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Fantastic js1k Submissions
An anonymous reader writes "With just five days left in the current competition to write an app in only 1kb of JavaScript, the submissions are becoming increasingly impressive. Take for instance a beautiful 3D animation drawing on a 2D canvas. Or a mine cart animation. If you wait long enough you'll actually get to caves! Can you manage to write a demo that fits on the hall of fame before the deadline closes?"
Ok, I'm a simple-minded soul, as some here may have noticed. While I can't claim to have read all of this latest 'oh no, another hosts file screed' because I skimmed portions, I got some seemingly solid info out of it (ditto for some of the earlier ones I've read in whole or part.)
Funny thing is, for all the excruciating length of it (yet not much compared to all the reading that I end up doing most days) I came away today thinking it may have been time well spent - it's prompted me to finally get around to 'installing' a hosts file list, not sure which one, likely the one from someonewhocares.org. If it works as well as what I used for a while about ten years ago, I'll be happy. And grateful to APK for the lesson and the reminder.
YMMV
Oh, and for on-topic, and what I stopped here for: the vids are freaking amazing - the mine cart blew me away: all that in such a small space, and in many ways superior to much of what was done in 16/32 bit days as well. My hat is off (and yes, I wear one) to the skilled, talented, and imaginative programmers, true geeks all. Thanks.
Am I the only one wondering how they installed the lights in the caves?