April 10, 2007
jawdropping
(Pure geek post.)
This is sick (not in the gross sense): 6502 compatible compiler and emulator in javascript.
In JavaScript.
If you don't know what any of this means, that's okay. I can't hardly get my head around it either.
Via JWZ.
October 28, 2004
Grand Theftendo
Via Slashdot tonight, this is totally amazing and cool: Grand Theftendo, a port of Grand Theft Auto III to the original Nintendo Entertainment System (an 8-bit machine!). ("Port" is a bit misleading; it's all original, from the graphics to the dialogue to the code—it's probably more of a tribute.) What's more, the guy is writing the thing in assembly. Using an assembler and compiler he wrote himself to do the job.
Did I mention this is just a hobby that he works on in his spare time?
I stand in awe, and am half-seriously considering giving up this computer thing to become a potato farmer or something.
June 17, 2004
Spolsky on the Windows API
Joel Spolsky on How Microsoft Lost the API War:
Outside developers, who were never particularly happy with the complexity of Windows development, have defected from the Microsoft platform en-masse and are now developing for the web....
Much as I hate to say it, a huge chunk of developers have long since moved to the web and refuse to move back.
Good article. I recommend reading all of it, not just my highly selective snippets here.
