From rob.townley at gmail.com Tue Oct 2 18:03:07 2012 From: rob.townley at gmail.com (Rob Townley) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:03:07 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing Message-ID: The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then email on. What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text from PDF? From keckbug at gmail.com Tue Oct 2 18:18:10 2012 From: keckbug at gmail.com (Aaron Keck) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:18:10 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I had to parse a variety of different documents for a project at work using Python. I used a PDF library to extract the text, and then parsed that, but had a heck of a time parsing the text that came out of certain PDF's. I'd be very interested in seeing some better solutions to this also. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rob Townley wrote: > The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > email on. > > What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text from > PDF? > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Oct 2 18:18:30 2012 From: jeffh at delasco.com (Jeff Hinrichs) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:18:30 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Depending on how they generate their pdfs. This StackOverFlow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25665/python-module-for-converting-pdf-to-text article has useful info. I do quite a bit of pdf handling here at work and I use pyPDF. The article points out the useful bits for text extraction. import pyPdf pdf = pyPdf.PdfFileReader(open(filename, "rb")) for page in pdf.pages: print page.extractText() I only use it to do "sanity" checks when I'm breaking out individual invoices from batch runs. Of course, the better way to do this is to interact with their back end data directly. Getting the text is just the first step, then you need to parse it and locate the useful bits. All of that should be available from their accounting db. However, their situation may not allow access but if they don't have access yet, the first thing I would do would be build a mechanism for querying (read only) from their primary data. Our internally developed (python/django) document management systems ties together generated documents to accounting and shipping information so any csr/manager can get the information. It's a REST based interface, so they just refer to an URL with in email messages internally. They can fax or email information/copies to customers from within the system interface. -Jeff On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rob Townley wrote: > The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > email on. > > What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text from > PDF? > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > From choman at gmail.com Tue Oct 2 18:23:54 2012 From: choman at gmail.com (Chad Homan) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:23:54 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I used pdftotext on ubuntu recently, worked great fro what I needed there is also a python program named similar pdf2txt or pdf2text, it did not do what I wanted. hope that helps Join The RVLution - Together We Win! -- Chad - I AM MONAVIE Creating A More Meaningful Life On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rob Townley wrote: > The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > email on. > > What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text from > PDF? > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Oct 2 18:25:15 2012 From: jeffh at delasco.com (Jeff Hinrichs) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:25:15 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I may have misunderstood you about who was accessing the data. Is this for an organization external to MUD/OPPD? If so, that would not allow them access to primary data. -Jeff On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Aaron Keck wrote: > I had to parse a variety of different documents for a project at work using > Python. I used a PDF library to extract the text, and then parsed that, > but had a heck of a time parsing the text that came out of certain PDF's. > I'd be very interested in seeing some better solutions to this also. > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rob Townley > wrote: > > > The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > > all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > > / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > > email on. > > > > What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text > from > > PDF? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > From bkealey at unomaha.edu Tue Oct 2 18:10:49 2012 From: bkealey at unomaha.edu (Burch Kealey) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:10:49 +0000 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9AECCD8B-C8AF-4EA6-B163-900DD2BD5EC3@unomaha.edu> Send us one as an example this is really a trivial task Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, "Rob Townley" wrote: > The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > email on. > > What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text from PDF? > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Oct 2 21:18:35 2012 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:18:35 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: <9AECCD8B-C8AF-4EA6-B163-900DD2BD5EC3@unomaha.edu> References: <9AECCD8B-C8AF-4EA6-B163-900DD2BD5EC3@unomaha.edu> Message-ID: <03765B20-6FCF-4E5C-8FEF-41EAAF35B055@jays.net> On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, "Rob Townley" wrote: > The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > email on. > > What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text from PDF? On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Burch Kealey wrote: > Send us one as an example this is really a trivial task Ya, send us an example PDF. There are 475 PDF libraries on CPAN, but your mileage will vary and the only way to know for sure is to actually try... Here's all the hits, and the one I'd probably try first for this job: https://metacpan.org/search?q=PDF https://metacpan.org/module/PDF::OCR2 Good luck! :) j Omaha Perl Mongers: http://omaha.pm.org P.S. PDF scraping is usually really gross. Government orgs often publish PDF archives as if those are data APIs, and they're really not. Poke MUD and OPPD to publish JSON or XML APIs / archives. From rob.townley at gmail.com Thu Oct 4 07:41:05 2012 From: rob.townley at gmail.com (Rob Townley) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 00:41:05 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Jeff ... starting a new project when already been doing other things for 18 hours ... the link and code helps. The ReEnergizeProgram.org would be a 3rd party and do not have permission to access MUD/OPPD bills directly. They could use a portal that individuals upload their bills to and then parse the PDF on the website and bring into a db. It would be great for the customer to get it as CSV/XML/JSON, but that is a great deal of data to warehouse. Ideally MUD would use RF energy harvesting to keep their batteries charged and provide homeowners with real time utility usage. i still have to sign up for accounts on MUD / OPPD to get PDFs. I could probably share the awful amount of water used to regrow my lawn. i do appreciate everyone's help ... On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Jeff Hinrichs wrote: > Depending on how they generate their pdfs. This StackOverFlow > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25665/python-module-for-converting-pdf-to-text > article > has useful info. I do quite a bit of pdf handling here at work and I use > pyPDF. The article points out the useful bits for text extraction. > > import pyPdf > pdf = pyPdf.PdfFileReader(open(filename, "rb")) > for page in pdf.pages: > print page.extractText() > > > I only use it to do "sanity" checks when I'm breaking out individual > invoices from batch runs. Of course, the better way to do this is to > interact with their back end data directly. Getting the text is just the > first step, then you need to parse it and locate the useful bits. All of > that should be available from their accounting db. However, their > situation may not allow access but if they don't have access yet, the first > thing I would do would be build a mechanism for querying (read only) from > their primary data. > > Our internally developed (python/django) document management systems ties > together generated documents to accounting and shipping information so any > csr/manager can get the information. It's a REST based interface, so they > just refer to an URL with in email messages internally. They can fax or > email information/copies to customers from within the system interface. > > > > -Jeff > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rob Townley wrote: > >> The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting >> all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet >> / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then >> email on. >> >> What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text from >> PDF? >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 From jeffh at dundeemt.com Thu Oct 4 16:06:16 2012 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 09:06:16 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Let us know if we can help. Looks like there is plenty of experience here on the list. Best, Jeff On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Rob Townley wrote: > Thanks Jeff ... starting a new project when already been doing other > things for 18 hours ... the link and code helps. > > The ReEnergizeProgram.org would be a 3rd party and do not have > permission to access MUD/OPPD bills directly. They could use a portal > that individuals upload their bills to and then parse the PDF on the > website and bring into a db. It would be great for the customer to > get it as CSV/XML/JSON, but that is a great deal of data to warehouse. > Ideally MUD would use RF energy harvesting to keep their batteries > charged and provide homeowners with real time utility usage. > > i still have to sign up for accounts on MUD / OPPD to get PDFs. I > could probably share the awful amount of water used to regrow my lawn. > > i do appreciate everyone's help ... > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Jeff Hinrichs wrote: > > Depending on how they generate