From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Feb  1 12:07:12 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 12:07:12 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Raleigh Project Night
Message-ID: <56AF90C0.3000109@unc.edu>

Fun and games tomorrow night at WebAssign. There will be pizza, snacks, 
and soft beverages. Impromptu workshops for people new to Python happen 
if needed. Thank you, Steve Gambino, for such an awesome place to meet.

http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/feb-16-rpn

When: Tuesday, February 2, 6-9pm
Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus
        1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh

"""
Raleigh Project Night meets on first Tuesdays. Have a project you want 
to show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done 
surrounded by like minded Python lovers? Join us for our monthly project 
night and do just that! Don't have something to work on? Just need some 
help with Python? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open source 
project, find something interesting to contribute to or be inspired by! 
The setting is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if you 
show up past the start time. Whether you are a Python newbie needing 
help or have an open source project you want to share, come hang out and 
hack. Plenty of free after hours parking is available in the upper level 
of the deck behind WebAssign (turn through the median just before the 
intersection of Varsity and Main Campus Drives). If the door is locked, 
call the number posted on the door.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Feb  1 12:15:28 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 12:15:28 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Followup from last night's "PDFs from Python" talk
In-Reply-To: <0A57DA47-EE52-4889-A097-E25793A14146@semanchuk.com>
References: <0A57DA47-EE52-4889-A097-E25793A14146@semanchuk.com>
Message-ID: <56AF92B0.1040009@unc.edu>

On 1/29/2016 4:37 PM, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
> Chris asked me for the name of the library that aids in invoking OpenOffice/LibreOffice for rendering a document to PDF, and I blanked. The name of the library is unoconv:
> https://github.com/dagwieers/unoconv

Thank, Philip!. Unoconv turns out to be an example of how to find and 
use pyuno.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From philip at semanchuk.com  Fri Feb  5 09:33:33 2016
From: philip at semanchuk.com (Philip Semanchuk)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 09:33:33 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Followup from last night's "PDFs from Python" talk
In-Reply-To: <56AF92B0.1040009@unc.edu>
References: <0A57DA47-EE52-4889-A097-E25793A14146@semanchuk.com>
 <56AF92B0.1040009@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <EFF98DE9-B581-4ABA-A979-CD3B2955F5B7@semanchuk.com>

Hi all,
Due to a technical problem, my presentation from the other night was not properly recorded. (We got video but lost the audio.) Sorry about that!

I posted my slides here:
http://pyspoken.com/media/pdfs_from_python.pdf

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers
Philip


> On Feb 1, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:
> 
> On 1/29/2016 4:37 PM, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>> Chris asked me for the name of the library that aids in invoking OpenOffice/LibreOffice for rendering a document to PDF, and I blanked. The name of the library is unoconv:
>> https://github.com/dagwieers/unoconv
> 
> Thank, Philip!. Unoconv turns out to be an example of how to find and use pyuno.
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
> UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
> 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
> (919) 599-3530
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group


From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Feb  5 16:40:27 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 16:40:27 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Analytics Forward
Message-ID: <56B516CB.4010901@unc.edu>

Save the date of Saturday, March 12 from 8am-5pm so you can participate 
in the annual Analytics Forward ?unconference? produced by Research 
Triangle Analysts and hosted at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North 
Carolina in Durham:

http://www.rtpanalysts.org/home/analyticsforward/

Analytics Forward is a day of talks by analytics professionals for 
analytics professionals. I went and it was a day well spent. Breakfast 
and lunch was provided. The cost this year is only $10.

Here are the talk descriptions submitted thus far:

http://www.rtpanalysts.org/home/category/analyticsforward-session/

Here is where to describe your talk:

http://www.rtpanalysts.org/home/analyticsforward/pitch-talk/

I?m hoping to see good participation from TriPython this year at 
Analytics Forward!

