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Not every tech “advent calendar” involves programming puzzles. Instead the geek tradition of programming-language advent calendars “seems to have started way back in 2000,” according to one history, “when London-based programmer Mark Fowler launched a … Continue reading The 2024 ‘Advent Calendars’ Offering Programming Language Tips, Space Photos, and Memories
Mozilla’s developer blog is announcing “JavaScriptmas”.
[F]rom December 1st to December 24th, we will release a fun, daily coding challenge for you to solve on [code-learning platform] Scrimba. Each challenge comes with an introductory screencast cal… Continue reading Mozilla Announces ‘JavaScriptmas’ – Daily Coding Challenges with a Chance at Prizes
The long-running Advent of Code site just entered its 10th year, with 162,809 people completing both of its Day One puzzles (which involve a hunt for the missing historian of the North Pole).
But its not the only site offering Christmas-themed program… Continue reading 2024’s Geek ‘Advent Calendar’s Offer Challenges – and a Magnus Carlsen-Signed Chessboard
“The Portland International Airport in Oregon understands holiday travel is stressful. So this season, it invited a few specialists…” writes the Washington Post.
One TV station describes them as “therapy llamas… two 400-pound fluffballs serving a… Continue reading ‘Therapy Llamas’ Visit Portland Airport to Lower the Stress of Travellers
“Share this holiday fairy tale with your loved ones,” urges the Free Software Foundation.
A company offers you a tool to make your life easier, but, when you use it, you find out that the tool forces you to use it only in the way the tool’s manufactu… Continue reading FSF Shares Holiday Fairy Tale Warning ‘Don’t Let Your Tools Control You’
For Epic’s Christmas special this year, they’re giving away for free “an AAA game that only launched back in 2022…” reports ComicBook.com — a game that invites players to “ally with a powerful spectral entity on theirâquest for vengeance.”… Continue reading Epic’s Free Game Giveaway Continues with Bethesda’s ‘Ghostwire: Tokyo’
“It’s like visiting an old friend for the holidays,” according to this article:
Approaching his 86th birthday, Donald Knuth — Stanford’s beloved computer science guru — honored what’s become a long-standing tradition. He gave a December “C… Continue reading 30 Years of Donald Knuth’s ‘Christmas Lectures’ Go Online – Including 2023’s
“Millions of Star Wars fans get nostalgia pangs during the holiday season,” reports the Washington Post, “when they are accustomed to seeing broadcasts of their beloved movies…. FX, now owned by Disney, has multiple Star Wars marathons on tap this mo… Continue reading ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ Upscaled To 4K 60fps
It’s a geek tradition that started online back in 2000. Programming language “advent calendars” offer daily tips about a programming language (if not a Christmas-themed programming puzzle) — one a day through December 25th.
And 2023 finds a wide var… Continue reading 2023’s Online ‘Advent Calendars’ Challenge Programmers With Tips and Puzzles
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: It’s a question that comes up all the time on Reddit. Etsy even created a special page for programmer-themed gift suggestions (showing more than 5,000 results). While CNET sticks to broader lists of “tech g… Continue reading Amazon, Etsy, Launch Categories With ‘Gifts For Programmers’