[Tutor] What are you all up to?
Rob Andrews
rob@jam.rr.com
Sat, 23 Jun 2001 22:36:16 -0500
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Okay, I'll be a sport, too. I've been a recreational Pythoholic for a little
over a year, now. I actually use Python for calculation and other everyday
tasks at work and home. It all got started last May, when I was playing
Diablo late at night and feeling kinda bored with it.
Suddenly a bright light flashed and a dogawful noise blared. I looked around
to see three confused figures standing on top of my scrunched Lego
MindStorms bot, muttering in puzzlement. There was some European guy holding
a device that kinda looked like the one Quinn Mallory used in Sliders, only
I could tell that it was running the Palm OS and had some of what looked
like pseudocode to me scrolling along the screen.
The other two characters appeared to be assessing the situation and waiting
for a word from the guy with the TIMEBOY Palm. A cyborg or some such, with a
name tag bolted crudely across its lapel, seemed to be posting to
comp.lang.python via some sort of handheld. The name tag had been partly
scorched, so all I could make out was "TIM P".
The third moved quickly to repair my bot, adding a few enhancements just for
the jollies. I figured he'd be the easiest to turn to for an explanaiton,
because he had a U.C. Berkeley shirt on. He just might speak English!
But he didn't have time, because the one he had called "Guido" seemed
content that something had been "preemptively repaired in the current
sources." It was time to go. So he tossed me a Linux Journal bundled with a
special feature on Python.
That night I downloaded Python and found it to be a good time all around,
although I now have a chronic case of PDA envy.
And I've also got a bridge to sell,
Rob
Useless Python:
Aw, heck, we love you!
http://www.lowerstandard.com/python/
-----Original Message-----
From: tutor-admin@python.org [mailto:tutor-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of
Jesse W
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 1:29 PM
To: tutor@python.org
Subject: [Tutor] What are you all up to?
Hello Pythoneers,
What are you all up to? What projects are you working on?
I am a 17 year old Python hacker-in-training. I tend to write re-
implementations of games and interesting graphics hacks. I am currently
writing re-implementation of Miles Bones, a car racing card game, and a
variation of the card game Uno, called Hot Death Uno. I wrote the beginnings
of a module to access and modify MIDI file data in Python, and many other
small programs.
Thank you for your time,
Jesse W
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I've also got a bridge to sell,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=3D2>Useless Python:<BR>Aw, heck, we love you!<BR><A=20
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[mailto:tutor-admin@python.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jesse =
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Saturday, June 23, 2001 1:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B>=20
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to?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Hello Pythoneers,<BR><BR>What are you all up =
to? What=20
projects are you working on?<BR><BR>I am a 17 year old Python=20
hacker-in-training. I tend to write re- implementations of games and=20
interesting graphics hacks. I am currently writing re-implementation =
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Bones, a car racing card game, and a variation of the card game Uno, =
called=20
Hot Death Uno. I wrote the beginnings of a module to access and modify =
MIDI=20
file data in Python, and many other small programs.<BR><BR>Thank you =
for your=20
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