why.md

Slate article about _why and his disappearance

Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby - a technical manual with lots of comics, drawings, and surreal fiction

The Little Coder's Predicament - article about how kids can't get into programming as easily as they used to

BlimLimb - a travelling troupe of IRC bots that perform plays in chatrooms

Camping - a micro web framework in 4KB of code

RedHanded - his Ruby blog (scroll down for a bunch of code art)

a letter from _why

a (handwritten) interview with _why

(Video) Presentation at RailsConf

(Video) Presentation at ART && CODE

(Video) The Least Surprised - one of why's animated cartoons

Analysis of the novel that _why published "posthumously" a few years after he disappeared - about identity on the internet, and programming culture. And getting fed up with NULL.

a list of everything _why has created

when you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.