tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866996.post2052974884106111287..comments2023-05-16T03:14:55.163-05:00Comments on JFKBits: Creative ProgrammingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866996.post-10092059374274718682007-02-24T23:15:00.000-06:002007-02-24T23:15:00.000-06:00Larry O'Brien has a 15 exercises for learning a pr...Larry O'Brien has a <A HREF="http://www.knowing.net/PermaLink,guid,f3b9ba36-848e-43f8-9caa-232ec216192d.aspx" REL="nofollow">15 exercises</A> for learning a programming language. He also has rationale for each exercise (that explains what aspect of the language is being explored)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956296363343527391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866996.post-4989397439187502902007-02-23T11:06:00.000-06:002007-02-23T11:06:00.000-06:00Good ideas! I hadn't been thinking of network pro...Good ideas! I hadn't been thinking of network programming but I suppose it has its place even in beginning programs, here in the modern world. (This will probably look like a ridiculous statement in 5, 10, 150 years when people stumble across it in the Google web archives. Will things happening before the electronic age be considered pre-history in 150 years if they aren't accessible online?)<BR/><BR/>The feed aggregator rings a bell, I think the annual ICFP programming contest had something like that as its functional programming challenege in recent years.jfkleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941573678144316048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866996.post-55025755492322738202007-02-23T10:03:00.000-06:002007-02-23T10:03:00.000-06:00What about a feed aggregator? I.e., it reads N RSS...What about a feed aggregator? I.e., it reads N RSS / Atom feeds and generates 1 unified feed.<BR/><BR/>A website archiver, which creates a local copy of a website with links re-written so you could, for instance, drop the file tree on a CD and have a working website without Internet access. For advanced effort, locate all IMG tags and localize those as well.<BR/><BR/>A weblog aggregator, to get the best of a group and individual weblogs. You and N-1 friends have weblogs, then the aggregator reads the posts on those weblogs and posts them on a aggregated weblog.Susan's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02862667802025231163noreply@blogger.com