Tag Archives: programming

JAPH – Awesome Code Obfuscation

Every so often I stumble across something that really just leaves me dumbfounded. The only valid response seems to be “… Fascinating!” The latest is this clever JAPH consisting solely of keywords. 1234567891011121314not exp log srand xor s qq qx xor s x x length uc ord and print chr ord for qw q join [...]

Ada II: Lovely comic rediscovered

Just a quick one to say that although I still think it makes more sense, I retract my original proposal of making the 10th of December “Ada Lovelace day” out of respect for the efforts over at Finding Ada. We had a short exchange on Twitter and I was assured that something was being planned [...]

Open letter to O’Reilly : Your iPhone apps suck

Update 2: New versions of several of these apps have been released. Things are a lot better. Update:I’ve had feedback on this post from O’Reilly both by email and in the comments. Both Andrew and the other O’Reilly representative I’ve been in contact with seem sincere when they say that these apps will be updated [...]

Ada: We salute you – The worlds First Programmer

This article was cross-posted on ria.creuna.com. Hear ye; Codesmiths and Script Artisans. Nay; Hear ye all who labour with keyboard and mouse, for you owe a debt to the singular person we commemorate today. Ahem. On this day, the 10th of december, a shockingly large number of years ago the First Programmer was born. If [...]

The last WebMaster

If you have been around on the web for ten years or more you will remember (or maybe even filled the role) of the mythical “WebMaster”. The WebMaster would design and program your site. He (or she… but lets be honest girls. Mostly he) would publish your articles and fix your site when broken. He’d [...]

Prattle of the Pettiest

Original photo by Flickr user alexerde. Bastardized thoroughly by yours truly. These two posts by Keith Peters do a marvelous job at summarising an age-old frustration that most ActionScript developers and I’m certain developers in many other languages, have either faced or actively promulgated.Namely the attitude that while my language is certainly a robust and [...]