QOTW:  "And why, oh why can't anyone but the Evil Empire give me a font
with lowercase numerals?"  Stylist Kevin B. Kenny, who typically (when not
writing for work) uses Monotype Caslon Old Style for running text and
Friz Quadrata for display text.


Thanks to Arjen Markus for his weekly summary of Wiki action:
  Ah, the days pass fast when you have loads of meetings! Luckily the
  Wiki is a reliable oasis to rest your feet and feast your eyes.
  
  A bit of sound, anyone?
  - Putting Tcl to work: control an audio device ...
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/19503>
  
  - Snack was out of the picture for a while, but recently it has
    gained momentum again. Discussions on sound quality not from
    audiophiles, but from speech experts: they want a lossless
    format. <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21123>
  
  Laziness, randomness, anything goes!
  - Here is a nice idea: lazy lists - no need to first create 
    the list in full and then manipulate its elements -
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21178>. Infinite lists, anyone?
  
  - When not satisfied with lists, try the next level:
    lazy objects. It is an oldy: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2515>
  
  - Some people can not get enough of random numbers. Well,
    they are fascinating - especially techniques to make
    sure they _are_ random: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/1551>
  
  Playing it safe
  - Sometimes you need a unique number, well, to identify
    something for instance. Various names and various 
    techniques can be found at: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/10871>
  
  - Electronics never was your chronicler's favourite subject.
    But hey, you can deal with it in Tcl, which makes it
    kind of interesting: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21140>
  
  - We have seen games of all sorts - mostly with fancy graphics.
    But a relaxed way of playing a game is simply by text:
    <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21135> and <http://wiki.tcl.tk/21136>
    for a different style.
  
  - Wouldn't it be nice to have a calendar you can do anything
    with? <http://wiki.tcl.tk/13497> is not quite there yet,
    but there is some promise ...


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
    There's also a high-quality Wikibook on Tcl:
        http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Tcl

    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

    "La Gazette du Técleux" is an important monthly publication.
	http://wfr.tcl.tk/1159

    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 (but
    needs to validate many of the links).
        http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.tcl/

    Years ago, Cetus Links maintained a Tcl/Tk page with verified links
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_tcl_tk.html

    "Yahoo! Groups" archives comp.lang.tcl.announce posts--even 
    though clta itself is dormant.
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcl_announce/

We're working on more useful archives of past installments.  In the
meantime, an alternative is
  http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl

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