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Use weather for wallpapers

Learn how to grab weather data from Yahoo and use it to customise your desktop wallpaper - you'll never have to go outside again! Read more >>
Build an Ncurses user interface

If you find the command line dull or hard to use, try using Python to give it a friendlier face - and save yourself time! Read more >>
How to read Firefox's history

Use Mono to write a program that hooks into your browser history and loads your favourite pages from the command line. Read more >>
Make Python read RSS feeds aloud

Thanks to the magic of the Festival speech synthesizer, you can sit back and have the latest news read to you. What's not to like? Read more >>
Build a web server with Ruby

Proving theres more to Ruby than just Rails, we give you a lightning introduction to Ruby coding with a real, working project! Read more >>
Programming languages that melt your brain

Have fun with some really esoteric languages, all of which are so fabulously entertaining to try that you'll look at programming in a completely different way! Read more >>
Create an SDL game with C#

How hard is it to get a quick game working? Not hard at all, as you'll soon find. In this project you'll learn how to create a quick clone of the now-classic game Feeding Frenzy. Read more >>
Code your own IRC bot

In this tutorial we're going to produce an IRC bot written in Perl. IRC is simple, fast and easy to understand - and best of all, it lets you create virtual participants easily. Read more >>