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it's a bit like being forced to watch my home videos
by dave gardner
Nov 15
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Nov 14
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Nov 13
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The Astounding Curta Mechanical Calculator

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Revolution by Illicit Eve

via Triple J Unearthed

Nov 09
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Then they took flash photography of my eye at point blank range. It is hard to think of a more excruciating means of torture. After that, anything is a breeze.

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Programming language aesthetics

The fact that chartreuse is one of Larry Wall’s favourite colours explains a lot about Perl. Maybe the fact that I’m also an INFP is the reason why I’ve always had a soft spot for Perl. Can’t say I share his taste in colours though.

Larry Wall’s Very Own Home Page

Nov 08
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Nov 07
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Steampunk Darlek

A collaboration from Mechmaster and Promus-Kaa.

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Nov 06
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Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

— Strunk and White, The Elements of Style
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A Sporting Symphony: The Ashes at 2000 frames per second