QOTW:  ""A book that simply listed the names, return values, and arguments of
these methods and properties [the ones in .NET Framework 2.0], one per line,
would be about a thousand pages long." -- Charles Petzold  
    http://charlespetzold.com/etc/DoesVisualStudioRotTheMind.html

"Factual misunderstandings have been corrected, and all that's left is
disagreement." -- Don Porter


POTW:  "WISH CD-Writer is a simple program for CD writing and rewriting
..."
    http://www.geocities.com/pa_mcclamrock


    Be sure to read Mark Roseman's comments on last week's Conference.
        http://www.markroseman.com/blog/

    Richard Suchenwirth illustrates his ability to "do the simplest
    thing that might possibly work" with a hilariously effective
    unit-testing definition.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/bd2d720dbfa6ae5c/

    If you're serious about keeping time on a Windows machine throughout
    the year, expect to have to patch.  Kevin Kenny explains.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/e2c714665f2bae4b/

    Kevin also shows how to count references and poke at Tcl objects.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/604047818d4292fc/

    Arjen Markus and others compare Metakit and SQLite for time-series, 
    transactional, and other database applications.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/d5c046fe67b7c2ab/

    Kaitzschu shows that yes, you *can* bind key-events and text tags,
    but you don't want to.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/8476fe7668e3400b/

    More examples of the many calculations [clock] can handle are welcome.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_thread/thread/c0b07ef62078281e/

Thanks to Arjen Markus for his so-accurate summary of Wiki activity:
  Last week there was the annual conference. So, check out
  that page! But, the Wiki being this amazing thing that 
  it is, has more to offer ...
  
  Some things that last 
  - An amazing combination of techniques, SQLite and 
    the virtual file system combined - 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14799>
  
  - Need distributed persistent data objects?
    MOST may be what you are looking for - it was
    written for the first version of Tequila -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14893>
  
  - The Twelfth conference is described on 
    this page: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13846>
  
  Some things that are fun
  - Hey, a puzzle made of polygonal things
    - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14892>
  
  - A kind of solitaire ... the third one,
    if your chronicler can count correctly:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14895>
  
  - Some say they are infinitely important.
    Well, they are fun anyway: cellular 
    automata at <http://wiki.tcl.tk/11308>
  
  Some things that are simply useful at times
  - Want to have a transparent toplevel window?
    Why not - <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10515>
  
  - Plug Tcl into your Internet browser 
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/692>
  
  - Plot the memory use over time ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/14888>
  

Everything Tcl-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these
pages:
    The "Welcome to comp.lang.tcl" message by Andreas Kupries
        http://www.purl.org/net/tcl-welcome
    comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl practitioners.
    An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/about

    The Tcl Developer Site is Tcl's "home base".
	http://www.tcl.tk

    Larry Virden maintains a comp.lang.tcl FAQ launcher.
        http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/

    The Tcl Developer Xchange is a highly organized resource center
    of documents and software with provisions for individuals to
    maintain references to their own software:
        http://www.tcl.tk/resource/
    The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also keeps info to convince your
    boss Tcl is a good thing
        http://www.tcl.tk/scripting/

    The Tcl'ers Wiki is a huge, dynamic, collaboratively edited repository
    of documentation, examples, tutorials and pontifications on all things 
    Tcl.
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/0
    For the ideal overview of the topics about Tcl most likely to
    interest a newcomer, see "Arts and Crafts ..."
        http://wiki.tcl.tk/969

    ActiveState maintains binaries distribution and development tools
        http://www.activestate.com/Tcl
    along with a Cookbook of Tcl recipes
        http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Tcl

    deli.cio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Tcl intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/tcl

    Cameron Laird tracks several Tcl/Tk references of interest
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Cetus Links maintains a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    "Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

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