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Feb 10 13:27:38 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:27:38 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Chapel Hill Project Night Tonight
Message-ID: <56BB811A.3030803@unc.edu>

Fun and games tonight in Chapel Hill. An experiment in better quality 
pizza will be made. We shall see.

http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/feb-16-chpn

When: Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Where: Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
        Biltmore Conference Room, 5th Floor, Europa Center
        100 Europa Drive, Suite 590, Chapel Hill

"""
Chapel Hill Project Night meets on second Wednesdays. Have a project you 
want to show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done 
surrounded by like minded Python lovers? Join us for our monthly project 
night and do just that! Don't have something to work on? Just need some 
help with Python? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open source 
project, find something interesting to contribute to or be inspired by! 
The setting is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if you 
show up past the start time. Whether you are a Python newbie needing 
help or have an open source project you want to share, come hang out and 
hack. Plenty of free after hours parking is available in the RENCI 
parking deck.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Sun Feb 14 19:03:16 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 19:03:16 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Durham Project Night
Message-ID: <56C115C4.4040903@unc.edu>

The third Monday Durham Project Night is tomorrow (or maybe tonight by 
the time you read this last minute announcement). Come by at your 
leisure to hang with the Python crowd. Bring a laptop.

http://tripython.org/Members/markdlavin/feb-16-dpn

When: Monday, February 15, 6-9pm
Where: Caktus Group, 108 Morris St., Durham

"""
Durham Project Night meets on third Mondays. Have a project you want to 
show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done surrounded 
by like minded Python lovers? Join us for our monthly project night and 
do just that! Don't have something to work on? Just need some help with 
Python? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open source project, 
find something interesting to contribute to or be inspired by! The 
setting is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if you show 
up past the start time. Whether you are a Python newbie needing help or 
have an open source project you want to share, come hang out and hack. 
Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council across 
W. Morgan St. The entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris St.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From aikimark at aol.com  Mon Feb 15 12:36:19 2016
From: aikimark at aol.com (Mark Hutchinson)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:36:19 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] inclement weather
Message-ID: <152e6012066-1ee5-fb7@webstg-m06.mail.aol.com>

There is currently a Winter weather advisory in effect until 7:00 PM tonight.  If you do not have to drive, please stay off the roads.
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   There is currently a Winter weather advisory in effect until 7:00 PM
   tonight. ?If you do not have to drive, please stay off the roads.

From markdlavin at gmail.com  Mon Feb 15 13:02:06 2016
From: markdlavin at gmail.com (Mark Lavin)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:02:06 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Durham Project Night
In-Reply-To: <56C115C4.4040903@unc.edu>
References: <56C115C4.4040903@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <CAG2P6nQ6NJg7CCpH3ON8MSQdxSXfugsw2XOBtetgtwbOGt51qA@mail.gmail.com>

Following the travel advisories from the NCDOT we are going to cancel
tonight's Durham Project Night. Stay safe everyone and we'll see you at the
next TriPython gathering.

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:

> The third Monday Durham Project Night is tomorrow (or maybe tonight by the
> time you read this last minute announcement). Come by at your leisure to
> hang with the Python crowd. Bring a laptop.
>
> http://tripython.org/Members/markdlavin/feb-16-dpn
>
> When: Monday, February 15, 6-9pm
> Where: Caktus Group, 108 Morris St., Durham
>
> """
> Durham Project Night meets on third Mondays. Have a project you want to
> show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done surrounded by
> like minded Python lovers? Join us for our monthly project night and do
> just that! Don't have something to work on? Just need some help with
> Python? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open source project,
> find something interesting to contribute to or be inspired by! The setting
> is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if you show up past
> the start time. Whether you are a Python newbie needing help or have an
> open source project you want to share, come hang out and hack. Park in the
> municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council across W. Morgan St.
> The entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris St.
> """
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
> UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
> 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
> (919) 599-3530
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group
>
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   Following the travel advisories from the NCDOT we are going to cancel
   tonight's Durham Project Night. Stay safe everyone and we'll see you at
   the next TriPython gathering.
   On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Chris Calloway <[1]cbc at unc.edu> wrote:

     The third Monday Durham Project Night is tomorrow (or maybe tonight by
     the time you read this last minute announcement). Come by at your
     leisure to hang with the Python crowd. Bring a laptop.

