Stani Wins Coin Design Competition

If you subscribe to the Planet Python feed you will already know that Stani (this is to the best of my knowledge the only name he advertises), the author of the well-known Stani's Python Editor, just won a competition to design a new Dutch five-Euro coin.

Congratulations, Stani, and not just for an exceptionally creative use of open source software (including Python, naturally), but also for a fine demonstration of its ideals. What a pity you can't release the coin under a copyleft agreement!

It seems to me this is just another area where the demonstrable abilities of open source are only just beginning to make an impression. You ain't seen nothing yet!

Certificate Design Required

Do you know anyone who can design a really nice looking certificate? Even better, are you such a person? The PSF instituted an awards scheme recently and the first four awards were announced at PyCon earlier this year. I have to have an official certificate created so we can have copies framed for the recipients, and my original designer has let me down (too busy).

So I am asking the web if it knows a suitable designer, preferably coming with recommendations, who can quote me a price (I can provide a reasonable brief if you contact me via this link) and get this job off my plate before the delay becomes too embarrassing.

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