This section

• A year in Python

  The story of one man's year taming Python

• Cities and cities.py

  Adapting point.py for GNU Miscfiles' city database

• Colophon

  The tools and methods used to create this site

• Copyright notes

  Copyright conditions for this site, and the tools used to build it

• DForce FAQ

  Frequently Asked Questions with answers about the dforce SCM system

• Enabling drop shadows in X.org

  A short text to assist users in configuring drop shadows

• Geolocation and path cross

  geolocation: it's not big, and it's not clever!

• How to get a quick reply from me

  Some quick advice about how to improve the speed I'll reply to your mail

• Introduction to RCS

  A five minute introduction to GNU's RCS

• No more SCMs, just rsync trees please!

  A plea for an end to the needless number of SCMs one needs to have installed

• Of source trees

  Hints for usable build systems

• Python attacks McNaught

  Observing Comet McNaught with the help of Python

• Pythons on a plane

  Calculating air miles with upoints

• Replacing the mail system

  Information on how I replaced the mail infrastructure on my desktop

• Software conservatism

  This miserly user's must-have software list

• Submitting patches

  Advice on submitting patches to me

• Tabbed terminals

  An introduction to some of the lighter tabbed terminal emulators available

• The MERLIN system

  Explaining upoints with contrived examples

• Trigpointing and point.py

  Adapting point.py for trigpoint analysis

• Why you should submit patches to the BTS

  Failure to post patches kills kittens

• xearth and path cross

  path cross is truly out of the bag

Other sections

• Config files

  Software configuration files

• Text editors

  A short text on some of the different text editors available

• Tips and tricks

  Some miscellaneous tips and tricks