From brady.cox at gmail.com Thu Nov 1 00:18:19 2007 From: brady.cox at gmail.com (Brady Cox) Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:18:19 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Howdy! Message-ID: <17340af50710311618r5bedaf7dyc4403286651eb0d3@mail.gmail.com> Hey All, I plan on moving out that way in the next year or so. I'm really bad at Python, but I tend to be able to read code fairly easily and am looking to pick it up. The Chicago group is quite active, meetings are usually every month and PyCon will be there this year. I was just wondering how active you guys are... and I'm sure most of you are on the LUG list too, so is there some cross-activity, etc? Let me know. From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Nov 2 00:50:33 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:50:33 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Howdy! In-Reply-To: <17340af50710311618r5bedaf7dyc4403286651eb0d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <17340af50710311618r5bedaf7dyc4403286651eb0d3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711011650s7d50f0beg835991f96bd5d9ca@mail.gmail.com> Hi Brady! The Omaha Python users group meets regularly. The list is a bit sporadic, but normally helpful. You are correct about the cross over between the python users group and olug. www.olug.org If you learn by reading then python is an excellent language for you. There are great examples every where. I try and keep the minutes from the meetings up at www.omahapython.org and if you subscribe to planet python, the meeting notes end up in the rss feed there. Look forward to meeting you in person when you get to the Big O. -jeff On 10/31/07, Brady Cox wrote: > Hey All, > > I plan on moving out that way in the next year or so. I'm really bad at > Python, but I tend to be able to read code fairly easily and am looking to > pick it up. The Chicago group is quite active, meetings are usually every > month and PyCon will be there this year. I was just wondering how active > you guys are... and I'm sure most of you are on the LUG list too, so is > there some cross-activity, etc? Let me know. > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Nov 2 02:27:15 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:27:15 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Python: cornerstone of MIT EECS program Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711011827x15c3fd24la75c1540dad96c3d@mail.gmail.com> Python has replaced scheme as the cornerstone class for all EECS classes at MIT for entering freshman. http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.01/fall07/software/ Python and Robotics -- very cool. Beats the pants off the introductory classes I had in Pascal. ; ) A few hundred MITer's learning Python right away should be good for Python. We can only hope that our local uni's follow suite without much delay. -- Jeff Hinrichs From jeffh at dundeemt.com Tue Nov 6 04:22:28 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 21:22:28 -0600 Subject: [omaha] ANN: Omaha Python Users Group Meeting -- Wed, Nov 7th @ 7pm Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711051922n3198ba6dv4ee5f070d2ca744d@mail.gmail.com> The next Python Users Group meeting is rapidly approaching, so mark you calendars for Wednesday night @ 7pm. If the past few meetings are indicative of future meetings, it should be great fun. We look forward to seeing you there. If the meeting details don't come through in your email client, check the web page, http://www.omahapython.org for the particulars. Location: Clancy's East 7128 Pacific Street (72nd & Pacific) Omaha, NE Refreshments: It's Clancy's -- so food and drink will be available. Door Prize: Of Course! -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Nov 9 03:43:38 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:43:38 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Need Help Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711081843u416953cbk8aec48a12b4c35e9@mail.gmail.com> I've been crazy busy and haven't had a chance to put the meeting notes together yet from Wednesday's meeting. If you could/would please reply to this message with items of discussion you recall from the meeting. I'll use your replies to get the meeting notes finished off and submitted. Why go to the trouble, you ask? Well, posting the notes on the python groups feeds gets it out in the community. O'Reilly notices and then sends us more books to hand out for door prizes. So if you could each just send in 2 or 3 topics that we talked about and maybe some links it would be a big help. Thanks in advance, -jeff From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Nov 9 07:47:13 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 00:47:13 -0600 Subject: [omaha] What was that firewall ... Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711082247n7a563351n4e5bc9fd86025fb9@mail.gmail.com> what was the firewall software that Chad was talking about and surfed too? -- Jeff Hinrichs From jeffh at dundeemt.com Mon Nov 12 05:00:27 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:00:27 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711112000o6d82e0f9h1407654f9a280a9b@mail.gmail.com> I've changed http://www.omahapython.org from pointing to a wiki page on the python.org wiki (http://wiki.python.org/moin/OmahaPythonUserGroup ) to a tiddlywiki based page. Since it's incredibly easy to edit a tiddlywiki I'm hoping to be able to take notes right at the meeting and then can post them up to the web right after the meeting. We'll see how this works out . -Jeff From jeffh at dundeemt.com Mon Nov 12 05:05:16 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:05:16 -0600 Subject: [omaha] FYI: Google needs python programmers Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711112005q49a42067t59ee1590002e19b0@mail.gmail.com> The audio from the OLUG meeting this month where Google talked is up on the web. http://olug.org/ Seems they love Python -- even for the sysadmin positions they are opening in CB. Interesting talk -- worth a listen. -j From newz at bearfruit.org Mon Nov 12 16:59:33 2007 From: newz at bearfruit.org (Matthew Nuzum) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:59:33 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0711112000o6d82e0f9h1407654f9a280a9b@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711112000o6d82e0f9h1407654f9a280a9b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Nov 11, 2007 11:00 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > I've changed http://www.omahapython.org from pointing to a wiki page > on the python.org wiki > (http://wiki.python.org/moin/OmahaPythonUserGroup ) to a tiddlywiki > based page. Since it's incredibly easy to edit a tiddlywiki I'm > hoping to be able to take notes right at the meeting and then can post > them up to the web right after the meeting. We'll see how this works > out . > Hi Jeff, I'm just a lurker based in Des Moines, so don't get to come to the meetings, but was just curious if you've tried Gobby (or any of the *obby's)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobby It works great on zeroconf networks and allows multiple people to view and edit a document simultaneously and see changes in real time. It also works well with regular LANs and over the Internet. It works awesome for sharing long-urls or snippets of code. I used it when participating in a lesson on Ubuntu packaging and it was extremely useful to be able to copy and paste the commands the instructor was using. The downside is that, like a lot of OSS, it operates on the premise that you're using a Unix-like OS and it has added Windows support as an after-thought. I hear it works well except for the zeroconf stuff (so you have to enter the computer name instead of having a select list). -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode From jeffh at dundeemt.com Tue Nov 13 00:44:51 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:44:51 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: References: <5aaed53f0711112000o6d82e0f9h1407654f9a280a9b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> Hi Matthew, Welcome to the list -- glad to have you on board! I've played with Gobby/Sobby but we haven't used it in an actual meeting as of yet. Currently, where we are meeting the wireless is hit or miss. I'm trying to get us lined up for some nicer diggs but as yet we don't have it. When we do, them something like Gobby and some remote audio/presence might be cool. We python types seem to be spread out quite a bit between Chicago and Denver. I have a feeling that the situation will change though. You are right about the Unix bias it has, I've had negative reactions from some Mac users about using Gobby but hopefully that will be a non-issue if they are local. -jeff On Nov 12, 2007 9:59 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2007 11:00 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > > > I've changed http://www.omahapython.org from pointing to a wiki page > > on the python.org wiki > > (http://wiki.python.org/moin/OmahaPythonUserGroup ) to a tiddlywiki > > based page. Since it's incredibly easy to edit a tiddlywiki I'm > > hoping to be able to take notes right at the meeting and then can post > > them up to the web right after the meeting. We'll see how this works > > out . > > > > Hi Jeff, I'm just a lurker based in Des Moines, so don't get to come to the > meetings, but was just curious if you've tried Gobby (or any of the > *obby's)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobby > > It works great on zeroconf networks and allows multiple people to view and > edit a document simultaneously and see changes in real time. It also works > well with regular LANs and over the Internet. > > It works awesome for sharing long-urls or snippets of code. I used it when > participating in a lesson on Ubuntu packaging and it was extremely useful to > be able to copy and paste the commands the instructor was using. > > The downside is that, like a lot of OSS, it operates on the premise that > you're using a Unix-like OS and it has