bergdaemon

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   Shaggy Dog Story (not the TDD kind)(en.wikipedia.org)

   1 points by bergdaemon 14y ago|0 comments
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   by bergdaemon 14y ago

   I've always had a soft spot for side-scrolling text layouts. I think the way such layouts break "Skim-The-Page, Extract-the-Juice, Run-Away" behavior on the web is interesting. It focuses one on the text; getting people focused on a text is
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   An Oral History of John Backus [pdf](archive.computerhistory.org)

   2 points by bergdaemon 14y ago|0 comments
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   by bergdaemon 14y ago

   It's a tie between two strange books. Alfred Bester's _The Stars My Destination_: It's deeply flawed, wackily 1950s, has ridiculous tech, and is one of the most entertaining books I have read. Stanislaw Lem's _Solaris_: Strange, dry, border