Link of the Day [3.18.09]

broderic on March 18, 2009

I wish animation would get out of the silliness that it is in today. There’s plenty of stories to tell with animated characters, 2D or even stop motion. If only there were people creative enough to see animation’s wonderfulness of uses.

Then I see today’s link. I frown. Seth McFarlane is killing us. He’s taken the latter day Simpson formula and jammed it into the bungholes of America with Family Guy, Patriotic Dad and this monstrosity. I know already what the shows going to be about without even watching a single episode.

http://www.fox.com/cleveland/

Link of the Day [3.14.09]

broderic on March 14, 2009

One month ago, it was Valentine’s Day. In Japan, it’s the girls who give chocolates to the guys. So, for payback, there’s today, White Day, when the guy gives candy to the girls who gave them chocolates. Oh, how interesting the Japanese are. Now, it would be nice to receive chocolates from a girl. You wouldn’t have to worry about if a girl likes you. She’ll just give you chocolate as a way to show her interest. At least, that’s what happens in manga. Then you’re in like slim.

http://www.candy.or.jp/whiteday/index.html

Link of the Day [3.13.09]

broderic on March 13, 2009

The ACM gave out its Turing award to a pioneer in computer programming, Barbara Liskov. This stands out for me because I am deeply indebted to her eponymous Liskov Substitution Principle. In plain English, if you have an object which inherits attributes from another object, then that derived object can and should stand in place of any other types of objects of the parent object. Hunh? It’s the basis for Object-Oriented Programming and it governs the software development today. It makes programming slightly easier and it makes for cool extensions of the software.

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/03/acm-gives-turing-award-to-oop-distributed-computing-pioneer.ars