edgeztv

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April 2, 2007 (19y ago)
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I'm the founder of typeracer.com

Gmail: edgeztv Blog: http://nighthacking.blogspot.com

  1. Back in 2007, I got laid off from my job, and the following year I launched typeracer.com - the first online multiplayer typing game, which became an instant sensation on the web (it's been mentioned on HN several times…

  2. Mozilla releases Firefox 5 (nighthacking.blogspot.com)
  3. I feel that this discovery is too important not to have a discussion here. (I submitted my blog post yesterday during peak NH hours - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2412122 - but it fell through the cracks, so I'm…

  4. You *can* use 4+GB of RAM with a 32-bit OS (nighthacking.blogspot.com)
  5. I find that I spend at least 50% of my hacking time not writing code but figuring out how to get the desired results from 3rd party software. Things like configuring web servers, using frameworks, using web APIs, etc.…

  6. I'm a single-person startup founder. Looking for other hackers to share an office with. There is room for 2-8 people here. This is a really awesome neigborhood - perfect for hackers. Boston doesn't have many places…

  7. This is a request to the organizers of Startup School to arrange for soundboard recordings of the presentations at this year's event. The audio recordings from 2006 and earlier have been gems in my car CD inventory on…

  8. Just signed up for Myspace in anticipation of their API opening up soon.... First, their signup process doesn't work in Firefox (on Windows). If you're going to pass on cross-browser testing for any part of your site,…

  9. YouTube and others are putting up a nice looking message page while they are doing a release or maintenance. I'm wondering what's the best way of redirecting all requests to this "Sorry we're temporarily down" page.…

  10. I think the co-working office space loft in Central Sq is a great idea (http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingBoston), but many of us cannot afford to pay for both housing and office space. I wanted to see if any startup…