World Cup... World Cup, that's... racing?
IBM alphaWorks' Robocode is sweeping the net.
Basically, the idea is that you write the code for a program which controls a virtual robot. An armed-to-the-teeth robot. Looks like excellent fun. I must give it a go.
See also this article on developing Robocode with Eclipse.
It's not the only game in town, though - see also intergalactics. I'm generally more of a strategy man anyway, so this looks even more interesting, if rather harder.
To CSS, or not to CSS? Interesting article on Digital Web.
(Via diveintomark)
Since starting to use Moveable Type, I've had a good look at CSS. I bought the O'Reilly book, 'cos it's always the first thing that I do if I'm interested in a new technical area - see if O'Reilly have a book on the subject, and buy it if they do. I've not been disappointed yet.
I think that CSS is the way forward. So does Mark Pilgrim.
Very interesting discussion on Slashdot Developers.
IBM's developerWorks has a wxPython for newbies tutorial. Has had for some time, in fact, but I've never seen it.
They also have a Tkinter tutorial. I've written some Tkinter GUI stuff, but the consensus on c.l.py seems to be that wxPython is the way to go.
See also Python GUI toolkits.
Useless Python has an article on Jython and Swing.
Other good tutorials and code snippets here too. Worth exploring if you have some time while you are waiting for the Python Cookbook.
(Or you could always look at the cookbook online.)
Uncle Bear runs a cool free game of the day site.
In fact, if you are into RPGs, (the games, that is, not the iSeries programming language, nor the big gun things) then his whole site is worth a look.
Moon Software are offering some cool little Windows utilities for free download.
I particulary like FileTarget.
Other Ecllipse news:
New version of WebSphere Development Studio to be based on Eclipse.
QNX Releases Eclipse-based IDE.
This should end up as the 2nd most prevalent browser fairly quickly, I think.
Update: Even the BBC is covering this!
Update 7th June: Reviews.