[22:02] I guess I'll give NaNoGenMo a try this year. I know zilch about language processing, never touched corpora and am not even a programmer, but I understand it is fun. In the worst case I'll learn something along the way.
[21:58] Coworker had to edit a function (in Javascript, if I'm not mistaken) today and was ranting the whole time because they really don't like the language. So we came up with another way of commenting source code: adding an audio file that was recorded while writing the code. If nothing else it might at least be entertaining. :p
[22:50] Adblock filter lists are not to be trusted. (see also)
[22:45] "The Hubble telescope does not work properly!" - "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
[22:22] This guy had the idea to use ASCII art as an image's alt text in html. Even though the outcome is somewhat hard to recognize, I absolutely love the concept.
(Even though, as stated in the article, it does mess up screen readers. So it is a nice gimmick in the artistic field, but should certainly not be used in an actual website.)
[22:12] When a sysadmin contemplates quitting their job and leaving the industry, unconventional thoughts ensue. :)
[22:03] The interface hall of shame is grilling software interfaces. (Not up to date, though. Also, they should take a very self-critical look at their own website. Fixed width, come on!)
[19:36] Hm. Seems like computers are not exactly precise all the time.
[18:39] tilde.town turns four! Congrats on making it this long. Here's to another four years -- at least!
[16:53] In 2012, a study indicated that the brain will remember knowledge better when the font of the text it was gained from is hard to read. RMIT now released a font that aims to utilize this.
[17:06] I was impressed by this C64, but this one is really astounding.