Archive for December, 2004

Sun & Dynamic Languages

Nice to see that Tim Bray is helping Sun learn about dynamic languages. I wish I’d been a fly on that wall, if for no other reason that the weather down there looks nice!

Sun & Dynamic Languages

Nice to see that Tim Bray is helping Sun learn about dynamic languages. I wish I’d been a fly on that wall, if for no other reason that the weather down there looks nice!

Diagram Envy

Greg Wilson, who’se writing a few books at the same time (silly boy!) says: I hate drawing diagrams I guess I understand Greg less than I thought I did. One of the few things I miss about my previous career as a scientist is that I don’t get to draw nearly enough pretty diagrams. I [...]

Nouvelle Python Cuisine

I’ve just had the pleasure of doing a technical review of the second edition of the Python Cookbook (my name’s on the cover for historical reasons, but Alex and Anna did all of the editing for this second edition). This new edition, in addition to incorporating new and updated recipes from the online cookbook, focuses [...]

Trent is live!

Trent has a blog. I’m subscribed.

Word trivia

Discovery for the day: the #1 hit on Google for supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a page at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Whodathunkit?