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Announcing our four Summer of Code students!

Posted on 2012/04/24 by Mark Doliner

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve accepted four students for this year’s Summer of Code! Gadu-Gadu PRPL improvements by Tomasz Wasilczyk, mentored by Ethan Blanton Plugin website by Nikhil Bafna, mentored by Kevin Stange Usage stats collection by Sanket Agarwal, … Continue reading →

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Clipless Bike Pedal Comparison

Posted on 2012/04/17 by Mark Doliner

“Clipless” pedals are the type where a metal cleat bolted to the bottom of your shoe snaps into the pedal and keeps your foot attached. I’ve tried two new types over the past few months, which puts me in a … Continue reading →

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Pidgin Accepted to 2012 Summer of Code!

Posted on 2012/03/17 by Mark Doliner

Good news, everyone! Google has accepted the Pidgin project‘s application to be a mentoring organization in this year’s Google Summer of Code. If you love programming and are looking for a chance to help an open source project, look no … Continue reading →

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Some Good Movies

Posted on 2012/02/19 by Mark Doliner

I’ve watched a lot of western movies over the past few years (I counted 17). I like these three the most: Unforgiven Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Tombstone Other good movies that have a western-y feel, but aren’t: Lawrence … Continue reading →

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California differences

Posted on 2012/02/12 by Mark Doliner

I’ve been living in the San Francisco Bay area for six years now, after having lived in North Carolina before then. Here’s a random list of things I’ve noticed: Silicon Valley really is a valley. There is one string of … Continue reading →

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2010 Europe Trip

Posted on 2012/02/05 by Mark Doliner

From June 20th through July 4th, 2010, Emily and I vacationed in Europe. We spent a week in Sweden, then a day or two in various cities in Italy and France. Sorry for waiting a year and a half to … Continue reading →

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Cyclocomputers

Posted on 2011/12/21 by Mark Doliner

The Device I bought a new speed/distance computer for my new bike. There are a few large manufacturers of bike computers, but only CycleOps, Bontrager and Garmin support the ANT+ wireless protocol used by the DuoTrap speed/cadence sensor designed for … Continue reading →

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Music I’ve Been Listening To

Posted on 2011/12/12 by Mark Doliner

You can always see what I’ve been listening to on my Last.fm profile. But in case you’re lazy, here’s a condensed version. You’ll have to judge for yourself whether it’s your type of music. Whitest Boy Alive, Dreams and Rules … Continue reading →

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Airbnb Financing Fiasco

Posted on 2011/11/28 by Mark Doliner

Did people see the leaked email two months ago from a VC to a co-founder of Airbnb and to other VCs? I first read about it on Michael Arrington’s new blog, Uncrunched. I haven’t heard many people talk about it, … Continue reading →

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I Bought a New Bike!

Posted on 2011/11/13 by Mark Doliner

Old Bike I’ve been riding the same 2003 Fuji Silhouette since August 24, 2003. It’s served me well. I paid $500 for it and have ridden 8900 miles (averaging 1100 miles/year). I rode it to computer science classes at NCSU … Continue reading →

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