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We're hiring paid interns all year round. We need programmers and writers (content producers). Brooklyn, NY. Get in touch.

jobs at mybanktracker.com

We're hiring for freelance and internships. Brooklyn, NY http://www.mybanktracker.com

  - HTML/CSS standards based guru (SASS experience a plus)
  - PHP/MySQL programmer. (Python and MongoDB experience a plus)

These can turn into full-time positions for the right person.

jason at mybanktracker.com

Update: We prefer candidates in the local area. Thanks for your interest though!

I'm noticing that people keep on posting data and API sites, and since I'm in that business as well, here's my sales pitch.

If anyone is interested in bank rate data, we offer rate API data feeds for CDs, Savings, Checking, Mortgage, Credit Cards, as well as National averages.

http://www.mybanktracker.com/services

I'm so glad someone made a product like ServerDensity. I hope this means I don't have to ever configure Nagios or Munin or Monit again.

If you have TextMate and want to be able to disable and enable those /etc/hosts lines quickly, see the Screenr HOWTO:

  http://screenr.com/Sg7

After seeing Alex use Screenr, I just had to try it out myself.

short version:

  1. mate /etc/hosts
  2. select the lines you want to comment out
  3. command forward-slash (⌘/)
  4. save and authenticate if necessary

So, everytime I take a break and actually don't mind wasting time on reddit, I have to comment out parts of my /etc/hosts ?

from the article: the debate continues

BPA-free has always seemed like another marketing ploy to up-sell the consumer on more crap they don't need.

Semi-off-topic, but I found something seriously wrong with Craigslist.

https://post.craigslist.org/manage/1340717167/tkrju#tr231033

That link will allow you to edit that post. You don't even have to be logged in.

I've already alerted them, but let's see how long this lasts.

While looking for two bedroom apartments in Prospect Heights I found this property.

http://www.trulia.com/property/1085497834-Co-op-Brooklyn-NY-...

Click on "View more details" button. I think you can figure out the rest...

Also, you don't have to be logged in to Craigslist.

Good question. I'm not exactly sure what I want to get out of it. I guess meeting friendly founders would be ideal.

I am a hacker/founder, and I'm still surprised at the lack of NYC support we get. Why is nobody talking about us? Is banking that boring?

As a response, we've started a company to lend a public voice to NYC founders.

http://www.hypepitch.com/

We have some good responses so far, but we've just begun. We're willing to highlight any NYC startup or founder with an idea, so start submitting.

I may skip Digital DUMBO this week to make it. I have one question though: What is the Hackers & Founders Meetup like?

  - Are there presentations?
  - Are people generally social?
  - Is it more than a networking event?

I'm on the nyyc list, but it's so low traffic that I haven't found any answers to these types of questions.

We are always looking for interns. We're located in Brooklyn, NY. You're welcome to stop by anytime!

jobs@mybanktracker.com

My comment from the other post: We're hiring interns at the moment. Internet marketing, designers and developers. Anyone that has a basic background and is will to learn is considered.

http://www.mybanktracker.com

We're located in Brooklyn, NY Apply here: jobs@mybanktracker.com

Just to clarify. We are in Brooklyn, NY. Apply here: jobs@mybanktracker.com

We're hiring interns at the moment. Internet marketing, designers and developers. Anyone that has a basic background and is will to learn is considered.

http://www.mybanktracker.com

Currently sorting through 100+ candidates, but HN readers would clearly go to the top of the list.

Linky: http://www.hypepitch.com/

+1 for Caps Lock to Left Control

I was amazed how easy this was to do in OS X. I could only do this with registry hacks on a PC, and I can't remember how I used to do it in Linux.

Fortunately, they just opened up a few more spots. If you want to go, here is the link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/383305477/

If anyone from HN is going to be there, our team will be wearing the white My Bank Tracker shirts. Come talk to us.

would love to, but we are on the panel this month and giving away a few prizes via our Rolladeck application

I always miss HN meetups, since they always seem to coincide with digital DUMBO.

Bloomberg link with more detail: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aTb_...

Not sure how that slipped past my radar, since it's my industry.

It's not so much as people will tell you at every single opportunity. It's more likely that the person has to explain it so often, since TV comes up in conversations all the time. Have you considered that?

E.g.,

  Tom: "Lost was really cool last night"
  Jerry: "Sorry Tom, didn't see it"
  Tom: "Why? You don't like it?"
  Jerry: "I don't have a TV"

Well... at least in my experience.

Many sites go unnoticed even though they are providing a real public service. As an outside spectator of the "silicon valley hype machine," it seems that none of these sites really fit their mold. I.e, "Changing the world in one fell swoop!" Their mass impact is exponentially more subtle than Twitter, but still quite effective and important.

At the site I co-founded we are in a similar situation. We provide bank rates, reviews, news, etc. and we know that these are important issues to the average consumer. However, this doesn't necessarily translate into TechCrunch writing stories about us. We're just not that cool...

But, as we all know, you don't have to be cool or change the world to be profitable.

We are equal partners. Is it so strange? We come from the advertising world. He is an award winning creative director. I was the CTO at our former employer.

Good call. Anyone willing to donate one? We're in the NYC area. Bootstrap startup. All of our money goes towards keeping the site running.

Came across this already today. In order for the creative director to view the site on my local machine he asked for the IP address. I decided instead to install a local DNS server. Am I crazy? Also, anyone else know of an easy way to get PCs to recognize the computername.local address that Mac's have? Otherwise, I'll just keep configuring the DNS.

1 child on the way, 1 startup doing ok. i selected 0 though

Ha. Right... Not for $75. That's the lowest bid so far ;)

I think that's the angle we're going to take. It just came as a bit of a shock when I first saw it.

Thanks for the great response!

Anyone have any ideas on redistribution? Fluid doesn't allow redistribution, but I love how you can create a "MenuExtra" that puts it into the Mac menu bar.

@ellyagg I can understand that not everyone thinks that this technology is a great idea, but for my audience this could be a huge win for me!