As you well know, pigs make the birdman very, very angry!
Quote of the Day: “My wife was afraid of the dark… then she saw me naked and now she’s afraid of the light.” – Rodney Dangerfield
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Futurist Thomas Frey interviews Yukihiro Matsumoto, creator of the Ruby programming language
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In an introductory article on Ruby, creator Yukihiro Matsumoto said, “For me the purpose of life is partly to have joy. Programmers often feel joy when they can concentrate on the creative side of programming, So Ruby is designed to make programmers happy.”
Happy computer programmers?
In this interview, world renowned futurist Thomas Frey talks to Yukihiro Matsumoto, or “Matz,” as he is known online, about how and why he created the Ruby programming language, what interested him in creating a programming language rather than creating video games, plus what it means to bring the languages newest version, Ruby 2.0, to the programming community.
Japan’s obsession with blood types
In Japan, a person’s blood type is popularly believed to determine temperament and personality.
One thing that unites the entire human race is blood. Most people don’t think about our blood type very much unless we need a blood transfusion. But, in Japan, blood type has big implications for life, work and love.
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Helping hands helping each other
Quote of the Day: “I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.” – W. C. Fields
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Ikaria, the island where people forget to die
Ikaria
Stamatis Moraitis, a Greek war veteran, came to the United States in 1943 for treatment of a combat-mangled arm. He’d survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey and eventually talked his way onto the Queen Elizabeth, then serving as a troopship, to cross the Atlantic. Moraitis settled in Port Jefferson, N.Y., an enclave of countrymen from his native island, Ikaria. He quickly landed a job doing manual labor. Later, he moved to Boynton Beach, Fla. Along the way, Moraitis married a Greek-American woman, had three children and bought a three-bedroom house and a 1951 Chevrolet.
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The 25 Worst Passwords of 2012
If any of your passwords are on this list, then shame on you — and go change them now. Bad dog! Continue reading… “The 25 Worst Passwords of 2012”
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Your proctologist called. He said you’re doing it wrong!
Quote of the Day: “The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else, was to be indifferent to that difference.” – Al Capp
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Revenge comes in many forms. This one, nastier than most!
Quote of the Day: “Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.” – Bill Cosby
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Poor hairless kitty! Why you cry?
Quote of the Day – “I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, “You’re gonna have to move, you’re blocking a fire exit.” As though if there was a fire, I wasn’t gonna run. If you’re flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.” – Mitch Hedberg
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
Eddie VanBaby
Quote of the Day: “Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean the circus has left town.” – George Carlin
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
OK! I promise I won’t pee on your head again!
Quote of the Day: “It’s not that Good doesn’t triumph over Evil, it’s that the point spread is far too small.” – Bob Thaves
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Why every single one of you should learn a little code
Either you get with the code or get left out in the cold.
As technology becomes more and more ingrained in our everyday lives, you have to make a choice: Are you a consumer of tech, or are you someone who understands it?
Buying the latest iPhone and keeping up with the who-works-where, who’s-launching-what tech gossip is all good and fine, but if you can’t code, you ain’t no kind of techie.
Startups like Codecademy are making it easy to learn coding online — easy enough for school children, in fact. More intense programs like DaVinci Coders take learners from total noob to novice programmer in an 11 week bootcamp. And one game, Coderacer, will have you on the ground and coding in just five minutes…
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