What I'm working on now

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I hope that you are all safe in this time of COVID.

I am (slowly) working through the "Automate the Boring Things (with Python)" class over at Udemy.

I am keeping my code/notes/experiments in an open GitHub repository. You can read my raw files and see how I think when I write programs in a language I am not at all familiar with.

I have also been (slowly) updating my old "Tools I use" wiki at github. This includes things like programmer's editors and some of the languages I have used over the decades.

Location: Downingtown, PA 19335, USA

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