Comment on: Can anyone recommend a book?
Head First C# is a great book that I used to learn. Its writing keeps you engaged and it is a fun book to go through.
Comment on: What music do you code to?
Chillstep is my favorite by far
Comment on: Tales of Programming: how Crash Bandicoot fit into 2MB, with 4 bytes to spare
That was the most interesting part of the article for me. It's like breaking everything you've been taught to make it work.
I believe they are blocked due to the whole scandal of packaging adware in all of their downloads.