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About Me

• My name is Andrew, and I live in Manassas, Virginia. I am a pretty good with computers and computer tech. What I like to do is learn about computers and Linux. I can be pretty funny at times, but, that does not interfere with me helping people on the Absolute Beginners Talk forum. Python is my programming language of choice and I am willing to help out anybody with Python code with the exception of GUIs, as I have not learned much about GTK or Tkinter because the syntax is so hard to understand . The Absolute Beginners forum is a perfect place to see me in action helping everybody, and for people helping others as well. On the Education Beginners Team, I have been tutoring people about Python and wish to continue my lectures. See? No ruler is required!

Stuff I have done

• Joined the Beginners Team and helped out further there.
• Helping out with triaging bugs on LP.
• Accomplished calming down a troll (Not much of an achievement, but, it counts).
• Going onto the ##beginners-help channel and teaching the basics of Python programming.

Programming

• My IRC bot is called iBot by its base name, though, my bot's name is steambot on Freenode. Plenty of people have used my source code and I have updated it constantly. It is going a major rewrite for Python 3.0 code, but I have not devoted a lot of time on it.

Python Tutoring

• The first Python 101 Tutoring has already been held on August 10^th, 2008 as well as Python 102, which was held on August 11^th, 2008. The logs are kept in the table below in case you missed the meeting. Everything went well besides a few mistakes, and I am glad that I had the chance to teach Python to others. Thanks to everyone who came and participated! Python 201, which is a more advance tutoring session of Python, will be held on Saturday, November 1^st. The exact time is TBA, although I predict it will be held sometime during the afternoon.

Python Tutoring Logs

• Python 101	http://bodhizazen.net/beginners/doc/python/logs/py101log_8_10_2008.txt
  Python 102	http://bodhizazen.net/beginners/doc/python/logs/py102log_8_11_2008.txt

Testimonials

• Joeb454 - Andrew's tutoring on python was awesome, more people turned up than expected, and he did it for hours. As well as this, his work on the beginners team is highly commendable, coupled with his willingness to help and friendly nature, makes Andrew (in my opinion) a prime candidate for Ubuntu Membership. I fully support his application.

• Nathan Handler - Andrew is a valuable member of the Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team. He possesses lots of knowledge, and is always willing to share this knowledge with people might be experiencing problems. He has a great attitude, and he is enjoyable to be around. I fully support Andrew's application to become an Ubuntu Member. -- nhandler 2009-03-05 12:55:06

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