added Windows support as an > after-thought. I hear it works well except for the zeroconf stuff (so you > have to enter the computer name instead of having a select list). > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc From bkealey at mail.unomaha.edu Tue Nov 13 00:48:39 2007 From: bkealey at mail.unomaha.edu (Burch Kealey) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:48:39 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Will you be sending out an email with info about the December meeting or do I need to just pay attention to the website? Thanks Burch Burch T. Kealey, PhD. Associate Professor-Department of Accounting RH-CBA 408-N University of Nebraska at Omaha 6000 Dodge Street Omaha Nebraska 68104 http://www.directEDGAR.com 402-554-3571 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. From jeffh at dundeemt.com Tue Nov 13 01:14:14 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:14:14 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> I normally make an announcement on the list a day or two before the meeting. As for location, If I can get some face time with Professor Clark I'm hoping to get one of the second floor rooms in the PKI building. I've heard through a 3rd party that Prof. Clark would be amenable to sponsoring the group so we could meet on campus. We look forward to seeing you there. -Jeff On Nov 12, 2007 5:48 PM, Burch Kealey wrote: > Will you be sending out an email with info about the December meeting or > do I need to just pay attention to the website? > > Thanks > > Burch > > Burch T. Kealey, PhD. > Associate Professor-Department of Accounting > RH-CBA 408-N > University of Nebraska at Omaha > 6000 Dodge Street > Omaha Nebraska 68104 > > http://www.directEDGAR.com > > > > 402-554-3571 > > This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information > intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. > If > you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any > disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any > action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From jeffh at dundeemt.com Tue Nov 13 03:57:25 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:57:25 -0600 Subject: [omaha] FYI: Django - A month of Tips Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711121857k1ccd9abo67226342504bc921@mail.gmail.com> I just saw this on the Daily Python feed: James Bennett: One month of Django tips ["I've been reminded today by Maura that November is National Blog Posting Month, when -- in theory -- bloggers the world over try to keep up a pace of one entry every day. I don't know how well this is going to go, but I'd like to give it a try. And, inspired by Drew McLellan's excellent 24 ways 'advent calendars' of web-design tips, I'm going to give it a theme: one Django tip every day during the month of November."] http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2007/nov/01/django-tips-template-loading-and-rendering/ While I've not used Django before, I know that there is a lot of interest in the subject. Any Django users out there care to comment on the quality of these tips? -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From rob.townley at gmail.com Tue Nov 13 04:44:50 2007 From: rob.townley at gmail.com (Rob Townley) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:44:50 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Fwd: Google Video Alert - one laptop per child In-Reply-To: <00c09f90f58f043ec1db5673633ae30b@google.com> References: <00c09f90f58f043ec1db5673633ae30b@google.com> Message-ID: <7e84ed60711121944r122eae20ye823ee697ede6702@mail.gmail.com> -Python programmers, check this out - capability to view the source for python used in the gui. -screen will be more readable in the sun than any laptop - OLPC could subsidize the project by licensing this technology to all other laptop vendors. Anybody tried reading outside on battery power. -he beats on the OLPC -on sale today Nov 12 for the next two weeks with the buy one, give one plan. -maybe the solar panel is $12.00 extra ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Google Alerts Date: Nov 12, 2007 3:17 PM Subject: Google Video Alert - one laptop per child To: rob.townley at gmail.com Google Video Alert for: *one laptop per child* One Laptop Per Child - David Pogue - NYTimes.com *One* *Laptop* *Per* *Child* - David Pogue - NYTimes.com by The New York Times *...