Andrew Munsell

Most-linked posts?

1. The Fight for Wireless Power
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-11

What Hacker News says?

1. vanderZwan · 2019-01-29

   I suspect those blog posts focused on photos. However, WebP works well for a much larger range of image types[0]. It has lossless options with better compression than PNG (because PNG is incredibly simple compared to more recent image formats, in my opinion in a kind of beautiful way). And when compressing graphically simple illustrations with lossy settings, it can get much better results than JPG, both compression…

   Comment linking /blog/png-vs-webp/

   on “Firefox 65.0 released”
2. JoshTheGeek · 2014-06-25

   Submitted Captchas are Becoming Ridiculous as a story · 330 points

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3. andrewmunsell · 2013-06-10

   Way back in 2010, I developed an app called World Weather Watch for WebOS: http://forums.webosnation.com/webos-apps-games/231824-introd... It had animations and an "overview" screen that had times, temperatures, and forecasts. Here's a couple of screenshots: http://us.appitalism.com/app/palm-webos/244623-world-weather... I also developed World Weather Watch for Mac OS X: http://www.andrewmunsell.com/work/world-weath…

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   on “Apple Literally Stole my Thunder”
4. andrewmunsell · 2013-06-11

   Submitted iOS 7's Design is Confused as a story · 56 points

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5. andrewmunsell · 2013-02-25

   It's interesting to see a site like NPR handle a site deploy like this. I've seen blog owners start to consider switching to a static website, but news sites are definitely a bit more difficult to maintain like this. Personally, I use Jekyll on my own blog in a similar manner ( http://andrewmunsell.com/ ). < ShamelessPlug > I also wrote a tutorial ( http://www.andrewmunsell.com/tutorials/jekyll-by-example/ ) about u…

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   on “How to build a news app that never goes down and costs you practically nothing”
6. andrewmunsell · 2013-04-04

   Submitted Facebook Home – What Can Go Wrong as a story · 50 points

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7. andrewmunsell · 2013-07-06

   I've actually started using this method, and it seems to work pretty well. It reduces file sizes significantly and yet the quality is fairly good. If you pay attention, you can see some quality loss/artifacts, though it's not bad. An example: http://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/ Scroll down to the "Now is the Future" blog post. The cover image of the Seattle skyline is 1700x666 and ~65kb (though, it's been recompresse…

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   on “Using ImageMagick to make sharp web-sized photographs”
8. andrewmunsell · 2013-05-15

   Submitted Google Now is the Future as a story · 8 points

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9. andrewmunsell · 2013-12-12

   I'd be curious to see why you're having issues setting up Dokku on Digital Ocean. They provide a one click image, so you should be able to just deploy the new instance, setup DNS (the two A records-- one of them is a wildcard), visit the instance's IP address and click Finish Setup, and then deploy your application. Have you tried doing a really simple sample app? It may take some coercing to get an existing Heroku…

   Comment linking /blog/dokku-tutorial-digital-ocean

   on “Your own mini-Heroku for $5/month”
10. andrewmunsell · 2013-03-11

    Submitted Please, Stop Helping the Hackers Guess My Passwords as a story · 6 points

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11. andrewmunsell · 2013-12-12

    It really depends how you set it up, though-- for example, Digital Ocean provides their own image ( http://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/dokku-tutorial-digital-oce... ) that provides a one-click deployment of Dokku, including all of the SSH key setup and stuff. Minimally, this makes it easier to start up a new Dokku instance on a new version and push your apps to the new instance before you destroy the old one. In my e…

    Comment linking /blog/dokku-tutorial-digital-ocean

    on “Your own mini-Heroku for $5/month”
12. andrewmunsell · 2013-01-06

    Submitted Setting up the Raspberry Pi as a Headless Device as a story · 6 points

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13. andrewmunsell · 2014-05-16

    Actually, Google Glass already has this functionality. There's no real difference between the two, other than Google's implementation works where you're looking instead of requiring you to point your phone in a specific direction. I wrote about my experience with it during Google's Seattle Through Glass event: https://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/looking-through-google-gl...

