"In one of the most exciting scenes in the film, the hero programs race in light cycles, which were two-wheeled motorcycle-like vehicles that left walls in their wake. One of the protagonists forced an enemy cycle to crash into the arena's wall, leaving a gaping hole. The heroes dispatched their opponents and escaped through the hole to freedom – the first step on their way to take down the MCP.
When I watched that movie, I had no idea that I would unwittingly recreate the Tron world years later, rogue programs and all, with an Apple IIgs computer."
Tool to embed external resources in a page to reduce the number of load requests and enhance caching.
Visualize regular expressions. Very useful.
A collection of anecdotes, koans, and advice spoofing the style of the Tao Te Ching to promote many hacker ideals.
Of specific interest is the bit most of the way down about marking incidentally shielded locations as danger 0 on the incoming waves. Why didn't I think of that?
Interesting documentation on permissible and common lengths for email addresses, including a link to a metafilter thread with some statistics and a delightful vintage advertisement for electronic mail.