Monthly Archives: April 2009

College Education Link Dump for Friday, April 3, 2009

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Karl

NYTimes: Finding Hope Online, and Hoping a Job Follows – the story of Raymond Vaughn, out of work window installer, and his foray into online education in hopes to build a new career. Salon: Gated communities of learning – the … Continue reading →

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“People don’t realize that homeless does not mean bum, addict. Homeless means without a home.”

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Karl

That’s Aislyn Oliver, who , along with her husband, John Washington, recently talked with Daniel Rubin, and shared their inspirational story with and the Inquirer.

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Python’s namedtuple

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Karl

Go deh!: (Ab)use of Pythons in-built data structures.

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The Thinker has passed away

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Karl

Cinder, Shelley Powers’s favorite chimp at the St. Louis Zoo, passed away, along with her family members, from a cold last week. Shelley, and all of you that followed their lives at the St. Louis Zoo – my thoughts are … Continue reading →

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