* http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=21552912 ------------------------------ This once a day Google Alert is brought to you by Google. Removethis alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts. From jay at jays.net Wed Nov 14 20:39:23 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:39:23 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > As for location, If I can get some face time with Professor Clark I'm > hoping to get one of the second floor rooms in the PKI building. I've > heard through a 3rd party that Prof. Clark would be amenable to > sponsoring the group so we could meet on campus. > Jon told me he would. If he has changed his mind let me know and I'll chase several other faculty members for you. I'm over there every day. j From elicriffield at gmail.com Wed Nov 14 20:57:39 2007 From: elicriffield at gmail.com (Eli Criffield) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:57:39 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Need Help In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0711081843u416953cbk8aec48a12b4c35e9@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711081843u416953cbk8aec48a12b4c35e9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <18e3f33d0711141157v739066e3vbd3979faa194aa43@mail.gmail.com> I had this email in my needs reply list but it stayed there to long now i can't remember much. I do remember lots of google talk. Talk of how MapReduce works in python Talk of hadoop's MapReduce in Python "http://www.michael-noll.com/wiki/Writing_An_Hadoop_MapReduce_Program_In_Python" That parallel python thing you where using How to use python to solve the netflix recommendations challenge. The google Android Phone Platform (maybe it'll run python?) Thats all i can remember for now. Eli On Nov 8, 2007 8:43 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > I've been crazy busy and haven't had a chance to put the meeting notes > together yet from Wednesday's meeting. If you could/would please > reply to this message with items of discussion you recall from the > meeting. I'll use your replies to get the meeting notes finished off > and submitted. > > Why go to the trouble, you ask? Well, posting the notes on the python > groups feeds gets it out in the community. O'Reilly notices and then > sends us more books to hand out for door prizes. So if you could each > just send in 2 or 3 topics that we talked about and maybe some links > it would be a big help. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -jeff > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > From elicriffield at gmail.com Wed Nov 14 20:59:59 2007 From: elicriffield at gmail.com (Eli Criffield) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:59:59 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> Message-ID: <18e3f33d0711141159h4789fff3mc1646c77b4676969@mail.gmail.com> Can you nail him down on a time? Maybe we need to invite him to a get togther for a little face time? Eli On Nov 14, 2007 1:39 PM, Jay Hannah wrote: > Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > > As for location, If I can get some face time with Professor Clark I'm > > hoping to get one of the second floor rooms in the PKI building. I've > > heard through a 3rd party that Prof. Clark would be amenable to > > sponsoring the group so we could meet on campus. > > > > Jon told me he would. If he has changed his mind let me know and I'll > chase several other faculty members for you. I'm over there every day. > > > j > > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > From jay at jays.net Wed Nov 14 23:33:17 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:33:17 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <18e3f33d0711141159h4789fff3mc1646c77b4676969@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141159h4789fff3mc1646c77b4676969@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <473B77AD.80605@jays.net> Eli Criffield wrote: > Can you nail him down on a time? Maybe we need to invite him to a get > togther for a little face time? Who is that question directed to? I don't know why you'd need face time with him. I'm guessing he'll just say "Sure, I'll sponsor it. Don't break anything." He probably won't come to any/many of the meetings... j mobile: 578-3976 From elicriffield at gmail.com Wed Nov 14 23:43:05 2007 From: elicriffield at gmail.com (Eli Criffield) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:43:05 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <473B77AD.80605@jays.net> References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141159h4789fff3mc1646c77b4676969@mail.gmail.com> <473B77AD.80605@jays.net> Message-ID: <18e3f33d0711141443s3a10d34bmb33bb0bad836a469@mail.gmail.com> You i guess (Jay) So how do we get in? Does he need to be there to let us in? I promise to not break anything. Eli On Nov 14, 2007 4:33 PM, Jay Hannah wrote: > Eli Criffield wrote: > > Can you nail him down on a time? Maybe we need to invite him to a get > > togther for a little face time? > > Who is that question directed to? > > I don't know why you'd need face time with him. I'm guessing he'll just > say "Sure, I'll sponsor it. Don't break anything." He probably won't > come to any/many of the meetings... > > j > mobile: 578-3976 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > From bkealey at mail.unomaha.edu Wed Nov 14 23:50:35 2007 From: bkealey at mail.unomaha.edu (Burch Kealey) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:50:35 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <18e3f33d0711141443s3a10d34bmb33bb0bad836a469@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I will pipe in, if you actually want access to a room on campus without worry of infringment