Monthly Archives: March 2006

Here’s an inspiring piece about OXO, the company that arguably produces the best kitchen tools in the world. How do they do it? Evolutionary improvement and fanatic attention to detail. If you’re developing software, that’s not the worst model you … Continue reading →

I’m only slightly embarrassed. You scored as SG-1 (Stargate). You are versatile and diverse in your thinking. You have an open mind to that which seems highly unlikely and accept it with a bit of humor. Now if only aliens … Continue reading →

Dominik Wagner, one of the minds behind SubEthaEdit, wrote a retrospective on his six years of studying computer science at a german university. Being in my sixth year myself (but not at one of Germany’s finest universities), I can confirm … Continue reading →

pagetable.com is a new blog about assembly language. They even do puzzles! I think I kind of know the answer to the first one. Wouldn’t something like this work, with x and y in ax and bx? mul ax, bx … Continue reading →

I love this ad campaign for an office furniture company. Very clever. (via Information Aesthetics)

This is a pointer to some insightful and entertaining rants about programming languages, by Steve Yegge. If you are wondering if you should learn another language, and which one, or are interested in the bigger picture of the programming language … Continue reading →

Sometimes I see something that makes me think: “This is what the future will be like.” Usually it’s not something world-shattering, but something very small. This dashboard widget tracks the status of an order with the Apple store. How many … Continue reading →

AJAX on Rails, visualized. Thanks for the link Paolo!