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savetz··on TasksMe: Journal your daily done list, share with your team, daily email reports
I GPLed it, hopefully it'll be useful to someone.
savetz··on Internet Archive Seeks Material for Library of Amateur Radio and Communications
YES. -Kay
savetz··on Internet Archive Seeks Material for Library of Amateur Radio and Communications
Internet Archive has begun gathering content for the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC), which will be a massive online library of materials and collections related to amateur radio and early digital communications.

The DLARC project is looking for contributors with troves of ham radio, amateur radio, and early digital communications related books, magazines, documents, catalogs, manuals, videos, software, personal archives, and other historical records collections, no matter how big or small. In addition to physical material to digitize, we are looking for podcasts, newsletters, video channels, and other digital content that can enrich the DLARC collections.

savetz··on Eaten by a Grue: podcast on Infocom games, text adventures and interactive fiction
The game is impossible. Its fun with a map and hints (http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/zork/zorkText.htm) I believe some of the puzzles are literally impossible without.
savetz··on Ask HN: Why do all payment processors charge 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction?
PayPal has a micropayments account option that it doesn't publicize very well. If you set up a new account with their special micropayments link (google it) they charge 5 cents + 5%. Which makes it cheaper for transactions under $11.
savetz··on Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA
I read their statement, and it seems like lip service. The culture of a company/philosophy of the CEO doesn't turn on a dime.
savetz··on Atari Archives: BASIC Computer Games
Also, if you love and remember the robot cartoons in the book, visit the artist's page at www.bekerbots.com
savetz··on Atari Archives: BASIC Computer Games
I gotta say, it was weird for me to do my daily visit to Hacker News and see my own site on the homepage.

I run www.atariarchives.org and www.AtariMagazines.com (started that site in 1996. It has the full text of a bunch of old computer magazines including Creative Computing and Antic and more). I also run FlightSimBooks.com, full text of classic flight simulator books.

If you want to help out with this stuff, find me at www.savetz.com. Need reliable volunteers.