published about 1 year ago (03.12.2006 17:18)
Cedric Le Borgne
published about 1 year ago (22.11.2006 23:57)
signs you're a crappy programmer
an excellent post by Damien Katz. not really fresh, but really worth a read.
the first sign also brings to mind a favorite quote of mine:
«A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is
not worth knowing.»
— Alan Perlis
published over 2 years ago (18.11.2006 16:52)
Front Deutscher Äpfel
Wurde auch Zeit, daß sich jemand des deutschen Obstes annimmt! Zu Eurer Information hier ein Auszug aus dem Weltnetzangebot der Initiative:
- Keine Überfremdung des deutschen Obstbestandes mehr!
- Südfrüchte raus!
- Weg mit faulem Fallobst!
published over 2 years ago (22.10.2006 18:12)
dove evolution
»We asked a high-end fashion photographer to make her look as beautiful as possible for a cover/billboard (normal advertising request). I asked the retoucher to save his progress in files/layers, and that’s what was used to create the animation. It’s 100% real. Retouching took 4 full days. Make-up, lighting, and shooting took about 4 to 5 hours.«
—Tim Piper
published over 2 years ago (14.10.2006 18:12)
simple is difficult
chris brown writes: “It is much more difficult to write simple code. There are far too many things to think about. What is a meaningful name for this class, method or variable? How do I test this piece of code? How do I decouple things for easier re-use? Is this class responsible for the appropriate things? How do I remove duplication?...etc, etc. Whew! I need a lie down.”i couldn’t agree more!
published over 2 years ago (04.10.2006 12:55)
wieder von der kleinschreibung verabschieden?
»wir schreiben alles klein; denn wir sparen damit zeit. außerdem: warum 2 alfabete, wenn eins dasselbe erreicht? warum groß schreiben, wenn man nicht groß sprechen kann?«
bauhaus, 1925
published over 2 years ago (22.09.2006 22:32)
smoke this.
the following code execudes just fine (the puts are executed in order 1-7, no parse errors). earns an anything-special-about-that? shrug from the ruby crowd, a highly disturbed look from everyone else (including me).
module Acid
puts "1) My first Acid."
def self.append_features(mod)
puts "4) Now #{mod.class}'s taken Acid."
mod.extend(self)
end
end
class Bus
puts "2) Now that's a boring bus."
end
class Furthur < Bus
puts "3) First, setup the fuel."
include Acid
puts "5) Lets get on the magic bus."
def initialize
puts "6) A magic bus has been set up."
end
def play_hippie_music
puts "7) Driving Home. That's it, folks!"
end
end
magic_bus = Furthur.new
magic_bus.play_hippie_musicpublished over 2 years ago (20.09.2006 21:59)
aphex twin is alive and well at youtube
a warning, in case you hadn’t noticed: some of this stuff is really dark & twisted.
- [windowlicker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCjwr0YG7ow) - [come to daddy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0) - [rubber johnny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJUChQSDmsM) (thoughts of [eraserhead](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead) come to mind) - flex [pt 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnvmcRbiwm8),
- [monkey drummer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZGIrNf71Q)
all of these were by aphex twin & chris cunningham.
and for some comic relief:
visit osama and the family guy, or, even lighter, monty pythons legendary dead parrot sketch!
published over 2 years ago (12.09.2006 13:49)
Qingdao
“The taxi ride to the restaurant was insane. The taxi driver was weaving in and out of cars at speeds between 160 and 180 KPH (between 100 and 110 MPH). He was passing cars on double yellow lines with incoming head-on traffic. When I reached for my seatbelt, I quickly realized it was broken. I looked at the driver and asked if I could atleast share his. He just laughed. At one point he was passing a car on a double yellow with an incoming Tsingtao beer truck coming at us at full speed. Luckily the other driver swerved in time but missed our taxi by less than 2 inches. It was the closest I’ve come to “a serious and most likely fatal traffic accident. (Wouldn’t that have been ironic, getting killed by a beer truck while attending the beer festival.) By the time I arrived at the Italian restaurant my legs were shaking and I almost threw up. So if you ever get in a taxi in Qingdao and the driver’s name is 陈心南 (Chen Xin Nan), get the fuck out. (Although he did get me across town in record time.)” thewhiskeydragon.net