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Geekophilia

Python On XP: 7 Minutes To “Hello World!”

March 14, 2006

“Python Foot” graphic by David Day.

How To Install Python On Windows XP
Instead of being all things to all users, this little how-to assumes the following:

You are a Windows XP user who is curious about computer programming;
You would like to install the Python computer language on your Windows XP machine, start the Python interpreter, and run [...]

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Why Python on Windows XP?

March 14, 2006

If you don’t know any computer languages, I recommend starting with Python. It is cleanly designed, well documented, and relatively kind to beginners. Despite being a good first language, it is not just a toy; it is very powerful and flexible and well suited for large projects.
From How To Become A Hacker, by Eric S. [...]

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Genesys: EULA For The Universe

March 1, 2006

“Hands” graphic Copyright © 2008 by David Day.
Excerpted from Rapture For The Geeks, by Richard Dooling.
Genesys: EULA For The Universe
Copyright © 2008 Richard Dooling – All Rights Reserved
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Software and hardware He created them. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was [...]

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Diary of an Immortal Man

February 11, 2006

Short Fiction by Richard Dooling
Diary Of An Immortal Man was a cover story for Esquire Magazine and was nominated for a National Magazine Award. The full text appears online at Kurzweil AI.
Diary Of An Immortal Man is kinky science fiction and black comedy, inspired in part by Ray Kurzweil’s tremendous book, The Age Of Spiritual [...]

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User Interfaces Should Teach, Not Hide

January 13, 2006

Here’s a fresh look at the age-old tension between those who prefer the Command Line Interface (CLI) to the Graphical User Interface (GUI), by way of an example from my favorite text editor, Vim 7.0. Writing in the Free Software Magazine, Terry Hancock argues that user interfaces should teach, not hide.
“The key concept here is [...]

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