There are programming contests you can enter. I don't know of any more still running past these two (but would love to hear of more):
Sphere Online Judge: http://www.spoj.pl/problems/classical/ Topcoder's Development Contests: http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=ViewActiveContests&ph=113 --Michael On 1/16/08, Fiyawerx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been over google for hours now, and I'm sort of at a lull in my > learning, as I don't really have a current "goal". I know I could set some > easy goal like to learn a specific function or feature, but I still have a > hard time with that approach also. I was wondering if anyone knows of any > sites where people might request "projects" almost like rentacoder, but for > free stuff and/or just for fun. Almost an 'It would be nice if I had a > program that did this.. " type of thing to give me some direction. Or does > anyone else have any ideas for some types of programs that might actually > prove useful to people for beginners to work on? > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- Michael Langford Phone: 404-386-0495 Consulting: http://www.RowdyLabs.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor