June 2008
Nintendo Channel Reveals Hard Truths About Wii... →
Nintendo reveals some stats on what games people are playing on the Wii. Some very interesting data indeed!
Thinking Like a Cocoa Programmer →
Perhaps a bit elitist.. but well written regardless.
Stage 0: Not Ready For Agile →
I’m floored by this… they turned down Andy Hunt because someone didn’t follow some arbitrary process. :O
I noticed Andy’s got a few new pragmatic books too. Cool!
DAFT PUNK LYRICS - Around The World →
WALL•E (2008): Reviews →
Looks like it’s gonna be awesome… those Pixar guys rock!
Fear And Loathing At RailsConf →
Muxtape Stumbler - MP3 Discovery Tool →
I <3 muxtape.
Flying Away Again →
Say 안녕 to Kim Jong-il for me!
Curtis Lassam » Blog Archive » IRCulated →
STOP! Hammertime! →
“Adds ‘STOP! Hammertime!’ functionality to Firefox”
Dark Knight Director Shuns Digital Effects for the... →
Nothing beats the real thing…
Mootools Mocha UI →
Pretty sexy javascript UI. Makes use of canvas to draw stuff.
Gmail Client Side Architecture Part 1 →
Some details on how Gmail works. Some pretty cool techniques to know about.
The fate of reduce() in Python 3000 →
Guido talks about removing some of the more functional style stuff from Python.
I used to like messing around with this stuff, but it always felt a bit awkward as lambdas were kinda limited compared to real functions.
I think Guido is doing the right thing for the future of the language.
“What is the web but an infinite collection of documents, all of which you access...”
– Mike Lee
HOWTO make the perfect fudge and get laid →
Nice howto.
Real-time Caustics Rendering →
Whoa.. nice! Not 100% accurate, but still looks fantastic for real time applications.
Studds is the smartest person I know
Jack: You know that new game, Spore? As a teaser, they released s demo where u can create your own creature to walk around on land.
Jack: Currently, there are 351 videos on youtube that match the terms "spore penis".
Studds: Ohhh... i think the internet is regressing. It's not that the maturity of the users has fallen
Studds: but rather than their ability to express that has increased
Jack: True... If i had an easier way to convey a penis to thousands of people, i would do it all the time. It's an innate desire of mine, not one that would go away with age.
Jack: PENIS! :D
What is *jour and why they are killer apps for... →
Pretty cool application of network service auto-discovery tech. Looks like a really cool solution for sharing stuff around a local network.
These rails guys are pretty smart dudes!
Google User Experience →
These look like some fantastic principles to design with.
reddit goes open source →
Congrats to the reddit team!
“That cake will give you css rendering errors, in your colon.”
– visualrinse
All Your Coffee Are Belong To Us →
One of the funniest things I’ve seen on slashdot in ages.
Coding Horror: Physics Based Games →
Bridge Builder is one of my all time favorite games. Half the fun is watching your bridge collapse and the train plunge into the water below. bwahaha!
Teach the Controversy →
“Intelligently designed t-shirts urging you to show both sides of every story”
My Life In a Cube →
“So Depressing It’s Almost Funny”
Done, and Gets Things Smart →
Erlang: A Generalized TCP Server →
This looks like a surprisingly elegant way of implementing a TCP server. The syntax looks like a good fit.
Don't Go Dark →
Jeff Atwood on being transparent and open when coding.
The Case for Cocktails →
This is making me thirsty.
Rhinos and Tigers →
Steve Yegge talks about server side JavaScript. He’s a hella smart guy with some strong opinions and good insight into programming.
Epiphany →
Damien Katz has some insightful thoughts on static typing in OO languages.
