Martin Blais from Montreal, Canada, has a background in high-end computer graphics. After completing his graduate studies, he went on to work for graphics companies on global illumination problems and post-production software. He has been a heavy user of the Python language since 1999. Occasionally providing independent consulting services, he now offers a professional training course on Python. Martin is also currently involved in an independent venture related to the web. You can find many of his public bits of code at [WWW] http://furius.ca