he will have to take a more active role. While it is possible to squat in rooms they often get scheduled. Anyone who has a room scheduled will of-course have rights to evict the squatters. If you seriously want to have meetings on campus and you want to do it in a manner that will be above board someone will have to deal with getting rooms reserved. If it is not done through the room scheduling system then you do not have a claim on the room. However, I don't understand how the University will let people park on campus without a parking permit during the week. If you get a room scheduled please be sure to get positive confirmation about parking. Burch T. Kealey, PhD. RH-CBA 408-N University of Nebraska at Omaha 6000 Dodge Street Omaha Nebraska 68104 402-554-3571 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. From jay at jays.net Thu Nov 15 01:26:58 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:26:58 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <18e3f33d0711141443s3a10d34bmb33bb0bad836a469@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141159h4789fff3mc1646c77b4676969@mail.gmail.com> <473B77AD.80605@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141443s3a10d34bmb33bb0bad836a469@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <473B9252.1090603@jays.net> Eli Criffield wrote: > You i guess (Jay) > So how do we get in? Does he need to be there to let us in? > -laugh- uhh... Back in September I threw Jon's hat in the ring because he said it'd be OK for Pythonistas to meet at PKI. Jeff Hinrichs (Python group leader, right?) said he'd contact Jon: http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/omaha/2007-September/000110.html (Why is the email archive private? It should be public.) That's all I know. I don't want to step on Jeff's toes if he's in the middle of some complex negotiation I'm not aware of... :) It would be great if the leader made the official contact since presumably the leader's attendance rate will be very high. > I promise to not break anything. > :) Burch Kealey wrote: > If it is not done through the room scheduling system then > you do not have a claim on the room. Yes. I assume Jeff will have no trouble officially reserving a room via Jon or another faculty representative. Burch Kealey wrote: > However, I don't understand how the > University will let people park on campus without a parking permit during > the week. If you get a room scheduled please be sure to get positive > confirmation about parking. Indeed. The Dynamic Language Users Group says they've "never had a problem" meeting once a month @ 7pm. I don't know if they've just gotten lucky or what. I can't remember who they said their faculty sponsor was. DynLUG: http://www.blainebuxton.com/odynug/ HTH, j http://clab.ist.unomaha.edu/CLAB/index.php/User:Jhannah From jeffh at dundeemt.com Thu Nov 15 04:08:41 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:08:41 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Need Help In-Reply-To: <18e3f33d0711141157v739066e3vbd3979faa194aa43@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711081843u416953cbk8aec48a12b4c35e9@mail.gmail.com> <18e3f33d0711141157v739066e3vbd3979faa194aa43@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711141908t55105d42o3e61b8e9aeca73e8@mail.gmail.com> Thanks Eli, I amended the wiki, http://www.omahapython.org -j On Nov 14, 2007 1:57 PM, Eli Criffield wrote: > I had this email in my needs reply list but it stayed there to long > now i can't remember much. > > I do remember lots of google talk. > > Talk of how MapReduce works in python > > Talk of hadoop's MapReduce in Python > "http://www.michael-noll.com/wiki/Writing_An_Hadoop_MapReduce_Program_In_Python" > > That parallel python thing you where using > > How to use python to solve the netflix recommendations challenge. > > The google Android Phone Platform (maybe it'll run python?) > > Thats all i can remember for now. > > Eli > > > On Nov 8, 2007 8:43 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > > I've been crazy busy and haven't had a chance to put the meeting notes > > together yet from Wednesday's meeting. If you could/would please > > reply to this message with items of discussion you recall from the > > meeting. I'll use your replies to get the meeting notes finished off > > and submitted. > > > > Why go to the trouble, you ask? Well, posting the notes on the python > > groups feeds gets it out in the community. O'Reilly notices and then > > sends us more books to hand out for door prizes. So if you could each > > just send in 2 or 3 topics that we talked about and maybe some links > > it would be a big help. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -jeff > > _______________________________________________ > > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > > Omaha at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > > http://www.OmahaPython.