their pdfs. This StackOverFlow > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25665/python-module-for-converting-pdf-to-text > > article > > has useful info. I do quite a bit of pdf handling here at work and I > use > > pyPDF. The article points out the useful bits for text extraction. > > > > import pyPdf > > pdf = pyPdf.PdfFileReader(open(filename, "rb")) > > for page in pdf.pages: > > print page.extractText() > > > > > > I only use it to do "sanity" checks when I'm breaking out individual > > invoices from batch runs. Of course, the better way to do this is to > > interact with their back end data directly. Getting the text is just > the > > first step, then you need to parse it and locate the useful bits. All of > > that should be available from their accounting db. However, their > > situation may not allow access but if they don't have access yet, the > first > > thing I would do would be build a mechanism for querying (read only) from > > their primary data. > > > > Our internally developed (python/django) document management systems ties > > together generated documents to accounting and shipping information so > any > > csr/manager can get the information. It's a REST based interface, so > they > > just refer to an URL with in email messages internally. They can fax or > > email information/copies to customers from within the system interface. > > > > > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rob Townley > wrote: > > > >> The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > >> all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > >> / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > >> email on. > >> > >> What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text > from > >> PDF? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- Best, Jeff Hinrichs 402.218.1473 From dan at linder.org Thu Oct 4 16:23:06 2012 From: dan at linder.org (Dan Linder) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 09:23:06 -0500 Subject: [omaha] PDF to Text parsing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I don't know your budget, but you might want to look into the Xenos or X2BIRT tool that Actuate.com has. As part of its reporting and data collection suite, they have a PDF extraction tool that can retrieve data from consistently formatted PDF files. I haven't actually used it, but the demos and QA sessions I've sat in on look impressive. I believe they use the free/opensource "BIRT" project for a lot of underlying data analytics - don't know if that also includes the PDF extraction or not. BIRT: http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/ * Or just google for "BIRT" and you'll get a lot of related links Actuate: http://www.actuate.com/home/ * or: http://www.actuate.com/products/x2birt/summary/ Dan On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Rob Townley wrote: > Thanks Jeff ... starting a new project when already been doing other > things for 18 hours ... the link and code helps. > > The ReEnergizeProgram.org would be a 3rd party and do not have > permission to access MUD/OPPD bills directly. They could use a portal > that individuals upload their bills to and then parse the PDF on the > website and bring into a db. It would be great for the customer to > get it as CSV/XML/JSON, but that is a great deal of data to warehouse. > Ideally MUD would use RF energy harvesting to keep their batteries > charged and provide homeowners with real time utility usage. > > i still have to sign up for accounts on MUD / OPPD to get PDFs. I > could probably share the awful amount of water used to regrow my lawn. > > i do appreciate everyone's help ... > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Jeff Hinrichs wrote: > > Depending on how they generate their pdfs. This StackOverFlow > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25665/python-module-for-converting-pdf-to-text > > article > > has useful info. I do quite a bit of pdf handling here at work and I > use > > pyPDF. The article points out the useful bits for text extraction. > > > > import pyPdf > > pdf = pyPdf.PdfFileReader(open(filename, "rb")) > > for page in pdf.pages: > > print page.extractText() > > > > > > I only use it to do "sanity" checks when I'm breaking out individual > > invoices from batch runs. Of course, the better way to do this is to > > interact with their back end data directly. Getting the text is just > the > > first step, then you need to parse it and locate the useful bits. All of > > that should be available from their accounting db. However, their > > situation may not allow access but if they don't have access yet, the > first > > thing I would do would be build a mechanism for querying (read only) from > > their primary data. > > > > Our internally developed (python/django) document management systems ties > > together generated documents to accounting and shipping information so > any > > csr/manager can get the information. It's a REST based interface, so > they > > just refer to an URL with in email messages internally. They can fax or > > email information/copies to customers from within the system interface. > > > > > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Rob Townley > wrote: > > > >> The ReEnergizeProgram.org auditor said that a big slowdown is getting > >> all the data from PDF based bills from MUD and OPPD into a spreadsheet > >> / database. Sounds like they email stuff, copy-n-paste alot, and then > >> email on. > >> > >> What perl/python/php modules would you recommend for parsing the text > from > >> PDF? