Everyone likes computer stupidities. If you think the coffee tray in the computer is a funny support story, then you’d like this link. Some stories there are truly hard to believe, but all of them are hilarious.
The International Obfuscated C Code Contest
Some programmers actually like writing messed up code. That’s why there’s a contest for it, which is called The International Obfuscated C Code Contest. The winners of 2005’s contest have been announced, but the entries are not on the website yet.
However, you can see the winning entries of years before. One of my favorites is this code, which “takes a single command line argument, transcribes the argument text into Tolkien’s Elvish letters, and writes the transcription to standard output as a portable graymap (PGM) file.” Another one is this code, which “translates ASCII text into semaphore code.” (take a look at the link to see an example. It’s pretty cool.)
History’s Worst Software Bugs
Wired has an article reviewing some of the worst software bugs in history.
(via Download Squad)
Cooking For Engineers
If you’re into cooking, and you want clear, accurate, concise instructions on how to cook something, Cooking For Engineers is the place for you. Even if you’re not a cook, by looking at one of the recipes, you’ll immediately see why this website is popular. Specifically, check out the instructions table at the end of the recipe.
The Subway Parasite
In Berlin some artists did something cool using a suitcase with a Mac Mini and a projector inside. They installed it on the side of the subway train, and… well, just see this Quicktime movie for yourselves.
Babel Fish Translation
If you have some text in Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish or you see a web page which contains content in one of those languages, AltaVista‘s Babel Fish Translation page will translate either the text or the entire website for you. I found it very useful quite a few time times.
Music Map
Music Map is a cool experiment from Gnod. Just click the Music Map link and enter the name of a band you like to see what happens. Maybe you’ll find something new to listen to.
(via Dave Barry’s blog)
Microsoft’s “We Share Your Pain” program
If you saw the “Send/Don’t Send” dialog box when a program crashed inside Windows enough times, I’m sure you get pissed at it. Microsoft has a new program, called “We Share Your Pain”. Check it out (streaming video).
Digger
If you’re old enough, then you know what Digger is, so I’m guessing no introduction is required. There’s even an online Java version of the game.
Did you know that you can sometimes meet people that know the game very well, but don’t know that you can use F1 to shoot?
Cool Fonts
If you’re looking for good looking, free English fonts, then here are two links:
SimplyTheBest Fonts archive
25 Best License Free Fonts
(via Lifehacker)