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About Me

My blog is:
http://www.gilhildebrand.com...
My Twitter page is:
http://twitter.com/giltother...
My Facebook page is:
http://www.facebook.com/prof...
My favorite blog ever is:
http://www.violentacres.com
One more site you should see:
http://www.myhirefly.com/wel...
I want this lens to be LotD real bad:
Woodstock Music Festival 1969
A really cool movie lens is:
The Horrific Top Ten
The tastiest food lens is:
Tea Junkie
 

giltotherescue giltotherescue has been a member since October 17 2005, has rated 586 lenses, favorited 49, and has created 10 lenses from scratch. Gil Hildebrand Jr donates their royalties to Squidoo Charity Fund. This member's top-ranked page is "PHP vs Rails".

My Bio

I'm a professional software engineer from New Orleans, LA. In October 2005 I moved to New York City, where I helped create Squidoo. Presently I live with my girlfriend Cristal in sunny Boulder, CO, at the foothills of the Rockies and a burgeoning tech scene.

When not serving valliantly as Squidoo's Chief Engineer, I'm working on projects like Hirefly, a new tool that builds on the concept of emai...

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Woodstock Music Festival 1969
Woodstock 1969 The 60's was a turbulent decade. The assassination of JFK kept us fixated on the TV for days and gave us an insecurity that other decades had not felt before.   Those of us growing into our own during the 60's were also ve... view lens
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How to Apply Twilight Vampire Makeup
One of the most important aspects of your Twilight costume is going to be your makeup and how you apply it. The effects can be dramatic and daring or sinfully simple. It's up to you to decide, but whatever you choose, please don't buy a package of cl... view lens
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Gil's Tattoos
Tattooing is one of the ultimate forms of self-expression. My tattoos are not decorations, they are symbols of who I am as a person. I think of them as a uniform, and I bear them proudly as manifestations of my character. Some people make scrapbooks... view lens
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How We Engineered Squidoo
Founded in mid 2005, Squidoo launched in early 2006 and quickly gained traction as a platform for sharing ideas online. On Squidoo, everyday experts (yes, that means you) can handcraft individual web pages (just to be difficult, we call them lenses)... view lens
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The Lost Guide: Scaling a Web App
At a party recently, I talked to a developer who was very interested in how we are scaling Squidoo. I stressed to him that the art of scaling is almost impossible to learn without having a real-life situation to utilize it. That being said, learning... view lens

All of my Lenses (all 10 of 'em!)

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