Category: Programming

  • Python receives Linux New Media Award

    Python has received the Linux New Media Award in the category Best Open Source Programming Language. Knoppix inventor Klaus Knopper handed over the Best Open Source Programming Language prize, this year hotly disputed among the jury. The distinction went to Python. “The thing can do anything,” Knopper expressed. Martin von Löwis of the Python Foundation accepted…

  • [mIRC] Colour talker.

    Version 1.02 – Now detects if +c or +S is set on the channel, and will stop using colour if it is. Copy the code below: Usage: /ctalk help – Concise information on using this script You can also use the popups. I can’t remember who requested this script, and I’m sure I passed it…

  • [mIRC] Request: Ban an IP file

    A quick and short script written to zline IPs in a specified file. The IPs must be listed in the file as one IP per line, e.g.: 1.3.4.5 1.2.3.4 1.4.5.6 5.6.3.2 6.7.8.6 etc… Follow the instructions to use. Let me bring to attention my use of timers over a while loop for budding scripters. The…

  • Popular UK Dating Site mysinglefriend.com Relies on MySQL to Power its Rapid Growth

    MySQL AB, developer of the world’s most popular open source database, today announced that mysinglefriend.com has selected the MySQL database server for its fast-growing Web 2.0 site. mysinglefriend.com has rapidly become one of the most popular dating websites in the UK, with over 150,000 current users and a further 10,000 joining each month. At peak…