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Archive for June 2008

Python String Interpolation

AKA string formatting, AKA Putting values of variables into strings, AKA that thing you do with the funny symbols to get the values of variables inside strings. At the most basic level, most programmers find that at some point they need to insert the values of a whole bunch of variables into a string. The [...]

TV I’d Like to See

I’d really like to see Martin Yan (of Yan Can Cook fame) take on Iron Chef Chen Kenichi (Iron Chef Chinese). This would be a battle of epic proportions! Make it happen foodtv.

Tech Job Wisdom

If you blow a tech interview because you are greatly under qualified and honestly don’t know the things required for the job, but they still give you an offer anyway, DON’T TAKE THAT JOB. It’s a trap. It most likely means the people hiring you are less competent than yourself and you’re going to be [...]