December 2001
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Monday, December 31, 2001
A modern looking Theme, based on the Radio UserLand icon, with the title on a blue background at the top of the page, links on the left, text in the middle, and the calendar on the right. Continue reading
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Monday, December 31, 2001
This is the default Radio UserLand website, a table-based layout, with a blue banner across the top, content on the left, and the calendar and navigation links in a column on the right side. Continue reading
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On the power of music
RockMom: “Music has power over me and all of us. It transcends time and place, changes perceptions. Surely those who would control others absolutely must forbid it.” Continue reading
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Thanks
Thanks to all who posted answers to my question about what it means to use a * operator on a list (sequence) in Python. Michael Bernstein pointed out that [0] is a list, not a dictionary, Zach found me the docs on python.org, and also wanted to know why I would write 2 * 2… Continue reading
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In the crypt
I’m trying to read some Python code today, and I ran into something I don’t understand. What does the following mean in Python?: x = [0] * (2 * 2) If I understand correctly, the value of X after that line executes will be: [0, 0, 0, 0] …but I’m not sure. My brain doesn’t… Continue reading
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Thursday, December 27, 2001
I have an admission to declare: Every time I see DayPop, my brain says “Day-Poop”. I wonder what would Freud say? Continue reading
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Wednesday, December 26, 2001
Here's how to get the current time into your page, in a 24-hour format, European-style — add the following macro to your template: <% local (day, month, year, hour, minute, second); date.get (now, @day, @month, @year, @hour, @minute, @second); hour = string.padWithZeros (hour, 2); minute = string.padWithZeros (minute, 2); second = string.padWithZeros (second, 2); return… Continue reading
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Wednesday, December 26, 2001
No, I didn't stay away from the computer on Christmas. My dad asked me if I was working, and I said, “What are you kidding?” He thought that meant that I was working. I meant that I wasn't. Anyway, one of the non-work things I did on my computer was update my MacOS X installation.… Continue reading
Jake Savin 