Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
03dec2005
The Boomerang Nebula, the coolest place in the Universe? “Even the -270C background glow from the Big Bang is warmer than this nebula.” Truly chilly.
Inside the mind of a Mac newbie by Giles Turnbull. Nice story.
Unintentionally sexual comic book covers, Part 1. WJW.
Ruby As An Acceptable LISP, John Wiseman picks up a post by Eric Kidd. Lovely how they speak of Ruby being a Lisp.
Finding weird numbers also is the current Ruby Quiz. (And the reason Anarchaia is rather sparse currently.)
Functional Imperative Rosetta Stone on the Wiki. Now, this is an interesting comparision of C++ and Haskell.
I got pregnant once, did I ever tell you
Couldn’t believe my belly got so distended
I decided to keep it, out came a horse
Still not sure just what God intended
— Dan Bern, Abortion
Happy Birthday, Doppler! Sounds, Sights, and Software of the Doppler Effect by Peter Kirn. A bit late, I know.
The Museum of Modern Betas, awesome.
Swedish Campground or how Apple got the unusual symbol used for the menu command key.
Press Plagiarist of the Year Award, Nominations 2005, vote now!
But the joke was on me
There was nobody even there to call my bluff
I’m going back to New York City
I do believe I’ve had enough
— Bob Dylan, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Hijacking Podcasts by Chris Josephes. This is unfortunate, but can’t really be helped against.
Dabble DB, Patrick Logan judges right, even if he didn’t try it. “I think it will be easier to dabble than it is to jot.”
Lisp Books online, collected by Bill Bradford.
Rediscovering the State of the Art, John Wiseman compares the atmosphere with Lisp and Ruby.
Torrent is a framework for designing workflows. A workflow is essentially a set of tasks which flow based on the dependencies between them.