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Brain Dump 20070904

When things build up and I haven't posted, what to write about is a difficult thing to decide. This is a dump of recent or queued topics just to get them out of the way for new things.

What's Up With This Hip Cat:
  • Looks like we're getting Charlotte Python Group (CharPy) together, and hopefully having some coffee one morning this week. Let me know if you're interested!
  • I'm stretching my legs at a bigger desk in the home office.
  • I'm trying to consider how to approach an open Python position I found in this area versus a possibility with someone I had a great time working with in the past versus moving to Australia down the road.
  • Knitt and Oasis are great little indie games. I wish I could have taken part in PyWeek, but I am so busy! Pyglet looks interesting these days.
  • Took on a tight deadline project at the same time as work on Python Magazine ramped up, because I'm just that willing to bend over for money.
I know I don't write enough. I have to write my column for the October issue of Python Magazine and maybe that will jog something in my brain.
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