The story of Lori Arnold, who single-handedly started the meth epidemic in the US: We flew a chemist out to Iowa. He told us what lab equipment and chemicals to order, and we had them shipped to us at the car lot. It cost me $50,000, all of it ordered through pharmaceutical catalogs. This guy …
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Automatic Website Publishing with git-ftp.py on Mac OS X
On a recent project I collaborated on, deployment happened via git-ftp.py, a Python script which automatically publishes your git repository to an FTP server. The script itself works with with an git-rev.txt file on the FTP server which keeps track of the last published commit. When deploying via git-ftp.py, the script only uploads the changes …
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Jay-Z’s 99 Problems vs. The Fourth Amendment
Line-by-line analysis of the second verse of 99 Problems by Jay-Z, from the perspective of a criminal procedure professor. The calculation Jay-Z has to make is whether, knowing that the car contains concealed contraband, he’s better off trying to flee or hoping that the police won’t find the drugs during the stop. This may be …
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Vendor Prefix Drama
Grab a bucket of popcorn and start reading. “YHWH” clearly doesn’t get it (UA sniffing, only prefixed properties, inline JS, …) Hundreds of pages in our 16 plus domains DO NOT fade images on mouseover anymore, because the -moz-opacity:0.7 reading function is GONE. Seems like he’s also forgetting the fact it only works used to …
iOS in-app proxy
We received some disturbing tips today that a Russian developer has published a method of obtaining in-app purchases from iOS apps for free. The “in-app proxy” method does not require a jailbreak, can be completed by novices in three steps using just an iOS device, and allows users to install in-app content for free. The …
Hate Tweets to Frank Ocean
Google Maps HeatMap Layer
Some time last week, Google has (finally) released a HeatMap Layer for Google Maps. The Heatmap Layer provides client side rendering of heatmaps. A heatmap is a visualization used to depict intensity of data at geographical points. When the Heatmap Layer is enabled, a colored overlay will appear on top of the map. By default, …
Google Chrome for iOS
Build with Chrome
Over the last few months we’ve been working with LEGO Australia, thinking about what would happen if we brought bricks to the browser. Build is the result: our latest Chrome Experiment which lets you explore and build a new world of LEGO creations together online. With 8 trillion bricks, think of Build as the largest …
The unfortunate math behind consulting companies
A very solid read on billing and doing business in general. Consulting can be a great way to fund a startup or make a bunch of cash. It’s easy to start; Just pick an hourly rate and jump in. But someday soon you’ll notice there’s only so many billable hours in the day, and you’ll …
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