Playing old-school adventure games on Android

Did you know you can play many of the old-school point-and-click adventure games on your Android device? Here's how: Install the ScummVM app Check compatibilityIn the game compatibility list, pick a game you want to play, and make sure it's compatible. Be sure to click on the game and read the compatibility notes. Install the game engineGo to the list of game engines, find the game you want to play, and then find the engine it needs. Then go...

Free resources for learning Python

I've blogged on here a bit about Python, but it occurred to me that I haven't actually provided any resources for anyone interested in learning Python. A great place to start is learnpython.org. It's got simple tutorials as well as an interactive shell so you can try it out as you learn. There's also Dive Into Python, a free book that's also been published by Apress. Dive Into Python covers Python 2, but there's a Python 3 version available as well for free, published by Apress as well. Of course there are a lot of other free resources available,...

switching to linux - german-style

I don't speak German, but I ran across this, and it's pretty cool, because it's by a pretty popular magazine in Germany called Der Spiegel. it's a series of articles on switching to linux. the first one is called "Nie wieder Viren" (no more viruses):Umstieg auf Linux: Nie wieder Virensource:‘Der Spiegel’ Helping German Readers ‘Switch to Lin...