http://techcrunch.com – Y Combinator’s Paul Graham revealed a bunch of personnel news in a just-published blog post. Let’s see if I’ve got everything: The incubator has added one full-time partner (Wufoo’s Kevin Hale) and four part-time partners (Socialcam’s Michel Seibel, Hipmunk’s Steve Huffman, imeem and App.net’s Dalton Caldwell and Groupon’s Andrew Mason). (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – Participating in hackathons is nothing new in certain parts of the world, especially Silicon Valley. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – If subjects like “XORing Elephants: Novel Erasure Codes for Big Data” get you all worked up, you’ll dig the “Research Publications At Facebook” site, which collects scientific papers written by Facebook employees and researchers. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – I remember waking up 6am, going downstairs, and firing up my Atari 800XL. The disk labeled Karateka inserted, the drive would grunt a few dozen times and the screen would flash. Suddenly, with barely any warning, the opening titles would appear and then the music would start – six notes to signal a game that was menacing in its simplicity. The story was simply told. (IT news)
Email this pagehttp://techcrunch.com – The weekend isn’t upon us just yet, but here’s a little project to tuck away for when the Sunday doldrums set in — the New York-based tinkerers/part suppliers at Adafruit Industries have worked up a way to give your old pair of Chuck Taylors a bit of luminescent DIY flair. The process is pretty straightforward — with about $21 in specialized parts like a small sheet of elec (IT news)
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