     [2]http://tripython.org/Members/markdlavin/feb-16-dpn

     When: Monday, February 15, 6-9pm
     Where: Caktus Group, 108 Morris St., Durham

     """
     Durham Project Night meets on third Mondays. Have a project you want to
     show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done surrounded
     by like minded Python lovers? Join us for our monthly project night and
     do just that! Don't have something to work on? Just need some help with
     Python? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open source project,
     find something interesting to contribute to or be inspired by! The
     setting is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if you show
     up past the start time. Whether you are a Python newbie needing help or
     have an open source project you want to share, come hang out and hack.
     Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council across
     W. Morgan St. The entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris St.
     """

     --
     Sincerely,

     Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
     UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
     100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
     [3](919) 599-3530
     _______________________________________________
     TriZPUG mailing list
     [4]TriZPUG at python.org
     [5]https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
     [6]http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group

References

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   1. mailto:cbc at unc.edu
   2. http://tripython.org/Members/markdlavin/feb-16-dpn
   3. file:///tmp/tel:%28919%29%20599-3530
   4. mailto:TriZPUG at python.org
   5. https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
   6. http://tripython.org/

From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Feb 17 18:20:39 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:20:39 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Cris Ewing PyCon 2016 Keynotes
Message-ID: <56C50047.2060901@unc.edu>

The instructor for the Python Web Programming Workshop we held in 2013, 
Cris Ewing, has been selected as a PyCon 2016 keynote speaker:

https://us.pycon.org/2016/events/keynotes/

Popular Python regional conference speaker K. Lars Lohn and super-genius 
Lorena Barba are among the other keynote speakers.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From aikimark at aol.com  Wed Feb 17 18:12:30 2016
From: aikimark at aol.com (Mark Hutchinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:12:30 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] looking for a coffee discussion
Message-ID: <152f181a2a9-397b-69fa@webstg-m03.mail.aol.com>


Hi all,


I have submitted a session proposal for the upcoming Analytics Forward conference (3/12/2016).  
http://www.rtpanalysts.org/home/category/analyticsforward-session/#post-984


I want to discuss my idea with some Python folks to see if there are some libraries that might make for a quicker development cycle for my preparation.  Who knows, maybe someone has already thought of this and the session could be a walk-through of the prior/existing solution, or I would be better off pitching an entirely different session.


Please drop me an email (aikimark at aol.com) if you can meet in Durham for a coffee discussion.


Mark
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   Hi all,
   I have submitted a session proposal for the upcoming Analytics Forward
   conference (3/12/2016). ?
   http://www.rtpanalysts.org/home/category/analyticsforward-session/#post-984
   I want to discuss my idea with some Python folks to see if there are some
   libraries that might make for a quicker development cycle for my
   preparation. ?Who knows, maybe someone has already thought of this and the
   session could be a walk-through of the prior/existing solution, or I would
   be better off pitching an entirely different session.
   Please drop me an email (aikimark at aol.com) if you can meet in Durham for a
   coffee discussion.
   Mark

From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Feb 17 21:00:44 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:00:44 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] looking for a coffee discussion
In-Reply-To: <152f181a2a9-397b-69fa@webstg-m03.mail.aol.com>
References: <152f181a2a9-397b-69fa@webstg-m03.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <56C525CC.1000907@unc.edu>

On 2/17/2016 6:12 PM, Mark Hutchinson via TriZPUG wrote:
>     I have submitted a session proposal for the upcoming Analytics Forward
>     conference (3/12/2016).
>     http://www.rtpanalysts.org/home/category/analyticsforward-session/#post-984
>     I want to discuss my idea with some Python folks to see if there are some
>     libraries that might make for a quicker development cycle for my
>     preparation.  Who knows, maybe someone has already thought of this and the
>     session could be a walk-through of the prior/existing solution, or I would
>     be better off pitching an entirely different session.
>     Please drop me an email (aikimark at aol.com) if you can meet in Durham for a
>     coffee discussion.

Where is the codebase for the tool referenced in the talk proposal?

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From aikimark at aol.com  Thu Feb 18 00:41:17 2016
From: aikimark at aol.com (Mark Hutchinson)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:41:17 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] codebase for my presentation
Message-ID: <152f2e59174-5fb3-6c7a@webstg-a06.mail.aol.com>

Chris



Where is the codebase for the tool referenced in the talk proposal?

-- 

Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst

UNC Renaissance Computing Institute

100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

(919) 599-3530


I'm still developing it.  Right now, I'm at the specification stage.  I started looking at PyPi yesterday to 
see if someone might already have done this.
Mark


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   Chris

 Where is the codebase for the tool referenced in the talk proposal?

