Programming

Looking to build a Google Maps mashup by reading geo-enabled information from an XML file? Here’s a post from GeoChalkboard explaining by way of examining a simple application that displays geologic points of interest from around the state of Texas available in an XML file format. The tutorial highlights the usage of two methods (GXmlHttp [...]

For the Linux newbie from a noob Scenario: You have quite a large number of zip files in a folder with other files and would like to avoid manual labor of extracting one file at a time. The below graphic is the result of extracting an e-book downloaded from the web in compressed format. Solution: [...]

A timely find.. In continuation of my previous post on Python cheatsheet, here’s a two page quick reference aka cheatsheet from Michael Goerz covering variable types, basic syntax, exception handling, object orientation, input/output and standard library. Go grab your copy now..

What is a Cheat sheet?From Wikipedia: “A concise set of notes used for quick reference“ Download Python cheat sheet, a one page reference in PDF or PNG formats from Added Bytes. Also available from the same site are a bunch of cheat sheets for other programming languages.

Who could ever guess South Korea to be first in the list of Hardest Working Countries in the World with the average employee working 2,357 hours a year which includes only 11 public holidays. South Korea is followed by Greece in the second place with its people working 2,052 hours a year. Last in the [...]