10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 (a collaborative book by Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost (previously, previously, previously), Jeremy Douglass, Mark C. Marino, Michael Mateas (of Facade), Casey Reas, Mark Sample and Noah Vawter) uses a
single line of code as a basis for pontificating on
creative computing and the impact of software in popular culture. 10 PRINT's content is available as a
PDF (50 MB).
Pictures via Casey Reas' Flickr.
posted by mrgrimm
on Nov 29, 2012 -
47 comments
Bret Victor: We often think of a programming environment or language in terms of its features -- this one "has code folding", that one "has type inference". This is like thinking about a book in terms of its words -- this book has a "fortuitous", that one has a "munificent". What matters is not individual words, but how the words together convey a message.
Likewise, a well-designed programing system is not simply a bag of features. A good system is designed to encourage particular ways of thinking, with all features carefully and cohesively designed around that
purpose.
posted by AceRock
on Sep 27, 2012 -
69 comments
This is just the top 30, what I consider to be the most likely candidates for actual new programming jargon based on community upvotes, not just "funny thing that another programmer typed on a webpage and I felt compelled to upvote for hilarity". Because that would be Reddit. Coding Horror presents
the top 30 Stack Overflow New Programming Jargon entries.
posted by Artw
on Jul 20, 2012 -
66 comments
Hacker Typer - Now you can look like you're doing something important on your computer, like you've always wanted to! (hit hack and just start bashing at your keyboard)
posted by azarbayejani
on Apr 27, 2011 -
71 comments
Stack Overflow is now out of beta. Designed as a question and answer forum for programmers, it's been made to fill the gap currently filled by sites like the much hated and oft mispronounced
Expertsexchange. If you're sick of having to
scroll to the bottom, and you write code, then this could be for you. The site has been made by a team headed by
Jeff Atwood and
Joel Spolsky. These are two uber-bloggers who've made a name for themselves talking about how to code. Of course, for haters of Stack Overflow, there are already a
couple of
sites to pamper to your anger. Finally, if you're wondering what a
stack overflow is, then wikipedia has the answer.
posted by seanyboy
on Sep 15, 2008 -
51 comments
3dHTML. No Flash, no nothing. Wow.
posted by Su
on Feb 27, 2002 -
8 comments
Sexy DHTML Tricks Abound! Have you seen the DHTML pop-up items at PHP.net? These things are cool, cutting edge and amazingly groovy! Nice to see additional features added to the page without bloating the design. I like it! (DHTML compatible browser needed!) [ref:
nublog!]
posted by DragonBoy
on Jul 7, 2000 -
21 comments
Flyswat is a crazy new app that adds metadata to any page you're viewing on the web. When you click on the newly hyperlinked words, it shows a popup with extra info about the word.
Here's this site,
Slashdot, and
prolific.org screenshots (notice it actually recognized "0sil8" as a word). I also thought it was kind of funny it uses the same link colors as this site for it's hyperlinks. If you thought weblogs were a huge time sink, just imagine when every page you see has all sorts of offsite related links...
posted by mathowie
on Jan 31, 2000 -
3 comments
