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It's quick and dirty and has no error catching, but it kind of does the job. Let me know what you think!


Could you help me figure out how to change my top bar color? I can't seem to find the option.


It's a benefit of having around 250 karma. After 500 or so, you also get to downvote (some) comments.

So, post more good comments, and/or submit good articles. Then it appears in your editable user profile when logged in.


Will there ever be a 32-bit version?


It should be easy to do a port, but it's one of the many things to do. I can't commit to a timeline, but it will probably happen.


The big things I want this to do that Urbanspoon doesn't would be to rate dining halls in addition to restaurants and to find very specific walking distances from certain residence halls on campus. I am kind of basing my idea on Urbanspoon, but with more of an individual college focus.

I'll take a look at campusfood, thanks!


Check out localupsolutions.com - they might be able to help as they have a white-label restaurant guide solution.


The article didn't really clarify well what is wrong with ePub.


I'm sorry it was not very clear. Here's what's wrong with ePub: http://blog.widescript.com/2010/08/03/we-support-zhook/

But basically, ePub is full of bugs (that take ages to be solved until the huge committee agrees on every point), it is complex to build and debug, and does not support HTML5. Heck, there is not even a way to define a cover.

Just to be clear, HTML5 is composed of many parts. You might be thinking about canvas or video/audio, but one of the most important introductions are the new tags, that turn out to be perfect for crafting electronic publications (semantic richness). That you can use it in ePub doesn't mean you're meant to.


How does Windows 7 do it, then? I know W7 detects a login portal page too.


Thank you, panda. That was the joke.


Nook is rootable because it uses Android, which lets it read RSS feeds and such via Trook.

And ePub is a big deal if you plan to get books anywhere but the B&N/Amazon bookstores.

Color touchscreen is also nice.


Like my Zippo!


I'd be interested if he had given me a reading from the book. I don't understand exactly what he's selling me - a cool version of a Dummies book, perhaps?


It's a cool math textbook, yes.

What I love about it—his main point—is his conjecture that it's not a far step from the "challenge everything" mentality of the original punk movement to "challenge everything" mentality that the brightest kids engage math with. Just apply some rigorous thinking.

It's a different way to approach math, directed to an audience that typically doesn't do a whole lot of it.


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