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Assembled geeks are settling in for morning keynotes, but rather than repeat whats in the blogs, including mine, I'll use this space to register some satisfaction with the social networking side. I've been comparing notes with Duncan McGreggor of divmod for example, a Twisted guy (Electric Duncan blog), discovered some pleasing overlap when it comes to native cultures (Lakota in his case, showed him the medicine wheel in my Chicago talk video feed, like at showmedo). Steve Holden kindly joined me at the Linus Pauling House (LP = x2 Nobel winner, chemistry & peace, a no nukes guy, vitamin C nut) where I gave a lightning talk, after a brief tour, and before beers.** I flipped through the same butcher papers I'd used at my last conference at Oregon State, mentions the P4E and HP4E projects (where I tend to go with Python, tons on file already (open source flight plan)). As I was mentioning to Anna of Alaska recently (TECC file), we're moving towards autonomy in casinos network circles, in terms of having local talent write some new games (still lots of import / export, self-sufficiency doesn't mean isolation, means changing comparative advantage equations, as economists put it). Or, to make a long story short, a Pygame slot machine, studied in math class, might go a long way towards achieving these goals (more in my controlroom yesterday). http://controlroom.blogspot.com/2008/07/python-project.html Fun story: when I got home after the keynotes last night (Holden, Shuttleworth, R0ml, Conway -- Holden did State of the Snake in a superfast manner, way cool), my mom, 78, said she hoped Drupal got mentioned, because as a web wrangler with wilpf.org, she really appreciates Drupal. Well, just so happens one of the coveted Google O'Reilly awards went to a Drupal MVP, Angela Byron. Kirby ** LPH is where this group called Wanderers converges, lots of 'em geeks, such as that Keith Lofstrom character, also around here somewhere.
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:06 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner@gmail.com> wrote: << SNIP >>
As I was mentioning to Anna of Alaska recently (TECC file), we're moving towards autonomy in casinos network circles, in terms of having local talent write some new games (still lots of import / export, self-sufficiency doesn't mean isolation, means changing comparative advantage equations, as economists put it). Or, to make a long story short, a Pygame slot machine, studied in math class, might go a long way towards achieving these goals (more in my controlroom yesterday).
So I finally got around to searching for a Pygame slot machine, and of course found one (smile). The code is quite easy to follow and is therefore easily modified. I've enhanced the above blog post with a brief embedded YouTube and repointed a link to Stefan Jeremic's posting, in turn linked to his source code. The balance of my OSCON #10 experience focused a lot on demo- graphics and recruiting a new ethnic mix, e.g. Emma Hogbin's excellent presentation: http://worldgame.blogspot.com/2008/07/women-and-foss.html That seems a quasi-inevitable trend in any case, including right here in Portland, which is now much abuzz with news of open source economics -- e.g. we were the focus of a radio show this morning. http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/posts/list/1356610.page Given this is a boom sector, at least in relative terms, and actively seeking new markets, an influx of "fresh blood" is very much in the cards (and per Shuttleworth's keynote, that's a goal in any case, so don't expect a lot of public complaining when it happens, though privately some may whine (or whinge as the case may be)). Many thanks to those of you who came up and introduced yourselves. Our edu-sig community appears to be thriving, both on and off list. Kirby
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