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ElasticDog
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ElasticDog is a personal blog at elasticdog.com about programming. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Beginning Factor”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-13, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link ElasticDog's posts on building a cheap standing desk from shelving, and on the Factor programming language, including a Beginning Factor series. Comments mostly cite the desk posts.
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Most-linked posts?
- Beginning Factor3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2008-12-01
What Hacker News says?
I've been using a standing desk since Jan 2011 [1], and ended up using an external keyboard and mouse to solve the problem of having things at the optimal height. Since I have two machines, I just run synergy to go back and forth between my desktop and laptop, but hooking up directly to the laptop would work just the same. [1] http://elasticdog.com/2011/01/shelf-made-standing-desk/
Comment linking /2011/01/shelf-made-standing-desk/
on “What happens when you use a standing desk for two years”Submitted Beginning Factor as a story · 9 points
HN discussionI've tackled most of those with my cheap standing desk...although it's height is not easily adjustable. To switch things up, I have a futon with a lapboard in my office as well: http://elasticdog.com/2011/01/shelf-made-standing-desk/
Comment linking /2011/01/shelf-made-standing-desk/
on “How to hack yourself a standing desk - an illustrated guide”Submitted Porting a Poker Hand Evaluator from C to Factor (2010) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHey Aaron, From your second article[1] introducing Factor "Next time we’ll stick with a theme of “flow” and discuss control flow for your words and after that, the typical work flow when developing code with Factor. Hope you enjoyed this installment!" I am still waiting for that article. Your introductions to Factor are awesome and more would be delightful. [1] http://elasticdog.com/2008/12/beginning-factor-shuffler…
Comment linking /2008/12/beginning-factor-shufflers-and-combinators/
on “Factor 0.96 now available – over 1,100 commits”Submitted Beginning Factor – Introduction as a story · 2 points
HN discussion"hello world" print ...although, more realistically, you're probably interested in something like the gettings started section of the docs [1]. There are also some great short example posts on the planet feed [2] from various blogs. EDIT: I'll plug my own blog for this too, as I started writing a Beginning Factor series of posts a long time ago [3], but never got beyond a couple entries. [1] http://docs.factorcode.o…
Comment linking /2008/11/beginning-factor-introduction/
on “Factor 0.96 now available – over 1,100 commits”I made a standing desk out of a cheap shelf system back in January [1], and haven't looked back. About the only change I've made since putting up those pictures is swapping out the Apple keyboard for a Kinesis Freestyle. I'd like to build some small shelves off the sides of the top level to add some speakers, but beyond that I've been extremely impressed with making the switch. [1] http://elasticdog.com/2011/01/shel…
Comment linking /2011/01/shelf-made-standing-desk/
on “$140 adjustable height standing/sitting table”