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- ***************** ************* *********** ******* ***** *** ** "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" 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Steve From jeffh at delasco.com Wed Oct 17 16:43:47 2012 From: jeffh at delasco.com (Jeff Hinrichs) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:43:47 -0500 Subject: [omaha] October Meeting Wed 10/17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'll be there, but I have to leave @ 8pm. I've been having fun with writing sys-admin scripts in python. I found a package that I like very much. It keeps your scripts easy to maintain and is cross platform, which is very nice. I'd be happy to talk about that for a few minutes. Best, -Jeff On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Steve Young wrote: > It is hard to believe another month has passed! > > Topics? Who can come? This may be the last time we can meet at ALR as I > have a new job, so I will provide Pizza and pop! > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > From choman at gmail.com Wed Oct 17 18:02:04 2012 From: choman at gmail.com (Chad Homan) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:02:04 -0500 Subject: [omaha] October Meeting Wed 10/17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I might be able to make it for once. where do you guys meet up? When? Jeff what's the python package, I'd like a sneak peak Together We Win! -- Chad Creating A More Meaningful Life On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Jeff Hinrichs wrote: > I'll be there, but I have to leave @ 8pm. > > I've been having fun with writing sys-admin scripts in python. I found a > package that I like very much. It keeps your scripts easy to maintain and > is cross platform, which is very nice. I'd be happy to talk about that for > a few minutes. > > Best, > > -Jeff > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Steve Young >wrote: > > > It is hard to believe another month has passed! > > > > Topics? Who can come? This may be the last time we can meet at ALR as I > > have a new job, so I will provide Pizza and pop! > > > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > From jeffh at delasco.com Wed Oct 17 18:16:57 2012 From: jeffh at delasco.com (Jeff Hinrichs) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:16:57 -0500 Subject: [omaha] October Meeting Wed 10/17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hehe, its a secret. :) jk plumbum - http://plumbum.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ makes turning an existing bash script dead simple + all the yummy python goodness. Looking forward to our best meeting EVER! -Jeff On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Chad Homan wrote: > I might be able to make it for once. where do you guys meet up? When? > Jeff what's the python package, I'd like a sneak peak > > > Together We Win! > -- > Chad > Creating A More Meaningful Life > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Jeff Hinrichs wrote: > > > I'll be there, but I have to leave @ 8pm. > > > > I've been having fun with writing sys-admin scripts in python. I found a > > package that I like very much. It keeps your scripts easy to maintain > and > > is cross platform, which is very nice. I'd be happy to talk about that > for > > a few minutes. > > > > Best, > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Steve Young > >wrote: > > > > > It is hard to believe another month has passed! > > > > > > Topics? Who can come? This may be the last time we can meet at ALR as > I > > > have a new job, so I will provide Pizza and pop! > > > > > > Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > From wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com Wed Oct 17 20:16:41 2012 From: wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com (Steve Young) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:16:41 -0500 Subject: [omaha] October Meeting Wed 10/17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I will have pizza and pop ready by 6:30 if you can come a little early. At ALR, 13829 INDUSTRIAL Rd . Call 402-651-5216 for directions. On Oct 17, 2012 11:17 AM, "Jeff Hinrichs" wrote: > Hehe, its a secret. :) jk > > plumbum - http://plumbum.