Links that used to be on Tumblr.
I used to semi-keep a blog on Tumblr. I decided to start hosting my own site again and delete my Tumblr account. So here’s some links I posted that still interest me.
StarNation Movie looks like an interesting film about competitive StarCraft 2 gamers.
Hall of API Shame: Boolean Trap - On how it is a design error to have Boolean parameters to functions/methods.
Michael Abrash’s classic “Graphics Programming Black Book” is free online.
(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))
Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? A detailed (and geeky) argument that Lord of the Rings does indeed have a rather large plot hole.
A Turing Machine - An interesting machine that mimics a Turing machine.
The Mourners - My brother tipped me off to this neat virtual gallery of sculptures.
Film Reviews / Analysis by Rob Ager - I found Ager’s reviews while searching for The Big Lebowski reviews. I particularly liked his analysis of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial - Tutorial for Mercurial written by Joel Spolsky.