 --

 Sincerely,

 Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst

 UNC Renaissance Computing Institute

 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

 (919) 599-3530

 I'm still developing it.  Right now, I'm at the specification stage.  I started looking at PyPi yesterday to
 see if?someone might already have done this.

 Mark

From cbc at unc.edu  Thu Feb 18 13:53:53 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:53:53 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] codebase for my presentation
In-Reply-To: <152f2e59174-5fb3-6c7a@webstg-a06.mail.aol.com>
References: <152f2e59174-5fb3-6c7a@webstg-a06.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <56C61341.1010209@unc.edu>

On 2/18/2016 12:41 AM, Mark Hutchinson via TriZPUG wrote:
>   I started looking at PyPi yesterday to
>   see if someone might already have done this.

That's the number one smartest thing to do. :)

I saw a poster about this at both Scipy 2014 and AMS 2015:

http://pyodec.github.io/
https://github.com/pyodec/pyodec

It's only about structured data. But I thought it might be interesting 
from the standpoint of one (maybe or probably not the best) way to 
structure such a project. It's pretty much a plug-in for every data 
format where each plug-in subclasses a provided FileDecoder or 
MessageDecoder class.

I mention it only because it's not on Pypi and it's the first thing that 
popped into my mind when I read your abstract. Checking Pypi is the 
number one best thing to do. But casting a wider net afterwards is also 
an important step.

Funny thing, when I search Pypi for "unstructured," the first result is 
my pathetically underdeveloped package. But I guarantee you, it is not 
what you are looking for. It's for a very specific form of unstructured 
data.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Thu Feb 18 14:38:18 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:38:18 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Gravitational Waves Jupyter Notebook.
Message-ID: <56C61DAA.9060700@unc.edu>

Here is a Jupyter Notebook demonstrating how the LIGO team uses Python 
to process the signal pipeline that detected space-time distortion of 
gravitational waves:

http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/urls/losc.ligo.org/s/events/GW150914/GW150914_tutorial.ipynb

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Tue Feb 23 10:46:50 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:46:50 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: TriPython February 2016 Meeting: Debugging
 Hung Python Processes With GDB
Message-ID: <56CC7EEA.4000902@unc.edu>

Come out Thursday night at WebAssign for a presentation on a very 
important and often overlooked topic that gets down into the guts of the 
Python interpreter. I've also heard rumbles about lightning talks on the 
new version of Pip and a look at Conda (nice battle of the package 
installers there). Plan on staying for the after-meeting, usually at the 
very inexpensive Bada Wings in Mission Valley.

http://tripython.org/Members/sgambino/feb-16-mtg

When: Thursday, February 25, 7-9pm
Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus
        1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh
What:

"""
When things go wrong in production, it can be necessary to troubleshoot 
problems where they occur, instead of in a development environment. In 
those situations having a working knowledge of GDB, GDB Python 
Extensions, and strace is very helpful. Brian Bouterse will show some 
simple techniques to get insight into those situations. This talk 
outlines a variety of debugging techniques for connecting to an already 
running, "stuck", or deadlocked Python process using GDB. Together we 
will inspect the current state of threads with and without the help of 
the new GDB macros for Python, inspect a local running process and a 
core dump collected from a remote machine, use strace to gather system 
call information about a process, and discuss the SIGTRAP handler as a 
proactive way to make rpdb available in production. Brian Bouterse is a 
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat. He is a developer on Pulp which is 
written in Python and deploys Python software among other types (rpm, 
puppet, docker, etc). He also is a contributor to the Kombu project. 
Brian loves open source because he loves freedom, collaboration, and 
choice. He is a Computer Science PhD candidate at North Carolina State 
University where he studies capacity planning and performance analysis. 
He lives in Raleigh near NCSU with his wife Katie and his cat Schmowee. 
Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also 
welcome and don't need to be pre-announced. Plenty of free after hours 
parking is available in the upper level of the deck behind WebAssign 
(turn through the median just before the intersection of Varsity and 
Main Campus Drives). If the door is locked, call the number posted on 
the door. An after-meeting location for food and beverage will be 
decided at the meeting (usually BaDa Wings for the Thursday night 
draught specials).
"""
-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Feb 26 16:04:44 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:04:44 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Please Post Your Lightning Talk Summaries
Message-ID: <56D0BDEC.7090802@unc.edu>

Thanks to Brian Bouterse for a great talk last night. He will try to 
make his presentation available soon.

