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17 Responses to “Episode 16: A fictional JavaScript tale”

1. John Resig

   November 12th, 2006 at 1:10 am

   Very cute Dustin, well done :-) I like the granade-throwing ending, well played.

2. Martin

   November 12th, 2006 at 2:35 am

   There’s something wrong with the list of Javascripters:

   
   <li><a href="http://dustindiaz.com">Dustin Diaz (myself)</a></li>
   <li><a href="John Resig : http://jquery.com</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://danwebb.net">Dan Webb</a></li>
   

3. Dan Webb

   November 12th, 2006 at 7:03 am

   Wow, what an epic. I’m not sure I’m into my depiction of being the shambolic John Belushi character out of Animal House but, well, I am what I am. Just because I’ve not sworn allegiance to a library eh? :)

   You got the curiosity thing spot on though.

   Also, I think nuking everything was the coolest way to go. Who needs to live forever?

4. Dustin Diaz

   November 12th, 2006 at 10:45 am

   @John: I was hoping to depict your character as accurate as possible. By now I’m completely over the fact that jQuery - in almost all circumstances, will win all one-liner competitions. It suited you well that you’re able to do everything quick and run through walls. You lead a one of a kind army and I definitely commend you for it :)

   @Martin: It is corrected now.

   @Dan: I know you’ve played with Prototype perhaps the most, but I figured it was only appropriate after your last post about a low down dirty goblin. Inventing the atomic bomb was also an excellent way to go out :p

5. Justin Palmer

   November 12th, 2006 at 3:24 pm

   Haha! Nice. :-) In real life, my baseball cards from my younger days are tossed in a huge box bent to hell and back. ;-p

6. Dustin Diaz

   November 12th, 2006 at 3:34 pm

   Just to clarify for everyone, I came up with this story during a late night of no sleep. I said that I was “buzzed” in the podcast - but I only say that when I can’t remember things.

   Justin, glad you liked :)

7. Robert Otani

   November 12th, 2006 at 5:33 pm

   Hey, I think know Billy; I think he lives on my block… but who gave him neighborhood watch duties?

8. Tobie Langel

   November 15th, 2006 at 12:51 am

   That was great… totally hilarious, and so true.

9. kentaromiura

   November 16th, 2006 at 12:09 am

   Hello I’m Billy, I copy and paste ,sometimes I cut, everything that seems to me ‘Foolie-Coolie’
   so now I write a perfect Hello World function. How can I compile that?

   By the way, there is a Billy hidden somewhere in all of Us.

10. kingforce

    November 22nd, 2006 at 4:14 am

    It was great. Thanks

11. swimming pool water filtration system

    December 12th, 2006 at 7:50 pm

    it is very cute, thanks for the effort

12. milo

    December 18th, 2006 at 10:05 am

    Hehe, good stuff.

13. stephen

    December 30th, 2006 at 12:34 pm

    Thanks for this Dustin. That wasn’t just a story - it was a parable, an analogy, and a life lesson. I read the transcript, meticulously, and saw the message. Well done, you got me thinking about which one represents me most.
    I particularly liked the interesting reference to exercise and food-intake.
    FYI: detinates is spelled detonates. Unless it has some other meaning that which we are not aware.

14. Amelie

    January 4th, 2007 at 1:09 pm

    Cool music intro - the story is also not so bad ;-)

15. Ryan Cannon

    January 26th, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    Dustin all of your feedburner links are broken–I had to go to Odeo and grab it.

16. Kirsten Irland

    February 15th, 2007 at 6:43 am

    Like all your podcasts: Just awesome. It’s great that you spend so much time in creating the episodes, just to amuse your readers. I’m curious about the next part.

17. Q5 Grafisch Webdesign

    April 9th, 2008 at 10:58 am

    I just downloaded Itunes and Listening to your great podcast. Really love the story thanks so much.