Sweet Home Omaha – New York Times
The fourth installment of The New York Times Home Economics series: Sweet Home Omaha – New York Times, by Richard Dooling. “HOUSING prices are falling on both coasts, and bubble panic is around the corner. The financial magazines are already grabbing their readers by the throat and taunting them with headlines like: “U.S. Housing Crash […]
Home Economics – Sunday New York Times
The third Economic Postcard from Omaha: “Immigration Beefs Up Nebraska,” by Richard Dooling is at the New York Times site, with links to the first two dispatches in the series. “Unemployment’s down, inflation’s up and consumer confidence blows with the wind. Just how are Americans actually doing? Last fall, the Op-Ed page asked writers to […]
Python On XP: 7 Minutes To “Hello World!”
“Python Foot” graphic by David Day. How To Install Python On Windows XP Instead of being all things to all users, this little how-to assumes the following: You are a Windows user who is curious about computer programming; You would like to install the Python computer language on your Windows machine, start the Python interpreter, […]
Why Python on Windows XP?
If you don’t know any computer languages, I recommend starting with Python. It is cleanly designed, well documented, and relatively kind to beginners. Despite being a good first language, it is not just a toy; it is very powerful and flexible and well suited for large projects. From How To Become A Hacker, by Eric […]
Genesys: EULA For The Universe
“Hands” graphic Copyright © 2008 by David Day. Excerpted from Rapture For The Geeks, by Richard Dooling. Genesys: EULA For The Universe Copyright © 2008 Richard Dooling – All Rights Reserved In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Software and hardware He created them. The earth was without form and void, and […]