The time has come for the second TwitCode challenge. Yes, I just made up the name *after* the first challenge.

And I’ve also made a slightly more formal TwitCode home page that explains the basic rules which apply.

This challenge is much like the first one, but this time I have made jQuery available. I’ve also changed the structure of the target page a little. It’s not as sparse as last time.

And this time I have two Sitepoint books up for grabs: Modern Web Design Using  Javascript and Dom”, and “Designing Without Tables”. These books are second hand, having been much read by me. But I haven’t looked at them in a while, so perhaps it’s time for somebody else to get their chance. And in case you were wondering, the winner takes all. There’s no second place. I’ll pay the postage to send both books to the winner.

So the deal is you must submit the most fun / interesting self contained JavaScript code that fits inside 140 characters, so that it can be posted via Twitter. The 140 character limit must include addressing. It can be sent directly to me via Twitter by addressing it to @nedlud (my Twitter handle), or by including the more generic hash tag #JS

I’ll watch the #JS tag on Twitter and assume that any posts that look like pure JavaScript are entries.

The only change to the basic rules for this challenge is that the jQuery library is available.

All entries will be tested on this page, using Firefox 3.5 and jQuery 1.3.2. (not IE)

I’ll leave the challenge open for 1 week, starting today (12 July 2009), so next Sunday (19 July 2009) will be the cut off.

Start your interpreters..