I’ve just started working through Dive Into Python, so I don’t really have an opinion of the book yet. I did notice that Example 2.1 produces different output on my machine than from the example… The example says I should get: server=mpilgrim;uid=sa;database=master;pwd=secret I get: pwd=secret;database=master;uid=sa;server=mpilgrim It’s interesting that this is exactly the reverse of what…
What do you do on days as a bachelor in a strange country?
Well, for me it was a cooked breakfast before getting the house work done. Instead of writing an exciting blog post about the fact that the bed here comes up to my belly button and it’s sheets needed washing, I thought I would comment on American bacon. As the people who I hang out with…
Learning Python
Due to a personality crisis I’ve now decided it’s the time in my life to learn Python. So, does anyone have good pointers to tutorials and so forth?
JVC utilities for changing the images and movies on my head unit
So I don’t lose them: changing images on your JVC head unit and the JVC windows application which makes it easy.
Australian’s say the darndest things
Andrew points out a couple of translation problems we had yesterday. I’m pretty sure the real estate salesman thought we said “Master bedroom is shit” instead of “Master bedroom ensuite” from the look he was giving me…
Top resale value cars
CNN’s guide to cars with the top resale value seems useful too.
Hybrid buyer’s guide 2005
While clearing out my browser tabs, I came across this guide to buying a hybrid car — thought it might come in handy later, so here it is.
Jet lag
Apparently I’m not over my jet lag just yet, as it’s 5:30am and I can’t get back to sleep. I’ve been up for about an hour now. Oh well.
The book
Just a little status update… The book went to print last night, so I guess that makes me a published author or something. Cool, huh?
Arrived yesterday
So, Andrew and I arrive in Santa Clara from Canberra yesterday. It took about 24 hours of travelling, and a lot of queueing to make that happen, but we’re here finally. I must admit I’m really liking things so far, I was a bit worried about the expense of rent until we went and saw…