June, 2006
Jun 122006
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!
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Jun 112006
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.”
Jun 82006
More on JavaScript prototypes and for..in
The JavaScript for..in loop is broken. It’s not broken in the scope of what it was designed for, but it’s broken in the way that people expect it to work.
Jun 72006
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.
Jun 32006
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.
Jun 22006
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.
Jun 12006
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.
