Archive for November 21st, 2005

November 21st, 2005

Unmaintainable Code

How To Write Unmaintainable Code
Use Three Dimensional Arrays
Lots of them. Move data between the arrays in convoluted ways, say, filling the columns in arrayB with the rows from arrayA. Doing it with an offset of 1, for no apparent reason, is a nice touch. Makes the maintenance programmer nervous.
Obscure film references
Use constant names like LancelotsFavouriteColour [...]

November 21st, 2005

LED Ligthts

The Straw House Blog - LED Ligthts
some really cool LED lights, from an off the grid house, so low power is a must, but design and functionality is definately a plus on these awesome but simple lights

November 21st, 2005

Warning Label Generator

Warning Label Generator
your warning label goes here
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November 21st, 2005

River of cocaine

Telegraph | News | River of cocaine
But the sewage samples obtained from Mogden and Beckton plants indicated that the actual figures for cocaine abuse were far higher. Tests found that 37,638 doses of cocaine, or 150,552 lines, are consumed in London every day, nearly 16 times more than the government figure of 2,397 doses.
only about [...]