Aug
9th
Thu
9th
MoxonoM is the voice of manveru, a guy with interests in programming, life and all the rest.
#ruby-de - Lobsters!
- olathe: der Hummer !
The Role of the Study of Programming Languages in the Education of a Programmer
A great read, but it’s a pdf
I’ve just recently been acquainting myself with SmallTalk, and a couple other object oriented languages. And that’s a whole ‘nother level of interesting issues to think about. It seems to me that computer languages like C, which are designed to be easy for the computer to deal with, are somehow harder for humans to deal with. Humans who use C too long, develop awkward personalities. The opposite is true with SmallTalk, it seems. Object oriented languages, which are organized around the structure of the human mind, cause the computers which try to run the code to develop flaws in their personality.
— Christopher vanDyck - Is it Time to Replace English for Code?
Aug
8th
Wed
8th
Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated, beware: it is probably self-indulgence.
— Donald Norman
Data Visualization: Modern Approaches
Both beautiful and highly useful, all you ever could wish from a visualization.
Aug
7th
Tue
7th
#xmonad - kicker
- araujo wonders what kicker is
- sorear: araujo: It's the KDE mind-control applet
#camping - Yellow socks
- indian_chief: shoes r65 | why | * shoes/ruby.c: well, the end space once required for links doesn't seem to be warranted any longer.
- indian_chief: shoes r66 | why | * shoes/app.c: cursors on OSX.
- evn: shoes r67 | evn | * shoes/socks.c: yellow socks with fuzzy balls on the ankles