[Tutor] Help with making emacs work with python syntax checking?

I need help with installing this setup on my emacs: http://hide1713.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/setup-perfect-python-environment-in-emacs/ The problem is that I have no clue how to access any .emacs file or .emacs.d folder. I'm running linux, and they are apparently invisible in my home directory. Try

[Tutor] Some ways lists and dictionaries can be used unconventionally?

I've been trying to make a text-based character creator program, and it was going pretty well. I was debugging it earlier, and I was well on my way. The problem is, that its something I have to do at the end of a python book's chapter about learning lists and dictionaries, and I didn't use either i