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Re:Easel Is Shutting Down on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @02:33PM (#8331577)
I can only hope that the code will be open sourced. Seemed like a really cool product.
Re:Ask HN: Product Design for glove on Saturday September 06, 2014 @12:07AM (#8277486)
For what it's worth, someone's developed the mouse for your finger already: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mycestro/mycestrotm-the...
Re:WordPress 4.0 is out on Thursday September 04, 2014 @02:07PM (#8269736)
Caching plugins basically mimic a static site (e.g. wp-super-cache).
Re:WordPress 4.0 is out on Thursday September 04, 2014 @02:06PM (#8269733)
I can't find their changelog (http://codex.wordpress.org/Category:Changelogs), anyone else know where it is?
Re:A new basis for open, distributed, real-time communication on Thursday September 04, 2014 @02:03PM (#8269713)
I've read through the blog, the comment would have been useful on differentiating Matrix from XMPP. Also, sort of off topic, but Skype has a XMPP bridge and WhatsApp is built on XMPP (they just don't support federation).
Big fan of your Velocity.JS, Julian. How does Blast.JS compare to Lettering.JS? (http://letteringjs.com/)

Edit: It's been awhile since I've looked at Lettering, but to answer my own question, Lettering only splits on individual letters, while Blast allows for user-definable splits.