X-Archetypes

Benefit of the Doubt

Wed, 15 Oct 2003 02:52:06 GMT

It blows my mind just how childish people can be. Why can we not be happy for folks? Why is it essential to ruin their good time just because we feel left out? Isn't that petty jealousy? It boils down to one thing. Selfishness. Come on folks, can we see some more class acts? I know you are out there!

Learn Programming with Python

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:28:31 GMT

Has anyone asked you what programming language is best to learn when starting out? Below are a few thoughts to consider:

"If it was up to me I would teach Python. It is a pure OO language, the whitespace rules help beginners learn good practices with code layout, it has a clean syntax and the core libraries are neat and easily managed." - Toby Hede

"When you're writing working code nearly as fast as you can type and your misstep rate is near zero, it generally means you've achieved mastery of the language. But that didn't make sense, because it was still day one and I was regularly pausing to look up new language and library features!" - Eric S. Raymond

"Are you a newcomer to programming? Python is an ideal first language. It originated in a 1980s project to design a language for beginners. Its maintainers have always shown a willingness to "do things right." The Python world understands that phrase to mean they make the language logical, simple, and inviting, even at the occasional expense of conflict with industry traditions." - Cameron Laird

Redland's Python API

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:33:48 GMT

via Edd Dumbill's Weblog: "I'm really enjoying working with Redland. At first you wonder why you need a special toolkit when the fundamental structure of RDF is so simple, but Redland does a lot. In particular, it has a contexts feature which I use to keep track of the provenance of data (something I described further at developerWorks). Redland is also the fastest RDF store I know of right now, beating relational stores by quite a long chalk." Are you a Python programmer? If so, you may find the work being done by Matt Biddulph and Edd on Redland's Python API interesting.

PyObjC 1.0b1 is a Go

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:07:07 GMT

From the PyObjC site: PyObjC 1.0b1 is available. The improvements include:

Improved performance and stability
Better tutorials and examples
Initial support for MacOS X 10.1
Support for the WebKit framework
Write plugin bundles in Python (requires Python 2.3)

The PyObjC installer package installs the Python packages for use with the Apple provided Python 2.2 on MacOS X 10.2 as well as a number of project builder templates.

Valentina for MacOS

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:00:18 GMT

via Studio Log:"Valentina is a database engine that supports AppleScript. It is designed to make database operations 100 to 1,000 times faster than other database engines available for the MacOS." Hmm... this looks interesting.

Cool CMS App

Sun, 06 Jul 2003 06:23:28 GMT

Looking for a simple CMS system that can utilize the web tools built into Mac OS X? Rodin may provide the right mix for you. PHP, MySQL and Apache are the components required, and OS X has them. Check out the Rodin homepage to find out more.

High Road?

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:15:44 GMT

So, take the High Road; Some call it the road less traveled. Here is what the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language says: high road also high·road (hrd)
n.

1. The easiest or surest path or course: the high road to happiness.
2. The most positive, diplomatic, or ethical course.

Are you pursing the High Road?

BBEdit's Anthology

Wed, 04 Jun 2003 04:58:46 GMT

via mozKit.net: "Barebones Software, which has been around since the dawn of the WWW, has come up with a novel idea. They are taking orders for their The Limited Edition BBEdit Anthology. This is a collection of every final commercial release of BBEdit since the first one 10 years ago, including the latest version, BBEdit 7.0." Yes, BBEdit is by far the best text editor going on the Mac. Congrats to the BBEdit Team!