Running with Zippers

Addiction to addiction: the horrifying reality

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:24:06 -0400

Addiction to addiction: the horrifying reality: Serious discussion and good humor. This bit (from the Cracked article linked) is oh so true: Technology has obviously made books unnecessary, so the sight of even one book in a friend’s home should be cause for concern. If the person has gone as far as to purchase an entire special shelf to hold all of his books, it’s probably time for an intervention.

vscaladoc - Google Code

Sat, 10 May 2008 14:09:42 -0400

vscaladoc - Google Code: A variation of scaladoc, the documentation tool for Scala. It’s looking great, have a look at the API documentation for vscaladoc to have a taste of it.

Tell us why your language sucks (Haskell edition)

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:16:09 -0400

Tell us why your language sucks (Haskell edition): In the same vein as the Why OCaml sucks post, but now with Haskell. The idea is to criticize languages you use and like. A healthy exercise.

Scala in the TOP 50

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:41:00 -0400

Speaking of Scala, it has just made it into the top 50 languages tracked by the TIOBE index. The index has its flaws, of course, and people should not make serious decisions based on it, but this fact signals that Scala is really growing in popularity and use. Let’s hope it keeps growing.

James Gosling likes Scala

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:06:20 -0400

James Gosling likes Scala: During a meeting in the Community Corner (java.net booth) with James Gosling, a participant asked an interesting question: “Which Programming Language would you use *now* on top of JVM, except Java?”. The answer was surprisingly fast and very clear: - Scala.

Why Ocaml Sucks

Wed, 07 May 2008 23:36:43 -0400

Why Ocaml Sucks: Interesting analysis of the shortcomings of OCaml, written by a fan of the language.

Puzzles

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:46:13 -0400

I’m thoroughly enjoying Puzzles for Programmers and Pros, but judging by the title I expected more puzzles that required programming. I guess I’ll take a look at Programming Challenges by Skiena and Revilla.

Real World Haskell

Tue, 06 May 2008 01:07:17 -0400

Real World Haskell: The book is already available for pre-ordering at amazon. The page says it will be published around August. I don’t know if it’s likely to be published so soon, but many new chapters have been published recently at the beta site.

O Que É a Literatura Apocalíptica

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:50:03 -0400

O Que É a Literatura Apocalíptica: Post longo (e com referências!) no LLL sobre o assunto.

Uncanny valley of the dolls

Sun, 04 May 2008 14:11:25 -0400

Uncanny valley of the dolls: The complete set of videos of a lecture about the psychology of the uncanny valley.

I'm on the drug that killed Paul Erdős

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:55:38 -0400

I'm on the drug that killed Paul Erdős: Modafinil for scientists and how to be a responsible drug user.

Campaigning in the World of Warcraft

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:56:40 -0400

Campaigning in the World of Warcraft: Do WoW players have no humor?

Videogiochi, la Commissione Ue

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:36:56 -0400

Videogiochi, la Commissione Ue: Tutelare i minori dai videogiochi violenti. Sono queste le parole d’ordine della Commissione Ue […].

Frenchmen and dogs

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:35:07 -0400

Frenchmen and dogs: A Chinese taxi driver refuses to carry these two types of passengers.

Open source as corporate joint venture

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:11:39 -0400

Open source as corporate joint venture: Most of the contributions to Linux are now made by paid professionals, not volunteers.

Play Googolopoly

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:22:37 -0400

Play Googolopoly: the internet board game from Box.net

House Of Mirrors

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:07:13 -0400

House Of Mirrors: (HoM) is a logic game inspired by Chromatron (from Silver SpaceShip Software). Made in Scala, using squib.

The Monad.Reader

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:55:09 -0400

The Monad.Reader: Issue 10 is now available.

Whimsley: Mr. Google's Guidebook

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:07:54 -0400

Whimsley: Mr. Google's Guidebook: About Mr. Google, one of the world’s most prolific and hard-working butlers.

Le blog de MONSIEUR LE CHIEN

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:15:12 -0400

Le blog de MONSIEUR LE CHIEN: L’été, c’est étonnant de voir le nombre de maillots de foot brésiliens dans Paris…