[Edu-sig] Python + Tkinter open source videos

2005-11-05 Thread Kirby Urner
If you're unaware of video.google.com, a beta video service, this might be a good time to click on: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=python+chiehpage=1lv=1 What you'll find is a list of open source (cc) Tkinter + Python vtutorials, done on a GNOME desktop, by a gent named Chieh in Boston

[Edu-sig] web service demo (geocoder.us)

2005-11-05 Thread Kirby Urner
Using Python shell to lookup lat/long of my home address: import xmlrpclib server_url = 'http://rpc.geocoder.us/service/xmlrpc' server = xmlrpclib.Server(server_url) result = server.geocode(3745 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR 97214) result [{'city': 'Portland', 'prefix': 'SE', 'suffix': '',

[Edu-sig] Knuth's books.

2005-11-05 Thread Scott David Daniels
First, I think they are some of the best out there. Hard to get through, but worth keeping as references for the next 30 years. I suggested them to you (rather than generally to students) because you said you felt: My own experience is more toward the learning to program to learn - in