Chris Coyier found a great visualization of sorting algorithms created by David R. Martin, an Assistant Professor at Boston College. If you’re new to sorting algorithms and Big O notation, check out the textbooks he references in addition to enjoying the fantastic visual representation.

For most of us who can’t afford the time (or expense) of attending technical conferences on even a semi-regular basis, Google was nice enough to post their sessions from the Google I/O conference online. I’ve really enjoyed each session I watched in the APIs & Tools section. There’s a lot about Google App Engine and developing with Python for that environment.

If you have any desire to try out GAE, start with this great introduction to developing on the GAE platform by Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python and current Googler.

I got my pet project up and running, the Boxscore Junkie website. Right now it’s simply a scoreboard, boxscore, play-by-play, and pitch-by-pitch site for the 2008 MLB season, but I am now to the point where I can work on the cool features like tracking pitch data and providing interesting real-time data during live feeds of the games.

Ping me if you have an idea for something to add to any portion of the site. I’m kind of winging it right now as there are many directions I could be taking this.