Did you ever run into the problem where you knew how to do something in one programming language, but really needed to do it in another? That's what Rosetta Code is all about. A variety of programming tasks are solved using as many languages as possible. You can examine existing tasks, or create your own.

I'm excited to announce the opening of Rosetta Code, a wiki with the lofty goal of being the Rosetta Stone of programming. Rosetta Code takes the intent of Hello World--showing a simple programming task in the author's language of choice--and applies it to a variety of programming tasks.

Special thanks go to a number of Slashdotters who've helped me build and refine the site over the last week, by way of my SLashdot Journal.

The site Wiihaveaproblem.com has many pictures, videos and testimonials about the Wii and users who accidentally destroy their property. Come one, come all, to the batting cages and bowling alleys of your own living room, and see exactly what's getting batted and bowled around. And think about strengthening your wrist strap.

Tonight, I made a more complete flash ROM programmer, and actually put a program in the ROM and ran it. (It needs a little more work - I spotted some bugs in the status check code, a product of it being late and me being tired - something that really gets you when writing asm!)

From perpetual motion machines to illusory firestorms to party favors, there's all sorts of things you can do with magic in the fictional realm of pen-and-paper role-playing games. Need party favors for a birthday party? Levitate frogs. Is the construction near a client's business-district coffee shop too noisy for business? Cast a silence spell on the coffee shop.

I've got a CD called Pure Moods vol. 2, and it's got some interesting music on it.

For a fantasy setting, I especially like the first two tracks. The first track, Loreena McKennitt's Mummer's Dance, sounds like it might work for a generic bard band performance. The second track, Montezuma, might be overheard near an Orc encampment.

I am tired of hearing people dismiss as FUD every opinion they disagree with.

First, let's define FUD. It stands for "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt" (or alternatively "Fucked Up Disinformation"). To say someone is spreading FUD is to say that they are maliciously spreading misinformation with the objective of creating baseless fear. It does not just mean that the information is wrong, but that the author is being dishonest.

My question regarding the firehose/submittal question has been sent to CmdrTaco. If i get a response, i will post it.

Thanks,

sol