My friend Chris Cummer has entered the blogging world with ObBlog. It’s some programming, some slice-of-life and some “what the hell, people?”. Go give it a look.
Somebody get this man a milkshake!
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Congratulations, Vangroovy!
Vancouver/Whistler won the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics by a 3-vote margin. Congrats, guys!
This is good news for lots of people, including those of us who like snowboarding (or if you really must, skiing), as this will probably lead to the addition of facilities and runs at what’s been called the world’s best mountain. It’s where I learned how to snowboard.
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In the other blog…
Three Python postings in The Happiest Geek on Earth:
- Eckel on Python. After writing two of the most highly-regarded books on C++ and Java, Bruce Eckel’s discovered his new favourite programming language…you get three guesses as to what it is.
- Baranowski on Python. After writing one of the most talked-about censorship-bypassing applications in C++, Paul Baranowski says that he has a new favourite programming language…which language is left as an exercise for the reader.
- Guido on Python. You’ll never guess what programming language this guy created! C’mon, guess!
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Guido on Python
artima.com has a six part interview with Guido van Rossum on his wonderful programming language, Python. In the series, they cover the language’s orgins, its design goals, productivity, contracts, strong vs. weak typing and the community. A worthwhile read.
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Baranowski on Python
The whuffie cycle is a quick on these days — within 12 hours of my post on Paul Baranowski’s Lessons Learned from Peekabooty (which appears on the main page of the Peekabooty site), Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing wrote a post, which in turn caught the attention of Slashdot. The end result: Paul got a deluge of email, all of it very supportive, and a lot of it asking: “Okay, if C++ and Java aren’t viable languages for development, what is?”
Paul’s answer: Python. He’s got a response to all those who asked, and it’s in this essay, What Language Do You Recommend?
(By the bye, I’m the one who got him hooked on it. Guido should get me to do publicity for him.)
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Live at Dundas Square
At the end of the last Critical Mass ride, a number of us ended up at Dundas Square, where I took the time to play The Hokey Pokey for some kids. Someone captured the moment:
Click the photo to see a larger version.
The rest of the photos, which includes my friend Rick Conroy, another bike-riding accordion-playing kind of guy, are here.
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Blogroll update
Just a quick note to all my blogging friends: I updated the blogroll yesterday (see the right-hand-side column of this page). If you link to me and you’re not there, drop me a line and I’ll add you to the list.