roentgenizdat

Ruby and Ocaml

Not sure whether I'll learn either of these properly, but so far Ruby is winning simply because of this book:

Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby

Fox #1: Have you noticed this book is basically written by a lunatic?
Fox #2:Yup.

The licensing for the book also permits it's use for cigarette advertising, which may come in handy...

The other (slightly more distant) contender is Objective CAML.

Dabblers and Blowhards

An interesting counterpoint to Hackers and Painters. I'm not entirely convinced, but it does make quite a few fair points.

Death to Caps Lock

See also: http://capsoff.blogspot.com/

Whoa... JavaScript just got scary!

A very clever technique to scan any network using JavaScript (as designed, no bugs required...) And for the pdf challenged.

President George W. Bush vs Governor George W. Bush on The Daily Show

"Strong words from two very different men"!

Smart Pig!

No more eating pork... An interview with Sy Montgomery about her pig and book The Good Good Pig.

The Meatrix

Also reading The Omnivores Dilemma, which is very good.