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Re: HTTP GZIP Compression remote date and time leak

brlewis — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:42:18 -0000

Instagram and reddit are returning UTC. In your example at the end of the article, only bing is leaking info.

$ date --utc

Mon Feb 22 14:13:18 UTC 2016

$ php 2016/time.php reddit.com

The server that processed the request on: reddit.com has local date set to:

Monday 22nd of February 2016 02:13:24 PM

Re: My imaginary YC interview

brlewis — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:10:29 -0000

Thanks. I quietly reopened it to new users after leaving Google, so feel free to try it. I still rely on it for my own photos and have no plans to shut it down.

Re: The inexplicable rise of open floor plans in tech companies - thoughts from the red planet - thoughts from the red planet

brlewis — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:16:45 -0000

When this article came out there were 12 in my open-plan office and it worked fine. Recently I've been seeking quiet by bringing my laptop to an unoccupied part of the office floor. Headcount is 16 now. Your 15-person cutoff matches my experience.

Re: The Mobile Downturn

brlewis — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:14:27 -0000

Minor point: "the past 20 years" only go back to April 8, 1994. The commercial Internet predates that, and is in turn predated by the browser, HTTP and TCP/IP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: OurDoings closing to new users, continuing for existing users

brlewis — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:14:50 -0000

Not long ago I would have protested that a presentation card for a job was not what I wanted, but you're totally right. Now I know it really is what I wanted.

Re: For iPhone/iPad users: full-screen browsing and Instagram

brlewis — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:30:52 -0000

That's OK, though if you just create another sub-site you'll have the option to cross-post with a checkbox.

Re: Dropbox to Add Auto Photo Importing

brlewis — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:13:02 -0000

I've noticed that with the iPhone client you have to go into settings every time to change from 4MP uploads to original size.

Re: Feature Friday: The Multi Photo Checkin

brlewis — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:15:35 -0000

About your feature request, it looks like a third party could implement it using their API: https://developer.foursquar...

i do wish they had a Media RSS feed, though. That would plug into a lot more tools, e.g. John's Background Switcher.

Re: Does Instagram Make You a Better Photographer?

brlewis — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:33:30 -0000

I created a photo site specifically to reduce the amount of thinking I had to put in. It features a limited number of photos per day to keep things varied, and puts the rest behind "more photos" links. I have a non-public collection of family pictures, but public ones go to http://ourdoings.com/brlewis/

I do notice that looking at them online, especially full-screen, makes me more conscious of cropping and tilt.

Re: Scripting News: New York smiles

brlewis — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:42:41 -0000

Nice post, Dave!

Re: Scripting News: Google doesn't get it

brlewis — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:52:13 -0000

FriendFeed is not a cesspool. It's had filtering for years. You can ignore everyone's twitter posts, specific people's twitter posts, or only see posts that others like or comment on.

Re: Flickr Nails Photo Privacy With New Geofence Feature

brlewis — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:58:54 -0000

I implemented something similar in January, 2009. It really should be a feature on the phones themselves. http://ourdoings.com/2009-0...

Re: OurDoings Can Post Photos to Facebook

brlewis — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:41:58 -0000

Google+ is now added...follow the same procedure. Then click Photos in
your black bar on Google, click the album, and click "Share" with the
envelope icon. Unlike Facebook, Google+ doesn't automatically post to
your feed when you upload photos. Note that if you have both Facebook
and Google+ integrated, the same link updates both.

Re: President Obama Could End Software Patents Today

brlewis — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:56:25 -0000

Bilski affirmed the Federal Circuit opinion, which negated the reasoning of both State Street and Alappat. The Supreme Court opinion didn't mention Alappat specifically, but the Federal Circuit did. Could that be enough?

Re: President Obama Could End Software Patents Today

brlewis — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:41:38 -0000

Thanks for the comments. I understand that Diehr was not unanimous overall. However, the dissent was based solely on the facts of the case, not law. For those of us who don't know Diamond or Diehr personally, it's unanimous in everything we care about.

Stevens' warning that the decision would be misconstrued was a self-fulfilling prophecy. Distortions of the opinion come from either taking the dissent as if it were majority opinion (as Bitlaw did), or from reading the dissent and assuming that the majority is saying the opposite, as I've seen others do. Not that I dislike what he wrote; I'm just observing.

I will definitely read your article with interest.

Re: Picasa to be Renamed “Google Photos”, Offer Virtually Unlimited Storage

brlewis — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:54:05 -0000

Is it realistic to predict a mass exodus of photogaphers from Flickr because of storage limits?

Re: Real-time Photoblogging with OurDoings and Dropbox

brlewis — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:44:33 -0000

Right. There are lots of things right in front of us that are easily overlooked. I added the blog link.

Re: Real-time Photoblogging with OurDoings and Dropbox

brlewis — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:33:36 -0000

I don't judge anyone for overlooking UI elements. I've been riding elevators for decades, and only learned this year that they ding once for up and twice for down. I'll add a link to the blog where you were looking for it, under the twitter link.

Re: Real-time Photoblogging with OurDoings and Dropbox

brlewis — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:37:30 -0000

It's http://ourdoings.com/index.... (also the blog tab on home home). Glad you're interested.

Re: Simple Guide for Getting Started in Digital Photography

brlewis — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:38:06 -0000

It seems like a nice guide overall. I would like, though, to see a little more about how getting closer to your subject brings more light from the subject to the sensor. They make a brief reference to it, saying "Lenses generally let less light through when zoomed", but someone getting started needs to form a mental picture of the subject as a light source and the sensor as something you're shining light on. Even if you don't think about the lens at all, it's intuitive that the closer you get, the more light you get.

Re: Preserve Your Privacy by Pixelating Photographs with PhotoHide

brlewis — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:03:47 -0000

Of course, you're trusting the online service with the sensitive photo.

Re: Web Entrepreneurs, Don't Listen to Fred Wilson

brlewis — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:45:02 -0000

Thanks, Mary. Let me know how it works out. I'm not sure when I'll start spending, but when I do I expect it will be for items in Tamar's list.

Re: The two paths to success

brlewis — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:39:02 -0000

That looks like a 100% intrinsic motivation environment. A 90% intrinsic motivation environment would be Montessori: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: Skip The Water

brlewis — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:00:49 -0000

Exactly, Donna. I thought I could "skip the chasm" by making something more directly appealing to the mainstream. But it seems the early-adopter phase is not optional.

Re: Skip The Water

brlewis — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:48:54 -0000

I think this advice will be counterproductive for most web entrepreneurs, as I detail here:

http://ourdoings.com/ourdoi...

Summary: In the 2.70 contest, everyone was watching and agreed what the goal was. On the web, the people you want to reach might not be watching, and might rely on authorities who have a different idea of what the goal is. Your outside-the-box solution may make it harder for people to see that you've solved their problem better.