Over at xkcd .

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I wanted my print output to show up on pygame display. This python code implements a simple file-like object that handles multiple lines and wrapping.

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I needed to send key events from one python program to another. Using SendKeys on Windows worked fine in my tests but when I tried to send key events to a pygame program it completely ignored them. Some searching revealed that DirectInput ignores events generated with SendKeys. I learned that I needed to use SendInput. I found lots of partial examples but nothing that quite did the job. Here is some code (scraped together from multiple web pages) that works for me:

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Tom sent me to a pointer to AxsJAX , an AJAX variant designed to be accessible a framework designed to make AJAX accessible.

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I really wanted something like reinteract when I last did some signal processing. I've got to do some for Pete (soon) and I may try this if the time pressure isn't too great.

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The MCC USB-1024HLS Digital I/O box wants me to run their InstaCal software before I can use it from python. When installing it on a new computer, install their drivers and then run that program once.

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Next time I get to do some math I should check out SAGE .

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The WiiCade Wii Remote API is a software interface that provides Flash programs with the ability to read and access the features of the Nintendo Wii Remote controller when they are run on the Internet Channel web browser.

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Our web pages are in AFS space, which would be great but AFS is a pain. The security policy requires me to login with a password in order to get a token in order to access an ACL protected directory. I decided to see if I could get the emacs package tramp to help me with this. Tramp will use scp to retrieve remote files and to write them on save. How can I get it work with AFS?

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Michael pointed me to announcements of WiiWare , a new facility from Nitendo allowing small developers (like us) to develop and distribute games for the Wii. I think the Wii will make a wonderful platform for accessible games.

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