https://whytheluckystiff.net/ _why's Estate Hey, welcome to my collection of why the lucky stiff links. Everything _why has published on the internet should be accessible from here. It works sort of like a museum that sells maps. Many of his abandoned writings are mirrored locally here, and everything else is through external links. Jump to: Code Writings Pictures Music Videos Miscellaneous Code Thankyou whymirror.github.io. * bloopsaphone * blimlimb * bumpspark * camping * 8cpj * hacketyhack * hobix * hoodwinkd * hpricot * markaby * metaid * mixico * mousehole * parkplace * potion * redcloth * sheila * sandbox * Try Ruby * shoes * syck * unholy * chirrup * skistrap * fakeplus * processor * rb_parse_args * yown * dns-zone * _why's dotfiles Writings * Books + Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby [HTML] (poignant.guide) + Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby [PDF] (rubyinside.com) + Nobody Knows Shoes [PDF] (github.com) + CLOSURE^1 (github.com) + CLOSURE [PDF] (dropbox.com) * Stories + The Bobby Wolves + Stunt Runner + The Colors Have Left * Incidents + 1. The Milkman Who Couldn't Sleep + 2. Emptiness + 3. Regrets + 4. The Berkowitz Manuevre + 5. Ignored + 6. Birthstones + 7. Water + 8. Waking + 9. The Man + 10. Ghosts + 11. The End + 12. The Incident + 13. Duck Typing + 14. The Man Who Happened to Reach Up + 15. The Man Who Happened to Have Legs + 16. The Skier + 17. Javek and the Candle + 18. Milk Powers + 19. The Little Piece of Cloth + 20. The Tandem Bicycle + 21. The Queen-Sized + 22. Wristwatches + 23. The Advisor + 24. Speaking of Flutes + 25. Kimothy's Mouth + 26. The Jump Wanter + 27. The Life Guy + 28. The Story Life Doesn't Explain + 29. The Grieving Boar + 30. Jentle and Pailey + 31. The Hand Which Fell Apart + 32. A Smart Curtsy + 33. The Secret Sandwich + 34. A Magic Milk + 35. Adventure of the Apple's Mom * Five-Minute Plays for Twins Who Don't Have Their Other Twin With Them and An Unlimited Supply of Animals + Octopus + Eagle + Swan + Otter * Quatrains + 0.0 + 0.1 + 0.2 + 1.0 + 1.1 + 1.2 + 1.3 + 1.4 * Hacking + A Quick Guide to SQLite and Ruby + What's Shiny and New in Ruby 1.8.0? + Seeing Metaclasses Clearly + The Fully Upturned Bin + The Little Coder's Predicament + Wearing Ruby Slippers To Work * Twitter + @_why's most favourited tweets (web.archive.org) + @_why's last ~300 tweets + You Would Do Well To Enjoy This Day * The Preeventualist + Mirror of the website, missing the FAQ page + "Ashley Raymond's" blog (ashraym.blogspot.com) * Soccer Riot + The website (still kicking!) (members.tripod.com) + An ad-free mirror, hosted here (just in case) + Transcripts of some stories originally embedded in images o Picking Up the Daddybird o I Know French Kissing has a Head Start On Me o The Good Con * Blogs + RedHanded (mirror) + Hackety.org (mirror) + My Rails Blob (railsblob.blogspot.com) + On the Lake by the Snacks (onthelakebythesnacks.blogspot.com) * Potion: A Short Pamphlet (runciter.net) Pictures * Comics + Holy Bible: one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen + The Open Window: one two three four five six seven eight nine + Brody Pools: one two three four five six + Lost Children, Lost Children, Lost Children, See Such Feverish Castles: one + The Least Surprised (web.archive.org) * RubyKaigi Wallpapers + 2007 (web.archive.org) + 2008 (web.archive.org) * The Ruby Programming Language illustrations (oreilly.com) * The foreword to Beginning Ruby (rubyinside.com) Music * The Thirsty Cups + The Poignant Guide Soundtrack (poignant.guide) + RailsConf Chicago 23 June 2006 (archive.org) + A bootleg of the Why the Lucky Stiff concert at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival [MP3] (web.archive.org) + Why the Lucky Stiff and the Thirsty Cups, live at FOSCON 2005 (soundcloud.com) + Lyrics * The Child Who Was a Keyhole + Band MySpace (myspace.com) + In The Faxed Atmosphere [Spotify] (open.spotify.com) + In The Faxed Atmosphere (Ogg Vorbis provided under Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0) (lubutu.com) + Lyrics * moonboots + Band MySpace (myspace.com) + elfin princess (files.scene.org) + Lyrics * phonequail Videos * The Least Surprised + Time.now.is_a? MagicTime (youtube.com) + The Red Scared (youtube.com) + UnboundMyth'd (youtube.com) * OSCON 2005 + Foxes Tall and Small on Modules (youtube.com) + Sinking Symphony (youtube.com) * Noboto + Why the Lucky Stiff, on Twins and Drawing (youtube.com) * Art && Code Symposium + Hackety Hack (vimeo.com) + Just the Kaxxt portion of the above video (youtube.com) + Lost Recordings of _why's Last Lecture (web.archive.org) + _why's original dueling swordsmen script, from 2000 (gist.github.com) + Hello World, the Song (in Max/MSP) (vimeo.com) * RailsConf 2006 + Why the Lucky Stiff presents at RailsConf 2006 (youtube.com) + RailsConf Chicago 2006 Keynote (youtube.com) + David Heinemeier Hansson and Why the Lucky Stiff chat at RailsConf 2006 (youtube.com) + Everyone Is Here In The Future (everyoneishereinthefuture.com) Miscellaneous * Archived websites and blogs + whytheluckystiff.net o whytheluckystiff.net (web.archive.org) o (.~) what a quiet stiff (~.) (web.archive.org) o code.whytheluckystiff.net (web.archive.org) + hackety.org (web.archive.org) + redhanded.hobix.com (web.archive.org) + hobix.com (web.archive.org) + shoooes.net (web.archive.org) + preeventualist.org (web.archive.org) + Advogato Blog (web.archive.org) * Dwellings left standing + Flickr Account (flickr.com) * Emails + An email (reddit.com) + a letter from _why (aberant.tumblr.com) * The poignant-stiffs Archives (web.archive.org) * _why interview by The Setup (why.usesthis.com) * _why's welcome Notes ^1 On 18 April 2013, _why came back to publish a 95-page book (of sorts) by placing each page one at a time on a public print queue on whytheluckystiff.net throughout the day. The events of the day are captured in this IRC chat log. It's generally thought that this was _why's final act of closure, and so Steve Klabnik put all 95 pages together into a book called "CLOSURE". --------------------------------------------------------------------- See any dead links? 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