A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

If you’ve ever wondered what PHP stood for, wonder no more. Read “A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages” to discover the origins of  Programmable Hyperlinked Pasta among other well known historical programming languages. Kudos to the commenter who points out that Jacquard’s looms were in fact multi-threaded.

Sun speaks with forked tongue

Scottish readers will be aware that the Scottish editions of UK papers don’t always say the same thing as the versions available elsewhere. An “S” or an “Sc” in small print somewhere in the margin is often a clue.

Someone’s put together a diff of a Sun editorial that highlights some interesting differences in tone between what’s on sale north and south of the border. The Guardian seems to think it’s newsworthy, though I shouldn't imagine it's news to many.