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Heh. I was just over there, but it's between other machines and the sides aren't visible. I just told the guy who runs the site (my officemate) that he's at th

by joshu 17y ago

Heh. I was just over there, but it's between other machines and the sides aren't visible. I just told the guy who runs the site (my officemate) that he's at the top of HN though.

snprbob86 17y ago
It has been over two years since I was last in that arcade, so that piece of paper may be long gone. Maybe you would be so kind to print out and post another copy for Googlers who visit the arcade in the future :-) I really should spend some time reading the other top articles on your officemate's site. It appears that there may be many other gems on there.
- joshu 17y ago
  I shall do it when I get back.
  - snprbob86 17y ago
    Awesome. This Xoogler thanks you on behalf of future Googlers!
allenbrunson 17y ago
So you are office-mates with Andy Hertzfeld? Man, that dude is my hero. Didn't know he was at Google now.
- nostrademons 17y ago
  I would've said the same thing about being officemates with Joshua Schacter, the guy you're replying to. ;-) BTW, they're in my old office, the one I was in from Feb-May. The Googleplex is not really all that big. (Andy Hertzfeld was two doors down when I joined in January, before they reshuffled evereyone.)
  - chanux 17y ago
    Everyone talks about their hero. Mine is playing defender, there in the image :)
    - deleted 17y ago
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  - allenbrunson 17y ago
    Yeah, I know who he is. I was avidly following the brouhaha when that offhand remark he made a few months ago wound up on the front page of Mashable. Not to denigrate Joshua's achievements, but I'm not really into web stuff like most of you guys. The big topics around here are python, ruby, erlang, myssql, rails, et al. If I were to learn a new language today, I'd pick something like Z80 assembler. That makes me less marketable, but that's what appeals to me. Andy Hertzfeld did his best work in the severely constrained environment of the early Macintosh. I'm equally impressed by guys who were able to write games for the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision in 2K of ROM and a couple hundred bytes of RAM. That's the kind of stories I like to hear, for better or worse. Not surprisingly, I've read every story on folklore.org several times.
    - steveklabnik 17y ago
      Have you read The Soul of a New Machine? It sounds like something you'd really like.
      - allenbrunson 17y ago
        yes, i've read it. i found it unremarkable. the tale of the creation of a new computer sounds good in theory, but i couldn't get very involved. i've read most of the other entries in this genre as well. my favorite is "hackers" by steven levy.
        steveklabnik 17y ago
        Okay. Personally, I couldn't put it down. Then again, I tend to idolize that period of computer history, since I missed it... I haven't read "Hackers," I'll check it out.

by joshu 17y ago

Heh. I was just over there, but it's between other machines and the sides aren't visible. I just told the guy who runs the site (my officemate) that he's at the top of HN though.

snprbob86 17y ago

It has been over two years since I was last in that arcade, so that piece of paper may be long gone. Maybe you would be so kind to print out and post another copy for Googlers who visit the arcade in the future :-) I really should spend some time reading the other top articles on your officemate's site. It appears that there may be many other gems on there.

joshu 17y ago
I shall do it when I get back.
- snprbob86 17y ago
  Awesome. This Xoogler thanks you on behalf of future Googlers!

allenbrunson 17y ago

So you are office-mates with Andy Hertzfeld? Man, that dude is my hero. Didn't know he was at Google now.

nostrademons 17y ago
I would've said the same thing about being officemates with Joshua Schacter, the guy you're replying to. ;-) BTW, they're in my old office, the one I was in from Feb-May. The Googleplex is not really all that big. (Andy Hertzfeld was two doors down when I joined in January, before they reshuffled evereyone.)
- chanux 17y ago
  Everyone talks about their hero. Mine is playing defender, there in the image :)
  - deleted 17y ago
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- allenbrunson 17y ago
  Yeah, I know who he is. I was avidly following the brouhaha when that offhand remark he made a few months ago wound up on the front page of Mashable. Not to denigrate Joshua's achievements, but I'm not really into web stuff like most of you guys. The big topics around here are python, ruby, erlang, myssql, rails, et al. If I were to learn a new language today, I'd pick something like Z80 assembler. That makes me less marketable, but that's what appeals to me. Andy Hertzfeld did his best work in the severely constrained environment of the early Macintosh. I'm equally impressed by guys who were able to write games for the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision in 2K of ROM and a couple hundred bytes of RAM. That's the kind of stories I like to hear, for better or worse. Not surprisingly, I've read every story on folklore.org several times.
  - steveklabnik 17y ago
    Have you read The Soul of a New Machine? It sounds like something you'd really like.
    - allenbrunson 17y ago
      yes, i've read it. i found it unremarkable. the tale of the creation of a new computer sounds good in theory, but i couldn't get very involved. i've read most of the other entries in this genre as well. my favorite is "hackers" by steven levy.
      - steveklabnik 17y ago
        Okay. Personally, I couldn't put it down. Then again, I tend to idolize that period of computer history, since I missed it... I haven't read "Hackers," I'll check it out.