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ > > makes turning an existing bash script dead simple + all the yummy python > goodness. > > Looking forward to our best meeting EVER! > -Jeff > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Chad Homan wrote: > > > I might be able to make it for once. where do you guys meet up? When? > > Jeff what's the python package, I'd like a sneak peak > > > > > > Together We Win! > > -- > > Chad > > Creating A More Meaningful Life > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Jeff Hinrichs > wrote: > > > > > I'll be there, but I have to leave @ 8pm. > > > > > > I've been having fun with writing sys-admin scripts in python. I > found a > > > package that I like very much. It keeps your scripts easy to maintain > > and > > > is cross platform, which is very nice. I'd be happy to talk about that > > for > > > a few minutes. > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Steve Young < > wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > It is hard to believe another month has passed! > > > > > > > > Topics? Who can come? This may be the last time we can meet at ALR > as > > I > > > > have a new job, so I will provide Pizza and pop! > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > From jeffh at delasco.com Thu Oct 18 18:22:39 2012 From: jeffh at delasco.com (Jeff Hinrichs) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:22:39 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Council Bluffs 2012 Lock Up: Jeff Hinrichs - Muscular Dystrophy Association In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: http://www2.mda.org/site/TR?px=1516413&pg=personal&fr_id=3884 Help me help others! I'm in MDA jail and I need your help! Every contribution helps the cause. From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Oct 19 22:29:31 2012 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:29:31 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Gael Varoquaux: Hiring a programmer for a brain imaging library Message-ID: http://gael-varoquaux.info/blog/?p=168 Jim, this might be of interest to you per the discussion at the meeting this week. Best, Jeff Hinrichs From wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com Sat Oct 20 14:53:13 2012 From: wereapwhatwesow at gmail.com (Steve Young) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 07:53:13 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Chad - Google Voice phone appliance Message-ID: I just got some info on the phone device we talked about at the meeting: [image: Obihai Technology, Inc.] *Product News from Obihai Technology * *October 2012* *OBi110 Special ? Get It for Only $41.97 ? Limited Time Offer! The Perfect Gift* Use the link in this e-mail and Promo Code: ?*42OBi110*? at Amazon.com checkout. 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(Note: To use the promo code, the OBi110 must be purchased from the seller: Obihai Technology, Inc.) *Super-Charge Your OBi202 with OBiWiFi and OBiBT Accessories* The OBi202 is arguably the world?s more versatile and advanced VoIP telephone adapter. With its support for 2 simultaneous calls, up to 4 commercial VoIP services, T.38 fax over IP, built-in router and USB port, the OBi202 can be used for just about any residential or small business voice communication application. What else can the OBi202 do that makes it an amazing VoIP device? 1. The OBi202?s PHONE ports work together to form a mini-phone system. Just remember the ?*#*? key! *[**More Info* *]* 2. Connect the OBi202 to the Internet wirelessly with OBiWiFi. Perfect for when your broadband router is in the basement and your phone isn?t! *[* *More Info* *]* You can get $10 off the OBiWiFi Wireless Adapter when you buy an OBi202 in the same transaction. *[**More Info* *]* 3. Want to make and receive calls using your mobile phone service *BUT*on your regular house phones? It?s easy with the OBiBT Bluetooth adapter. *[**More Info* *]* 4. Did you know you can use your IP phone to make calls via services (like Google Voice) running on the OBi202? * [**More Info* *]* *Own a Small Business? OBiPLUS Might be the Perfect Collaboration Solution for You* OBiPLUS is a full-featured business collaboration solution for 1 to 12 users. IP phones and analog phones (connected to an OBi device) may be used as extensions. The OBiPLUS Small Business Solution is available in two annual subscription formats. The OBiPLUS 'Lite' Basic subscription is free and supports up to 4 users with support via the OBiTALK web forum. The OBiPLUS Premium subscription cost is $300 per year. A special introductory price is available now for *only $120 per year*. This OBiPLUS Premium subscription includes user capacity for up to 12 extensions, installation consultation and on-going support from Obihai via telephone, email and web forum. To get OBiPLUS, visit the Solutions area at *www.OBiTALK.com*. [image: Obihai Technology, Inc.] *If you do not wish to receive e-mail product updates, sale / deal alerts and timely information, please reply to this message indicating your wish. Thanks!* ** Google previously announced that calls to the USA and Canada will be free through 2012.* Do Not Use for Emergency Calls or Contacting Emergency Services. This equipment is not intended to be used to call emergency services like 911, 112, 999, 000. OBiTALK is a service provided to users of OBi products. Obihai Technology does not warrant the availability or quality of the OBiTALK network. Furthermore, Obihai Technology will not be liable to you or any third party for any costs or damages arising directly and or indirectly from the use of this product's hardware & software including without limits any damage, or for any loss whatsoever. Obihai make no warranty that the OBiTALK service and / or the Obihai hardware will meet the requirements for your application or be available for uninterrupted operation, meet your security needs or run on an error-free basis. Google, Gmail, Google Voice and Android are trademarks of Google Inc. ? 2012 Obihai Technology, Inc. ? All Rights Reserved Steve