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New: Top Referring Search Engines Report

August 20 at 8:00 pm - Link

accesine and Elias Torres liked this

So much more coming, this is just the first tasty bit. - David Cancel

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My (temporary) avatar on Twitter and Disqus. Howard hates these...

August 17 at 5:29 pm - Link

I hate them too... - David Cancel

Eric Florenzano commented on a story on Reddit

ericflo on Web/Application Server comparison looks good for Erlang

August 15 at 5:06 am - Link

"I'm sorry but if you benchmark Django using its development server that, right in the documentation clearly states "DO NOT USE THIS SERVER IN A PRODUCTION SETTING. It has not gone through security audits or performance tests," then your benchmark is flawed." - Eric Florenzano

This should be titled "Dev Environment" Performance test. Django development server? Webrick? Bizarre. - David Cancel

David Cancel commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: [bijan sabet] the personal tumblelog of Bijan Sabet

August 15 at 5:55 am - Link

"I'm with you there. I saw them in Portsmouth, NH this year, one of the best performances I can remember." - David Cancel

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Re: The New AVC, Same As The Old AVC

August 5 at 3:03 pm - Link

"Looks absolutely fabulous. Congrats. PS. The great picture of you with your family shows that your priorities are properly aligned. Cheers, ;dc" - David Cancel

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Douchebag Beach

August 1 at 4:00 pm - Link

martinmedia, David, Pete Delucchi, edythe and 6 other people liked this

mein gott it makes Florida look pleasant - Sean Savage

sociology, eh? - Nick

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at 5:30 - Q: "what would your parents say if they saw this" A: "my mom's right over there, she don't care!" LOL! - Nick

wow. - Jeremiah Owyang

ha - totally east coast, same in our town ;) - mike "glemak" dunn

Nice Venice Beach Parody. Even though they switched the coasts. - Jacob

I feel like what little culture I have was sucked out of my body for 6+ minutes - Jim Goldstein

This is the problem with guidos - http://getoffourisland.com - Chris Resch

Whoa that brings back memories of High School (Queens, NY).... - David Cancel

Nice peeling shorebreak, but nobody out. Too bad. - Paul Reynolds

Good times...Glad they're over. - Kevin D. White

Attack of the guido clones! I pity them, I think we all should pity them.. - martinmedia

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CalDAV support comes to Google Calendar

July 28 at 3:38 pm - Link

finally. Great news, iCal's interface rocks. - David Cancel

Eric Marcoullier posted a message on Twitter

“The proprieter of Palo Alto's House of Foam has a car with the plate MR FOAM.”

July 25 at 4:56 pm - Link

Fuck I want to be MR FOAM - David Cancel

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The Essence of Silicon Valley

July 24 at 9:15 am - Link

Randy's quote is one of my favorites, it applies to much more than just geography. His book is great read too. - David Cancel

David Cancel shared an item on Google Reader

The Essence of Silicon Valley

July 24 at 9:15 am - Link

Randy's quote is one of my favorites, it applies to much more than just geography. His book is great read too. - David Cancel

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Lookery Launches User Demographic Analytics for Websites

July 22 at 12:25 pm - Link

Hurray! We've launched our Demographic Analytic services. Try it out and let me know what you think. - David Cancel

David Cancel shared an item on Google Reader

Internally Caching Longer Than Externally Caching

July 17 at 6:09 pm - Link

Sweet hack. - David Cancel

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Enter the iPhone apps

July 10 at 1:52 pm - Link

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Yowza! These look amazing! - David Cancel

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Team Lookery : that’s what it is really about | Lookery Blog

July 9 at 1:34 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

What a great team we've put together, Thanks Rex for reminding us. - David Cancel via Bookmarklet

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Calling BS on Wall Street’s YouTube Revenue Estimates

July 9 at 12:16 pm - Link

Amen, brother. - David Cancel

Jason Haruska posted a message on Twitter

“Matt's ec2 talk: http://snapmylife.com/p/403386”

July 8 at 4:14 pm - Link

Post the presentation when you get a chance. Thanks! - David Cancel

Sean Lindsay posted a message on Twitter

“Out for drinks with another VC buddy..interesting as always”

July 8 at 4:03 pm - Link

VCs can also be buddies? Weird.. - David Cancel via twhirl

Rex posted a message on Twitter

“@dcancel time for some glasses DC!”

July 8 at 3:57 pm - Link

Haha! Eagle My vision is not the problem. it's these Twhirl fonts - David Cancel via twhirl

Brian Breslin posted a message on Twitter

“score! $50 free facebook ads: http://tinyurl.com/6plynm (my total is up to $200/free ads so far!)”

July 7 at 6:42 pm - Link

Great tip, just signed up for some free ads, only up to $100 so far. - David Cancel

Todd Sampson posted a message on Twitter

“Parent Hack: Keep a Dustbuster next to the height chair and vacuum the tray, chair and kid after each meal. (Is that wrong??)”

