Sam Stokes on Research in your life and studies

Computer Archeology: The Smiley, where did it come from?

The Smiley, where did it come from?  Here is the first instance of the Smiley: 401298269,0,0 19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-20c> I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) Read More...

Posted Saturday, June 06, 2009 9:16 AM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments

WTF#: Compelling demonstration

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Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:12 PM by SoCal Sam | 1 Comments

Silverlight games: Review of tutorials for Silverlight games

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Posted Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:16 AM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments

Looking at the code inside of our trial code...

Hopefully you gave the code from Friday a try, Popfly should be used for that type of code, since there is that banner that advises people to not input their password, etc. Now that you have run your tests, make sure to change your site or remove it. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:47 PM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments