Monthly Archives: August 2011

How the Internet Works 0: A New Focus for thekeesh.com

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Almost what the internet looks like

Almost what the internet looks like

I’m starting a new project, and adding a little more focus to thekeesh.com. What I hope to do is every week or so write a post that explains, in plain language, some part of the internet. If you’ve been around the internet for a while–or even if you’ve been around the internet for a short period of time–you know that it’s filled with tons of jargon.

What is a web browser? A domain name? An IP address? An ajax request? Cross-site scripting? HTTP? TCP/IP? A DNS server? There are hundreds more, and hopefully you will find some of these useful, educational, or interesting. These posts are mainly geared towards someone who uses the internet, but doesn’t really know much about what’s going on behind the scenes.

If you have any subjects are terms you are interested in covering, let me know!

Martin’s Mildness Alternating Straights and Crossed Every 3 Beats

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This is a really cool juggling pattern with me and Jacob. It is a modification of Martin’s Mildness. The sequence in Martins Mildness is:

Person A (crosses):   Pass, Pass, Self,           Pass, Pass, (Zip), Self
Person B (straights): Pass, Pass, (Zip), Self,    Pass Pass Self

We are alternating straights and crossing passes every three beats, and what that means is that one person will be doing all of the (Zip) Selves!

Person A (me, no zips): Pass, Pass, Self,        Pass, Pass, Self ...
Person B (Jacob, zips): Pass, Pass, (Zip), Self, Pass, Pass, (Zip), Self ...

If you look at how each 3-beat sequence lines up, you can see that if you switch off between Person A and Person B in the first pattern, one person will skip all the skips. It’s very cool, and pretty hard, and if you don’t know too much about juggling, looks just like every other pattern :)

Jitterbunk. Bunk Your Friends.

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If you read tech news or startup news, you are probably numb to it.

“Here is a new startup that will revolutionize our daily lives.”
“This site promises to forever change the way we communicate.”
“This one is a new twist on local deals.”
“You can watch videos or listen to music—but with your friends.”

This list keeps going. But that’s why we’ve built jitterbunk. We did away with all the fluff of new social sites and created a site where you can simply bunk your friends.

Read more about the founding of jitterbunk here.

If you like jitterbunk, you’ll definitely like raunk.

If you thought that was interesting…

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Then head over to raunk.com. This is the startup I’ve been working on this summer with four friends. It’s a site where you can rate anything, and from the ratings, see best-of lists from different perspectives. Since the best-of lists are generated dynamically and from tags, we can generate really amazing and specific lists.

Let me give you a few examples:

Best Programming Languages According To Stanford Computer Science Majors
Best Movies According to Me
Best Season 8 Curb Your Enthusiasm Episodes According to my friends Zach and Daniel
Best Books According to my friend Eric
Best Free Mac Software According to Everyone
Best Harry Potter Characters According to my friend David

Let me explain why this site has the potential to be an amazing resource for you:

There already are many sites that rate things and review things–but most of these are for very common areas such as movies and restaurants. However, it is very common to start googling for the “best something.” But often you are looking for something that doesn’t have a review community like the Best Domain Name Registrars or the Best Stanford Traditions.

These are things I’ve been looking for recently. Our hope with raunk is that if we can can create a platform where people can rate anything, then raunk can be the primary resource for any specific list you have. If you look up best domain name registrars on google, what you’ll find at the top is just a blog post. What would be more helpful to me is if I could see the opinion of the internet, experts in this area, and people whose opinions I respect.

If you head over to raunk.com and check it out, send me an email and let me know what you think, or comment here.