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“Let them eat code.” 22 Aug 2013 | 02:32 am
Dear Patrick McConlogue, I will be blunt: This is your “let them eat cake” moment. Your article, “Finding the unjustly homeless, and teaching them to code”, despite your charitable intentions, betrays...
Except the Protagonist’s Name is Changed 9 Jul 2012 | 08:54 am
My “Except the Protagonist’s Name is Changed” project is more of an experiment in what self-publishing and the Internet allow us to do. I take public domain books and change the protagonists changed t...
How to Turn Off and Disable Emoticon Smileys in Pidgin 28 Jun 2012 | 01:41 am
Tools menu > Preferences menu > Themes tab > select “none” for Smiley Theme To simply turn off emoticon smiley animation: Tools menu > Preferences menu > Conversations tab > uncheck “Enable buddy icon...
A Demonstration of “Show, Don’t Tell” with Emily Carroll’s “His Face All Red” 19 Jun 2012 | 02:35 am
One of the keys behind good writing is “show, don’t tell.” The difference between “showing” and “telling” itself can be hard to tell, but it creates the difference between engaging storytelling and me...
Blog Post on CircleMUD Data Conversion 24 Mar 2012 | 07:13 pm
I converted all the monster/weapon/item/map data from CircleMUD (an old piece of MUD server software) to XML from it’s native, hard-to-parse text format. More info and download links on the blog post ...
Some Blog Posts on Programming 24 Mar 2012 | 07:11 pm
I wrote a couple blog posts on my Invent with Python site about programming: “How much math do I need to know to program?” Not That Much, Actually. Nobody Wants to Learn How to Program
My new book: “Making Games with Python & Pygame” 11 Feb 2012 | 11:49 am
I’ve completed my next book, which focuses on the Pygame library and making graphical games in Python. It assumes you have a little bit of Python programming knowledge. The book is free to read online...
MapIt program to launch Google Maps 1 Oct 2011 | 07:11 am
I was tired of copying an address, then opening a new tab and then going to http://maps.google.com and then pasting the address, and hitting return. So I’ve written a program that will automatically o...
JavaScript Cipher Wheel 22 Sep 2011 | 05:08 am
I’ve created a web version of the Caesar Cipher wheel using JQuery and CSS sprites. JavaScript Cipher Wheel I also have a Pygame version and Windows executable of this.
Nobody Cares About a Few Million Nanoseconds 20 Aug 2011 | 08:50 am
Note: This article originally appeared on my programming book’s blog. A Clever Programming Trick… If you need to swap the values of two variables, this usually requires a third temporary variable (tha...
