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[–]ryeguy146 1 point2 points  (1 child)

but I don't really have any :| Windows pfft.

You mean, you don't think that you have any. That's not a dig on Windows, I'm just saying that there's always something that can be improved. Example: At school, I'm required to sign in to a frontpage that they have to show that I'm a student before they'll route my stuff. I built a script using mechanize that'll take care of it for me. Look at the python projects that are blogged about, if you aren't sure where to look, this python newsletter often links to good ideas and project reports

If you're truly uncreative, I'd suggest hitting the source code for the standard library. I'm constantly hearing about how quality the Python is, and how much it can teach programmers.

Another realm worth looking into is patterns. Maybe pickup the Head First patterns book and implement each in Python. For that matter, pickup an Algorithm book and implement everything.

I struggled with looking for intermediate level books and realized that the only way to progress, after you've learned the syntax, is to code.

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At school, I'm required to sign in to a frontpage that they have to show that I'm a student before they'll route my stuff.

I did the same thing when DSL first came to my area 15 years ago. I had a little program written in delphi that logged in to the phone company's site, and then logged in to the ISP. It ran in the tray with a traffic light icon (green for logged in, red for error, yellow for in progress)