“1st game of Pandemic played. World successfully saved. (w/ Medic & Researcher, and little time to spare! Look forward to trying other roles)”— @twitter
“1st game of Pandemic played. World successfully saved. (w/ Medic & Researcher, and little time to spare! Look forward to trying other roles)”— @twitter
“[Reading @messages on Twitter] is like that frustrating experience when your spouse is on the phone with someone interesting, you want to keep saying, "What'd he say?" so that you can be part of it.”— Ned Batchelder
Marc Andreesen on Charlie Rose. Video of the co-author of Mosaic and founder of Netscape discussing practically everything on PBS talk show.
“360 finally gave up the ghost. Shedding a small tear and donning my black armband in memoriam.”— @twitter
“3: Why is the permalink the least visible link in a tweet, when it's also 1 of the most useful. Less obvious than fave, reply, delete etc.”— @twitter
“2: Why're following, followers & updates not above the counts as headers rather than below since "70 following" doesn't read as a sentence.”— @twitter
“Twitter UI decisions often baffles me. 1: Why is the name at the top of a user's past pages not a link back to http://twitter.com/<uname>?”— @twitter
“@benwalton You seeing signs of this kind of thing, or is it just alarmism?: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/middleeast/12dubai.html”— @twitter
Skiena's Algorithms Lectures. Video lectures and slides from a course based around Steve Skiena's book The Algorithm Design Manual. Which has been languishing on my Amazon wish list for a while now following a hearty recommendation from Steve Yegge.
Mightier. Interview with the developers of a crazy action puzzle game with a quirky gimmick mechanic. Print out templates from the game, draw your input on them and then "scan" them back in via the webcam to have them rendered and playable in 3D. Watch the video.
“Erk! Work machine struck down by virii. Aclimatising to another temporarily. Forget how many tweaks & personalisations you take for granted.”— @twitter
Hosting Images on App Engine. Seems like a good idea. Using Google's App Engine as an image host, with uploading and resizing support. Reduces the work involved in getting images up on a home-rolled blog.
“@dtarbit: More celeb-stalking action for you at http://www.celebritytweet.com/ Not sure how many are verified though. Some blatant fakes.”— @twitter
Bars of Black and White. Fun, short, escape the room game, without the usual guesswork and "hunt the pixel" nonsense. By the "Majesty of Colours" guy.
Visit the archive if you wish to skip merrily through time in a devil may care fashion.