Geek Links — October 19, 2010
Posted on October 19, 2010 by Chris Nelson
Another delayed release, but I’ve got some good links to make up for it with. I’ve got lots and lots of Javascript, Ruby, and general programming articles, Steve Jobs’ opinion of Android, fan flicks, cult movie interviewers, impressive cosplayers and more.
Enjoy!
Science
Programming
- The Importance of Giving a Damn
- The Next Big Language
- Reddit discussion of the above article
- The Fundamentals of Game Design
- How To Tell A Software Developer What You Want
- C++ Boost Tutorial
- Program or Be Programmed
- Core War – The King of Programming Games
- The Programming Language with the Happiest Users
Javascript
- Processed Tower Defense
- Haskell to Javascript backend
- Why I don’t love JavaScript’s Module Pattern
- jQuery Fundamentals: Free Book for Javascript Developers
- The Essentials of Writing High Quality JavaScript
- GameBoy Emulation in JavaScript: Sprites
- How To Node
Ruby
- try ruby! (in your browser) — I spent about 2 hours playing around with this. So much fun!
- Ruby for Newbies: Installing Ruby and Getting Started
- What are the most important things to know about Ruby?
- What are the Ruby Gotchas a newbie should be warned about?
- RubyFlow : Ruby Programming Community Link Blog
- The Ruby Toolbox
- Ruby post-Python: second impressions (or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the implicit)
Web
- Replies and Retweets on Twitter, a Report by Sysomos
- 40 Useful Online Applications for Web Designers and Developers
- 20 Free Online CSS Editors For Web Designers
- How to use HTML5 on your website today
Computers
Smartphones
Apple
- Apple’s Steve Jobs Rants About His Competitors: ‘Open Doesn’t Always Win’
- Steve Jobs’s Epic 5-Minute Anti-Google Rant (audio)
— not really a rant….but interesting. He doesn’t mention linux in any discussion of ‘open’ though.
Movies
- 16 More of the Greatest Fan Flicks and Trailers Ever Made
- Enough rare cult movie interviews to kill your productivity for the rest of the day
- Japan Brings The Pinku Violence In The HORNY HOUSE OF HORROR [NSFW]
Anime
Linux
- A Linux that works
- Top things to do after installing Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
- 15 Reasons to Switch to Linux
