Right. Not doing the meme du jour as is...

[spudtater]

...but will do similar meme from ages back. Here is my interests list:

π, anime, artificial intelligence, board games, books, chocolate, cooking, debian, drawing, eating, fantasy, females, food, galaxy, girls, gnu, gud speling, hacking, headbanging, humanism, juggling, lemurs, linux, manga, metal, open-source software, posthumanism, potatoes, potatoes, potatoes, potatoes, python, real ale, science, science fiction, sporks, stir-fries, transhumanism, web comics.

Post replies asking me to expound on one entry, and I shall do so.

Comments

[grendelsmere.livejournal.com]

Please Miss, *raises hand* transhumanism?

[galaxy-girl00.livejournal.com]

me me me me!

Python - monty or computery thingie?

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

I prefer 'Ms.'   8^)

Transhumanists desire to transcend the limitations of the natural human condition, usually through technology. Some might say that only when we upload our minds onto the internet and leave our physical bodies behind will we be properly transhuman. Others say that carrying a mobile phone around qualifies one as transhuman already.   8^]

The World Transhumanist Association FAQ is a good—if rather long—read.

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Computery thingie¹. Although the two are in fact related; from the python FAQ:

1.1.16 Why is it called Python?

At the same time he began implementing Python, Guido van Rossum was also reading the published scripts from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (a BBC comedy series from the seventies, in the unlikely case you didn't know). It occurred to him that he needed a name that was short, unique, and slightly mysterious, so he decided to call the language Python.

1.1.17 Do I have to like "Monty Python's Flying Circus"?

No, but it helps. :)

Almost all user manuals for the python programming language have examples with "spam" or "parrot" in them.   8^)

[1] "Python is a programming language. It's used for many different applications. It's used in some high schools and colleges as an introductory programming language because Python is easy to learn, but it's also used by professional software developers at places such as Google, NASA, and Industrial Light & Magic." – Python FAQ