used" listings with actual images of the drive for sale, matched up the WD P/N, swapped the pcb boards, and was able to recover a year's worth of lost photos. Then I re-swaped the pcb boards and resold the "used" drive back on ebay. Good times:)
I had LASIK done this January, right after allocating the LASIK bill to my company's flexible spending account the previous December. I highly recommended using the FSA since the surgery is paid with pre-tax dollars, effectively shaving 35% off the price of surgery. Right after the surgery, I noticed my vision was way better than pre-surgery, when wearing contacts, everything was crystal sharp. I went for a post surgery eye exam and the optometrist said I had 20/15 vision. Certifiable laser eyes!
Shortly after, I left my programming desk job to do some world travelling. Normally, I sit in front of the computer for 12+ hours a day, but during these 3 months of backpacking, I was walking around all day and had minimal computer interaction. It was incredible seeing New York and Europe with this new set of eyes.
After returning home and resuming the 12 hours routine of sitting in front of the computer I've noticed my eyesight has deteriorated/settled in a little and probably dropped back to 20/20 vision. I get some halos at night but this seems more of an effect of dry eyes and remedied with eye drops. Do some research on your LASIK surgeon, but I would highly recommend LASIK.
"[Google TV is] all customizable, unfamiliar and mostly baffling, and you don’t get a single page of instructions. (I learned how to use Google TV by shooting a fusillade of questions to the Google P.R. people — an option I’m guessing won’t be open to you.)"