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Jan. 30th, 2008 @ 09:55 pm More of the Best, Programming and Otherwise

Current Mood:

chipper

Programming:

I've been seeing quite a lot of discussions of web design style lately. Compare the emerging style of early web design with the polished Web2.0 Style. Even newer styles, such as Grunge and Hand-Drawn use the techniques of modern web design while breaking from the Web 2.0 aesthetic.
Rich Programmer Food: On compilers and the most important class for computer scientists.
An article on "Turing Tar Pits" and how programmers make things hard for themselves.
How to teach yourself programming in ten years.
10 Python Quirks: Read this if you're a Python programmer. Did you know all of those? (I didn't.)
An anecdote about teaching children programming.
Big Red Angry Text: On CSS styles for debugging

Other:

Post-It Note Art: Completely amazing!
On why "don't talk to strangers" is "just about the worst possible advice you can give a child".
An article on the Naked Rambler, who in January was free for several steps before being arrested again for his persistent nudity. *facepalm* How should society deal with such people? And should (yes, I mean that in the moral sense) the Naked Rambler just wrap / shut up and conform?
An anecdote on parenting, food, and vegetarianism.
The website for Urville, a fictional city created by a savant who now makes a living by imagining / drawing / writing about / talking about said fictional city. Also a particularly good example of (what I'd refer to as) 90's Crazy web design style.
A recipe for Pan Seared Salmon with Avocado Remoulade
A video on turning a sphere inside-out. Nifty. Watch if you're interested in topology / are wondering what the heck "topology" means.
On creating a warning marker to last for 10,000 years.
Why Starbucks actually helps local coffee shops.

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Dec. 17th, 2004 @ 01:25 pm Home Stretch

Current Mood:

ecstatic
Current Music: Manau- Mais Qui Est la Balette?

Tags: art , class , photos

Project Status-
Software Design: Complete!
Design Nature: Complete!
Physics: Complete!
Poster for Expo: Still not started.

Yesterday we presented our finished models for the wall climbing toys. Ours is pretty cool, but it doesn't walk well, although it would work great if we cut some tighter gears and got a new set of bellows and suction cups. But our design is awesome.

( Some pictures behind cut... )

Last night, I finished my physics presentation. This morning, I presented my model.

All that is left is my Software Design final (tomorrow) and my Expo presentation (on Wednesday). W00t!

It's been a crazy week.

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Oct. 10th, 2004 @ 11:49 pm Everyone's Favorite Scurrian

Current Mood:

happy

Tags: art , dnd

More Skikka art! This sketch was made by Rene, who DM's the campaign that Skikka is not in. Anyway, ( behold! )

(For those of you who missed the last entry on this topic, Skikka is a my DnD character, a Scurrian (Squirrel Person) Rogue)

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