1995 – Brendan Eich reads up on every mistake ever made in designing a programming language, invents a few more, and creates LiveScript. Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases the [...]
January 26, 2009 – 10:01 pm
I found a rather interesting (and amusing) quote in my recent reading: In March 1949,[...] an article in Popular Mechanics, describing a state-of-the-art computer called the Eniac, speculated on what lay beyond: “Where a calculator like the Eniac today is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs three tons,” the writer predicted, “computers in the [...]
Look, Ma, I won somethin’! Hmmm… “1 Theme of Choice from Blogalized.com“. Not too bad. I’ve been thinking about maybe sprucing the place up a bit….
Readers of this blog may be interested in my post on my main blog, regarding Gen Con Gaming Convention, and the people one meets at that event. Here’s the link: Northern Gentleman
February 28, 2008 – 2:24 pm
I have a handful of WordPress plugins and methodologies on this website. On most of those pages, I’ve put “donate” links in the hopes of making a little spare cash. To make a long story short, the donation links on this site have not been working properly. Any donations made before yesterday did not reach [...]
December 16, 2007 – 7:27 pm
Recently got a comment that seemed a little … fishy. It was on one of my WordPress plugin pages, and read something like “Interesting, I’ve never seen it explained that way before.” The page presents my plugin, but doesn’t really explain anything beyond presenting the plugin itself. So I checked out the author link. Not [...]
October 24, 2007 – 12:03 pm
Been working on a few things lately, including the arduous process of moving into a new house. In the meantime, however, I’ve managed to knock out a new WordPress plugin I’ve (tentatively) decided to call “Dunce Cap”. Dunce Cap was inspired by this plugin by Travis Hines. It allows you to “tag” your commenters with [...]
