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October 2009



11 essential commands for a tiling window manager

2009.10.26 Mon 10:26 A GMT-07
I'm a visual person. A nice chart or graph somehow fits my brain better than lots of text. Here's an image I wish I had when I first installed awesome. I wish I had it a few weeks back when asked about tiling window managers at UTOSC. Now I'm thi
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Great post about what to do in Python module scope

2009.10.19 Mon 7:51 A GMT-07
Chris McDonough clearly explains what code is appropriate at the moudule level. In the spirit of "importing code shouldn't have weird side effects", here's his list: An import of another module or global. Assignment of a variable name in the module
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UTOS 2009 Review

2009.10.12 Mon 9:12 A GMT-07
I had a good time at UTOS. The first day was mostly spent in my Intermediate Python workshop. For those who attended I apologize for not having a break! 2.5 hours is a long time to listen to me spout off. I think the workshop went well though. W
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Looking for iphone beta testers

2009.10.07 Wed 11:13 P GMT-07
My brother has a pretty cool iphone game in the works. If anyone is interested in beta testing and providing feedback, please get in touch with him!

Cheatsheets/Handouts/Slides for Intermediate Python (and Testing)

2009.10.07 Wed 11:06 P GMT-07
Tomorrow I'm giving a workshop on Intermediate Python at the UTOS. In the session I'll discuss testing with the unittest and doctest modules for Python. Then I discuss a bunch of what I consider to be intermediate Python constructs. Included are d
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