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ianvannesson Medieval books reveal the extreme methods with which artists achieved their reds

And for a much broader look at artists' use of color over time, check out the book "Color A Natural History Of The Palette".

[0] http://www.powells.com/book/color-a-natural-history-of-the-p...

ianvannesson One Road Out of Depression

In general, I'd be cautious recommending any type of medication, especially those involving serotonin, to others given how we as individuals react differently to them.

For example, the first time that I took SSRI's (a decade ago or so, recommended by my primary care physician), I had a negative reaction, and roughly a year of CBT was a much better solution (with a diagnosis of major depression). Fast forward to a few months ago, after being diagnosed yet again with major depression, this time by a psychiatrist, the SSRI's that were recommended and that I took triggered bipolar disorder--not an uncommon occurrence from what I now understand--and my current diagnosis.

All in all, it sounds like you may likely benefit from therapy (individual or group based) in addition to the meds that you're already taking (for what it's worth, it's helped me immensely).

ianvannesson Ask HN: Ever been hired through a “who's hiring” post?

Went through phone + video screen, in-person interview (they flew me down), and was finally hired several years back (May 2013 was the posting date, but I replied directly to an individual @apple.com email; can't find the original HN post) as a full time Sr Engineer at Apple through exactly this. I was living in Portland, OR at the time, so they paid for relocation too. Took a few weeks, but there was communication on both sides throughout.

ianvannesson Technology’s Man Problem

"Today, even as so many barriers have fallen — whether at elite universities, where women outnumber men, or in running for the presidency, where polls show that fewer people think gender makes a difference — computer engineering, the most innovative sector of the economy, remains behind. "

With younger demographics showing far less bias towards gender in polls and elsewhere, and with the tech scene bringing in so much young talent, why is it that non-males are still not accepted as peers by the general male tech crowd? If anything, shouldn't the tech community have accepted non-males long before other industries given these circumstances?

ianvannesson When, not if: how do San Franciscans live with the threat of the next quake?

The Portland Mercury (a free alt-weekly) published a cover on this last year, mostly about how ill-prepared the city is in general for earthquakes. Glad to see this sort of friendly-neighbor approach happening though, as it's going to be more effective right now than waiting for the politics to catch up, and oh so very Portland.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/the-first-four-minut...

ianvannesson Twitter to move away from Hashbangs

This sounds about right, if not a little earlier. Experimental work for this was done by me here: https://github.com/ianvanness/html5history

I believe there were further tweaks for additional pages that needed to be supported (whereas I had only solved, and most likely not very elegantly, the rudimentary issue) that took additional time before the hash bang removal was actually launched.

ianvannesson Full Text RSS Feed: Get the whole feed and nothing but the feed

Give the full feeds that Lifehacker (et al) already offer: http://lifehacker.com/vip.xml (this article to it came up in a google search - http://lifehacker.com/5489210/)!

(also, that needs to be fixed asap, lest anyone get the wrong idea)