Archive for January, 2010
[Link] Statisticians take themselves too seriously
January 28th, 2010[Link] Windows 3.1 Online – With Minesweeper!
January 23rd, 2010Windows 3.1 Online – With Minesweeper! (Hacker News)
This is absolutely amazing. This guy basically created Windows 3.1 using nothing but javascript and html. The DOS shell even works!
The Dark Side of Perl
January 16th, 2010Code! Yes. A programmer’s strength flows from code maintainability.
But beware of Perl. Terse syntax… more than one way to do it…
default variables. The dark side of code maintainability are they.
Easily they flow, quick to join you when code you write. If once
you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny,
consume you it will.- Yoda [1]
[1] http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/99/Nov/perl.html
[Link] Soft maximum
January 13th, 2010[Link] Dimensional Analysis
January 11th, 2010Dimensional Analysis (xkcd.com)
Hehe… Buckingham Pi to the rescue