Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
05feb2006
YARV merged into 1.9? not that soon, Mauricio Fernandez clarifies.
Beyond mainstream object-oriented programming, a whirl-wind tour though just about every object system. (Read the rest of that site too, it’s just excellent.)
Stress, Societies and Shelving, by Hanna Jarvinen. “I do think that it is time to found a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Scholars.”
Rx Handbook, complete documentation of a Forth core language.
How to Consistently Win the High-low Game, by William Taysom. Reminds me of my totally safe way to make profit at the stock market. (And if it didn’t include the solution written in Ruby, it would make a great quiz.)
Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood
Let me smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood
Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves
Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace.
Let me die in my footsteps
Before I go down under the ground.
— Bob Dylan, Let Me Die in My Footsteps
ChatFu, Cartoonify (And Save) Your IM Chats.
Thelema — A Modern Religion for Modern Times, by tannhaus. I prefer atheism, the only post-modern religion. ;-)
The Effective Emailer, by Guy Kawasaki.
How do songs get stuck in your head?, the reason may have to do with repetition.
insert “milkshake” joke here, awesome video. PNSFW.
Kissing cats, cute, no?
Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out. — Richard P. Feynman
Zoem is an interpretive macro/programming language made for building and translating micro-formats. Very TeXish syntax.
compilers.net is a news site for all things on compilers.
Red Necks, Red Dirt and Red Beer…, by terryfunk. “The huge changes that were coming, were yet to reach farmland America. Getting high, long hair and Zen philosophy were yet to arrive.”
The Hitchhiker Guide to Islam, Jihad, Jews, Sex with minors and the 70 virgins, Part I by KingRamsis. “Recently more and more FUD about Islam has been spreading mainly due to ignorance and partially on purpose by parties who stand to gain from trashing the image of Islam and Muslims.”
Inverse typechecker and theorem proving in intuitionistic and classical logics, for your daily mind bending.
Front door shut, back door too,
Blinds pulled down, what’ cha gonna do?
Gotta step it up and go-Yeah, go.
Can’t stand pat, swear you gotta step it up and go.
— Bob Dylan, Step It up and Go
Siaris.net – Simplicity via Complexity, Bob Hutchison comments. But yes, simplicity may only be a local minimum of complexity.
The Memory Project is the Dominion Institute’s flagship educational programme, designed to connect veterans and students online and in classrooms across the country. Also has a comprehensive digital archive.
RubySpaMeeting2006, featuring great news: “YARV will be merged into Ruby 1.9 at Feb 14, Saint Valentine’s Day.”
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