Choice is a Good Thing. Whether it’s software, movies, or politics, having a choice certainly makes our lives fuller and more interesting. Imagine only being able to watch one DVD for the rest of your life. Any time you got bored with whatever was on TV [which, let's face it, probably happens [...]
I wish I were talented enough to work at Google and sit around having conversations like this one, which Guido recounted on python-dev:
Over lunch with Alex Martelli, he proposed that a subclass of dict with this behavior (but implemented in C) would be a good addition to the language. It looks like it wouldn’t be [...]
Steph got me a ThinkOutside Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard for my Nokia. It truly adds to the sweetness of the device. Here are some pictures.
I decided, just for the hell of it, to learn vim. I had always considered myself an Emacs man, because even while I didn’t really use it, it was the first *nix text editor I ever used. So I guess I felt some kind of loyalty to it. It probably didn’t help [...]
In an effort to find something to focus my efforts on, I decided to revisit the Python Challenge. I was able to make it through three of the challenges yesterday, bringing me up to Level 12. In solving those 3 levels, I was reminded of why I gave up in the first place. [...]