Re: Python mascot proposal

2004-12-15 Thread Dimitri Tcaciuc
Hm, interesting. So I'm hearing lots of different opinions here, but it seems like there's not too many radical thoughts about not using snake at all and it can be pretty much summed up to 2 things 1) use a snake 2) combine snake with -some- monty python's symbolic I personally totally like the

Re: Python mascot proposal

2004-12-13 Thread Dimitri Tcaciuc
Brian Beck wrote: Dimitri Tcaciuc wrote: While I'm not absolutely positive, it looks like Python still doesn't have any official mascot or logo. Hence, here's something I came up with yesterday. Its by no means a final version, but rather just a draft to show an idea. Here'

Re: Python mascot proposal

2004-12-12 Thread Dimitri Tcaciuc
Luis M. Gonzalez wrote: Hey Dimitri, I completely agree with you in that Python needs once for all a cool logo. I like your design very much, but I have a few thoughts about it: 1) I think that Python's logo should reflect its power. If we use a mascot as its image, we would be giving the wrong ide

Re: Python mascot proposal

2004-12-12 Thread Dimitri Tcaciuc
richard wrote: Dimitri Tcaciuc wrote: While I'm not absolutely positive, it looks like Python still doesn't have any official mascot or logo. As already mentioned, there is a snake that gets used in a number of icons around the place - the windows installer, for example. Hence, here&#

Re: Best book on Python?

2004-12-12 Thread Dimitri Tcaciuc
Michael McGarry wrote: Hi, What is the best book covering Python? Michael IMHO, you have to try at least several books. There's no such thing as 'best book' for everybody. It's all very subjective, one book can work for you better than it worked for me. Google for Dive Into Python. Its a free on

Re: Python mascot proposal

2004-12-12 Thread Dimitri Tcaciuc
Jeremy Bowers wrote: On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:54:38 +, Dimitri Tcaciuc wrote: I haven't came up with the name for that guy yet, so I'm leaving that for public suggestions :). It is time Python gets an official face in the Net! *cough* Anyway, I would like to hear your thoughts and s

Python mascot proposal

2004-12-12 Thread Dimitri Tcaciuc
Hey everybody, While I'm not absolutely positive, it looks like Python still doesn't have any official mascot or logo. Hence, here's something I came up with yesterday. Its by no means a final version, but rather just a draft to show an idea. Here's a link to png file. http://www.sfu.ca/~dtcaci