If you gave a lightning talk last night, please post a summary or link 
to this list. Thanks to Jeff, Eric, Mark, and Peter for holding forth.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Feb 26 16:19:37 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:19:37 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Pythonista
Message-ID: <56D0C169.1020204@unc.edu>

Here's Peter's summary of his lightning talk last night. I'm posting for 
him.

"""
Here?s the link for Pythonista, the iOS Python editor I gave a lightning 
talk about yesterday:

http://omz-software.com/pythonista/

It?s currently $10, and supports Python 2. A new, separate app 
supporting Python 3 is on the way.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Feb 26 16:32:17 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:32:17 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Triangle Lisp and Scheme
Message-ID: <56D0C461.4050407@unc.edu>

Brian Adkins of TriFunc, now Triangle Lisp and Scheme, sends this along 
to the TriPythoneers interested in functional programming:

"""
I wanted to make sure you got the memo about TriFunc morphing into 
"Triangle Lisp & Scheme". I finally gave in to meetup.com after seven 
years of running things more manually:

http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Lisp-Scheme/

I'll leave the Google group around indefinitely since there is a seven 
year archive of messages, but I'm transitioning everything to the new 
group. Same 3rd Thursdays for meetups, and non-lispy folks are more than 
welcome, but I will eventually try and schedule a series of Lisp/Scheme 
talks - we'll still be small, but we'll have focus!
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From trawick at gmail.com  Fri Feb 26 17:14:49 2016
From: trawick at gmail.com (Jeff Trawick)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:14:49 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Fun (?) with stacktraces
Message-ID: <CAKUrXK4iHXRpQjFROR32htVSO7zigcQqWiWVFNYyr=r7nRiVHg@mail.gmail.com>

Here's the gist of my lightning talk last night, without the technical
glitches:

1. https://github.com/trawick/stacktraces.py

(pip installable from github)

generic representation of process/thread/stackframe mostly for the purpose
of holding data on stacktraces

a. collect.py script to use gdb or Solaris pstack to get juicy stuff out of
a process or core file

b.describe_python_log.py to get Python exceptions out of a log file

$ ./describe_python_log.py  ~/edjective.log
$ ./describe_python_log.py  --format json ~/edjective.log --include-raw
$ ./describe_python_log.py  --format json ~/edjective.log
--include-raw > importme.json


2. stacktraces.io

place to store stacktraces and notes, perhaps for no good reason at the
moment ;)

can import from the kind of file created with describe_python_log.py in
example above

if you want to play, send me an e-mail and tell me what Github id with
which you already logged into the site so I can increase your quota from
zero

--/--

feel free to send hints like "if I could do use it to do X, it would be
cool", where X has something to do with stacktraces :)

-- 
Born in Roswell... married an alien...
http://emptyhammock.com/
-------------- next part --------------
   Here's the gist of my lightning talk last night, without the technical
   glitches:
   1. [1]https://github.com/trawick/stacktraces.py
   (pip installable from github)
   generic representation of process/thread/stackframe mostly for the purpose
   of holding data on stacktraces
   a. collect.py script to use gdb or Solaris pstack to get juicy stuff out
   of a process or core file
   [2]b.describe_python_log.py to get Python exceptions out of a log file

 $ ./describe_python_log.py  ~/edjective.log
 $ ./describe_python_log.py  --format json ~/edjective.log --include-raw
 $ ./describe_python_log.py  --format json ~/edjective.log --include-raw > importme.json

   2. [3]stacktraces.io
   place to store stacktraces and notes, perhaps for no good reason at the
   moment ;)
   can import from the kind of file created with describe_python_log.py in
   example above

   if you want to play, send me an e-mail and tell me what Github id with
   which you already logged into the site so I can increase your quota from
   zero
   --/--
   feel free to send hints like "if I could do use it to do X, it would be
   cool", where X has something to do with stacktraces :)
   --
   Born in Roswell... married an alien...
   [4]http://emptyhammock.com/

References

   Visible links
   1. https://github.com/trawick/stacktraces.py
   2. http://b.describe_python_log.py/
   3. http://stacktraces.io/
   4. http://emptyhammock.com/

From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Feb 26 18:33:11 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:33:11 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] GDB Presentation
Message-ID: <56D0E0B7.80506@unc.edu>

Brian Bouterse's presentation, Debugging Hung Python Processes With GDB, 
is available here:

http://tripython.org/meetings/Debugging_Hung_Python_Processes_with_GDB.pdf

There is a link on this page under the heading for the meeting last night:

http://tripython.org/meetings

Thank you, Brian!

