[python-uk] Sudoku links & dojo ideas

[Ben Moran]

If anyone is interested in the Sudoku solver from last night's dojo, the 
code & links to the original paper can be found at 
http://transfinite.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/solving-sudoku-with-l1-norm-minimization/ 
.  The slides are at http://www.slideshare.net/bnmoran/l1-sudoku-2657614 .

(If you have been inspired to brush up your linear algebra, a good place 
is Gilbert Strang's MIT course,  
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-06Spring-2005/CourseHome/index.htm 
)

Thinking about ideas for future events, I think it could be fun to do 
some more hands-on coding in small groups.  How about:

- Something like Robocode (maybe using Jython? 
http://www.mail-archive.com/edu-sig@python.org/msg05371.html)
- Playing with the IPython parallel features - 
http://ipython.scipy.org/doc/rel-0.9.1/html/parallel/index.html
- Something with Twisted- I'm really keen to learn this. Perhaps we 
could set up a chat server using the demo projects, find some Eliza 
chatbot code & wire it in and stage a networked Turing test...

Cheers

Ben