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/2117
8>. Infinite lists, anyone?
  
  - When not satisfied with lists, try the next level:
    lazy objects. It is an oldy: <http://wiki.tcl.tk/2515&g
t;
  
  - 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&g
t;
  
  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.o
rg/net/tcl-welcome
    comp.lang.tcl is a crucial resource for Tcl
practitioners.
    An interesting perspective on its traffic appears at
        ht
tp://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/resourc
e/
    The TDX sponsor, ActiveState, also keeps info to
convince your
    boss Tcl is a good thing
        http://www.tcl.tk/script
ing/

    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://e
n.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://phase
it.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://gr
oups.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/gro
ups?oi=djq&as_q=+Tcl-URL&as_ugroup=comp.lang.tcl


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