For this competition: No drips, no hearts, no skulls, no birds, no over-sized animals, no internet cliches, no clusters of random things, no pirates, no ninjas, no ironic references to 80s pop-culture, no 45-degree angles, and for the love of all that is holy - no more talking food!
June, 2006
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Jun11
Perfect playthrough of Night Trap, one of the first games to use full-motion-video. This game seems like it was made just so that some schmuck would make fun of it on his blog twenty years later. As SeanBaby puts it: “Night Trap is exactly like switching between eight different channels — only at any time, seven on them are static shots of empty rooms and one is the worst show you’ve ever seen.”
Jun8
More on JavaScript prototypes and for..in
Liorean disagrees with the rant I made a fortnight ago. He thinks that Array.prototype is impolite to muck with and gives a couple reasons why. I understand where he’s coming from, but I’m not quite convinced that the examples he cites are deal-breakers.
(N.B.: What follows is the opinion of one man. This …
Jun7
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid. Some people are just awful at grammar, and that’s fine, but nailing down the ten things on this list will make a world of difference. Until blogs get copy editors, this will have to do.
Jun3
The world of the World Cup is the one I want to live in. I cannot resist its United Nations–like pageantry and high-mindedness, the apolitical display of national characteristics, the revelation of deep human flaws and unexpected greatnesses, the fact that entire nations walk off the job or wake up at 3 a.m. to watch men kick a ball.
Jun2
var family = $$('ol#smith'); family.appendChild( document.createElement( 'li' ).setAttribute( 'id', 'jackson' ) ); Okay, I’m a geek. But Steve Smith is a father. Congratulations, Steve.
Jun1
Wow. I was sure of is. But the are people have convinced me. Put me down for are, and please hold while I go back and correct pretty much everything I’ve ever written.
