tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-86839596481353484 2012-01-24T07:34:16-08:00 Things from across the web that are worth your attention. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c016760ff9f4c970b 2012-01-24T07:34:16-08:00 2012-01-24T07:34:16-08:00

1842 - Ada Lovelace writes the first program. She is hampered in her efforts by the minor inconvenience that she doesn't have any actual computers to run her code. Enterprise architects will later relearn her techniques in order to program in UML. via james-iry.blogspot.com Comedy gold.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/-3PFOE3R3-I" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2012/01/a-brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong-history-of-programming-languages-via-one-div-zero.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c0162ff2f7df6970d 2012-01-07T12:13:59-08:00 2012-01-07T12:13:59-08:00

via www.youtube.com Great song, great clip.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/LMw9dJDbQvg" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2012/01/they-just-want-to-see-what-happens-when-they-tear-the-world-apart.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c01675f0c4767970b 2011-12-20T10:13:33-08:00 2011-12-20T10:13:33-08:00

via officialblog.yelp.com Highlights from my first Hackathon at Yelp. Make sure to watch the video (I’m in it!).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/ZNVDws6pYFw" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/12/hackathon-vi.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c0153935d69d6970b 2011-11-21T10:07:03-08:00 2011-11-21T10:07:03-08:00

Little Boots is back.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/Q34KghXQzSY" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/11/little-boots-shake.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c0153935d31b6970b 2011-11-21T09:35:05-08:00 2011-11-21T09:35:05-08:00

Facebook has moved from merely being a walled garden into openly attacking its users' ability and willingness to navigate the rest of the web. The evidence that this is true even for sites which embrace Facebook technologies is overwhelming, and the net result is that Facebook is gaslighting users into...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/bvM_L31x_Og" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/11/anil-dash-facebook-is-gaslighting-the-web.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c01539341e9b2970b 2011-11-18T21:31:14-08:00 2011-11-19T15:32:02-08:00

UPDATE: I've rewritten this into a petition at Change.org. Please go there and sign it to show your support! President Yudof, Chancellor Birgeneau: I am a recent graduate of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences program at Berkeley. I have always been proud to be a Berkeley alumnus, but as...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/Z-_QtWmn78U" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/11/an-open-letter-to-the-university-of-california-regarding-the-ucpds-mistreatment-of-peaceful-proteste.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c015392f0ca38970b 2011-11-10T07:13:51-08:00 2011-11-10T07:14:19-08:00

#!usr/bin/python # My first Like, Python script! yo just print like "hello world" bro via www.staringispolite.com Did you ever wish you could brogram in Python? Now you can!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/8AkAcjQskCE" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/11/like-python.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c01539266211d970b 2011-10-18T11:21:30-07:00 2011-10-18T11:21:30-07:00

via corp.sonic.net This is why I love my ISP.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/eccCg-JBxNE" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/10/the-apple-effect-on-isp-traffic.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c014e8c2043c5970d 2011-10-09T00:36:59-07:00 2011-10-09T00:42:48-07:00

Ever wanted to view alt text for an image in Mobile Safari? Here’s a handy JavaScript bookmarklet to do it: javascript:for%28var%20imCt%3D0%3Bdocument.images%5BimCt%5D%3BimCt++%29%7Bvoid%28document.images%5BimCt%5D.onclick%3Dfunction%28%29%7Bif%28this.title%26%26this.parentNode%29%7Bthis.parentNode.insertBefore%28document.createTextNode%28%27%20%27+this.title+%27%20%27%29%2Cthis%29%3B%7Delse%20if%28this.alt%26%26this.parentNode%29%7Bthis.parentNode.insertBefore%28document.createTextNode%28%27%20%27+this.alt+%27%20%27%29%2Cthis%29%3B%7Delse%7Balert%28%27There%20is%20no%20title%20or%20alt%20text%20for%20this%20image%27%29%3B%7D%7D%29%3B%7D To add this to your bookmarks bar, you can either drag the above snippet to your Safari bookmarks bar on OS X and then sync your iDevices (assuming you...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/CAZkzzuMN04" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/10/alt-text-for-ios-devices.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0134842724af970c015435b1c981970c 2011-09-25T18:15:22-07:00 2011-09-25T18:15:22-07:00

via vimeo.com Great 80s-retrofuturistic video for the lead single off of Com Truise’s new LP Galactic Melt. I see references to Tron and Blade Runner. What else?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShutUpAndClickIt/~4/2wUJI2dNjug" height="1" width="1"/>

Sam Kimbrel http://shutupandclickit.com/2011/09/com-truises-brokendate.html