Obfuscate Penguin

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1. Smart Desktop and Quick-Launch Icons For Discs and USB Drives with AutoHotkey

   A script for AutoHotkey to add and delete icons automatically to/from the desktop and/or quick-launch panel as discs, USB keys, network drives, etc. are inserted and removed.

   Added to the code section at 05:07:23 UTC on Monday the 8^th of September 2008.

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2. An Automated To-Do List For Launchy And Samurize (Or Conky)

   todo.py and done.py are two scripts for editing a desktop-based to-do list with Launchy.

   Added to the code section at 05:40:38 UTC on Tuesday the 2^nd of September 2008.

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3. Project Euler: Problem 43

   Project Euler is a set of mathematical challenges that a well-written program running on a modest computer should be able to solve in under a minute, which I thought might be interesting to pass a little time with every now and again.

   Added to the code section at 03:43:25 UTC on Monday the 18^th of August 2008.

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4. At Last A Real-World Use For Those Geometry Lessons

   School children often complain that what they’re learning will be of no use to them in the real world. Even I did occasionally. But I’ve finally found a real-world use for some of the geometry at least: in redecoration.

   Added to the thought section at 14:39:05 UTC on Monday the 4^th of August 2008.

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5. Oceans Eleven: A Card Game For AisleRiot Solitaire

   A few months back I ported a Windows card game called “Ocean’s Eleven” to GNOME as part of the AisleRiot suite of solitaire.

   Added to the code section at 18:01:19 UTC on Thursday the 10^th of July 2008.

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6. Paul, Graphic-Novel Style

   My brother Paul is a fan of Heroes, so, when gift time rolled around, I thought it’d be an interesting idea to put into practice what I had learned from an online tutorial for Illustrator some time ago, and present him with a graphic-novel–style portrait.

   Added to the doodle section at 04:32:10 UTC on Tuesday the 24^th of June 2008.

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7. Demolition in Berlin

   Back in April 2006, I visited Berlin.  Of all the photographs I took there, these are among my favourites as, although they’re of destruction, they represent the ongoing redevelopments taking place in the German capital following re-unification.  Plus, to me, the cranes look like giant dinosaurs nibbling at the building.

   Added to the photo section at 02:46:19 UTC on Monday the 23^rd of June 2008.

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8. Using live.co.uk e-mail addresses with Thunderbird

   Country-specific versions of live mail accounts can be made to work with the Webmail add-on in Thunderbird by adding the appropriate line in domains.txt

   Added to the code section at 21:17:14 UTC on Thursday the 19^th of June 2008.

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