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Damien Walters and Livewire's Free Running Shenanigans

LordSludge — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:41:59 -0800

Damien Walters and Tim "Livewire" Shieff: Choose Your Own Adventure. (previously)

Related to (and probably a viral vid-series for) their new-ish YouTube show, The Walters & Shieff Show -- ep1, ep2, ep3, & ep4. bonus pointless/amazing video: Livewire -- A Day in the Life (slightly NSFW -- brief man ass)

A Good Story About Programming

grumblebee — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:00:35 -0800

"This is the story of when I re-wrote the Lotus Notes Formula Engine.... So here was I was, offered this position that I clearly wasn't qualified for. I had no experience with language runtimes or compilers, I knew very little about C and didn't know anything about C++, I had never dealt with platform byte ordering and packing and all the other issues associated with writing something for eight different operating systems, I had never even used proper version control. But none of that mattered to me. It seemed to me like an amazing opportunity and I would be doing exactly the kind of stuff I enjoy most..."

The $98M Skull

ClanvidHorse — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:32:44 -0800

Diamond Encrusted Skull Filter. British Artist Damien Hirst has unveiled a diamond encrusted skull cast with a cool 50 million quid asking price. P Diddy expected to turn up with a bin bag full of readies any minute.