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stevejalimon You won’t find an angel in a dragon’s den

Really? That's partly a surprise, given the public nature of the BBC, yet also not a surprise, given the value of the airtime one gets, even with a lame duck of an idea.

Got a link/reference for this 5%? If not, how did you learn of this?

stevejalimon Ask HN: Where to get business cards made?

I'm half wincing because this seems like a shameless plug, but it does fit the context. (I would have sent it directly, but there are no contact details for you in your HN profile.)

Anyway: the latest release of http://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook/ has a 'Developer Deals' section, including a coupon code for 50 free Moo cards (with Moo logo on the back, or you can upgrade to get no logo). You just pay shipping - that should bring down your average card cost while starting out. You might find the other deals/promos (accountacy software, code hosting, PM tools) useful, too.

stevejalimon Ask HN: Is it time for a career change?

Hit me up directly (address in profile) and I'll sort you out with a free copy of http://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook - it'll be food for thought, at least

stevejalimon What would you do with the domain topthat.com

Challenge the Guinness Book of Records by finding a way to make it easier to be measured for a feat and post the results

stevejalimon What is your prefered VPS host?

I'm a fan of http://bigv.io from Bytemark. I've also had good times with webfaction.com

stevejalimon Ask HN: How do you hack this hot weather?

We have a house with insulated ceilings (most of them in the UK do), so during hot spells, I open the attic/loft access panel as a way to draw warm air up out of the house and generally improve airflow.

stevejalimon Ask HN: Is it time for a privacy rating system for the web?

Have you come across http://tosdr.org/ yet? Not precisely what you're talking about, but it does seem they take it into account in their ratings

stevejalimon Localtunnel: instantly show localhost to the rest of the world

There's also https://forwardhq.com/ which has some nice features

stevejalimon Can I be a web developer from a public library?

Does it allow full/decent network access? A location which blocks SSH, for instance, will either be untenable or require workarounds.

Have you _tried_ the library you're thinking of?

stevejalimon Ask HN: Your opinion of Bootstrap

> Reading these posts does nothing in helping me decide whether my next projects should use it.

No snark intended, but asking HN probably isn't going to give you a useful answer anyway. Why not just build something simple/disposable with it? It's more about bootstrap + you than bootstrap + random HNers

stevejalimon Ask HN: What software for diagrams and flowcharts do you use?

Used to use Omnigraffle, but these days I'm a Keynote kid.

stevejalimon Google Now for Desktop is here?

Looks like it's Windows or ChromeOS only:

>Google Now Windows, Chrome OS >Enable Google Now notifications support. >Sorry, this experiment is not available on your platform.

(27.0.1453.116)

stevejalimon AskHN:Does monitor size influence your performance when you code?

I'm a big fan of two screens, but do make sure they're positioned well and have windows sensibly arranged to minimise repeated small corrections of your head/neck. I'm no occupational therapist/ergonomist (if that's even the correct term), but anecodatally, if I have a busy IM day on my 'side' screen, I can feel it when by the end of the day.

stevejalimon Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

Ling is female, btw - https://twitter.com/lingscars

And Lingscars knows what it's doing: http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/9067-lings-cars-the-art-of-p...

stevejalimon Ask HN: How does a freelance web developer find clients?

Ping me a line (in profile) and I'll sling you one of my last remaining freebie codes for https://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook - if you want it, of course :o)

stevejalimon Show HN: See what the best startups in the world are using

Your Dropbox link is broken (/dropboxc vs /dropbox)

stevejalimon Stripe launches beta in Ireland

Did they give any indication of how they're going to solve it?

Hopefully something as 'simple' as USD charges getting sent to my GBP account, taking a forex hit along the way. I'd rather that than the red tape of setting up a US account.

stevejalimon Show HN: Flattest Route - A web app to help you avoid hills in SF

Wow. That looks great. We need one of these (well, more than one!) in the UK.

stevejalimon DWP - Services and benefits online

This is the DWP homepage if you come via http://gov.uk:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-w...

As a Brit, the new Gov.uk site makes me feel very proud, even though I had nothing to do with it. :o)

stevejalimon Google Now on your iPhone and iPad

Set a work and home location so that it knows when you really are out and about. Start using G+ if you don't already (eg I got a birthday alert for someone yesterday, via Now, via G+). Set some data in other google applications (Calendar, Finance, etc). All roads lead to Now. (Well, some do)

stevejalimon Ask HN: What is wrong with our UX?

Don't break the back button. Like DanBC hit the annoying 'Coming soon' dead end, but couldn't go back to browse all. You may not use the back button, but enough newcomers exploring your site will. Even more so when you brick-wall them with a signup box.

stevejalimon Two Scoops of Django final edition released

Related to the Django Book, this is a quick PSA that the source for it is now on Github and that jacobian is welcoming pull requests to help update it[1]: https://github.com/jacobian/djangobook.com/blob/master/READM...

[1] https://github.com/jacobian/djangobook.com/pulls

stevejalimon Ask HN: I am getting invited to write books, what terms I should request?

Considered http://leanpub.com ?

stevejalimon Show HN: Our weekend project, a month on

Can you fix the background image so that it doesn't scale with the width of the browser? MLK looks uncharacteristically short and wide here...

stevejalimon A Personal Statement from Iain Banks

Yep, Use of Weapons is my favourite too. Transition really stuck with me, as well.

stevejalimon Ask HN: What should I do?

Where are you based, would you be willing to relocate and what skills do you have? I know a really great, warm web dev agency that is hiring. I can at least ping you a link. Email address in my profile.

stevejalimon Tinmark is now free – fully for 30 days, read and edit after that

> I don't know what you mean by mothballware. Care to elaborate?

On reflection, it's a pretty lame term I tried to coin there. I was looking for something that expressed the idea that after a certain period of time, accounts that weren't dormant would need paying for before in order to be used properly again, so a bit like them being mothballed (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=define%3A%20mothballed) and unmothballed when eventually paid for.

Like I said, lame term. Am sure there's a better word out there that'll come to me when my head is clear.

stevejalimon Tinmark is now free – fully for 30 days, read and edit after that

> seems like it'd convert really well.

Yeah, I'm looking at a similar 'mothballware' plan (for want of a better term) at a similar price point for something I'm currently building. I'd be interested to hear of others' experience of it.

Yes, there's a risk of it seeming like you're cutting off something people are using, but if they're that invested in it, hopefully they won't mind chipping in a modest amount now they know they really do like it.

EDIT: apologies for this being a pretty vapid comment - curled up on sofa, ill.

stevejalimon Things Every Programmer Should Know

stevejalimon Schema Migrations for Django

Is that with MySQL? I've used it for scores of projects, always with Postgres, and it's never failed me, even if it's been a bit slow when there are lots of rows in play (which isn't really South's fault)