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Update #2 – it’s a game", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2013/01/12/rocks-update-2-its-a-game/", "published_at": "2013-01-12T00:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-2cca-7312-96b4-6c91aea11a2b", "title": "One Game a Month, One Blog a Month?", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2013/01/05/one-game-a-month-one-blog-a-month/", "published_at": "2013-01-05T18:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-2cca-7312-96b4-6c91af23aa16", "title": "The simplest possible computer", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2012/02/10/the-simplest-possible-computer/", "published_at": "2012-02-10T17:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb68-2cca-7312-96b4-6c91af88bb81", "title": "A new project!", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2012/02/10/a-new-project/", "published_at": "2012-02-10T17:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4da2619de", "title": "Time for a reboot…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2011/06/08/time-for-a-reboot/", "published_at": "2011-06-08T08:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4db0406ad", "title": "JavaScript by example: functions and function objects", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2010/01/24/javascript-by-example-functions-and-function-objects/", "published_at": "2010-01-24T21:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4db44d830", "title": "PuzzleTwist is now available!", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2009/06/08/puzzletwist-is-now-available/", "published_at": "2009-06-08T05:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4db6967dd", "title": "The eyes have it – a tale of 3 vision problems", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2009/05/13/the-eyes-have-it-a-tale-of-3-vision-problems/", "published_at": "2009-05-13T01:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4dc264d13", "title": "Release early, release often…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2009/04/23/release-early-release-often/", "published_at": "2009-04-23T01:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4dcfa0968", "title": "Easter Pictems – a marketing experiment", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2009/03/25/easter-pictems-a-marketing-experiment/", "published_at": "2009-03-25T16:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4dda534f1", "title": "Obsolescence is a pain in the neck…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2009/03/06/obsolescence-is-a-pain-in-the-neck/", "published_at": "2009-03-06T00:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-4e0f-73e3-9380-bed4de679ef5", "title": "Grr. 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(XO Laptop, part 3)", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/09/28/so-whats-it-good-for-xo-laptop-part-3/", "published_at": "2008-09-28T16:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-3e93-73c1-ada6-ca964a492f34", "title": "Cleaning out the backlog…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/08/28/cleaning-out-the-backlog/", "published_at": "2008-08-28T17:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb70-3e93-73c1-ada6-ca964afd7e93", "title": "Team Building: cautionary tales", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/08/28/team-building-cautionary-tales/", "published_at": "2008-08-28T17:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e1f5097b", "title": "Julia Child, International Super-spy", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/08/13/julia-child-international-super-spy/", "published_at": "2008-08-13T21:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e26b7b8b", "title": "Pictems, three weeks in", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/08/03/pictems-three-weeks-in/", "published_at": "2008-08-03T22:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e31e20bc", "title": "Pictems!", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/07/11/pictems/", "published_at": "2008-07-11T09:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e32cfad1", "title": "The Problem with Magic…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/06/17/the-problem-with-magic/", "published_at": "2008-06-17T06:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e3a2498e", "title": "What a week…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/06/13/what-a-week/", "published_at": "2008-06-13T20:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e3bea417", "title": "WWDC 2008", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/06/06/wwdc-2008/", "published_at": "2008-06-06T17:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e48cb2b8", "title": "Why you should visit the Computer History Museum sooner, rather than later", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/05/28/why-you-should-visit-the-computer-history-museum-sooner-rather-than-later/", "published_at": "2008-05-28T21:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e5421ec3", "title": "The intermediate approach…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/05/06/the-intermediate-approach/", "published_at": "2008-05-06T16:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e5a298fa", "title": "Tolkien is probably