My undergrad program had us write Java code by hand for some beginning assignments and exams. The TAs would then type whatever we wrote into Eclipse and see if it ran. They usually graded pretty leniently, though.

The fun fact about Methylene Blue that always is a hit with students is it also turns your pee a green/blue-green color.

This is pretty cool. I just saw an article about a D&D-themed pinball machine that’s being made and immediately my mind jumped to wondering just how difficult it is to maintain these things. It’d be fun to own one but I have no idea how many other businesses are out there like this one.

It’s great! I’d put it up there with other weird children’s lit like The Stinky Cheese Man and Strega Nona.

IIRC DreamWorks originally tried adapting the book directly but it didn’t really work so they kept some concepts and redid the entire story. Early designs of movie Shrek looked a lot closer to book Shrek.