It's customary in any programming language for one to provide a simple example of displaying "Hello World" in that language. Generally these examples are quite contrived, as they tell you nothing about the actual language, and have been construed in several notable cases to show why one language is more …

Well, the results of Pyweek 5 are in, and while I didn't place last overall, I think this last effort wasn't as good as it could have been. Some people noted the controls were pretty unresponsive (they were), while others lamented the absence of sound (me too). All in all …

Strategy Letter VI - Joel on Software

Joel has (as always) a fascinating tale of the evolution of computer interfaces and languages, and ties it together with the current crop of AJAX applications out there. It's a bit long, but quite good, and a dose of caution for the current crop …

Dear Java,

It's hard for me to write you this note. Heck, we haven't really had a chance to get to know each other, what with all of my time spent with other languages like Perl and C. You know that I secretly thought we could make something wonderful together …

The Biggest Ever BitTorrent Leak: MediaDefender Internal Emails Go Public | TorrentFreak

This might not seem like much on the surface, and indeed I glossed over this story right off the bat as yet another leak in a company story, but this story goes much deeper than the usual company-leak story …