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5 Stages of Programmer Incompetence « yield thought
Every now and again I see glimpses of myself in ‘younger’ programmers as they struggle with the same concepts I did, fall into the same mental traps and generally make similar mistakes. Writing th... Read more
http://coderoom.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/5-stages-of-programmer-incompetence/
Tags: programming, humor, blog, work, coding, career, development, article, cool, geek Saved by: admin at 20 Mar 2010
Every now and again I see glimpses of myself in ‘younger’ programmers as they struggle with the same concepts I did, fall into the same mental traps and generally make similar mistakes. Writing th... Read more
http://coderoom.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/5-stages-of-programmer-incompetence/
Tags: programming, humor, blog, work, coding, career, development, article, cool, geek Saved by: admin at 20 Mar 2010
Douglas Crockford Facts
Right behind Bruce Schneier, Douglas Crockford now gets his own Facts page including awesome facts like "Crockford is the sole user of the super-strict equality operator (====), which either returns t... Read more
http://crockfordfacts.com/
Tags: javascript, via:packrati.us, funny, geek, humor, crockford, douglas-crockford, js, awesome, awesomeness Saved by: admin at 19 Mar 2010
Right behind Bruce Schneier, Douglas Crockford now gets his own Facts page including awesome facts like "Crockford is the sole user of the super-strict equality operator (====), which either returns t... Read more
http://crockfordfacts.com/
Tags: javascript, via:packrati.us, funny, geek, humor, crockford, douglas-crockford, js, awesome, awesomeness Saved by: admin at 19 Mar 2010
research!rsc: Zip Files All The Way Down
I wonder if you can create a zip file that contains a gzipped tar file that contains the original zip file. Ken Thompson suggested trying to make a zip file that contains a slightly larger copy of its... Read more
http://research.swtch.com/2010/03/zip-files-all-way-down.html
Tags: programming, recursion, quine, fun, compression, hack, zip, algorithms, geek, recursive Saved by: admin at 19 Mar 2010
I wonder if you can create a zip file that contains a gzipped tar file that contains the original zip file. Ken Thompson suggested trying to make a zip file that contains a slightly larger copy of its... Read more
http://research.swtch.com/2010/03/zip-files-all-way-down.html
Tags: programming, recursion, quine, fun, compression, hack, zip, algorithms, geek, recursive Saved by: admin at 19 Mar 2010
Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives - Data wiping - Gizmodo
When you erase/delete a file from your computer, it's not really gone until the areas of the disk it used are overwritten by new information. If you use the normal Windows delete function, the "delete... Read more
http://gizmodo.com/5494427/leave-no-trace-how-to-completely-erase-your-hard-drives-ssds-and-thumb-drives
Tags: hardware, privacy, security, howto, storage, harddrive, wipe, geek, how-to, articles Saved by: admin at 17 Mar 2010
When you erase/delete a file from your computer, it's not really gone until the areas of the disk it used are overwritten by new information. If you use the normal Windows delete function, the "delete... Read more
http://gizmodo.com/5494427/leave-no-trace-how-to-completely-erase-your-hard-drives-ssds-and-thumb-drives
Tags: hardware, privacy, security, howto, storage, harddrive, wipe, geek, how-to, articles Saved by: admin at 17 Mar 2010
The 4 Types of Emails Programmers Receive | Kevin William Pang
The Vague Email Feature XYZ isn't working. Please fix. Provides next to no information other than at some point, a feature -- possibly XYZ -- didn’t function the way a specific user expected it to. ... Read more
http://www.kevinwilliampang.com/2010/03/12/the-4-types-of-emails-programmers-receive/
Tags: programming, email, funny, humor, development, software, geek, humour, it, comment Saved by: admin at 16 Mar 2010
The Vague Email Feature XYZ isn't working. Please fix. Provides next to no information other than at some point, a feature -- possibly XYZ -- didn’t function the way a specific user expected it to. ... Read more
http://www.kevinwilliampang.com/2010/03/12/the-4-types-of-emails-programmers-receive/
Tags: programming, email, funny, humor, development, software, geek, humour, it, comment Saved by: admin at 16 Mar 2010
Top 10 Geekiest Decorations for Your Home or Office [PICS]
We certainly wouldn’t advocate turning your office, cubicle or home office into some kind of over-the-top dork theme park, but a few witty items carefully placed here and there can brighten up the d... Read more
http://mashable.com/2010/03/06/geek-your-office/
Tags: geek, gifts, shopping, office, humor, decorating, decor, mashable, socialmedia, iphone Saved by: admin at 08 Mar 2010
We certainly wouldn’t advocate turning your office, cubicle or home office into some kind of over-the-top dork theme park, but a few witty items carefully placed here and there can brighten up the d... Read more
http://mashable.com/2010/03/06/geek-your-office/
Tags: geek, gifts, shopping, office, humor, decorating, decor, mashable, socialmedia, iphone Saved by: admin at 08 Mar 2010
A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever - Funny Videos | Cracked.com
Finally one trailer for every movie. They should just use this all the time.
http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html
Tags: funny, video, humor, movie, movies, trailer, cool, cracked, geek, humour Saved by: admin at 07 Mar 2010
Finally one trailer for every movie. They should just use this all the time.
http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html
Tags: funny, video, humor, movie, movies, trailer, cool, cracked, geek, humour Saved by: admin at 07 Mar 2010
Like, Python
Like, Python: Like, Python was created by Jonathan Howard in February 2010 while drinking and reviewing code for an upcoming project with a coworker. At a certain point, higher-level explanations devo... Read more
http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/
Tags: python, programming, funny, software, language, development, geek, opensource, humor, code Saved by: admin at 25 Feb 2010
Like, Python: Like, Python was created by Jonathan Howard in February 2010 while drinking and reviewing code for an upcoming project with a coworker. At a certain point, higher-level explanations devo... Read more
http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/
Tags: python, programming, funny, software, language, development, geek, opensource, humor, code Saved by: admin at 25 Feb 2010
Functional Programming with Python – Part 1 | /var/log/mind
Lately there has been a substantial increase in interest and activity in Functional Programming. Functional Programming is sufficiently different from the conventional mainstream programming style cal... Read more
http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2010/02/functional-programming-with-python-part-1/
Tags: python, functional, programming, fp, functional-programming, functionalprogramming, toread, geek, tech, 331 Saved by: admin at 24 Feb 2010
Lately there has been a substantial increase in interest and activity in Functional Programming. Functional Programming is sufficiently different from the conventional mainstream programming style cal... Read more
http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2010/02/functional-programming-with-python-part-1/
Tags: python, functional, programming, fp, functional-programming, functionalprogramming, toread, geek, tech, 331 Saved by: admin at 24 Feb 2010
xkcd: Devotion to Duty
We took the hostages, secured the building, and cut the communication lines like you said. Excellent. But then this guy climbed up the ventilation ducts and walked across broken glass, killing anyon... Read more
http://xkcd.com/705/
Tags: sysadmin, xkcd, funny, humor, comic, comics, fun, uptime, geek, ping.fm Saved by: admin at 23 Feb 2010
We took the hostages, secured the building, and cut the communication lines like you said. Excellent. But then this guy climbed up the ventilation ducts and walked across broken glass, killing anyon... Read more
http://xkcd.com/705/
Tags: sysadmin, xkcd, funny, humor, comic, comics, fun, uptime, geek, ping.fm Saved by: admin at 23 Feb 2010