Nov
27th
Thu
27th
Nov
3rd
Mon
3rd
Why are strings called strings ?
It’s a “string [of characters]”. Like, a string of things in a row. The term is mathematical in origin (like much of computer science).(via Reddit.)
Oct
21st
Tue
21st
Creativity highest at 10:04pm, lowest at 4:33pm
People are at their most creative late at night with 10.04pm the most likely time for a eureka moment, research has shown. The least creative time in the day is after lunch at 4.33pm, with 92 per cent of people admitting to feeling uninspired in the afternoon.
Sep
28th
Sun
28th
A blog in the robots.txt file.
A cloaked for humans version of the robots.txt file of Webmasterworld actually has a secret blog published in it !
Sep
19th
Fri
19th
I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers :-)
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use :-(
