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chrisblackwell

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January 9, 2012 (14y ago)
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Canadian, web developer, comic book fanatic, Python and Laravel enthusiast, and all around über geek.

I do most of my ramblings here and on my blog at https://chrisblackwell.me

  1. Where to see all the total solar eclipses for the rest of this decade (theglobeandmail.com)
    2 points 1
  2. Airtable Pricing Changes (support.airtable.com)
    1 points 0
  3. A Call to Service People to Rise Up (medium.com)
    2 points 0
  4. A Shifty Email Bug (jasonmccreary.me)
    1 points 0
  5. WP Engine Acquires Flywheel (news.crunchbase.com)
    2 points 0
  6. Shania Twain apologizes for saying she would have voted for Trump (theglobeandmail.com)
    1 points 0
  7. Search Ends for MH370 (theglobeandmail.com)
    2 points 0
  8. Ask HN: Are all programming employment contracts this bad?

    Two weeks ago I accepted an offer to go work for a web development shop. I am suppose to start on Monday and I just received my contract that I am suppose to sign. It states that all work I create during my employment…

    3 points 8
  9. Introducing the no CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA (youtube.com)
    1 points 0
  10. Choosing FireFox for Choice not Fear (chrisblackwell.me)
    3 points 1
  11. Walt Mossberg: Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews (allthingsd.com)
    1 points 0
  12. Why Human Support is So Important (iwantmyname.com)
    1 points 0
  13. Obama: If you are a US citizen the NSA can’t listen to your calls (thenextweb.com)
    113 points 129
  14. Ask HN: Who is the best web host outside the US?

    With everything going down lately with the NSA, I'm sure we are all getting a little anxious about our data sitting on US servers (especially if you are not a US citizen and therefore have no rights). Who would you host…

    3 points 8
  15. ExxonMobil CEO: ‘What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?' (theglobeandmail.com)
    3 points 0
  16. The top 6 worst passwords from the Star Trek universe (blog.agilebits.com)
    4 points 0
  17. Ideal column width for paragraphs online (ux.stackexchange.com)
    1 points 0
  18. Why does this function work? (stackoverflow.com)
    2 points 0
  19. How the destruction of the Death Star was an inside job (io9.com)
    1 points 0
  20. Ask HN: What's the best book to get started with PostgreSQL?

    I have some time off during the next couple of weeks where I would like to venture into PostreSQL. I have tried in the past, but gave up after hitting a few walls. I find PostgreSQL does things a lot differently then…

    12 points 4
  21. Learn Languages, not Frameworks (webadvent.org)
    6 points 5
  22. The Rise and Fall of Web APIs (joelcox.nl)
    2 points 0
  23. Ask HN: Best way to handle user profile data?

    Almost every web application now allows you to setup a basic profile (Even Stack Exchange does). The question is how should you be storing the data in your database? Should you just add more columns to your users…

    3 points 2
  24. Content Creation (daneden.me)
    1 points 0
  25. Google Chrome for iOS now available (itunes.apple.com)
    2 points 0