Ned Batchelder
A year of light and dark
23 June
Friday was the summer solstice, when day and night are at their most extreme imbalance. It reminded me of the last summer solstice — and the year of light and dark, ups and downs, since then — all revolving around Nat, my 29-year-old autistic son. » more..
Marketing factoid of the day: 57 varieties
16 June
The Heinz company has been using the slogan “57 varieties” for more than 120 years. But it was never factual. » more..
Corporations and open source: why and how
7 June
Here’s a really simplistic model: if you want someone to do something, you have to give them a compelling reason to do it, and you have to make it as easy as possible for them to do it. That is, you need to have good answers to Why? and How? (I don’t know much about marketing, but I think these are the value proposition and the call to action.) » more..
Why Python class syntax should be different
25 May
If you’ve used any programming language for a long enough time, you’ve found things about it that you wish were different. It’s true for me with Python. » more..
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- Aptus ·· a Mandelbrot set explorer
- coverage.py ·· for measuring Python code coverage
- hyphenate ·· for hyphenating words with the Liang/Knuth algorithm
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- Pragmatic Unicode ·· how to stop the pain
- Python Names and Values ·· how assignment works
- Kindling projects ·· small projects for new programmers