Tag Archives: programming

A physicist, an engineer and a programmer were in a car…

A physicist, an engineer and a programmer were in a car driving over a steep alpine pass when the brakes failed. The car was getting faster and faster, they were struggling to get round the corners and once or twice … Continue reading

Posted in Other, Tech and games | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Python Code Completion in Vim

Using RopeVim you can achieve this very easily. Install python-vim and mercurial with your package manager. In ubuntu, you would type this: sudo apt-get install python-vim mercurial Download Alexander Artemenko’s easy installer script. Save it from the web, or copy+paste … Continue reading

Posted in Tech and games | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Yahoo Pipes is actually kinda fun, but not very useful

If you haven’t heard, Yahoo launched a tool that allows non-programmers to build mashups (web applications that combine data and/or functionality from more than one source) by dragging boxes and lines together in a (usually) intuitive visual interface. I played … Continue reading

Posted in Tech and games | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Adventures in Flash gaming

I’ve been working on a little Flash-based shooter for a while now. The game is a fairly standard abstract vertical shooter with some nice visual effects and music. Here’s a screenshot of what it looks like right now: Once it’s … Continue reading

Posted in Tech and games | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Amusing computer science quotes

Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. ~ Alan Kay Debugging is twice … Continue reading

Posted in Tech and games | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Helpful online Python tutorials

I’m studying JAVA in school, but I’ve always felt Python was a more fun language, and I always recommend it to friends wanting to try programming for the first time. Here are a few good resources that can help you … Continue reading

Posted in Tech and games | Tagged , , | Leave a comment