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A 30 second intro to AJAX
Lots of folks are turning on to this Ajax thing (I can't keep capitalizing it, just looks like I'm shouting). From online word processing to online PIM's, there's a little bit of everything out there using the technology. But I've yet to see such a succint and to-the-point description of the how to use Ajax as "Rasmus' 30 second AJAX tutorial." It will take you longer than 30 seconds to absorb it (I had to read it several times, but I'm a moron). What's nice is that he dispells the common misbelief that you need all these pre-built libraries to accomplish anything with Ajax. Instead, it's easy to start with a basic, classic "foo bar" example, and start building from there. As always, you'll need to understand XML to start doing the really amazing things.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
