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Steven Frank
stevenf.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2007
Steven Frank is a Mac developer who writes about programming, the App Store, retro Apple software, and small web tools like Shutup.css.
What HN saysCommenters recommend Shutup.css for hiding comment sections and cite his Beagle Bros archive in retro Apple II nostalgia threads.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Programming for Mere Mortals3 people · 59 points · first shared 2011 · 24 comments on HN
- 2Shutup.css — Hide Comments on Many Popular Websites3 people · 18 points · first shared 2010 · 14 comments on HN
- 3Shutup.css3 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 4Steven F on the iPad: Old vs New World2 people · 53 points · first shared 2010 · 22 comments on HN
- 5Office 2010 preview2 people · 5 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Beagle Bros Online Museum2 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 7Dragon’s Lair – An Arcade Story1 people · 227 points · first shared 2014 · 92 comments on HN
- 8I’m furious with Apple and AT&T right now, with regard to the iPhone1 people · 104 points · first shared 2009 · 39 comments on HN
- 9Stop Using FTP1 people · 65 points · first shared 2008 · 65 comments on HN
- 10Steven Frank Gets Reply From Phil Schiller on iPhone Boycott1 people · 38 points · first shared 2009 · 23 comments on HN
- 11On the App Store1 people · 33 points · first shared 2008 · 30 comments on HN
- 12The “desktop” metaphor for computers is outdated. What can take its place?1 people · 31 points · first shared 2009 · 33 comments on HN
- 13Practice makes perfect1 people · 27 points · first shared 2009 · 6 comments on HN
- 14The problem with my self-imposed iPhone boycott is...1 people · 27 points · first shared 2009 · 19 comments on HN
- 15The First, The Free, and the Good1 people · 21 points · first shared 2008 · 4 comments on HN
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mrzool · 2020-08-21
Not sure it covers all the features you need but worth mentioning: Spect[1] for macOS, frugal and fast.
1: https://stevenf.com/spect
jonahbenton · 2020-05-14
Great piece.
Haven't seen Beagle Bros mentioned. Their awesome catalogs:
https://stevenf.com/beagle/contents.html
Also haven't seen mentioned Pinball Construction Set- an absolutely amazing piece of engineering, by Bill Budge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Construction_Set
Last I checked, Budge was still working- for Google- on the V8 runtime. Think he is on twitter.
And while there are a lot of 6502 assembly resources around online, fondly remembered books on 6502 assembly and graphics programming (still have em):
https://www.amazon.com/High-resolution-Graphics-Animation-Assembly-Lan…
https://books.google.com/books/about/Hi_res_Graphics_for_the_Apple_II_…
Super cool memories from my childhood.
Terretta · 2010-05-22
Steven Frank of well known Mac development house "Panic" blogged about the details lost trying to sync contacts through Google instead of MobileMe:
http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/618349003/here-are-some-things-you-shou…
His summary: "If you’re contemplating this change, I highly recommend setting aside a few hours for research first. You may be unpleasantly surprised."
Some more issues are discussed in today's TUAW article, "Sync Wars: Address Book vs. Google Contacts":
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/22/address-book-vs-google-contacts/
malkia · 2019-02-25
That's how I started - on Apple][/e clone (bulgarian version was called "Pravetz 8C"). Right there the ] prompt was waiting for me, and even CALL-151 was available for futher experimentation ;)
Oh, the joy when I've found Beagle Bross software - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Bros
Also this: https://stevenf.com/beagle/where.html
intopieces · 2016-01-08
Since integrating shutup.css [0] in my browsers, my experience on websites with comments sections has been much more pleasurable. It's very good at recognizing comments sections and completely removing them.
I wish more sites disabled them and instead opened their blogs up to well-thought out letters to the editor.
[0]https://stevenf.com/shutupcss/
freshyill · 2013-12-09
Prepare for your life to get even better: http://stevenf.com/shutupcss
micampe · 2013-02-22
I think shutup.css is more effective at making the Internet suck less http://stevenf.com/shutup-css/
veidr · 2012-01-02
I guess that's a good point if comments are truly important to you. Which they perhaps are, for a tiny minority of blogs.
(I personally don't find comments important at all, and even take advantage of the various browser extensions[1] to hide them on various sites that do have them.)
[1]: e.g. http://stevenf.com/pages/shutup.css.html
100k · 2011-08-12
I started on this before hearing about Programming for Mere Mortals (http://stevenf.com/pages/book.html). I was sort of bummed by the similar names but decided to keep mine because I tried to start from the beginning.
jarrodtaylor · 2009-07-28
I've been blocking Flash for a while now. Not because of security, but because it's almost always annoying.
Check out Steven Frank's thoughts on the subject: http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/73315911/the-politics-of-flash
ableal · 2009-04-29
Version for Mac ("It’s UI salad") at:
http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/101550689/office-2010-preview
mattstudio · 2021-03-19
milkshakes · 2010-07-02
this might help: http://stevenf.com/pages/shutup/
raimondious · 2010-03-04
You might like http://stevenf.com/pages/shutup/