Posted the second episode of Open MetalCast (Available from fine websites everywhere, as long as they’re this site). Hope you enjoy this episode. This one was fun because I did some exploring looking for music for the latest Lococast episode and got into some pretty deep recesses of Jamendo. All of the artists on this [...]

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I’ll be reviewing a book for Packt Publishing shortly. The book is Python 3 Object Oriented Programming, and I’m looking forward to getting a more formalized overview of Python Classes (rather than my rather informal introduction. ). Here’s a sneak peek at chapter 7 from the book.

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One of the side-effects of being laid off is that I generally pick up something to while away the time. The last time that I was laid off, I started getting horribly addicted to watching Jerry Springer. This time around, I’ve taken to reading fiction books (as well as computer books). I’ve read more books [...]

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(Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher). There’s a healthy market of books describing the basics of programming and programming languages. And there are plenty of books act as reference material once you’ve learned the basics. But, there’s now a growing market for books that purport to be the next [...]

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I recently unsubscribed from the Kobo mailing list. I just realized that I’m getting mail for something that I am unable to use. They have a selection for reasons for unsubscribing, with a selection for “Other…” which allowed me to type in the following: I no longer have the Macintosh machine that I used to [...]

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For those of you of the metal music persuasion, might I direct your attention to my new podcast over at Open MetalCast. This is a short (30-40 minute) show dedicated to Creative Commons licensed metal music. Check it out, and let me know if you have any feedback!

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Got a charity call this evening. Man on the other end asks me how I’m doing. I tell him “This had better not be a charity call, or you can take my name off your list”. Man replies “God is going to bless you so hard”. I respond “And he’s going to hit you with [...]

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This morning I learned that I was one of the members of Geeknet that was being let go in this series of layoffs. While the words stung just a hair, I can honestly say that I’m ready to move on. Geeknet was an amazing company to work for, and I’m grateful for the opportunities that [...]

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