Archive for July, 2009

The basics of … Python

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Python (named after the TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, not the snake) is a high level programming language that aims to have a clear syntax and only one correct way of doing something. This post will look at how it can be used for ...

10,000 hours and the Scientist-Programmer

Monday, July 6th, 2009

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Photo by ** rosa **"][/caption] The concept of 10,000 hours effort as a benchmark to become an expert has recently become pretty well known.  The idea is this:  experts are made and not born, and the way that they're made is to accrue 10,000 hours of hard ...