so glad to finally be failing

Staying up an extra hour to code up a simple (i.e. not useful for totals > $1k) solution to xkcd and sending it in.

I bet I wasn't even the first.

But it is neat that that's the first time I ever wrote a python script.

This approach still doesn't work, right? Maybe times have changed...

Ooh, I got a mention on Randall Munroe's blag. Now I know I've arrived.

I think I'm actually really proud that my script produced quite readable output, like so:

$ python appetizers.py 
7 orders of mixed fruit: $15.05
1 order of mixed fruit, 2 orders of wings, 1 sampler plate: $15.05

His script just printed out comma-separated sets of numbers of dishes.

Remember, everyone. Integer math is your friend.