Just for fun, and because I’m trying out two things:

1. Using Ecto for posting again
2. Blogging more often

$ history|awk '{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){printf "%5d\t%s\n",a[i],i}}'|sort -rn|head

139 ls
87 cd
54 python
43 /usr/bin/python
38 less
21 vim
16 clear
12 mate
11 rm
10 ssh

I want to create a new superhero.  Read →

The latest version, 1.8, of PyGame can save PNGs directly from a Surface: pygame.Image.save(mySurface, 'myimagefile.png'). But what if you want to support an older version of PyGame, such as the one available for the N800 or the XO? Well, assuming you have access to the Python Image Library, you can use that:  Read →