rolling in his grave", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/04/09/tolkien-is-probably-rolling-in-his-grave/", "published_at": "2008-04-09T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb73-c0ca-7249-8dce-0a65e5ff8fb6", "title": "Most surpising headline of the year", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/03/19/most-surpising-headline-of-the-year/", "published_at": "2008-03-19T23:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f52f3d6a0e", "title": "Is it my imagination?", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/03/18/is-it-my-imagination/", "published_at": "2008-03-18T18:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f52f81bf6f", "title": "L. U. A. That spells Moon!", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/03/12/l-u-a-that-spells-moon/", "published_at": "2008-03-12T16:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f53065f7de", "title": "Leaning towards the left…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/03/11/leaning-towards-the-left/", "published_at": "2008-03-11T05:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f531550ddf", "title": "A fun little puzzle", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/02/27/a-fun-little-puzzle/", "published_at": "2008-02-27T20:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f531f39afe", "title": "Monkey madness!", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/02/22/monkey-madness/", "published_at": "2008-02-22T22:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f5324f567b", "title": "XO Laptop, part 2", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/01/09/xo-laptop-part-2/", "published_at": "2008-01-09T17:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f5332ff1f9", "title": "XO laptop mini-review", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2008/01/05/xo-laptop-mini-review/", "published_at": "2008-01-05T05:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f533d30103", "title": "Programmer’s purity test", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/12/07/programmers-purity-test/", "published_at": "2007-12-07T02:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f534ce903a", "title": "Fear of teaching", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/11/24/fear-of-teaching/", "published_at": "2007-11-24T18:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb76-f921-727a-bc87-75f5355f98d0", "title": "The C++ FQA (frequently questioned answers)", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/10/28/the-c-fqa-frequently-questioned-answers/", "published_at": "2007-10-28T21:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-986223b0adda", "title": "You’re probably using \"unsigned\" incorrectly", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/10/25/youre-probably-using-unsigned-incorrectly/", "published_at": "2007-10-25T06:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-986224166cf8", "title": "New Blender!", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/05/29/new-blender/", "published_at": "2007-05-29T04:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-9862249982bb", "title": "They’re running a contest over at Worse Than Failure", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/05/02/theyre-running-a-contest-over-at-worse-than-failure/", "published_at": "2007-05-02T19:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-986224c3bfca", "title": "Oops…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/05/02/oops/", "published_at": "2007-05-02T16:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-986224f26efc", "title": "Slashdot really irritates me sometimes…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/04/11/slashdot-really-irritates-me-sometimes/", "published_at": "2007-04-11T06:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-9862255a2762", "title": "Daylight Saving Time is here…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/03/12/daylight-saving-time-is-here/", "published_at": "2007-03-12T20:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-986225806a1d", "title": "What was that?", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/02/27/what-was-that/", "published_at": "2007-02-27T19:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-9862267084e6", "title": "Just barely better than no backup at all…", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/02/13/just-barely-better-than-no-backup-at-all/", "published_at": "2007-02-13T06:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb7a-3598-70aa-a391-9862271db754", "title": "Language matters", "url": "https://markbessey.blog/2007/01/17/language-matters/", "published_at": "2007-01-17T06:58:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Where are we headed from here?original ↗
23 Aug 2026
Act Four: Coding in the AI eraoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2026
Intermission: Enter Claude St. Hubbinsoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
Act Three: 100% Vibe-coded sloporiginal ↗
26 Jul 2026
Act Three: 100% Vibe-coded sloporiginal ↗
26 Jul 2026
Act Two: Can we just have the intern do that?original ↗
17 Jul 2026
Act One: Working for the man, fighting with Claudeoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2026
Claude Code, and the myth of “productivity”original ↗
5 Jul 2026

