The eee PC is a cool little machine. It boots up in 20 seconds, weights about a kilo and it runs Linux. What else do you want in a netbook ? A chess program would be a nice addition. Here I’ll show you how to install GNU chess and xboard. First download the following packages : the debian etch gnuchess package the debian etch xaw3dg package the debian etch xboard package You’ll need to download the i386 architecture package.
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The new tower in Dubai, called Burj Dubai, is not particularly pretty, but it sure is tall. On September 1st it was 688 meters tall. Because it is so slender, it doesn’t look that tall. That could change though once you are allowed to stand right under it. And it should look better if there are no sandstorms out and about. Here’s a crappy picture taken from the taxi :
Python generators are powerful, but perhaps a bit hard to understand. Luckily, a great tutorial on them can be found at http://www.dabeaz.com/generators/index.html .
My Google App Engine application is a workout followup utility. You can enter your times or distances, and the results are shown in list. Graphs were added using the Google Chart API. The URL is http://workoutfollowup.appspot.com/ (note : you will have to login with your Google ID). One of the things added recently is the ability to download the results as a csv file. The following code snippet shows how to do this.
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