OK, here are the uncensored new year's resolutions for 2005. 1. Move. More details about the move (where, who, etc) will appear on this blog in due time. ... [265 words]

Before pondering my new year's resolutions for 2005, let's see what happened to those for 2004. It looks like the score isn't great. ... [139 words]

Before pondering my new year's resolutions for 2005, let's see what happened to those for 2004. It looks like the score isn't great. ... [139 words]

Anyway, merry Christmas y'all. ... [4 words]

Anyway, merry Christmas y'all. ... [4 words]

By now, everybody has seen Guido's article about adding optional static typing to Python. I don't really have much to add to it that hasn't already been said in comments and other people's blogs. ... [358 words]

By now, everybody has seen Guido's article about adding optional static typing to Python. I don't really have much to add to it that hasn't already been said in comments and other people's blogs. ... [358 words]

pycron is a cron replacement written in Python. No source seems to be available, unfortunately. I installed this on a server the other day, and it seems to work quite well. ... [57 words]

pycron is a cron replacement written in Python. No source seems to be available, unfortunately. I installed this on a server the other day, and it seems to work quite well. ... [57 words]

I received the following mail today. "I need a new language. I am drowning in oceans of Java code for this other project. ... [520 words]

I received the following mail today. "I need a new language. I am drowning in oceans of Java code for this other project. ... [520 words]

"An unmistakable sign of paranoia is continual mistrust. People with paranoid personality disorder are constantly on their guard because they see the world as a threatening place. ... [67 words]

"An unmistakable sign of paranoia is continual mistrust. People with paranoid personality disorder are constantly on their guard because they see the world as a threatening place. ... [67 words]

Reader Bill Mill writes in the comments to my On static typing (1) post: "I think there's a limited set of circumstances where strong static type checking is useful for actually catching errors. Mainly, I would want strong type checking in an application which had to run unattended, had to never crash, and had to always be right. ... [721 words]

Reader Bill Mill writes in the comments to my On static typing (1) post: "I think there's a limited set of circumstances where strong static type checking is useful for actually catching errors. Mainly, I would want strong type checking in an application which had to run unattended, had to never crash, and had to always be right. ... [721 words]