Geek Contest - Coding Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky


	Geek Contest - Coding Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky

ericw

12-30-2005 2:16 AM

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geek, lewis carroll, jabberwocky, programming, coding, action script, bianry, java, c, assembly

ericw says:

True Geek dedication - it brings tears to my eyes ..

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3-15-2007 10:48 AM

Kore7

I caught you popping yourself again, Eric...I thought we had a discussion about this....

3-15-2007 11:47 AM

bignosemousie

Well, hey now. How did that happen? I'm looking at you, eric.

3-15-2007 11:57 AM

ericw

lol....even after years of therapy, I still can't help popping myself.

Seriously though, to squash any budding conspiracy theories... this clip is a relic. The pop is from 1/12/06, before the official "inception"of popping, and is probably a byproduct of development/testing.

[/scooter libby-esque defense]

3-15-2007 12:01 PM

bignosemousie

A likely story.

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