July 7 at 11:59 am - Link

Oh I'm definitely stealing that parent hack, thanks. - David Cancel

David Cancel posted a message on Twitter

“Day at Sandy Point Beach - Plum Island, MA http://bit.ly/1HZkol”

July 7 at 11:43 am - Link

We should meet there one of these days. Do you get there at 8am also? - Elias Torres

Let's do it! Yeah we got there late this time at 9am. Waiting for someone to leave even after it's FULL is another strategy. - David Cancel

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Homemade Flame Thrower

July 6 at 3:51 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Pete Delucchi, John Lam, macromediax, Ken Booth and 81 other people liked this

That's awesome, and I think it will speed up darwinism - Blackopsmanners

Hum... The purpose? the use? :) - directeur via NoiseRiver

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Next: car mounted version - Ken Sheppardson

Awesome flamethrower! - Mitchell Tsai

Somebody is gonna put an eye out with that thing. - Chris Baskind

Got to love diy flame throwers - "Czar" DJ Peterman

Directuer, this is part of urban warfare and survival tactics training. Maybe this kid got his hands /idea from the some army guy or he just did it for kicks :)- - Peter Dawson

Somehow, I'm reminded of this joke: What does a redneck say before he dies? "Hey y'all watch this!" - Hutch Carpenter

That's hot! - Adam Lasnik

Hutch, you had me chuckling out loud there. ;) - Mathew A. Koeneker

the words homemade and flamethrower don't fare well in my prognosticating abilities - Cee Bee

me and the ground hog would get along great w/ that. - clarke thomas

Need one of these for weeds. - Larry Huffman

Great addition to one's zombie defense arsenal, that's for sure. - Ken Sheppardson

w o w - JA Castillo

please be careful man - Jason Calacanis

that's like a... real life rocketeer. RAD - Mona N.

s'mores? - Frankie Warren

@Blackopsmanners have to totally awesome and speed up darwinism just a bit - Justin Yost

OMG.. what's the opposite of a Fireman? heh - Daynah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Sean-Michael Robinson

I love it! - Michael J Cohen

OMG.... Will come in handy for when those flesh-eating zombies try to take over... - Yule Heibel

My brother used to use hairspray and a lighter ...don't show him this!! hehehe! (LOL @ Hutch's comment above - awesome!!) - Susan Beebe

Oh boy! - Nicholas Kreidberg

OMG I must have that. - Jason Runyan

Perfect gift for the troll who has everything. - Dave Winer

And if this guy blows himself up, we can all pay for his lifelong medical rehabilitation via insurance premiums. - Sal Distefano

My sister's boyfriend would LOVE this. He's just the type of guy who likes to build crazy, stupid things - David Adam

I know I'd let *my* kid play with a flamethrower in the backyard. Sureyoubet. - Chris Baskind

amazon, sell this now. haha. - Michael J Cohen via Alert Thingy

You can take my flamethrower when you pry it from my hot, dead hands. - Jim Norris

I live in Northern Cal, we have enough fire thank you very much! - Barb Gonzalez

There is a much simpler and cheaper way of making a flamethrower: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6yF... - Thai Tran

Cool toy! But be careful man. - Jeff P. Henderson

exactly who needs a homemade flamethrower? - Paul Moss via Alert Thingy

Whoa. Judging from the aim on the second pic, those tree's probably are toast by now. - Franklin Naval

nice work idiot - ben rogers via twhirl

The hotness, literally. - David Cancel

this is fantastic - long live This Guy so my pyro bend can continue vicariously through his efforts (realizing, of course, that he may already be dead) - Nate

diy + do-not-try-this-at-home = hero - Pete Delucchi

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Gnip Launches To Ease The Strain On Web Services

July 1 at 12:38 pm - Link

Eric holding it down. Cheers brother! - David Cancel

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My Web Beacon Finder

July 1 at 7:55 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Updated my beacon finder - David Cancel via Bookmarklet

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Working With History in Bash

June 28 at 12:52 pm - Link

The Bash rabbithole is deep. Love learning new hacks. - David Cancel

David Cancel commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Checking Out Google Trends For Websites

June 21 at 8:09 pm - Link

"Great post. Full Disclosure: I co-founded Compete and am still an adviser to them. We in the web analytics world have been waiting for Google to allow users to share their Analytics numbers publicly. I'm very sure that is coming soon and this along with their GA benchmarking opt-in feature they released a few months ago are just small tests as they try and get the experience right. I'm all for it, the more transparency in numbers the better. Because all data are dirty and biased the best way to create a level measuring service is ubiquity. If the market agrees on a local analytic standard, like GA, then we can get closer to the "truth", that would be best for everyone including Compete, Comscore, Nielsen, etc. For years I tried to push forward on a local auditing option, similar to what Quantcast is doing now with their quantified program. My biggest regret is not having brought that service to life at Compete. Our competitor Nielsen was way to happy to sue anyone in the local..." - David Cancel

David Cancel commented on a blog post on Disqus

Re: Checking Out Google Trends For Websites

June 21 at 8:09 pm - Link

"Great post. Full Disclosure: I co-founded Compete and am still an adviser to them. We in the web analytics world have been waiting for Google to allow users to share their Analytics numbers publicly. I'm very sure that is coming soon and this along with their GA benchmarking opt-in feature they released a few months ago are just small tests as they try and get the experience right. I'm all for it, the more transparency in numbers the better. Because all data are dirty and biased the best way to create a level measuring service is ubiquity. If the market agrees on a local analytic standard, like GA, then we can get closer to the "truth", that would be best for everyone including Compete, Comscore, Nielsen, etc. For years I tried to push forward on a local auditing option, similar to what Quantcast is doing now with their quantified program. My biggest regret is not having brought that service to life at Compete. Our competitor Nielsen was way to happy to sue anyone in the local..." - David Cancel

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Checking Out Google Trends For Websites

June 21 at 8:07 pm - Link

Smart post by Fred. - David Cancel

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wtop - Google Code

June 20 at 8:05 am - Link

Cool! - David Cancel

anything _x_top is cool with me. - Elias Torres

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Is the Google Toolbar a Trojan Horse for Ad Targetting? (Ballmer Plays The

June 16 at 8:10 pm - Link

Uh.. No duh. This has been out in the open for many years. Also where do you think the data goes when "phishing" protection is enabled in FireFox and every click goes to Google? - David Cancel

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