From catherine.devlin at gmail.com  Mon Mar  5 22:28:13 2007
From: catherine.devlin at gmail.com (Catherine Devlin)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:28:13 -0500
Subject: [CentralOH] Welcome, Central Ohio Pythonistas!
Message-ID: <6523e39a0703051328i3a4db67cj801a9948769f84f3@mail.gmail.com>

Well, centraloh at python.org has a dozen or so members - I suppose it's a good
time to start some dialog!  Thanks to all of you for signing up!

First, congratulations to Pete Carswell for teaching his Python class at OSC
- hope it went great!.  Are any of you listmembers graduates of the class?

Second - let's start thinking and talking about what we can do to teach,
learn, and enjoy Python in our area.  I've got some thoughts already, and I
know Kartic does - let's hear from the rest of you, too!  Just mail it to
centraloh at python.org.

Finally - let's expand this list's membership!  If there are people you know
around here who have an interest in Python, please invite them to the
mailing list.  The more people we can gather, the more cool stuff we can
plan, which will bring in more people, and we can do even cooler stuff, and
bring in more people, and next thing you know we'll be hosting PyCon.  Or
something like that.

Again, welcome!
-- 
- Catherine
http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
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From mpeters42 at gmail.com  Sat Mar 10 17:07:55 2007
From: mpeters42 at gmail.com (Mark Peters)
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:07:55 -0500
Subject: [CentralOH] CodeGolf
Message-ID: <25a37b830703100807ybc78fdcwbb1bb89cb4b3848a@mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone else who is local to Columbus visit codegolf.com?

I find it an interesting way to keep Python skills fresh, though it is
difficult for me to write obfuscated Python code.  But one has to know the
language well in order to do it.

It might make an interesting conversation topic at a meetup.

Any thoughts on meeting?

Mark Peters
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From gacsinger at gmail.com  Sat Mar 10 17:47:58 2007
From: gacsinger at gmail.com (Greg Singer)
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:47:58 -0500
Subject: [CentralOH] CodeGolf
In-Reply-To: <25a37b830703100807ybc78fdcwbb1bb89cb4b3848a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <25a37b830703100807ybc78fdcwbb1bb89cb4b3848a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <b032e3360703100847x3f5a62d6x8cf6a5d7ba293f7@mail.gmail.com>

On 3/10/07, Mark Peters <mpeters42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone else who is local to Columbus visit codegolf.com?

This is the first I've heard of it, but it looks interesting. Thanks
for posting it.

 - Greg

From pythondevdang at lazytwinacres.net  Sun Mar 11 14:08:13 2007
From: pythondevdang at lazytwinacres.net (Daniel 'Dang' Griffith)
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:08:13 -0400
Subject: [CentralOH] Programming Challenges
In-Reply-To: <mailman.57.1173610822.16314.centraloh@python.org>
References: <mailman.57.1173610822.16314.centraloh@python.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070311085249.02bdd4d0@mail.lazytwinacres.net>

There's a similar, but Python-specific set of challenges at 
http://www.pythonchallenge.com/.

And at Useless Python, there's a list of several programming contests 
(not necessarily Python): http://www.uselesspython.com/programmingcontests.html

Here are some of them:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~progcomp/
http://www.acm.inf.ethz.ch/ProblemSetArchive.html
http://acm.uva.es/problemset/

     --dang


From catherine.devlin at gmail.com  Tue Mar 13 20:18:23 2007
From: catherine.devlin at gmail.com (Catherine Devlin)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:18:23 -0400
Subject: [CentralOH] 3/14: teaching Python at Dayton Perl Mongers
Message-ID: <6523e39a0703131218k4076ad3tb8bde15bd94e94e9@mail.gmail.com>

I don't think anybody on this list is from Dayton - except me - but I'll
announce it anyway, just in case.

I'm teaching/demoing an Intro to Python ("A Wafer-Thin Slice of Python")
tomorrow night, 7 PM, at the Dayton Perl Mongers: dayton.pm.org

Don't worry, it's not a trap - they're genuinely interested in all the agile
languages.

With luck, some of the folks there will take up Python and end up joining us
here!  If it goes well, I may be able to give the talk elsewhere, and/or
loan it to one of you to do so.

-- 
- Catherine
http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/
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From pythondevdang at lazytwinacres.net  Thu Mar 15 00:37:45 2007
From: pythondevdang at lazytwinacres.net (Daniel 'Dang' Griffith)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:37:45 -0400
Subject: [CentralOH] teaching Python at Dayton Perl Mongers
In-Reply-To: <mailman.69.1173870025.23725.centraloh@python.org>
References: <mailman.69.1173870025.23725.centraloh@python.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070314193554.02ba9118@mail.lazytwinacres.net>

Be sure to tell them that Python regular expressions are "Perl compatible".
At least, I think they are. They've certainly never let me down, and I use
them quite a lot! In fact, I'd almost go so far as to say, "A day without
regular expressions is like a day without sunshine!"
     --dang