Notes on package management and handling dependencies for Django projects.
A nice, clear overview of the differences between the two main forms of x86 assembly language: the older AT&T syntax (used as the default by Gas, the GNU Assembler) and the newer Intel syntax (used by NASM, the Netwide Assembler).
Three part series on BBC4 and iPlayer about the history of board games in Britain, “from the Iron Age to the Information Age”.
Next time you’re in Massachusetts be sure and drop by the MIT flea-market. Probably the only place in the world you can buy an original Enigma machine, some cannonballs, a “Boob Radio” and a Spongebob Squarepants PC case on the same day.
Not sure how I managed to miss this. Internet-famous developers and writers write-up what they use for their computing needs. Good selection of people, but would be much improved by photos of their working environments and screenshots of their desktops.
Flash puzzle game combining a platformer and a sliding block puzzle to great effect. I like the overloading of the minimal keyboard controls and the gentle introduction of new concepts. Very cleverly thought out.
Great comics blog by Brandon Graham with masses and masses of fantastic scans of rarities and oddities interspersed amongst work by him and his friends. I can’t stop scrolling! (NSFW in places)
I just spent a bit of time writing up some recommendations for 2-player board games to mail to a friend and thought I might as well add them here too.
Presumably using the Alchemy C/C++ to Flash AVM2 bytecode compiler that Adobe released this time last year. Impressively playable, performance-wise. I’m kind of surprised we haven’t seen more take up of this yet.
The first thing I’ve read that’s helped clarify what NodeJS is and why you might want to use it.