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From jeffh at dundeemt.com Thu Nov 15 04:34:16 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:34:16 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <473B9252.1090603@jays.net> References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141159h4789fff3mc1646c77b4676969@mail.gmail.com> <473B77AD.80605@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141443s3a10d34bmb33bb0bad836a469@mail.gmail.com> <473B9252.1090603@jays.net> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711141934y79702746oe422ac6007da3a89@mail.gmail.com> On Nov 14, 2007 6:26 PM, Jay Hannah wrote: > Eli Criffield wrote: > > You i guess (Jay) > > So how do we get in? Does he need to be there to let us in? > > > > -laugh- uhh... Back in September I threw Jon's hat in the ring > because he said it'd be OK for Pythonistas to meet at PKI. Jeff Hinrichs > (Python group leader, right?) said he'd contact Jon: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/omaha/2007-September/000110.html > > (Why is the email archive private? It should be public.) Done. List archives are now public. > That's all I know. I don't want to step on Jeff's toes if he's in the > middle of some complex negotiation I'm not aware of... :) It would > be great if the leader made the official contact since presumably the > leader's attendance rate will be very high. Nothing complex, just the email address I found for John didn't generate any response what so ever. I was hoping to find him in his office when I was up at PKI for mock interviews at the end of last month, but I missed him. I see he has office hours from 1:30 - 5:15 tomorrow. I'm just going to make it a point to be up there around 4pm. > > I promise to not break anything. > > > > :) > > Burch Kealey wrote: > > If it is not done through the room scheduling system then > > you do not have a claim on the room. > > Yes. I assume Jeff will have no trouble officially reserving a room via > Jon or another faculty representative. Jay is correct, I have no desire to try and sneak a room. If I can't find an official on campus sponsor, we'll just make do until we can. > Burch Kealey wrote: > > > However, I don't understand how the > > University will let people park on campus without a parking permit during > > the week. If you get a room scheduled please be sure to get positive > > confirmation about parking. Will do. Trust me. I'm no fan of campus tickets. For the Dynamic Languages group, I just park on the far south lot. I've talked to security and they say it is no problem. However, if this does work out, I'll get positive confirmation on where to park. > Indeed. The Dynamic Language Users Group says they've "never had a > problem" meeting once a month @ 7pm. I don't know if they've just gotten > lucky or what. I can't remember who they said their faculty sponsor was. > > DynLUG: http://www.blainebuxton.com/odynug/ > > HTH, > > j > http://clab.ist.unomaha.edu/CLAB/index.php/User:Jhannah > > > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From jay at jays.net Thu Nov 15 15:22:36 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:22:36 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Updated website In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0711141934y79702746oe422ac6007da3a89@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711121544x61c63485p380376f15fcd4752@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0711121614o7784dd11u68deca1fbb62e61@mail.gmail.com> <473B4EEB.7020305@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141159h4789fff3mc1646c77b4676969@mail.gmail.com> <473B77AD.80605@jays.net> <18e3f33d0711141443s3a10d34bmb33bb0bad836a469@mail.gmail.com> <473B9252.1090603@jays.net> <5aaed53f0711141934y79702746oe422ac6007da3a89@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5AADBE7E-A98D-4DF9-ADA8-A30F29146521@jays.net> On Nov 14, 2007, at 9:34 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/omaha/2007-September/ >> 000110.html >> >> (Why is the email archive private? It should be public.) > > Done. List archives are now public. Rock on. Thanks. :) > Nothing complex, just the email address I found for John didn't > generate any response what so ever. The email address listed here is your best (only?) shot at it: http://arioch.unomaha.edu/~jclark/ j From jay at jays.net Thu Nov 15 22:24:25 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:24:25 -0500 (EST) Subject: [omaha] 2.5.1 install error Message-ID: I was going to play with Python + webservices today http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/ The make went fine, but I puked out trying to install ... ... /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/curses/wrapper.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/curses /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/CDROM.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/DLFCN.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/IN.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c ./Lib/plat-linux2/regen /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/TYPES.