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38,984 karma · joined April 19, 2008

Mostly known among your parents for creating the infamous Popurls and Twidroyd (Very first Android Twitter app). Idealab alumni.

Later biztoc.com (With Mark Cuban, acquired by ProRata)

Still running upstract.com

thomas.me

x.com/thomas

Austria, Japan, CA

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thm··on Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others
Don't we use Tailscale for this?
thm··on Show HN: BetterFriend – a CRM just to be a better friend
If you're emailing me because your CRM told you to do so, you're not my friend.
thm··on Show HN: Defuddle, an HTML-to-Markdown alternative to Readability
Been using it since day one but development has stalled quite a bit since 2.0.0.
thm··on MCP explained without hype or fluff
Eternal September
thm··on Japan's IC cards are weird and wonderful
I found Suica/Pasmo/Icoca to be the golden trinity for most regions.
thm··on Launch HN: Exa (YC S21) – The web as a database
Now that you've got some money in the bank, you should get a license for the serif on your website (font-family: RecklessTrial-Regular;).
thm··on Linkwarden: FOSS self-hostable bookmarking with AI-tagging and page archival
I have about ~30k .webarchive files — is there a chance to import them?
thm··on Wikipedia: Database Download
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record
thm··on Wikipedia: Database Download
There's a Tumblr for everything
thm··on Wikipedia: Database Download
Might also be worthwhile to download a pre ~2023 dump, because Low-background steel.
thm··on CSS Zen Garden
I had two designs there and to this day, I get emails from people seeking permission to reuse the CSS.
thm··on CSS Zen Garden
Mediatemple's cult-like following, despite their technical hiccups, was marvelous marketing work.
thm··on OpenAI o3 and o4-mini
I'm starting to be reminded of the razor blade business.
thm··on Justice Dept. scales back crypto cases in line with Trump administration memo
WaPo Gift Link: https://wapo.st/4cpZiWJ
thm··on Bluesky's Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media
Some mirrors are cracked, some are polished—but all of them reflect the same world.

The question is: how much can you take in? As much as I despise the owner, it's X all day.

thm··on Nebula Sans
No variable format in 2025?
thm··on Victor Mono Typeface
PragmataPro for life.
thm··on Stop making every conversation about yourself
https://xkcd.com/386/
thm··on The elderly are becoming homeless at a rate not seen since the Great Depression
Original link: https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/why-more-baby-boomers-ar...
thm··on When the Beatles Recorded “Twist and Shout”
Obligatory 2021 Docu: The Beatles: Get Back — You're gonna feel like sitting in the studio with them.
thm··on Vue 3 drops IE11 support plan
Even though I've more or less zero IE11 users on Upstract, I still make sure that everything renders and basically works on it — I think this defensive, vanilla, bare-metal, no-gimmicks mindset creates better and simpler products — in spirit of what old-school Web tech was about.

(Unless you're building something like Figma of course).

thm··on Ask HN: Tips for handling chronic stess?
- Early to bed, at least 7h of sleep

- Daily 60-90min workout first thing in the morning

- One day every ~14 days without Internet

- Turn off inbound info streams as much as possible

- Write down the three most important things of the day on a piece of paper

- Get rid off any to-do list if possible

- Get a hobby that involves working with your hands

- 15min walk after lunch

- Make room for an hour of fun, low mental-load every day

- Check your diet; Get enough fat in the morning, protein for lunch, carbs in the evening

- Supps to try: Tyrosine, KSM-66, Tryptophane, Phosphatidylserine

thm··on Welcome to the Old Internet Again
Related read on Eternal Septembers: https://tedium.co/2020/10/13/eternal-september-modern-impact...
thm··on TL;DR — Faster News
popurls on courier new?
thm··on Open Source, compliant Google Wave Server
Could you please add me as well? thm76 Thanks
thm··on Ubuntu 9.04 released
You can put a Linux Live CD in a Windows computer and still get at your data, and I haven't seen Windows crash that often recently. I'm using Mac and sometimes Linux and have seen Mac OS crash more often that Windows.

I feel more comfortable in Mac OS, though. I've used Ubuntu a few years back and prefer that over Windows as well.

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