[1] How To Write Unmaintainable Code

Next to “[2] Why I Hate Microsoft” and “[3] The Hacker Manifesto“—this essay rates incredibly high on the list of all-time greatest Internet and cyber-culture essays. If you’re a coder, you can’t help but check this page out. Forget all the state up in your head—you don’t need to know where that last for-loop led anyway.

[4] Xbox 360 Buggy

MS needs to be beaten about the face and neck for releasing a buggy console. Contrast this with the soul of Nintendo. I can’t believe it.

[5] Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels

Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered bacteria to create living photographs that weigh in at 100 megapixels per square inch.

The photos were created by projecting light on “biological film” — billions of genetically engineered E. coli growing in dishes of agar, a standard jello-like growth medium for bacteria.

The work is published in this week’s issue of Nature (Nov. 24, 2005), devoted entirely to the emerging field of synthetic biology. The new field focuses on identifying genes that control key traits and then engineering microbes to activate the genes in novel combinations to create useful tools for medicine and technology.

[6] UnifiedRoot Wants No-Dot TLDs

So what if you could type “thinkblog” instead of “thinkblog.org” to get to this site? That’s precisely what UnifiedRoot, a Dutch company, wants to do. I think top-level domains (TLDs) help differentiate the type of site. What do you think?

[7] BIOS Optimization Guide

The BOG is a really big deal. Want to know how to optimize your BIOS? (That’s the screen that pops up before anything else when you throw the power switch on your computer.) Check this out. (You don’t actually have to subscribe to access the material.)

[8] VLC Media Player 0.8.4 Released

Enough said. Enjoy.

[9] Lego Mindstorms: What Went Wrong?

Legos are near and dear to my heart. If you haven’t constructed a $30 Lego set, you are missing out.

[10] How To Write Unmaintainable Code

Next to “[11] Why I Hate Microsoft” and “[12] The Hacker Manifesto“—this essay rates incredibly high on the list of all-time greatest Internet and cyber-culture essays. If you’re a coder, you can’t help but check this page out. Forget all the state up in your head—you don’t need to know where that last for-loop led anyway.

[13] Xbox 360 Buggy

MS needs to be beaten about the face and neck for releasing a buggy console. Contrast this with the soul of Nintendo. I can’t believe it.

[14] Living Photos Use Bacteria as Pixels

Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered bacteria to create living photographs that weigh in at 100 megapixels per square inch.

The photos were created by projecting light on “biological film” — billions of genetically engineered E. coli growing in dishes of agar, a standard jello-like growth medium for bacteria.

The work is published in this week’s issue of Nature (Nov. 24, 2005), devoted entirely to the emerging field of synthetic biology. The new field focuses on identifying genes that control key traits and then engineering microbes to activate the genes in novel combinations to create useful tools for medicine and technology.

[15] UnifiedRoot Wants No-Dot TLDs

So what if you could type “thinkblog” instead of “thinkblog.org” to get to this site? That’s precisely what UnifiedRoot, a Dutch company, wants to do. I think top-level domains (TLDs) help differentiate the type of site. What do you think?

[16] BIOS Optimization Guide

The BOG is a really big deal. Want to know how to optimize your BIOS? (That’s the screen that pops up before anything else when you throw the power switch on your computer.) Check this out. (You don’t actually have to subscribe to access the material.)

[17] VLC Media Player 0.8.4 Released

Enough said. Enjoy.

[18] Lego Mindstorms: What Went Wrong?

Legos are near and dear to my heart. If you haven’t constructed a $30 Lego set, you are missing out.