IshbadiddleAn occasional report on ephemeral things.Thanks!- March 14, 2008 Thanks to everyone who finished off the latest Ishbadiddle Challenge projects. I added a few more and upped the goal! -- M E-Lhttp://triptronix.net/ishbadiddle/archives/2008/03/14/17.04.28/ High-Seas Adventure- March 14, 2008 I picked up Wired at the airport and read this really terrific story: High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace -- M E-Lhttp://triptronix.net/ishbadiddle/archives/2008/03/14/15.37.03/ >> Goodbye.- March 14, 2008 BoingBoing reports that Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of Eliza, has died: Hello, I am Eliza. Hi How are you today.. What would you like to discuss Joeseph Weizenbaum, the man that made you. Say, do you have any psychological problems Probably, but that's not why I'm here. Did you come to me because you are here I guess that's one way of looking at it. What does that suggest to you I just wanted to tell you that the man who created you died yesterday ...http://triptronix.net/ishbadiddle/archives/2008/03/14/14.09.54/ Spitzer's Act of Congress- March 11, 2008 Say this for Eliot Spitzer's judgment: it's gratifying that NY may soon have the first legally blind governor in U.S. history. Give Spitzer the "bone"-headed at least one point for choosing David Paterson as his running mate. Maybe something good will come of this. Besides 1001 wisecracks and "Love Gov""Eliot Mess" headlines. Y'know, I don't have a water cooler here in my home-based workplace. So permit me to observe among the weirder ironies in all this: Spitzer is one of maybe 347...http://triptronix.net/ishbadiddle/archives/2008/03/10/22.02.37/ Making Donkey Kong- March 10, 2008 Donkey Kong and Me is a blog post by the guy who programmed Donkey Kong. For the Atari 800. Some insight there as to why the company tanked, and on the importance of decent comments in your code. Zach is currently obsessed with Super Mario Galaxy which he plays at the local video game store (but just once a week, we've had to ration him). I wonder what he'd make of Atari Mario -- M E-Lhttp://triptronix.net/ishbadiddle/archives/2008/03/10/18.54.26/ Barack Obama today you are a man! Er...I mean today you are a politician.- March 4, 2008 I just saw in Slate that Barack Obama has been sending a messenger to Canada to tell them (who he has to tell, Slate doesn't specify) that his whole Anti-NAFTA thing is just a show to impress the yokels in Ohio. Don't worry, he's really a free trader just like us. He just needs to say these things to get elected so that he can protect NAFTA. It reminds me of LBJ sending messengers back to Houston to tell his financial backers that he didn't really believe in Civil Rights, that he only said...http://triptronix.net/ishbadiddle/archives/2008/03/04/17.44.39/ |