Whenever i go to www.paulgraham.com, I notice that the site uses a favicon that is extremely similar to the Yahoo logo, (i.e. Y!). It even uses the same color and font. Can this be linked to PG once working in Yahoo or does it just stand for YCombinator? I am really curious, any hints?
$ host paulgraham.com
paulgraham.com has address 68.142.205.137
paulgraham.com has address 216.252.126.190
paulgraham.com mail is handled by 10 milter1.store.vip.mud.yahoo.com.
paulgraham.com mail is handled by 10 milter1.store.vip.sp1.yahoo.com.
$ host 68.142.205.137
137.205.142.68.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer html1.store.vip.mud.yahoo.com.
$ host 216.252.126.190
190.126.252.216.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer html1.store.vip.sp1.yahoo.com.
I remember pg saying in a comment or article somewhere that his site was one of the few remaining sites still running on the old viaweb system (presumably the one written in lisp).
According to a more recent post, Yahoo! forced Paul to move to the C++ version in the Fall; he experienced some side effects, from what I remember reading.
I was surprised to read PG's mention that he was affected by Yahoo's C++/Perl rewrite of Yahoo Store (someone else has supplied the link).
The dog food to eat now is Arc, not Yahoo Store, isn't it? Wouldn't it have been more fun to just rewrite the original Common Lisp portion in Arc and host it himself, similar to how he's operating Hacker News? Or is Yahoo's promise of stability/uptime more valuable than having another anvil for hammering out Arc on?
OrgName: Inktomi Corporation OrgID: INKT Address: 701 First Ave City: Sunnyvale StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94089 Country: US
NetRange: 68.142.192.0 - 68.142.255.255 CIDR: 68.142.192.0/18 NetName: INKTOMI-BLK-4 NetHandle: NET-68-142-192-0-1 Parent: NET-68-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.YAHOO.COM NameServer: NS2.YAHOO.COM NameServer: NS3.YAHOO.COM NameServer: NS4.YAHOO.COM NameServer: NS5.YAHOO.COM Comment: RegDate: 2004-03-24 Updated: 2005-08-26
RAbuseHandle: NETWO857-ARIN RAbuseName: Network Abuse RAbusePhone: +1-408-349-3300 RAbuseEmail: network-abuse@cc.yahoo-inc.com
OrgAbuseHandle: NETWO857-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Network Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-408-349-3300 OrgAbuseEmail: network-abuse@cc.yahoo-inc.com
OrgTechHandle: NA258-ARIN OrgTechName: Netblock Admin OrgTechPhone: +1-408-349-3300 OrgTechEmail: jluster@yahoo-inc.com
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