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I've not yet found any links specific to the disaster that's struck around the Indian Ocean, but here is the link to the Red Cross' individual donation page: http://www.icrc.org/Web/Forms/webforms.nsf/F_DON?OpenForm&ParentUNID=BA9B14845AF1638FC1256E2B00394093&action=Operations%20most%20in%20need

My first article on Pynk, my experimental Python IDE, is up on DevX http://www.devx.com/TabletPC/Article/26666.  The preliminary version of Pynk is available for download and can be used to work interactively with IronPython on the Tablet PC.

What do you clean your Tablet screen with? I have been going with a water-dampened microfiber cloth but as part of my end-of-the-year cleaning spree, I was thinking of going a little stronger. There are no computer stores on the Big Island, so anything I buy gets about a \$10 …

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Optional static typing has long been requested as a Python feature. It's been studied in depth before (e.g. on the type-sig) but has proven too hard for even a PEP to appear. In this post I'm putting together my latest thoughts on some issues, without necessarily hoping to …

Ah. Within Internet Explorer, you go to "Tools | Internet Options | Advanced" and clear the checkbox for "Disable script debugging." Then, within your JavaScript, you add the statement "debugging;" to activate a breakpoint. This should help things considerably...