The Photo Meme
The Rules of the Meme:
Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.
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Thanks for the Help
Infinite Undiscovery (a recent video game) has shocked me by its ineffectual use of tutorials. Here is an event where a tutorial was used:
A carrier pidgeon arrives.
A character explains that group X communicates via carrier pigeon.
You read the message.
A tutorial explains that sometimes carrier pigeons will provide messages from group X.
I slap my forehead. They
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JavaScript as The Web’s Systems Language
We all know there are system programmers and higher-level application programmers. At the extreme ends of each category: a dude writing C to work on the Linux kernal, and a dude writing Java to create a text editor. These two fellows deal with very different tasks. Generally, the former can write stuff that runs faster,
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How Chrome Handles Crashes
I love it.
Crashed plugin:
Crashed tab:
Sure beats the whole browser crashing.
September Link Dump
Normally I don’t believe in making a dead simple tool virtually unusable for the stake of style. But damn, that watch is hot.
Some links to good stock texture sites. High resolution textures can really spice up your site if used right.
Listen up: these guys have shown you how to make an online store. That is
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