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./LICENSE /usr/local/lib/python2.5/LICENSE.txt PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.5 \ ./python -Wi -tt /usr/local/lib/python2.5/compileall.py \ -d /usr/local/lib/python2.5 -f \ -x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' /usr/local/lib/python2.5 ./python: can't open file '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/compileall.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory make: *** [libinstall] Error 2 Any suggestions? Thanks, j From JeffH at delasco.com Thu Nov 15 22:32:26 2007 From: JeffH at delasco.com (Jeff Hinrichs) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:32:26 -0600 Subject: [omaha] 2.5.1 install error In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <94BC3D204A17734681830A69CBF99993DF7DA0@lilo.delasco.pri> Maybe python-dev ?? -----Original Message----- From: omaha-bounces at python.org [mailto:omaha-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Jay Hannah Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:24 PM To: omaha at python.org Subject: [omaha] 2.5.1 install error I was going to play with Python + webservices today http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/ The make went fine, but I puked out trying to install ... ... /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/curses/wrapper.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/curses /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/CDROM.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/DLFCN.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/IN.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c ./Lib/plat-linux2/regen /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/TYPES.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./LICENSE /usr/local/lib/python2.5/LICENSE.txt PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.5 \ ./python -Wi -tt /usr/local/lib/python2.5/compileall.py \ -d /usr/local/lib/python2.5 -f \ -x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' /usr/local/lib/python2.5 ./python: can't open file '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/compileall.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory make: *** [libinstall] Error 2 Any suggestions? Thanks, j _______________________________________________ Omaha Python Users Group mailing list Omaha at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha http://www.OmahaPython.org From JeffH at delasco.com Thu Nov 15 22:29:48 2007 From: JeffH at delasco.com (Jeff Hinrichs) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:29:48 -0600 Subject: [omaha] 2.5.1 install error In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <94BC3D204A17734681830A69CBF99993DF7D9F@lilo.delasco.pri> What *nix distribution? Looks like it is missing. (duh) It's everywhere I'm looking right now, trying to figure out if you need some other package installed (happens on ubuntu at times) -jeff -----Original Message----- From: omaha-bounces at python.org [mailto:omaha-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Jay Hannah Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:24 PM To: omaha at python.org Subject: [omaha] 2.5.1 install error I was going to play with Python + webservices today http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/ The make went fine, but I puked out trying to install ... ... /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/curses/wrapper.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/curses /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/CDROM.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/DLFCN.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/IN.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c ./Lib/plat-linux2/regen /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./Lib/plat-linux2/TYPES.py /usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./LICENSE /usr/local/lib/python2.5/LICENSE.txt PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.5 \ ./python -Wi -tt /usr/local/lib/python2.5/compileall.py \ -d /usr/local/lib/python2.5 -f \ -x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' /usr/local/lib/python2.5 ./python: can't open file '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/compileall.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory make: *** [libinstall] Error 2 Any suggestions? Thanks, j _______________________________________________ Omaha Python Users Group mailing list Omaha at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha http://www.OmahaPython.org From jay at jays.net Thu Nov 15 23:14:22 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:14:22 -0600 Subject: [omaha] 2.5.1 install error In-Reply-To: <94BC3D204A17734681830A69CBF99993DF7D9F@lilo.delasco.pri> References: <94BC3D204A17734681830A69CBF99993DF7D9F@lilo.delasco.pri> Message-ID: <473CC4BE.30802@jays.net> Jeff Hinrichs wrote: > What *nix distribution? Looks like it is missing. (duh) It's everywhere > I'm looking right now, trying to figure out if you need some other > package installed (happens on ubuntu at times) > Looks like this one is an old SuSE box? $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.4.21-243-default (root at i386.suse.de) (gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux)) #1 Thu Aug 12 15:22:14 UTC 2004 > Maybe python-dev ?? You sometimes need python-dev to install python? Anyone do any web services stuff? j From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Nov 16 00:57:42 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:57:42 -0600 Subject: [omaha] 2.5.1 install error In-Reply-To: <473CC4BE.30802@jays.net> References: <94BC3D204A17734681830A69CBF99993DF7D9F@lilo.delasco.pri> <473CC4BE.30802@jays.net> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711151557k6a9ee8d5h16b1ed3311149335@mail.gmail.com> On Nov 15, 2007 4:14 PM, Jay Hannah wrote: > Jeff Hinrichs wrote: > > What *nix distribution? Looks like it is missing. (duh) It's everywhere > > I'm looking right now, trying to figure out if you need some other > > package installed (happens on ubuntu at times) > > > > Looks like this one is an old SuSE box? > > $ cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.4.21-243-default (root at i386.suse.de) (gcc version 3.3.1 > (SuSE Linux)) #1 Thu Aug 12 15:22:14 UTC 2004 > > > Maybe python-dev ?? > > You sometimes need python-dev to install python? Nope, you don't need python-dev to install python, but might have needed it for a 3rd party module. compileall.py lives in the python std library so not finding it would seem to mean one of two things, 1) the path used in the script is not pointing to the right place. If you look in /usr/local/lib/python2.5/ do see decimal.py and shelve.py? if the directory doesn't exist then the make file needs some guidance. 2) the directory exists and all of the other standard lib stuff is there but not compileall.py then something is wonky with the python install. if you fire up python at the command line what is the version? then try importing the module, it should go like this. >>> import compileall >>> dir(compileall) ['__all__', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'compile_dir', 'compile_path', 'main', 'os', 'py_compile', 'sys'] >>> > > Anyone do any web services stuff? Some interaction with UPS data at work. Dive in to Python has some decent stuff on the subject, http://www.diveintopython.org/http_web_services/index.html > > > j > > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Nov 16 04:04:03 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:04:03 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Anyone interested in having a "members" section? Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711151904o3729fab8icf6fef639b3f3dd4@mail.gmail.com> I'm thinking of putting a "members" section on the wiki with a link to your home page. Names and links completely optional. If you are interested, send me what to use for your name and a link, if desired. -jeff -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Nov 16 03:51:40 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:51:40 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Good News... Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711151851i1571aef9u1857278b8d54fe16@mail.gmail.com> I met with John Clark, a professor at UNO's CS program. He has agreed to sponsor our group. (Just like Jay said he would. Thanks Jay!) Particulars will be forth coming once the room is scheduled. I've sent him a list of our next six meeting dates and he is going to reserve a room for us. I told him we could be flexible with the dates and times as we appreciate the opportunity to meet at UNO. I'll send more details as they are worked out. I'm looking forward to the new meeting location. -- Jeff Hinrichs Dundee Media & Technology, Inc jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.218.1473 From jay at jays.net Fri Nov 16 20:22:31 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:22:31 -0600 Subject: [omaha] Anyone interested in having a "members" section? In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0711151904o3729fab8icf6fef639b3f3dd4@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0711151904o3729fab8icf6fef639b3f3dd4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <473DEDF7.5090504@jays.net> Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > I'm thinking of putting a "members" section on the wiki with a link to > your home page. Names and links completely optional. > If you are interested, send me what to use for your name and a link, if desired. > Isn't the whole point of a wiki that people add themselves? :) Here's me: Jay Hannah http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/User:Jhannah Toodles, j From jeffh at dundeemt.com Mon Nov 26 03:00:03 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:00:03 -0600 Subject: [omaha] The PyCon 2007 podcast are being posted Message-ID: <5aaed53f0711251800n4638f723p30dd4694db14b1fc@mail.gmail.com> from Planet Python The audio recordings from PyCon 2007 are finally being posted! I know it's hard to record in those big ballrooms at conventions, so I hope the audio quality on these is ok. http://advocacy.python.org/podcasts/pycon2007.rss -- Jeff Hinrichs