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Recreation Humor Computer Programming

• The Algorithm of an Average Taxpayer's Life - A structured biography in 483 pseudo-coded subroutines, as logical outcome of random events and processes during lifetime.
• ComedyCode - Funny programming code. Programmers can submit their own code and rate the work of others.
• The Commentator - A program for generating comments automatically, customizable by FUD factor, profanity, self-importance, verbosity, humor level, and bitterness.
• Computer Programming Humor - Jokes, oneliners, and prank definitions.
• Computer Stupidities - Collection of stupid chunks of C source code and reports of encounters with less-than-bright apprentice programmers.
• The Daily WTF - Offers daily posts of user-submitted examples of bad code and software design.
• Epigrams in Programming - List of 120 programming-related aphorisms.
• The Evolution of a Programmer - Programming style and how it evolves as programmers mature from junior high students to senior managers.
• Fifty Ways to Hose Your Code - A song kind of by Paul Simon.
• Hacker's Wisdom - Collection of programming humor and computer folklore classics.
• Hello, World Page - Collecting examples of "Hello World" programs for as many languages and related programming environments (shells) as possible.
• Holger's Humor Page - Why is C++ programming like teenage sex? What's the difference between a software developer and a drug dealer? When will operator overloading be added to Java? This page has the answers.
• How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot - Showcases how to shoot yourself in the foot using several programming languages.
• Jargon File - Programmer slang dictionary, containing more than 2000 not-quite-serious definitions and a number of programmer folklore anecdotes. Hosted by Eric S. Raymond.
• Laugh Along with GNU - Designed to provide some laughs to the working hackers - large collection of GNU/programming humor.
• Life of Programmer - Humorous observations and stories of dealing with computers and their users.
• LOLCODE - Development of a new language. User contributions welcomed.
• Programming is a Weird and Wacky World - Collection of jokes, satirical articles, and parodies on popular song lyrics.
• Programming Languages are Like Women - Mildly sexist metaphorical languages lineup.
• Quotes about Programmers - Quotations about programmers, software and programming languages.
• Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal - Classic Datamation article by Ed Post.
• Reflections on Trusting Trust - An ACM classic: UNIX coinventor Ken Thompson reports on how he hacked his own C compiler.
• The Retrocomputing Museum - Eric S. Raymond's list of outdated, obscure, or deliberatly unusable programming languages, compilers, and interpreters.
• Softpanorama Humor Archive - Open-source related humor, dissing (among others) Linus Torvalds, RMS, ESR, vi, and Perl.
• Softwarequotes.com - Quotations from various programmers about programming. Includes a quotes search, newsletter, and index of quotes by person quoted.
• The Tao Of Programming - Koan-style advice to apprentice programmers.