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	<title>Basic &#8211; Alan Richmond</title>
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	<description>Scientific systems programmer (ex NASA, ESA/ESO, Hubble), web developer, online retailer (retired)</description>
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		<title>Ramanujan&#8217;s 129th Birthday</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Someone on Reddit pointed out that today (Dec 22nd) is Ramanujan&#8217;s 129th birthday. One of the commenters further pointed out... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/ramanujans-129th-birthday/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Ramanujan&#8217;s 129th Birthday</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Number guessing game</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/number-guessing-game/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2015 08:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The number guessing game incorporates several simple but important elements of elementary programming and is a good candidate for an... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/number-guessing-game/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Number guessing game</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Popular Sorting Algorithms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sorting is probably the most common type of algorithm in programming. A sorting algorithm puts elements of a list in a certain... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/popular-sorting-algorithms/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Popular Sorting Algorithms</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stars and Stripes</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/stars-and-stripes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2015 19:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[graphics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pygame]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A variation on the Stars and Stripes American Flag for Independence Day. It&#8217;s an exercise in the use of transparency in... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/stars-and-stripes/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Stars and Stripes</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Playing in Python with Pickover&#8217;s Premise per Pi</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/playing-in-python-with-pickovers-premise-about-pi/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[My favourite tweeter is Clifford A. Pickover. His tweets are delightful nuggets of math, physics &#38; more. I have a copy... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/playing-in-python-with-pickovers-premise-about-pi/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Playing in Python with Pickover&#8217;s Premise per Pi</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Python Dictionary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 09:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[sorted]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is simply a dictionary of Python keywords, implemented as &#8211; of course &#8211; a Python dictionary! Dictionaries are key:value... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/a-python-dictionary/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> A Python Dictionary</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Easy Graph Plotting with Pyplot</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/easy-graph-plotting-with-pyplot/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2015 15:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matplotlib]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numpy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Graphs (also known as charts) are an indispensible visual aid for conveying a lot of data in an easy-to-digest form.... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/easy-graph-plotting-with-pyplot/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Easy Graph Plotting with Pyplot</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Binary Search</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/binary-search/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[list]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Binary Search is one of the most fundamental computer algorithms. Given an ordered list of some data (names, numbers, &#8230;)... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/binary-search/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Binary Search</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Random Walk</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/random-walk/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 16:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turtle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colorsys]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A colourful random walk. The basic idea is very simple: choose a random heading in the range 0:360 degrees. Step... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/random-walk/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Random Walk</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sierpinski Triangle, drawn by a Turtle</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/sierpinski-triangle-drawn-by-a-turtle/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a classic fractal drawn with a recursion algorithm and Turtle graphics. The Sierpinski Triangle&#8217;s sides are bisected and... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/sierpinski-triangle-drawn-by-a-turtle/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Sierpinski Triangle, drawn by a Turtle</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Naive Mandelbrot Set</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/naive-mandelbrot-set/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is your basic Mandelbrot Set plotter. Very little effort made to speed it up, except for plotting top &#38;... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/naive-mandelbrot-set/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> Naive Mandelbrot Set</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>FizzBuzz</title>
		<link>https://tuxar.uk/fizzbuzz/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is apparently a well-known interview question (but not one I was ever asked). Print the numbers 1 to 100,... <span class="gridview-grid-post-read-more"><a href="https://tuxar.uk/fizzbuzz/">read more<span class="gridview-sr-only"> FizzBuzz</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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