In an earlier post I wrote my wish-list for the perfect programming language (for me.) I believe most programmers have a perfect programming language in mind. It usually goes something like this: “I really like the object model of language W and the functional aspects of language X and the syntax of language Y. It [...]
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How My Girlfriend Saved My Life And Other Confessions
My father rode his bicycle to work almost every day, even though he didn’t have to. He took a bike path along the Amazon Slough in Eugene Oregon. Every day he got up early and packed a lunch with pieces of bread, small plastic containers of jam, peanut butter, fruits, nuts, raisins, and leftovers from [...]
Phone spam and what AT&T isn’t doing to help
I used to be a no-cell-phone guy, but about 2 1/2 years ago I caved and got a cell phone with service from AT&T. What I didn’t know was that the phone number was deeply lodged in the databases of some offshore pharmaceutical-pushing call center. Some previous owner, who we shall call “M. Vacchio” had [...]
New Project: Roguelike in Python
Something I have been mulling over in my head for awhile is the idea of writing my very own roguelike game. A few years ago I was introduced to Nethack and I haven’t been the same since. Many of these games are open source already. The ones that I have looked at are Nethack, SLASH’EM [...]
Down 71% in popularity this week.
Due to my involvement in the making of the film Coraline, I have the singular honor of having an entry in the Internet Movie Database. Unfortunately, according to IMDB’s STARmeter rating, my popularity has gone down 71% this week.
The Most Important Site on the Internet
First of all, it isn’t this one. Secondly, it’s not Google–thank God. Google is just the most popular website. It won’t be forever. Wikipedia is certainly a contender. It’s really archive.org, also known as the Internet Archive. Go to the page and you’ll see their goal in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
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