2025

Proposition 50 is awful. Vote YES, anyway.original ↗
23 Oct 2025
Wait, you can just buy that sort of thing, now?original ↗
31 Aug 2025
UCSD Pascal In Depth: The p-Machineoriginal ↗
21 May 2025
UCSD Pascal In Depth: Code filesoriginal ↗
19 May 2025
UCSD Pascal In Depth: Text Filesoriginal ↗
8 May 2025
UCSD Pascal In Depth: Filesystemoriginal ↗
1 May 2025
UCSD Pascal In Depth: Editororiginal ↗
30 Apr 2025
Running Apple Pascal on a modern Macoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2025
A Blast From The Past: UCSD Pascaloriginal ↗
15 Apr 2025

2023

Roguelike Celebration 2023 (day 2)original ↗
23 Oct 2023
Roguelike Celebration 2023 (day 1)original ↗
22 Oct 2023
Twine, Part 2: Hello, Chapbookoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2023
Interactive Fiction: Hello Twineoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2023
Ethics and AI artoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2023
How Does An AI Make Art?original ↗
2 Jan 2023

2022

Training AIoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2022
How Does AI Work?original ↗
15 Dec 2022
An Intro To AI And Artoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2022

2021

“The Watch” is great, actually.original ↗
22 Mar 2021

2020

Fact-checking some Apple Silicon exuberanceoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2020
What I learned by NOT playing D&Doriginal ↗
11 Oct 2020
Good takes and bad takes on Apple Siliconoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2020
What Apple Announced at WWDC 2020original ↗
23 Jun 2020
ARM Macs are coming, and faster than you thinkoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2020

2018

Movie Mini-Review: Rampageoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2018

2017

Mergers: The Goodoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2017
Mergers: The Good, The Bad, and The Uglyoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2017
That delicate line between security and convenienceoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2017
The "Just Smart Enough" Houseoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2017
Follow up: LockState security failuresoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2017
A short rant on XML – the Good, the Bad, and the Uglyoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2017
Post-trip review: Telestial “International Travel SIM”original ↗
5 Sept 2017
A brief history of the Futureoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2017
What your Internet Of Things startup can learn from LockStateoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2017
Why I hate the MacBook Pro Touchbaroriginal ↗
13 Aug 2017

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Revieworiginal ↗
18 Dec 2016
Apple vs the FBIoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2016

2014

Predictions for Apple’s big announcement event tomorroworiginal ↗
8 Sept 2014

2013

One down, 11 to gooriginal ↗
5 Feb 2013
Rocks! Update #2 – it’s a gameoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2013
One Game a Month, One Blog a Month?original ↗
5 Jan 2013

2012

The simplest possible computeroriginal ↗
10 Feb 2012
A new project!original ↗
10 Feb 2012

2011

Time for a reboot…original ↗
8 Jun 2011

2010

JavaScript by example: functions and function objectsoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2010

2009

PuzzleTwist is now available!original ↗
8 Jun 2009
The eyes have it – a tale of 3 vision problemsoriginal ↗
13 May 2009
Release early, release often…original ↗
23 Apr 2009
Easter Pictems – a marketing experimentoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2009
Obsolescence is a pain in the neck…original ↗
6 Mar 2009
Grr. Blogger hates me.original ↗
16 Feb 2009
A New Kind of Science meets XKCDoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2009
A New Kind Of Scienceoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2009
Well, I’m getting better…original ↗
3 Feb 2009
This week’s iPhone SDK sob storyoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2009

2008

A math problemoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2008
Synchronicity…original ↗
13 Nov 2008
Just In Time compilation vs. the desktop and embedded worldsoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2008
Vote.original ↗
4 Nov 2008
Returning to Java, after 10 years awayoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2008
So, what’s it good for? (XO Laptop, part 3)original ↗
28 Sept 2008
Cleaning out the backlog…original ↗
28 Aug 2008
Team Building: cautionary talesoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2008
Julia Child, International Super-spyoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2008
Pictems, three weeks inoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2008
Pictems!original ↗
11 Jul 2008
The Problem with Magic…original ↗
17 Jun 2008
What a week…original ↗
13 Jun 2008
WWDC 2008original ↗
6 Jun 2008
Why you should visit the Computer History Museum sooner, rather than lateroriginal ↗
28 May 2008
The intermediate approach…original ↗
6 May 2008
Tolkien is probably rolling in his graveoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2008
Most surpising headline of the yearoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2008
Is it my imagination?original ↗
18 Mar 2008
L. U. A. That spells Moon!original ↗
12 Mar 2008
Leaning towards the left…original ↗
11 Mar 2008
A fun little puzzleoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2008
Monkey madness!original ↗
22 Feb 2008
XO Laptop, part 2original ↗
9 Jan 2008
XO laptop mini-revieworiginal ↗
5 Jan 2008

2007

Programmer’s purity testoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2007
Fear of teachingoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2007
The C++ FQA (frequently questioned answers)original ↗
28 Oct 2007
You’re probably using "unsigned" incorrectlyoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2007
New Blender!original ↗
29 May 2007
They’re running a contest over at Worse Than Failureoriginal ↗
2 May 2007
Oops…original ↗
2 May 2007
Slashdot really irritates me sometimes…original ↗
11 Apr 2007
Daylight Saving Time is here…original ↗
12 Mar 2007
What was that?original ↗
27 Feb 2007
Just barely better than no backup at all…original ↗
13 Feb 2007
Language mattersoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2007
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