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October 2009
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for datum in data: even in code I strive for proper grammar.”
—Langer
“Breaking: Irishman Objects to Constant Coffee Talk, Prefers to Talk About Doom Metal Screamo.”
—nostrich in #tumblrs
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“[Magazines] are free to expand, subtract, multiply, divide, paint, rotate, spin, glare, surprise and amuse, not only in content but also in form. This is lost on almost all blogs, because every post is forced into the same template. I mean, look at this! Posts about steam engines fucking, T-rex coins, photographs of bizarre medical equipment and existential despair all look the same! Everything’s sterile.”
—Daily Meh
“Today I tried making air quotes around a parenthetical air ampersand. I’m dictating this tweet to an ER nurse.”
—Remiel
Uncyclopedia on Python →
uncyclopedia.wikia.com
Python was developed by El Guido del Rosario at the University of Schlonkgingenderhoffderwess in order to catalogue El Guido’s personal collection of Dutch cheeses. It was named after famous English writer Montague Python Shakespeare, whose iambic pentameter poetry inspired the language’s syntax. Other researchers eventually realized that El Guido’s pet language Python was a lot better than the language they were developing, ABC, and kicked El Guido out for being a general smartypants and “taking the piss.”
Dejected, El Guido almost gave up on the language until a strange, foul smelling Japanese researcher named matz encouraged him to continue. matz’ motives were not pure, however, for as soon as Python released a stable version matz stole the code, added a bunch of question marks, and called the new language Ruby.
Dive into HTML 5: What does it all mean? →
diveintohtml5.org
<meta charset="utf-8">works in all browsers. How did this shortened syntax come about? Here is the best explanation I could find:The rationale for this attribute combination is that UAs already implement it, because people tend to leave things unquoted, like:
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Content-Type CONTENT=text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1>
“I don’t mean to create the impression that I write computer programs day and night, until in starvation I crawl to the kitchen for a carrot. This is true only sometimes…”
—Paul Lutus, Cottage Computer Programmer
“Fuck Halloween. This year, I’m telling everyone I’m going as balloon boy, and in the spirit of authenticity, staying at home.”
—nostrich