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    on “Word Lens (Quest Visual) is Joining Google”
14. andrewmunsell · 2013-06-05

    Submitted PNG vs. WebP Image Formats as a story · 4 points

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15. andrewmunsell · 2014-06-23

    They are truly terrible, for multiple reasons. I encountered a similar issue when canceling with them earlier, where they actually asked for my password over the phone: https://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/one-and-one-asks-for-your...

    Comment linking /blog/one-and-one-asks-for-your-password

    on “The Worst SaaS Cancellation Policy on the Internet”
16. hunvreus · 2014-09-02

    Submitted Deploying the Right Way: Dokku on Digital Ocean as a story · 3 points

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17. chimeracoder · 2014-06-12

    > PowerMat's resonance charging supports multiple devices on one charging matt, whereas Qi uses inductive charging which require more precise placement to charge. Both PowerMat and Qi use inductive charging[0][1]. There are some technical differences, but the two are separated more by licensing and legal/political reasons than by actual underlying functionality and technology. [0] http://www.dvice.com/2013-11-15/opi…

    Comment linking /blog/fight-for-wireless-power

    on “Starbucks starts rolling out wireless phone chargers nationwide”
18. andrewmunsell · 2014-12-10

    Submitted Reverse Engineering Plex: Casting High Bitrate Video to Chromecast as a story · 2 points

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19. andrewmunsell · 2013-09-16

    I did something similar with a Raspberry Pi and a string of WS2801 12mm diffused LEDs from Adafruit: http://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/raspberry-pi-leds/ Because the LED string I used has an SPI-like protocol to control them, it can be done directly from the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins without the need of an Arduino middle-man. Right now, it's implemented in Node.js as well (using the node-spi library), but I'm also wo…

    Comment linking /blog/raspberry-pi-leds/

    on “Show HN: Web-controlled Christmas Lights with Node.js, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi”
20. andrewmunsell · 2014-08-21

    Submitted Getting Started with Panamax: Creating an Internet-Accessible App as a story · 2 points

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21. andrewmunsell · 2013-02-14

    You can also do this with WWWizer if you do not host your DNS with Amazon. I go over this in a tutorial I wrote for Jekyll, but it applies to any static website generator (or any site at all, really.) http://andrewmunsell.com/tutorials/jekyll-by-example/

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    on “Leaving Wordpress for a Static Blog”
22. andrewmunsell · 2013-05-31

    Submitted JPG vs. WebP Image Formats as a story · 2 points

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23. andrewmunsell · 2023-01-06

    I used to actually blog, but I ended up neglecting my site after I got a full-time job since I wanted to spend my personal time doing other things. But, I do credit my website heavily for getting me where I am and I always highly recommend blogging and having an online portfolio to anyone trying to get into the tech industry. Fun fact: A long time ago I had a blog post/rant about reCAPTCHA end up on the HN home page…

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    on “Ask HN: Share Your Personal Site”
24. andrewmunsell · 2013-02-14

    Submitted How To Control Adafruit LED Pixels with a Raspberry Pi as a story · 2 points

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25. andrewmunsell · 2013-02-12

    Submitted Learning Jekyll By Example: Build a Jekyll Website, Start to Finish as a story · 2 points

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26. andrewmunsell · 2013-01-03

    Submitted I Hope Your Kickstarter Project Stays Off CNN as a story · 2 points

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27. hobs · 2016-04-07

    Submitted Oculus Rift power bug disables the ability to use idle cpu power states as a story · 1 points

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28. cardmagic · 2014-08-25

    Submitted Getting Started with Panamax: Creating an Internet-Accessible App as a story · 1 points

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29. omilu · 2014-07-23

    Submitted Jekyll tutorial by example as a story · 1 points

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30. andrewmunsell · 2014-04-23

    Submitted Looking Through Google Glass as a story · 1 points

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