Whiteshoe Inventionish Column

Lofty and Low Volume XVI: The Programmers Edition

Lofty
1. For loops
2. <STDIN>
3. Command Line
4. Grep
5. Main ()
6. Scalar data
7. Object destruction
8. Class
9. Fork
10. End;

Low
1. Hashes
2. Printf
3. #require
4. Nested data structures
5. Backquotes
6. -x files
7. Globbing
8. Zombie processes
9. Whitespace
10. Out.close();

Volume XVII: The AOL Instant Messenger Abbreviations and Acronyms Edition

Lofty
1. brb
2. btw
3. IMNSHO
4. y
5. np
6. u (frequently used with r)
7. rotflol
8. hehehe
9. ttfn
10. k

Low
1. gtg
2. wtf
3. IMHO
4. n
5. thx
6. r (frequently used with u)
7. rotfl
8. lol
9. wb
10. asl

Volume XXI: The 1980s Innovations Edition

Lofty
1. Jelly shoes
2. Atari 2600
3. Trapper-Keepers
4. Compact discs
5. Transformers
6. The Brat Pack
7. Parachute pants
8. Usenet
9. Mohawks
10. Underoos


Low
1. Friendship bracelets
2. Boy bands
3. Rap
4. Pegged pants
5. Voodoo economics
6. Air Jordans
7. Commodor 64
8. 1-900 #s
9. Individually wrapped cheese slices
10. WWF