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From aikimark at aol.com  Sat Feb 27 21:20:48 2016
From: aikimark at aol.com (Mark Hutchinson)
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:20:48 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] two-part lightning talk summary and files
Message-ID: <15325ad9f71-6387-2d31@webstg-m03.mail.aol.com>


I've uploaded the two Python programs and the Gettysburg Address file to a new repository:
https://github.com/aikimark/TriPython-2016-02-25-Lightning-Talk


I've added comments and improved the variable names to facilitate your understanding of the code.


A link to the original problem thread is in SortDictionaryByListSize header comments.


Mark
-------------- next part --------------
   I've uploaded the two Python programs and the Gettysburg Address file to a
   new repository:
   https://github.com/aikimark/TriPython-2016-02-25-Lightning-Talk
   I've added comments and improved the variable names to facilitate your
   understanding of the code.
   A link to the original problem thread is
   in?SortDictionaryByListSize?header comments.
   Mark

From aikimark at aol.com  Sun Feb 28 15:25:37 2016
From: aikimark at aol.com (Mark Hutchinson)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:25:37 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] updated lightning talk files
Message-ID: <153298ecc8a-180-372b@webstg-m04.mail.aol.com>

I updated the files related to my lightning talk, adding the performance figures (in both workbook and readme files) and added analysis in the readme.
https://github.com/aikimark/TriPython-2016-02-25-Lightning-Talk


Mark
-------------- next part --------------
   I updated the files related to my lightning talk, adding the performance
   figures (in both workbook and readme files) and added analysis in the
   readme.
   https://github.com/aikimark/TriPython-2016-02-25-Lightning-Talk
   Mark

From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Feb 29 12:06:32 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:06:32 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] two-part lightning talk summary and files
In-Reply-To: <15325ad9f71-6387-2d31@webstg-m03.mail.aol.com>
References: <15325ad9f71-6387-2d31@webstg-m03.mail.aol.com>
Message-ID: <56D47A98.1070904@unc.edu>

On 2/27/2016 9:20 PM, Mark Hutchinson via TriZPUG wrote:
>     https://github.com/aikimark/TriPython-2016-02-25-Lightning-Talk

An excellent way to share a lightning talk. Thanks, Mark!

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Feb 29 12:13:52 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:13:52 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: Raleigh Project Night
Message-ID: <56D47C50.5040601@unc.edu>

Let's head back over to WebAssign tomorrow (Tuesday) night for another 
fine project night. We'll have super yummy pizza from Ruckus as usual. 
If you need a project, you can work on your next lightning talk. :) 
Above all, don't forget to bring your laptop!

When: Tuesday, March 1, 6-9pm
Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus
        1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh
What:
"""
Raleigh Project Night meets on first Tuesdays. Have a project you want 
to show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done 
surrounded by like minded Python lovers? Join us for our monthly project 
night and do just that! Don't have something to work on? Just need some 
help with Python? Show up and enjoy the energy, sprint on an open source 
project, find something interesting to contribute to or be inspired by! 
The setting is informal and there is no schedule, so don't worry if you 
show up past the start time. Whether you are a Python newbie needing 
help or have an open source project you want to share, come hang out and 
hack. Plenty of free after hours parking is available in the upper level 
of the deck behind WebAssign (turn through the median just before the 
intersection of Varsity and Main Campus Drives). If the door is locked, 
call the number posted on the door.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530

From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Feb 29 12:31:35 2016
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:31:35 -0500
Subject: [TriPython] 12 Days until Analytics Forward
Message-ID: <56D48077.2080307@unc.edu>

Have I told you about how awesome the Analytics Forward unconference is? 
It is super awesome, that's how awesome

For only $10, you get breakfast, lunch, pie, and all day coffee in 
addition to a day of fun data science talks chosen on the spot and right 
in Durham!

You should register to go. And you should give a talk. Make a proposal. 
It's an unconference, so it doesn't have to be fancy. Check it out:

http://www.rtpanalysts.org/home/analyticsforward/

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530