What code DOESN’T do in real life (that it does in the movies)
04/09/2008I understand that Hollywood needs to dress things up to make them more entertaining, but in the case of programmers, code, and hackers they’ve done more than dress things up …
Murphy’s computers laws
24/08/2008Any given program, when running, is obsolete. Any given program costs more and takes longer each time it is run. If a program is useful, it will have to be…
21 Laws of Computer Programming
07/08/2008As any experienced computer programmer knows, there are unwritten laws that govern software development. However there are no penalties for breaking these laws; rather, there is often a reward. Following…
The Best Geek Quotes
26/07/20081f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d Microsoft: "You’ve got questions. We’ve got dancing paperclips." There are 10 types of people in the world: those who…
Tips for maintainable Java code
08/06/2008There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make…