Category Archives: neep-neep

catching stragglers

If you’ve written something that intercepts HTTP requests for missing pages and makes an educated guess where they should go, do you mind sharing it?

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leet for dummies?

I wonder whether anyone has published a book with a title like 1337 Programming Tips.

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Hello world!

Coming to you almost live on WordPress, because one host ought to be enough for anyone. Even cooler, it’s all written in PHP; no Javascript needed. Conversion from Blogger was surprisingly easy. Now to customize it — because I really … Continue reading

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wahoo!

We have broadband! Mainly because my housemate wanted to listen to BBC without glitches, but hey, I’m not kicking it out of bed. For the first year it’s cheaper than dialup plus the extra phone line.

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if (oldbit == true) { if (newbit == true) { /* DO NOT DO ANYTHING */ } . . .

The Daily WTF showcases badly written code. (Cited by Ned Batchelder, who found it from Bob Congdon.)

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Great Hackers

quoth Paul Graham: But VCs are mistaken to look for the next Microsoft, because no startup can be the next Microsoft unless some other company is prepared to bend over at just the right moment and be the next IBM. … Continue reading

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$2.56 and counting

Subject: The Concept of a Meta-Font Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 03:18:42 -0700 From: Anton Sherwood To: knuth-bug Digital Typography page 312, near the middle of note [11] 759,499,667,966,482 [ = 2 * 19 * 3717809 * 5375971 ] should … Continue reading

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